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THE RATING OF NEW BUILDINGS.
[TO TUM EDITOR OF THE 'N MONTIKONAL..
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Sin,--in contaæation of the debate in the Legislative Council on the above aburr subject (suggested remission of rates to encourage the erection of new buildings) may be permitted to point out:--
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Thut, as the proposed remission is intended to relieve the pocket of the person who has to pay for the now buildings, i.e., the Landlord, it is not * sound argument against such re mission to contend that the Landlord will not pass on the benoât of the same. to the Terant. ..
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That, in the deserving case of the man of moderate means, who desires to build a home for himself and his family, such a remission would con- stitute substantial" inducement, to build. Yours faithfully,
H. E. POLLOCK. Hongkong, September 2nd, 1921.
THE "MUI TSAI "QUESTION
TO THE EDITOR OF THE`* HUNDKONG
"DAILY PRESS."
SEPTEMBER JBD.
SPORT. WATER POLO,
The V.R.C., playing without Busschnert and Witchell, beat HMS.. Foxglore, last evening, by goals to nit..
fu the second game, the U.A.C. but the Club Lusitano by 3 to 1. The game was tho well contested throughout. and Lusitano were unlucky to kasę on the run of the play.
Games for Monday:--
3.15 p.m.-R.G.A. r. K.M.S. Tumor, 5.45 p.m.Wiltshires . H.M.S. For
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is is an even money bet (says a cor respondent) as to the outcome of the baseball game, to-morrow, ab 4 o'clock in the afternoon, between the Hongkong pine and the aggregation of ball tossers Tho from the U.S. Destroyer Rizal. sailors are pincing their hopes on the speed of their twirler, McLaurie, while the locals feel that Pace, who won his last game so handily from the Destroyer | LOVELAND. boys, will be able to repent.
Ample seating accommodation has LOVE OF A GIRL. bee arranged for the largest crowd of the sensoa at Happy Valley. The local feam will work out to-night in prepara- tion for to-morrow's contest.
Sin-Allow me a short space in your valuable paper to say a few words regard- ing the Muitsui Question. In sour columns of to-day's date, it is reported that there a case tried in court in which a mui bai was tied up and burned with matches by her mistress. This is very cruel treatment indeed; and, if the jo matė trai system were abolished, such in- human acts could never recur. If your renders agree with me, air fervently request that they will joint 4 Anu Maitsai Society and help to do this good work. Yours faithfully.
MAMS. Hongkong. September 2nd, 1921.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
VESSEL. SUNK IN", WEST RIVER.
LIVES LOST IN COLLISION.
The Harbour Master at Hongkong has received information of a collision in the West River which resulted in loss of life and of one vessel.
On August 27th, just after midnight, the motor ship Kong Ning was proceed- ing up the West River en route for Wu Sis Let each family, look after its
chow.
regulation lights were all When about two miles own affairs and take no notice of the East of Luk Pu a large boat was ob
burning frost on the neighbour's roof" is an old served from the bridge approaching on saying that commands great respect the port bow, This vessel amongst our Chinese „friends. At the same time, the respect shown to this
Visibility at the time was fair.
counsel of non-interference or laissez jaireach the night was dark. The Kong
blow one blast on her whistle and
is responsible for the weak sense of public altered her course to starboard. The duty manifest bere. And the greatest other craft took no notice of the signal. enemy to the mai fani is this blind and later altered her course to starboard adherence to a proverb whereby only an in an endeavour to cross over the bow infinitesimal portion of her wrongs is of the Kong Ning. The master and pilot dragged into the light of day.
of the laster vessel, seeing that a colli- In reading carefully the evidence of sion was unavoidable, put
the engines the cruelty ease in which the mistress full pater, but no immediate action was sentenced to three months hard the bont with her stem on the starboard could prevent the Kang Ving, striking
labour by Mr. Lindsell for burning her løde response to cries for help, two life.
In
motor-boat, Hang Hing which runs be- tween Caaton and Wuchow. After the collision a search for further survivors was made in the vicinity, but this proved fruitless, and the Kong Ning proceeded on her way.
[mui tamu with lighted match-sticks the
thought occurs to me that, had it not boats were lowered and life buoys thrown been for the suspicions entertained with out. It is believed that some thirty per- regard to the conduct of the mistress wons were on board, and of these, 14 mem- with her dismissed houseboy, the brother-bers of the crew and eight passengers in-law might not have taken the affair were savel. The boat which was teruck into the Police, Court at all. And so, by the Hong Ning is believed to be the while we-free men and women. in this British Colony-dine and wine and are merry, another mui trai out of ten thou sand or so would continue to be tortured in a darkened kitchen and behind closed doors through no fault of her own and simply because British law in this Colony permits her parents to look apon TEE SITUATION IN SIBERIA. her as a convertible asset by countenanc- ing presentation cards," "" ginger and vinegar money," "milk money," Instruments by which the unprincipled parent profits at the expense of the unfortunate child. And what reply can' Britons give to the query at the long- suffering, mui tea or to the enlightened Chinelo ny to what British Justicep respected throughout the world-has to say to this disgraceful state of affairs in this part of the British Empire f
etc..
JAPANESE ARMOURED TRAIN
BLOWN UP.
A Vladivostock telegram dated August. 5th, says:
A Japanese armoured train was blown un Tuesday by Partisans at Verst 203 on the Usur railway. A skirmish. ensued, which resulted in six Japanese casualties.
Chief of the Chita troops in the Maritime General Lapin, the Commander-in-
To my mind, as mui trai-keeping is an old practice, the master of moq taai is not, necessarily, a sinner, any mos than region, has issued orders to all divi a paterfamilies without a mui tai is sional commanders to avoid coming into. necessarily a saint. But it cannot be conflict with Japanese troops, under denied that "cheap service" is the sole penalty of severe punishment. motive underlying the purchase of these girls in almost every transaction. To SAIGON RICE MARKET... give money to a person in distress with one hand and to take away that The Compagnie de Commerce et de person's daughter with the other hand Navigation d'Extrême Orient, in their is no charity. The mui tri recently report dated Saigon, August 24th, state: depicted by a Chinese member of the Hince our last report, the price of Legislative Council is the property of paddy has declined heavily. This drop, the wealthy class and is in the minority. however, has been partly compensated for The ordinary mui tea is that of the so- by a rise of exchange. called middle or lower classes, and pre- Sore sales have been made to Java under dominates in" muitenidom." The lot of the market price by big paddy holders. the average mui tear is unthinkable; she There have foon no enquiries from home is always liable to receive that inhuman or from abroad. Our market is still treatment for which the Magistrate heavily overstocked, and all the sheds are justly imposed a sentence of imprison- full.
The total amount of rice exported from 11,063 tons, against, 621,520 in 1020. January 1st up to August 16th, 1921, ta
ment.
In view of those facts and occurrences that must shock all who have a sense to be shocked, I think it high time for the Government to study closely this burning question affecting thousands of defenceless children under the British flag and to find out whether it had been correctly advised in the past.-Yours faithfully,
CO-OPERATION, Hoogkong, September 2ad.
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