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THE NEED FOR SHORTHAND WRITERS IN COURT.
CANTON,
HE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, 1912,
AMA GOLD COINAGE FOR INDIA.
SHANGHAT NOTES.
BHANGHAI, May 10th. The visitor from Hongkong upon land ing in Shanghai immediately realizes that things have not moved so fast in the Settlement as in the Colony, notwith standing the fact that Shanghai was actually within the zone of civil war
THE ARGUMENTS OF ITA. AUFFÖRTERS.
(BY A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES.")
On the presentation of the Indian Bud- get in its final form on March 22nd, the Viceroy's Legislative Council was invited by Sir Vithaldas Thackeray, a Bombay
THE FORK OF COINAGE Whilst Mr. Webb advocates adherence. to the recommendation of the Currency Commission which came so near to materi-
INTIMATIONS
alization ten years ago, there are other SUN PILSENER
hus
Frost Our Own Correspondent.] Mr. W. V. Drummond, in concluding his address to the Bench in the will cast
May 13th,
supporters of the gold currency project which has been before the Chief Justice
"ROOTING OUT MIRACY IN THE DELTA.
who would prefer India to have her own for the past three weeks, took advantage
Since Chan Kwing Ming has taken over
which has lately devoted much attention distinct coin or coins. The Times of India, of the occasion to, make a complaint as the position of chief of the Army there
to the currency question, has pointed out to the inordinate length of time occupied have been many robbers and pirates
that for some reason the half-sovereign has not come into Indian currency to any op in bearing cases before the Court and caught and executed and a systematic The somewhat aggressive self-conscious merchant, to adopt a motion famuring the prociable extent, while the sovereign the huge expense involved, all of which crusade against them is being undertaken. | ness of the Chinese in Hongkong is not establishment of a gold coinge at the led to the enrichment of England at the might be saved by the employment of a Mr. Chan intends to take a large number found here; for example, as in the old drawn on Str Fleetwood Wilon making must end. There may be advantages, it Indian Mints. The motion was with expense of India, and its exclusive reign Court stenographer. He mid-I want in of reliable soldiers himself to the most days, when you walk along Shanghai's the important announcement that the admits, in getting a ready made coin ex- closing to refer to two points which have inlected portion of the North and West twisted streets the Chinese muke way for Government of India had submitted their changeably in any part of the British Em impressed themselves with very great Rivers to stamp pat this nuisance. Ever the foreigner as a matter of course. Then views to the Secretary of Biate, and that piro," but when to purchase it we have force upon my mind in connection with since the Revolution the pirates here have there are the quotes. For the past three if Lord Crowe's decision met the wishes London market it is much tou dear at personally he would be highly gratified to incur the cost of the resentment of the this car. What I am about to say I say been having a good time and expeditions months at least in Hongkong a Chinese of the mover. The Governor-General in the price,” The result has been that with all due submission and with all sent out to capture and punish them wearing a queue in the street would have Council is not committed to any definite every effort has been made to thwart and respect. I would ask your Lordship it usually meant simply that they trans-been a curiosity. Not so here. It is tris policy by this obiter dictum of the Finan divert the demands of India for you would be good enough to lay aside ferred the energies to another portion of that close crops predominate, but quite Sir Fleetwood Wilson would have gone that India should mint churs and cial Member, but it seems unlikely that sovereigns." An alternative proposal is your pen for a moment and allow your the river for a time. It is to be hoped that an appreciable number of Chinese, parti so far if the majority of his colleagues pagodas, to give the ancient vernacular self to trust to the shorthand reporter's Mr. Chan's crusade will be very thorough, cularly of the lower classes, retain the were hostile to the principle at Indian terms, equal in weight and fineness to the gold coinage. An outline of the arge-overeign and half-sovereign respectively, On the other hand, Sir Vithaldas usual quiet appearance of the delta for eyes, the emblem of the race. A zealous propriately be given. a time previous to new series of queue, cutting campaign is being carried
cantile opinion behind him, wishes to have robberies.
on in the native city and the Tutu has
rupce currency note (13s. 4d.) or two- minted & coin equal in value to the ten- issued proclamation
thirds of a sovereign. that severe penalties will visit anyone found wearing the "badge of servitude" after a certain brief period. The result has been that queue cutters occasionally pursue their intended victims across the Settlement boundaries, an exhibition of zeal that generally involves their subsequent
notes of what I may say. Now, my Lord as otherwise it will simply end in the queue, which was for so long, in foreignments for the chango may therefore op Thackersey, with some weight of mer-
MOTOR CARS ON THE NEW BUND.
what I want to say is this sh struck recently by the immense time that has been occupied in this case that I asked my clients' consent to the engagement of a shorthand writer to be paid for by both
A man named Lo proposes to run four sides. Both sides agreed, and we had a motor cars along the bund for passenger shorthand reporter here yesterday and he traffic and has applied for permission is here to-day. I was in hopes that hav. promising $800 a month as tax to the ing the shorthand writer that we would Government. He proposes to divide the have got on much faster, but it helped band from Bamboo Creek to Tai Sha Tou me vory little. I may be wrong, but into five sections and to charge five cents your Lordship, through force of habit, for each section. Considering the tre desiring to have the notes in such shape mendous amount of traffic on the bund ns they formed themselves in your Lord, and the new spirit that has invaded China ship's mind, continued to take notes al for things European this busincas ought through yesterday, and I found myself to pay well and should only be the be at no advantage in having a shorthand ginning of many similar projecta. It reporter here. I had to speak just as has often been said that when the new slowly as I did before. Sentence by land is completed it is proposed to ran sentenes, got through all I said yester-elrctric trams there, and this proposal if day. I say it frankly.
it comes to pass ought to be a good eyes spener to the fovernment and will show conclusively the advisability of such an innovation. The band is at present the only decently broad thoroughfare in Canton, and is therefore always black with people, for whom the only means of conveyances are old medieval looking rickshas, so that there should be little or no opposition either way.
The Chief Justice-I am not actually taking down what you say--I am taking down to a certain extent my own views, If 1 did not take notes at the time and read the shorthand notes
Mr. might pass awNY,
His Lordship-I would not put it down as impressions.
Drummond The impressions
Mr. Drummond - As your Lordship knows, I don't know when I can go on if your Lordship is writing. If your Lordship's mind is occupied with taking a note of one point have made, it is useless for me to go on with new argu ments. They only lose their effect. The
SEN YAT SEN,
Dr. Sun Yat Sen still continues to be
un
feed on all sides and yesterday he was the guest of the Japanese · Consul Shamyen. guest of the Commissioner of Customs.
To-morrow he is to be the
SHAMBEN.
THE SITUATION AT FOOCHOW.
appearance in the Mixed Court
ANTI-FOREIGN RENTIMENT.
ROW
HISTORY OF THE QUESTION.
BEER.
Nothing like
it.
OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.
H. BUTTONJEE
& SON,
It is well-knows that the Moul Empire possessed both a gold and silver currency India and that in the early days of the East
While there are these differences of opin- variety of gold coins were current and its advocates are ananimous in hold
Company's administration
ion as to the form the coinage should take, freely circulated. The Company tried to
the ing that
stef would be of maintain both metals in circulition at a Aced rate; but the gold coins were under- great. advantage to India in valued and gradually passed out of cir-monetary medium; in placing her rupee giving her & serviceable, portable culation. The law of 1835 by which a exchange on an absolutely stable basis: uniform rupee currency was ntroduced and in enabling her to borrow capital for the whole of British India authorized on more favourable terrns than at prosent the courage of the gold mohur, e to rupee for that economic development which pieco, and co-related coins; but gold coins would be stimulated. It is not suggested being no longer legal tender they were that Government should undertake at once allowed to pass at their market value as to give gold coins in exchange for rupees, compared with silver coins. Though still for, as the Currency Commission of 1898 conventionally wed for professional fees, peinted out, this would impose on the like the guinea in England, the gold State a liability to find gold at a moment's
our has now no existence in stual car notice to an amount which could not be WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
The question of reviving a gold defined beforehand. What is naked is currency in India was repeatedly discuss that Government should actively assist in ed after the administration was taken the popularization of gold coins by open- over by the Crowa, and an allempt was ing the mints to the free coinage of that into the country as legal tender at the made in 1888 to introduce the sovereign mictal, equivalent of Rs.30 4 annas, but was rendered inoperative by the subsequent fall in the gold value of silver. This fall went on until checked by the dosing of the Indian Minta in 1893 to the restrict ed coinage of silver as the first step to the establishment of the gold standard, which was consummated some 12 years ago by sovereigns and half sovereigns being made legal tender at the rate of ts. . to the
pre
rency.
THE TRIUMPHS OF WIRELESS.
Triumphs of the wireless in rescues froin
shipwreck, renarts an American paper, show these results:
January 23rd, 1909-1650 passengers and crew of the Republie saved by wireless after collision in a fog with the Florida. Jack" Bina, wireless operator of the Republic, won fame by heroie conduct. Wrecked vessel rescued by the Bettie of the White Star line.
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While, as I have indicated, the Chinese in the Settlement still preserve much of the old-time respect for the foreigner, the native authorities outside are show. ing a sufficiency of bumptiousness. There ix, as many of your readers may know a standing dispute about the Chipei boundary. For some weeks dangerous tension has existed in regard to the matter. The municipal police have arrested Chapei policemen and the latter have retaliated by arresting, more or less legally, members of the municipal force. An interesting sight interesting by reason of its suggestion of the possibility of dramatic developments-in to be seen in North Szechuan Road: There, at the inter-section of a side street and the main
THE AWORTHE PROJECT OF 1890.- thoroughfare, is found a Sikh policeman
The advocates of a gold coinage for armed with a carbine, while at the India urge that this is an essential corul-
Sept. 9th, 1910-Thirty-three persons corners of the side' street, on one side of lary to the establishment of the gold rescued by car ferry summoned by wireless to wrecked Pere Marquette car-ferry North Szechuen Rond, are two Chinese standard, and point out that schemes steamer, No. 18, off Sheboygan, Wis. Two placed before the Indian Curtney Com- soldiers, with rifles topped by business mission of 1898 professing to provide a passengers and thirty-one officers and crew result of that is that I occupied six hours the river, which makes seven gunhats at of the road stand two Chapci policemen we recommended that the Indian Mints signals of distress when wrecked off Yar WATCHMAKERS,
The U.S.S. Wilmington has returned to like looking bayonets. On the other side gold standard without a gold currency: were drowned.
were deliberately rejected. The Commit-Viole assisted in response to wireless July 29th, 1911-Canadian training ship yesterday in addressing your Lordship present lying of Shameen. H:M.S. and I shall probably spoil another hero and Robin, the French the situation is one that is momentarily ed coinage of gold on terms and conditions August 30
hio S.M.S. Trington, U.S.S. who are armed with swords. Obviously should be thrown open to the unrestrict to-day. If I had been addressing a jury gunboat Argus and the Japanese j
August 30th, 1911-Twelve passengers who took no notes but looked and listened, On Friday night, the British team for fraught with danger. When 1 went down such as govern the three Australian of the steamship Lexington were rescued I could have put the whole case for the the second year in succession and the
to see this little demonstration of the Budget for 100001, the late Sir Clinton through wireless messages sent by sixteen- branches of the Royal Mint." In the from a wrecked vessel off Hunting Island defendants in two hours and finished my frst two years of its existence won the extent of the strain upon the relations Dawkins anmoussed that steps had been year-old Jack." Sheets. work. I think this case has occupied at Club. The riches-up were the German authorities, I was vividly reminded of tion by constituting a branch of the would have been much larger but for wire. challenge bowling shield of the Canton between the native and the municipal taken to give effect to this recomenda- Loss of life. on the Titanic doubtless least four times as long as it ought to tam, who put up a fine game on Friday,
un incident at Tientein after the Boxer/Royal Mint at the Bombay Mit for the less appesis for ai have occupied. That is my view, and 1 but were beaten on the whole series of
trouble. Great Britain and Russia had merely waiting until the home authorities who sent out "8.0.8." when she struck" coinage of gold. The Goverment were games by 250 odd points. say so with some weight of experience. I
The wireless operater on the Titanic FINEST QUALITY a dispute about the ownership of a rail. had satisfied themselves respecting the the iceberg was J. G. Phillips, formerly have had over forty years at the bar.
DIAMOND JEWELLERY: way siding at Tientsin and for two days premises and appliances of the Bombay employed as wireless operator on James I have had scores of cases in this part.
a company of British troops and a detach A number of technical and other difficul- on the steamship Oreanie, from which he Mint, But the scheme did no fructify. Gordon Bennett's yacht. Later he worked of the world with all the drawbacks of The seriousness of the situation in Pois
of Russian kept each other as were raised by the Royal Mint. was transferred to the new Titanic. interpretation into different languages. how was indicated on April 27th by the ment
assassination of Mr. Clung Cu Cong of "covered," so to speak. The accidental Meanwhile, as Bir Fleetwood Wilson ex- That enables me to say what would other the Board of Civil Appointments. He touch of a trigger would probably have plaited in last year's Budget debate," the
All steamships of consequence are re- wise seen a strong statement. My feel bad just left his house in the city when
quired to be equipped with wireless- involved those two great nations in war entered into agreements for the sale of fanciful dream. By an act of Congress,
Kolar gold-mining companies had mostly which only a few years ago seemed. & ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND SWISS ing is that this case has occupied an his chair was surrounded by cleven men,
one of whom thrust a sword into him: The Shanghai affair is not, of course, so their produce in England, and the pro- passed June 24th, 1910, all ocean-going inordinate length of time. I think it has The others each took their turn stabbing serious, but the situation is certainly spect of their bringing their gold to be steamers carrying fifty passengers or more secupied at least four times as long as him, even displaying their brutality after fraught with peril and the Settlement refined and coined in Bombayhich was are required to have wireless apparatus it ought to have done. To-day is the they saw he could no longer live. One of will breathe easier when the difficulty is to be the pièce de résistance of our gold capable of transmitting messages at least
mint was thus deferred. In the cir eighteenth day of the bearing.____In_mykis chair bearers carried the body to hig
100 miles. The Canadian law is applied..... mind if this case had been heard before house, but life was gone before he reached anally adjusted. At the present moment cumstances it was decided in 182 to drop
all passenger ships. the Chapel authorities hold, and refuse the project, and to wait until a stronger a jury and the Court bad the service of The precise reason for the assassination to surrender, two municipal policemen demand for a local gold coinige should a shorthand writer this case would have is not clear. A Fouchow correspondent who were illegally arrested within the
arise,"
DEATH OF A SHANGHAI PILOT. finished in five days. Taking the measure breath awaiting the next move of de- Settlement boundaries several days ago. writes: People are holding their of time, I think I speak at an average potism or the retaliation of the other Strong protests have been made, but scaunst be questioned by students of removed from the settlement, says the Another old familiar face has been rate-when I speak freely and without, in- terruption at the rate of about 140 words side to the quarrel.
In linn financial and mercantik opinion, Shanghai Mercury, by the death of Capt. I have had my words taken, April 30th, the Government closed and
and it has been stimulated by the writ-H. W. H. van Corbach, late Shanghai- CHINA'S RAILWAYS. down and timed by a sporting friend sealed the office of the Ming Teng Bo, an
cisms so frequently directed in Anglo-Woosung Pilot, who passed away after a There seems every prospect of Mr. with a stop watch. There are reporters out-spoken newspaper, which has been
Indian and Indian newspaper against brief illness at the age of 72 years. The at home, good reporters, who at their criticising the action of the new officials A. W. V. Pope, the General Manager of the policy of holding the bulk of the gold deceased, who was very well-known in highest can take 250 words per minute. and their failure to provide justice and the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, being standard reserves in London, which, it is the settlement and on the whole Chira That is very high, and we do not expect a departure from the old régime.
May 3rd a panic threatened to repro appointed Railway Adviser to the Chi urged, has been partly responsible for the coast, and was extremely popular with a comparatively slow growth of India's large circle of friends for his many that out here.
His Lordship-What you are doing now duce the days before the local battle of nese Government. During the civil war utilization of the yellow metal for cur amiable qualities, came out to the Far
It I agree with you. You, the Revolution when for days tens of the marvellous manner in which Mr. Pope rency is giving advice.
is claimed, East in the carly sixties, and after trad however, are not making it any shorter thousands of people moved out of the handled the military traffic attracted the especially by Mr. M. de P. Webb, who has ing on the coast for a number of years, city. The events and suspicions of the attention of the Chincas, nuthorities and frequently written on this question, that went in for piloting in the early seventies at the present time.
the increased demand which would dow and was one of the old-time members of Mr. Urummond-I hope what I am say-present unrest reached a climax when a ing will mean & saving for other cases well founded report was circulated that they made several presentations of medals from coinage in India, so far from up-the Independence Pilots Association. He in time. I think it is desirable that it the Government (which is predominantly and inscribed plate to signify their setting the equilibriam of the world's afterwarde merried and had two sons and should be so, and I am making a few Hunanese) had given out ammunition to appreciation of the splendid work he had markets for gold, would tend to protect a daughter, the latter now being the wife
This case the Hunan soldiers but none to the Foo done. The layman a
them from the serious consequace of the of Mr. A. M. Pryce, of Messrs. Liddell observations on the point:
a rule overlooks increased production operating at least Bros & Co, the elder son, George, being might have been finished in five days if chow meu.
check to the it had been taken in that way.
depreciation A jury An exodus from the city began, but the the immense amount of organization for a time se
James, being in the office of Mr. A. E. sits and listens, and thinks. It does not Governor took prompt action to stop it. necessitated by the transpert of large of money and to the advancement of resident of Tientsin, the youngest son,.
has He issued a proclamation re-assuring the This case
bodies of troops and big guns by train. prices. Respecting the objection that an Algar. The deceased went home several enormous proportion of the gold imported years ago, but recently returned to occupied eighteen days, where five days people and forbidding any one to remove might have sufficed. It is a serious public his goods from the city. At the same Especially difficult is it on a line like by India is absorbed into hidden boards master, and I think it would be to the time he brought a special force of police the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, which is or melted into omaments, it is contended Shanghai. During his active career he that hoarding is not unknown in Western was, pilot for the German mail for a advantage of the profession to get easea into the city on an emergency call late in self-contained, that is to say, it has only countries, and that as, according to well-period of fifteen years and pilot for the through quickly, and it would be an the evening, giving strict orders that any its own rolling stack to draw upon. The known authorities, less than 3 per cent..M. Company for about twenty years, enormous advantage to the public to haveman moving his personal effects from the the cams tried quickly.
city should be arrested on the spot. The line was only equipped with rolling stock of the total gold output is contained in which position be held up to the time of His Lordship-Here we have no official city gates which had been open at night for ordinary commercial purposes, but the currencies of gold-using countries, his retirement some years ago, and during shorthand writer.
for some time have since then been closed this notwithstanding Mr. Pope was able sole part of the huge balance might as his long connection with the two com- well be hoarded in India or bein circula-panies he had an excellent record and Mr. Drummond-That is what I want as previons to the war.
The latest attack on freedom of speech to meet all the military requirements with tion there as to be lying infructuous in aever had any accidents. The deceased to dray attention to.
a promptitude that marked him as a other countries. The advocates of Indian was a native of the Netherlands. His Lordship
was made on May 4th when the office of glad to have one.
still another newspaper was sealed. The master of organization. The suggestion minting now have the authority of the Financial Member for the expectation Mr. Drummond-I believe at one time ing Sing has been most outspoken and there was a shorthand writer here, but fearless in criticising the Government his services were dispensed with on the and, what is quite pertinent; the things ground of expense. That is mistaken said have been all too true.
a minute.
have
to take
notes.
should be extremely
home.
This paper
far without result.
THE EFFECT ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCE. That the local demunJ bas since grown
purposes,
was made while I was in Hongkong that that the genuine use of gold a currency an annual inspection of the Kowloon in India is likely to largely and rapidly Canton Railway by a competent outside increase. Mr. Webb argue that the does for Tedia And alón. | steady and continuous withdrawal of gold
EXTENSIVE GAS FRAUDS AT SHANGHAL.
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