Intimation.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1010
court port in the East By the way there
was a propons! made here some tima ngo, to form a Woman'stjuild by means
pectable servantgirls might be,
but we have heard as word of its mater tion; probably it fall through on account of
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remarks about the Police, His Excel'esc "not" accept them as matements of fact. He
was not auto that burglaries were on
Murray Stewart, and Mr. C. Clement (Clerk of Council)
The micutes of the last meeting were road creast, celtainly not the reported cases to the and confirmed.
| lý villates Buropean life to the Colony The (Co
schema appeared to provide a sensible solu... CH.0 tion of the servant problem could it have I. Badale been got under way, for by the formation of registry such as those which exist at Home a supply of excellent servants, cleanly, hard working and obliging might have been obtain ed. But as we have repeatedly printed out, the real solution of the problemisonly to befound in the compulsory registration of all Chinese servants. It is no use adopting half mon sures and making such registration voluntary. That scheme has already been tried in our neighbouring Crown Colony and it proved an ulter failure. Masters who insisted on their servanti "urgistering, or who insisted that any new servant applying for a vacancy should boʻregistered, were promptly boy costed and a whole staff often withdrawn
FINANCIAL MINUTES, The Colanial Secretary laid on the tab's Financial Minutes Nos, 77 to 81, It was gred that they be referred to the Finance Committe
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REFOKTYA The report of the Finance Cummines (No 2) wis approved.
bez APPROPRIATION HILL.
Police Office. The statemást that it was up safe for a European womla, to walk along | certain streets of the town was, ka thonghi, an exaggerated statement to be deplore that European women bad bien maited and robbed on the stredie was the case, His Ixcellency requested lo but soch täien bad not boon as frigiens Sto! Warrant nach, a statement as the
for the
formusjen Mody, and Mr. Dady,
pok great intereht: donated to the Col
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her great appreciation
No 7 Police svinced by thom responsible
somewhat sensat 'of the institate in the comfort
o'clock fast eveni Jandi being sithe men bul for whana alitɔns Pue
life and strenuous duilas Hongkong could
"wan confinad in ond ruancy
theft of two bags of rice never have attained her prasnot position of
has been quite common of late truco as ■ Isading maritima the world. It speaks much for Lady Mody's
ita question, wbwa luze quam interest in public affairs that, in spite of braid the junkt biva bain,
product in the process af advanced years, and bar
See catt Grant da paying the poslilen, tube madera personal visit, to the
prisones's coll Seaman'a Institute. So pleased was she and
all the mw, within the building that abb xhanging a fairly
received a mild 'surprisa pressed the hope that she might be permitted of the coll by bin quem to present Mes. Molson with a small souvait the man tried to chast the law We trust that other public institutions in the bucket in order to coach Colony may almilarly, minit Lady Mody's at tention and that before her return to Bombay in air over" the "dɔorway, her health and time will permit of visits to sachada Hoose" round his neck an lay special claim upon. Judies, such, for of his quate, un end-of france, as those which are concerned with to the wire. When all, was ready female education and conducted entirely by the bucket from below his fr people of her own sex. Lady Medy is a vividly throw into a dangling FORES exemplar of the people of her class who have helped to shed latre upon a most important presidency, of the brightest jewel in the British crown..
had made) The state of crime bad ra ceived, the serious attentios of the G.S.P- and the Government and no efsit was
if the desirability of teaching the lodias police
The Colonial Secretary moved the second reading of the Bill entitled Au Ordinance to Under the menacer that the Chinese are such pp 4 sum pot exceeding six million and forty being spared to reduce the record. An og of what proved a plossing and lot rosting visit, itsell
aahovsand five hundred and forty three dal faze to the Pablic Service of the rast age
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dels at employing. Chummeries bad to a
men English, thein was already a school in and bachelors and married couples had to mi-”
The Clonial Treasurer conded. sijance for that purpose and they were given gratotohotels. The Ordinance was repealed,
Hon. Mr. Hewatt.ob babalf of the untfficials a liberal allowance for qualifying, His Excel- and since then the Hylam guild of domestic embers reviewed the Ritimates in detail, fancy said fortber, that the delay in the construc-, servants runs the households of Singapore' to ve dealt with the conftibution to be made by tion of the Typhoon Refage had been caused at suit its conveniences. The richer class of the Imperial Coverament of account of the dee the lpitiation of the schema by the opposition of employers, where pay is good and pickings created revenus dervable from the oplem consia big shipping firms. The new Qonens ample, are comfortable coough, but it in the traffic, and declared that the contribution of Status What would be plain atac less well-to-do classes that too often find $5,000 was not at all equitable to the loss ture but quite in keeping with the themselves at the mercy of the servants the the Cal:ay would locur, amensting as requirements of the locality. As for guilds. As things are at present Euro.told to 5:22,500 in the first year, $165, des Blake Fiss, it was an exceedingly substantial pean residents are absolutely under their
fracture and therefore economical; and the root had not ɔwa away in the first typhoon as thumb. Implayers of servants have
some peop'e bai predicted. Regarding railway no means whatever of finding out, the
m tless, His Excellency explained that tha characters they had in their last places, or
Government had come to the conclusion that why they weredismissed. False testimonials,
it would be mors economical to bave their Robert Porter & Co.'s it is well known, may be purchased for a few
own workshops and it was for the same rea cente, and the purchaser, without any scruples
son that it had been decided to have 3, a ter» of conscience, adopts the name they are
Taimshatsui, mingi station at Blackbend's los cad of at made out in for the time being. As very few employers ask their servants' names, however, it is not often necessary to do this, The boy, who must necesarily occupy a position of trust in the household, may be a murderer, a thief, or a bad character of the worst sort, but there is no way of finding this out until his employer has the fact brought home to him by painful experience. No doubt any registration laws that might be estab
·lished in this Colany-would-be-strenuously
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the second year, and a proportionately larger sam in the third year. On behalf of the rate payers, the unofficial mambara protested against this treatment. As regards the Police Department the bes, member complained of the inefficiency of the Force as shown by the increasing insolence of sichsband chair corties, the faulty contr 1 of street burglaries and of cases of European indien be. raffic, the increasing number of larcenies and log assaulted and robbed in the street. He also referred to the delay in the completion of the Pra: Office and the Law Coutts med referred in contrast to the quick way in which Mongkokisui Typhoop Shel:or was belag, postel forward, Amangt gther things, Hao, Mr. Hewatt.com plained about the lowness of the rails, put up around the plots in States Square, these, he aid, at being of sufficient light to keep opt the sampan children.
might leadto'some inconvenience in the be- tried so belittle it, and he tra ted it would be
weat Bodelected and 'unpurished'
read a second time.
The Bill was then referred to ihs Finance Committee of Council for consideration.`
PHARMACY. 3
Council resumed considera iɔn in Committes
of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to smer d the
Pharmacy Amendment Ordinance, 19 0.
The Bill was súbirquently real a third time' and passed.
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RE-FLOATED AND UNDAMAGED.
Mr. Frad. J. Halton, agent in Hongkong for the P‚M,5,S. Co., Jaforma un that the nu Tenys Maru grounded near Kinteau Lightship on Monday, the 25th, at 4.30 p.m. and was fated on Tuesday at 1.00 p.m. 'No ̈damage: | wha'ever occurred. She luft Shanghal "on
Wednesday at 5pm. ¡
HONGKONG HOCKEY CLUB,
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Hockey Club was held yesterday evening the Mongkong Jockey Club, Mr. J. Barton The Council then adjuned antil Thursday, presided. The accounts showed a balance of 13-h⋅ prox
F NANCE COMMITTEE A meeting of the Fiparce Commilles was
held immediately after the meeting of Council, I was agreed that the following vases be re- commended for adoption by the Consci
FUEL AND LIGHT. **
A sam of filty dollars, la 'nid of the vole Medical Departments, G.- Institutes, Other Chuges, faʻi sad light. A
--GOVERNMENT LAUNCHFS)..
$1965 and the Challenge Cup accounts a credi, of $37.64 The accounts ware adopted. The committes for the ensuing year is as follows Mesin J. Barton, chaleman L. G. Bird, Cap
tain; Barnes; Shaw and Johnson, commlites. The genal voles of thanki ended the meeting
atrangement for.
above ground, in which state he less have remained hal not the arrived in the sick of time to remove the pl
sobai from his perilous plight. The latter was profase in his apologisa, for failing to succeed in bis attempt.Th's morning he was brought up at the Magistracy, where he was awarded Tourisan daya had labour for the theft and a further term of one mes b for trying to leave the sense of his activities before his time."
HONGKONG NOOIHALL CLUBS
"ANNUALMERKINGË
The "henual" meeting "of the Hongkong Football Club was beld af the office of Messrs. ardine, Matheson & Co, atleiday," Mr. Frank Browne prasided, and thats way a fair attendance of members, US
The Chairman shid he thought members, would agree that the Club hid had a successful reason. The Association team did not do as
wall as usual, as the Club soffired to soma axrant owing to their helping the formallon of the Kowloon team. The Rugby Xi, was wARY successful, and that was due in a great mésvurs to the Captain, Mr. Melira'th. He thought but did not thlak they saw a better one: (Ap those present had seen many good capiales,
The motion for the adoption of the report plause), these negligence en
and accounts was then put to the meetin and it was vorulmeusly carried, tryi
THE case in which a Chinese was charged with the alleged murder of a shroff who was in the ampley of the Chamber of Commerce was this sidest of the Club, and the election of cfficers The Hop, Mr. H. Keswick was elected pret afternoon withdrawn by the Crown owing to
nordand rosolled as follows --Hod Megasumir,, Mr. O, S, On September 18 the death occurred at Han. Asacelation captain, Mr. A. Gregory; Com- insufficiency of evidence.
Web Barnes; Rugby captain, Mr. H, W. Lester kow of Monsieur, Georges Marissa, Consul mittes, Mesir. H.I.O. Gurett, P. W. Gold General for France. Monsitar Morisse was a ring, H. Fanter and R. C. Búlaŵ, ZZER Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. ......Ha left wi Mr. Garrett proposed a vote of thanks to the A sum of one thousand five hundred dollars - widow and two children.
Chairman for all be had Cose to the Club, and
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The Hongkong Gelegraph vanis to be registered, and to supply a list of Liplocal de arboribused of the adult thieves to aid of the vo's Folice and Pafton Depatit-This seven man whose catiadition the Chinese trated that he would have a pleasant telp
meats, for the following items
... A--l'alice,
Hoa. Mr. Osborne congratulated the Gavein mext on karing proceeded with the Typhoon shelter in spite of the eff.nts of those who had ginning but if residents agreed to combined pushed to completion withis contract time, action and to employ none but registered ser-Slice the typhoon of 1906 life and property varts things would quickly adjust themselves bad been topardised more than once by and the boys would be compelled to fall into
ma of the absence of a typhoon refege, and line with the new regulations or else quit the ra: share the fate of the Past" (ffice and ba hoped that this important work would Colony through lack of employment, In Law Coutts, eg rds the Pulis the Ceylon there exists a very useful registertion boa, member said be bodemlood the difficulties system, which has been in operation for they Intoured under, but he thought it wan. do On Septembar 24, 1910, at Shangbai, Gonge nearly twenty years and has given satisfaction their credit that they accomplished what vole Miscellaneous Services, coat tracks, scales, A sum of four hundred dollars in aid of the Ernest Sharman, of Shanghai, to Ethel, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Folroyd, of Oldto all concerned. The provisions of the they did. From personal experience he knew baskets, shovais, piles, ropes, cic for the store, him.{Lancashire) and Shanghai,
Ceylon law may be summarised thus:1) that at the present time copiiderable crime for coal for Government launches. On the introduction of the Ordinance it was
Burglary and hi.hway robbery weta on the lacres.
„POLICE AND FILE BUIGADE. the duty of the master to cause all bis ser Lule children of tender yours were now them to the Registrar, showing the names, who f rmerly fréquented the streets. Swarms capacity in which employed, and dale of of thieves were carrying on a regular ampaign engagement of each. (a) Ou engaging offelony in the Harbour, directed chiefly agalost servant, to enter in the servants' pocket re- foreign shipping. He #gned that the Force gister the date and capacity in which he is should be sufficiently equipped to meet the Co Iny'sneeds. Referring to the is create of $25 ono engaged. (3) Oo discharging a servant, to under Sanitary Deparment huiding, the ton, Of all the ills and discomforts to which insert in the pocket register the date and member painted our that this year, had been Huropeans resident in the Kast have to sub-cause of discharge. (4) To give to each memorable ar ope that had been remark mit, there is none more grevious than that discharged servant à character, or to furnish ably free from epidemic disease and remaked which has been aptly described athe to the Registrar his reason, in writing, for that is the circumvirocés ons Baturally word tyranny of the house-boy." Married women refusal. (5) A master is prohibited from engig. have expo ted that there wou'd have been a de coming from Home to manage their husing a servant who fails to produce his pocket he could not have been the same amount crease instead of an increase in the Edimaten. bands' household ate perhaps the greatest register, or whose register is incomplete. We do for the Department to do. sufferers amongst the many, In Europe, they not see any reason why such a law should bot bave been accustomed to maid servants who, be introduced in Hongkong and we think whatever be their individual qualifications it is high time that our legislators took the for service, are as a class a most admirable whole question of servants' registration body of workers-clean, smart, willing, seriously in hand with a view to the eradica and obedient. When she comes out East,tion of a very present trouble. however, she finds that, instead of the cheap
Homokong, TuvRSDAY, SETT, 29, 1910.
TYRANNY OF THE CHINESE
HOUSE-BOY...«
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
bis two unoffi: 1 colleagues in what they bad Hon. Mr. Wel Yuk, while concurring with
said about the Police, thought that the Chia ase Datective Force were deserving of credit for the number of arrasin made by itam fol- Ieblog upon reparts, of crimes made to the Pelica
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Hon Mr. Chatham, in replying to some of hoped this would be the last time their the references made to public works, said he |
friends the Font Office and the Law Count would come up for dacussion (Hear, her) He thought he could, aisure bon. members that
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Other Charges, transport... 51,000 B.- Fire Brigade, Other Charges. Coil
201 ---Repairs to engines and plant
Siores' „ quinines a
Total...
250·
200
150
500
COMPENSATION. A sum of fonty Gre dollars in aid of the wote Medical Departments, C—los liutes, Bacterio, compensation for destruction at the Poblic logical Institute and Mortuaries Other Charges,
2. GRATUITY.
in aid of iba vote Charitable Services, gratuity A sum of ons hundred pound; siciling ((100)
to Mr. Alfred Carter
CASTLE PEAK PIER.
A tum of one thousand five hundrad dollars in aid of tire vore Poblic Works, Extraordinary, Buildings, pier at Castle fesk Biy.
This was a}} the business. ina
Government is seeking in connecting with the Colowan pirates w.7s again brought up before Mr. E. R. Hallifax at the Magistracy this alter moon. Fascher evidence was called and the casa remanded
WE note that KL G. W. Gigs, formerly man par of "Kennedy's stables" in Hongkong, has passed air foal examination as a veterinary surgeon at the Catario: College, and is now saying in the Pacific North West previous to
Home and reform in the best of health.
vote was acknowledged, and. Mr. Bree, in reply, said he was always glad to do anything for football and towards the Club, and this ended the meeting.
The report of the committes stated that wany three new mambars have been added to the list of members face the last report: Daring the season the Association team has not been so successful as fa'past years, winning only six of the marchas played. Prospecie ara gener baiter, however, for the coming season. The ACCORDING to the latest lavestigation meds: Rugby Tiltaes has had one of its most success-
his return to China ar
by the authoritas, says the Ceou! Press, the fal seasons, winning all olevan matches played.
Mortary of blackets, rugs, etc., belonglog in total number of Chinese resident in Korex is and acosing a 'otal of 195 points, against a total Mr Chapman.
| 11,15), including 68 officials, 3 75a merchants, of 211. Special interest was revivad in Rugby: 989 farmers and: 335 persons who are "engagad | owing to the enïrgy of the Captain, Nr. G. D.
Scout. Anne Chal erge Cap, subscribed for by members of | in ledustry. Of the number 1 753 persons liva | Mellish, and the loanguration of a specia
A TRANS Atlantic balloon, walch is bring con- the Hongkong Football Club and of both the stracted at Atlantic City, is about to make a
Services, to be played for annually by the trial 8ght. The balloon is 210 fest in height Hongkong Fos ball Club and teams terras and is to be commanded by Me Wellman, log the Navy and Army, respectively. The Club Wireless telegraphic apparatus is lostalled for bas the honour of belog the first the balloon, which can travel 3,030 miles in phy. The six a-side com four days in a fair windo
this season by Mr, Weston s buat Shield compitillon 13 TE BORANE from Brigor, Swie'rland, state | beaten is that first round, thay M. Cikver,the Porowinaaviator Turcaeded Artillery
eccomplishing a trans-alpine figh, landing to the
plane and M. Chaves was ploned beneath the leg alighting a gust of wind overturned bis zero- The bon. motor. He was badly injured, scream
A QUESTION OF SECURITY,
and efficient supply of servants which is so often and erroneously talked about io Eu-Rais has broken out in Province Walle, dy. rope as being obtainable out here, there con fronts her a very much worse state of things essas A. G. Ravenhill and d. M. Alport than ever had to be faced at Home, There, bave joined the Voluntear Scouts Company. Bay, a chrok with two servants would suffice Tux world's output of coal during 1918 ls com- both buildings would be completed by the THE CARRYING OF A. FREIGHT OF FIREWOOD for an average house; and, if the family, in-pated at 1,265 million tons, with an estima'ed or in the Post Cfics structure, to whichire. Jodge, in the Court of Summary Joji'diction at Domodossola in; Italy; at the moment at Football
middle of next year. As for certain incongrui. Before Me JosiceHassland, Actino Polras cludes children, nurse also will be required value of £400.co.000," Io the East a perfect bevy of Chinese boy CCMPANY Sergeist-Mejar 1. W. Gloys, of servants is required, the cook must have his No. a Antillery Company, H.K.V.C., le per- assistant, every child has to have, an amat mitted to resign with effect from the syrd inst. -fce itself, and the house coolies also have to A Man was awarded six months' Bard labour be taken into account; whilst over and above at the Magistracy this morning for stealing all there is usually a gang of hungers-on las 5 100 worth of clothing and for pawning same festing continually the servants quarters and for $100
living in a great part on the food belonging to LIEUTENANT J. A. T. Plommer, of No. 1 Cam the house. Of courts, there are exceptions; pany, Hongkong Volunteers, is granted leare but on the whole the description given of absence for 3 weeks with effect from the abovo conveys a fairly accurate Idea of howard inst
responsible, for the building had been 15. Queen's Strmat, aned Wong U Fam and the ference" bad-bees, made, the P.W.D. were this morning, the Káng: Cring, Hang firm, of erected according to the architect's original Wing Las Karg Ste, of 44, Ko Shing treet to design which had been accepted as the best recover the sum of $108 in subsidiary cping MICH offered. The erection of low railings round belog amount deposited with the defendants the plote: In Status' Fq1*rd was "designed to as security for freight for conveying firewood girs effect to Sir. Lugard's idea that balong to the plaintiffs, Mr Ji WG Idring the Equare should be made to intala at of Messrs. Goldring, Barlow and Morrall p much as possible the appearance of an open peared for the plaintifs and Mr. E. Davidson, be space The increase in respect of Kowloon of Mouts. Hastings and Hastings, represented or Waterworks was das to the fact that their the dafardant, capacity bad besa 'ab ut doub'ed and the the matter stands at present in Hongkong. A MOTIVE was charged is the Police Cour, this gards the Typhase Shelter, no eff it would be calchment arce very largely increased. As a At the beginning the mistress will try to ef morning with the alleged kiderpping of eigh, spared to complate it........cirati fect an alteration, even to the extent per
teen children in connection with the Colowar His Excellency, repiring to some of the haps of superintending the cooking herrell The case was remanded.
critcisms that had been made on the Eslimsins, A but lo'sha and has to admit defents which THE Aquic parts of the St. Joseph's Ck Bezo remarked that while the coairibatiba from lag of the action, her friends with longer experience of life day afternoon, had to be postponed on accounts Optom Farm was not adequate for the THE Japan
swimming club, which were to be held faster” home towards meeting the Colony's low ca out East may have already, unheeded, pro of the choppy sos and the sireng tide, *** nounced inevitable. The boy comes officialsma ELEME përpone, alf that he had wild, and
DAMAGE to the extent of Siz0,000 was done by up way more, was that
from the contest, whilst the poor
lady is forced to submit to his
ratira to her alti
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nst the exaggerated.
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the engine
Mr. Goldring, informed, the Court that the THL whether the Brewood was a question which would have to be decided was lying at Ocom chi caught fire
shipped by the
as a depull. Ulvers kung fandants, or whether the sum was handed over When the Aro ?
A dan was fired provisipaally for the bear" "doza fɔ
could pors
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a fire which broke out at Cholon, a suburb ofthit a substantial contribution would ba maka talgon, on September 8, in a paper and ropa in oider to cover thatig
coollès. Citil fentica (who wer moking in one of the houses bara.. kábla, by
properly.Was Lajuted: four? Export dates SIKA.
of the amisst. Tär dime!
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