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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29гm 1911.
the employers to discuss the demand. A curious comment on this movement for an eight-hour day is the fact that the miners, who already have an eight-hour day, are very generally dissatisfied with it. When the Act was passed the miners were led to believe that it would be a great boon to
The table of fares on the Canton-Korleon Railway will be found on page 5.
Mr. E. 8. Kadeerle sanounces that ho hạg severed his connection with the other partners in the firm of Ellis Kedvorie & Co., share brokers, and that he will continas to osery on the firm by the same name.
WATSON them, but it is said to be proving otherwise. Signale were hoisted yesterday indicating a
& CO., LTD.,
ESTABLISHED 70 YEARS.
It is explained that it was the custom at many pits, before the Eight Hours Act was passed, for the men to work long shifts on mid-wock days in order to have imple time for gardening and sport at the week-ends. The mon frequently had clear apells of leisura from Friday night till Tuesday morning. Now, with the law limiting the working hours to eight each day, it becomes WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS necessary for the men to be in the pits one
CLARET
ST. ESTEPHE
ST. JULIEN
LA ROSE
Per Caso Per Case 1 doz. Qts. 2 dos Pt. $10.40 $11.40′′.
CHATEAU HAUT BRION
LARRIVET
CHATEAU
rh
12.40 13.40
16.40 16.40
21.40
MOUTON
32.40
D'ARMAILHACQ 25.40 26.40
CHATEAU PONTET
CANET
28.00
CHATEAU LA TOUR
7
33.00
CARNET,
CHATEAU RAUZAN 47.00
CHATEAU LAFITE 53,00
and two shifts more per week--that is, they have to work Saturdays and Mondays in order to "make wages," Thus, including the time occupied getting to and from work, the average minor has less time for home life than he had before the State attempted to give him more time to himself. The Act has defeated its own chief object. Now it | seopis 'that at many of the pits there is a movement to get back to the conditions which existed before the Eight Hours,act was passed. It does not, of course, necessarily follow that because the miners are dissatis- fied with the Act, the mon-in the highly skilled trades would also be dissatisfied: but this difference of opinion between two large classes of workers discloses that the now" syndicalist" development in the Labour world has its limits. There is in
tho
typhoon over 300 miles to the south east of the Colony, but later they showed that it had got within 300 miles. There was the usual exodus
of small craft to Causenay Day...
TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
(THROUGH REUTBG'S AGENCY,] ITALY AND TURKEY. ITALIANS IN TRIPOLI PANIC
STRICKEN..
Lospos, September 28th.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE NEW CANADIAN PREMIER.
AN IMPOSING WELCOME.
LosDor, September 28th, Malta telegrams raport that two battle-the leader of the victorious party in the Ottawa telegramis state that Mr. Borden, recent elections, was welcomed in Ottawa
The largest seizure of forbidden drugs ever ships and four destroyers believed to be made in Manila was made last Friday night on Italian have passed en route for Tripeli, the 6.8. Aumeric when 700 tins of opiam, 119A-privata telegram states that Italian bottles of cocaine and 15 packages of morphine. worth £65,000, were captured. Three Chinese warships with an expeditionary force are members of the crew were arrested..
flying off to Tripoll. The Italians there are- panic-stricken, fearing that the landing of troops will provoke a massacro.
On Wednesday the master of a shop at 68, Boshan Strand West, handed a foki a $100 bill, and despatched him to pay an account of $40. The foki paid the amount due, bat did
reture with the shang, sad the police have been asked to look for him.
APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE.
LATER.
The Anglo-Maltese colony in Tripoli has petitioned the Governor of Malta for as-
to the golet little village of Pokfulam, and fondsistance...
On Wednesday evening the police paid a visit gambling game being conducted in the road. way with the resistance of a burricane lamp. Four men were arrested, and on being pharged before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday
were fired 85 cash.
ments are gazettad: Mr. Lester Maynard, to be The following American Coupler appoint. Consul at Harbin, Mr. Roger S, Green, Consul- General at Hankow; Mr. Adolph A. William son, Consal at Antung; Mr. C. E. Baker, Comml at Chungking; Mr. B. P. Tenney, Deputy Consal-General at Tioxtein; Mr. G. C.. Hanson, Deputy Consul General at Shanghai,
Manila boasts the only fully qua'ified lady engineer in the whole of the Orfont," Miss H who is the principal assistant to Engineer Dobbs, xperience, a graduate of the universities of California and Columbia (New York), and member of the most important instructions in her profession. She has had long experience is fleld and construction work in southern Cali theoretical knowledge of the work but with a sound practical training.
is, we are told, an engineer of considerable
current number of the Nineteenth Century a very illuminating article on the Labour Problem from the pen of Mr. ELLIS BARKER in which, in the first place, he establishes by official statistics that wages in ment years have shown a tendency to decrease, while the price of commodities bas increased. He shows further that about The above Clarets, imported from the well-40 per cent of the workers in Great Britain kaowa Arm of CHAS. RANCOURT ET are in receipt of a wage scarcely sufficient to FILS, ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE end do more than keep body and soul together.fornia and is en engineer not only with a wide Guaranteed to be genuine Chateau Wives of Fine Vintage.. larets from the celebrated Chateaus abere mentioned are too well-known to connoissents to need further comment, and we can con. fidently recommend them se mature and
nine condition.
LOCAL SPORT.
BOXING TOURNAMENT,
The Italian steamers are only accepting Italians
aa passengers. The British residents are hoisting the Union Jack over their homes.
the Suffolk and the Barham. The former is The only cruisers presently at Malta are
in dock.
GERMANY AS PEACEMAKEE. Constantinoplo telegrama state that Ger. many is endeavouring both here and in Rome to effect an amicable settlement.
as assured Italy of her oarnast desire to The Porto is showing a friendly spirit and adjust their differences, but Italian circles point out that similar assurances previously given were worthless.
ANTI-MILITARIST DISORDERS,
LATER.
tion-known to the Dominion. It included by the most imposing political demoustra
torchlight procession two miles loug
SUPREME COURT. Thursday, 28th Septembar,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION, BEFORE MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).
A CLAIM FOR INTEREST,
the plaintiff, money received by the defendant for the ass of La Po Hing enad Li Shek Pang for $280,
and Me. W. E. L. Shanton appeared for the Mr. Rusdor Harris appeared for the plaintiff, defondant,
Mr. Harris stated that the particulars of olafaz showed that the plaintiff on racions........dalos mortgaged the northern portion of the Prays Reclamation Marine Lot 69. first to Father
a
fatration marked not a political triumph, hutoval for $100,000, then to Tam Kew for
Mr. Borden, in a speech, said the danion
the assortion of Canada's determination to adhere to the British connection for all time.
The Evening Journal states that the Navy question will be settled by referendam. add Italy
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
LONDON, September 28th.
inspirit, but with certain reservations which boen received at Berlin. It is frioadly The French Note concerning Morocco bas
necessitate a further interchange of views.
THE FRENCH NAVAL DISASTER.
CAUSED BY SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION,
LONDON, September 28th.
again to defendant for $10,000. There were thus $20,000, than to defendant for $9,000 and four mortgages outstanding on the property. On the 10th July this year Li Shek Pang ad- the plaintiff his two mortgages and took vanced to plaintiff $145,000 and yo-assigned to a farther mortgage for 8145,000 on the whole property. The four" mortgages were paid of and he advanced the money to pay himself-off, and the reassigament of the mortgage to him- selfinok plass the same day. On the completion of the mortgago Li Shek Pang retained in his
going to be paid off that he had not received notice that he w987 hauds $280, one month's interest ou the mort- gages for $10,000 and 88,000 on the ground
Evidence was heard, and the case was adjourned.
ALLEGED-MANSLAUGHTER.
CHINESE MIDWIFE CHARGED.-
Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy Beile, member of the General Staff, on-against on a charge of manslaughter.
▲ Paris telegram states that Admiral yesterday afternoon Chan Wai Kasi, a Chinese
bustion in the powder caused the disaster
women, practising as a midwife, way prozaodel dorses the opinion that spontaneous eom.
to the Liberfe, like the blowing up of the Jena in 1907 and the disaster to the Gloire
last week. "Almost every ship." he added, "has a quantity of defective cartridges of
citor, prouted, and Mr.-W. R. L. Shisaton
Mr. P. H. Hodgson, Issistant Crown Soli-
sentod the defendant, (of Menors: Desoon, Looker & Deacon) repre-
Mr. Hodgson, in outlining the fasts, said the defondant was charged with the manslaughter Street, Taumati, Manslaughter was of twa of a married woman residing at.26. Battery
Router's Correspondent at Milan raports that there are large bodies of troops at Rome, Florence, Milan and other cities to this powder, and we have already been ad-kinds, involuntary and voluntary, and he was check attempts by Socialists and Anar-vised to exhaust the supply as soon as pos. chists to provoke anti-militarist disorders,
sible. We are right to have ammunition There has been some rioting at Milan and which will not be an eternal menace.” hundreds of persons have been arrested.
acclaim the expedition to Tripoli, but at The majority of the population, however,
proseeding under the heading of involuntary manslaughter. On August 28th the do- chased, who was living at her house on the first door of 25, Battery Street, was in a state of confinement and WAS 21
TATER.
remoral from all warships of all explosives of the child took place, the defentant went to Beuter's correspondent at Paris tele-parently being attended to by the defensient graphs that the Admiralty has ordered the from the evidence that before the actual birth who was soting as a midwife. It wanki appear
shipped prior to 1902.
To this extent he is sympathetic towards the revolt of the wage-earners against the conditions under which the majority of then live. He asserts that their condition has been worsened by recaut labour legis- lation, and he is apparently fully justified in doing so Experience has shown that the At the City Hall to morrow night followers Workinen's Compensation Act especially is of boxing should witness some interesting bouts. regarded as having done more harm than The first will be botgeen Rags," the No. 1 ¿S. WATSON & CO. A working man who wrote to The Chinono pugilist, and Young Jackson, where northcently fought to a dear after a stirring battle Times recently stating the railwaymen who had come out on strike mentioned that employera, had become so frightened by the extraordinary decisions of the Courts under this Act that is self- protection they discharge every man' the slightest signs of failing health Consequently for every workman compensated under the Act you will find a dozen gray-haired men of into after which the fight between Trou Bux and towards Tripoli via Egypt is under the Gladstone, Liberal candidate, a grandson returned to the bedside of the decease! and then
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who ahowa
Beaman Sky Kerrison will then box the best of
15 rounds with Corporel Saraton, the recognis.one of the railway statione crowds lay ed middleweight shampion of the Hongkong upon the mila to prevent reservists passing. Garrison. Sapper Miles is to meet toker The cavalry cleared the lines while the Biggins, lightweight champion of the China Station, in a 15 round mill to devide the championship, and this fight alone should be worth going a long way to see. Bill Lewis and Hannaford will then give a brisk exhibition,
reservists cheered for Italian Tripoli.
The Daily Telegraph states that the ques-
tion of the passage of Turkish convoys
recently in a ten feand-contact Bar had the earnest consideration of the British Govern Potter will take plop. When these men met best of the first seven rounds, bat the last threement. The Porte is hourly expected to raise were in favour of Fotter. Tomorrow's sght the question. is to be of 15 rounds duration, and Poiter has every confidence that he will smester in men,
middle age eating the bitter bread of idleness as a direct consequence of its enactment." The insurance scheme too, this writer says, is everywhere regarded with grave misgiving. "The working men are beginning to feel that the, hasty Bux also is sanguino of arccess. projects of Mr. LLOYD
all the qualities of
GEORGE LAVE
a boomerang."
LAWN BOWLS.
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WL B PT8,
Police
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Civil Service Kowlon Trikoa....
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4
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"OPEN CHAMPIONSKI, final in the open championship.
A CASUS BELLI.
LATER.
The Turkish, transport. Derna landed at Tripoli 100 soldiers and a quantity of munitions. It entered the harbour in view of the Italian fleet. The Italian newspaper Stampa declares that the landing of the Derna is a casus belli..
Salonika telegrams state that all the Italian merchant vessels in Ottoman waters have been recalled.
But the gravest feature in the situation is The League competition is now concluded, the frank advocacy of revolutionary The Police are the winners for the third time- methods by the Dictators, Tom MANN and in succession and the oup becomes their BEN TILLET,-who as recent events have property. shown, have succeeded in introducing into England the syndicalist methods advocated on the inent, and who by voice and by pen, are constantly preaching Socialism as the ideal of the workers, not-the
The State ownership of the means of production between G. E. Edwards and J. Macdonald and exchange, but ownership by the Trades will
The Turco-Italian negotiations are still We have not yet heard the last of labour Unions. Mr. ELLIS BAREER in his article Green on Saturday, October 7th, when the Pre though acting informally, is striving her take place at Kowloon Eowling proceeding. It is believed that Germany, strikes in Great Britain apparently, even
in the Nineteenth Century supplies muchsident of the League (Mr. F. Howell) will be for the present year,
The fatest Homeilluminating information on this aspect of "at home" to members of bowling clubs and utmost to reach a pacific solution. Despite papers tell us of a conference of miners to the question, and when we consider what their lady friends. The match for third and the alarmist reports of the imminence of an be held next week at which a resolution will has happened and the developments now in fourth places between G. K. Harton and A- Italian landing in Tripoli and Turkey's
Hamilton will be played at the same time. Tue prize will be presented afterwards.
HONGKONG, September 29TH, 1911.
confined
be submitted in favour of demanding a progress in the labour world, few will be found to disagre with his conclusion that minimum wage for miners to be secured by means of a general strike, if necessary. We what we have to prepare for is revolution. rend also that, so far as the more highly. The movement, as we all know, is not skilled trades are comcerced, there are signs
to Great Britain, bat it of quiet preparations for a general move is probably there that it will have its meat in favour of an eight-hour day. The
earliest development signs are particularly marked in the ship- building trades, more especially among the boilermakers. The principle of a shorter working day has already been approved by
0.8.K. Dairen-Osaka regular steamers.
Wireless apparatus is being installed on the
A theatrical combination known as the Scarlet
the Executive Committee of the 18 federated Serenaders is coming to the Far East. It was anions covering the shipbuilding trades, to leave Tangoon for the Straits on the 15th who have called upon the executives of the instant..
KILMARNOCK BYE ELECTION.
་
LONDON, September 28th. has resulted in the return of Mr. W. E. The bye-election at Kilmarnock Burghs
of the "Grind Old Man." The figures
were declared as under:
Mr. W: E. Gladstone (L)- Sir JD. Eees (U)
6923
4637 2761
T. Mackerral (Lab.)
Dr. Rainy, who at the last election polled The vacancy was caused by the death of
8657 against the 5569 cast for the Unionist candidate,
A MOTOR TRAGEDY..
'BUS FALLS INTO RIVER SEINE...
see Dr. Lee Yio Taz, and in ber somewhat lengthy statement she said...
His Worship-Was this etatement made ́in answer to the chargo ?-
Mr. Hodgson said it was, and the defendant
he would be able to show that that was not the rou- said she went to see Dr. Lon to ask him to help her in the connement: But the speaker thought
and there performed an operation in a manner son. The evidence would show that the defendant
she had absolutely no right to do that was to say, with the atmal negligence, carelessness and want of proper preciutions. The result was that the patient, in a few days time, died in the Tung Wa Hospital.
Mr. Hodgson said the medical evidence would.
His Worship--What day did she dia? Mr. Hodgson September 6th. Proceeding. show the cause of death, sad he would show that the defendant was absolutely unqualified in any way to act as a midwife. There was no law in the Colony to prevent the practice of mid- wifery without a licence, but if a woman took upon herself to do that work it would have to be done with care, without negligence and with [every precaution
Mr. Shonton-I presume my friend proposes to produce authorities for these statements?
Mr. Hodgson-I shall.
His Worship-What is the custom smong
LONDON, September 28th, While a Paris motor lus of the now
the River Seine it swerved, knocked down the pattern with no outside seats was crossing
parapet of a bridge, and fell into the river.sbout that? --Some of the occupants scrutabled to the roof and were rescued.
It is believed that thirteen were drowned.
A GALLANT PRIEST.
Chinese midwives? Have you any evidence
Mr. Hodgson raid he would question his witnesses to that effect. Drs. Kelly and To his Worship was satisfied that the deceased lost, would give their diagnosis of the case, and if
her life owing to the improper manner in which this woman performed her duties as midwife; ~ Eleven persons were killed and nine the other hand, if he was satisfied that there then there was a casa to go to the jury On
determination to fight in defence of teri- torial integrity, there is a more hopeful feeling to-day that a settlement will be reached. POWERS UNABLE TO INTERFERE. injured in the motor-bus..
LATER The replies of the Powers expressing inability to interfere has caused most bitter disappointment to the Porte.
THE JOHNSON WELLS FIGHT:
LONDON, September 28th.
HONGKONG CBICKET LEAGUE. The following Clube have entered for the league sompetition for the forthcoming
RE.
Civil Service.. B.G.A,
KO.Y.LL Craigengover.
H.K. Police. Kowloon.
B.N..Tard C.C. KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB. The annual meeting of members of the Kowloon Cricket Club was held yesterday i the pavilion. H.-W. Stewart, the vice-pre affiliated unions to express an opinion on
sident, presided over a good attendance. The Salvage operations in the case of the St. Hugo report and statement of accounts was DESVÍTÍONE- the subject. When this has been done the matter will, it is understood, be discussed(rooked near Nagasaki), which were underly passed. It was decided to leave the election have proved abortive. Recent storms have the other office-bearers were appointed ne taken on behalf of the underwriters and owners, of president over for some time, and broken up the stip,
under: - Vice-President, Mr. P. R. Wolf
and Wells. secretary, Mr. A. O. Brawn; troeurer, Mr. C. The hearing of the summonses at Bow captain, Mr. W. L. Weaser: captain of second W. Jeffroys; captain, Mr. J. H. Head; rice Street has been adjourned. eleven, Mr. D. J. Mackennis; committee- Meases. Mackensie, Curwan, Wesser, Nelison, vices of Mr. T. Chee as secretary and Mr. Mead Green, Blackburn, Button, and May. The ser
at the next meeting of the federated sxecu- tives. It is practically certain, says a Labour correspondent in The Times, that the outcome of this meeting will be the almost unanimous backing of the demand for an eight-hour day. A similar agitation is reported in the steel trade. A ballot of the members of the British Steel Smelters Trade Union has just shows a large major ity in favour of the principle, and the anion officials have asked for a conference with
make a policeman his prey, but this happened at The petty thief does not offen attempt to the West Point Polloe Station on Wednesday, when a gold watch and chain valued at $90 was watch and chain was stolen from a resident of stolen from a member of the force Another Hanghom, and the tenant of a house on the Kowloon City Road reports the loss of $10 worth of electro-plated articles,
LATER.
was no negligence, no want of care, and that A priest rescued six of his fellow-passen-arquit the defendant,
every precaution had been taken, then he would gers by diving.
STEEL TRUST NOT TO BE
DISSOLVED.
Losos, September 28th.
Evidence adjoursód.
was called and the bearing
ALLEGED UNAUTHORISED
COLLECTORS..
Reuters correspondent at New York Chinese boy, were charged before Mr. Wood at
Two Chinese wearing long robes, and Mr. Justice Lush has granted an intelegraphs that the Steel Trust emphs- the Magistravy yesterday with obtaining money
terlocutory injunction prohibiting the use of tically denies that it contemplates dissolution Farl's Court for the fight between Johnson as reported on the 21st instant. It is legally
advised that it does not violate the law.
THE TURF.
Losuos, September 28th..
The probable starters for the Jockey Club
as treasurer wore saknowledged, and voten Stakes are:-Lemberg (O'Neill), Lycaon, of thanks to the retiring office-bearers concluded (Stern). Stedfast (F. Wooton), and Hair the proceedings.
Trigger (Rickaby).
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY
OPENING.
by false pretences. They are alleged to have Canton, hospitals with bogus subscription lists, been collecting money for Hongkong and On the 26th instant Detective-Sergeant Grant was at 45, Caine Road when the defendants presented themselves and solicited a subscription. After a conversation with them, the Sergeant took them to the Police Station, and it NOW..... Guests holding invitation cards for the open-spreams that the names of contributors shown in ed that the invitation card is sufficient authority amounts set down had not been received by the ceremony of the Canton-Kowloon Railway the book carried by the third defendant, which
to travel on the British section special train defendants. The hearing was adjourned for a at Samchun on Monday, October 2nd, areisform- amounted to $1,500, were forged, and that the
week, and buil was fixed at $1,000 for each man-
from Kowloon to Samchun.