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RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
The Health Officer of Shanghai warns residents in the Far East to boward of developing a pear-shaped figure by dietec tic ignorance or perversity. He adds: No meat and no alcohol in hot wen-
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,
PIG IRON.
For being in possession of 1,000 lbs. of pig iron, & Chinese boatman was ined $500. Inspector Gordon mado the haul ther. Get rid of all greasy, y attract-t Tai Kok Sui on Sunday.
ing meat dishes." In Hongkong we are varned against eating uncooked vege tables if we wish to avoid typhoid ́and other disorders of the alimentary canal, and to eschew fruit for fear that it be uripe, overripe, or acid. Some of us, too, are denied starchy farinaceous foods. It leaves little to live upon and still less- to live for. If we were to follow all the advice given, as by the foud-faddists Life would be horn of its joy and death
MISSING LIFEBELTS.
The Chinese who was charged with the theft of teir lifebelts from the an. Kum- sang was sentenced to one month's hard Jabour, and four hours' stocks.
PUGILISTS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29rm. 1916,
CRUSHED TO DEATH. KOWLOON DOCK WORKMAN
KILLED BY A CRANE.
Mr. Hazeland, the Coroner. conducted an inquest at the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday concerning the death of a Kowloon Dock workinati who was crushed to death by the fall of a crane in the dockyard on the 14th inst.
The jury consisted of Messrs. W. Ross, P. N. Xavier, and W. Drude.
CORRESPONDENCE.
A WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
IN HONGKONG. ;
TO THE EDITOR OF THE KONGLONG.
DAILY TRESS."]
SIR-The leading article publishert in your issue of this morning sets out what I believe to be the views of a large number of residents in the Colony. Re- ference is made to two letters of mine, written some time ago, in which 1. ad- voented the necessity for showing that tais Colony is not asleep in the matter of the desire of its residents to assist Great Britain faucially in the present crisis, by enabling those of small, méins the to contribute towards a War Loan. It is
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deprived of its sting. Even the carmel, and were each fined $3, with the alterna-crane, said that iron plates were being in bed up at scheme & suggested BROWN MARCHING BOOTS,
tive of seven days” hard labour,
though it can go all day long without drinking, has a perpetual hump
ALLEGED FORGED CHOP. leading that the Chinese soldiers fight- The case in which a Chinese is charged Ing in the vicinity of Canton are their by a former partner in business with rifles from the hip and have beeis known forging a chop, was again before Mr. 17 Bring down births on the wing, severai || Hazeland. focal Volunteers, despairing of ever find-" ing the clusive batll in the ordinary way, tecided to give this method a trial. The
The defendant and complainant were formerly partners in business, and it
is stated that an arrangement was corne
only result of the experiment has been to whereby any money deposited in the to cast doubt on the statement and to international Bank could not be with convince them that in warfare conducted drawn without the signature of the natier such conditions the only casualties defendant, and the chop of the eam- would be accidental ones. Many an old plainant. Complainant went away to Chinn hand, however, will vouch for the Canton for some months, and upon his truth of the story. It is also fairly well-return found that the money had been knew that the German soldier fires from withdrawn from the Bank, and a chop the hip. The Volunteers in question, alleged to have been his own was used. I suspect, belong to the same class as This chop, says complainant, must have Kipling's older, who acensed his rifle beon Jorged by the defendant. of possessing defective vision when called
pon to face a target,
Dr. Smalley said that deceased sms- ained terrible injuries, death being due to shock, multiple injuries and A Police Reserve Constable saw two hemorrhage. The injuries were such as Chinese fighting with bamboo poles in could have been caused by the fall of
The heavy piece of iron from height. Queen's Road East on Sunday.
A coolie, who was employed on men were charged before Mr. Hazeland,
moved by the crane when it suddenly has been dropped altogether. I am most fell off its stand and crashed to the anxious that, it should nut be, and have ground. Witness jumped away, but the again to urge that steps be taken here deceased was caught by the crate and which will encourage aoth economy and was crushed. The deceased was pulled investment on the part of residents who from under the crane by another coolie, draw small salaries, and which will be for the benefit of our country, and in- but he lived only a few minutes.
Answering Mr. Mel. Messer (Captaincidentally, therefore, for the security of Superintendent of Police) witness said their own future prospects. Not only that it was the jib of the crane which this, but also for the incouragement of fall upon deceased. He could not say others than British subjects; those I what the crans driver was doing at the mean, who are enjoying the advantages time the jib collapsed.
of the protection afforded them by their The crane driver gave evidence, and residence here, and of their ability to in reply to Mr. Mel. Messer said that trade, and to save a little money, in this the crane was all right at the time of the British Colony. At present it has not accident, with the exception that the teen brought home to them that there is fixings were a bit loose. The crane was the smallest necessity for their contribut overhauled after the accident, but being towards the funds required for a did not remember it having been over speedy termination of the war, and for hauted any time previous to the accident, the purpose of making assurance doubly though he had been employed on the sure that this Colony will always remain representative from the Intercranes off and on for three years. Just
British, and this that their own security national Bank gave evidence, stating before the accident the jib of the crane that no such joint account as the one was working up and down. Two sheets will be firmly established for ever.
There are, 1 believe, many of these, as of iron were brought to him and he was. alleged had been opened at the bank.
The case was again remanded.
asked to take them along by crane, He there are many poorly paid British was preparing to do this, but as soon subjects, who would be only too willing as he set the engine working the jib to contribute if they could. They might fell down and fell upon decessed. The certainly be enabled to do so now it such jib collapsed in this manner because the a Commutten as I suggested were formed, clutch had worked out. The pin holding who would receive, and bank, sull the lever which regulated the clutch was
sun, outil suficient had been contri- in a good condition. He did not take buted by each investor by means of which an Exchequer Bond could be purchased. any steps to stop the jib when it com- menced to fall; he was unable to do so
But it is not only those who are now owing to the looseness of the clutch.
anxious to contribute whom it is desir Answering a Juryman, witness denied able should be encouraged to do an, but that he used a wrong lever. All he could also the very large number of persons" say was that the clutch was too slack.. who are at present indifférent and who Capt. W. Russell, Government Marine would not subscribe unless they saw some Surveyor, said that he inspected the personal advantage in subscribing. crane after the accident, being accom-
A
- ALLEGED KIDNAPPING,
In view of the fact that the trafic re- eeipts of the local Tramway Company have been going up lately by leaps and bounds, owing to the influx of people from Cantor and the appreciation in value of the ten-cent piece, a correspon- -dent offers a suggestion which, if adopts.
AND A WEAK EXCUSE. ed, would please) many patrons of the
When charged at the Hongkong Police rvice and also help to relieve the Com-
Court yesterday with kidnapping a pany of any rudavramment de riekeusmall boy, a Chinese gave the excuse The suggestion is that a simple shelter that he was about to take the boy to from the sun and rain should be erectedCanton to see if his mother could be at Causeway Bay At prevent should one just miss the Shaukiwan ear it means a wait of a quarter of an hour at Cause way Bay exposed to the full fury of the elements.
cedence
Is there any traffic regulation which anys that a three-coolie riesha has pre- over the one coolie risha? asks a porrespondent, who adds that the other day he was in the humbler vehicle when a three-coolie risha came dashing alongside, but was unable to pass owing to the traffe. Noticing the incident, a lukong came up, cuffed the single coolin on the head, and by this means cleared way for the three-coolie rieshin, which im-
In
mediately continued its wild career. the same way that the millionaire in his motor-car has no more right to the road than the old market-gardener in his slow- moving waggon, so the private riesha has no title to precedence over the public vehicle, but the Chinese lukong is net such a sturdy Republican as the City constuble.
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The mother of the boy said that she brought him to Hongkong from Dumbell Island, They landed at the wharf at Connaught Road, and when she looked round for her boy he was gone,
The police discovered that the boy was spoken to by the defendant, who took hiru away and fitted him up with a new suit of clothes, a pair of boots, etc. The boy was then taken on board the .s. Bing On, which was about to leave for Canton, and here the police apprehended the would-be kidnapper. The defendant said he thought the mother had gone to Canton, and he was taking the boy with
him to find her.
The case was remanded.
WEEK-END ACCIDENTS.
JUMPED FROM WINDOW TO
ESCAPE POLICE.
A Chinese, aged about 28 years, has been sent to the Government Civil Hos
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In your leading article it is said that panied by Mr. Mcl. Messer. He found the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, at the jib lying on the ground in a distorted Shanghai, have agreed to advance money condition, due to having fallen on some-
at the small rate of interest (in this part. thing which had been placed underneath.
of the world) of 5 per cent. to those He examined the levers and found there desirous of investing in Exchequer was no possibility of the jib falling had Bonds. Well done, the Bank! But why the clutch been put in gear before then this, a British Colony, not merely a The only way he Settlement in China, should it be left to pawl was admitted:
the accident was could account for
a few to aid and encourage such an in-- through the wrong lever being used. The vestment, and to do so at a loss to them
condition of the crane was slack, it was
selves? The Bank rate is, and has for an old crane, and was badly in need of many years past been, & per cent, and it a good overhaul. Witness was of the seems to me that it would be very: opinion that the accident was due to a funfair to ask the Banks here to reduce. mistake on the part of the driver,that rate, for one, purely British, pur- though coolies were often in the habit pose-in effect to contribute themselves of standing on the plate which was being out of their earnings, instead of asking boisted with the object of keeping the the whole community to assist. weight level. It was wrong to do so, over, it is extremely doubtful whether and they had been warned against doing those indifferent persons whom I have this. The ratchet was badly worn and mentioned would consider 5 per cent.. in- investment when in many other ways they can secure a safe additional 1 per cent
A few days ago a local resident re-pital suffering from injuries to the head ceived a letter posted from Bath où sustained as the result of jumping from this would affect the proper working ofterest any inducement whatsoever to an
November 18th 1912, and addressed to the first floor of 20, Wanchai Road, into, the pawl, and might even have caused the him on board the Mishima Mara. The Stone Nullah Lane, while the house was accident. letter, according to the Post Office
Re-called, the driver said that the iron impress, reached Singapore on December 12th, 1912, since when it seems to have gambling warrant late on Saturday plates had not been attached to the crane followed a long, lone trail, eventually night.
to reach the addressee nearly four years Jated in Hongkong! Who now will say that the Postal nuthorities are not pains- taking and thorough i
boing entered and searched under a
FATAL LANDSLIDE.
The body of a Chinese, aged about 22, has been sent to the public mortuary. The deceased was killed by a fall of earth and stones at Conduit Road, where he was employed on excavation work. It is stated that a ton of earth and stones' fell upon the man.
It would be interesting to know how many muflers, socks and wool caps for our soldiers at the front have been made by the Taikoo children. These youngsters, both boys and girls, have been busily engaged with needles and wool, I am
A FATAL WRESTLE, told, ever since the appeal was first
An Indian constable has died as the issued on behalf of our fighting men, and they are just as eager now as when result of injuries sustained while wresti they began. It was curious to see them ing with a other Indian constable at the hard at work on Saturday while their fathers were playing bowls and their police station at Tast-tez-mui on Friday. mothers were gooking on,
The deccused was injured in the neck as What with mounted Police Reserves the result of being thrown over the other and mounted Volunteer Reserves Hong-wrestler's head, and falling upon his kung should soon become famous for its head. equestrians Much progress is being made by the two bodies referred to in the difficult art of handling a China pony, and despite the prancing pro- clivities of some of the animals, the Am- bulance detachments are not overworked. The other day, an officer asked one of his men whether he had had any falls. "No," came the prompt reply, but on one occasion my pony backed from under me." That man is a loss to the diploma- tie corps.
RODERICK RANDOM
CHOLERA IN THE PHILIPPINES.
We have already had imposed upon us
a tax un tobay the burden of which is more or less cheerfully borne, but at the time the jib collapsed.
which burden would undouotedly be most Mr. T. Neave, Superintendent En-cheerfully borne were the amount thus raised to be used for Imperial purposes And so, gineer at Kowloon Dock, spoke to in the prosecution of the war.
I believe, would the very slight increase examining the crane after the accident.
of the rates necessary for the purpose of He found none of the working parts paying an additional 1 per cent. on the broken or damaged, with the exception amount raised for a War Loan, or for of the jib. He examined the clutches and the purpose of purchasing. Exchequer
Bonds, be borne by all but a very few. found them free and working salis- In the meantime I suggest that a Com- factorily. He also examined the pawl mittee of responsible men, who will act as trastees for small investors, be at once and the ratchet, but did not see anything formed Yours, etc., which would have contributed to the accident,
The Coroner-Then how do you sug gest the accident took place?--I suggest the driver made a mistake in operating. the crane; he evidently pulled the clutch out of gear while the pawl was also cut of gear. He may have done this se cidentally; and it may have been that while swinging the crane he put his hand
out to work the reversing lever on some other part of the machine and acciden rally pulled the wrong handle.
C. D. WILKINSON. 9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 28th Augast, 1916.
REVENUE OFFICER
OPIUM
AND
The Chinese Revenue Officer who was remanded on Friday on a charge of being in possession of 5 ha, of loose opium,
was brought before Mr. Hazeland at the Hongkong Police Court yesterday on
Replying to Mr. McI, Messer, witness the same charge.. Mr. Beavis defended, said the crane was examined in March last; but since the accident he had but the Magistrate found the man guilty.. renewed the ratchet.
Philippine health service recorda for Then the inference is that the ratchet A, fine of $600 was imposed, the money
the 13th, 14th and 15th show that during was not a good one before the accident being paid..
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those three days there were 19 cases of It was not absolutely necessary to cholera in Sampaloc, one in Tondo, and. renew it. four that came to the city from barrios
Answering a juryman, witness said the of Pasay,
Four of these were picked up on the ence in driving the crane.
driver called had had plenty of experi- 13th, six on the 11th, and nine on the. The jury returned a verdict of death
by misadventure."
15th.
The same Officer was further charged with stealing the opium, and on tois charge he was remanded. The allegation is that the Revenue Officer stole the opium from a man whom he searched on the Canto wharf.
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