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PRESENTATION AT KOWLOON
DOCKS.
The s'aff of the Kowloon docks assemble, to day farewell and make a prestation to Mr. John Wilkie Chief Clark Mr. T. Neare
Superi tendent Engineer, couping the chir said Mr. Wilk e had practically grown a with the Dock Co., baving ban in its service for the period of 20 years. During his six years with the Dock Co. the chairman had always found Mr. Wilki motbliging always rady and willing to help a fellow employee; aud always a very hard worker and a thorou zn business min He called upon Mr. Rut er, who had been in the Duck Co, even longer than Mr. Wilkie, to say a few words and make the presentation.
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Mr. Rutier said the man who could not get on with Mr. Wilkie must have been a hard man to please; he had not only been heartily with them in their work, but had also joined enthusiastically in their sports. There were still quite a few men in Hongkong who would remember running up against the formidable Wilkie in the football field, and again, he had been their tennis champion for quite number of years. On behalf of the Dock staff, he (Mr. Rutter) had much pleasure in handing over a very handsome" gold wa'ch ឆន a mark of their esteem and respect, as well as a diamond brooch for Mrs. Wilkie.
Several of the servants of the Dock Co., tesified to their ex erience with and auder the direct orders of Mr. Wilkio. Notable among these was Mr. J. J. Gomes, who has, been with the Dock Co., for about 23 years.
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Mr. Wilkie thanked his kind friends with some feeling remarking that very many change had taken place in the personnel of the staff. He thought that only ten member, who were
with the Dock Co., when he joined in 1886, were still active- members of the staff. He was very sorry to sever his connection with the company, but, as they were aware, he had received an opportunity to better his position in life and, as it was every man's duty to push ahead, he embraced the offer. Mr. Wilkie becomes a partner in the firm of Macdonald & Co., engineers and sur- veyors.] He considered the staff he leaving an able one. Regarding the sporting side of the members, they bad taken leading positions, at various periods, in every branch of sport, except golf and horse-racing, which were luxuries too expensive for men of limited m-aus. In billiards, Messrs. Rutter, Farkes, He tou. figured as cracks; in football Messrs Henderson, Wilson, Lapsley, and Heron ; in tenuis Messrs Duncan and Cleland; in swimming Messrs. Lapsi y. Croke, and Witche; in row ing, Messrs, Wilson, H nderson, Witchell, and Lpsley; in cricket, Mes-rs. Lightfoot, Dixon, and Herton; and in the domains of lawn bowls th-exp rts were so numerus that he dar d not prticularise. The staff had not devoted al, their time to gumos, for Voluuteeri claimed a good deal of attenin, and mae a sidebod bore evidence of the prowess of te staff as teams and individuals, and no interp rt team was complete without a sprinkling of the De Rf Shots. Former cracks were les 18. etewart and Hender o and Messrs. Gow. Lapsly and Parkes were the bining li.hts of the resent day. They had givon three offics to the H.K.V.orps in the persons of C pains Mitchell and Mac o ald ad Li ut. Grahu Their fame as ent rtainers was wel kuorn, and, whether a concert or practice dance was n-their hospitality was aye to the fore, Their H gmanay Auuual D nce was voted one of the most enjoyable of the se son, thanks os the hard working secretary and committee,
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THE HONGKOŃ
WEEKLY PRESS AND
POLICE COURT,
Saturday, 30th September.
BEFORE MR. G. N. ORME (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).
DUMPING RUBBISH AND ASSAULT.
Captain Sisco of the ss. Bourbon appeared before his Wor-hip to answer the char es of dumping rubbish in the harbour and assault ng Lanc -Se geant Wills of the Water Police. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
L. S. Wills stated that while patrolling the harbour on the 27th instaut, the coxswain of his pinnace drew his at out on to the quant ty of rubbish which bad been dumped. This was near the Bourbon and witness went ou board the ship and asked for the captain. On his appearance the sergeant told him about the quantity of rubbish dumped, and asked him if he would point out the man who did it. Th captain w into such a rage that witness thought he had taken leave of his senses. He was told he would be summoned if he did not point out the man who dumped the rubbish Witness then went to the lower deck. The defendant followed him, and as he knocked his hat off he said: "Get off my ship directly," pushing him shoreward the while.
Inspector Langley-I should like to remind your Worship that in the la-t case of this ind you inflicted a fiue of $5, and said you would Lieble the fine in the next case brought before you. I would also ask your wosh p to make it cler to the captiu that the police have a right to board ships under the merchant shipping act as he apparent y is labouring under a misappre- heusiou ou that point.
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O. Thomas, second engineer of the Bourbon, said he hend a noise on deck, and heard the captain tell the constable to return to his launch. He did not notice whether there was any rubbish on the water.
testified as to seeing the captain order the Lau Fat, another of the ship's engineers, He did not see him push the sergeant, or knock his hat off. A strong wind which prevailed blew some rubbish overboard. Witness saw some rubbish blown out of the 'tween d⋅ cks through a portho'o.
Inspector Langley-Can you say how the wind got down to the 'tween decks.
Witness I cannot.
constable off the ress:1.
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Defendant -Your worship, sampaus working alongside the steamer discharging and taking in cargo, and some rubbish may have dropped overboard from these craft
His Worship-Don't you know it is your duty to ass st the police in preventing the dumpi g of rubbish ?
Deten last-Yes, your Worship.
Defendant-I have done so on a previous
occ sion.
Iuspector Langley-On that occasion, your here from Saigon, and when te Wship, his ve set brough 45 undesirables polica boarded his ship he re used to acknowledge that he had th moo on board.
[October 2, 1905.
REVIEWS.
The Pith of the Cl ssics: the Chineso Classic in Every by Life: or Quotations from the Chinese lass es in Colloquia Vae. By J. DYER BALL, M.R.A.S. Hon.kong: Norliona & Co. $2.
That cumorous nitle suggests that Professor Ball was an loss which of the «l erna ive titles to discard, and that be pu them al down, in despair of making up his mind. This was a pily, for a good bo k deserves a go d title, and
A
good title is one that is conveniently. memorised and repeated. We suggest "Chinese A tags, from the Classics," as a better. The these quotat ons are in such general use that argument of the prefac is all to show that
they have become adages; "the object of this book was to only give those whic aro ia common use and understood by the great mass of the people. Apparently the Chinese in conversation are foul of dragging in & hackneyed quotition (all hickneyed quotations are adages, ipso facto) aud twisting them to fit If he has not reachel the age of forty and fifty and has not made himself heard of," for instance, is altered to "I am torty or fifty and haven't a cash." This remins us of the way in which the ph listines of Englaud will often quote Shakespeare's fine emphasisation of the value of reputation, with- out thinking for a moment of its original
the time and case.
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pplication, and divorcing it from its coutext. Som, petty payment is in question. The young man, giggling at the aptness of it, and proud of bis redy wit, murmurs : seas my purse steals trash," meaning only that his finances are at a low ebb. This babit is so common, and its Chinese examples evidently so exactly similar, that we regard the author's explanations of the possible uses (or m suses) of some of the quotations as prolix. It is evident, for instance, that our old frie id,
Evil communications corrupt god manners'
is present in the Chinese: 無友不如己者
yet we are told gravely that 16 is used to advise people to have nothing to do with bid compa y
To remove any suspicion of carping, we had better stop to mention that we like the idea of this book, and agree that it will be of great use to students of colloquial Chinese who wish to improve their conversations! powers and get on a more sympa hetic footing with their native acquaintances These quotations from the Four Books will be scanned with considerablə interest even by those who have no Chinese smattering, for it is patent that in such a collection of the favourite quotations from the classics we have good evidence of the thought processes of the masses. And while some of the
there are many that are helpful an suggestive. explanations may be prolix, as we have said, The well-known 言以蔽之 is a very
useful phrase to memorie
pucu tically, as coming from a foreign devil it should startle he most garrulous servant into brevity. It is not difficult to imagine how much trouble has His Worship Wels you did not do so in this been o used by the adage had
"the-tudy of str nge: in-tance.
doctrines is injurious, indeed," especially when the author explains that, as is to be expected. it can be applied to any new thing, apart from doctrines. All men are liars, and perhaps we have o right to or ticise, but it is strange to real that an alar», i, rezular use among the most ready prevaricato:s on earth, is one saying that without tracefulness a man cannot get on. left out i that on A bad example of the " xplanations" batter ag 4-5, where the tra sla- tion "If he can bar to do this, what may he Hot bear to do?" has its use exp ainel as "It anyone does a c-rta n thing what wil that per ton then not do?" -for which, if anything was quired at all, we should ha e thought the formula "If he'll do that held any hing would have ben apte". We are told tha the When he entered the Grand Tomple (he) asked about every hing" is often used as excuse for inqu sitiveness, in this ay he Maser was inquisitive so I on bo' This reminds us of the peop e who quot. Paul's atrics to Timo hy as an excuse for drinking r Christ's words in the corn field as an excuse
He would refer to a other good trait of caruc- ter. viz. their good-heartedness when any of their countrym u or women were in need of help, and he was sure, no class of meu, similarly situated, in the Far East, were more liberal.
in a very imp its manuer, and I promptly told Defendant he constable boarded my shi,,
him to get off.
Insp tor Langley-I do not wish to press for a heavy penalty rearing the rubbish umping, your Worship, but I do ask that it b m ke clear to the captain tha he mus treat ther police properly. Apparentl, he im wines that the Borbon hus the stain of a man of-war, wher as she is ined ty a tramp.
Defendant-The polic mn boarded my re-sel with bis hit on, which he had no right
to do,
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His Wor-hip-Oh, yes. he had. H's bat is The remainder of this pleasant evening was part of his uniform. If you trost d th police spent in anecdote and song; the it. ms being properly, and as-isted them in the execution of cont ibuted by Mes-rs Baxt r, Porvis, Craw- | their du'y instead of obs ruct ng them, you Kird, Wynne. Henderson, ibbitt, amsay won'd fid they would treat you wit every fonros, Rutter. Tavlor, Stewart, Clellend, and,, consideration. On each charge I order you to E. U. Murphy (of Messrs. Bailey & Murphy).
pay a fine of $5 ).
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for Sabbath breaking, or His ang r with the money changers in th Temple as an excuse for bad towper! "Tuings that are past, it is need- less to bame" is followed by the comment: