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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1929.
THE MUI TSAI PROBLEM. STREET BATTLE IN H.K. & SHANGHAI ARE THERE ANY LETTERS
COMMENT IN HOME PAPER.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CRITICISED,
Mr. J. H. Harris, Deniso House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, writes the following to the Manchester Guardian-
Serious allegations have just been publicly made in the British Colony of Hong Kong The gravity of these allegations is two
fold:-
SHANGHAI.
ONE KILLED, 3 POLICE AND 4 CIVILIANS WOUNDED.
DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO ARMED ROBBERY.
BANK.
DIRECTORS' REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET.
"
NET PROFITS
$3,400,000,
four civilians are in hospital, sui- and Shanghai Banking Corporation Threa Chinese policemen and The Directors of the Hong Kong fering from bullet wounds and a will present the following report to robber was illed as the result of
running battle of more than the shareholders at the ordinary (a) It is alleged that the under-robbers and police in Shanghai wo City Hall on Saturday, February prile in length between armed general meeting to be held at the taking given to Parliament by Mr. days ago. Winston Churchill in 1992 to bring about the abolition of mui ta
The net profits for the year, to- 23rd, 1999, at noon- alavery within one year has never
gether with 83,411,430.90, balanes been carried out.
brought forward from last account, interest paid and duc, and making after paying all charges, deducting provision for bad and doubtful ne- counts and contingencies, amount to $16,841,499.51.
(b) That to-day the whole system is in full and active operation, and that the number of slaves has ac tually increased from the figure given by Lord Irwin of "8,000 to 9,000 in 1992 to 10,000 in 1028.
These allegations were publicly made at the annual meeting of the Anti-Mui Taai Society by its chair- man. The society in question is composed not only of prominent Chinese, but of British merchants in the colony.
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Poste Rastante Correspondence. Asiatic Motor Co., Jear Ancansso, Bent, F. B. Corson, 4. G. Corbin, A LOT of folks have the Dr. C. Barreda, L. Barret, A. W.
Madame Clerget. Miss E. Dearo-idea that because Ortho- ches, . Duncan, Mrs. Dorling,
Ida Derevitzkoy,
robbery within 300 yards of the The affray began with an armed railway station, when three men entered a rice shop and robbed the shopkeeper of about $60.
An assistant informed Chinese police constable who accompanied the foki bark to the shop. The robbers decamped on sight of the constable who was joined by com-
The Directors recommend writing Miss panions and gave chase
The men took refuge in a rich, of Bank. Premises Account the sum Graham, E. J. Gellion, J. SI hong. From this protected point of vantage, they opened Ere on the After making this transfer, de Goodeno, A. Hashim, R. Horne, police who were four, in number. ducting the interim dividend of £3 E. or L. Haagan, W. D. Harris. The police returned fire, but as per share, paid on August 7th last O. II. Hulme, Capt. B. Hallowes, they were exposed, they made good viz. -£480,000 at 2/3=34,728.153.86, 1. E. Johnson (Pussy Foot), Mrs, targets while the gang were ahel- and remuneration to Directors, tered. Two Chinese constables there remains for appropriation Ed. James (Methodist Mission), were hit and while attention was
The Battle Continned,
of $750,000.
811,318,338.66, out of which the Mrs. C. G. Mackay, J. MacDonald, Directors recommend the payment
phonic music is so good, an Orthophonic Victrola must be expensive.
thophonic Victrolas on our The fact is, we have Or-
display floor that any home
Our plan of budgeted pay ments makes it possible for
In 1999 Lady Gladstone presided at a public conference in Caxton Hall which called upon the Gov ernment to appoint a committee of diverted to them, the robbers made inquiry to bring is recommenda- off. In all about 23 shots were of a final dividend of £3 per share, S. MacDonald, Lt. W. H. Mars
can afford. Model Four tions for a "practical scheme to fired during the course of this en viz., 480,000 and a bonus of £2 per tin, K. G. Mana (Mark, Moody, three offers you real Ortho- prevent the human be buying and selling of ecunter.
share, viz., £320,000, amounting in Fed inc.), HL Morris (E.K.phonic music at small cost. Lady Gladstone
all to £800,000 which at 9/4, the said that as long ago as 1980. this One of the fugitives affected his rate of the day, will absorb
Exposition Grounds), H.A. matter had been brought to the escape, his two companions run: $7,917,525,77, notice of the British authorities inning along a crowded street. They
Mahler, R. R. Marah (Sime, Darty The then Lord Hong Kong.
The balance $3,397,818.80 to be Co.), Mrs March, Mr. and Mrs. Chief Justice, in a formal judg.shot several times at a constable carried to nes proft and loss, ac-ias C. Morgan, Ngo Nam Trinh, you toplayas you pay. Comé
P. McCormick), E. J. Manners, ment,
gave the decision that the point duty. He drew his pistol court. system of mui tsai was slavery and mandeering & passing ricksha, fol-nasets and liabilities are shown at Palamo, O. Pritchard, Art Phil. and fired several rounds, and, com The sterling equivalent of the Pescio, Mr. Przelomski, M. P. E. . Oesch, Norman Parker, R.
in and have us explain. Two
blowing months later, Lady Gladstone, hav.lowed them ing had brought to her notice the
whistle. Assurance given by Mr. Churchill The two robbers got well ahead Parliament, returned to the of their pursuers, Police officers same platform and moved a resolu- attempted to intercept them. The tion expressing the high appre- men fired several rounds at the ciation'
of the meeting at the police and then separated. decision of the Secretary of State One escaped and the police failed for the Colonias to abolish the to pick up his trail. system of girl slavery in Hof in an alleyway. An exchange of Constables got close to the other Kong within one year." The assurance given by Mr. Chur shots ensued during the course of chill during question-time in Par-which one of the constables was resigned their seats on leaving the liament lacked nothing in preci-
a violation of British law.” & Co.Ltd
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I desire to make it clear (to the House) that both the Governor and I are determined effect the abolition of the system at the earliest practicable date, and I have indicated to the Governor that I expect the change to be carried out within
with his 2/-4, the rate ruling on the last day Paraiture Com.P. Ripley S. Moutrie & Co.,Ltd.
of the year.
,
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opened at Kowloon on January 2nd,
A sub-agency of the Bank was 1929.
Mr. Neilage S. Brown has been elected Chairman for the year 1999
and Mr. W. H. Bell has been elect
ed Deputy Chairman.
Mr. D. G. M. Berard, Mr. A. MacGowan and Mr. P. W. Massey
Mr. E. P. White, Mr. T. G. Weall and Mr. W. H. Bell retire in rata tion, but being eligible for re election, offer themselves 'accord-
wounded, the bullet entering the Colony nad Mr. J. A. Plummer, Mr. inside of the right boot, passing B. D. F. Beith and Mr. L. Lander through his ankle and lodging in Lewis were invited to join the the sole of the boot.
Board: The wounded constable and his companion
continued the battle, and the rehber was shot dead, his body being riddled with bullets. Ja his possession being a .39 calibre ingly !
pistol of French make, a partir emptied magazine, a filled mags Parliament and press were satis-zine, a number of cartridges loo fed with Mr. Churchill's promise in his pocket, and. that within one year this hoary old stolen property was found.
some of the system of slavery would have dis appeared.
a year.
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mui the
What do we find i After seven years the Anti-Mui Tsai Society of Hong Kong, gathering, we are told, in large numbers under its chair- man, reviewed the situation. The chairman, Mr. Yeung Shui Chuen, first stated that the results of their six years' effort had been "insigni- ficant," that when Mr. Churchill's ordinance was "issued the owners were for a time a little less cruel to their mi ti slaves, and that he himself then had hopes that this inhuman system would be abandoned once for all." But," he said, "every month letters reached the society reporting the ill-treatment of the mdi taci," whilst the numbers of trai" slaves appealing to Society, coupled with personal visits, demonstrated the fact that pruelty shows an increste." The chairman continued: According to private estimates there are about 10,000 mui tai in Hong Kong, and according to the investigation of some six years ago there were in Hong Kong and on" the mainland a total of 8,853 mui tsai.
Perhaps almost as astonishing as the increase in the number of mui tadi slaves is the in- crease in the price of a mui tai. A fortnight after the meeting of the Anti-Mui Taai Society daring the hearing of a case of fraud in the police court, it emerged from the evidence that one of the parties had purchased a mui trai for 8150 or 8160, whereas, according to Mr. Charles Roberts. the price in 1922 was 10 to 80 dollars for a child of four years old, unless purchased for prostitution, when the price was higher.
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2ND.
Flague.
Bassein: 3 deaths. Bombay: 9 deaths. Rangoon deaths, Bangkok: 1 death. Poom Penh 1 case, 1 death, Baghdad: 3 cases, deaths Eleven infected rata were found
in Bombay zone 3.
Cholera. Bassein: 1 death. Calcutta: 23 deaths. Madras: 4 deaths. Rangoon: 1 death. Tuticorin 7 cases, 5 deaths. Pondicheery: 1 death. Bangkok: 12 cases, 8 deaths. Saigon: 2 cases, I death.
Small-pox.
Basrah: 1cnae, 1 death. Bombay: 44 cases, 25 deaths. Calcutta: 7 cases, 3 deaths. Karachi: 1 case. Madras: 37 cases, 12 deaths. Moulmein: 2 cases, I death. Negapatam: 2 cases. Tuticorin: 1 case. Singapore: 1 case, Belawan Deli: 9 cases. Rangoon: 1 eree, 1 death. Haiphong: 4 deaths... Pnom Penh 38 cases, 17 deaths. Saigon: 1 case. 1. death. Shanghai: 18 deaths: Canton: 36 cages.' Macao: 14 deaths, Nagasaki: 1 case, 1 death.
It is useless now to argue that the mui tazi system is not slavery, such registration appears to have for it falls quite easily within the been carried out at all. It is sure- definition of a slave to which Greatly a grave matter, to have left the Britain and thirty other States British Parliament and public have appended their signature in opinion under the impression for the League of Nations Slavery Con-nearly, seven years that this had vention. The Anti-Mui Tsai Society been done and the mui taai slaves of Hong Kong has placed on record set free. the following" comparison between Confronted with this deplorable amu teal and a slave:-
situation, the Anti-Muí Tsai Society is petitioning the Govern- ment for certain specified reformas, and in holding meeting in Hong A slave is not paid for labour. Kong in support of petitions to A mui toai also is not paid the Government.
The immediate for labour.
reforms being pressed include the following:-
A slave is bought with money., A mui tsus also is bought with
money.
A slave can be résold,
A mui trai also can be resold.. (a) A declaration of freedom for The breakdown of Mr. Chur- all mui trai on reaching the age of chill's abolition scheme is alleged 18:
to be due to the failure of the (b) The payment of wages to mui Hong Kong Government to carry taai, beginning at 6d. a. week for out the stipulations of the ordin-mui trai up to 14 years, and is. ance, particularly with regard to week for mui tsai from 18 up to. 17 registration According to the years.
ordinance issued by Mr. Churchill, (c) The registration in Govern- it WELD an obligation on the ment departments of all deeds Colonial Government of Hong covering transactions, Kong to prepare and keep up to But these demands fall very_fär date a register of muk tiai. No short of the promise given to Par (Continued on next Uolumn). liament by Mr. Churchill in 1922.
$90,000,000.00
by Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.C.A., The Accounts have been audited and Mr. John Fleming, C.A., who offer themselves for re-election.
ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND * LIABILITIES." Liabilities. Authorised capital:- 400,000 shares of $125 each-350,000,000, Issued and paid up enpital 160,000 shares of 8125 each Reserve liability of
proprietors:
$125 per share on 160,000 shares is Bued....$20,000,000 Sterling reserve" ........ Silver reserve Notes in circulation (authorised and ad ditional issue against securities and coin.. amounting 863,218,437.38 .de- posited with the Crown Agents for Colonies, their Trus tees, and the Hong Kong Government). 48,388,541.00 Current accounts. 375,246,770.08 Fixed deposits. 171,,752,895.85 Bills payable (includ
ing call loans and short sight drawings on London Office and drafts on Lon- don. bankers) ".................... Acceptances on
to
ac-
50,381,143.29 14,000,000.00
3,360,229.49
count of constituents 5,635,955.28 Profit and Icas ac
count
coin the
12,065,339.68
8710,810,473.63
Liability on bills of exchange re- discounted, £5,717,846 16 2d, "'of which which £5,481,150 118. Sd. hare since run off.
Assets. Cash (including
825,200,000 lodged with Hong Kong Govern- ment and $7,600,000 coin lodged with H.B.M. Consul-Gen- oral, S'hai, against authorised and/or excess note circula- Bullion in hand and in
tion)
transit
$ 99,550,829.17
8,687,020.24
British Government, Indian, Colonial and other securities .............. 117,034,520.33 Bills discounted, Joane
and credite
209,496,337,00 Bills receivable and balance of remit tances and drafts in transit Liabilities of constitu
ents for acceptances per 'contra Bank premises
192,208,851.58
5,635,255,20 .19,189,640.96
$710,810,473:63
(Vontinued on next Column),
Savitzky, D. Stewart, J. Trillat, A. Wimbe, W. G. M. Wilson, N. Mrs. Withnell, H. E. Watson, H.
H. S. Weir, W. H. L. Wareners R. Williams, Mrs. M. A. B. Wright; L. Wyllis
Uspaid Correspondence.
Miss Shura Ganin, A. Horby. F. Gregory (Repulse Bay Hotei),. Mrs E. C. Humphrey, A. de Haranas, Miss A. Todd.
Registered Articles. Bedikton Publicity Co.. J. S. Ben nett, Boster & Co., Commercial Guarantee Bank, W. Diff (H.K. Publicity Co.), Madame Garousose, Hotel), J. Guttierrez (Bedikton P. Goust, Mame.. E. Jennex, Hans Latje HK. Hotel), M. J. E. Mitchell, Emanuel K. L. Ngo, Smith. Harry Ross (H.K. Hotel), G. B.
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GENERAL PROFIT AND LOSS
ACCOUNT. Liabilities.
To interim dividend
paid on August 7th,
1928, of £3 per share
to
"You will probably have noticed, with satisfaction, that during the year under review we have not had to make any inroad on our Typhoon and Floods Insurance Fund and only to a small extent Special Repairs And Accounta
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OUT
Renewals
Fials In May Road. "Our new 4 storied Aata on Mar Road were completed in July ast and occupied in August. They are provided with a lift and have given general satisfaction. They form part of a plan for eight flats but owing to the circumstances prevail. ing at the time it was decided to proceed with four fats only. I hope it will not be long before wo complete the original scheme. Our flats on May Road are always in request.
Amount invested in property sbows
the large increase $408.818.67 due to two causes-the 50,000.00 addition of eleven houses on K.1.1.
on 160,000 shares £480,000 at 2/-48 4,726,153.85 To remuneration
Directors............. To Balance to be ap-
propriated
To final dividend--
Of£3 per share on 160,000 shares- £480,000 at 27-4- Bonus of £2 per "share on 160,000 Jhares- £320,000 ht
To transfer to Bank premises account ... To balance forward to
next year
Assots,
By balance of undivid
ed profits, December
4,750,515.48
3,167,010.31
750,000.00 3,297,819.80
$10,841,492.01
575 and expenditure on May Road· Alats. As regards KIL. 573, the property was formerly mortgaged to us, but he the mortgagor "de- faulted in his intérest payments the Board decided to resume.
"I trust you will approve of the proposed transfer of $50,000 to Reserve Fund,
The Report and Statement of Accounts was pessed quanimously on the proposal of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. L. S. Greenhill.
Other Business,
The only other business was the re-election of Directors and Audi. tora. Messrs. J. Scott Haraton. W. L. Pattenden, J. M. Alves, and C. Cordon Mackie retiring direc the pro-
31st, 192783,411,430.90tors were re-elected on
By amount of net
profits for the year ending December
31st, 1928, after mak- ing provision for bad and doubtful debts and contingencies, deducting all ex- penses and interests paid and due
13,430,061.61
posals of the Chairman, seconded, by Mr. Kitabell
Mesurs: Percy Smith. Seth Fleming and Messrs. Linstead & Davies were re-elected auditors on the proposal of Mr. M. Manuk, seconded by Mr. D. E. Clark...
Supporting the Chairman ·were Mesars, J. Scott Haraton. W. I Pattenden, J. M. Alves and C. Gordon Mackie (Directors) and Mr.
| 816,341,402,51 | G. Bopp (Secretary). Shareholders present were Messrs, D. E. Clark. 1. 8. Greenhill, J. D. Humphries, C. Buimer Johnson, O. Kitchell, Kwok Hin Wang, Lo Kin Fai, M Manuk, and B. L. Seton-Winton.
Sterling" ReservO, Sterling £8,000,000.0.0. Silver Reserve $14,000,000.00.