DARING ARMED ROBBERY. DHINESE MERCHANT FIRM HELD UP IN BROAD DAYLIGHT: DOBBERS CET AWAY WITH $10,000,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 20TH, 1998.
THE LAUNCHMEN'S STRIKE.
ANOTHER HOLDUP OF
OWNERS TO ORGANISE A CURTAILED SERVICE.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE STAR FERRY SERVICE.
[TO THE EDITOR OF *THE MONGKONG DAILY PRESS.")
Sin, As we are all "aware, owing to the strike, the Stary Ferry service is the only means of transit to the mainland at
present.
COMMERCE..
Mr. R. Sutherland told a representa tive of the Daily Press, yesterday after,. Hongkong found itself cues more in the noon, that he had undertaken, in conjurïë throes of a strike, yesterday. Thesion with Mr. S. Williamson and the One of the mon during robberies of launchmey had demonstrated, once more, managers of the principal wharves, to try recent times occurred in Hongkong, the solidarity of Chinese labour and the and organise a curtailed service, of yesterday morning, in broad daylight.Union had called at all the workers on launches to and from the vessels in the when the offices of the Chinese Firm of launches and ferries. As usuni, there was harbour, for the benefit of British foreign
I believe it would interest the general, Wing Shan Tai Californian merchants an immediate withdrawal to Canton, or and Chinese traders; also to maintain, of 51, Connaught Road Central, were to some place on the way thither, where if possible, a service of Chinese ferries.public, if an explanation, was forthcoming. entered by nine armed men, dressed as the men will await developments........ He was getting in touch with owners to as to why sufficient police protection bas plue clothes diice. They held up the manager and seventeen fukik, villed the GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ACT AS out what launches they had available not been provided at the Ferry Wharves, and what personnel they could supply on both sides of the harbour, but on the Bain, and got away with money and
from their European and Portuguese Hongkong side in particular. To-day about Jewellery to the value of "840,000.
staffs.・・ Ar· scon na arrangements were 2.35 p.m., when the Ferry arrived at the complete particulars would be published Hongkong Wharf from Kowloon, there for the guidance of all concerned.
In
STRIKE-BREAKERS.
As indiented yesterday, the Government addition, a number of bank drafts and will not act in any way as strike breakers shareholders certificates of the China but merely ensure that essential services Mail Steamship Company were stolen.nes aintained. It will, however, pro- ren were vide police protection for workers who Later in the morning two Arrested qu susipcion whilst walking on may be obtained by the owners. the Yaumint Ferry
The
A VISIT TO THE LAUNCHMEN'S GUILD.
were also half-a-dozen ladies and the Government's representation consisted of ONE European police, sergeant, who, Yesterday afternoon a representative of incidentally was a„bero, and did his the thily Press paid a visit to the head. Į damnedest, and one lakong. Immediately quarters of the Launchmen's Guiki at
(the ferry got, „ongside the wharf, and Yaumati,
before those from Kowloon had bad time] to disembark, the rubbly advanced, broke through the gates and pushed jostled and almost carried the ladies off their feet, and incidentally laughed and evidently thought it a huge joke. It is surely up to the authorities" to take action that
graceful conduct continuing and protect will preclude all possibility of this dis
PRESSURE ON THE STAR FERRIES. A representative of the Daily Press
The Star Ferry is the principal of the visited the premises, which are situated atial services that the Government will a little to the West of the Yaumati Ferry, maintain, and naval ratings were put in An efficial stated that a Chinese, repres and was politely shown to the wond four charge of two ferries, by arrangement sentative of the Secretariat for Chinese of the building where the robbery took with the naval authorities. No other Affairs had just called to say that the » place Severnl detectives were there at ferry services were available so the whole British owners were quite prepared to the tiine and the young manager of the reafe of the Colony had to pass between meet the launchmen's delegates at a peet firm was busy writing out a brief account the Star Ferry wharves. As only twoing to be held that afternoon. The re of the robbery for the information of the ferries could be manned there was presentative was informed that the Chair police. The office is of the usual hinnaturally enormous pressure accoman had left that day for Canton to make type; with sleeping quarters for the fukimodation and the sampan folk reaped & arrangements for the accommodation of and a kitchen at the back of it
The message. door to the stairs i supplemented by a righ larvest. At times the line of boats the strikers in that city.
would. however be sent to Canton with a sliding gate of iron tollis work. The coming and going across the harbour request that they should return here with so much as a stream all speed to meet the owners. The official office has a verandab overlooking the harsesoubled acthing hour and there is the usual Chifuuse of ants on a pathway. The naval men also stated that no less than threequarters of the Guild's total members had already counter with brass rails, behind which managed the engines of the launches left for Canton. The total adinbership, Bát the manager making out his report Indmirably but they found that the naviga was stated to be about 14.000; that on that basis about 3.000 have already fitted. for the police Uirectly behind him was tion of the harbour, with its ever-chang.
Regarding essential services, the official a huge American safe with combinationing and being currents, could not be said that the crews of the launches of the Incidents. minor Harbour Office, the Water Police, the lock, which for some time Frustrated the learned all at once.
The office was accidents, and delays were of frequent the Customs would be allowed to remain Admiralty, the Military Authorities and efforts of the robbers. picely furnishent.
cecurrence and many Kowloon residents on them provided that the Guild" was took the precaution of having tifin injustly treated and that the launches were Victoria. The ferries stopped at an early now used for any other than official pur The official also said that they were hout last night. Navigating dificulties seemed to have increased in the afternoon quite prepared to meet the owners at any and this probably prevented an increase confined to the percentage basis.
time providing that the discussion, were The in the number of ferries plying. One representative from the Secretariat that forty took over an hour to get alongside afternoon had beer informed, he and 10 this effect. The Union Executive had no and then only did so with the help of a intention of allowing the employés on Chinese-owned launches to resume work until the whole matter had been settled This would not be fair.
When
In relating the story to the Dufig Preas representative, Mr. Wong Kit Sang, the manager, said that he came to his offer yesterday morning...at 8.5, c'clock. be arrived there were 17 fukis on the floor having chow," at the joined them Whilst they were chading
in the meal.
naval cutter.
DAIRY FARM, SUPPLIES, The Government has also arranged for
poses.
THE BANISHMENT OF CHAN PING-SANG.
to
our womenfolk from insults.
Enclosing my card.Yours, etc.,
**DEEJAY." Hongkong, May 19th, THE COLONY'S ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
[TO TÁK EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DAILY PREAS.'"]
your attention and, through the medium SIR,-Has not the time arrived when
of your columns, the attention of your thoughtful readers might be drawn to subject of more or less vital interest to the I mean the manning of the Colony essential services of Hongkong.
The frequent recurrence of strikes dis organising such services affords food for thoughtful reflection. What I desire to urge npon public attention in the advis ability of recasting our ideas regarding the employment of men for the mainten nace of the essential services in Hongkong. Thusu responsible for the managyment and control thereof might usefully consider
over their food nine other men entered. dressed like Chinese detectives. Thep were armed and said they had come to earch for arms and cpium. They asked the manager and his foki to stand up, one launch to be manned for the convey Then two of the robbers look up stations Lance of Dairy "Farai ice from Lai Chi which would prevent anyone rushing toKck, hut at present the Company is A Seamen's Cutou official stated, Fester
The expected to make its own arrangements day, that the Union proposed to take whether the moment is not opportune for | for the conveyance, by road, of provisions matter of the deportation of Chan Pinga change of policy and methods such as to and from the Star Ferries. It seems sang.
have placed the Colbay entirely at the likely, though, that another launch will
nerzy of one set of men at whose whim
the verandah to give the alanin. manager and jokis, eighteen men in all, were driven into the small cubicle at the back which is scarcely large enough to
no further action in its appeal in the
contain four then, and told to keep quiet. have to "be männed for their purposes, One of the robbers said: If you raise having regard to the crowded state of the POLICE INSPECTOR'S LUCKY and fancy the general public enn he
the alarm you will be dead before unferrins.
A few minutes later the proprietor was naked for the key of the safe. Mr. Wong replied that he was not the proprietor, but only the manager and that he did rot possess the key. A revolver was pointed at him and he eventually gave up the key. He was then confined to the cubicle "again whilst the robbers attempted to ; open the gafe. The 'combination lock was too much for them, however, and the manager was again "forced help, The
chiefs:
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NOT
BATCH.
ROBBERY PREVENTED.
The fortunate presence of Inspector Appleton at a Seamus boarding house the means of preversing a robbery Tester or-the-Praya, for miding purposes, was day. The Inspector and a party of police were visiting a number of "beard
placed at serious. inconvenience and the tradal and mercantile communities suffer serious financial lose thereby. And if we consider also the unenviable notoriety which the leading shipping port of Hang-
labour disturbances then we should ade kong might earn through intermittent
quatris, realise "the extent of the injury
AFFECTED. Government launches are still running. The men realise that, as public servants, they are in a different category. from their follows, and they are satisfied that the Government has no intention of usinging houses and whitat on the top floor of inflicted by the tyranous temperament
them for strike-breaking.
SOME LAUNCHES WORKING.
one he heard cries on the stairs of
the
rushed" snatching.")
He at once of the controlling certain guilds and "to the scene and discovered a man unions operating in Hongkong. " dressed like a plain clothes policeman I offer it as a suggestion, that, in the throttling a compatrict with one hand
our
Mesars. Jardine. Matheson, Ltd., wert at the other hand was buried in the flight of recent experiences, a new policy safe was opened and on its treasure being able to maintain two launches with Euro-victim's trousers, The alleged desperado in the matter of the employment of revealed, they deemed it necessary to pean staffs; Mesirs. Butterfeld & Swire hinted to the Inspector, who by the way labour might be initiated, if only as an secure the foki, before rifling the safe.did the same, with the help of engineers was in clothes, that he was a
was in pinia
detec-
In such services · x8 Chen Yim, which experiment. They gagged each jakt, using small drink of Blue Fugnel ships in harbour. Japan- tive and used the words
men searching for opium.
Tramways, the Electric lighting“ and ing cups over which they tied handkerese steamship companies also maintained
The Inspector then heard the other Hands and feet were next tied aches in operation. Some pocling of man's sale, which put a different com power supply, the steam harbour com- and finally the seventeers fokis and the these resources for the benefit of all may said that he was a servant boy on the others might have introduced into them plexion on the whole thing. This manmunication, the 'water services, and a few be expected to occur. manager were all bound together and
3.3. Tydrus. That morning he had receiv again placed in the cubicle. For the fes LAUNCH OWNERS DISCUSS THE ed bis pay and went ashore to deposit it. (by importation or otherwise) an element He landed from a sampan at the Douglas of skilled labour that should remove tho Tocments longer that the robbers remain-
POSITION.
Steamship wharf and at once went across 'ped they issued all sorts of horrible threats A meeting of the launch-owning mein- the Praya to change i 810 bill. Whilst danger to the Colony of an absolute de bers of the Hengkong General Chamber proceedings and then tracked the ser might be urged that the proposal there the alleged thief watched the pendence upon one class of labour only. of Commerce was held at noon, when thevant to the boarding house. Going up Cháraber's delegates in the negotiations the stairs the man rushed at him and rein outlined would be objected to "by (Messrs. G. M. Young aud' E. P. White) attempted to steal his bundle of bank the shareholders in the various public
notes which amounted to $140. reported that a deadlock had occurred.
At the
Festerday afternoon utility companies concerned on the score The meeting proceeded to discuss the the man wag
charged
with attemp
mpted,lar of expense. I have heard the demand ceny. The defendant's excuse was that for intrased wages, defended situation and possible methods of dealing the servant owed his elder brother $5.
UN the As the servant refused to pay it, he conground that these same companies havo the stairs. sidered it his duty to speak to him on been and are earning fat dividends
He said that he could bring evidence to prove that ho
for their shareholders. . To'the latter and was a good At bis request the Magistrate put the urs maintained, a referendum might be the public, in whose interest the services case back to this morning, to enable the made to ascertain whether they should be defendant to bring witpega
on his prepared to pay for the manning of the behalf.
Services in a manner, that would intro- duce devolution of skilled labour in the Colony. It may. taken for granted that the extra expense involved in such a policy will more than compenente all interests concerned for the smooth work ing of such services and remove the exist ing objectionable feature which, from time to time, has been responsible for the disorganisation of our services with the resultant personal inconvenience and pecuniary losses involved. Yours faith- fully,
COLONIST.
"
scène.
SPORT.
as to what would happen "if any one of the bound men stirred. In a moment when all was quiet one of the fukis wriggled towards the door; but the rob ber, had not goue, and further threats were issued, but a moment later the slam- ming of the trellised iron gate told the huddled men that the gang had at lant with it departed. After a desperate struggle one After the meeting a statement was made of the fukis got free and managed to to press representatives by the Chairman release, the others. They ran in various of the Chamber, the Hon. Mr. A. C. Lang, directions blowing police whistles and who stated that the meeting was of opin large crowd was soos attracted to the ion that the majority of launchmen were unaware of the offers which had been The Manager found on investigating made by the owners. Many launch own- the safe that $20,000 in American golders knew for a fact that their crews did coins, which had been deposited with the not know why they are striking and were firm by clients, had been stolen. Another perfectly satisfied with their present $20,000 in Hongkong currency was also Wagen It was felt that the Guild had taken, whilst a number of bankdrafts and kept the men in the dark and had advised shareholders' certificates of the China them to strike without telling them of Mail Steamship Company were stolen. the offers made. It was therefore pro- Some time later the police arrested on posed to try to assemble as many launch suspicion two men on the Hongkong men as possible and, in conjunction with aumati ferry wharf. It is suspected the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, to that the two men who were formerly well hold a mesting later in the day to ex- scquainted with the office are probably plain to the men, direct, what was the accomplices in this dazing robbery
[real position. The different launch owns Whilst the manager wna tolling his getting their men to attend. talo Mr. E. D. U. Wolfe, Deputy Super- It was found, however, that the com- defeated A. Assumping and M. Silva, 7-4. noon, the acting Fuise Judge (Mr. J. R. intendent of Police, visited the scene of garaviyul be in us. Useagi and G. Rohayashi defeated Wood
could not be assembled at such L. Gomes and A. Byndman; 7-4; lost to kong Mr. Edmund Hubert Chenalloy the robbery for the purpose of investigat short notice and the meeting did not take H. Prain and F, Ribeiro, Fo; defeated A. barrister, of Gray's Inn. Mr. Chenalluy ing the matter.
place
Parsampeño End M. Bilva@es.
was called to the Bar two years ago.
Al
donker der lader door hand
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In the "B" Division of the Tennial Lengue the Mitsui Buggan Kaisha team defeated the Club de Recreio on the 18th inst, by 61 games to 38. The score, was
follows:
K. Sugiura and K. Ohta defeated. L Gomes and A. Hyndman, 7-5; defeated H Prats: and F. Ribeiro, 7-4; lost to A Assumpeso and M. Silva, 5.6.
Hongkong, May 19th, 1922.
and T. Yamaguchi de NEW BARRISTER ADMITTED. fers would help as much as they could ink from and indica, At the Supreme Court, yesterday after
defeated H. Prata and F. Ribeiro, 8-31
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