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CORRESPONDENCE.
PEACE
AND DISTRIBUTION OF RAW MATERIAL.
(TO THE EDITÓK OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY FEESS.").
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH. 1999.
BANK HOLIDAY AT THE
POLICE COURT. THE NEW YEAR STARTS QUIETLY
In accordance with the provisions of Magna Charta, or was it Sam Walker's S11,-The recent discord, which has discovery, the "bave-his-carcase," the dispelled the hope that the Washington session on Monday, although it was a Police Court in Hongkong put in a short Conference would be distinguished by
public holiday, in order that accused perfect harmony, has expressed a dir
persons should not be deprived of their trast all too similar to what was foster right of an early trial. The machinery ed in the days prior to the disastrous of justice ran at half-speed; that is to month of August, 1014." If this Con- ference fail to accomplish all it desired, 45, only one magistrate sat instead of two and the proceedings Inated about two the propects of peace will be less pro-hours instead of five. Mr. B. E. Lindsell mising than at any time since the took the office. termination of the War; for it is appar ent that so long as any nation is deter
THE SANITARY BOARD, WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM AGAIN, CARE OF GRAVES IN HAPPY VALLET.
ALLEGED FRAUDS ON A
BANK
A FILIPINO CHARGED ON SIX
-COUNTS.
A Filipino named Basalic Yboa, un-
The Sanitary Board opeted the new year, yesterday afternoon, by discussing the care of graves at Happy Valley, with employed and of no fixed abode, was one or two hundred dollars that the re-en six counts of forgory and false pre- a view to passing on to the public the charged before Mr. Lindsell on Monday, pair of head stones usually costs the tences. The defendant is alleged to have Government each year. The Board also obtained by false pretences on Jane 20th had another debate on a subject that last, from the International Banking looms large at most of its meetings what Corporation, a sum of $4,500 U.S. car is 'euphemistically called the extension renky, by forging a bill of exchange of the water-carriage, system." The first drawn by Feliciano Caber upon the Asia four items on the orders for the day" Banking Corporation; and on the same had reference to no fewer than 73 "exten-date to have forged altered or uttered a After a few hawkers who either hawked sions" but the Board ruthlessly "refused | letter of credit issued by the Asia Bank hawk at all had made their usual excuses Belcher Street, although Dr. Ozorio Feliciano Caber, and on or about June in the wrong place or had no right to 61 of them, naked for at 16 houses in ing Corporation at Manila in favour of
aaa weapon, that nation must be re-
and had contributed a few dollars each quoted the Head of the Sanitary Depart-end did obtain by false pretences from garded as one unconvinced of its mari-
the rovenue, Inspector Patterson hent against himself and pleaded that the Asia Banking Corporation in Hong- time security.
Now whatever be the resuit of the brought forward a woman who had dis here was an opportunity for the Chinese kong, a sum of 15,500, by forging a bill Conference is invited, America has obeyed an order of the Court to vacate to obtain education" in modern panit exchange drawn by Feliciano Caber upon the Asia. Banking Corporation of accepted a great responsibility. la premises used for immoral purposes. Hetary usage.
There were present: the Head of the New York, to the order of the Asis deference to America have Japan and explained that the woman prayed in aid accepted the less rigorous and somewhas got out The Magistrate met the dif the Director of Public. Works (the Hon. Gnally with forging altering or attering Britain suppressed their alliance, and the Rents Ordinance and would not Sanitary Department (Mr. G. E. Sayer) Banking Corporation of Hongkong; and vagus obligations due to the Quadruple ficulty by finding her accommodation Mr. T. L Perkine), the Secretary for Entente; and if this should be a failure, rens free for a couple of months and Halifax), Dr.-F. M. Ozorio, the Medical meanwhile, no doubt, her claim to hermeer of Health (Dr W W Pearse), and present home will lapse.-
the Secretary (Mr. C. M. W. Raynolds).
mined to retain the abhorred submarine
Americu will be morally obliged to first the world something better.
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THE MAGIC CLOTHES.
Inspector Brown, anxious to meet a prisoner half-way, charged a man with receiving two bundles of clothing. "Why is he not charged with lar ceny asked the Magistrate.
The discussion upon the limitation of artamenta however, obscures the really fundamental condition pecessary to prevent war-die appreciation of each nation's economia aspirations. A coun- try's wealth and material greatness de pend upon its manufactures; and by the. He says he picked them up on the "latter are expressed the creative ability
of the country's inhabitants; and civiliza street," replied the Inspector. tion demands of each nation that this ability be fully exercised. Its exercise forms part of the grand scheme of hunta development, and is a means towards a and not yet in sight.
A rather slow-witted constable plained, at some length, that he found the man lurking at the back of Shanghai Street, Yaumati, and interrogated him. "I live just here," said the man, but when the constable proposed to see him home" he gave an address in quite an- other part of the town. It was so use, the constable had nothing else on hand he could not bear to part from his now acquaintance so the two went home to gether Theen the constable, by virtue of His office, had a look round and found
not
Chinese Affairs (the Hon. Mr. E. R
THE WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM.
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a letter of redit iashed by the Asia Banking Corporation of Manila in favour of Feliciano Caber.
Mr. D. M. Biggar, Manager of the Asia Banking Corporation, was the co- painant.
Mr. Vaux, solicitor, who appeared for the prosecution, secured a remand of the case for the purpose of being more fully instructed as to the facts.
With regard to, the Belcher Street application, the CHAIRMAN said he opposed, the application because it went a long way beyond the principle that the Board adopted in 1916 of granting these applica tions only in the case of premises whose occupants could be relied upon not to
ALLEGED ROBBERY. abuse the privilege Naturally, that practically limited the Board to granting DETECTIVE'S SMART WORK LEADS applications only to permanent residents. He thought that to grant the application An New Year's Eve the first floor of for lo houses which had not even beno, 110, Queen's Road Central, was enter erected was going very much beyond the ed and clothing and a gold watch to the principle adopted.
Dr. Ozonio e id he was in favour of the application being granted in view of the fact that the Board intended to introduce
TO ARREST.
value of $133 was stolen. An entrance was forced into the room by way of a window, on the first landing and then through a fanlight above the door of the room. The floor is occupied by & Chilese dentist. A Chinese detective investigated pawnshops in the Wanchai district. In one of the shops he discovered a watch similar to the one said to have bees stolen. The pawnbroker assisted the de- This the In long coat was discovered.
dentist claimed as his property. When arrested the man denied the charge and said that he knew nothing about the watch and that the coat was his property
The alleged thief was brought before Mr. Lindsell yesterday morning and charged with Larceny. question from Mr. Lindsell the defendant said that he bought the coat at Canton
or 830 about ten months ago.
Now great discrepancies exist among the facilities, possessed by different countries, for obtaining the raw material necessary to their industries; and in the case of the two most important materials -coal and iron, the distribution, "as far as it concerns the majority of countries, ds always a possible cause of contention. Few nations are so happily situated in two bundles of clothing and various the water carriage system in the Colony. this respect as Britain and America; but struments not generally used by honest The Chairman, in a recent discussion of the "matter and made a round of the' on the continent of Europe the geo-folk-pick-locks, a false key, and ta graphical positions of two important and arrangement for lifting bolts from the the matter, spoke of training Chinese in highly industrialized countries, have
wrong side of a door. given these a boundary extending through Back they went to the place where Erst the use of water closets. Why not make territory rich in coal and iron, so that they met and the constable was
a beginning with training by granting country would enrich it and deprive the missed things from their cubicles which the places were abused the Board could other. Clearly there would be no endur were there when they went to bed. close them. ing peace between two such countries,
The Magistrate asked the first one, a without the existence of an agreement comely matron, if she was a married chussen them ensuring each a just share woman My husband has been abroad of the mineral deposits in the territory for seven years" was the non-committal contiguous to both. Now considering reply. You have not presumed death the important case of Japan, whose yet, after seven years' absence?" remark people possess creative skill of highed the Magistrate. The woman smiled order, and which has become a ship pleasantly; she was plump and comfort building country of considerable importable-looking, evidently quite able to get ance, we perceive a nation devoting, along without her other half. huge amount of energy to industries requiring a plentiful supply of iron, yet" Yes, these things are mine," said the possessing no natural supplies of this good lady, but there should nine of
the alightest encroachment by either long in finding two dames who had this application? 1f it, was found that tective to trace the man and in his cubicle |
them
metal within its Empire Near Japan, There are only seven, anyway," said nearer than to any other country equally the Magistrate. The other two are industrialised, are the VARI mineral deposits of primitive China; surely then between you and the polier. Where were
they " is is apparent why Japan does not wish
They were inside my cubicle on to be deprived entirely of a sphere of Friday night," said the dame. A widow influence in China, and why it desires to told a similar story with regard to the retain sufficient interests in Shantung to other parcel. She found in the morning secure a favourable position relative to that her door had been forced open
Therefore Japan must successfully cul-
In answer to a
The case was adjourned to this morn-
ng for further evidence to be taken,
The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS said he was strongly aguinat permission being granted. One reason was that the water supply to these premises, proposed to be used for this purpose, was not a per- manent ont. It was intended to get a supply outside the curtilage of the mises que le opposed permission being given for water closets in this particular district and his view was founded upon a long, practical experience of what hap the slum districts of big cities. pesed All the training of years at Home had not brought certain districts into a state approaching a sanitary one in this INDIAN POLICE CLERK IN
COURT. respect. All the training and civilization that the people had had seemed to have.
SERIOUS CHARGE PREFERRED. made very little difference. He had spent days and days in sewers but he had never closets in, the slum districts of big cities. seen anything there so insanitary as the The Cain moved that the applica
the iron deposits of this province. The defendant wished the Magistrate tion be refused. Hon. Mr. PERKINS Cond-
tivate friendship with China for economic had magically appeared before him as he
to believe that two collections of clothing ed. and the motion was carried, only Dr.
Ozorio opposing in favour. was walking homeward but credulity
· reasons "and to serve the interests of
peace.
"You aru
CARE OF GRAVES AT HAPPY VALLEY. The CHAIRMAN mentioned the subject of It seems to me that no conference, wou'd not go as far as that. whose object is the ensurance of interconvicted of larceny from a dwelling the care of graves in the Colonial Ceme said the Magistrate. "Six tery. He said that every year a consider national amity, can afford to ignore the use."
able number of headstones required rais disabilities which certain nations suffer months' hard labour."
It was also proved that, like the man ing when they had sunk or repairing with regard to their supplies of raw the moon, he had come back too soon where the stonework had been cracked by material; and that suitable adjustments must be made to meet them, before any from banishment. For this he was sent trees which had grown too large. Every to prison for twelve months in addition year this involved quite a considerable socialistic experiments bc
The defendant asked the Magistrate not sum which had been paid hitherto out of attempted.-Yours respectfully,
DYNAM8. to send him to prison but to banish him public funds. He proposed that in fature for life. When you came out of prison a small charge thould be made for monu January 2nd, 1992.
That, would involve. alight you will be banished for life. don't alteration in the sanitary by-law and he you worry about that." was the consoling moved that instead of the word "free"
further
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Mr. R. E. Lindsell, Fateh Mahomed, & At the Magistracy, on Monday, before Sikh clerk employed in the Police Accountant's Office, was charged with ob taining goods by false pretences.
It is alleged that. on December 8th the defendant obtained four rugs from Ah Men and Hing Cheong, the tailoring firm in Queen's Road Central, stating that they were required for the Police motor ambulances. The charge was brought in consequence of enquiries made by the firm as the Police Accountant's Office with regard to the question of payment for these rugs.
The case was remanded one werk.
AMERICAN STOWAWAY,
the words, two dollars" be anharitate. At the Magistracy, on Saturday morn He also recommended that the Board asking, before Mr. J. R. Wood. two Ameri- the Government to give instructions to cans, Frank Jones of California ant] Jesse the Botanical and Forest Department to Culp of Ontario, were charged with stow- private ing away from Mabila on the x.s. Emprena cut down any trees planted on grave which had grown so large as to of Asia, from Manila. cause monuments to crack or which caused damage to neighbouring monuments,
A boy of 14 next stood forward to an- swer a charge that he was found of BIB-At the edge of the recently ex-enclosed premises with intent to commit tended fourth tee, at Deep Water Bay a felony: there has been disclosed what appears "I went there to sleep," said the
Both defendant said that they could not to be a small granite headstone. The boy.
find work in Manila and came on to lettering is barely decipherable, but one You did not go there to steni 1" The SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS Hongking in the hope of finding & ship can just see the inscription J. Arnold, asked the Magistrate. "No," said the asked what was the extent of the damage here to return to their homes. They both 1880. Can any of your readers give any boy. Then call the evidence" rejoined done and the CHAIRMAN replied that it admitted that they had no money and
amounted to between $100 and 8200 were, on the beach" here, information on the subject? The stone the Bench must have been entirely overgrown" until Asraf Ali, clerk employed by the Hongyear. The money was generally spent on
The master-at-arms said the defendants the recent clearance. Was J. Arnold kong Electric Company, said he was re graves of people whose relatives had left were found walking on the aft deck. This year be had called for to conceal them- murdered there, or morely buried there? turning home to 744, Hollywood Road the Or was he come dour Boot rid the the trends. Now Year Bro, xrty at 110 tenders, and received one of 2560 and shey, mado po attempt t
It seemed reasonable early days of the course made a titanie am on Sunday morning. He was sur mother of 8800. elice at the first hole and perished in the prised to find that the outer door had that the Government should make a small CHINESE AFFAIRS sug: grim determination to repover his lost been pushed to. He kicked it open and ECRETARY FOR CHINESE
The gutty 1 Perhaps some leisured archae found a boy at the foot of the stairs, ologist will warm up the newspaper Bles The witness added that the boy was ging gested that the matter was rather trifling. The CHAIRMAN replied that it was be of that year. I have seen some suspicious down but appeared to him to be trying coming a bigger one every year.
At the request of Mr. HALLIFAX the niblick work in the neighbourhood, and to force out a plank of the staircase and it might be as well for the good of the so to gain entrance to the ground floor, question was held over until the next
The Magistrate: No board had actually, meeting. course to be quite sure that there is no hidden treasure there-Yours etc
been forced? PICK WICK
STEAMER COLLIDES WITH JUNK
The witness replied in the negative. The boy's story was that bo, was an
EXCHANGE IN DECEMBER. apprentice in a sedan chair maker's shop in Shelly Street: be made some holes in
Mr. Ó. A. da Boza's monthly mimary a bamboo in the wrong place and his master was so annoyed that he beat him of exchange gives the following garbe and turned him out of stoors Haring for December, 1921: nowhere to go he lay down to deep at
Early on New Year's morning, during a heavy fog, the Liangehou.collided the foot of the staircaec... with a fishing junk called the Sin Wo Lee The explanation was new to the police Dear St. John Island (lat. 21′ 10′′ and so the cams was adjourned to next day for long. 112 48). The funk was abandoned the master to attend. Yesterday the and mine woman, Ave. men and seven employer agreed that there had been children were taken on board the steamer words" and that the boy had left him. When last sighted at about 8 am the The Magistrate therefore put the best pink was still float and may remain so
construction on the boy's presence on the "Tor "soma tíma,
stairway and discharged him.
7.00
After consulting the Second Officer. Mr. Wood informed defendants that he would not impose a heavy penalty, but as it was the custom here to send stowaways to jail. be would pass the nominal vertendur
one day's hard · Iabour and "afterwards they would be confined in the House, of Detention a vagrants until-a-ship could be found for them.
ARMED ROBBERIES,
Armed with revolvers, three Chinese-on Friday entered the second floor of No. 20, Cochrane Street and held up a Chinese woman and her amah. They bound and gagged both women and then ransacked the place, making off with jewellery to the value of $175.
Average Rate Dec, ̈
Seven men, all wearing cloth masks, - 2/7319) 6321 two of whom were armed with, revolvers (121) (Appro Highest Rate Dec
and the remainder with daggers, recently (1947)
9/8 175 55 7.60 raided a" matshed in Wong-nei-chong Lowest Rate Dec,
village. The master and his fakis were (1921) (2034) 2/6) 109, 624 6.70 taken by surprise and bound and gagged. averige Rato to-date-
Money and valuables to the extent of 200. (1991} }{rường −272 1041 53 `0.81 I were stolen,
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