THE JAPANESE PICKPOCKET.
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY MAY 18TH, 1907.
best way to entertain her callers.
The house-thief is as frequent and a proble-1 matical a contingency in Japan as tla pickpocket, and much more te le drauded, for he is always A. Nagasaki correspondent of the Evening ormed and will brook no interference. The
number of Mundard writer :---
robbers is appalling: yet the unttor ! order are 52 CETON Beril in Japan unnects everywhere to le regarded with ebewhere, but Jaretero pickpockets and thieves mity. The home pladerers have eccentricities have some remarkable cherrierities that conder of a kind no lose armarkable then the pocket them much mure inforating degenerates than banter. Two of these charactors who broke into a Tokya zaidanos Intely have made then- their crdinary equivalents in other lands
Tokin
Kentleman, having melee famous throughout the empire for the Quite recently a
prowess they displayed and the aransement they
they
the family and creation to v Yekohane, found, upen arriving at the station, that his purse was great inte sacharéssica in llu arual ruanter Hly urinas ouincidence, and that he woult to unside to pay for Fervent ticket. Turning from the window of the with drawn scants. hon fire to the pulley crew that surround just at that moment two other burglars arrived uspicious-locking upon the reen with a The intent. The first ed him, he noticed individual standing pear, eyeing him tawasily intruders, taking them for eighbours whe bad રામ ! aerisines of the family, forthwitli br pared. Yea kuce me, you mocal,
set upon them with the weapons, and were not a Return that money you have soha from
Gentlemen of the light fingered and predatory,! 10 5hr by plealain in this country from year stairs, from which place the lady who promised i
and begone.
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AS BHD as her feet had ronchod the floor, the gentlemen galluntly assumed places at either side of her and conducted her to the foot of tha to tako no further intorest in thieves could be seen standing ghostlike at the top of the steps, with a lamp in one hand and pitcher of water in the other, peering nervously down among the dig shadows coming up from below.
Got on! quickly on the roof of the veranda sad wheat for the police mounded the At this one of the prisont under eacort. getemen ventured to clap his handver her och best of further alarms, of, purkaya, to classic wint to a Japan went druktlas appear a want of dignity, not to say a distortion Whereupon the humiliated lady of beauty. soundly hored his ears, eating her finger gsinst the sword which he bed out in sair
By this time tha kdy on the roof was making such a camplaint that the thieres some frightened and fled, ralinguishing their temptingly en a dresing-table.
defence.
OYAL COMMISSION ON SHIPPING | "gard to
"RINGS."
the South African market, evidence had been produced seeking to show that from the merchants' and shippers" point of view no damage was done by the The evidence
Mr. W. Heston, mannging director of the system of "rings" and rebaum, firmat Mors. W. Hont nud Sons. The Brades given by the chairman of the South African
disagree with. Referring to the South Afric Limited), Birmingham, told the Shipping Ring Serchants Committee he was disposed to Commission last months that his firm or large trade especially, he had gone some months ago wennfacturers in the edge tool, spuds, shaved, to canvass some of the large and small shippers #27
steel, fo, trade. They came into close to the Cape ports. The opinion was unanimions that the freights were excessive and that the They competition with American in addition fo
amount of those robates hold over by the Continental and home manufacturers. did business with the Cape and with the Trans rebate system was distinctly injurious. The vani in particular, but it had been seriously shipping companies as a gasrapies of good injured by the methods adopted by the "ship behaviour on the part of the chippers want in ping ring." which operated to the man of most cases sufficient. for case the firms to of insight on sectant of their being obliged to their American competitors in the waggleat opportunities of more favourable rotos way. To ward off any competition from American and other steamship lines, the put on their awo vessels from America to Cape ports, and accepted rates of fright not caly nurgraunerative but laser than then they charged from the country to the
11is firm ad from time to time protest
thus addressed, thench for a moment he while the Mill ferrited family died this inir charge, but taking a gold watek that lay Cap the strongest monuer possible, but had of their principals. The interests of the maua
The fellow did not seen at all surprised at ting tooked size what dead; then choned the sugzy sietim to cae fide, shovel a in-yeni hill ; into his band. lawed profusely, and disappeared, Satisfied that he had recovered even more money that he had to, traveller proceeded on his
In thevening yang rip to Yokohama. wife wondering how he land had her
the surprised to find those thas suddenly put the defassion ng well prepared to resist, xtraordinary turn of events with mingled The feelings of astonisht and uteret double duci waxed en lees and noisy that the
aronspil, while weighinulood was stam tured out to withheels, one sider ingin a hite se discating then the sunl shil vening. others omplains that
morifion the rebsten held over. This difference. between the interests of the surfacturers and the merchants with regard to the robate system was that the merchants for the moes part acted for buyers in the South Airies colonies and paid whatever freight they were obliged to for uocunct
facturers were, and could only be,
be, to get as obcap never acceeded in obtaining redres. They also submitted their complaint to the Port
a rate of freight as possibla čemuensurate with ffice, the Colonial Office, and other Govern as regular a vics as could be obtained; and ment departments. That the systenz had been for this purpose anything For a long time past generally condemned by of a freight war es freight rute which could
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W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO. 900 Hongkong, 17th May, 1907.
OF
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124 Hongtour, 1st January, 107.
AACHEN AND MUNICH PIRE IN SURANCE CO. OF AIX LA-CHAPELLE.
returning to his Lems Fly lit. and his juick fight of the previousladiators did jemplaesutly that they w old bars com: British: traders he bad clear evidence in lektors not pay a shipowner would be as much against I prepared to ACCEPT BI868 sgoi RE
esting on all day without his purse, which he had forgotten to take from the
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not show as total game. The arena now be cajné zu ezended that space was at a premium, having the garden sprided with bined, and
of the man he had rest the stati. but bad spreceded in baring hinseif taken fer the head
then dawned upon the mystified involer that
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he had not only accurately disined the charseter the edice sud uler lavs remers disappointed ought to have been done that aroused a sospivice j-different character from ordinary trade coma arst of freight which they were distinctly
the fraternity, wh-videndly thought it the hpiter ofcul unde dae will superior tus
art proceeds of thy land anid.
Japanese professionals of this insa, hati uut only their peculiar codes of communal hours, bat a stage regard for public opinion, as well
a: Javing missed so lively an entertainment.
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merchant. At the time of the lust freight war in the Sonih African market. The witness's company contracted with an opposition line
informed by the owner of that lion was a payable rate of freight to him, and the result during a very large saving to the witness's company. He thenght it would be advisable to insert a ould not adopt a system of rebates and shanid ont belong to any ombination.
Suz minutes afterwards the neighbours and the pollen hrean to stroll in to sea what was going ou When asked why they had not hurried to respond sugar, they lighted their sat down on the Roor and replie! pipes, when they first heard the uprour, but had which had been received firm-large me the manufacturer es it could be against the thought it was the foreign lady singing this contry trading with South Afrin
Legislatizo interference was greatl
ween of an entirely :ben 3, and that it morbitį
monopolies as where he left it while changing whereupon the ven batunis food alert and Bed, only her vébemest persistence in it after
bination,
ae shipping companies holding in their minds efficicat to compel them to tracta for his Majesty mails were placed in intrude upon her privacy. A missionary lady whi, fixes by hen-cafio a of the pick puzeket vesegration by this meher of email ustice h use in Tokyo war ze me firɑon ago / positive p:oof of the old contention that the Farticalarly strong position ewing to those the three years' working of that contract WE visited by a friend of Lers from England. The Japan late no ear for nie. Meanwhile an subsidies and other preferences that the mail competition, and therefore freights would be mias #seigned in this quest, The latter. o policeman to look intly were all there, but the system of daferred rebates there would be stipulation in the mail contracts that steamers bestees slept down slurs, while the only upstais mirous silencs is the servants' quartera induced contract conferred. His sinw was that but for
band and gagged.
Tower.' It was not the manufacturers who got lastover, panned extremely restless at sights,
The thes which the presentatives
merciants. He presumed there was a certain equently eming in the bend the stairway,
pdrantage in uniformity of raler, bit waking up her horter, und inquiring if all of Jpanese law adept in dealing with these the deferred rohsis, if there was one, but the the criminals Chemselves. A business man he preferred to do the frst unique way of resenting what they reward worn woll, as she fancied she heard thieves | gentlemen of the gel-rich quick variety are se
The wixionary one this annoyance for eccentric as
watchman goes up and down the street all he could in each case. He would not go quilere as the pompeusness of thers who este in Theu Melven above represch The other way to a few nights, after which she quietly remous- russengers, one of when was a lillimetera trased with ber visiter, and inde her promise through the zight, clapping two short pieces for se to say that the "ring" system would not ere on their way weath by the Tai side that in fatinerke wat beve the thieves to the of weet tegether to let bis presence in kawashald together if it was not for the mail, but the the role tring alexded to frighten away the mail contract when strong factor in helping it. The very eat night the isdy of the house thieves, but, veedless to say, really protecting With regard to baredress be aimed at obtaining, renta, when they fell to a lively disen aim of the Lorters
marrabook police barg
ba hoped that a Government, would tell the upon the soljees of pick pockets. The lawyer
was distrihed about by an unusual them. expressed itim at the steadily increasing
them to accept lower rates of freight from cf sight. number of these parasites of rooiety, and laneat everestin preceding from the servants way of managing pickpockets that
A niti has the
foreigners for equal distances than they accepted CHILDREN 遘 ed the lexity of the polier in nyt rennding up and was aching up her mind to goi cnt of hed bellas" comproliension, provided the culprite stermabip companieve that they could not permit
gold watch or e Hendly and at the listed felkers to their rest, wl on keep out Funkment. of them for more
sunt money, let the art repreted to the from their own country. He was not in favour insisted, however, that most of the lessons to the paper partition began to slide back, misfortune to be relieved of
Thep into the from with a bullseye isolern. of the losers themselser, who were Det
walked over to she bidde und peremptorily turns up in a manner so mysterious to puzzle manded all the mercy that was in 11 house, any one not initiated into the method of when
within wheels of the Japanese police system. cantioning the lady to create no alarm, upon
It may be that the magic fineres of the pain of death. The missionary replied that the was not in a costers to receive callers, and Japanes policemen in persuading thieves to would be unable to ermply with their request deliver up their plander is to some extent due until the bad or completely ranged to the probable or necquences if the offender is where caught for the process through which a defier her tale. The gentleman upon
of the law be to go is severe, often amounting it did not devoire to hold the lantern very cou-
A few weeks ago, in the province" siderately fered to serve an Indy's tonid. agiceing to get anything she needed if she of Tokushima, a man who refused to confe would but honourably eredereend to scenaint, whe suspended from the ceiling and besten bim with its whereabouts, and indicate the the officers. This failing of the desired veralt,
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In the course of further evidence from
travellers while on the train wete due to the revealing two geatlemen lighting their way police, and some time later the Holen property of the abolition of all sobeidier. fault if not the and more often than rai, put "I have tation in the way of the works. estensic myself be concluded, "aid have uster heen robbed of n cent: no pickpocket bas any chase with a careful man."
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REUTER, BROCH ELMANN & CO..
Agenti.
114 Hongkong, at April, 1997,
THE GLORUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
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CARLOWITZ & Co. 18 Hongkong, 13th August-1905.
TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN.
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£17,537,119.
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witrees, Mr. Austin Taylor remarked that the (Formerly of the Imporial Chinese Customs against FIRE at Correat Katar. virtue of the Commission was so It was appointed to it quire great that all
C.P. Smith, manager to Mesars. Fraser exist, in the same way that if a policemua was put on the beat the barglar disappeared. and Chalmers (Limited), manufacturing en- bis company were interested in the inquiry as gineers, Erith, who also gave evidence, said
to nearly manufacturers and shippers markets woich ware served by steamers
Its description of Chinese Social Custom the conferences or "rings. bybelinging
that the system osad Superstitions, combined with the insight it gives into political conditions in China makes CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY" an excellent
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proceeded to exhibit-vorious garments 000 by As he still persisted in his obduracy, bot/injurions effect upon their business. The object \ goluma for presentation to friends at Isme.
Just then the train stopped at bis de stination, and saying good-bye to his friend, Leuros toge, when to bis astonishment, a bag containing 31,00 dollare, and valaubla papers hd mysteriously vanished from his side. Thus incapacitated for the transaction of his intended business, the discomfited member of the Bar tork the next trajo back to the capital, o sadder but a wiser maa. The next morning, however, the express. man brought en unexpected parcel to the honte
one to the lady's gaze, suggesting that she of the lawyer, which was toad to enclose intret the bag and its contenir, together with a polite kindly make a suggestion. This ao pained and note to the effect that the writer, unable to bear shocked the anxious lady that she almost forget The man the lawyer's uncalled-for remarks overheard on the seriousness of the situation the train; had taken the liberty of teaching in Bually held up the dressing-gown, for which a
been asking, and the discreet talkers a much-needed lesson, and that the while she had he hoped this timely hist from a Tokaido pick-infinitesimal-mber of buttons that ran down pocket bad not caused him over-wach incon the front of it vernpied the lady a length of time ficient to allow a consideration of the
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his mustrils copferences and "ringe" which be noticed on a chair near the bed, be and hot water poured inta
substituted for water, the un-of these "ring" and rebates was arowedly on zake was
rates at a fictitiously bigh level, and he thought, ficials standing happy wretch seem ming with agony, to the the part of the shipowners to maintain freight enth African market, the West African apparent amurement of the by The man was then put into prisen, and he could prose that one of the results in ba market was that shippers from the United Kingdom next day permitted to depart with a fine. One market, and the Australian cannot wonder that there is a spirit of relent
than these from the United tates. With lees vendetta between the defender and sefier of law in Japan, and ultimately the police always were compelled to a higher rate of freight! suffer most.
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