DEATH OF M, DE JOURNEL.
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POPULAR MEMBER OF THE
FRENCH COMMUNITY.
FRENCH CONSUL'S ORATION AT
GRAVESIDE.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 29TH, ULA
DANGEROUS BLASTING
OPERATIONS:.
CHINESE CONTRACTOR FINED.
At the Magistracy, yester Chinese contractor was charged with carry. The news of the sudden death yesterdaying qut blasting operations without taking of M., Rayet do- Journal, the manager of due precautions.
Mr. T. Rowan appeared for the defonce, The long branch of the Banque" Industrielle
Mr. W. M. Johnston, chief time-keeper da Chine and one of the most popular
at Kowloon Decks, stated that on the 5th Bombers of the small French community
instant, at about s pim, when he was in in Hongkong, came as ne ride" shock to
the dining-room of his house with his wife; -many-of-his-friends in the Colony. "His death was startlingly sudden, for M. de he heard blasting operations going on, just behind his house. Suddenly there was a Jairnel was at his office
smash of glam at the Sack verandah and through Thesday.
M. de Jearnel had not been in the best plinters of glass and granite, fell down of health in the past few months, hence the fow paces away from where he was sit Present beat wave, which was the imiting. The glass was scattered all over the diste cause of his death, found in him an y victim. Recently, M de Juarned malo a sen trip to Haiphong for the bene Et his health, which, however, did not appreciably improve thereby. On Tuesday evening. "M" de Journal, with a party of friends, among when was M. Hauchecorne, the Acting. French Consul, wen; to Repulse Bay, and an the return trip he complained that he was not very well. Not much anxiety was felt at what was thought to "ben slight temporary indisposition.
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the early hours of yesterday morning, how ever. M. de Journel suddenly got worse, and a telephone message was sent to M. Hauchecorne. The latter, arrived a little
MILITARY DECORATIONS. SIR MATTHEW NATHAN'S
AWARDED.
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DURING THE GREAT WAR. The Army Council is anxious that pll those awarded decorations (as distinët from ordinary War Metals) who have not yet! received them should have them presented as early as possible. With this end in view the concerned should claim these dura sions at angs and should make application in the first place to the D.A.A. & Q.M.G.. Headquarters, Chins' Command, Victorin Barracks All applications should sta Name in full of claimant; postal address; full regitnontal particulars by which he or she can be identified: the name of the des coration; date of award,
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INGENIOUS PICK-POCKET.
FAN USED TO EXTRACT PURSE.
"At
the Magistracy, 6 yesterday, Chinese was charged with picking the pockets of a compatries and stealing & purse, containing 830 and a letter.
room. The pieces of granite were large. A serious accidens might have been caused, Blasting went on every day, The distance from the back verandah to the place where he was sitting was about thirty feet. | Cross-examined by Mr. Rowan, witness said that only one pane of glass was broken. Blasting had been carried on every evening for the last two mouths. He had never heard of an accident before. The blasting was carried on about forty yards away from his house.
The Magistrate (Mr. Smith) remarked that be carried on between 4.43 pcs. a
according to the regulations, blasting
Mr. Rowan replied that he had, tele that point and had phoned the P.W.D.
3 p.m.
TASK.
Sir Matthew Nathan,' when he left Hongkong to go to Natal, was gonerally estimated to have been
# suseful and
cnce elsewhere, he was comparatively young purposeful (overnor. He had bad experi- his is as the right side of sixty-and he bad had a military training, which in some respects is partimilarly useful in Crown Colony Government. We cannot at the moment reall how he got on in Natal, bas if memory is right his werview thery ithough shirt yas efficient, and he was appointed as return home to the secretary- ship of the Post Office and later hold office in the Board of Inland Revenge the Irish Becretaris, while during the war was on the Lindon defences. Ordinarily it is probably that he would not have gone out to the Calonies oy. Dominions again "nud Luowing the problems that are at present Afflicting Queensland he must be recounted a string man to have been selected for the pose of fovernor of that State of the Com onwealth. We do not eavy Sir Matthew, for he has tur unpiensant and exacting task before hini, inasmuch as he has to face a State which has been turned upside down by the acts of the Labour Ministry thees. It may be of interest, as the matter has not passed into general kowledge,
ine the problem which Sig Matthew will
faker into acerat, it will be wen that ho have to tackle for when the character of sections of Queensland political life is! will need to employ considerable firmness nud tact. The difficulty which has led to recent references home is as follows: The
pass a certain act popularly called The Repudiation Act, the fret of which was that Government were given the power of revising and reappraising unlimitedly grazing leases in the State. This conficted with a previous Act which Inid it down that such reappraisement should not exceed fifty per cent of the fental, charged during the previous ten years, Instructions to Governors require Mr. Smith sentenced driendant to threw the reservation to the King, for awent or indinthe hard labour.
Defendaat said that while walking along the street his fan go entangled with com plainant's pocket and the purse and letters! came out.
knocked against him and the next thing Complainant stated that defendant
'he knew was that his purse „had been stolen, He looked bound and saw defen-
mut-
later to find M. de Journờ dying. Donth been informed that it was unwritten law dant with a fan in his hand, Underneath Labour Ministry of Queensland wished to
trok place between 3 alm. und 4 3.16.
The late M. de Journel: first cahie to longkong about -ighteen or nineteen peps sistant in the Banque de Indo Chine, rising to the position of sistant manager. About these years ago "when this "Hongkong branch of the Bauque Industrielle, de Chine was opened, M. de Journel was appointed its first man- ager, a position he continued to hold up to the day of his death His wife and two daughters, Miles, Lüx nad Helga, recently went to Europe for n holiday and are at present staying in Paris. Much sympathy will be felt for them in their sad bereave
ment.
M. de Journal was a keen-racing on the siast, in which he was associated with Mr. A prominent worker on Paul Kremer. behalf of all charition during the war period and a generous friend, M. de Jarnel will be much missed. As a mark df respect, most of the business houses in "the City few their finge nt half mast.
THE FUNERAL.
in Hongkong to carry on blasting any time Liter 5 p..
A Chinese overseer said that he superin. tended the covering of the charges and be was satisfied that everything possible was done to prevent fragment from Bring about.
Mr. Smith said he was satisfied there was covering but this was not suficient. He was also satisfied about the time, but it seemed rather strange to him, that the law should fix a certain time and then allow blasting to go on after the regulated bour,
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Mr. S. H. Spalding said it was impos- sible, however effectively charge was covered, to prevent fragments from flying about.
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Mr. Rowan said that the accident was faevitable and could not be prevented. He had produced evidence to prove that all necessary precautions had been taken..
Mr. Smith replied that the charge was covered but not effectually. He fined the contractor $15.
the fau were the purse and letters.
Inspector Wills unid the defendant was a Yaumati" bird who had just been dis. There were several charged from gal
of the pickpockets about, and just where defendant was standing another man was arrested for a similar offence,
BEWARE OF THE HAT SNATCHER
After some months of inactivity hat snatchers have resumed their operations. On Tuesday night a Chinese was coming from West Point in a ricksha. A man snatched Panama hat he was wearing and made off. Chase was given, and the man passed the hat to a confederate who escaped with it The man was arrested and when charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, TAA
Among those present were Messieurs A. Hauchecorne, L. Berindongue, Lecable, E. Hausman. A. Cayron, E. Kerns, J. Laverdure, K. Fluquet, rin, R. Rodentenced to six weeks' hard labour. Juser, Van Res, L. E. M. Ensign, D, Oelsatz, B. 8. de Beaufort, H.
Hough, N. S.
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-Grantung dietrockat; quier
Kieo,
J. D. F. Blcuidor. S. Kondoh, Tokoyam, Un Hew
10 Fan, A. H. Compton, F. EL, E. J. Noronha, JE. Joseph, F. A. Joseph, J. G. Gray, J. H. Backhouse, J. Macdonald,
«DISSOLVE ALL THE; PARLIAMENTS."
AN EXCELLENT IDEA. '
The funeral took place yesterday evening. W. Wesker, M. B. bassoon. is the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Happy Valley. Previous to the procession start ing a short, service was held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Glenealy, at which J. M. Alves, Dr. A. Carvalha and the Staff commercial organizations of "Shanghai to
of the French Bank.
Floral fributes were received from the were present, among others, M. Hauche corns (French Consul), and Mr. C. E. W. following: The staff of the Banque Indus The Rev. Fr. Souvet trielle de Chine, Banque Industrielle de Chine (Portuguese stad), Banque Indus. Ricon of Macao. officiated at the service, assisted by the trielle de Chine (Compradore's Lent.), the After the service the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora Ber, Fr. Bianchi.
tion, Chartered Bank of India, Australia cortege was formed and wended its way to and China, the International Banking the cemetery gates, reaching there shortly Corporation, the Chinese Merchants Bank after 3.p.m. The staff of the Bank acted the Asia Banking Corporation, the as chief mourners. A touching tributo was paid by the presence of the poor children of the French Convent of which decensed was a keen supporter. The children lined the entrance to the chapel. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Fr. Souvet, assisted by the Rev. Frs. Bianchi and Quillon, The Consul (M.,, Hauchecorne) and M. D. Oelsnitz, addrees et those prescat in French at the concli sjon" of the service, extolling the virtues of the deceased and deploring the low the local French community had suffered by his
-death....
A petition has been sent by the various
by the
and
otherwise of bills whereby the right or property of his Majesty's subjects not residing in a State may be prejudiced. In the case in point such rights are held by subjects dwelling outside Queensland. The Act in a rejected several times Assembly. It was then referred by the Labour Ministry to a referendum, under the Act of 1906, the idea being to curry it over, the heads of the Upper House. Tais, however, also failed, and as a last resort the Ministry appealed to the then. Governor, Sir Goold Adams, to swamp the Upper House by appointing & suficient
House of the Queensland
Ministry a majority.
number of new Labour members to give the Once again there was a refusal. It is then contended that the Ministry had resorted to angonszita. tional methods.
are said to have
waited, till Sir me retired and
homine
thea to have got the acting Lieutenant Governorship transferred to their own who consented to the swamping of the Upper House with the result that the Act was
the Acting Lieutenant
Governor reading the instructions to
&
Governors mentioned above, and giving tho Royal Assunt on behalf of the Crown. That in brief is the situation and it has been brought to the notice of the Colonial Office by a deputation which has proceeded home armed with the resolutions of public meeting held in Brisbane, request- ing
that a non-partisan. Governor be ap- pointed by the Crown and that the diff culties enumerated be laid before the Home Government. Matthew Nathan has anything but an enviable task before him, true that public opinion may condemn the
It will be seen, that Sir
Whilst it in
action of the Ministry, the fact remains as a rule and he will have to fight against that Queensland returns & Labour Ministry the setual administration of the country and that in particular tonghiness as to Governors suming too much power.
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storany in this sector of Australia in the. earning months. Looking at the facts" as set-down above-is-would-seem-that-the Colonial Office attaches particular valve to the experience and capability of Sir Mat- post-Singapore Free Press, TALKShow in choosing him for such an onerous.
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both the Government in "Peking and the Government in Canton, requesting that the old Parliament ai well as the new Parliament be dissolved. The reasons stated are that the old Parliament has done nothing really to benefit the people and that there was umple time at, its disposal to complete the permanent ocnstitution; Bank of Canton Ltd., the Nederlandsch, but this it has failed to do, Indische Handelsbank, the Russo-Axintic The Shanghai Commercial Federation the of East Asia, the Bank of China, the Canton Guild and the Ningpo Grind the Bank of have subscribed the sum of $20,000 smong
Dominion where there is the Tokohama Specie Bank, Chambre de Commerce Francaise de Chine (section de Taricas Chinese firms and individuals,
It is difficult Hongkong), le Consulat de France, the This money will be used to buy presents for Exchange Brokers Association, Brunner the troops belonging to General Wu Fei-lu, to foresee how events will go, but it is Mond & Co., Ltd., the Committee and who has done as much to clean up more than possible they may be a little Members of the Hongkong Cricket Club, of the Anfu Club P. A. Lapicque & Co., Messrs. 8. A. David &Co Mesars Deacon, Looker, Deacon & Harston Moors. Pentreath & Co., the Hongkong Hotel, Messrs Moxon & Taylor, Messre Pittendrigh,, Rumjahn & Co.j Xavier Bros., Ltd., Messrs. Stewart Bros., BRITISH CHAMPION WHO Messrs. Snowman & Co., Messrs. Gerin,. Drevard & Co., the Amintic Trading Co., Ltd., Messrs. Carvalho & Co., the Chinese Mercantile Co. the Union Insurance pean record for high speed typing, Society of Canton, the China Vegetable attempt great things on May 18th when he FRENCH CONSUL'S TRIBUTE,
Oil Co., Messra Benjamin & Potts, Messrs. was to act out to beat the American record The French Consul, M. Hauchecorno, J. Ulmano & Co., Sing Lee & Co., Messrs. of 144 words a minute.
Vernon & Smyth, Maxim & Co., Messrn. "I started typing at the age of 15, as paid a touching tribute to the Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Brossard, Mopin & a Post Office clerk, said Mr. Curtis to memory of the deceased whose sudden Co., Messrs Walter Ford & Co., Mana representative of the Daily Exprent and doming, he said, was a great loss to the Cheong & Co., Layton & Co., Sir at first 1 disliked it intensely. I elaborat the Chinese fraternity in Calcutta in a case
Chater, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoaked, however a system of my own, and French community and, particularly, to the M. A. Hauchocorne, the Hon. Mr. developed a high speed record in England, engaging the attention of Dr. Barbadhikari Banque Industrielle de Chine which owed N. J Stabb, A. B. Borensen, J. L. Needless to say I have long since abandon Honorary Magistrato. According to the prosecution it is said that about three weeks Crockett, H. G. Matheson, W. A. Dowley, ed that system. its position as one of the most valuable C. Gubbay, Howard & Sassoon, JDF In 1913 I met Mr. N. L. Trefzgear in ago a Chinese girl named Chooseony who is institutions among the Freach Colony to Moulder Gray, J. Macdonald, Ha contest at the Agricultural Hall, hero considered to be a belle in her own country, Percy Smith, J. Girose, A. Forbes, F.I was defeated by an average of 2.5 words arrived in Calcutta from Hongkong accom his buriacs acumen. There was not one Flis, R. Negre, L. Winters. From out
Mr Treizgear subsequently panied by a Chinaman named Chong of them who having recourse to his advice Hough, E. Monteith Webb, W Weyler, won the world's record, but since 1813 1 Young said to be her husband. and help had not found him to be a man K. Lay, C. A. da Roza, D. M. Biggar, have increased my average speed by over couple took up their residence at No. 0
Phiar Lane. AD. d'Eca, A. Balean, A. A. Moraes, twenty words a minute,
Another Chingman, named
OF SOFT FELT AND of never-failing courtesy and tact, who's H. M. H. Nemaz A. and S. Hancock, "I began to think that my days as a Ab Sick, a shoc-maker, having accidentally heartedly willing to sustain the interests. Nemazed F H Chopard, B. H. high speed typist were over during my seen the girl in Phear Lane, laid a charge
STRAW HATS IN THE Cooper, A. W. H. Loo R. A. Rodgers, E. service in Egypt and Balenika, but in 1918 of kidnapping against Chong Young. Be of the French community in this country. Mostini, N. B. Karanji, H. Cayrou, I became secretary to Lord French, one told the police that the girl was his law.
LATEST STYLES. Of these qualities ne expression could by Freres B. Goldschmidt, W. L. Ford, Ho script of the Geld marshal's book."
Lakin, S. Koudal EM Navier, Mof my tasks being the typing of the man fully wedded wife, having married her in *** Hongkong about five years ago and leaving found adequately to convey a fitting re Kwong, J. Bond, G. Li, and Mae C the course of the interview, explaining that years ago. During his absence the accused Laverdure F. Berin Mr. Curtis continued his typing during her behind came to Caleutia, about two dongue, cognition of their value. A man possen Big Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lucas, Mr. it was perfectly simple to carry on n. con kidnapped the girl and brought her away of all the qualitice which endeared him to and Mrs, R. Hancock, Mrs. V M. Bond, versation and to continue his work Auto Calcutta as his wife. The accused also 311 who knew bin his loss was deeply re Mr. and Mrs. L. E. More ments, of his fagor," he explained as Chinese sites and ceremonies. Al Bick Mr. and Mrs. typist should be an unconscious of the move maintained that she was his wife according gretted by his many friends who were not. A Weill, Me and Mr. present there, and in the mournful reflec Flint, Mr. and Mrs J, Murray, Mr. and man is of the movements of his muscles applied before Dr. Sarbadhikari on June tions which the remembrance of his quali Mrs. L. Great, Mr. and Mrs. B, Floquet,
when speaking" ties had provoked, they felt the deepert Mr. and Mrs. A H Compton, Mr. and The silence in almost uncanny while Mr 28th for a warrant against Chong Young and obtained a warrant for the production Nympathy for his wife and children who Mrs. H. Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curtis is working. He invariably us of the girl with the proviso that Ah Bick had looked forward to a happy reunion bus Backhouse Mr and Mrs. F. Ormiston, dictaphone, while the fingers operate the who had never thought when they parted Mr. and Mrs. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, Mr. keyboard with noites and bewildering to land - scurity for her. This from him that they had aid the last and Mrs. J. Scott Harston, Mr. and Mrs. rapidity. Mr. Cartis recently achieved the was done. Chong Young subsequently mov-
Good-bye. In the name of the country for which he had ceaselessly laboured and
in the name of his friends who attend od at his gravesidó-" "Adion.” -
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Great intérest has been aroused among
The
H. Edgcumbe Mr. and Mrs E. L Bim, great record of 173, words a minute for aed the Chief Magistrate and obtained an Mr. and Mrs. B. & de Carvalho, Mr. period of ten minutes in a trial -test, rder directing him to produce the girl in P. A. Joseph, Dr. and Mrs. A de Among other records he has typed over Court. The girl stated before Dr. Sarbad- Carvalho, Mr. and Mrs. V, Meyer, Mr. 40,000 words in a single eight-hour day, hikari that she wished to go Ah-Sick and Mrs, U Dreyer and several Chinese representing an average speed of a little who was her husband, She was allowed to friends,
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