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INJUSTICE TO HONGKONG
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16 1905.
A TRAMP YO THIBET.
DRITISHI CONAUL TURNED BACK ON THE
FRONTIER..
had they descended, than first a mounted scout and then swarms of Thibetans on foot, rushed to a bill-top commanding a view of their road. back to Pang-mu-tang, and he was under the Impression, that they were satisfied that they had successfully resisted a British invasion
Mr. Alex. Hotie is a traveller as well as his from the east. pl pt
Mr. Hosie returned to the Chengtu. plain three months after feaving it, and exchanged the clear, sunny, buoyant atmosphere of the western bigbland for the dark, cloudy, depress
climate of the capital of Szechuan:
FUN IN QUBENS ROAD,.
TAFT, OUT-TAFTED.
the poor woman has come to town, waited UN her last trip across from San Francisco, the steamer Coptic canied F240,500 gold, as trea at the Treasury and taken a chair, or a car, home there can be very little left sure destined to Hongkong, of which $140,000 of that 43 cents. The thing is ridiculous:
was silver bullion and $500 gold coin. but it illustrates the methods of the Govern Word Fuk is a 13-year old hawker. Yester ment, which is neither just nor generous. day going atong Hollywood Road he got tired, Under the new Ordinance, which proposes and seeing a bench outside Fang Tak's res to appropriate the Widows' and Orphans'taurant, he annexed it and took it away to a Pension Fund and incorporate it with the sheltered place to have a rest. Fung discovered It has frequently been necessary of late to
his missing "sitting board," and the result was criticise the action of the Government and
General Revenue of the Colony, it is to be that Wong got 12 strokes with the birch and to call attention to what we have submitted supposed (in the absence of the actual terms
was ordered to be detained in Police custody were wrongful methods which had been set
of the Bill) that the Government seès a way for 48 hours, the Magistrate not wishing to in operation. At no time is that a pleasant of benefiting by the accumulation of the send such a small boy to gabl. duty, especially in Hongkong with its large compulsory contributions from civil servants cosmopolitan population, but it is only right as years go by. Those contributions when lessly and furiously drove his vehicle at West that outside opinion on questions of the day accumulated may amount to a fabulous sum, Point and knocked down a market gardener, should be stated and submitted for the as the Colony increases in population and who sustained a fractured leg, as already benefit of those high powers whose orbits the Civil Service-as a natural consequence recorded in these columns, was circulate far outside the common people, expands. There are no statistics before us before Mr. G. N.Oime this morning, when as to the ratio of the deaths to the number his Worship held that the gardener aught and who are, no doubt, guided by considera-
to have kept out of the ticktha's way, and tions unknown to those mainly affected by of contributors to the Fund; but we may
therefore discharged the coolie. The wife these so-called reforms: At the same time take it that the present average will be main
were fiz a month, out of which he had to discussed at the Legislative Council, and the rate of increase in the Colony's poputa pay $1.60 monthly for rent, and also support bitterly criticise the character of the voting, tion, it will not be surprising if within the two children, one of whom was blind His when it seems to ignore their interests and next half century the present accumulated Worship said she could go to the Summary which connects the city with Lhasa, and for sivo, Christmas-liko revelation of a man-who leave them voiceless where subjects of vital sum would have grown to $1,000,000 Court for.relief, if not satisfied with the decision, the first days passed with his caravan through may have seemed like an ogre to the coolies-
THE case against the ricksha coalie who care.
Majesty's Coneal-General at Cheng, the capital of China's largest province. In 1883 he journayed along the Thibetan road from Chengru and crossed inta Yunnan little dreaming ing that twenly years later he would again find bimself in Szechuan facing westwards. But such proved to be the case, and a diary of his travels over close upon fourteen hundred miles appears in the form of a White Paper issued to Parliament. The traveller writes of his experi ences with a lively sense of their romantic Dature and with distinct iterary skill. His interesting volume, which consists of 80 closely-printed pages, is issued as "China resumed No. 1 (1905). Report by Mr. A. Hosic, bis Majesty's Contal-General at Chengtu, on a journey to the Eastern Frostier of Thibet (with a map)." Setting out from Chengtu, where one can observe a confused mass of greenery
yellow blossoms of the rape, and in May and August by golden patches of ripening grain, Mr. Hosie journeyed on the great highway
An intensely amusing scene occurred in Queen's Road Contral this forenoon, affording mirth for the spectators and the "victim" alike. A European visitor to the Colony, of enormous, may we say elephantine, proportions, who recalled the great Taft, elected to have a chair-ride. Hailing a couple of coalies outside the Hongkong Hotel he peremptorily ordered them to make ready for his "harly" frame. The coolies might not have disdained a dainty Chinese lady, or a miniature school
Goliath and all the giants rolled into on they became manifestly dismayed and started to hobble off as best they could. But the mas
groundlings do feɛl keenly on many malters" tained. In that case, and taking into account of the injured han stated that his earnings it up in February and March by the bright boy, but "when they were confronted with
importance to them are concerned. Indeed,
representing the contributions deducted
it is their sense of impotence that occasional from the salaries of Government officials. A LONDON wire of the 8th inst, says.-The and beans blossoming in the dikes between the rear coolie by the deft manipulation
FINE FLAVOUR by touches thent on the raw; but, of course,
AND
MELLOWNESS
ATTAINED ONLY BY
GENUINE
those on higher circles seldom hear the mutterings of the vulgar herd, and have few opportunities of consulting those who might be in the slightest degree termed representative of the working class. The latest grievance is found in a Bill which appears in the Agenda of the Legisla. tive Council and reads as follows "First reading of a Bill entitled an Or
QUALITY distance to transfer to the General Revenue
AND
GREAT AGE.
the moneys standing in the Treasury to the credit of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, to provide for future payment of pensions to the Widows and Orphans of deceased Public Officers, and to make the payment of the same a charge upon and payable out of the said General Revenue." That Bill has been on the agenda for the last live meetings, but it has been post A. S. WATSON & Co., poned on each occasion, and, curiously
Per Dozen $16.50.
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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
No, we feet cu adult the rather livest those civil officers would far rather invest their money in annuitics in any of the
Government we may Were the
numerous insurance societies which are so ready nowadays to offer a maximum of re- turn for a minimum of outlay. By its policy up to the present time, the Government has made a clear gain of some lakhs, of dollars, and the process is to continue on even more advantageous terms--advantageous for the
be sure. accumulated funds, which properly belong to the civil servants, invested in the Colony we are quite certain that safe mortgages bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum could be secured, furnishing a returo not short of some $15,000 a year on the existing Fund. That sum we may take it would be sufficiently adequate to provide for those entitled to draw on the Fund. As it is, looking at the proposition soberly, we cannot enough, no copy of the proposed Or see where these contributions are to end. As the years roll on, the Fund would increase dinance has yet been circulated. 'That in itself is a peculiar circumstance, which enormously until contributions would no we need not dilate upon at this stage. longer be necessary, the interest on the But coming to the character of the Bill accumulated sum being more than enough as set forth in the title, we strike an old to meet all requirements. If in such a case standing, grievance the change from a bad the demand for contributions were suspend system to a worse. This Widows and ed, a great injustice would be done to those Orphans Pension Fund has almost in- whose contributions in the past had been variably been the subject of the greatest confiscated. So to get over that difficulty, In a few to hide their traces, the Government calmly irritation among civil servants. cases it has proved, we cannot doubt, bene throw the whole amount inlo General ficial; but in the majority it has proved Revenue and neither the civil servant nor to be method whereby the civil anybody else can tell then what has happen- officers of the Colony could be lawfully ed to the money. A really great scheme, bled by the Government-in other words, indeed; the originator is a born actuary, and it has proved an official “squeeze. We one whose services are of supreme importance will submit some illustrations of the work to the Government. We cannot go into ing of this Fund in support of our further details on this question on account contention. To begin with it must be re of the limited space at our disposal. The 34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,membered that there is nothing voluntary subject is, as we have shown, hedged about about the Fund; it is a compulsory order | with intricacies, and will involve a good that civil servants must pay a certain per. deal of calculation. The scheme, as we centage. of their monthly salaries to the have pointed out, is wholly bad; it is Fund, no matter whether they expect to
calculated benefit the Government benefit from it or not. Take the case of a married man who has been in the service for a period of 15 or 20 years; his wife and children predecease him, and in disgust at the malificent effects of the Colony he
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alone; all others are dealt with as so many pawns who are only tolerated be. cause they are useful. It is hardly pos. sible for any one to say a good word for the scheme, and we do not suppose any of the elected members of the Legislative Council will be found to support it.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
decides to retire from the service and to return to his native land. All these years be has been contributing month after month to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund, but now when he has resolved to retire all that money reverts to the Government. In other words, he is not entitled to a penny of the money which, it may be, against his will, certainly without his voluntary consent, he❘ THE P. & O. Co.'s steamer Pekin will leave for has been contributing to the coffers of the Singapore, Colombo and Bombay at noon on
Munday, Government. He has been mulcted of that
BOUCHARD PERE & the Government.
FILS,
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An examination for pilots will be held at the harbour office on Tuesday next.
REGULATIONS for the collection of Crown rents in arrear in the New Territories are printed in
WITH reference to the paragraph in our columns last evening on the subject of the withdrawal of quarantine restrictions against
Hongkong, we are informed from the Colonial Secretary's Office that Batavia should be read for Bangkok.
GEO. Conway, seaman, was charged at the instance of luspector Gourlay with unlawfully remaining in the Colony after the departure of his steamer, the Saint Regulus, which left port on the 17th of July last. Accused denied the charge, and the case was remanded to permit
him to adduce evidence,
money, and has compulsorily made a gift of some 4 per cent. of his monthly salary to
Had that civil servant the Gazelle, paid the money into an insurance so- ciety, the money would have been re turned to him on the maturing of the policy, provided he survived his wife and family; or at his death it would have gone to swell his estate. But the money would not have been irretrievably lost, as in the case of the Government Fund, There would, besides, have been the accru- ed interest to gather, but we may waive that point at present. Take another illustration where a man resigns from the Service after a few years. If he be a married man his con- tributions during that period are absolutely NOTICE is given in the Gaselle that, whereas lost. If he be a single man the Government breaches of the covenants and conditions waxes generous and refunds him half, the contained in Crown Leases have of late total amount of money he has contributed, been of frequent accurrence, the Crown will so that whatever happens the Government is in future, whenever such a breach occurs, on the sale side. The hardship to the civil strictly enforce the powers of re-entry and servant is only a question of degree; the "squeeze" has been made. There is another Mn. F. Haver-Droeze, Consul-General for the case, in which a widow is concerned. In Netherlands; writes informing us that ships or the particular case which we have in mind, versels, arriving in Netherlands-India from the widow is entitled to the magnificent sum Hongkong are not longer subject to quarantine, of something like $5 per annum paid month-the port of Hongkong being declared to be not y from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. longer infected with plague. The prohibition of importation of some articles is also cancelled That is to say, she has to call once a month so that all goods can now be imported into [33-13 at the Treasury for her a cente. Before | Netherlands-India,
76 GOLD MEDALS
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Hongkong, 18th July, 1005.
forfeiture reserved in the Crown Lease.
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Time in a leading article comments upon the
a country riddled with irrigating streams and
was also a bit of a sprinter. He was up to canals, with alders fringing every watercourde the chair in two hops and neatly caught the paddy plots. By this same road travel
shepherd's crook. Then ha, solemnly set the chair down in the roadway and started to encase himself inside. Now, many
interesting administration report on Kelantan. the Chiness Imperial Residents for Thibet; effected there under the beneficent administraatong it devout pilgrims, eager to look upon
It pays a warm tributs of praise to the reforms
tion and control of the British advisers to the
THE FACE OF THE DALAI LAMA.
of a
Some of the latter take years over the jour. ordinary people find it a matter of trouble. Rajah of that State. In its opinion there is no ney, but the Imperial couriers, with relays of to seat themselves in these slim receptacles, portion of the world where the inherent aptitude horses, are able to carry messages from Lhasa but when this Gargantuan attempted the task of Britons for governing Orientals has been to the nearest telegraph office, 1,300 miles be had to exercise the patience of Job- before more conspicuously displayed than in Malaysia away, at Tachien-la-in less than 20 days. it was completed. Fortunately it was a coal The road is barred by lofty mountain ranges, where consequently there is unchecked and in which strike terror into the superstitious way day. By this time a crowd of chair coolies, creasing prosperity. The natural advantages farers, and so narrow are some of the spurs that ricksha-pullers and the riff-raff who are always of Kelantan, so the Times points out, are such one looks down into an abyst on either side of to be found on such occasions assembled in that if it be only moderately well-governed, the the roadway, while in places the path zigzags the middle of the street and started to laugh. Tackwards and forwards over a face of small, state will become, at no distant time, one of loese, slippery stories and at times descends That brought the Europeans to the scene, for the most prosperous countries in the Malay into gorges where Nature has run riot. Mr.it la morally certain that when a coolie Peninsula.
Hosie describes everything that he sees, and starts to laugh he has no object in view. throws new light on the country and its people. When the large-sized visitor had safely en- in the road to Tachien-tu he visited O-meiscansed himself in the chair the real Hsien and went to the top-a height of 10,158 feet. The sights to be seen from the summit are the "Glory of Buddha the reflection of the sun on the clouds hanging on the abyss Lights," or lamps which are visible at night in below the top of the precipice; the "Myriad the guif underneath; and the Snowy Mountains of thibet, Mr. Llasie was liowever disappointed
with THE SUPERNATURAL VISIONS.
fun began. The front coolic bent down and heaved. He found himself on his back in two seconds and wondered what had hip- the coolies with a heap of "peching" and wreste pened. The chair hadn't moved. Then balh
ling and shouting of "Both together", made a grand magnificent effort. That failed. By this time the street was thronged with onlookers; witnessed since the days of George the First, who agreed that nothing so funny had been
The air rang with laughter and a lady who came out of a shop near by laughed so ecstatically that she nearly had a fit and had to led away before she recovered. The gentle be patted on the back and embraced and ǹnally
man who was causing the block in the traffic and formed the centre of attraction sat severe
The Yellow Dragon for Augut, winch is now to hand, is the first number of volume seven of this interesting Queen's College publication. The head master's address on "break-up day" is published in full and as it contains many instructive suggestious, should he read and re read by the scholars. One of the old pupils, Hung Hing Kam, who is now studying in Lon don, has written a lengthy letter to a master, in the course of which he expresses the opinion superstitious pilgrims who annually throng Reserved by the priesthood for the that, after what he has seen of English Public the mountain, so he turned in to a service held in the temple just under the summit Schools, Queen's College, with its ever-increas ing number of boys, is hopelessly behind, so far The abbot, in full canonicals, recited prayers as sport is concerned. He does not wish to interspersed with the beating of drums and the advocate sport in the detriment of the school benches and standing around, with their eager clashing of cymbals, the pilgrims siltings on work of the boys, but consider that, as at pre-faces lit up by the glare of many candles. It sent, the lack of physical exercise amongst the was a weird spectacle, he says, and one will agree with him if the imagination can picture a greater bulk of the Chinese bays is most de
temple high up on a mountain side, with faintly in his chair with a mild smile on his plorable.
lights twinkling far below and the stillness of face. Probably he thought this was the re- night around.
gular performance when' sayed 10 enter a chair, By this time the chair-coolies were swearing at each other
THIBETAN LADIES.
new comer es-
4 Tachien-l, exceeding the Chinese in- habitants, were "the dull-red and grey woollen- with a fluency and vigour that "brought down gowned Thibetan men and women, moving with that free and easy gait unknown to their the house." People laughed till they were sore. Chinese neighbours. The Thiberno ladies. The more the others laughed the stronger when clean and well-dressed, as Mr. Hosie grew the language of the distracted coolies. A saw them in Techien-lu, will take rank with
them.
poor mongrel dog sat up on his hind legs and plainly said that this was better than stealing scraps from the Central Market. The visitor, for he remained at his ease-that is to say was evidently a personage of great importance
wedged in on: all sides-and wailed Passing over many pages of this interesting developments. If he had only made aarative of a journey through a wonderful a speech the show would have been country we arrive at the stage where complete. When the chair-coolies had ex. Mr. Hosie's caravan reached the sleep bausted themselves they set to work again, hillside whose ridge marks the boundary and again and yet again. The poles held for
AT THE BOUNDARY LINE.
YEUNG CHAU KWONG surrendered to his bail this morning in the case in which he is charted with embezzlement of various sums of money received by him on behalf of Ip Tin Ting, details of which have already appeared in these columns. Mr. C. F. Dixon, of Mr. John Hastings' office, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. H. N. Ferrers, instructed by Mr. Otto their European sisters. Many beautiful women Koog Sing, for the defence. Mr. Feirers said wore long silk gowns and long red-topped he had no evidence to call, and asked that his boots, and ornaments of gold. Dark brown Worship. discharge the accused as all the and sprightliness of demeanour distinguished eyes, finely-cut features, an excellent carriage, ingredients constituting the crime of embezzle- meat were lacking. The accused was not a salaried servant of the complainant; he was an independent broker, employed by him on the usual commissim. He did not conceal the receipt of the money; he did not run away and he was there all along making up the ac- counts, getting orders for, and collecting bills of, the complainants. He took the money on account and told complaisant so; therefore there was an enthe absence of criminal intent and no case against his client--Mr. Dixon submitted that all the ingredients of an em- bezilement were present. Accused went and collected money on behalf of complainant, and never made any report, nor did he account for the sums so received.-His Worship said he would consider the point as to whether defend ant was a salaried servant or not, and reserved his decision until Monday afternoon. De fendant was allowed bail as before, $750.
a wonder, and at last the chair rose, apparently of its own accord; the passenger waved good. bye to the crowd and went off in the direction of Battery Path. People who saw the scene in Queen's Road are still laughing as they think of the ludicrous sight. Taft, alas, was out. Tafled..
THE SUEZ CANAL
NOT BLOCKED.
between China and Thibet. Mr. Hosie describes how he met the lama himself travel- ling in a green sedan chair borne by four Chi nese bearers, with relief bearers and escorted by a retinue of from thirty to forty men, Thi belan and Chinese, some of the latter with but tens on their official hats. There was a run. ning fire of questions as to their respective des tinations, and one grey-bearded old man asked When he answered that he was proceeding Mr. Hosie whether he was going into Thibet. only as far as the frontier, he said, “You have not far to go" and such proved to be the case, for he soon arrived at the top of a steep hill.
Mr. J. Y. V. Veraon, Reuter's agent, in side the ridge of which forms the boundary line between the two countries. Under this Hongkong, has received the following reply to brow he was met by the Chinese authorit es, a telegram sent yesterday requesting confirm who ogalp begged him not to cross the boundary line, which lay a few yards above him. ation and details of the reported blocking of
AN INVASION RESISTED.
the Suez Canal."Blocking canal quite un MR. C. D. Wilkinson, of Messrs. Wilkinson
Having been reassured that he had not the true." and Grist, appeared before Mr. Orme this slightest intention of setting a foot in Thibet, morning on behalf of his client, the second they begged him to wait a few minutes, until A CASE that came up before Mr. G.. N. Onne keeper of the gambling game which was raided they made the necessary disposition of troops at the Magistracy should be of considerable by Inspector Hanson, and who was released along the boundary line, which was guarded interest to Kowloonites, in view of the many on $60 bail. Mr. Wilkinson argued at some on the Thibetan side by armed soldiers. In a complaints recently inade of the malodorous few minutes be was invited to ascend the brow, condition of the streets owing to the promis length that, while his client was running WAY of the hill, where he found the Thibetan cuous dumping of household refuse and with the rest there was only a suspicion that soldiers arranged in a line running north-east decaying vegetable matter, which is allowed to he was running from the place where the and south-west. In front of the Thibetan lie in the gutters and give out very offensive gambling was going on, and suspicion was not soldiers another line of Szechuan Thibetan smells. The case brought this morning is, soldiers, equal in number to the latter, was we understand, the first of a series in a can- the man was is fact running away because he armed with matchlocks and swords, were un officials against this casual use of residential suficient. The Court must be convinced that drawn up. The Thibetan soldiers, who were paige, which is being instituted by the Sanitary was playing as illegal game, and therefore on der the command of a Chief, and a lama with localities as dumping grounds for all and the appearance of the police he ran away with a gilt pagoda hat stood by his side. There sundry rubbish and refuse. In this case the rest.
was perfect silence as, escorted by the Chinese inspector Lyons caught a house-boy, employed The mere running away was not authorities, he went up to the boundary stone in Carnarvon Road, in the act of dumping suficient, as it was a common thing among which marks the frontier of the two countries, quantity of offensive household rubbish at the Chinese, upon the appearance of the police in but he could see a fixed determination on the corner of the road, and immediately proceeded their vicinity, to run, on account of a guilty faces of the troops to resist any attempt on his against him, with the result that the boy was conscience in regard to quite another matter part to cross into Thibet. The boundary fined $4 or seven days. As this campaign is to than the one the police was there for. north-east of an obe by the roadside, is a well should keep an eye on their servants, other stone, which stands some 30 yards to the be vigorously carried on, Kowloon, residents There was no evidence that his client was worn, four-sided pillar of sandstone, about 3 wise the latter may be getting into trouble," among the gamblers-Mr. Hanson said that feet in height, each side pleasuring some 18 they were tunsing together when they were inches. There was no inscription on the stone,
SHIPPING AND MAILS. arrested, while there were large numbers of and when unthinkingly be made a movement to look for writing on the Thibetan side, the
MAILS DUE coolies in other sheds who were remaining Chinese officials at once stepped in front of
German (Willehad) 18th lost. quiet, doing nothing wrong, and they neither him and barred the road to Thibet. ran nor were they in any way interfered with.
Australian (Chingfu) 18th inst.. A VIEW OF THIBET.
Indian (Namsang) zoth inst. His Worship said he was opinion that a peace- Looking into Thibet the eye, met a sea of
English (Chusan) z1st inslą, 6 am.......: able citizen, if he had nothing to fear, would grass-covered treeless hills, and from the valley
Canadian (Empress of China) 26th inat.. not be running away among a gang of male at the foot of the Ning-ching Shan rose smoke
American (Mongolia) 28th inst from the camp fires of 400 Thibetan troops factors, without good and sufficient cause. charged with the protection of the frontier. The Pocher left Shanghai yesterday, at Mr. Wilkinson then asked leave to apply for a There was no time to make a prolonged in: noon, and is due here op 19th inst releasing of the case against his client in the spection, for the Chinese authorities were The M. M. Co.'ssa Caledonten with the next event of his Worship bolding the man guilty anxious for him to leave as soon as possible. French mail, will leave Saigon to-morrow all and convicting him. His Worship granted As he had attained one of the objects of his am, for this port
journey--a visit to the eastern frontier of Thibet leave to apply for a rebearing. The defendant was held guilty and fined $30 with the aliena tive of two months,
The P. & D. S. N. Cole 4. Churais -left. he had no wish to remain longer, and mount-Singapore for this port on 16th last., át 8 am, ing their horses, they rede down the Chiness with the outward, English Mails, and is due slopes of the Ning-ching: Shan, No sooner here on aisi lost, at 6 am.