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·HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933.
ECHOES OF
OF 1858.
43.—A Side Light on the Medical
Service in the Old Days
SEPTEMBER 13
We regret to have to announce the death of Dr. W. A. Harland, our talented and much esteemed Colonial Surgeon. This melancholy event occurred at his residence at half-paat eleven last night, after "a brief intess of a few days, the fatal termination of which was not anti- cipated until within a few hours previous to dissolution. Dr. Har land's age was only 39, i
SEPTEMBER 14.
COURT MARTIAL ON S.W.B. PRIVATE
ALLEGED THEFT IN
··· BARRACKS
At Murray Barracks yesterday, Private William Edward Vaughan, of the South Wales Borderers was
"from private practice-give him a charged with the theft of 81.10 seat on the Legislative Council-from Private J. Tonge. He plead- make him the sanitary commissioned "not guilty." er, and an element of good would which could not fail to yield suit- me engrafted on our government, able fruit
HONG KONG & MUSIC
Th Court consisted of Major J. T. H. R. Riggs, D.S.O., (Lincolns) R.A. Henry (Jats Regiment), Capt.
and Lieut. J. C. Richardson. The prosecuting officer was Lieut. H. W. Tyler (South Wales Borderers) and the defending officer Lieut. A. G. Martin (South Wales Border- ers).
Witness challenged him but he ran out of the building into the top barrack room. He was found under the bed occupied by Private matter to the N.C.O., L/Cpl. Kheeghan. Witness reported the
Now that we have both Me, Albert Smith and Mr. Martin Simonsen here, we think that if a combination were formed between that in the early hours of the morn Private W. F. Butcher stated them to give the community an en ter inment for the benefit of pub-m., he saw accused enter Barrack
ing of July 7, approximately Dr. Harland is the fourth lic charities, they would slicit. such Room No. 5 and go through Pri- Colonial Surgeon whose remains delightful emotions and reawaken have been interred in the Wongnei- so many dormant remembrances,
vate Tonge's trouser pockets. Wit- chong. The Colony has been most
ness saw him exchange money from of fortunate in the selection of in- lethargie monotony, giving a zest towards the centre of the room.. as to rouse the Colony from its
one hand to the other and move cumbents to this office, and all have
to pleasure and an appetite for fallen victims to their duties. enjoyment. If such an entertain. These duties are so multifarious ment were set on foot, we can secure involving much responsibility with that the anticipations of the public such irksome details-requiring would immediately eventuate in an mental exercise with bodily exer- excitement, and that excitement in tion-admitting of so little repose
a furore. The above-named cele night or day" that we sincerelybrities must think that the foreign trist, out of motives of humanity. I community of this port, chow Witness stated that there had the system hitherto prevailing will Opium as well as sell it-they been numerous thefts in the com be changed. The Jail and the probably imagine that we make free pany and he had himself been a police hospital are quite as much with the musters." It will be a victim. He would not have as one man should be expected to great reflection upon them if they ported the matter had he not seen attend to in this climate. The leave us in the same dosy state of accused perpetrate the theft... brothels and the business of the celestial mesmerism that they found Coroner and the law courts, are us Let them but try, and success awakened by the N.C.O. who asked
Private Tonge said quite as much as should be expected will crown from another. Pay the Colonial deavours, far beyond their most passession. Witness said he had their humble en him if he had any money in his Surgeon weil-let him he restricted sanguine expectatioas.
and that when he went to bed he left $1.50 in his trousers pocket. When he examined his trousers 81.40 was missing.
U.S. Government Attempting
to Manage Money
REGULATION OF PRICES IS ANOTHER
NAME FOR STABILIZATION
New York To make the dollar into what it appears to be-a stable pur- chasing medium-but actually isn't, is the objective of the government's
•program for managing money.
relatively simple to keep an average to keep cach price steady, but it is of all price steady,
As a guide to prices, the government has an index of prices which represents nearly 800 differ ent commodities,
these commodities are added together
Hicks.
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L/Cpl Hicks said he saw But- cher chase accused from No. 5, Barrack Room and later report that he had seen accused going through Tongs's pockets.
Visited, Cabaret.
Accused, giving evidence on cath, said on the previous evening. in company with Privates Wil liams and Dutnell, he had visited one of the cabarets in Hong Kong. Private Williams had taken a tin they came out remembered he had of cigarettes in with him but when
hall. Witness said they need not left them on the table in the dance worry as he had some in his locker
A dollar a few weeks ago would buy the average price prices of alb the Barracks and: would: give more wheat, leather, nails, gasoline,
them one when they got back. cotton cloth and almost everything in proportions depending on how much Each went to his own room, Dut else than it does today. If the money were managed successfully, along the new lines suggested by President Roosevelt, it would purchase ap- proximately the same amount of these things at all times.
This objective is desired because fluctuations in the amount of these things that dollar will buy affect every individual's income and expenses in ways usually beyond his control
Costs Rise,
A wage earner may make 825 a week only to find that the food which cost him $5 last week costs him $6 this this week, the equivalent of the dollar wage cut. Or a farmer who borrowed $100 with which to pay the debt may find he has to sell 100 bushels of wheat at a later date for $100 with which to pay the debt may find he has to sell 200 bushels to get the same number of dollars a doubling of bis expense..
Thus things cost more or less price goes up or down, and according, ly increase or decrease of the value of each dollar, The more violently the dollar's value changes the harder it may be on the individual, especially since there is little he can do about it. The statement of the objective is relatively simple; Fresident Roosevelt has announced his purpose to keep the dollar's valge stable, or in other works, to keep prices stable. But when it comes to accomplishing this aim the situation immediately becomes com plex in the extreme.
Prics Factors.
The first question to answer is how are prices fixed in the first place There are four major factors--the aupply of and demand for a particular commodity and the supply of and de- mand for money. Anything which affects any of these factors is likely to affect price
If there is a shortage of a com modity, ita price tends to be high; if there is arplus the price tends to be low because the demand is low."
If the supply of money is large however prices tend to be higher. regardless of the supply of and de mand for the commodity.
If the supply of money fa low, prices tend to be low because the demand for money is greater.
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of them are used by the nation, and then averagedi.
Reduce Supply.
The specific endeavor presumably will be to keep some such average as keep the groups of prices such as farm this from fluctuating violently and to prices and non-farm prices) in relation to each attempt.
The government is now attempting to raise farm prices by reducing the supply of form products. If it could keep prodaction stable, prices also there were no fluctuations in the supply would tend to be stable, providing of money.
tempting to increase the supply o Right now the government is at money and is thus working at both ends of the equation in the effort t raise prices.
one to Dut-
nell into No. 5 and Williams and himself into. No: 10. Fle" could not sleep and sometime later got out of bed, went to his locker to get some digarettes He then went to Private Williams, woke him up and gave him cigarette to No. 3 room to gi as he had promised and then went nell. He entered the room, and was in the act of taking one of the cigarettes, from his pocket when he was challenged by Prime But cher. He became frightened and thought that as there had been so recently suspicion would fall on many petty thefts in the company him and he would get into troublé for being in another barrack room; He rushed out of. No. 3 crawled under Private Khteghan's and
bed." It was there that he found.
Was
After they are at a certain level production could be regulated, the Eisut. Tyler: You say you had argument goes, as could the supply'o money, thus preventing further rise oWhy were they not found when cigarettes in your trousers pocket. fall of prices.
you were searched f
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method with which the world is most Managing money in this way in the familiar, although it has never been attempted in any large way up to this time.
MURDER IN SUMATRA THOUSANDS INCENSED AT BRUTAL CRIME
MEDEN, JU Y 20 The Batak Court in Tarutung, the Big Bapat, has sentenced to death four of the five, perpetrators of the murder of a Batak rotation teacher and his wife five weeks ago. The other man was sentenced to imprison meat for life,
The hearing was punctuated with incidents which showed how strongly public opinion resented the crime. Several requests were sent to the president of the court to sent ince the perpetrators death, one of which Council was from a member of a Church
Begging for Mercy.
Accused: No one searched me until I reached the Provost Sergt. Knowing that the cigarettes were of no use in the Guard Room, I put them in my coat pocket which was on the wall.
Privates, Williams and Dutnell gaye evidence in Support of de fendant's story...
The Defence, {
Lieut. Martin submitted there! was no evidence to show fost ac cused ever had the money No- thing was found on him. Accused's actions were quite feasible as many people had difficulty in sleeping of bed to have b amoka Acoused in this climate and often gob odt had got out of bed and taken cigarettes to two of his friends.
Lieut. Tyler said it WAS AD established fact that he was seen going through Private Tonge's pockets and that the latter ad. Lost $1.40. He suggested that se accused had had the opportunity of disposing of the cigarettes, he had an equal opportunity of dis posing of the raoney...
The Court reserved their decl
It seems that after the mission teacher was killed, his wife, who had He been begging for mercy, was attacked The government money-managers and killed in a most gruesome manner. will seek therefore, to regulate theno four factori so that the price of the of the woman was a breach of the sion.
It was pointed out that the murder commodity will not fluctuate greatly. Batak custom which prescribes that even in war the women shall go un-. harmed. This was in answer to the allegations of the accused that the mission teacher had done them wrong.
Work on Aversgo.
The objective is not, however, mere ty the price of one commodity but of a great many groups and of individual commodities. How can the govern- ment hope to watch all prices of which there are many thousandi 1.2 First if it is possible to regulate baule prices, most of raw
The Batak people came in thousande to attend the trial and it was some times difficult to maintain order,
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