COMPANY MEETING. ENDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
CO, LTD
An Extraordinary general meeting of the Turbo China Stram' Navigation Ca.. But,
CANTON NEWS.
pik RICE SITUATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST MIST, 1910.
Castos, August 20th.
Owing to the shortage of rice, the inem ber of the Provincial Assembly, it is
MORE RICE LOOTING.
CARGO, JUNK ATTACKED.
While some coolies were unloading a targo of rice from a junk in Connaught
SHANGHAI'S LABOUR
PROBLEM.
BEATING THE PROFITEERS.
A few weeks ago we had version
Road West, on Tuesday afternoon, Fight | (writes the M41, daily Feed to refer was held ysterias, muroing, in the offices at de projose so respuest the authorities mer made a raid on the vessel and stole to the local labour market, and to point} Di Misr, Jardine, Matheson & . £..distribute a certain amount me relied 343. catties, of rice.
resting to the poor. Each member, it is suggested,diately reported the matter to the Poling. There had been a rush of cargo to
to
An extraordinary
The owners immeout the serious state of affairs then existe |
making aderations in the Articles off will subscribe $100 from his salary for thegan as a result of investigations, they the port, far in excess of aything seen
sme purpose
visited a rice dealer's shop in Cremaught, during the war, and with a very great Astriation of the Company. Mr. D
The Committee of the Relief Bureau. Rond West and questioned the master shortage of coolies, delay was inevitable B. Bernard predded, and there were alsą.
nt Sir Pani Chairr, CM... Siri,siw of the suspension of relief work admitted purchasing 10 lbs, of rice in handling it. Inquiries which have been Robert Itu Tang. Mr G W Barton. Mthrough lack of funds, has requested the /from a coolie employed at the Kowloon made this werk eligit the information that matters are more normal, and they ... bugune threetor), Mr W. E/Military Government to devote the sum of arrested and was charged at the Magis also show a courageous and well-designed t. Stern's eolicitor to the Company), $200.péo from the surplus of the Customs tracy, yesterday, with theft, while the attempt to put a stop to the profiteering)
the Hat Mr. No Pook. Messrs. 12. 38
Ausm; 11⁄2 MeMurray, S. E #irimstore, R Masdongal. S. MayIntyre, 2 Tani, A B. Stwart Do Map Him. He Shai Kit
revenue to the hireau to continue the saloof cheap rise to the propte
THE PAK KOP PUL LOPPKET,
Godowns for o cents. The coolie was
master of the piss stom and two fobis
which was undoubtedly occurring.
Thenature of the labour shortage show. were charged with receiving the riced that many dikedities would have to knowing it to have been stolen.
be overcome in order to find a satisfactory solution Wages have risen on an aver age 30 per cent, and it has been found that the coalie by working half perhaps, can earn enough the time. enable
The Polis asked Team to withdraw
the charge against the master and a fuki
[+ is reported that the „re opening si Eto Leding. The Kwong. Le tarung Shifthe Pak Koys Pui lottery has been KG Kwok, SE, dia buz and Mr. E. F. sanctioned subjret to certain ensidera and use them as witnesses for the priz
Aamull then retary).
Gentlenen the ølger for which the meeting, has been cally, to give effect to certain amend ments and abhitions to ager Articles of Assolution, which were adopted on the 8th of Draber best.
The CAPRI said:
Sions. The merchants who are endeavour.secution.
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toide the remainder of the
ing to obtain the inunopoly propose to Mr. Lindsell agreeing, the master weni freertain amount to the Relief into the "witness box and stated that the bureau fer the purpose of selling chenalia, accompanied by two boys, brought the rive to his shop and wanted it the people when, a Emine
wefzhed." After the weighing. he wanted to sell it to witness for a few terbent pieces, but witness refused to buy it.us
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threatens. STUDENTS RUN AMPK.
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The students of the Civil Läw Acndines the second defendant, the accountant of the situation for their own ends, and After thus present Articles had berp adopted they were submitted to the Seer.pink, yesterday, as a protest against
The
the appointment of an unwelcome perso Lavry of du" Share and Loan Department en the Länden Särk Exchange, who has endmass of the aendency. inform our Lakon Awtories that police were called in to suppress the dis these amenduens and additions must be
pauls to enable our ghatres to be rated
It
fir the Stock Exchutige Official "List. well known that this Official List is an important publication and is recognised in the world's principal tumory markets. It is to constant use by, and is a great wtence to bankers, financiers, and
"the public generally, and valuations for
order and a tree fight occurred. As a
result of this, everything in the premises was anashetk, ant the police were forced The munter Tins i bent a petreat.
The authorities learn that a big piracy took place of Walchow on the tàth, whớủ more than o cargo junks wern seized. Thi itaks were being towed by launches
The "accountant denied all knowledge of Balambret. xans and probatey are
and were approaching. Canton with valuthe transaction, but Mr. Lindell stated Based, therent "wiklunit further enquiry abfis cargins from Watchow Thein For investment purposes a place on the
alierenbutas are unknown. The His is consent, and paid the money. He fined him list also contributes to the marketabilių of the shares. Your directors, therefore,siderable and the River blefence Commis. 50.
after fully considering the matter have cong to the conclusion that it is in the Interests of the shareholders, as well as of the Company, that the requirements of the London Stock Exchange should be complied with
sioner in Canton has been ordered to give immediate attention to the matter.
KWANGST'S TRUCULES..
A message from Nanning states that the situation in wangi is very obscure. The conscription of new troops is taking place at a greater rate than the demobi.
i do not think there are any other points of importance to which I nerdisation of the old troops. Large bodies
of the regular forces are to be seen on
More than the way to Lungchow.
efer. but I shall be pleased to answer any questions the shareholders may wish 1 ask. I now propsee the following remilitary stations bave been erected on.
solution:
That she Articles of Association of the Company fo altered, as follows :*~
(1) By Joserting in Article 1 after the words upon all than shares in the
pay him i wage which would be adequate and yet call for his employment the whole day, was the first point. Another was to see that he obtained his fair share of and which
would have to pass through the amount paid aut by the company
contractor, make hands those of
head Bad
pot! or two others--beforè
him in addition there was rather more than a suspicion that the gangers were exploit
necessity of circumventing them was felt acutely. Finding that the shortest
into their pockets. V certain that they took Nepa is practically to drive labour away, and stceeding in doing so, they took their proud position add to the trouble of shipping and other among the noble army of profiteers. To companies employing a large body of confie labour, the pronounced by the outbreak of
shortage became further the choleraic diarrhoea.
The rice was contained in a Chinese ba the nature, bought the rics for Wounts.
First defendant stated that while work
hut when brought to the store. on the Praya he missed his hat, and later discovered that the Boys had bor rowed it te varry the stolen rice in. He followed them to the shop merely to co- cover his hat. It was the boys who sold
IMPORTED LABOUR. It was this situation that the employers the rice.
of labour had to ne In the course of Mindwil did not believe defentime it would have righted itself. but meanw while car was being held up and dant's story and sentenced him to six business dislocated. There is one human weeks' bard labour..
China which can be treated commodity more or less under the heading of in porta
is the conli and exports and that
year shiploads of coolies are exp that he was ronvineïd defendant was.pre pock from Shantung to Manchuria, and later on imported back again. A scheme such as this suggested an amelioration of the position in Shanghai, and steps were The forthwith taken to rearait labour. coolies thus obtained were shipped to Shanghai, and set to work on a monthly carried on by the free and floating Fabout wage
doing the jobe which were formerly. which was formerly so plentiful. In view of the conditions in Shanghai this is not ቢዛ the ideal solution so far as f and godown work is concerned, but Under it has had beneficial effect. stress of this new competition, the wharf shows: → tendency den more s honest day's work, and equally import-
more it is ky breaking the ring of profiteers form
by the head
men who control a arore of coolies each."-
of cool All this has helped the position so far as the wharf labour goes, and a further Fuetor is that the rush of gugo experi- inced a few weeks awn ny longer exists to the
extent. Still, however, it ennnot be said that the position, is anv
is little
further man power will be released from the farms to make its war to Shang- Other large employers of epolie hai. labour are experiencing the same shortage as the wharves and godowns, and in some quarters there is a belief that a more extensive importation of labour might be undertaken with good results,
ANOTHER MURDER IN CITY
MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
Another murder was committed in the Colony early yesterday morning the scene of the tragedy being West Point. The Police have arresteed A 'man".UT. suspicion!
regarde
ed
It appears that a rattan-splitter of the the road from Nanning to Moming and most of them are occupied by new troops. Awong Fat Hing rattan-shop. No, 18. A Welow message states that owing to thong Ching Street, was returning home the shortage of subsidiary coins business at about Fam., suptrirday", when being story dull. The notes issued by the seed a man shadowing him with a digg thing like normal, and there banks in Ka ungsi are at a great discount. ir. his Eand. Fearing that he was to be
rds ahereof the sprits "DE1qbe prierf rice by increasing, and the the next victim of the vengeance of thee of its being so until the autum
than fully paid shares."
· but
(2) By adding at the end of Article exportation, is prohibited. Owing to the any increase of the tax on rice the prople in the following words:
Wuchow have bem on strike since the 18th Communications and traffic are interrupt owing to the junk people joining
director to appointed shall hold offer only until the next following ordinary general meeting of the Company, and shall then be eligible the strike movement. for election."'
rattan makers, he ran into a latrine in Queen's Road West and hid himself. His pursuer, however, followed him into the latrine, and there, after a severe struggle inflicted a stab "wound in his back an another on his left wrist. The injured
Anuthersage states that General man. just as he was collapsing, cried ou
by who blew their police whistle. The Police arrived on the serne with an am- lance and caveyed the injured man te the bospital, but he secured to his injuries while on the way,
TOKIO PRESS STRIKE.
DAYS.
By adding the following nry Luk Wingeting has given instructions to for help. "This was heard by some pässero | PE’BLISHING BEGUN (AFTER FOUR] Article, to be mutabered 990, viz. 2-| baild a namber of barmcks in Lungshow, « The Company, may ky a special re He has gjuested the Canton Tuchon to solution remote any director before send a large quantity of Canton subsidi the expiration of his period ary coins to Kwangs for the mainter
of the Kwangsi money notes.
The Tuch an (0) By strikeout the word "Turkcit |↑ «ne roin to the galue of $170.000
in the second line of Article "Wuches by gunboats paterday,
olien
15 inserting in place of such word the word utilized, and by mitting the full stop at the end of such Article and by adding at the end of such Article the words "until claimed.
ALL OVER A BAD COIN. SYMPATHISING WAITER
ASSAULTED.
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JEWEL-BOX AS PILLOW
AN ACT OF INGRATITUDE.
Two Chinese fellow-passengers on the
A Ching tough went to a ten-house fleung Shan struck up a close acquaint 4 By Innering in Article 111, afte to have a cup of few and when the wailer anes on board, and one of them, noticing
the word served in the sixth Brought him a bill- for four cents he ten-
that the other had no bedding, gave him line thereof, the following words: dered a hand twenty-cent piece. When their jewel-box to serve ada pillow. When and two copies of each of these waiter refused to take the coin the mathe vessel reached Hongkong the owner documents shall at the same time be abused him. Sympathising with the of the box noticed it had been broken forwarded to the Secretary of the man's situation. the waiter told him to open and thas 275. in notes and four ring Share and Loan Department, The ge home and pay the money at some had been extracted from it. He question. Stock Exchange, London."
future time. The man the left the tea d his comparin, who attemped to rus house, threatening to take his revenge. away but was arrested on the wharl ̧ Sir PAUL. CHATKI wconded, and the re- solution was carried urianimously.
Yext evening he returned afined with a
At the Magistracy, sesterday, when The CHALAMAN reminded the Sharehold furge piece of wood, and assaulted the charged with theft, the man admitted hi ers that a confirmatory meeting will be waiter. The Police were telephoned for, guilt and was sentenced to a month's härj held on Wednesday, September 1uth. This and they arrested the assailant. ended the business.
IMPERIAL DUTIES.
labour.
AN OPIUM CASE,
the Magistracy, yesterday.
When charged at the Magistracy with amaul, yesterday, the prisoner stated that he struck the waiter in self-defence, When he visited the wa-house, on the second occasion to pay the four cent ho AL was awaited. bound him over in a personal hond of lawful possession of st 'taels of raw Mr. Lindsell. fined defendant $10 and Chinese was charged with being in un $100 to keep the peace for twelve months."
opium.
PROFITEERS IMPRISONED.
Mr. Masry, Premier of New Zealand, addressing Pressmen at Halifax, declared that the duty of the British Empire was heavier, and its responsibiliti” more serious, now that the war was over, than before. It was imperative in order to maintain the praco of the world that the British Empire should stand together and show a firm frout as it had through table by imprisonment without the option tion work, the same spirit that the bad
shown during the war.
Defendant was found by the Police hiding in the hold of the Hafton, and Mr. Shortt informed Mr. Higham in when his luggage was soarched the drug the Hous: of Commons on July 9th., that was discovered. profiteering by retail traders was' punish;.
Mr. Lindsell fined defendant 2000, with of and The Ministry of Food informed the alternative of four months hard
that such sentences.were imposed last year and six this.
labour..
After a stoppage of publication last- ing four day the Tokio newspapers ap- peared again on August 4th. The ucrur rence has been an unprecedented one in the annals of journalism in Japan and the
from which the Tokio news famine. people-or more strictly speaking, that section of the Tokio citizens who solely rely on the vernacular press-suffered. must have incidentally taught them the great value of the daily paper.
not
the
The strike, or rather lock-out which ended by re
compromise on August 4th, was unfortunate in
printers ting forward in bringing
their demands lacked careful consideration of the nature of theirciest determination to carry, the ultimatums and apparently had
From the outset thing through. printers were formstalled and out-man uvred by their employers in every res pect and they finally had to sue for peace within 24-hours of the declaration of war. The demands of the strikers included of Y 70 such as a minimum wage
an 8-hours day,
things not feasible in the present condition of Japanese society. The printers demands generally were not reasonable and, as they were not backed up by suffrent determination, their failure and unconditional surrend er to their employers is not surprising.
In appearing again papers
items
the incided editor of the local
bearing upon The Jaji had A Word of apology to its readers for,
suspend ing in publication and explained how the inordinate demande of its printing room workers compelled the publishers reluctantly to stop temporarily the issue the paper. It concluded by stating that in view of the fact that the workers demands originated in the extraordin arily high coet of living the Government should take prompt steps to remedy the situachi held that the Government was responsible for the trouble in Prers world, and argued that the policy of the Government had led to the unbear able rise of the price of goods, which occasioned the workers' restlessness. doea not doubt that troubles will occur sucessively now on between employés and employers in general, and contends that the Goverment must in duty bound take mentres which will ameliorate' the situa- tion.-N... Daily News.
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