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MUI TSAI
CHINESE CUSTOMS AND
USAGES HERE
PROSECUTION BY THE S.C.A.
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His Worship: Is it usual for a 19 mui taai to go out and work in a now factory, irrespective of the fact His whether it is night work or day work?
Mr. Tong; A mui tsai is expect ed to do only household' work.
Mr. Butters: How about sending a mui tsai to work at night?
Mr. Tong: That is not in ac- cordance with Chinese propriety.
That a mui tsai (slave girl) is only the property of wealthy people, and that she is only expect ed to do menial work in the house
Mr. Tong was then understood to and not to be hired out in order to earn money for her purchaser is say that a mui tsai was the pro- the opinion vouchsafed by Mr. Tongperty of the rich people and s such she was not expected to worki Yat-tsun, a prominent Chinese re
outside. sident. The treatment accorded to
His Worship: Are mui tsais
a mui taai by her mistress or pur-limited to wealthy households or chaser cannot, for obvious reasons, are they bought by poor people as be the same as she would accord to her own daughter.
well?
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was case it was not good enough be clerk. cause the Police did not know any. son had free quarters thing about the case. and she had also moved to stay with As an afterthought Mr. Hamil- him. Prior to May, her son was ton told Mr. Rendall that he would still in school and as soon as he discharge his clients if the S.C.A. had obtained employment, she did was not properly represented in not allow the girls to work any
more.
This closed, the case, his Wor- ship announcing that he would give his decision on Tuesday morning.
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Court by 1 o'clock. But he thought that an appearance would be made before that time. He was consider ing Mr. Rondall's convenience when he suggested that the matter of bail should be left open, and in the meantime he would give an ad- journment until to-day.
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The Band of H.M. Grenadier This opinion was given at the some money before buying a multioned by Mr. F. G. E. Rendall be- of the case, he would give the
Guards. Kowlom Magistracy on Saturday tsai, but at the same time that per-fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton, acting same bail as in the last mui taal He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday," before Mr T. S. Whyte-Smith when son can become poor afterwards, First Magistrate. The difficulty case and the matter could be re- "Aren't Women Wonderful?"
Comediemore. a Chinese woman was charged, at and, in that case, he or she would was eventually surmounted by the adjusted to-day. the instance of the Secretariat for find it necessary to allow the mui Magistrate striking a bargain with Mui Teal Also Absent
"The Leek" (Arr. Myddleton), Chinese Affairs, with ill-trenting tsai to go out and earn money.
In a further effort to learn
Selection, her mui tsal, in that she allowed her
The Band of H.M. Grenadier Night Work Objected to
The case was that in which two.something about the case, Mr.
Guards. Chinese women named Wong Hay Hamilton inquired if the mui tsaiRamena" (Gilbert and Wayne), and Leung Yuk-kay were charged was in Court. with ill-treating a mui tsai. Mr. Inspector Murphy said that he had not seen her, and suggested Rendall appeared for the defence.
that she was either at the Po Leung Kak or in the charge of the S.C.A.
counsel.
to work 10 hours every night, His Worship: Are there certain without a break, in a knitting fuc-standards of treatment from an em- tory for two months and a half.
The defendant in the case is a ployer of a mui tsai? Chinese woman of middle-age, and Mr. Tong: How, what do you
Chit From Mr. Butters she is alleged to have purchased the mean?
Mr. Butters: Do you consider it Sub-Inspector R. Murphy told the mui tsa when she was 11 years of age. The girl is now 16 years of proper, according to Chinese cus-Magistrate that he had received a age, according to Chinese reckoning toms, to allow a mui tsai to earn chit from Mr. H. R. Butters, an as-
profits for her employer?
sistant of the Secretariat
for She complained to the Police that
Mr. Tong: If a mistress is poor, Chinese Affairs who was in charge her mistress had ill-treated her. She she could not very well help it. of the case for the prosecution, re- had been made to work in a knitting She might be justified then in al-questing him to apply for a date to factory for two months and a half, lowing the mui tsai to work for be fixed for the hearing of the case. where she had to labour every night money.
"Any day bar Thursday," the chit
for 10 hours in a standing posi- His Worship (to Mr. Butters): | stated. tien. All that she earned was celWe have no evidence as to the de- lected fortnightly by her mistress. fendant's financial position. During the day she had to do house! hold work as well:
Mr. H. R. Butters, of the S.C.A.. conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Butters: I will prove that she had a son who is employed in a European company.
you
Mr. Butters (to Mr. Tong): Do When the case was resumed think that, according to on. Saturday, the Magistrate told Chinese customs, this mui tsai was Mr. Butters that he had given great overworked? consideration to the facts of the
Mr. Hamilton said that the S.C.A. appeared on the charge sheet as the complainant, and therefore the S.C.A. must be present in Court.. Mr. Butters should know that per-| feetly well.
His Worship suggested that Ins- pector Murphy communicate with the S.C.A. by telephone for the at- Mr. Tong: If the mistress is tendance of someone from. that case and he was not sure whether poor, the mui tsai has to work, but office, but on second thoughts de- any evidence given by the Medical she should not be asked to do nightcided that in order to save the time Oficer of Health would be relevant. work.
of the Court and of Mr. Rendall, he The matter, it appeared to him, was
Witness also considered that would be able to give a rentand governed by the Industrial Employ- 101⁄2 hours work every night until Monday if the Police could tell mert of Children's Ordinance 22 of excessive.
him something about the case. He According to 1922.
could not fix bail if he did not know Д mui tsai
anything about the alleged offence.
was
Inspector Murphy said that he Butters's chit had merely asked knew nothing about the case. Mr.
His Worship: That Ordinance defined a) child as a person under 15 years of Chinese customs is age, and in the case before him he usually treated as well as a daugh- was inclined to hold that the girlter?
Mr. Tong: There must be some was over 15 years of age. In fact, she had admitted that she was 16 difference. A daughter, need not do him to apply for a remand. years of age, according to Chinese any work in the house, whereas R reckoning, and although Mr. Bul-mui tsai has to.
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Mr. Hamilton said that in that His Worship: In this case there caso the Inspector would have to ters had argued that that meant 14 years of age according to Euro-is evidence to show that defen-ring up the S.C.A.
An Objection dant's daughter was also sent out reckoning,
Mr. Rendall then said that he had had expressed the opinion that the to work at night in the same fac-
He stated torg. How will that affect your that the defendants were taken be-
an objection to make. girl was 15 years of age or over.
opinion? No Night Work
Mr. Teng: When a mistress is fore the S.C.A., between 11 and then Mr. Butters agreed and said that poor she will even send out her 11.30 a.m., on Friday and he was tot pressing that point. Re-own daughter to work, but she taken up to the Central Station aad
He said that this marking there must be some mis- gulation 10 of the Ordinance should not have sent them out to held in custody.
understanding or break procedure was irregular. could not do night work.
than five His Worship: Which do you
If the defendants could not be somewhere."
With the Magistrate's assurance hours a day. Assuming that she think is more justifiable according before the Court on Friday, the pro- was 15 years of age or over, could to Chinese idea-to send a mui tsai per thing for the Police to do was that he would see to it that his it not be held that the woman was or one's daughter to work the to inquire into the matter right clients got bail, Mr. Kendall left
away, and in view of his clients' res- the Court. responsible for over-working the whole night long?
they Mr. Tong: In my opinion they pectability,
should have At 10.35, Sergeant Post, attach- child, and according to the Ordin- ance a child could not be employed would naturally send the mui tasi been released on their own recognized to the S.C.A., attended Court on night work.
Baid that
child 13
be employed for
more
to work rather than their own ance.
His Worship: And that in spite
Doubtful Point
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Poste Restante Correspondence J. Asbeck, Bakhtawar Singh, and said that there was no other Margaret Carter, China Radio Co., official at the office at the time he China Indenting Co., H. A. G. Clark, Mr. Butters added that his Wor-daughters.
The Magistrate suggested that left.
|T. J. Dwyer, R. Darnell, R. W. Fitz- ship must take into consideration į
of the fact that a mui taai is a that was a matter which should be After the Magistrate had ex-william, Louis Gorris, Rev. C. the fact that she was A female child and that she had been made to person invariably expected to do left for discussion later, but added plained the situation to him, the Guergis, G. Houston, R Hichens, that he doubted if Mr. Rendall Sergeant said that all he mew Capt. D. S. Harvey, L W. labour for 101⁄2 hours every night,
could convince him that a person about the case was that at 4.30 Helienicke, B. Italiener, R. M. without a break, for two months and
raust be charged within 24 hours. a half, and also that the nature of
p.m., on the 18th, the girl went Jameson, Capt. Day 3.8. "Gogovale" Mr. Rendall said that that was to the S.C.A., and made a com- Kearney, A. L. King, Larif Khan, the work was auch that the child)
fendants should have been allowed a district watchman was sent out A. May, J. J. Mantier, (Dir Gen. of not his suggestion, but that the de-plaint of ill-treatment, whereupon. Lazaraga, Rev. W. Manna, Mile-
bail.
to arrest the defendants.
hours.
household work?.
Mr. Tong: Yes..
Injurious to Health
Dr. H. A. Fawcett, Medical Off-
had to stand throughout the 10% cer of Health, was the next witness called. He said that if a child was His Worship: What must you ex. employed for more than nine hours pect the defendant to do? Should a day his or her health was bound she be there to see how the child to be impaired. He considered that was belag employed?
Mr. Butters said that his point was that the woman had over-work-
ed the child.
His Worship then
point-
ed out that they only
had
the evidence of the
His Worship said that that was
really a matter which depended on
8.C.A.
Rail Road) A. H. Nark, M. Namias, W. E. Priestley, R. C. Paulet, R. S. The Old Story
Pigott, C. Ritter, Aimee de Roza, the mui taai in the present case in this instance hardly one for the
the sireumstances of the case, and Magistrate: It is the old story. E. Ravera, Mr. & Mrs. I. O. Ross, Replying to a question, Sergeant S.-W. Smith, J. Turville, Miss E. was undoubtedly overworked and
Charles True, H. B. that it was injurious to her health. Police to deal with seeing that the Post said that owing to ather Tasker,
Asked as to the effect of night prosecution was brought by the work Mr. Butters could not attend Williams, W. M. Wyeth, Whiskena.
Court that morning, and he wish-
Unpaid Correspondence work on a person as compared with
The case was then allowed to ed a date to be fixed-any day ex-
J. S. Flaks, A. Hitchcock, Manro- day work, witness said night was stand down whilst Inspector Mur-cepting. Thursday.
de-la Rosa. the natural time for a person to phy telephoned to the S.C.A. mui sleep. The psychological condition
The Magistrate said that he had
Registered Articles tsai in regard to the alleged of the body was at low ebb. Also
Not Come to Office
already given a formal remand Mais Ayon, J. T. Brainerd, il-treatment. This had been deni-night work meant working under later, Inspector Murphy said that would expect to hear something of Boris, Bogoroditzky, Mons Durand, At 10.20, a quarter of an hour until today at 10 am, when he W. Brotherton, S. S. Blinds, ed by the defendant and if the artificial light and that was in- he had rung up the S.C.A., but the facts of the case. prosecution was going to argue that jurious to one's eya-sight. Fur-
But he Isao, Kadoike, M. Marche-Marchade.. point, he would have to put the de thermore, a child should have 11 or North, nor any of his assistants assistants at the S.C.A.. and some-Mckenney, Mesars. L. Pingamall, neither the Hon. Mr. R. A. G. thought that there were several Mlle. A. May, R. S. Moore; W. E. fendant in the witness box. Person 12 hours' sleep every night were in. He had got in touch with one else could have turned up in- J. M. Rowan, Peter Tester, General ally he had tried not to do so be-order to attain an ideal condition Sergeant Post and was told that stead of Mn Butters.. cause the defendant was not legal of health. Standing for long hours none of the officers of the Seero-
: Wu Chung ok. ly represented.
was also injurious to women of all tariat had come to the office yet ware chictwo assistants at pre- Address:
Sergeant Post said that there Unclaimed Radio Telegrame. Mr. Batters said that he was also ages. There was also such a thing Sergeant Foat had promised to get sent Mr. Todd and Mr. Butters, Chung Wo, not relying on that point. His case as "industrial fatigue." That was into touch with Mr. Butters. was based on the fact that the mat doing the same work all the time, Mr. Rendall said that he would assistants were engaged that 1707, Mr. Barrow being away. Both 0018, tsal was made to work for unduly without a change and with no not press the point of discharge of morning, and Mr. Butters, who 3707 long hours and also to do menial terest in the work. That was work at home during the day, bound to react on one's nervous
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Hie Vorship said that defen system. dant had admitted that she had Of Her Own Accord asked the mui tsai to do some
know what bail
His Worship remarked that bail The Magistrate decided to give 1707, work at home during the day. She give her evidence in the witness would have to be pretty heavy, and defendants cash bail in the sum 0364,
confessed that, not knowing the of $500 each, Was a woman with bound feet and box. She said that both her daugh circumstances of the case, he it could not be expected that she ter and her mui tsal went to work did not could go out and carry water. in the factory of their own accord to fix at the moment. He would A ceiling in a house at Holly- Cahalue, Lane Crawford, Kweiyang.
In the case of the mui asal, she Chinese Customs
went out to work as a feather have to wait a little longer to see bush-gardens, Bethnal Green F. 7569, 7105, 2070, 7108, 2502, 2860, Evidence regarding Chinese cus-sorber and also as an earth coolie up having their midday meal and in 6019,
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As to the matter of the detention jured Mrs. Eliza Emory, aged 43, 0971, 8982, 0005, 5714, 2802, 0007, Is Justice of the Peace sind was too hard at the factory and, if
Hoihow. 1916, a director of the Tung Wah so, she had better give it up. To the matter up with the Captain Dr. Seipel, the Roman Catholic Behtaí 144, Haiphong-strestorabaja. ton anggested that he should take
Wah Kee 278, Point-road, Saigon. Hospital in 1918, & director of this the mul teal had replied that Superintendent of Police. the Po Leung Kuk in 1919 and she wanted to work. She could not with regard to the non-appear priest who recently resigned the Tai San ground floor, 8, Chematoy,
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A Certain Latitude Mr. Jong said that in principle water. "I hope your Worship will The Magistrate said that as the he did not disapprove of the mul pardon me and let m
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