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"DAME RUMOUR.” THE PRESSURE FROM CANTON.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
CANTON NAVY AND BOYCOTT
WEDDING.
CEREMONY AT PEAK CHURCH. (FROM OUR CHINESE COLBESTONDENT.]
The Peak Church was fed yesterday [DY AN OLD RESIDENT.]"
In order to strengthen the "anti-im- The very definite announcement made perialist" boycott in Canton, the Eu-afternoon on the occasion of the wed-
mintang Naval authorities are putting by H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi is decidedly
a number of government launches at the encouraging. He has said the right words service of the Strike Committee in cam at the right moment. Especially acceptpliance with a request made by them.. able is bis official warning about intimida. tion.
CANTON SUFFRAGETTES. [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
During the last few weeks desperate. efforts have been made to seara the mechanics of this Colony. These workers are reticent, but some of them employed
Chinese women in Coaton belonging in the Naval Yard and at Taikoo have to the qual lights League of the undoubtedly been subjected to subtle Kuomintang are asking for representa forms of coercion. They will not give tion in the coming Law Revision Con- evidence before the courts, but they will ference of the Canton Government. The tell their troubles to a few of those who
wish to have all ̧" unequal know them well and in whom they have clauses in Chinese law relating to eonfidence. They always extract a "very women deleted from the codes to be Secret 19 promise, as do Chinese clerks |
revised by the Canton Government. or..others, in making confident dis closures.
THE CREAT DIFFICULTY. "What the soldier says is no evidence is a well-known principle of British law. In this Colony we have to adapt our selves to jocal conditions. If the revenue officers could not act before a Chinese witness had given evidence in open court there would be few seizures of opium. It is ridiculous to refuse to listen to a Chinese because he will not speak until he has extracted a promise that you wi in no way involve him personally. Nor is it possible for an Englishman to go back of his word. Life is always a con? lict between the demands made by difer ent kinds of loyalties. If you wish to retain the confidence of Chinese friends you dare not, even if you should so de- sire, he disloyal to them. They regard an Englishman's promise as a thing swered; it is bad ethics and it is usually had strategy to break a prpinise made to anyone. To break a promise made to a Chinese friend is to snap, at one blow, "nny bond that exists between him and
you
women
SUBMARINE MINES. REMOVED.
FROM QUE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] The Kuomintang Naval authorities in Canton have given notice that the mines recently laid in the vicinity of Boccas Tigris forte und in order to prevent the entrance of North China gunboats
have been removed.
M. BORODIN.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)
The absence of of. Borodin, Soviet High Commissioner to South China. and Mrs Borodin, will be about six weeks, during which time they except to visit Peking and other parts of North China. They will also visit Swatow, if Russian steamer is leaving Canton at
a suitable time, • .
MR SOMERSET MAÚGHAN.
ARRIVAL'IN K`NGKONG EN ROUȚE
TO SAIGON,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6ri, 1926.
THE TRAM-CAR ACCIDENT. SEQUEL TO CHINESE WOMAN'S - DEATH,
ENQUIRY CONCLUDED. -
ding of Mia. Phyllis Mabel', Parker,
The enquiry which was opened laat only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
week at the Central Magistracy by Arthirr Parker, of Seaton House, A Major C. Willson, sitting as a Coroast Vals, London and of Hongkong, and Mr. Leo Vinderslev-Jensen, only son of with a jury, concerning the death of a Chinese woman, named Wong Wan Sie, the late Mr. and Mrs. St Vinderelay- Jensen, of Copenhagen, Denmark, and who was knocked down by a tram-car on January 8th near the Taiping Teatre, of the Great Northern Telegraph Co.,
West Point, and died a week later in the Ltd, Shanghai.
The bride was given in marriage by Government Civil Hospital, was con her father and was daintily attired included yesterday afternoon, following & gown of white georgette, embroidered visit by the Coroner and jury to the with crystal beads, with veil and carri-scene of the mishap. ed a bouquet of pink roses.
The bride's mother wore a charming gown of black and green marocain with hat to match.
The Rev. J. H. T. Holman conducted the ceremony and Mr. Gilbert Travers acted as "best man." Mr. F. Mason, of St. John's Cathedral, was at the organ, and the Church was prettily de corated.
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After the ceremony a reception wae held at No. 300, The Peak, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr and Mrs. H. L. Mecklenburgh. It is interesting to note that Mr. and Mrs Mecklenburgh celeb- fated the anniversary of their own wed- ding, which took placs from the same house and at the same Church last year. A large number of friends attended and toasted the happy pair. Amongst those Present were Mr. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Geare, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Stark, Mr. and Mrs Leach, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ferry, Mr. Mrs. Pederson, Dr. Montgomery, A. H. White, Mr. A. P. Bungey, Montagu Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Gilling ham, Mr. and Mrs. May, Mr. and Mrs. Jessen.
Further evidence was given by eye- witnesses of the accident, who described how the woman was knocked down by a car coming from West Point; while she was facing another car coming from the East. These witnesses also stated that while the driver of the car coming from the East, which was preparing to stop, near the Theatre. (where all cars from the East have to stop, but caps from the West do not), saunded his gong, the driver of the car from West Point neither sounded his gong nor reduced the speed of the car. (When the drivers of these cars previously gave. evidence, both stated that they sounded their gongs and also reduced speed).
The Chief Traffic Inspector of the Hongkong Tramways, Ltd., said the standard near which it had been stated woman had been that the deceased standing just before being knocked down, was not a compulsory stopping compulsory stopping place for cars, go- place for cars going East but was a and ing West. Mr.In answer to the foreman of the jury, Mr.ions to sound their gongs when passing
witness said that motormen had instruc cross-overs and other cars.
The honeymoon is being spent at Re pulse Bay and Shanghai, for which port the happy couple leave on the an President Jackson on the 3th instant, Yesterday Mr. Somerset Maughan., and after a short stay in Shanghai they proceed to Vladivostock where they will playwright, and novelist (author of reside. The bride left for Repulse Bay The Painted Yeil," the book which in dress of wine coloured marocain was given considerable free advertise-over which was wore a long coat of black
and gold with hat to match.
Therefore the reader must be prepared to accept the following statements in all good faith They come from reliable Chinese sources. The object is to re- assure the general public in Hongkong about the immediate prospects, and to warn them that intimidation has been recently attempted, and is still being used. Any good citizen should immediately report to the Secretary of Chinese Affairs ment owing to the holding up of the first
or to the Police any suspicious incidents.edition and the changing of scenes from
COURAGE AND HONESTY.
That something has been afoot was mude apparent by the aunouncement nade by the fecal labour leader, Mr. Hen Man Wei. He is the President of the Engineers Institute-or Mechanic's Guild and from all accounts he seems to be a fine type of citizen. Enquiries made in reliable quarters show that he "was one of the original founders of this lacal Engineers' Institute, the main pur pose of which was that of a friendly society. There was placed right in the forefront of the programthe the ideal of education for the workers.
Hongkong to an imaginary place), arrived from Manila by the sa Tanda. en route for Saigon.
Mr. Maughan had no intention of coming to Hongkong, having planned to take a boat from Manila direct to Saigon, but he missed it and therefore he was forced to come on to Hongkong in order to catch the French s.s. Hanoi, which leave this port for Saigon to-day. This being so; Mr Maughan arrived in Hongkong clad in summer clothes and his topee, and naturally found it rather chilly here after Manila.
Mr. Maughan,is collecting material for a volume of short stories about. Malaya, Borneo and the Far East,
..BOUND OVER.
CASE.
The case of a former wireless watch- man of the 5.6. Delto, a native of Assam nained C. T. French, was concluded at the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday, when defendant a bood of $250
As is usual with all pioneer efforts there was much lind prejudice against the perfectly legitimate, and entirely non- political aims of this guild or institute. Probably the only prominent European outside of Government circles" who took the trouble to make enquirica about it was the late Mr. Montague Ede. Hel became so impressed that he developed THE ASSAM WIRELESS WATCHMAN
great scheme (which would have cost some millions of dollars) for welfare work in the Colony amongst the working elaases. Mr. Montague Ede, unfortunate ly, has passed away, but the problem that he so carefully studied remains with us. It is one that H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi might investigate personally, for upon its final solution depends the future of this Colony. It is not a question to be de cided by the personal prejudices of this ur that old China band"; it is one that demands real statesmanship and not arrogance and that self-confidence which is dangerously like conceit that blinds We are all affected by these labour -troubles. The lesson of the Seamen's Strike is still fresh in our memories. It was not a quarrel that involved only temptation. shipowners and seɛmen.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. The day has disappeared when it is
na ordered to sign to be of good behaviour for a year..
Defendant was charged with the larceny of money and clothing from the cabins of two passengers, and had pre- viously pleaded guilty of the offences.
His Worship, said after careful con- view of defendant's sideration, in youth, he had decided not to send him the to prison as he thought that thefts were committed in a moment of
Some of these men have been fighting them to run away. It is a great tempta
MR. AND MRS. COLLETT,
A MUSICAL LOSS TO THE COLONY,
CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
In answer to a further question as to whether motormen were "instructed to slow down their cars when passing atop- ping places they were not required to stop at, witness said there was no neces- sity for them to do so.
The Foreman considered this danger- ous and thought that all cars should. slow down whether they had to stop at these places or not. He suggested that the deceased woman might not have been aware that this was a stopping place for care going West only, and would therefore have been under the impression that all cars would stop there.
The Chief Engineer of the Hongkong Tramways, Ltd., said that the car which knocked the woman down was one of their oldest type, being number 17. The average speed of a car when travelling' Mr. and Mrs. Collett who were the on fourth notch (as this car was doing recipients of a silver rose. bowl and at the time of the accident) was 7 to black wood tray from the members of the s. miles per hour during traffic Hours; Union Church, Kennedy Road, on Thurs- while the maximum speed on fourth day evening. leave For Home by the s. notch, was 10 miles per hour. When a Kurmala on the 20th inst. Mr. and Mrs. car was travelling on fourth notch and Collett have resided in the Colony since all brakes were applied, it could be pull- 1923, and Mr. Collett is now being trans-ed up within 25 feet to 30 feet. ferred to Devonport Dockyard as Deputy
CLEARLY TO BLAME
Cashier.
In addition to his being organist at the Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, who appear Upion Church, Mr. Collett has been Honed on behalf of the family of the deceas Conductor and Musical Director of the ed, said that the jury had to consider Philharmonic Society; and, was responsible whether there was any negligence attach- for the conductorship and musical direc-ed to anyone. He submitted that the tion of "The Yeoman of the Guard," in driver of the car which knocked the December 1924, "The Gondoliers in March 1995, and "Iolanthe " in Decem her last. Before coming to Hongkong he had been engaged in musical work at Portsmouth and Gibraltar.
Mrs. Collett took principal parts in the operas, and has frequently appeared on the concert platforms of the Colony. She also is an experienced pianiste. Their departure is a great loss to musical in terests in the Colony.
BRAVERY RECOGNISED. SCOUT SILVER CROSS FOR
HONGKONG MAN.
The Scout, the official organ of the movement, announces that Scoutmaster H. Brags of the 1st Hongkong (St. Joseph's Hollege) Troop, bas been award cd the Silver Cross by the Association for his gallantry in connection with the rescue of a girl from the ruins..of a col on July 18th, 1925.
woman down was clearly to blame for the accident. Witnesses had stated that the driver of this car had not sounded his gong or reduced the speed of the car. There were two course open to the driver under the circumstances: one was to sound his gong and the other to apply his brakes. He thoughs the wo man had seen the car from the East approaching and did the most sensible thing she could, remain by the standard waiting for it to 'paso, and that with her back to the car approaching from the West she did not know it was coming. If the gong of the car had been sounded she would have turned around, seen the car approaching her and have had ample time to get into safety. The only sup position, under the circumstances, con- cluded Mr. Hall Brutton, was that the driver was not looking, otherwise he would have rung bis gong and taken steps to stop the car, which he could have done
AN INEVITABLE ACCIDENT...
illegal for workers to form a union. Cal a great battle. It is ensy enough for lapsed house at Pa Fling Fong, Hongkong, Mr. R. A. Wadeson, who appeared for
Mr. Braga has also been awarded the lective bargaining is quite legitimate, It tion when they are offered opportunities is quite fair to object to any trade union to make money on the Canton Strike Bronze Medal of the Order of St. John being used as a lever for political ends. Committee, It demands great moral of Jerusalem. It is inviting suspicion and hostility to courage to say "No" when threats and attempt the persecution of a law-abiding bribery, subtle but tempting, are urging union of workers. Any attempt to do the alternative answer. The moral cour- that sort of thing is an act of disloyalty age to resint is a thing that deserves our to this Colopy for it is playing into the admiration. The sight of a man fighting hands of the Russian Bolshevika.
such a battle in his daily work in a dock-
MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT. CHINESE YOUTH SERIOUSLY INJURED
Two Chinese youths were seriously in-
Let us rather encourage these workers yard is hidden from the European but in their efforts, made in a legitimate mat- the fight goes on. It continues in his ner, to improve their conditions. Especi- home and in his club. In the end the ally should we be sympathetic towards victory is great; even if the battle is lost jured in a motor-cycle accident, near the their aspirations for more educational it is a great thing to know that the men Soldiers' Club on Thursday Both were facilities. They are of the stuff from tre fighting until the end. In this pre-admitted to hospital, one of them with a which men of character are evolved; they sent fight the workers who refuse to strike fractured skull. are on the whole, industrious, patient are the real-patriots of China.
The motor-cycle combination, was being and intelligent They react to fair and Many of us feel helpless because, if we driven by the owner, Au Ying Ming, of sympathetic treatment. In the past they seem to interfere, we may do the men 21, Morrison Hill Road. There was a have been subjected to squeeze by more harm than good. We can, at least, passenger in the side-car, and a boy unscrupulous overacers, and anyone who decide to regard them with respect. We riding on the pillion. The driver swerved will help to eliminate squeeze is doing can note the cowards who run away and to avoid a tram, with the result that the good work for this Colony.#
the courageous ones who remain on duty, machine ran into a tree, and overturned Will the mechanics stand arm? That It seems almost certain that there will The occupants were thrown out the is the critical problem. They have been be no strike. The splendid stand tunde, driver receiving injuries to his right arin coerced and bullied by the Canton plot by the mechanics will, unless the entirely and right side, and the occupant of the tera Rumours of the fight of their unexpected happens, prevent a general side-car fracturing his skull, but the boy leaders have been widely circulated. strike. Let us hope that moderate labour on the pillion was only slightly injured. Nothing has been left undone by the foes leaders of the type of JH: Thomas will They were picked up by a European, and given before being conveyed of law and order to discredit the leaders appear in other parts of China. Asia first aid who have stood firm,
to hospital
The machine was badly damaged
(Continued on next column.)
awakening and needs men of courage and integrity as leaders.
the Hongkong Tramways, Ltd., said in evidence and not with suppositions. It an enquiry they had to deal with the was casier for witnesses to say that they did not hear the gong sounded than for them to say that it was not sounded. A tram-car would make a considerable amount of noise and anyone could hard- ly help hearing it. He put it that the woman turned from where she was standing and her shoulder was caught by the handrail of the car and she was knocked down. They had evidence to show that the car could not have been stopped within less than 25 feet to 30 feet and he thought that no ulame was attached to the driver. He asked the jury to come to the conclusion that this was an inevitable accident.
After a brief retirement the jury re turned a verdict of Accidental Death." A RIDER.
I.
They added a rider suggesting that the Tramway Company should not have stopping places where cars going one way only stopped, but that if there was a stopping place trams proceeding in each direction must be compelled to stop there.
The Coroner promised to forward the rider to the Tramway Company!
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