THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913.
the bars.
GIANT STRIDES:
DAY BY DAY.
"THY FRIEND HAS A FRIEND, AND THY FRIEND'S FRIEND HAS A FRIEND, SO BE DISCREET."
China at C'a.m. to-day. American, Canadian and Siberian Maile-Laven per Shinyo
Maru to-morrow. Siberian Mail-Due
Assaya tomorrow.
A. CHILDREN'S
PLAY GROUND.
COCAINE CASE ECHO.
1 Mr Goldring and “Telegraph
Articles,
because they have no votes and are not rate payers. Never again will they retrieve their oa1 soily for enjoyment. ISPECIAL ARTICLE]
later life we speak metaphorically About Gva years ago, the arist- of honeymmen couples and Buch Gorsey Kensington Gardens like being "as happy as a pair of
This afternoon in the Pulion children," but we know we are ..wa horified to harn that a
The happy Court, before Mr F. A. Hazeland, charitable lady he offered to talking nonsense.
child will grow into the con- Chan Tean-mow was charged provide the funds to institute a tented citizen and it is up to us with being in unlawful possession children's play-ground. Kena ington Gardens lie to the west of
of a quantity of morphine at Kowloon on September 11. Hyde Park in London and its aristreracy is that of the bath chair, and the parambulator, erabbad nge and joyous youth, with an unheeded smattering of middle-aged ratepayers who sail model yachts in the Round Pond or exercise their doge under the abady elms. They were
per 8.8.
recessions, including that of Mr.
The Malls. Ernest Baworth, financial secre- Siberian Mail-Lift per tary to the Independent Labour Party. Such wen as these are rather big fish to land, and their having "verted" is a great score to the Unionista. As a matter of fact, such conversions are far com moner than the newspapers would hayo us believe. Not a year goes by but some dozens or hundreds of young men, usually of the more educated classes, pass out of the ranks of Socialism, back to the traditions of Conservatism in
Dr Lobb Leaves.
Among the passengers by the sa Empress of India which left yesterday was Dr Lobb.
Sent to Hospital. which, probably, they were reared. A Chinese has been sent to the The truth is that Socialism appeals hospital suffering from injuries very strongly to the clever lad who alleged to have been inflicted by is young enough, honest enough a man now in custody, and enthusiastic enough to kick against anobbary, conventionality and unfairness; he knows that all
The Dartmoor Shepherd."
Oar-old friend the "Dartmoor Shepherd" has got on the war. path again, for we see from the mail papers that he has been remanded on a charge of sacrilege
Sijk Notice. The Silk shipped from Hong
New York on September 23. Japan" on August 27 reached
aug.ir.
Unlawful Possession.
The Rosario.and the Merlin." Now crews for the sloop Rosario, parent ship of Far East Submar ine Flotils, and surveying ship Marlin, employed on the
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Remanded
China
a
Bill
to discharge our debt to posterity. *When all is said that wise men
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When youth is fled, what's left
to man?'
ANOTHER PIRACY.
Prior to the case being called on, Mr. P. W. ̈ Goldring, of Mesars Goldring and Russ, who appeared for the defence, called his Worship'e attention to certain articles, which spreared in the Hongkong Telegraph on September 8 and 17. MrGoldring, said:-(Verbatim)
farther horrified when they learnt Hongkong Steamer held up and Your Worship, before Mr Orms
that the Commissioners of His Majesty's Parks and Gardens had
Looted.
left, I called his attention to certain artioles in the press and accisted the offer and allotted for
Since the piratical attack on he informed me that he would the project a piece of ground at the Tai On, local ships picceeding mention the matter to your Wor the Kensington Palace and near Livorwards have not bean molest ship to obtain your Worship's
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Mr Hazeland I have not seed
And
is far from being right with the Kong by "R.M.S. "Empress of the Bayswater Road. It seemed. It was hardly probable, how opinion of the article that
to the rate-payers of world, and, the moment he comes
ed the West End a revolting idea to ever, that such a peaceful state of appeared the day before,
affairs would exist for long, and into touch with the doctrines of
Mr Justice Gompertz.
jeneɔarage 'common childran" to
last night another piracy was the article. Higher Socialism, he rees in them
Mr Justice Gompertz, Puisap and disturi the immemorial osim
come and play in the Gardens added to the long liet concerning Mr Goldring--If that in so, if a care for the world's ailments
Ioal waters.
your worship wishes-and' I Disillusionment comes earlier to Judge who has been Home on of their ordered paths and trim some than to others; some-all leave is expected as passenger on tulip beds with screams and Rengete the Licorne, a vessel on very stringent and I might say, With a complement of pas mentioned also to Mr Orme the honour to them-have lived and the ss. Mongolia which is dus to abouting. It mattered not that the Hongkong-Wuchew tun, lefi melicious artiole that appe red in died staunch to their now faith; leave England on October 3.
they were screams of joy and Hongkong at seven o'clock last the same paper-the Hongkong but, with most, sooner or later
shouls of laughter farbeiter night She had alto a fair general Telegraph on the night of Mr the gloss weare off and; on A man from West Point was that the boniga Victoriau atunc cargo. All went with customary Duncan's conviction, which tend abandoning their Socialism, the fined $10, or in default one sphere of the Gardens should not smoothness until ff Ki O., in ad, to myway of thinking, to con- best that they can say of it is that month, by Mr. Hazeland, at the be violated. society is not ripe for its doctrines Polios Court, this morning, for Now, after five years, the inhah-Chinese waters, when the ship firm the very improper method of was rurhed by a body-so far 88 commenting on a case sub judice. yat.
being in unlawful possession of itants of Kenington have got can be ascertained-of saven or It was well known to the press
ured to the children's playground eight pirates. The man
were at that time that two osk a were and it vies successfully with the armed with revolvers and knives, panding at the time
Mr. Hazeland --But this is Albert Memorial, the London
In consequence of theirattack some Museum, the Dutch Gardens and of the passengers were injared, morphine! the Orangery (where Messrs but fortunately none of them were Mr. Goldring-Well, it is the Tilling have lately placed a ban killed. The wounds inflicted were same thing, your Worship; the som-cab and an old nife-board knife and shot wounds: The piratea article covers both. I don't mean at Whitby. Most of our readere Station, left the Naval Depot, bus)... As one of the sights wil recollect the amusingly Chatham, on 27th ult, for Davon-of the Gar lens. Americans with quickly ast to work to make their to say that there is no differenco unenviable position in which Mr. port.
task of looting easy, and com-between "morphins and ecosine, their Baedekers pause. to Winston Churchill placed himself,
menced by fastening down the but there were two cases pending Army Appointments. contemplate, and aged rate-payers when Home Secretary, by ordering
passengers in the holds. The and it was then alleged that, of the release of this blameless par-
Major P. B. Morris, Duke of stop their bith-chairs to glean coxswain was tied up as was the the two cases, one involved the An eminent evolutionist who is also a grost lover of children son, from Portland. As a theorist Cornwall's L.L, has been placed welcome remiadereof a frolicsome captsin (Chinese). The way for other, and my feeling is this, that suggested some time ago to the Curator of the Monkey House at the in sociology and criminology, Mr on duty with the draft joining energy long forgotten. They plundering then being clear they the press should not, and that Zo in Regent's Park that it would be a good thing to supply his Churchill of course understood the 2nd Battalion at Hongkong witness in the flesh the joyful les took charge of the ship and they are guilty of contempt of charges with toys and appliances for play. The experiment was at the gaol-bird mind and tempera- Captain W. A. Moore, R.G.A. has sons that youth is always trying to turned her heat towards Sam court in commenting on the osse once tried and has turned out na immense success. The large cages ment a great deal better than any be appointed to the Hongkong- teach oldage and which at the other Pan Chau; at least that is the in the way they did that day, are now full of happy monkeys, romping on swings, ringa nad bars, prison governor could hope to do; Singapore Battalion, R.A. end of the Gardeas, are represent name by which the place is when they knew Mr Duncan's case aad generally enjoying themselves with the toys provided. They hut, alas for the triumph of mere Hongkong Timber Company. ed by poor Peter Pann marble. known in Earopaans, though the was coming on, and when they And what causes all this con- Chinese term is Lung Yus. knew there were also other caden are pleasanter to watch it is hoped, they will live longer (the practical experience over book Notice is given that the business monkoy's life in captivity is very short-rarely more than a year) knowledge and twopenny-half of the Hongkong Timber Com contrated delight? A play. The pirates secured two chests pending. And the press know and, above all, with fewer idle bande" they are less disposed to penny sentimentalism, our Dart-pany, carried a by Mr T. W ground. A little plot of ground of opium, nine packages of very well that the present oase mischief amongst themselves or towards the spectat rs, whose ban moor friend proved an irreclaim- Kidd, will, on and after October, railed off and fitted with a few neta and spectacles were formerly in peril if they ventured too close to able blackguard, and was very1 be carried on under the style of appurtenances to help obildran general cargo, sad about one was pending. I am asking for an thousand dollars in money, expression of opinion from the pon "doing time" again-if our Messrs Melchers & Co. Timber to enjoy themselves. A turret-faving prepared their booty for bench, from the senior Magistrate clock (with the grim warning for does not play us false, Department. memory
carrying away, they unfastened of the colony, as to whether it We have our own "little monkeye" and it is worth considering for stealing and pawning, the
little people Time Flies two of the ship's boats, lowered was or was not proper. whether the above desirable results could not be obtained in their case parish Bible from a church! Mr. Bazeland, at the Police drinking fountain. There is a be about 10.30 in the even at the time, I do not do this upon also and by similar methods. Wa publisk to-day a short secount off Mr. Churchill had possessed a Court this morning, remanded lavatory with a baxom caretaker ing when they took charge of the my own responsibility, but be surmounts a small shelter and a them, and made away. It would also, as I pointed out to Mr Orme a children's play-ground of the type that is springing up all over tithe of his father's inborn sense man in police custody until to always in attendance to look after ship, and they did not leave her cause so many people pointed out England, bringing joy not only to the small inhabitants of London, of humour, he would not-at the morrow, on a charge of being in the kiddies. Neddles to say she until about one o'clock in the to me that it was very bad when but sise to the stunted dwellers in slum-land and (from a child's tearful instigation of Mr Lloyd unlawful possession of a revolver bas hard work, but on Saturday morning. She was deserted in such cases were pending. That point of view) the hardly less undesirable rows of workmen's re- sidences in the manufacturing districts. A plot of ground is not powera 88 Home Secretary" over Sergeant Pincott has the case in of volunteer helpers there, and it
George-bave, "exercised
his and ammunition at Yaumati afternoons there seam to be plenty the neighbourhood of Wong Moon. is to say, they were sub judica. suflicient. Swings and see-sawe are also necessary, with others the release of the gentle shepherd, hand.
After the pirates had got And further articles-if your wor simple delights. It is wonderful what pleasure such a simple thing and we should not be chortling
is surprising how motherly game clear
away, the érew Possession of Sugar..
got ship pleases, I shall be happy to as the tortuous trunk of u umbled down tree will give to the to-day over the re-arrest of said
of the elder girls themselves are the ship under way and brought send copies along which ap children. It is also essential that the ground be well drained or shepherd.
Inspector Gerrard charged a little matrons of seven or eight her back to Hongkong. When perred immediately after Mr. cemented and, in this climato, shade is required as soon as possiblej
Chineza before Mr Hazeland, at summers.
she arrived this morning, the Duncan had been convicted-the we may mention that oak trees take about a contury to grow.
the Police Court, this morning, There is a long range of swings, Hon. Mr. Mol. Messer, Captain very day although they knew Lavatory accomodation and superintendence is of course desirable if It is interesting to read, in one with being in unlawful possession commencing with undangerous Superintendent of Police, and Mr. perfectly well, and it was in- funda will run to it.
of to-day's wires, that the of three sugar baskets the pro- chairs, about a foot from the King, the Assistant Superinten- timated in Court that we had Tetrarch-easily the best of this perty of the fiteni Busan Kaishs ground for baby, and ending dent of Police visited her and applied for a stated Case. Il n'y a que is premier pas qui coute and the plot of ground season's two-year-olds has been A eenience of one month'a împrie with huge gallowe-like erections made the necessary investigations. which the P.W.D. has provided at Kowloon may be regarded as a insured at Lloyd's against in- oument and four hours' stocks, on which the most audacione From enquiries made by the [Mr Dancan was convicted on good beginning. A similar plot should be acquired for Hongkong ability to run in next year's Derby, was passed.
flights oan be accomplished Telegraph, it appears that the September 16th. and both should be properly fiued up in the manner suggested. at 25 per cent. The Tetrarch is so
standing on the seat. There are attack was similar to the one on On September 17th. noties The site must of course be central, because children cannot travel much the best of the two-year- A concert will be given by Mrs. few see-saws and other ap- the Tai On, and was carried out of *appeal was far for their amusements. There is a plot by the government olds that bats of 3 to 1 against Lamb, assisted by several local pliances whose purpose is not so by persons who had booked as against the decision given on offices which looks as though it could be extended and made suit him in the Derby are already amateurs, at St. Patrick's Catholic obvious. Then there is a sand-passengers. Itiscontended that the the 16th September. able, or perhaps one of the lawns in the Botanical Gardens could be quoted. The man who insures Club on Saturday October 11, bath, with rather grimy sand arms and ammunition were taken 18th Hongkong Telegraph sacrificed. The Gardens themselves somewhat resemble a London against a breakdown, therefore, The club building is now being where the jaded London babies on board during the day, when "Extra" reprint Park in this respect. They are too formal, too primly respectable does 60 the supposition entirely overhauled and renovat find at their doors the delights anyone has access to the ship, Mr. Goldring, of Messra, Gold- (though we have seen leap-frog played on the paths) with too much that, if the horse rans ed. We understand that the more dearly come by at Margate and that the robbers embarked ring and Russ, has writted to
Clacton-on-Sea. keep of the grass" in their atmosphere to make a proper Elysium all, he will win. That is a pro ty regulations of the club are to be or
And, in the ordinary course just before Mr. Geoffrey Norman Orme, ask for obildron. A corner, however, might be set apart.
big supposition. Assuming, how. ever, that a bet of £100 were now re-organised and that ju fature finally, there are the giant sailing. The police searchers ing him to state a case in con- As our readers are aware, we have interested ourselves con-made, and that a policy for £200 membership will be limited to strides. A fall post with a dozen searched all the passengers an noction with the morphine and siderably in this matter and there is one further point we wish to were also taken out, the deal would persons who are associates of the ropes pendent from a ball-bearing they were about to board the cocaine conviction imposed upon Bommit, after the fashion of a steamer for a considerable time George Leopold Duncan of emphasize. These proposed play-grounds are exclusively for Euro work out like this:-If the horse Apostleship of Prayer,
may-pole. Frenzied bands seize before sailing, but found no arms Mesers. McEwen, Frickel & Co. Fokis Disappear. peans and we do not think the Chinese children ought to be neg-won, the proposer would make
the ends and lected. Their capacity for amusing themselves in very great, as any £300 on his bet. From this would
A shopkeeper of 15 Wellington whirl begins. Small females fly fore, that the
the dizzy It appears highly probable, there- Editor HKT.]
pirates got one who has watched them playing with kites or shuttle-cooks in the have to be deducted £50, the cost Street has reported to the police cut almost horizontal with display their arms on board during In a colony like this it seems to gutter or surreptitiously practising Chinese editions of" prisoner's of the insurance, leaving a not that be gave bis foki Sam Sau of long black stockinge kicking the early part of the day. me that some restraint should ha or Tom Tiddler's ground" on the Murray Barracks Parade pr. fit of £250. If the borse were $70 with which to pay an ac frantically from disordered lin. There is no information to hand put upon the press. The only will have noticed. The Chinese are so accustomed to work and be scratched, the propsser would count, and that the foki has disap-gerie and abrieks such as those at the time of going to press as to alternative we have is to go to thrifty at the earliest opportunity that the play days of irresponsible receive £200 on his policy, would peared with the money. A shop which accompany the descent of the identification or the capture the Chief Justice and apply for youth are very short indeed. They ought to be correspondingly lose £100 on his bet, and keeper from 42, Upper Lagoar the water shute. Round they 80, of any of the pirates. It is con- committal for contempt of court brighter than those of more fortunate children and they deserve a would have to deduct from the Row has also reported to the and when they stop from sheer jectured, however, by those who which is a difficult and lengthy play-ground. It is undesirable, if not impossible, both from their own remaining £100 the premium of police that he gave bis foki 8400 exhaustion, other little hands know the river that they belong process, and it appears a little and their parents' point of view to have "mixed" play-grounds; so £50. He would, therefore, he with which to pay an account rush for the ropes and the game to the neighbourhood in which invidious on our part if the Chinese should be given special play-grounds of their own. just £50 to the good. The deal and he has decamped with the begins again.
they deserted the ship.
that is done because it has If the Chinese were encouraged to play, the results might be rests, of course, on faith in the money.
Bach is the children's play- They were apparently very not happened since the very far-reaching. They evidently have it in them, when young horse's ability to win if it goes to Messrs Carlowitz-a Correction. ground. It doesn't cost anything careful as to the handling of the days of Mr Fraser-Smith, who was at any rate, and that is she time to catch them. It might enable the post; but, then, most beta
With regard to the recent Re-Ike so much as a cricket pavilion crew, and the passengers, and, connected with the Hongkong them to keep out of certain forms of mischief (not to say vice) and rest on that basis.
utar wire concerning railway or a golf house and the joy it though they wounded several Telegraph, I would ask your even in the not too distant future to bear off international trophies
negotiations between the German gives is not only out of all they took care not to commit worship to take into consideration or produce a champion boxer. They have it in them: the eye, the
firm of Carlowitz and the Gov-comparison as regards the murder.
whether an vintemparate patience, the resouros. With a slight change of diet, the necessary
Orang-Utans In Ireland.ernor of Yunnan, the Hamburger numbers participating, but is
article like that; a gro atamins could be developed and it would be very pleasing if sarions The two young orangs brought Nachrichten learns from a reli- also of a much intenser kind. The authorities have the miter intcourate article liko Chinese sport could have its genesis in a British Colony, from Borneo by Mr PO Brackable source that the report is not And indeed more is necessary. The in hand and it is to be hoped that that following a conviction, when That perhaps is a matter somewhat removed from the subject enbary have been purchased from correct in the form given, and joy of children is irrepressible before many days have elapsed, they knew a case was coming on of the present article. We should like to see this matter of the their owner by the Zoological or German contemporary sag, and they will play if necess
obscure as the obancea of catching followed vén with more in provision of suitable play-grounds for Europeans and Chinese Society cf. Ireland, and went to geats that ita underlyi object in the gutter""" though
the deliments appear it will children taken seriously in hand. Suitable land will never be more Dublin last month, where they will is to draw the attention al forol: child seldom gives vent
colong easy to provide than it is to-day. A good first step has been taken join himpanzee. lent to the competitora: to hegotia in the play gound at Kowloon in the time for giant strides. Dublin
the London China thist
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The Tetrarch and Insurance."
at
St Patrick's Club Concert.
of delight
n the play gro dany childr
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be announced that, as in the On piracy, tome at least of the robbers have paid the penalty of
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