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THE MUI TSAI" QUESTION.
oncubine system would als have to be suppressed in order to secure quality
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RENT ACT CASE.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRIES, **MONDAY, AUGUST 1T, 1921.
BLOOD FLOWS FREELY.
FIRST UNDER NEW ORDINANCE.WATCHMEN
..
AND WORKERS AT WHAMPOA „DOCK.
**A PALPABLE FAKE”
Į
$10. CONVERTED INTO $500.
Mr. A. E. Hall, on Saturday, defended Chinese charged with unlawful posses- Difficulties of maintaining discipline tion of a forged $300 note.
Sub-Inspector Murphy intimated that in a dockyard led to two, cuppersmiths being summoned before Mr. R. E. Lind-the police could not complete their case sell, at the Magistracy, on Saturday, for without an adjournment; the note bad assaulting two watchmen in the employ been through many hands and several of the Hongkong, Kowloon, and Whan-witness had still to be sought.
Mr. C. F. Moffat, cashier of the noa Dock Company.
Mr. Turner said he was instructed by Chartered Bank of India, Australia and the Dock Company to appear on behalf China, entered the witness box and was to examine the note. A fake, is it! of the complainants as the Company re-aked by the Magistrate (Mr. Lindah garded the case as a serious one,
1 had instruc-asked the Magistrate. Mr. Leo d'Almada : the
"A
tions to take out a cross-suminous but the case is such a trivial one I have not thought it necessary.
The Magistrate: Apparently the Dock Company do. not regard it so lightly,
Mr. Turner related that one of the complainants was going on his rounds- his duties being to see that the men got on with their work and that there was no pilfering when he observed one the defendants asleep and the other. They were lying sheltered fram the sun beneath a ship in course of construction. As coppersmiths, they should have been inside the ship, work- ing on the krel
man
The
The sleeping man was awakened and asked his name and number; be refused to give it and the watchman proceeded to take him before they head watchunan. Thie struck the watchman, who blew his whistle for assistance. second complainant came to help, and band in the second defendant took
of the other side. It was support aleged that both the defendants struck both the complainants; they were taken, eventually, to the round-house.
very palpable fake," replied Mr. offat. The pote is a genuine i note of the Chartered Bank, Shanghai, and it has been altered to $500.
The Magistrate: It looks a little like
300 note. Mr. Moffat: Yes, but I cannot under- stand anybody.being deceived by it who looked at it at all.
The Magistrate: Not even a Chinese? Mr. Moat: No one who knew English could possibly be deceived by it. The Magistrate: The word
Mr. Moffatt: Yes, on the front, back appears on is?
and four corners,
"ten
Sub-Inspector Murphy: The defendant claims to have been deceived by it him | The hearing was adjearned for a week. self.
SPORT."
LAWN BOWLS.
A League match was played on Satur- day, the 30th July, between the Kowloon Cricket Club and the Police Recreation Club which resulted in a win for the former.
Appensieil are the scores:-
NO. I HINK..
Wontioned from page 3.) Regarding, the state.dent that children
Mr. Justice Wadd delivered judgment, were bought in order to relieve needy parents of a burden, the speaker qurried Saturday in the case in which Lam de sincerity of this class and expressduk chained possession of the ground le opinion that the real intention washer of Yll, Queen's Road West, to make then servant-girls subject to the capied by the Fuk Ming firm (Heung than-tung, managing partner), electrical the absolute will of their masters. The and gas fitters. This was the first case to jurchase of children was not the way
It Rents Bill. After several more speakers had ad up since the passing of the new was claimed by M. tressed the meeting for and against the F., X. D'Alinada, who appeared for astom. the CHAIRMAN declared that if te mai dau system weer suppressed, the plaintift. that a month's notice to quit was given on May 31st, long before the Ordinance came into foreè. For defendants it was stated that the pre- He denied, by way of reply to a previous mises were used as a dwelling, but Mr. peaker, that the agitation for abolition D'Ainda contended that the four was
riginated with Hongkong Europeanset as business premises. and attributed it to Mrs. Hazlewood.
His Honour, in the course of his jug It was pointed out that there went, said that in this case the tenants Dahun pengle who reported ill
were tenants of a shop occupying the treatment to the Real authorities who ground floor of 311, Queen' Road West. The shop was sub-divided between two One member of the audience declareil that it was futile to ask, as une of the the trade of selling electrical The woman who had attended to represent moking. questions before the meeting didittings and the trade of barber. whether servant-girls were brought up to the tenant firms in this Court was a prin- betoms prostitutes as the masters cerned were not likely to admit that.ipal of both firms. He found that the Fandlord gave the tenant dues notice to Was it right to kidnap, was it right to quit which expired on the 28th day of Ith Chinese &fta muon. The tenancy waS sell gir he demanded, adding "Of
He people did not do ita.monthly tenaney for the monus of the there would be no need for a law."
Yet another weaker declare that the Chinese year and the rent was payable monthly. For the landlord Mr. F. X. whether the keeping of Almada had claimed that the tenant servant-girls was beneficial or rinful had Brought himself within sub-section 1. to the Chinese. If harmful they shouli sule sub-section b of section of the le their best tu do away with it. Ther Rats Ordinance on two grounds. First wery good points in the system, but that the tenant had failed to tender the most of the speakers had dwelt on the rent dur in. respect of the fifth moon Personally he favoured the of his tenancy on due date; secondly, system because he felt the got out that the tenant failed to vacute the weighed the evil.
premises after the expiration of the Mr. A. R. Kinross, shipbuilder at the In vehement defence of the system, notier to quit in accordance with the Whanpon Dock, said that last Wednes. a esker, who addressed the meeting terms of his tenancy. As to the first day afternoon he heard a whistle blown crowd of Chinese coming with great animation and much gesti ground His Honour found us a fact that and sw
ship in course of construction. culation, declared that they would the tenant offered the reat dad in respect from stop people from giving birth to child of the fifth on to the landlord's agent The doek watchinne was struggling with ren and demanded to know. Do you suggest drowning them or killing them the fourth day after it became due. the taller defendant (the sound). In the
The second contention that the tenant melee the watchman had lost his shors P. W. Hamsay.... Could they guarantee to keep all the was bound by the terms of his tenancy and his topee and he was bleeding from R. E. Nicholls,
The second defendant had. Gibson. servant girls if the present system were
to vaente on the expiry of his notice was the mouth.
15. M. Jnek. abolished! In answer to as interrupin His Honour's opinion sound, and on the watchman's whistle.
(Skip) tion he declared that no one, the Govern that ground the landlord was entitled to The Magistrate: "A whistle," you don't know that it was the watchman's. ment included, could stop him from an order for ejectment to be made.
The R. C. Hunter. But this," His Honour said in con- Mr. Kinross; No, that's true: saying what he thought.
A member of the Chines YM.Cclusion does not end the matter. In first defendant was going quietly with F. Herridge
Everyone was tellJ. P. Robinson. poirted out that the British Government action 4, sub-section 3 of the Ordinance, another watchman.
A. G. Pile. Bad voted 120,000,000 towards, freeing a very wide discretion is given to the ing the other man to go quietly."
(Skip) ...... 23 the black slaves in Amerion.
Court in these proceedings to make any The Magistrate: I gather the second
NO. 3 RINK. order as between landlord and tenant defendant was struggling violently 1
Kelly I saw the H. E. Stevens.. Oh! very. that may seem at the time equitable. F Mr. Kinross : have not, therefore, only to see whether watchman would not be able to handle J. Hyde. the landlord is legally entitled to the him so 1 twisted the man's arms behind J.. Stalker. order claimed, but I have further in con- his back and assisted the watchman. J. McMurtrie. sider whether in equity the tenant should After that he struggled na more. be ejected from these premises. In con-Kinross added that the Company was sidering this I have to notice that the having constant trouble with men who bject of the Ordinance is to protect would get beneath this ship and Jazo residents of premises from being turned their time away. out of their habitations. It is not to protect firms and trading concerns from eviction from premises occupied for the The tenants in these purpose of trade.
The defendants told you they were proceedings can claim the protection of the Ordinance only in so far as they burt themselves 7-No, they did not." have used the premises concerned for It would be part of the duties of the habitation and not in any way by reason watchman, if he saw anyone sleeping, of the fact that they have used the pre-to wake them up with a stick-Yes. mises for trade." His Honour said that He could strike them -No, they are the tenant in the case before the Court not allowed to ill-use the men, but one was the tenant also of a house at 338, has to use a stick sometimes.
A very pleasant evening was provided Queen's Road West, second door. It is If these watchmen handled the men for a great many people in the grounds clear, therefore, that the tenant had no violently would you not any they were of Kowloon Cricket Club, on Saturday, difficulty in finding residential premises: entitled to hit back 1-1 would not like when another al fresco concert took The barbers assistants, who actually decide that: I would rather leave place. The programme was even more varied than the previous one and cou- occupied the other premises, had found that to the Magistrate.
His Honour, there The Magistrate: is not that a matter tained several contributions of high rooms elsewhere. fore, did not propose to interfere with the fur the Court rather than for the wit merit; the evening was delightful and not operation of the law. An ejectment was made with ensts.
ARE YOU
AN INTELLIGENT BRITON-
CONTENT TO BE
A POLITICAL CIPHER?
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The CHAMAN then put the questions before the eeting. By show of hands assembly declared, unanimously,
the that
(1) servant girls are not brought up for prostitution;
with two dissentients, that
(2.) servant girls are not slaves; unanimously, that
(3.) servant girls are not kept for sexual purposes by their masters; with eight dissentients, that
(4) the Chinese Goverment has passed no law to abolish the practice; and, with one dissentient, that
(3.) owners canot ill-treat them as they please. In putting the resolutions, the CHAIR- or three lengthy MAN interspersed two speeches and became involved in" argu ment with some members of the audi
dace...
!
After another half-hour of desultory discussion a further resolution was put, and tarried unanimously, to the effect
to establish be taken that steps Rociety for the prevention of cruelty to
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K.C.C..
18 NO.
P.R.C. McLeanan.
S. Reid. Mace.
A. Clarks.
(Skip)
2 RINK.
Henderson.. McWalters. Davitt.
W. Gerrard.
(Skip)
Nicoll. Knight.
J. Clarke. Mr. (Skip) 27
(Skip)..
INTERPORT POLO MATCH,
Mr. d'Almada: You thought they had had a scrap between them
Mr. Kinross: I was sure of it; blood was towing.
order for dess?
THE LOST CORD.
The case waå adjõurbedu
SENSATION IN SHANGHAI
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The Shanghai Polo Club have accepted the challenge of the Hodgkong Pulo Club to play them for the Keswick Cup. This match will take place at Hong- kong on the first Saturday is October.
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB,
ANOTHER GOOD CONCERT.
too hot, and the size of the the audience encouraged the promoters to believe that their efforts to organise entertainment- no easy task, by the way-are thoroughly appreciated. Folks were asking indeed, why the Hongkong Cricket Club should not do something of the same kind in Victoria.
LEGAL CIRCLES. AN OLD, OLD SONG.
AMERICAN LAWYER CHARGED
Mrs. H. A. Jones charmed the audi- edce with her soprano solos and had to ALLEGED HARBOUR PILEERAGE. "
WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL.
respond to two encores. She is a very. When the local representatives of the
Something in the nature of a sensa accomplished singer and we may "hope" mui sai."on the lines of the society rep.&O. Company received a report that tian was created recently, when it be will sing at the City Hall during next She would be heard to still cently established, at the instance of the at 4 a.m. ane morning the crew of the came known that Mr. W..S.. Fleming, winter. European community, for the prevention No. 7. lighter was awakened to find senior partner in the firm of Messrs. greater advantage within four walls. A of cruelty to animals.
fine new rope, worth $100, being paid Fleming, Davies and Bryan had been word of praise is due to Mr. H. A. Jones accompaniments. out on to a sampan and that, after a arrested following the filing of an infor- for his sympathetic struggle, the crew captared the marauders nation in the American Court alleging Miss W. Robinson and Mr. E. J. Edwards
alto assisted in that direction. and took them to the police station, it criminal libel against Mr. Fleming.
Mr. Clifford Edgcumbe was in very to assist destitute parents. The way to seemed a simple thing to come before the
The complaint alleged that Mr. Flem
The proceedings then terminated and the audience for the evening theatrical performance began to assemble.
An
do that was to establish homes and form Magistrate, draw attention to the piling wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully good voice and, accompanied by Mr. 2 relief association for the sole purpose ferage evil, and get a severe sentence contrived to injure, aggrieve, vilify. Jones, gave a very successful rendering of leading money to the needy. This imposed as a warning to others.
Bandalize and defame, the reputation of of au cld favourite, Thora" was the radical solution of the problem. Yet that apparently simple case bas Mr. Sterling Fessenden, senior partner of encore, Long Live the King," was also In conclusion he hoped the Chairman been before Mr. Orme four times and is the firm of Messrs. Fessenden and Hol- given in fine style. would take a broad view of the matter, not finished yet. First of all, the first of comb, and to bring him into contempt; Miss L. Prickett sang very sweetly. and Mr. E. T. Crocker sang twice with and take steps to restrict the system-- the three defendants "told a story of an and hatred. it was a practice that should not exist. assault by the lightermen who, on being The charge is said to arise out of great acceptance. The Ruperts," in' (Applause.)
threatened with a charge, put the rope statements made in the course of corres cross talk and patter, proved very as- Miss Burnett " Several subsequent speakers made re-
da the sampar and charged the occupondence between Mr. Fleming and Mr. ing comedians and ference to principles of humanity, urg-
E. W. Wilson in the course of which, failed to conceal the identity of a genial ing that the system. should be abolished Pants with theft. fill-treatment were proved. One speak. At the next heating, Mr. A. E. Hall, in a letter said to be dated February personage who had a good deal to do er condemned the systems and asked the ho represented the defendants, abang. Mr. Fleming is alleged to have with the arrangement of the programme.
doned that story (which his client had written as follows:-
A very enjoyable itern was an instru
1'
some day as to the reason why these Young. The violin was admirably play- unfair methods have been introduced led, with excellent technique; the cello by the members of the firm of Fessen in the fague could have been a little den and I can tell you in confidence (touder. L/Cpl. F. Bull showed himself now that since they have done these an accomplished executant on the cornet, things, I have come into possession of and the Band of the Wiltshire Regiment, evidence that will not only discredit under Mr. J. W. Entson, contributed them but rnin their names in the com- largely to the enjoyment of the evening. munity. They realize this now, and They should not have reserved their are trying to make complete retraction very best piece; "The Post Hora" to of what they have said and done in the last, when every one was going out. But then, they would probably rejoin, this matter."
Chairman to have the matter raised in told when not legally represented) and "I have a long story to tell you mental trio by the Misers V., R. and R. the Legislative Council so that it said that the true facts were that the might be completely suppressed. Another lightermen were all concerned in an speaker said most of the prostitutes were attempt to rob the P.&O. Company of originally miền tại
something much more valuable than a rope the silk and tea with which the lighter was heavily laden. There is a Among the passengers on board the mysterious coxswain involved in the P&O Kashmir, which arrived here story; he was known na "the man with yesterday, was Captain Harold E. Suli. the long beard." but be gave evidence Tan, D.8.0., the new Captain of the clean-shaven. The lightermen were sup- light cruiser, Curler. This command is posed to be in debt to the defendants vacant by the preferment of Captain W. and told the creditors that if they came M. James, C.B., to the command of the to the lighter on a certain night they Mr Fleming appeared in the U.S. having stayed so long folks might await cruiser Hawkins, Flagship of the Com- could have repayment. It was suggest Court on July 23rd. when Mr. F. Jt the end. They certainly would have mander-in-Chief on the station, Vice-ed that the Chinese, word used might Schuhl, Commissioner, fixed buil in, the been well repaid had they done 0. Admiral Sir Alexander Duff, K.C.B., to mean either repayment in money or inum of 81,000 which was immediately whom he has become Bag Captain and Find and the defendants inferred that forthcoming.-.-C. Daily News. Chief-of-Stuff Captain Sulivan, up to they expected to be paid in kind, prob- the time he left England, had been study ably with generous interest out of the ing at the War College, to which he was P. O. Company's stores! appointed on March 7th. Promoted in.
"Want-
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Mr. Leo Podolsky the distinguished SHANGHAI TUG "AND LIGHTER' CO. At the fourth bearing the principal Russian pisaiat who, with Mille. June, 1917, be was serving at the armis defentiant, who claimed to be a shop- Mirova, gave a number of highly appre
At a meeting of the Board of Direc tica is command of the depot ship keeper, bad disappeared, and Mr GGciated concerts in Hongkong, some time wich, and in command of the destroyer N. Tinson, who represented the P. & O. age, writes us from Manila that he is tors of the Hongkong Tug and Lighter flotilla attached to her. At the battle Company, deplored that his application revisiting Hongkong soon on his way to Co., Ltd., beld last week, it was decided to recommend an interim dividend-of.3 Meanwhile Mr. Podolsky is of Jutland he was second-in-command of for increased bail had not been granted. India. the 11th flotilla, and was awarded the D.S.Q. for his very able handling of his The case was further adjourned and a having a successful tour in the Philip per cent, on 10,000 preference shares and half-flotilla both in the daytime and warrant for the apprehension of the pines, while Miss Mirova is reating in Tls. 1.25 per share on 20,000 ordinary.
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