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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1933
ECHOES OF
1858
THE FIGHT FOR ORDERED GOVERNMENT "
IN HONG KONG
2.-Daily Press Editor Criticizes Oplum Monopoly
WHAT IS CARGO?
Silver Coin not Manifest- ed by River Steamer
WAYS OF CHINESE SHIPPING COMP.
ruspitt
yaid
The question of what actually constitutes cargo was the subject of much discussion at Central Ma gistracy yesterday when two When are the propensities for engaged in the trade, earned for Chinese, Tong Yui, and Leung taxation of our Legislative Coun- themselves a great preference for Sam. both members of the com cil to reach a climax! The moment their brands, from their honest pradore's staff of the a.. Tin Ting,
Trade has sprung up out of dealing as to weight and quality, were charged before Mr. Wynn fortuitous, circumstances, the which and the care they bestowed on the Jones with importing a quantity should be festered or nurtured to packing. Consequently, in the Cali- of silver coins on the sa. Tin Ting be retained, it is taxed, and that foruian and Australian markets the on June 23, and failing to have too in the most objectionable form Hong Kong prepared Opium has the said coins manifestel by being sold as a monopoly. To driven all other brands out of the Revenue Officer A. W
ay the least of it, this system of market. It is abundantly clear prosecuted while Mr. Peter Sin ap- interference is an act of bad faith that the sale contemplated by, Gov-peared for the defence.. on the part of the Government to ernment will not only tend to de- Giving the ontline of the cast, wards the colonists. It inust be stroy the competition which has Revenue Officer Grimmitt fresh in the recollection of many, already resulted 85 advantageously that when the A. Tin Ting arriv» that previously to the occurrence to the Colony, but will place these ed from Wuchow at about 3.30 pm. of the political events which have honest traders, at the mercy of any last Friday, Revenue Officer Maj temporarily raised the position of reckless speculator who may dash went on board with the usun! the Colony to its present importin, and buy the monopoly, with a usual search party. Mr. Major ance, its prospects were so wretch view of reimbursing himself by noticed the first defendant coming ed, that parties after having ex-foisting off an inferior article on down the gangway of the ship with pended thousands of pounds upon the trade. This of course, would a parcel in his hand. When asked their allotments, entreated Govern compel the men whose brands are what it contained, the man anid ment to resume them for nothing in repute, to remove to Macao, it was money (81333.20 in silver releasing them from the payment whither it seems the aim and end coins) and as the officer thought of ground rent, a boon which the of our local Government is to drive there was some thing suspicious Government actually refused to and deport the native dealer. about this he took the man back grant. Is it not therefore too bad,
to the ship again and went to the when matters have taken a turn,
compradore's office where he asked that the Government should tax,
for the compradore. and create a monopoly of every branch of trade that may happen to be developed, incurring the hazard of driving' it away 7.
"If the money raised were ap propriated in a manner calculated
to benefit the Colony permanently.
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The latter was not in, but there were two further parcels in room, under the bed and these contained 8890 and 8850 in silver coin respectively. Following in- quiries, the second defendant claim- "The undersigned has established that these parcels, and the, two
NOTICE
by Buch works as exist in other ed the Ship Circassian"
men were arrested and taken to
civilized and commercial places, Receiving Vessel, in Command of the Imports and Exports Office it would be.. another mat Mr. W. K. Stanford; and is pre-where they were told that they ter. But No, it is frittered pared to store Opium, Silk or would be charged with a breach of. away in the dark either uselessly Treasure at moderate ratesthe the Import and Export Ordinance. squandered in salaries to inefficient Business being conducted in Con. incumbents, or upon preposterous nexion with its Office and Godowns. undertakings to pamper the whim on shore. or vanity of the Governor.
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CHARLES JAMESON
Mrs. Marsh has just received a Splendid Assortment of French Flowers, Steel Spring Petticoate, Ribbons of all descriptions, French Merinos, de Laines Colored Cam- bries, Black and Colored Velvets, Pluches, Napes, &c, de.
"These remarks have been for cibly suggested to us by the perusal of an advertisement in the Inst Gazette, submitting for sale the privilege of the monopoly of pre- paring Opium within the Colony. This preparation of the drug for export, is a most important branch of local trade. It not only requires a considerable amount of capital, but the outlay in packing expended on work done on the spot, being distributed among the laboring class, constitutee it a business JUST LANDED PER STEAMER LIGHT which the authorities are bound to
NING" FROM CANADA, foster and support. Owing to the A Small Invoice of Refined Castor. competition which sprung up, two Oil in Tin Chofsters. Apply to, or three of the establishments Chas Jamieson,
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Defendant Discharged, « Explaining why the silver coins were not included in the manifest, Revenue Officer Grimmitt said that it was illegal to export silver from China to any part of the world, and that was why there was no- thing to show that there was silver on board for fear it might be seized.
Revenus Officer Grimmitt remark- ed that it was against the law to. omit making entries of cargo in a ship's manifest, this sort of thing was making matters very difficult for the Import and Export. De- partment who were doing their best to provide complete statistics for the public.
No Manifest.
COOLING PLANT AT THE added that when he eventually
QUEEN'S THEATRE
YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES WITH EVERY SENSE OF COMFORT
Air conditioning is a branch of uted by the people in the theatre. engineering that has come into pro, This represents about 60 per cent. minence only during recent years, of the requirements. The average hut so rapid has been its progress person sitting at rest radiates that modern engineers can now ad- : cnough heat each hour to raise the just their machinery to any re temperature of 400 lbs. of water, quirements. It is for this reason 1 degree Fahrenheit. This meant that the air cooling plant installed that 1,200 people in the Queen's at the Queen's Theatre, now that it Theatre would radiate enough heat has been adjusted to local condi- ; în an hour to raise the temperature. tions, will maintain an even com- of 430,000 lbs. of water, 1 degree, fortable standard of coolness, what- or subcient to melt two tons of ever the temperature may be out-ice. side.
The smaller factors to be con- sidered included the heat radiated by lights and brought in through
open doors
Te-
Revenue Officer Major then went into the box and gave evidence bearing out the opening remarks made by the prosecuting officer. He
found the compradore and anked for the manifest, the latter marked that he did not have one.
The Magistrate held that there was no evidence against the se cond defendant, in that the blame was on the compradore who knew of the presence of the coins in his room, he (the second defendant) was accordingly discharged.
The accountant of the Fook On Shipping Co. (Owners of the 8.8. Tin Ting) stated that he heard that the first defendant had car- ried a sum of money down to the manager of the Tung Nam Co. (for whom they were agents) but this money was for the manager of the Company (Mr. Kam Sam Wai) and nol for the Company, though it came from the Wuchow office.
Mr. Peter Sin then pleaded that. the onus was on the prosecution to how that though the goods ware not manifested, the compradore had not been informed of their presence on board but the magistrate over ruled him.
"That's That.”
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OGPU'S WINGS CLIPPED
OF JUSTICE
Many things had to be taken in to consideration in installing the. system at the Queen's, where many
Mr. Sin: Very well, then, I'll NEW SOVIET DEPARTMENT The air conditioning plant at the people are crowded into a compara Queen's can be likened somewhat to put my client in the box. Tong tively small space. The four main the human body, with the machin-cordingly went into the box and Yui, the first defendant, then ac things were the quantity, purity, temperature and humidity of thery in the basement as the heart, said that a Mr. Lee of the Wachow aud the numerous supply and re-office had instructed him to take air, and after various tests, en turn ducts leading to all parts of the money down to Mr. Kam Sam gineers arrived at what they con- the theatre, as veins and arteries. Wai sidered the most desirable degrees
of temperature and humidity for ;! The air circulation is produced by the theatre. These conditions are a multivane fan of such a size that described as the "comfort line," it requires a 20 hp motor to and are based on the temperature operate it. The elaborate system and humidity of the inside air in of air ducts distributes fresh air comparison with that of the out- into the theatre overhead and col- side air. The Queen's plant works, lecting the foul air through open is to maintain the humidity inside, ings, returns the air to the purifier. the theatre at 80 per cent,, and to
Huge Air Washer,
Mr. Sin: Did the compradore know about this money -No.
Did you tell him about it ?-No. Mr. Wynne-Jones: Well, that's
TO PREVENT ABUSES
investigated and supervised to pro- vide redress for the prisoners and to prevent or put a stop to puni tive exeteso
Some of the legal authorities say that the decree plainly gives the | new department authority to limit
the powers of the Ogpp.
Abtisos Ingritable.
A mesober of the Commissariat of Justice, M. M. Estrin, explain- ed that, in the process of building the Soviet judicial system, certain dislocations were inevitable.
He explained that, in a country net operating on the capitalist sya- tem, new crimes bad taken, their place in the list of offences. In- efficiency and neglect, not punished in other countries are crimes in a state like the Soviet Union, he nil.
Moscow, June: 21. The Soviet Government, inan apparent plan to clip the wings of the Secret Political Police and to Prevent injustices in the courts of that.
original jurisdiction, has announ- Mr. Sin: Yes, your worship,ced the creation of a new depart that's that. I have no further ment of justice with wide supervi- question.
воту рошеньк Ko System!
The announcement und the text Then followed a discussion rs of the decree creating the new de garding the system under which partment indicate that there have been many buses of police and the Chinese shipping Companies re-judicial power and that the local gulate their cargoes, and at this tribunals have, in some cases at stage Revenue Officer Grimmitt re- large: 'gal- marked that," not & single 'Chinese least, lent themselves too readily to temperature:-76 deg. (73), 60 (75), vanized iron room fitted inside with shipping company" on. the water Programmes of the political and corrective, rather than punitive. 85 (76), 00 (77), 03 (60), 100 (83). spray nozzles which, when supplied front has a system of shipping criminal police and the militis.
regulate the temperature a few de. The purifying, eccling and de gress below that of the outside air, humidifying of the air is done by The ratio is as follows, the figures an apparatus known as an air wash in parenthesis being the inside er, and consisting of
Many Considerations.
Under, the new regulations made for the department, which is to be
It was asserted that some abuses ware bound to appear in a growing machine. The reforms brought about by the creation of the new department are based on the theory that the court system aims to be
It was claimed, by officials, how-
with a suitable quantity of water cargo-at least no.system as the
The new decree gives the justice ever, that the corrective system was milder under the older system than In order to arrive at these under pressure, produces a finely word is known to an English Com-department the power to review under that prevailing in many the legality and correctness of the countries. The object of the decree figures the engineers had to begin, divided spray through which the pany."
activities of the Ogpu, or political is to make, further improvemente, calculations, taking the local daily air blows. This spray removes all During the course of the case,
police, an organisation hitherto it as said. weather reports as a guide. This form of dirt, dust, and other in the definition of cargo came in for holding an almost sacred position. established the expected outside air purities and sends the air put into considerable discussion and in this conditions, and then, efforts were the theatre again with the fresh connection Mr. Sin produced sever made to calculate the amount of nees that is felt after a rainstormal authorities to support his case. heat that would have to be remov. This sir weeher also cools the air ed from the building. This can to the desired temperature, as the sisted of two large items and many water used, is cooled to a low tem small ones. The firit big-item was perature The third function of the heat penetration through the the air washer is dehumidifying the walls of the building, which anual air. The question of humidity is, ly averages about 25 per cent of of course, & most important one in the total refrigerating require Hong Kong. mont, while the second and largest With the cleaning, cooling and item was the amount of heat mali. (Continued at foot of next column)
The fret defendant was fined Sio, known as the All-Union Procura A Number of delegations from his Worship remarking that he torial Department, judicial proce various districts in eastern Hunch wanted it known that this non-dure in all parts of the Uniou have arrived in Hankow to peti- manifesting of cargoes was not many be supervised. The Depart tion the Hupeh Provincial Govern- ment is empowered to standardisement to tako urgent measures ̈ of wanted here.
the court practice
flood prevention and relief. Re- The most radical departure from parts received in Hankow state the old system 15 that giving the that 48 breaches have been discover- department power to take, a trialed along the dykes in Kichun, out of the hands of a local court at eastern Hupch, with the result that any stage of the proceedings. more" thum 100,000 mow of land are
Corrective institutions may be inundated,
dehumidifying of the air controlled, as it now is, at the Queen's Thea tre, the patrons are assured, of every comfort and ease while en joying the pictures.