THE PENNY POST.- 1TS BIRTH AND EXIT.
THE MACAO
A writer in the ancientes Guardian deals with the now superseded penng -post-%
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY HOTEL, 1923.
EXTRADITION
* CASE...
MAN ARRESTED ON A FRESH WARRANT.
BAIL FIXED AT 35,000 On Wednesday afternoon, Chief Detective Inspector Murrison proteos & Chinese bet
TRADE MARKS' CASE,
ARMED MAN ARRESTED. TROUBLE IN CENTRAL MARKET, CHINESE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL,
At
the Magistracy yesterday, a
the Magistracy, yesterday, Chinese was charged with being in unlaw Chinese was charged with using a trade ful possession of a dagger,
dark, resembling the Three Stars" trade Defendant said he picked up the dagger i siark of Messry, Laxley & Co., in connec
tion with the sale of soup, a quantity of at the Central Market.
which was seized by the Police...
Inspector Blackihan stated thas, owing to a stabbing affray which had taken place in the Central Market, consequent
et 4
*** We are all putting up our letterboxes oc eur hull doors with great glee," wrote Harriet Martineau just eighty years ago. That valient porwoman, was joyously anti-fore the Magistrate and applied for his chparing the advent of the Penny Post extradition to Macao as he is wanted there triumph of the mos she described as the for defrauding the Macao Government of quarrel-betoninumber-o-polic most signal social benefactor of our time sum of money, stated to be something over Staited as a national service on January 10th, 1940, it seems to disappear from the vendar of practical affairs on June ist. 1920 with the introduction of the Two penny Post.
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$0.000.
Mr. H. L. Dennys, who appeared for the defence, opposed the application on the ground that the warrant had not been properly made out under the Macao Ex tradition Ordinance.
The honour and praise very nearly all of it, belongs to the Midland school-master The Magistrate uphold the opposition who became the greatest of postal experts, and defendant was discharged. He was, But Rowland Hill was got by any means, bowever, fearreux, and was produced be the creator of the Penny Port, which was fore the Magistrato again, yesterday. aouilly founded as a civic service 160 years eurer by one William Dockwr la tha your 1860 this admirable merchant of the City of London performed an astonishing,
Mr. Dennys asked for bail and also for the warrant under which defendant had been detained.
Mr. H. L. Dennys" Prosecuted and Mr. Leo Louginotto lafended.
The Palic, acting on information, visited the ground floor of No. 8, Chun Shing Street where they seized several cases of soap, some machinery and other paraphernalia,ned for the manufacture of an
special Police, were sent out on duty. A detective poticed defendant talking to an- other man, who had a chopper in his hand. When he went up to them, the man with
De After henring the evidence, as defendant elected to go before the Supreme Court, ha the chopper threw it away and ran, fendant was searched and the dagger was committed to trial. found on him,
Mr. Smith sentenced defendant to wix months' hard labour.
REVOLVERS AND
AMMUNITION,
PICKED UP FIOM THE SEA. This was prodsteed, and Mr. Dennys At the Magistracy, yesterday, [VE He divided the Metropolis into remarked that the place and date where Chinese was chargel with being in untar keven“districts, each with a sorsing office, defendant was alleged to have committed: In possession of two revolvers and 8.119 and on the log of Afrif he opened between the offence was omitted. It might have rounds of ammunition. 400 and 500 receiving fees.
At these
ex-
he was carrying at the time. His excuse was that some body dumped the box into
BOLSHEVISM IN MALAYA, CANTON. ORGANISATION
DISCOVERED..
The Chief Secretary of the Straits Settlement is his anu
for report 1919 states under the heading" Chine | Affairs (-
The Secretary for Chinese Affairs reporta' that Triad Socisties exist in all the States of the Fideration. There were 33 proxect- with con 114 d Įtions," again persons
various branches of this society. Vinety
box which commended for banishment. Further evid
ence was obtained during the year of the clase connection between, Triad Societies crime. Probably most of the black-mailing and gang-robbery, and other organize societies which exist in various parts of Selangor also have Triad organizations, but these societies, while creating a certain smountaf annosinca to individuals, enused. no serious troubla during the year.
the sea and be bad fished it out."
He was fined 8500, with the alternative of six months hard labour.
Another Chiasse was thed 2400 for being in possession oLtwo revolvers and ammunt. The presence in the Federated Malay tion which he brought from America and States of a society with dynaced Bishe which were concealed in a false side in hiavist views and literature, haring its head- quarters in Canton, was discovered. This trunk.
organization did much to foster the patrio tie resentment of the Chinese at the ac- quisition by Japan of German rights in Shantung. Apart from these patrists, who wrre merely dupca, the principal recruit- ing ground of this anarchical society was. amongst the Triad Guilds. The propaganda of thear Far Eastern Bolshevists naturally inchide the usual limitation of output of the more efficient worker and discourage ment of piece work, and the result has been noticeably detrimental to profluction.
offers riesengers called every hour, and Oruro a century ago for all he knew. The man was arrested in Yaumati and', persons wire convicted and thirty-two re the central districts could count upon eight "Defendant had been arrested on the 3rd the contraband was found in a
ben deliveries in a day. Dockwra, that instant and was detained for two days is to any provided London at the end of Charis 11's reign with a better postal under suspicion. He was wrongfully kept service than our generation enjoyed betary for a further three days, without any its privileges were cut down by the war, warrant which would have entitled the fend his pan was not confined to letters. Police to hold him. The ouse,caine up, Parcels up to 10lb. in weight were carried
The Dockwra enterprise before the Magistrate and when the Police at the penny rate,
In less than were asked to produce a-warrant they could inevitably had a short run. five years it was merged into the generat ! postal serris, bus Lension was not thereby but do and defendant was discharged. deprived of the benefit. The penny post He was then taken into eustody, and, now The lasted in the City, through many vici-produced under the present warrant, situde, down 20'1801.
man had been at first arrested under the Regulated 1710, the system tended by an Act of 1785. which gave Deportation Ordinance as an "nádésirable, | power to postmasters to establish penny although he had lived iq, the Colony for posts in their districts. penny thirty years. It was scandalous and an being charges for livery. There came in time to be over une thousand of such shume of justive, because the Deportation districts in England but the tendency warrant under which he had been arrested; during the mail-coach epoch, which began was not used for the purpose for which it in 1784, was not in the direction of cheap,.. uniform posts. John Pulupe, of Bath, had been jourd It was-the-Magistrate's! gave up la 1792 his control of the mail inherent right to grant bail, and the Magis couch system, which he had originated
discretion in the matter, right years earlier. It had already, dane tral had to use wonders for the enuntry, and at his re Mr. Dennys suggested that bail of $1,000 tirement Palmer was enabled to make the wis suficient, as the Police were pot in a surprising claim that from the tuginning me a single mail-couch had been stopped position at the moment to prove that de or rubbed, although the horse and erass fendunt back committed the offence, or that rovides posts were continually being held he was in Maco and employed by the
pacarkies, however, were, one things good, papular postal service was Macao Government. quite another. we may judge from the ense of Manchester.
Mr Leo Langinotto, Astant Crown Solicitor. agreed that the Magistrate had At the end of the eighteenth century the citizens of Manchester were given to power to grant hail, though it was very complaining that its posts were disgrace, anusal in extradition.cs. He thought In 1702 they were entirely in the hands
the
A DOUBTFUL STORY. TALE OF ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.
SHIPBUILDING IN SHANGHAI, A BUSY THREE MONTHS. THE DEMAND FOR HOME MATERIALS.
A Chinese woman has reported to the Police that while she was in her flat in 38, Queen's-Road East; four men entered it. Two of them caught hold of her by the throat, pushed her into cubicle and with a fur-lined cont. covered her up They then took the keys from her and The opened the principal tenant's flat. boxes, clc, were ransacked, the men remain. ing in the premises for over half an hour. They then left
the place with some money
Shipbuilding. in Shanghai during "the past three months, says the F.- Daily and jewellery.
The Police consider the report ä doubt-Feirs, has been equally a boxy as in the have all bret. fully occupied with repair ful one, as the robbers seemed to have previous quarter, and the different yards overlooked a quantity of jewellery which work and new construction. Inquiries for
of an aged widow and her daughter. This is inadvisable to grant bail, as they had was left on the bed. lady. Dame Willatt, had gained a certain not the necessary information at amtoriety by imposing a late for us a means moment as to the extent of the money which
Mr. Denny's said that it was unfair to defendant who had been arrested three times in one week.
of inducing har patrons to post early. She had been taken. was retired in 1793, on a quite liberal pen- sion, and a postmaster was appointed ht a salary of £300. He was assisted by four 'clerks, and by six letter-carriera at 128. week. Sone indication of the improvement "w"given in the net revenue of the first com
Mr. Longinotto said that the Mucus"
pleted year after the change £586; and Government had axed the bail at 2500 yet, although Briatel and Birmingham and in the event of defendant being arrested at other towne established the penny post, the authorition refused to accept the evidence Macro.
in support of the uniform rate.
Bot
Mr. Dennys replied that "the Magi The persistens for so long of the high-
be bound by what rate system was largely due to Francia trate should Freeling, who became excretary to the Po another Government had fixed. There was
of the new era. By the Act of 1801 the
A second-sheet, or an, enclosure, 25,000 and adjourned hearing for a week
How vessels. however, have not been no numerous owing to the high cost of mate rials from Home and the practical impos RETURNING FROMxibility of obtaining anything like reason
BANISHMENT.
MONEY FOR BROTHER'S BURIAL
At
the Magistracy, yesterday, "Chinese was charged with returning from banishment before the expiry of his term
able delivery; the low exchange will be helpful to local builders in competition with Home builders when inquiries mature.
In keeping with the labour troubles in Europe and America a wave of unrest has besa permeating throughout labour circles the shipbuilding and engineering line. in Shanghai litely, more particularly in
He was banished in January after Whether it is due to the successful results having served a term of imprisonment for Lof the Hongkong strike some little time larceny. His excuse was that he had to ago or due to higher cost of rice and other come to the Colony to get money for his food-stufis, is difficult to say, but all brother's burial.
sura are justified such as the lower paid Defendant was sentenced to twelve are demanding increases and while class of labourer, yet many of the other are quiet well paid and it seems to be niore a matter of their following example than actual accessity.
THEFT OF A WATCH. SERVANTS BREAK OPEN LUGGAGE. At the Magistracy, yesterday, three Chinese were charged with stealing & silver
watch.
SOME ACCENT LAUNCHINGS. The New Engineering Works Launched a sted cargo steamer at the beginning of July and "have also two sister ships well under construction in their yard.
Ofice in 1798 and lasted down to the eve no reason for his client leaving the Colony months" hard labour. focat penny post was abolished, and the us is wile and children were here and country entered upon the period of the us the accusation itself was very vague and The bail za vexatious postal rates which, ironically later might become invalid. enough, caincided with the unexampled axed at slaco was extortionate
Afr. Hutchison remarket that Macao commercial pansion before and after Waterloo. A letter from London to Man-was a friendly country and the bail, would. chester cos, ad, to Edinburgh is 3jd. And not have been fixed so nigh unless they had letter, of one good grounds for it. ize tixed the bail at it had to ce a single sheet. however small, involved double postage.
Complainment, who is the comparadore Hence the frequent apologies of letter
of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, was visited writers in fiction or real life, when space After the passage of the Act, in 1839, an is exhausted; and herde also, the intclor-office in the fremury was created for by some friends who had just returned the vessel is now showing signs of the com-
from America and they left their luggage able habit of cross-writing continued by Bowland Hill, in order that ho might supers in his charge before proceeding to the plotion stage. too many elders-long after the institution vise the great schelde, which from the country. The three defendants were seen launched the shallow draft river stremor of the penny per ounce and the cheapening beginning captured the popular magi- by another servant, breaking open, a box Loong Mow, built to the order of Mestra. of note paper,
sation. But he lost it a few months later, and the master was informed. He arrested Mackenzie & Co., for running the rapids With the arrival of the railway a new hen Melbourne gave place to Peel. A one of the men who had the watch in his between Ichang and Chungking. postal system was, of course, bound, to public subscription amounting to £13,300 possession. come. It was in 1635 thn Rowland Hill came to Hill as a quita tangible solace; in Each defendant was sentenced to three turned his highly mathematical and statis 1846 bis chance of other returned, and for weeks' hard labour.
tical mind to the problem. His pamphlet ten year from 1884 he was Chief Secretary Postal Reform, published in 1837, and to toe Post Office. He was incessantly
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THEFT OF BED SHEETS. STEAM LAUNDRY COOLIE IMPRISONED.
At the Magistracy, yesterday, three
Early in June the Kiangnan · Dock launched the, first, of the four 10,000 ton deadweight steamers they have, under con truction, for the American Government, the boilers have since been put-on-board and
The same builders also
The Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co. launched their third British standard ship o April 1st and the installing of bailers and machinery and Atting out ready for sea including rearranging vessel to burn Joil and foel was completed in about seven weeks, which is quite a creditable perfor- mance for a vessel of this class.
p
This company has three large penger and cargo steamers under construction in their, yards, for local owners.
YARDS TAXED TO UTMOST,
the report of the Parliamentary Committee occupied with the improvement of the of 1838 are the cardinal documents in the department, but when he retired in 1884 history of the national Penny Post. The the range of the Victorian postal reforms pamphlet fell into the hands of Francia was not nearly completed. The postcard, Place; who could judge perhaps better for instance, did not come until 1670.. than any man in England the merits of Rowland Hili was a man with a sense any scheme of organisation. He "pished" of detail and a talent for public adminis
General repairs have also been very good ng he began to read, looking for the bitch, tration developed in a most usual Chinese, employed by the Hongkong
during the post three months and all the but be put it down declaring, with his degree. As such he could not be expected Steam Laundry Co., Ltd., were charged yards have been taxed to their utmost, the usual emphasis, that there was no bitch. No to please all his colleagues and sub-ordi- need to dwell here, upon the central point nates Anthony Trollope, a surveyor in the with the theft of 40 bed sheets, valued at dry docks have all been exceptionally buny of Rowland Hill's argument. Distance Post Office service throughout the entire $60, the property of the Empress of du and of late it has become quite a question he argued, in the carrying of a letter did period, was a pronounced anti-Hillite; and, Mr. A. D. Gee, the manager, said that what to do with vesels requiring to dock not matter at all; the ost was in the
largest repaire jobs undertaken in Shang- tection and delivers Therefore they be confcred, he delighted in making the mustangs of two ships, the finshan and under urgent circumstanees. One of the
himself disagreeable to his official super the Emprces of delay tore put into
First defendant was Italy in that of the Parting in the right plan was a unitary national charge, fors. With him, he wrote in his enter separate baskets and the right Bgure was a penny. Hill faining Autobiography," I never had any ordered to take one basket to the Kinshax Shanghai Duck and Engineering Co.'s had a tough fight with the Committee, and, sympathy, nor he with me.” Trollope and he did so. He was searched at the International Dook where she is undergoing the loads of the Past Orger one still with readily admitted Hill's mastery of facts gates and the bed shoots belonging to the repairs after having been ashore on the Defendant then told him that heShanghai is not alone in respect of-the in food bed, and Egures, but he never came acres impress were found at the boobs hoshanghais Postmaster-General in Melbourne's Govern anyone who so little nadersbood the ways ment, denounced the Penny Post se the of men unless it was his brother." Their had been instructed to take the lot away delay in obtaining materiale, as progres the other two defendants; who pro-at-Home is also being retarded seriously wildest of all wild schemes, and he made hardness, he thought, would have put the matted to macet him outside and divide the owing to the shortage of steel plates, and himself a nuisance to the amiable Prime department out of gear had they not in the poils
in many cases orders are considerably be Minister Lichfield has been here" and bean controlled. But of this tho Inspector Caygill said he had no evi- bind cheduled time. For instance, * wrote Lord Melbourne Why a mon
dence against the other two men, excepting vessel being built at Greenock for the anot talk of penny postage without get. Beveral public knew nothing Bowland had a multitude of admires, and it be ting into a passion pasace my understand surmised that bis Barit in Westminsterrat defendant's own statement Chinese coasting trade, and which should The Magistrate discharged the second, have been launched in February, is still far Abbey, in 1870, seemed right and appro and third and sentenced the first accused to from completion owing to the great scarcity ~~priate to the whol
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