Entimation.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 1910
fittingly be described as an election address It bubbled over with the milk of human kice asss, so to speak, but it also trounced and flagellated the wastrel, the criminal and the drunkard, it spoke of the brotherhood of man as Charity in its broadest, grandest concep-
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unfortunate; will this year respond to the Soi cialy's appeal for fondi, in measure more liberal and inmanner mota chearful than ever before,” 'Well, lat as hope so. The cause of charity is a worthy can in all conscience, but what we object to is this division of the poor into
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the Benevolent Society for their self-sacrificing labours in the name of that which covereth a "multitude of sins, Quite beautiful it must have been to hear Mr. Osborne rolling out in his deep sonorous tones the proate and rounded periode which conveyed uaction unalloyed to the hearts of his bearers. To tell the truth, after reading the speech of Mr. Diberae and the snippity- insp remuks of a couple of parsons we are sill very much 'in the dark as to what they were all driving at. What has the Ladies' Benevolent Society done that, the members deserve to be
MANUFACTURERS: lauded up to the skies as if they were profer. sirál sisters of mercy? We know, as the authori y of Mr. Osborne, what they have not dore; they have not been “buxybidying them- selves over impossible measures of harmful ioßuence,” whatever that means. But what we should like to know is-What sort of people have they helped? If they have not been busy. bodying themselves over impossible measures etc., how did they carefully scrutinise every LIME FRUIT CHAM- appeal for assistance, as we are told they did, and how did they differen ists one case from another? Did they just toss up, or were shay influenced by the size of the baby's nose
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lyspiced accounts of what might have happened had she been without protectors. We were told: in the language of the prize-ring how ona gentle, mis gave a grost hulking coolie an upper cut ontheprobotcleand was himself pr. mptly floor- ed in retallation. The other European par- formed a ju-jitsu act and sat upon both the of us is so saintly as to be without that black intoxicated Chinamen until the police came. chapter we wish to keep concealed. Ths Of course that was all very gay and gallant, but wastet Mr. Osbores speaks of is okosa far it reminds us of the story of the empty box- better man than the gentleman who is the there was nothing in it. Dished up with the "victim of commercial depression." What wasatce of ambiguity the story would suggest a suggest is that the ladies should leave politica! great deat more to a stranger than could pos economy zaverely alone and trust to the lesibly be imported into it if the plain facts were stinct of their hearts when they are giving a stated. It is high time that the character and friendly lift to a fellow-creature.
name of the Colony should be protected against the wlings and arrows of thoughtless writsis who have no sense of proportion and are in- capible of realising their duty to the Colony
which cor tributes to their livelihood.
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IN THE COLONY'S INTEREST." There appears to be a tendancy among car tip classes of people, who apparently have nothing better to do but wag their tongues, to create a scare by magnifying the charger of LOCAL AND GENERAL. what is termed assault committed by Chi nese riffaff on European ladies and girls, Within the past few weeks an odd case bere and there has been reported to the police in which it has been alleged that these wandering Ishmaels of Chinese have made sudden onslaughts on paprotected females who have been travelling along the roads on the higher levels. At first sight theas assaulis hava assumed a serious aspect for an attempt has generally been made to show that the mo-
FULL report of the proceedings at the annual meeting of the Hongkong Benevolent Society is printed on page 3
CABLE communication between Japan and Corea is interrupted. Telegrams are forwarded by post from Shimonoseki to Fusan
We have received from the Osaka Shosen Kaisha a schedule for the current year of their regular fortnightly service to and from America. THE Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a telegram from New York. stating that the American Sugar Trust kes bought a large estate in the Philippines.
ANOTHER of the fleet of steel lighters, built by the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. fɑr,the Quartermaster's Department at Manils, left. ic tow of the s.s. Taming to-day.
RECENTLY published statistics show that, in
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or the smell of the parental breath? Charity is a fine thing in its way but a great deal deive was of a more serious character than pends on the manner in which "it is dispeased, appeared on the surface. On looking into We believe we are right in saying that there in these cases, however, it is generally found in not a lady in Hongkong who is not prepared the and that the Chieese have been simply at a moment's notice to assume the role practising their old trick of purse-snatching of My Lady Bountiful" But when she is and in the majority of cases the rascals have
bobalf a fociety, which
been a great deal more frightened than the appeals to the public for funds we want to know ladies threatened. Take for instance the case. Tava, in 1909, about 10 sugar mills were at something more about what she has been doing which occurred in Caine Road the other day work during the season, which turned out Panchard Low- chan is conveyed' in the buld statement that distress has been releved: How can she, in her silks and satios, tell the difference between REFRESHING. honest poverty, which hides its head in shame, and 'cuie mendacity which has the whole art of chicanery at its foger ends wherewith the
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20,208,383 piculs of the sweet. There figures mark an increase of 100,504 picule over the out-lum for 1998. The area under care for 1910
nearly three per cant, more than in 1909,
when a Chinaman with great temerity tried to rob a lady of her hand satchel. Not only did he catch a Tartar but he very asariy found himself in the lock-up, only his experience in Marathonerticaled at 17010 60ws (12,000 acres), bandicaps coabfing him to get away scot-free. Aad still, to read the alarming accounts which
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humble dole may be wheedled out of the appeared in some newspapers printed in the Hongkong University, H. E. The Govera
pockets of the sympathetic' sisterhood of chari- ty? How does the distinguish the 'wastrel from "the out-of-work victim of commercial" dep-és- | sloo"? Perhapashe doesn't try to. What she tries to do, in the words of Me. Osborne, is to help those who endeavour to help themselves; to re-
| Colony, ona 'would have thought that an or. ganised battalion of thugs, Solomon Islanders and ravishers had taken up its headquarters in one of the principal residential districts of the city, Such stuff and nonsense is treated with ibe contempl it deserves by the people of
habilitate those who may be through the devilry. Hongkong, but what about those who have
„of others, or it may be ihrough sheer unaduller-†
ated misfortune, and themselves stranded, helpless andalone, upon an alien sbare" That is very fine, but thein is better to come, as witness: Guaranteed to be inade from the "There is here, in this Society, no haven for
pure juice of sound ripe fruit.
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HONGKONG and KOWLOON.
Hongkon 15th July, 1979.
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COLLECTION OF CONDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
LIST OF DONORS.
We have received the following official cor- respondence for publication:—
it
Victoria Buildings..........
never been in this Colony and who know noi
Hongkong, 31st December, 1999. thing about the conditions prevailing here? Sir,--By ·Resolujłoś No. 17 passed by-the They are not to know that there is a school of Committee of the Hongkong University on yellow journalism rearing its created head in December 13th, it was decided that "the term
of the Resolution No. 1" (which laid dowa Hongkong, and they are inclined to accept as
the amount which it was considered necessary the crimioal, the drunkard, or the wastrel, pro-gospel truth the imaginative lucubrations of to collect before the erection of the buildings ducts of an age in which Society, with disorderi | irresponsible writers. It would not matter in could be commenced) "had been complied cd appetite for change, is for ever shelling its the slightest if the harm done by the
with, to the satisfaction of the committee, and arrangements and is pleased to term it pro publication of mischievous insinuations and
that › work-on, the buildings, might be com... menced forthwith." This Resolution, in which gress. Progress indeed; there is no process innuendoes were reflected on the newspapers M Mody concured, is in itself sufficient au so long as pauperium stalks the land. These which are on the look-out for the nimble thorlly for me to call le all some conditionally A. S. WATSON & CO., in their way are one and all deserving of uickel, but the unfortunate part is that these promised, but as this is the date (December Liegenftructive treatment, and no doubt that concoctions are darogstory to the good name. 11) which was assigned by Mr. Mody, up to when men who assume the 10'e of governing of the Colony and without the slightest justice not been already with his concurrence accept which his offer would bavo remained opan (had men shall have learnt to harmonize their differ. It is a child's gams to throw out a series of ed). I bare the honour, at your request, to sub- ences in the interes's of public weal; wben is suspicions indications and then cry out mira statement of the funds in my hands or school teacher shall cease to plaster the infant Where are the police?" as it the whole city fully guaranteed on this date. Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, mind with smatterings of knowledge and deem were in danger. But at the moment it looks C.M.G., chaliman of the sub-committee for it education; when the same attention shall be good, and if it happens that the fair recalling Chipsse subscriptions, authorise me to Rives to the development of character as now putation of the Colony is laraished and slate that he can fully guarantee all the Chinese is given to the physical culture of the body, beamirched in the process of shaking the citi informs me that a considerable sum is expected subscriptions included in the fist, and he also when controllers of industry are able to realise zens' nerves that can only be regarded as so
from Shanghai of which at least $10,pbo can that overproduction brings u employment, unhappy coincidence. We do not believe for be guaranteed", while a furthersum of $20,000 distress and misery, when the profits of jodur. a single moment that during the last twelve (ol which S13,000 is in hand) may be anticipat try shall be more equitably apportioned to the mouths there has been any premeditateded from the Trustees of a certain Food.
From this statement it will be seen that the workers, and above all, when the workers them- attempt on the part of any Chinese in ibie Co- sum originally named has been fully realised. selves shall bave been taught the value of thrift lony to commit any criminal assault, on asy The total of the attached list is 51,152,164, o and self-reliance, then indeed Society's house lady or gist walking along the public roads of of which 5531,303.17 2as been actually received will be so ordered that the drunkard and the Hongkong. And in that belief we fool are we Fand in the Hongkong and Shanghai Backlog and stands to-day at the credit of the University drove will disappear and we shall no longer dis-will be fortified by the police records. Osses Corporation at 3% interest, and you will notice honour civilisation by tainting it with heaps of bave been reported, to be sure, but on in the sum of $1,000 included in the list nuder refuse humanity, usfitte d'te live, noready to die" vestigation by the police these cases have been the bending of interest. At this stage we can hear that gentleman who found to be either gross exaggerations or without generally described as 'A Voice" shouting: the slightest foundation in fact. Indeed, in some Tariff Reform means work forall" and another, instances the cases have been abruptly dropped Make the dirty foreigner pay." Undoubted-seeing that they were mere fantastic romances | nations, Viti 1/9,-*
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1910
- MY LADY BOUNTIFUL.
ly, that Gladstonian sectenca must have swept only the background of which was real. That the ladies off their feet. So ients was the there have hesa technical assalts as the
Of.......
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R. M. Gray, Esq. ..... Interest to 31.1.09...
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(Signed), C. P. CHATER,
Góveromast Housn."
1th January, 1910. Dear Sir Paul Chater,-i kare to acknow. December gist which, as you hava explained, ledge with thaoks the receipt of your letter of has been delayed in order to verify some Azurei, aud only reached me to-day...
sum which it was decided was required for au I am most glad to learn that the msimum
realised, and I gather that you are now about to Endowment and Equipment Fund has baso
call upon those whose promises, to subscribe were conditional apos the realisation of the scheme to pay in the sums they have gecerously undertaken to give, after which you will pub fish a complète subscription list.
haviour was. Before fully opening the case, Mr. Hett sta ed that the record as it stood, ausitied the plaintiff to judgment unless the defendanty could prove the esțiqus ailegations, agalust ihu. plaintiff. ...: "The statement of defab.co” allagad, that the defer, dant bad acted as her husband's agent, which was somewhat arabiguous and ought to be strack of.
DoD contended that the action-was not brought by the husband and proceeded to read.certain correspondence in support of his contention.
Mr. Hett asked for leave to amend the state ment of defence.
Mr. Dixon'said he knew his'filead would ask' for that but submitted that the Court bad no. power to do that,"
Mr. Hett contended that his Lordship had the fullest power to add the principal where the principal had not been disclosed
His Lordship seld he was bound by the au- thorities to allow the amendment asked for and reserved the question of costs,
In opening the cato for the defence. Mr. Dx'in stated that plaintiff was engaged at Kobe and Madras last year. She was engaged by Mrs. Frior herself and the conditions were that, she should act as governess at Hongkong and that defendant should pay ber passage to |Hongkong and ber pasango" back in March next. Plaintiffs arrived in Hongkong about May of last year. 'From May to July," she was rather satisfactory, although she was at times sobject to "gross lil-temper, and her teaching capacity was very satisfactory in July lesis Col, and Mrs. Prior went, to Japan and took the gavemats with them to look after (Balr child. During their stay in Japan, they asked' the plaintiff to go to a kotal for dinner half-an- hour before them in order to enable the, child torgo
ib bed. For some reason or other, the plaintiff appeared to be annoyed, alibpugh she had sat together at tiffin and was treated as thair equal, Plaintiff became very insultlog thence on, not only to Mrs, Prior, but Col Prior himself. On one occasion, plaletiff said she was beginning to get tired of her posis. tlos and would prefer to become a hol- pital purse. Col Prior said that her con-.. tract did not terminate till the end of March and asked ber to make the best of it and they' would try to jog along tilf March. Plaintiff asked. 'for three-months' notice bat her employerswe10: averse to this and as she insisted, she was told that abe would get the three months' notice but would forfeit her passage back.. Os the 18th Sep'ember plaintiff wrote a letter' resign." log ber position. Plaintiff would not accept the letter, Plaintiff then wrote her lost' letter, in which she asked the”, defend», aut to accept her resignation and that lo taklog that stop sbe (the plaintið) fully zdaline ed that she faifoited all claims to a passage back. If that was not a complete contract, Mr. Dixon dịclared, ha did pot know what wash, |„He did not know whether the plaintiff was
going to alloge that Col. Prior had forged ber- siganture. After that, the plaintiff showed gross disrespect and most extranidinary- be haviour. On one occasion, Col. P.lor wished bar * good-n otoing " at the landing but the plaintiff entirely ignored it. He was not going to rely on those little things but he was banád to bring: them in for the purpose of cross-examination. Defendant on one occasion di covered that ber. child was not called for some time for her': music lessons and asked the plaintiff why she did not do so. The latter retorted * Oh, the child does not come in Defendant, ask. asked her to do so in future, when plain." ed her why she did not call her and ti turned round and fully relased, saying "1
We must not lose sight of the fact that, under Resolation Caines donors who have given sums of $10,000 and upwards are entitled to claim a free scholarship for each Stoppo. Claims under this súle have been re- | corded aggregating a capital sum of $113,000 In addition we have to raise funds for the arec tion of the students" q serters, (say $100,000) and for the Anatomical Laboratory which are etected by Mr. Mody. We must not therefore not included in the University building to be relax our efforts to complete the full food required..
Wers the sum mentioned by Dr. Ho Kal the fonds in band should be at onca invested With regard to the question as to whether
added as total food, promised and in hand or how they should be dealt with to the beat ofexchang, insured in the
ab the sale advantage) i will call a meeting to decide this
erlingdios, maiter without delay,
would'smoking to
It is my intesti been collected
with the amount.
“I may observa jhas" milo the ballding of the (without father a ly bus
0.5 per
-emotional wave at the moment that the mem-
outcome of attempts at purse-snatching nobody bris of the Benevolent Society were unable to
will dany, but it in absurd as well au improper ejaculato even the hackneyed "Aw, 'ear." But to attach a deeper significance to them then if anybody fancies that Mr. Osborne had end-they are already invested with, There are ed his sp eb with that glorious rhodomontade thieves all over the world, and if a lady goes As a peroration, permit us to say that they are along a quiet road dangling a cheap handbag adly mistaken. He was only getting into and jingling half a dozen coppers she need not hin stride thea. · In puthetic voic he told how be astonished if she is the cause of arousing. the Sociary had been balping to sem the
the cupidity of every lonfer that comes along, be down tide of misery for 21 years, how every
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at the dispptal o Commence
Pearching on the subfact of charity at the precaution was taken to prevent fraud and He may be a ruffian and a scoundrel at heart, annual meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent imposition, and how a large number had low-down thief, who bas eyes for nothing but but at the moment he is simply a plaio, ordinary: Society, which was held yesterday, the Nou. bron assisted one way or another which is the handbag, and whose only desira in to selua Mr. E. Othome appears to have made every, somewhat vague. If you refer to the Society's it and to disappear as expeditiously as possible, body very happy and comfortable by extolling reports," he said, you will find mastion of the why then should such an incident lead to pu their great philanthropy in distributing other widow unprovided for, the willing worker people's money among the unfortunate poor. broken by sickness and suffering, the out of Caustic comments regarding the loactivity of We had always regarded Mr. Osborsa, as a work victim of commercial depression, and the police force, and mournful spiculations plain, ordinary, bard-headed business man, who above all you will fod the friendless orphan whathes Hongkong will ever be safe for a fore left the frills and flausces of speach to those child. To auch it is the self-appointed task of female? The fact of the matter in all these who took occasional flights to the empyrean, these ladies to carry encouragement and ald,
*Floomy forebodings_ere, almply p bat yesterday be appeared in a new 10lo-all help the wank-huasted and to cause of wwait, Charity, * Instead of that have fallas by the
Tremarks which pan is
from him, he delivered what
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His Excellen
I congratulate you beartily on the ADCCENT which has attended your efforts as Treasurer of the University Fosd.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed), F. D. Lugard.,:
BY A GOVERNBSS.
INTERESTING ACTION, AT THE BUMMARY. "COURT.20
should: Before Mr. Justice Gompertz, Pulane Judge, glad to receive Your in the Summury Court this morning, Miss Eva
this point,
Engledon brought an action against Mfrs, Lydia Prior to recover the sum of $142.50, as damages for alleged wrongful dismissal from her posi« tion se governess." Mr F. P. Hatt (of Mussin Brutton and Hatt)'appeared for the plainiiff and Mr. P. S. Dixon, from Mr. B. A, Harding'a office, was for the defendant. The amount of was reduced from $445.50.10 $318.45 The claim was bafore the case, was proceeded wlib. Several
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prominent indies were present in the room and manifested a keen interest daring proceedi
will,not call, her.” On another occasion, Mm
mak her to come down to the drawing-room, Prior sent, ber child to plaintiff's bed-room to
ing sent to her a second time, she asked that Piziotiff'refused to do so and on the child be the message be sent to her to welting. Me Prior then went to fer and asked her perfectly, civilly to come down into the drawing-soom,
as
Col. Prior wished to ipak to her on
some burlóess matter but the plaintiff again....... refused, Col. Prior then went to the door of plaintiff's bedroom and asked her to come down. Plaintiff refused to comply with the request, whereupon Col. Prior gave her to under- stand that if she did not come down, she would have to leave bis heute in a quarter of, an hour Paintiff was heard to remark: "Ob, that's for," and proceeded to call up the boy to bring up her trunks?. Cal. Prior, told, ber de
maoner. Subsequently; plaintiff left and the could not allow her to leave his house in that......... defendant shortly afterwards received a letter from her solicitors making for the payment of September $39 odd, amount of mpany due up to she, 18th
Evidence was called and the case sćjourned,
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