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THE CONTROL OF AFFAIRS IN HONGKONG.
DEMAND FOR INCREASED PUBLIC
REPRESENTATION. PETITION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS,
Sia-1 enclose a copy of a Petition, which British Residents are invited to sign, to the Scorelary of State for the Colonies asking for greater Represente
ARMED ROBBERY AT
SHAUKIWAN.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PREEF, THURSDAY JANUARY 20гB, 16,
A Chinese woman and her daughter and daughter-in-law were sitting in one room of their house at Shaukiwan on the night of the 6th January when they heard alarming noises at the door. Soon afterwards three robbers, armed with choppers, barst into the room. One of them seized the elder of the women, pushed her into her cubicle, and pulled a gold ring off her finger. He then de manded the keys of hor boxes, threatening to shop her to death if she did not comply. The woman gave him one key, with which he opened one box, from which
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE OFFICES TIELD BY LOCAL MEN.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGZONU
DAILY FRESA."]
A REBEL GE" ER AL'S MONEY.
CONSEQUENCES OF A BOGUS ACTION.
Before the Chief Justice (Sir. Wm. Rees Davies, K. C.), at the Supreme Court yesterday a widow named Lau Kau Shi brought action against the Bank of Cantco, Ltd.
Sik-Referring to the letter which appears in to-day's issue of your paper with regard to several local gentlemen who ↑ Mr. C. G.`Alabaster (instracted by Mr. have occupied high positions in the Faithful), was for the applicant and the defendant Bank was represented by Government service, some nams who Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. A. deserve mention have been left unnoticed, M. Preston, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokas
and Master's office). viz., Mr. Arathon Beth, ISO., who served The plaintiff claimed from the defendant. tion of the Public on the Executive, and he took a pair of gold-mounted baggieg, the Government for over 30 years, during Bank as the administratrix of the estate |
of her late husband, Lau Yuet ofía" "Läu Cheuk Ting, the sum of $10,200, being an to $10,000 the amount deposited with the August, 1913, in return for the deposit defendant Bank on th 26th and 27th notes, and as to 8200 balance, for interest due on the notes
Legislative Councils.
Copies of the Petition, with sheets at sached for signature, will be found at the Hongkong Club and at the Phonix Club and also at Mesara, Kelly & Walsh, and Mesery, Lane, Crawford & Co., and I shall be pleased to forward lists to other places, if so desired.
ten silver buttons made of five-cent pieces, which period he held several commissions and a roll of sen-cent pieces amounting of great importance, and on his retirement to 5 The other robbers looked after the of 8 Counger women and stole articles of on pension occupied the position of Regis clothing. The Bhaukiwan police arrested two men alleged to have been concerned trar of the Supreme Court. in the robbery, and those appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland yesterday. The case was remanded..
ARMED ROBBERIES. IN.
SHANGHAT.
assistants arrived on the scene and
The defendant Bank, in its statement of defence said that before the action was commenced on October 27th, 1913, ander compulsion of a garnishes order absolute, dated October Sath. 1913, 1 paid into Court the princimi, a sum of $10,000. now claimed, together with a sum of $32, 8c interest thereon at 9 per cent, per anbim, to ore Chin Kee in respect of a gmnt obtained by Chin Kew against Lau Cheuk Ting, but wären judgment was on the date unsatisfied, ...
"swora
The late Mr. J. M. A. da Siva, the dagen of the Hongkong Civil Service, occupied very important positiam, an addition to his past as Chief Clerk of the The Chamber of Commerce and the Non-Official Justices of the Peace have been
Audit Office, and was the first to instay the Government telegraph service in this inserted in the Petition as the proposed
Four mon entered an opium shop at electorn bodies because they have, Fakion Road, No. 713, Shanghai, and held Colony. The late Mr. J. M. B. Alves was since 1884 been officially recognized up the inhabitants, three of the miscreants first cork at C. S. O. when be retired; being armed with revolvers. They succeed- by the Government as suitable bedies ed in getting away with about $1,100 worth Mr. F. A. Machado ocupied the port of
Mr. Alabaster said the action arose waḥ for the purpose of electing unofficial of opium, notes and silver. Just as the British Postmaster at Japan and hang of a bogis achon, the parties to wach Members to the Legislative Council, but four men were leaving one of the shop hai until his retirement ou pension; the were no present te by laid by the nevis. it has een suggested by many that a more grappled with one of them, who shot bit late Mr. Felippe Machado, Mr. J. L. S. The husband of ine appicant was at fas time of the eeund valution u bienekal comprehensive body { electors, would through the hand. In spite of his wound Alves, and the Into Mr. A. Bbicho all rein the Chinees Army, and had comand possess a more representative character, the assistant followed the men into Foo tired as chief clerks at the Harbour Office; of three regiments. He was a
thow Road. Here a Chinese constable
son (adherent) of Chan Kwing Min and this suggestion will brought to joined in the chase, one man being even-Mr. A. P. Guterres, as Superintendent of
The evolution did not tast who fled.. the notice of the Secretary of State later tually caught by a Chinese watchmann. Atho Mercantile Marine Office: Messrs. Jure on when a covering letter, forwarding the second arrest was effected during the even-M. E. Machado, and A. M. C. da Silva
ing in the French Concession. Petition, will be addressed to him.
There was another armed robbery at both hell in sucession the position of Probably the same chelors to those who about the same time in Beone Road, and in chief clerk at the General Post Office elect uncficial Memborg to the Sanitary this case there was no outery or alarm what the late Mr. J. G. da Rocha held the Bourd would be deemed suitable, nante, and causequently no arrests have been
at the ade. Two men entered a shop on Boone position of Chief Accountant Road, and, by threatening the occupants General Post Office when he retired on poncriginal jurisdiction, which was with a revolver, secured 937, in cash, a silver watch and a cotton jacket. An araison; the late Mr. M. Gutierrez, held the ed Chinese constable was on duty nearby, post of first clerk at the P.W.D. when he and in the immediato vicinity was a foreign retired on pension, and Mr. F. X da constable, naither of whom knew anything had plenty of time to get clear away, about the robbery until the thieves kad Sonza was first elérk as the Police Offies
when he retired on pension,
ly:
(1) All jurors, and
(2) The following persons who are
exempted from serving as jurors : (1) Unofficial members of Conaci}; (ii) Barristers and solicitors; (iii) Medical practitioners;
(iv) Dentists in actual practice is
the Colony
(v) Persons registered under the
Pharmacy Ordinance 1008;
(vi) Clergymen of various denomins-
tions;
(vii) Masters of any school other than
a vernacular school: (viii) Professors, lecturers and other academic officers of the University; (ix) Editors, sub-editors and report ers of any daily newspaper pub dished in the Colony; (*) Licensed Pilats; (xi) Former jurors who are over 60
years of age.
Yours faithfully,
'Prince's Buildings,
I. E. POLLOCK.
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY IN
SHANGHAI,
EUROPEAN STORK LOOTED DURING THE NIGHTT.
One night last week Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co.'s store in Nanking Road, Shanghai, was robbed of about $1,300 in cash and currency.
At the close of business Mr. A. L. Bellamy, manager of the store, personally closed and looked the strong room. Next morning all the doors were found properly locked as usual, but in the lock was a small piece of metel, and, when this was removed and the door unlocked it was at once dis- covered that cash and paper to the value of about $3,100, part of the day's receipts, hand been taken. Next to the strong room is the cashier's enge from which about 835- FOR GREATER REPRESENTATION OF THE PUBLIC was taken from the cash drawer. Also,
Hongkong, 10th January, 1816,
[COPY]
PETITION
ON THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILS.
To the Right Hon. The SECRETARY, OF
STATE FOR THE COLONIES.
The Humble Petition of the undersigned British Residents in the Colony of Heng- kong Showeth as follows:----
1-Your Petitioner, most respectfully submit for the gracious consideration of His Majesty The King that it is fitting and proper that the number of Unofficial Members on the Executive and Legislative Councils should be increased, and that the principle of election should be ex- tended....
2-In the first place, in regard to the Executive Council,
Petitioners your would point out that there are only 2 Unofficial Members on that Council out of a total of 9 Members, and also that those
Unofficial Members are appointed on the recommendation or nomination of the Governor of this Colony instead of being elected by bodies representative of the Pablio.
about 8000 im small coin was missing from the upper floor. How the robbers managed to get away with the money unobserved is a mystery,
deny the right of election to them in the case of the other European Unofficial
Members
All these gentlemen, with the exception of five deceased, are enjoying their well earned pensions."
For the insertion of the above, I thank you, Mr. Editor,Yours, etc.,
AN OLD RESIDENT
A CORRECTION,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY PRESS.”I
HONGKONG
SIE-With reference to the telegram from your Peking correspondant, publish ed in last Saturday's edition of your paper, in which it was stated that "Mr. E. G. Hillier C.MG., Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Poking, has been summoned to London," I bog to form you that there was not one word of truth in the telegram.
As regards your explanatory note on the telegram, I understand it was due to misunderstanding on the part of the Hong rong Authorities to whom the telegram
As both the telegram and your note are
(2) That the number of Unofficial was referred. Members be increased to 10 by the ad- dition of 4 Unoticial Members, so as to create an Unolicial Majority in the equally misleading and without founda- Legislative Council, as in the case of tion, I shall be obliged by your publishing Cyprus and British Honduras.
in support of this second submission this letter in the next issue of your paper. it is necessary to point out that the I would add that it is surprising you Official Members of the Legistative did not take the trouble to ascertain from Council are not free to vote according
DAVID LANDALE,
Chairman,
to their convictions, and that, inasmuch the Management at the Head Office of the as the Governor or other Fresiding Bank here whether the contents of the tele Offer can commandeer all the Official votes, the Official, possess an absolute gram were in accordance with facts, before and prmancut majority, whereas the publishing it-Yours faithfully, Unoficials are in a permanent and hopeless minority. Under such circum stances a somewhat painful irony at taches to clanse XVIII, of the Royal Instructions, which enacts that All questions proposed for debate in the Legislative Council shall be decided by the majority of votes, and the Governor or the Member presiding shall have an original vote in common with the other Members of the Council, as also a cast ing vote, if upon any question the votes thall be equal"
Court of Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hongkong, 19th January, 1916.
PIPES FOR MEN IN THE TRENCHES.
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We cannot allow the concluding para graph to pass without comment. The tele- gram was sent to us by our Peking correspondent, whose communications we The Chamber of Commerce and the
have always hitherto found to be trust non-Officia; Justices of the Peace for this Colony base long been recognized as re- In fact, the Legislativo Council, as at worthy and its contents appeared to be absolutely innocuous. Moreover, when the. preventatives of the Publio for electoral present constituted, though consisting Authorities, in whose hands the cablo lay purposes, those bodies having, since 1894, numerically of 14 Members, simply exercised the privilege of each of them carrica into effect the individual will for twenty-four hours before publication electing 1 Unofficial Member to the
and judgment of the Governor or other volunteered an explanation of its precise Legislative Council; and we now petition Presiding Officer.
meaning we naturally concluded that they that there may be additional Unofficial
4.Whilst your
Petitioners are fully were conversant with the whole subject-- Members on the Executive Council, one conscious of the extremely serious and ED.] of them to be elected by the Chamber of engrossing nature of the present War, Commerce and the other by the non- they nevertheless venture humbly to sub Official Justices of the Pence, and that wit that the above defects in the purely any future vacancies on that Council may internal and domestic Constitution of be filled by election by one of those bodies this Colony (which can readily be rectified instead of by Government nomination. by amending the Royal Instructions) call 3-In the second place, in re-for some remedy, and they conclude by gard to the Legislative Council, most carnestly assuring His Majesty of your Petitioners would point out their heartfelt loyalty and devotion. K. Stanley Smith, G. Byers, F. D. that we at present constituted (and Your Petitioners therefore humbly Bieneker, Leslie Hallward, F. Maitland, as it has existed since 1890, when pray the Beyenue was about 82,600,000, as That there may be 4 Unofficial Dorothy and Joyce Holyoak, G. Pen against $11,380,000 in 1915), this Council Members on the Executive Council treath, A. Denison, Navaj Yard Football consists of 8 Official Members, and of 6 instead of 2, and that the 2 additions! || Match and Concert Unofficial Members, 2 of whom only are Members may be elected, one of then elected by the aforesaid bodies as repre- by the Chamber of Commerce and_the sentatives of the Public, the other 4 Da- other of them by the non-Official Jus
tices of the Peace, and that any future officials, of whom 2 are Chinese being appointed by His Excellency.
vacancies on that Council may be filled by election by one of those boules in- stead of by Government Nomination.
the Unofficial Members 2-That all
Governor.
Your Petitioners submit:
tho
of the Legislative Council (other than the Chinese Members) may be elected, half of them by the Chamber of Com. merce and half of them by the non-
Official Justices of the Peace.
(1) That, as regards all the Unofficial Members of this Connell (other than the Chinese Members who stand on a somewhat special footing), the principle of election instead of Government nomination ought to be applied, and they would humbly submit that it is somewhat ingensistent, whilst trusting the Chamber of Commerce and non- Official Justices to elect some of the European Members of this Council, to etc.
3.That the number of Unofficial Members on the Legislative Connell may be increased from 8 to 10,
The following have contributed to the "Pipe Fund"nin
Lista No. 1 to 6 (already
acknowledged) List No. 8 (acknowledged
above)
Total amount collected Remitted од 18th Nov.
...8 804,75
206.51
1915 (at ex-1/10/7/16)- £56.1.10
..$600 Remitted on 19th Jan ex. - 1/11-
£39.4.8 1915 (at
$1,011.20
$400 ex.i Los on small coin
..$9.20 $1,011.26 Mrs Harvey wishes to express her sin And your Petitioners will over pray,cero thanks to all who have contributed
to the "Pipe Fund."
very long and Lad net was tried by court martial in Canton and shot, a prociauiation being issued ch the usual Chiacs form in which he was described The man who deposed the money with god-son or ng kwing Ming. the Bank of Camion died on about Sep- tember 21st, 1913, and was not the Lau Yet who was a party in the action in
com-
menced by a specialy endorsed writ aftor he was dead.” The defendiat in the original action was a person who had or used the name of Larusübtuk Ting; with an address at 137, Queen's Road, Hong- kong, gentleman The plaintiff did not know the defendant in the action in Original Jurisdiction was or was nut a depositor or constituent of the Bank of Canion, but he was in no way interestcu in the amount claimed in this action. The tractor bestno-parties in the alleged bogus action, was rushed through in 48 hours. The plaintiff contended that the Bank was under no obligation to pay into Court and if they did so, they did so negligently and committed a breach of
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It was likely, said Counsel, that two or more persons ran the bogia action, one' against the other probably by more than
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Mr. Patter entended, that this action was misconceive. The Bank of Canton regretted as much as anyone that the ad ministratrix of the deceased man had been swindled oat of the $10,000, and he (Mr Potter) was satisfied, as he was sure His Lordship would be also, that the Bank had acted in the only way it could do. The whole misconception was the re- sult of the Court heing misled by fraudu lent people, and it was not owing to the Canton Bank that the admistratrix of the delensed mars had been bamboozled, but perjured evidence. It was quite plain owing to the Court having been misled by that once a man had paid out money to a person to whom he owed it, or was holding for a i...
he could not be asked to pay it
The Chief Justice said that the garnishor had no more right to claim on the property than the garnishe Mr. Alabaster's case meant
Mr. Potter said that, when analysed,
that bad garnishes is protected in every case except the case of fraud, and when they came to look into it they would so how absurd it was. If His Lordship found against the defendant in this case, then he would strike a blow at the stability of banking in the Colony.
The case was adjourned.
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. SATURDAY'S PROGRAMME.
The programme for Saturday next the 22nd inat, is as follows:—":
SHIELD COMPETITION-ROUND: L'
Hongkong F.C.. K.S.L.I., Club ground,
4 p.m.
Best of Military : Chinese, Navy ground, 4 p.uz.
HONGKONG LEAGUE~DIVISION II. Belchers Ielamics, Navy ground, 2.30 Kowloon Dock Juniors v. 83rd Com nany, Club ground, 2.30 p.m. sery
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HOCKEY LEAGUE, The Volunteers beat, the 83rd Company R.G.A. by three goals to nit, all the points Being registered by the inside-right (Sim).
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