INSOLENT CHAIR COOLIE.
Bult Against Mr. J. L. Crockett Falls.
COURT CONGESTION.
Battle to Get a Day Fixed för
Hearing.
The congested state of affairs in At the Summary Court, this morning, before Mr. Justice Gom- the Summary Court was clearly shown this morning when His
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.
ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE.
Echo of the Lascar Row Affair!“
CORRESPONDENCES
The offamas expressed by our cotree
pondents are not lie nadily that of the "Hongkong Telegraph."
Before Mr. C. D. Melbourne, at wh the Police Court, this afternoon,... a man was charged in connection Lascar Row, for which a man was sentenced at the recent Sessions.
perta, J. L. Crookett, of the Peak, Lordship, Mr. Justice Gompertz, with an armed robbory, at Lower was sued by a chair coolic pre-had to commence fizing dates for viously in his ouplay for $1.29. hearing oneos more than a week $10.50 being money duo as ahead. In one particular case Mr. Reader Harris, of Mesars there was quite a battle to got a Wilkinson and Grist, appeared day fixed for hearing
Wages.
for the defendant.
Plaintiff, in the box, at the last hearing, said he was dismissed on the 29th of July; he did not re- ceive any advance. He admitted
Lord.
· Detoolive Grant said that one
witness who was in gaol for the
THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS..
To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.**
AUGH
turb the existing orthography the ideograpliy and cannot anaal the latter, I may mention that Japan-which uses the same form of writing as China-adopts also at the same time e phonetic style,
DAIRY FARM
NEWS.
As to the remark that astudent of romanised Chinese can only read what ho has learnt to read, this is due to the fault of the system in using purely "Roman letters, onch of which repro- sents only a certain limited number of sounds; but not a Dining out this evening.
red undisputablo pronouncia- tion, especially the vowels. If a suitable set of alphabets is used, allotting tocach phonetic indicator on unchangeable duty, then the
whatever is written.
Sir, I have read with great offence would state in ovidence interest the questions asked in Mr. Bowloy appeared for the that the defendant was one con- the Legislative Council yostorday plaintiff, in the case and Mr. corned in the affair. An amah anent the turning loose of sen- Lewis for the defendant. would also say that, whilst the tenced criminals long before the Mfr. Lowis-1 ask for further robbers were in the house the expiry of their sentences, owing that $15 had bean paid to himMy friend has supplied me with defendant was on the staircase to lack of accommodation in the student can read with readinoss
and better particulars my
landing. He stood there for prisons of the Colony. particulars of money paid out by some considerable time. When his client but he does not say to those robbers went, out, carrying criminal is of greater importance Apparently the comfort of the whom they were paid.
the boxes, the defendant followed than his punishment, which, of put into the box was sentenced with natives, to whom mental them. The prisoner he would course, is absurd when dealing for the robbery. He had said distress is unknown unless accom- that the defendant asked him to panied by physical distrosa. go there that night and gavo him 83.
during the month but it was for the other two boolies; he did not have any share of it. The money was for rice and was deducted by
the master from the wages of the other two men. He had no wagos from which the money could be deducted. The master told him to go to the station for him at six o'clock, and his wife afterwards gave him orders for the chair to go at half-past six. He went ac- cording to the latter's instruc tions, and, in consequence, he was too late for the defendant. It was for being too late that be was dismissed.
The Coolle's Story,"
¡
bad discovery and he knows as Mr. Bowley-My friend has much about the case as Ldo.
His Lordship:You saw the
documente?
Mr. Lewis There was Ono Chinoso note of which this is a translation
Mr. Bowley-Some of the moneys are loans direct and the others monoy which ho guaran teed and had to pay.
Mr. Lewis- must know to whom these moneys were paid,
Full Particulars or Not?
Mr. Bowley I gave my friend the fullest possible particulare
Inst week.
I
The case was proceeding as we wont to press."
BOMB-MAKING IN THE
COLONY.
Twelve Men Before the Court.
In consequence of information to the effect that bombs were being manufacturo at 112, Queen's Road West, the police raided the promises on the 6th inst, Cortain Buizures were made Mr. Bowloy-My friend was and a bomb shell was found. not in charge of the case, a per-Chemicals were also found.
Mr. Lewis-They are not full
particulars.
This morning in answer to Mr. Harris, the plaintiff said that some of the money givon to him by the defondant was an advance on the sul ries of the other coolies, and for food. He contended that the defen lant owed him wageshaps he did not know. Bis inter- for twonty-nine days.
He denied that when he was the documents which consist of preter came round and inspected asked by Mrs. Crockett why he documents in Chinese and Eng did not fetch his master from fish and of which he might have. the tramway station he replied, had copies. There is no reason for "No wanohoo go."
an adjounrmont.
Did not Mrs. Crockett say, "I will cut you twenty cents"?- Yes,
Twelve mon were arrested and to-day, with congregating for un charged at the Police Court, lawful purpose9.
All the mon were new to the Colony and had only been in the place from three to six days.
Mr. Irving remanded the caso Mr. Lewis-I ask for further particulars and a wook's adjourn-OIL BEANS AND SEEDS.
His Lordship-I cannot give I don't understand English, to say you a day.
Mr. Bowley should like it A second chair-coolie corro-to come on as soon as possible as borated the story of the plaintif my people have come from the Mr. Harris auid that the plain-country to collect this money.
His Lordship cannot give you a day.
And did you not say, "I liko you cut me twonty conts" 2-
that. ·
mont.
k
Mr. Bowloy-Con your ship givo half a day ?
In my opinion the following method would go far towards checking the epidemia of burglary and crime and would, at the same time, relieve the congestion of the prisons. Some time ago there was" proposed" and, I believe, "carried a solemne for reclaim ing a certain portion of the bar- bour extending from the Naval Yard to Jardine's Ralinery. Wo
also have in the Colony alarge body of troops for whom it is difficult to find useful, occupation or amusement. Woll, let this re- clamation sobeno proceed, lot the convicts supply free labour under guards of troops, and let them sleep where they work, under a matshed roof, not so
aneli from a humanitarian point of view, as from the fact that if
man goes Hick the colony would lose his labour. All their "friends" would then be able to view them, from a discreet dis- tance of course, and so the unwonted spectacle of a criminal doing a full day's work That in itself would be a great deterrent.
Your Faithfully; A Sufferer:
ROMANISATION OF CHINESE.
To the Editor of the ** Hongkong.
Telegraph
Yours oto.
Chinese Post Office,
Ma Cheung Mon-ling. Cunion, August 14, 1912,
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To-day's Advertisement
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
FROM KOBE AND. MOJI,"
HE Steamship
Analysis of Hongkong Samples, In the Bulletin of the Imporis! Institute for July a good deal of space is devoted to the examination Hongkong, Aug. 23, 1912. and commercial valuation of a number of samples of oils, oil- seeds, beans, etc., received Lord-amongst other products from Hongkong last year and sinco placed in the Hongkong Court in the Public Exhibition Galleriesof of the Institute. While it is in-
"ARRATOON APOÄR," possible to follow the analysis in detail in the space at our com- Sir,-May I request your favour having arrived from thỏ above, jessts, mand, there are n number of to publish this lottor relative to consigues of cargo are hereby informed points well worth noticing. the subject of "Romanisation of that their goods will be dolivored from
skogslto. Of four kinds of soy beans, Chinese "reproduced in your
Cargo impoading the discharge will -amples were submitted to a firm valuable paper of 10th instant, landed at consignes risk and ox- of oil-seed crushers who stated as I am on inventor of Chinese pense into the Inzardous and/or extra that the amount of moisture pre- Phonography or Shorthand (hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong on the question for the provision sent was in all cases just over 8 abbreviated form of romanisu and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
tiff admitted having been ordered to fetch the muster and he said be wont, but he would prove that, when Mrs. Crockett asked him Mr. Lewis: Did you say that why he did not go to fetel. Mr your clients onme from the coun- Crookett, he replied, “I no mau-try ? öhoe go.
"Mrs. Crockett said- Mr. Bowley :-You. "I shall cut you twonly-conta and he replied "All right; I like
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you out mo twenty cents."
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Defendant, in the box, said that, on July 28, he came up by the Poak Tram at about six o'clock. In fact he thought that it was
a
little before. Neither the chair
nor the coolies were there and he
did not see them on the way when
ho went home.
BAW
can cut."
Ho
Mr. Lewis-Then I shall ask for security of coste.
Mr. Bowley-Can I have a day next week?
His Lordship am full up, Eventually, subject to a dis cussion in chambers to-morrow
EUROPEAN ARRESTED.
Serious Offence Alleged.
of security for coats and diaper cont., which is considerably tion). The first edition written covory, the caso was fixed for less than that' in the Man in English and Chinese, consist- Tuesday, Sept. 3.
churian beans commonly importing of about 200 pages with a ad into Europe. These Hong- completo vocabulary of the Can- kong beans would, it is stated, tonese and Northern Mandarin undoubtedly be preferred from dialectic sounds, represented by this point of view, and there corresponding phonetic signs and would also be loss risk of damago Chinese characters, is under pub- during transit than in the case lication and will be ready for of beans containing a higher por circulation next month, as that I am specially interested in this contage of moisture.
topic,
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Company, Limited.
No Fire Insuranco lins been affected: Bills of Lading will be countersigu od by the undersigned.
DAVID SASBOON & CO., LD., Agents. Hongkong, 22nd Aug.. 1812. (594
HONGKONG WEEKLY
TELEGRAPH.
CONTENTS.
Pages.
Mr. T. W. Hornby said that ho was at No., 10 Stewart Terrace that evening and he was with Mra. Crockett when she loft that house at 7.45 p.m.
Mrs. Crockett's chair A Europeau named John and her clinir coolies. She Charles Pollock, alias Percy J. asked them why they had not Brown, was arrested on board the
Contains all the nows of tho gone to fetch the master and Kaifong, on the arrival of the A sample of hemp seed WR
While admitting that it is nowook in a most attractive form plantiff replied "No wanche e go" latter from Manila, this morning. also submitted to a large firm of
At the Police Court Mrs. Crockett said she would out
he oil-sood crushers, who reported easy task successfully to respre-and is the paper for mailing to him twenty cents and he replied was charged before Mr. C. D.that it was dull, dirty and small, sent the Chinese language phono- friends at Home, with photograph "I like you out me twenty e ents; Melbourne, with committing aand generally rather poor in tically with its great variory of River Steamery.
criminal assault upon a girl aged quality, whilst the yield of oil of sectional dialects, I can not was low and the percentage of fall in with the pessimistic and In fact witness thought that 13 years at Shanghai.
Defondant on the application woody fibre high. "They valued discouraging view of the "L, &C. the plaintiff was no insolent that he
the sample at not more than £8 Express in condemning the thought it was not safe for Mrs. of L. S. Wills was remanded.
58. a ton in Europe (February efforts of the Chinese Romanisa- Crockett to go home by herself, Judgment was entered for the PAWNING OF CHILDREN. 1912), against £9 to £9 10s. for tionists as day-dreams and the
ordinary good heap seed. A difficulties as insuperable, Per Day by Day Twelve months' hard labour in firm of brokers stated that the mit me to quote a pasings in the sugers Lists
Hotel Lists oach case was the sentence of Mr.seed was of inferior quality to five-oharacter classics which says
$laimers C. D. Melbourne, at the Police that imported from Manohuria that "nothing is difficult in the Court, to-day, on a man and a and yielded less oil, and valued world (unless) the effort of the Commercial.........
Telegrams ......... woman charged with kidnapping at not over 20 per ton for man is not firm.”
child aged eleven years, from her crushing purposes, adding that a In the second place, the dread The Courts...........
Notes and Comments......38-41 mother, 00, Canton Road, Kow-limited quantity might be sold of the old form of the Chinese Leading Articles....... 31-37
for bird feeding at £10 per ton. Script being shakou off is Sport
...42-44 loon in May last.
Varinus kinds of edible beans groundless, for the simple reason The police, it was slated were unable to obtain the return of the were submitted to two firms of that, the script in use, botter Canton and Coast Ports. 45-47. child from the Country as they that the beans would not be sale deals with fine stylo of expression The Late Sergeant Stuart 48 merchants. One firm reported known as ideographical writing Land Slides..........48 the sum of $120.35. had not the raount required able in the United Kingdom and brilliant, thoughts, while the A Useful Publication... 48 Harris, of Messrs. Wilkin-for the redemption of the The second firm stated that their new script-let it be named The Burglary Epidemic... 48-49
child. The mother said she would nd Grist, appeared for the
50 The defendant was re-raise the amount required to get did not indicate that they pos- only and is no instructive guide Opiam Regulations......50
have to pawntwoother children to appearance was unfavourable, and phonetic writing is the repre- Signs of the Times.... that the results of the analysis sentative of the sounds of speech Plot that Failed.....
The Steam Roller. by Mr. Russ of Messrs. the stolen child back.
defendant.
HOTEL CLAIM.
The cluj of a hotel, proprietor
for money due for board and
lodging was Heard this morning the Summary Court, when Mr.
F. Reichmann of the Grand Hotel
a man named Riokarts to
ng Barlow and Mórréil.
Harris:—This is a case
Tpressed your Lordship to
last week, as we thought that defendant was going away.
a
Case to Re-heard. ~-
t
13-22
23-30
40-50
50%
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Bridge?
No; Poker. That means a late night ?. Yes, and a thirsty
morning ! and KIPPERED HERRING for breakfast AND an excuse for a cooktall or two
at eleven.
August 12, 1912.
All things are good until something better comes along?
HUNT'S
PORTS a
and
SHERRIES Are better than most and have no superior. This statement is not for wine Connoisseurs THEY have long known ita truth We make a spouialty of high-class Ports and Sherries.
SPECIFY HUNT'S.
GARNER QUELCH & CO.
SOLE AGENTS.
"THREE
CASTLES
Tel. 030:
CIGARETTES
We could make them Cheaper
dominolas BUT WE WON'T
We would make them Better
W.
A DISTINCTIVE BOTTLE.
BUT WE CAN'T ).&H.0. WILLS,
RRISTOL & LONDON.
IMITATED BY
MANY
PRODUCE OF SCOTLAND/
Perfection
EDINBURON DIRMINGHAMAKONDOL SCOTCH WHISKY
A DISTINGUISHED WHISKY.
EQUALLED BY NONE.
Price per Case, 1 doz. Quarts, Duty Paid, $21,00
BOLE AGENTS and lighten tran
....52 GANDE PRICE & CO. LTD.
sossed any special quality for tobellos lettres. The ideographi- feeding purposes, so that to find oal writing has very little sound Railway Reclamation a market in London they would values which fluctuates with the Land 50-51
New Attorney General ...51 † At the Police Court, to-day, have to be offered at a price much dialect, and this is one of the rea-Laisuraly Oporations.....61 before Mr. E. A. Irving, Mr. below that of Rangoon beans. sons that the Chinese language German Besident's Death 51 fr, RussI am instructed to Hodgson (Assistant Crown Solici. The latter beans wore quoted at has such numerous divisions. In
A Fine Factory ake my friend an offer. If he tor) made an application to have £6 to £7 per ton o. 1. f. in Maroli, dialects. To effect s uniform An Interesting Visitor 52-53|
provide ocepte it, he will get his money. oase re-heard which had been 1912, It is stated that all the of dialect and If he does not
dismissed by his Worship. The current prices quoted in the com- illiterate with an easi His Lordship:-I have nothing case was one in which a man had parisons for beans in the United abis cans of
split the amount of one bill so as Kingdon were exceptionally high, thoughts, the Mr Reichmann proved the to avoid the stamp duty. The and that the various samples has merits of dass, and judgment was entered re-hearing was fixed for Thursday would probably fotoh less in an assurance for the plaintiff.
to do with that,
Three Policeinen Shot......53--55 Steamer Convertion
Baropeana Boycotted Question of Trade Marks, Legianlive Connöllä *
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