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Punjabis Arrive,"
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The P. and O. Delta brought notice that instractions have been 13 men for the 28th Panjabis issued by the Ministry of Eduar
from Bombay. tion in Peking to the Civil Governors of the Provinces that all the Women Suffrage Unions are to be dissolved, the task being delegated to the Commissionera of Education.
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Some Reflections,
It is evident from this that the new Government is to stand no nonsenes from these politically- given to understand that they must mind their own sffairs and nat interfere in matters of State. All the same, it is a somewhat drastic order, for as long as thers is no resort to violence and law- breaking no harm can be done by permitting the establishment of organisations which aim interesting women in political Among the through passengere questions. Iuony Western country by the P. and O. 8.8. Aesave for such an order would be consider Marseilles are Sir A Priestley
Bishop Cassels. (lored an act of despotism and an un-M. P. and Lady Elise Wats.
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Mr W. J. Jamieson C. M. G. arrived in the P.. and O. 8.8. Assage from Shanghai this
Passing Through,
morning.
THE TAI SHAN.
Public Inspection of New Passenger boat to-day,
Ra they are.
ment,
HONGKONG ARCHITECT'S
LEATH.
Sudden Demise of
uerat the
a
ORGAN RECITAL
Musical Treat at St. Andrew's Chürch.
how the organist preserve l'a tone which compared favourably with his performances on this, side of the harbour.
Mr. Brotherton Harker. This af ornoon the se. Tai Shan
There was quite a large attend- It is with deep regret that we deal with the propaganda of the
which has been built by the chronicle the death of Mr Bernard sacs at St. Andrew's Church, extreme section of the would-be women voters.. Since the establish- Siberian Mail-Arrivedl per s.s. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Brotherton Harker, A.M.I.C.E., Kowloon, last evening when Mr.
Derman Fuller, F. R.0, 0... Company at the Kowloon Docks which occurred with painful ment of the Chinese Republic, Assays this morning. the movement has rapidly spread English Mail.Arrived per se, for the Hongkong Canton and suddenness at his residence, L.R.A.M., organist of St. John's Macao Steamboat Company, and in China, and it will be re- Delta this morning:
7, Babington Path, Cathedral, gave an interesting Hartley," which was moored yesterday last night. The deceased organ recital. The interest arose This Valuable Preparation 'speedily relleves Billousness, called that some time back the Siberian Mail.-Closed. per 88. alongside the latter's wharf, was gentleman had been
in his from the fact that the organiet Delia nt 4 pa, to-day.
had a much smaller instrument this afternoon thrown open to
health up to the time Oriental militants st Canton vigorously -pursued
their English Mail-Closed per s.8. the public for inspection from of his demise, and the news of to play on than the one he is campaiga, much
Assaye at 11 am, to-morrow three to six o'clock. The boat bis death came sa a great shook usually accustomed to, and to say presents a fine picture as she to the wide circle of friends to that he did well is but to convey lies at the wharf and appears to whom he was known and by whom a slight impression of the really bo a decided advance on the he was greatly liked. Quite good work that was done, other boats of the company, fine recently he went on a somewhat
The programme was essentially The scheme on which the vessel extended holiday to Java and a popular one; such as has been returned some three or four suggested in our columns, and has been laid out is very much on weeks ago. Yesterday he seem- from end to end it was a regular the nature of the others, speaking ed in excellent health and musical treat. Commencing with broadly. There is
spirits and attended business at Boob's" Tocats and Fugne in D. space for cargo and also for his office, returning home in the minor" a difficult piece, which, Left Fo-day.
third class passengers. Between Mr W. H. Randall, of Messrs decks there is ample accom-
evening. Whilst retiring to however, grows on one the more Butterworth and Co. Bell Yard,modation for first class passengera ill and expired from heart the tender melodies of Lemure's bed, he was taken suddenly it is beard, Mr. Fuller passed to including some double berth
failure.
"Madrigal" the exquisite treat banks which are fitted in excel-
ment of which made this item Mr. Harker, who was 51 yearys lent style with beds that let down
evening. Ranking very close to Consignees of cargo by the s.e. from the wall. A sofa and usual of age, came to the Colony in of the most pleasing of the Shinyo Maru are reminded that requisites furnish the cabins 1884 and from that time up to it was Creig's "Morning" an goods undelivered after to-morrow which are all large and he present had practised here
ever popular number, which was will be subject to rent,
fans and as an archi ot and surveyer rendered quite up to expectations. airy, fitted with
Sterndale-Banett's "Barcarolle” well ventilated. The first class In this capacity he had carried dining room is quite a revelation out many importint contracts, is well known, and it formed a
and his business Wag of what сад be placed
fitting contrast to Bridge's Fan- fare. The last named is heavy over the centre table there is light educated at Wimborne Grammar and grandiose, full of rich music, from a stained glass dome which Schrol, and from 1881 to 1893 he which was well rendered on this on such a boat. It is large and large and growing one. He was
wasengaged on engineering works adds to the beauty of the apar (railway and water) in Brazil and organ; it was indeed a revelation.
Besides the long centre table there are a number of smell in the Argentine. circular tables for parties sot out The deceased gentleman leaves On each side of the room. a widow and a daughter (Mre.
Miss L. White was excellent in Naturally, adjacent to this is the Frank Austin), with whom," in of the subject. But in this mat- Among those who left by the pantry which is of good size well this hour of grief, the atmos
Rejoice Greatly," Handel. Her ter we cannot apply Western P. and O. steamer Malwa, from appointed and containing all the sympathy is felt. Mr. Harker treatment of this very difficult number was indicative of ̈ä standards to China, whose women Marseilles on 10th alt. were the asnal appliances while next door was of a quiet and unostentations are, generally speaking, eren less Bishop of Western China and Mrs is the cook house of pleasing disposition, but withal he was a thorough appreciation of the fit than her male population to and Miss Cassels, for Shanghai. freshness in appearance. Aft, on man of sterling qualties, and he work the phrasing was beyond grapple with the intricaciee of.
the same dock is the second will be greatly missed by all who criticism and the rhythm main. politics. What is most needed is
A new locomotive of German class dining room and while enjoyed the privilege of his tained in the florid passages was the provision of greater edaca
Mr Harker was a prominent worthy of the highest praise. tional facilities for women & girls. make has recently arrived in the this is not so handsomely fitted equaintance.
Haydn's "With verdure clad When these bave been in operation colony for the British section of as the first, it is quite a
appartment. mason and acted up to the time for some time, may be the female the Canton Kowloon Railway and pleasant looking
The boat deck contains the of h's reth as secretary to the was also well enng. population of the new Republic is being pieced together here.
fficers quarters, plenty of boats, Ztland Lodge Principally con- and rafte, and a smoking room for nected with this lodge he passed again, the choice of popular first class, paesagers. This is the chair in 1903. He was how selections is the hardest test an upholstered in green leather and ever a member of other lodges in organist can face. should, prove a good place for the colony including the Ethen that items are well known, mesna foregathering after dinner.
Mark Lodge of which he was the that the majority of the audience Mr C. S. Chen, Chief of Bureau,
The following are the particu-secretary and the St. Mary are more apt to form impressions lars of construction of the new Magdalen Chapter Rose Croix. compared with previous render- Ministry of Industry and Com
In 1905 he passed Z. in the Vice, and while, perhaps, they Kowloon Station.
are unable explicitly to criticize, merce Peking, is returning shortly
toria Chapter and was also a from the International Bureau of Progress is being made in the
$90 ft. member of the District Grand their opinions are nevertheless Weights and Measures at Sevres erection of the Kowloon station The
Breadth at Main Deck 63 ft. Lodge, in which however, he stronger than in the case of where he has been studying the of the Canton Railway,
Depth moulded
12 ft. held no office. He also held the unknown selections. It is
this respect that both organist. metric standard of weights and foundations are practically com-
The vessel is constructed of rank of thirtieth degree. measures with the object of rea-pleted and it is likely that there
The funeral taken place this and vocalist are to be congratulat dering himself capable of advis will be an official foundation steel to Lloyd's requirements and
pieces and created pleasant im- ing the Chinese Government as to stone laying early in the new year, the equipment to Board of Trade. evening at Happy Valley, passinged; they presented well known
Water ballast tanks are fitted all the Monument at 4.45 p.m."
pressions. Shipping Agreement. Among the many reforms which have to be faced by the new the best method of introducing!
The Statesman understands fore and aft, on the cellalar Government in Peking, one which commands weighty consideration the metric system into the Chinese.
There are three deoks, providing and attention is the question of remodelling the Republic's judicial Republic. Mr Chen writes to that an early settlement will be system. system. In the recent past there has been much tinkering with the Home press to say that he arrived at in the freight war ba understands that one of the reas-tween the B. I Company and the this matter, and in the hurry to adopt any and every Western das why the legislation which Nippon Taten Kaisha as a result gere
o the assumption that the people are was proposed a few years ago in of Mr Monteath's recent visit to custom, or mode of thought, more" enlightened" than they were, there has been a tendency to England was rejected was because Japan. lighten punishments for certain crimes. Apparently, however, the it was feared that the Chinese consequences are proving anything but beneficial, for in a recent would not understand the metric speech President Yuan Shih-kai declared that the crime of robbery system. He is quite right. That reason was advanced, though we 38 much more in evidence than ever before, and he gave as the doubt whether it carried, any cause for this the explanation that the "the punishment provided real weight. in the so-called new laws is too light, and is not enough to in- timidate the professions criminals, who were accustomed to endure severe punishments during the late Ching Dynasty." He gben on to urge the need of revising the criminal laws in the light of present `conditions, adding very significantly that "when laws of a more severe nature are enacted, I expect to see a better state of affairs.”
By Order,
"HONGKONG telegraph."
"The object of this paper is to publisk e rrect information, to serve the in th and print the mesos without fear or favour.
情徇無并确筳治事聞要防探大正官皆宗耀本 Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
Telephone No. I AB.C., 5th edition. Western Union.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913.
CHINESE JUDICIAL CHAOS.
will be more fitted to participate in politics than they are to-day.
Metric System in China..
Not Difficult for China,
The real reason why the metric system has never found favour in Britisin,
outside
New Locomotive.
Sir Francis Piggott.
Sir Francis Piggott formerly Chief Justice of Hongkong arrived in the Colony this morning by the 8,8. Asanye. He has come to the Colony to take part in some extradition proceedings. :
steamer.
Dimensions:-*
Length över all
ample accomodation for passen
THREE CASES.
Hotel that is Being Sold Up.
93
To revert to the programme
The fact
JIU JITSU EXHIBITION:
The carrying capacity is 387 tons on a mean draught of 8 foot
Captian McLaglen, the jiu jit 1.1/2 inches, the vessel when so
su Champion made a call at the laden being designed for a speed
The case was mentioned in the office of the Telegraph this morn- of 15 knots.
Summary Court, this morning, ing, and demonstrated some of his The machinery is capable of before the Paisns Judge, Mr little breaks. At the Theatre Royal 3,000 indicated horse power. Justice Gompertz, in which Man on Saturday evening he intends ateam being generated in four Trun Yuen Ching Kes sued the giving a public exhibition of his single ended boilers working at Teui Tin Hotel, Ltd., claiming knowledge of this famous style of 180 lbs pressure.
the sum of $116.51. The same
wrestling, and from the way in firm were also the defendants in which the bookings are going, an action brought by the Tinthere is sure to be a big house Cheang for $191.67, and another This show is not confined to the
The upholstery was carried out by Messrs Lane Urawford and Co. Capt R. A. Bires is the master
of the vessel which will be put on by the Fuk Lang for 896.45. male sex by any means. There
the Hongkong-Macao run.
DISMISSED.
A Lesson for the Boy,
Mr Dixon (Messrs Wilkinson
and Grist), who appeared for the first defendants, asked for an ad- jourment.
will be nothing shown that a lady should not see, and, as
Rajeh's Narrow Escape. It is reported in the Parie ever- ing papers of November 5, that the Rajsh of Sarawak, H. H. Sir Charles Brooke, had intended to travel by the express train, which was wrecked near Paris, but changed his mind just before the train started and decided to re- main longer at Marseilles.
Governor's Operation: The Governor, Sir A. H. Young, a few people, is because the Brit. ish people are about the most KO.M.G., bag been operated upon It is apparent, however, that this is not the only respect conservative on earth, In any for a growth on the right hand,
matter of fast what will be shown will be just what a in which the judicial system needs overhauling. Nominally, the case, the metric system would says the Kuala Lumpur corres
Mr Otto Kong-sing (for the woman should see. A little present judicature is modelled after Western style, but in actual create no great difficulty in China, pondent of the Straits Times.
first plaintiff) said he was in knowledge of jiu jitsu would effect it is breaking down for want of serious application. We for the motre and the kilogram The operation was successful and
structed to ask for the case to he render the gentler sex great sor- read the other day, for instance, that the Supreme Court, the are better known in China than the wound will be healing in.a
they are in England. A Mr. few days. Meanwhile, Sir Arthuring, a European lady was som
At the Police Court, this morn- taken that morning as the hotel vice in the case of attack or a
was being sold up.
sanit at any rate it would highest judicial organ in the country, is conducting its trials Chen points out," the children carries his arm in a eling.
moned by an employe for wages Row in a Temple,
Mr Crowther Smith (for the minimise the defencelessness of in lieu of notice... so slowly that there are now more than four hundred cases awaiting learn the system in the schools
The Sikh Temple oase was
other two plaintiffs) said he women. to be tried. Such a delay shows a woeful lack of appreciation of aud the Government
The defendant told Mr Hezaland
had received similar instructionė. Apart from this exhibition Miss in many departments. again brought before Mr Haze that the complainant repeatedly understood the hotel had Annie Abbott, who defied the the need of a swift operation of legal processes, and the resultant also inconvenience to litigants must be enormous. The integrity of the Rather than being a hindrance land, at the Police Court, this went out without permission and closed down and that the furniture berculean Sandow to life her in
trade with my coun-afternoon, when Mr H. C. Jenkin stayed away for several hours. and staff was being sold. dispensers of the law has also been called into question recently, and to
the presence of the last King many cases have been brought to the notice of the higher authority, the metric system will be an instuoted by Mr J. Gordinar) He would not ask for permission,
Mr. Kong Sing said the claims Edward, will put at nought the Lies in which judgments pronounced have been tinged with the advantage in a few years to come. appeared for the three defendants but took it entirely on his own were for goods sold and delivered attempts of any ten men to lift personal feelings and prejudices of the Judges. Lawyers, too, are Mr. Chen hopes, that the British and cost-examined very sea the to go out for purposes unknown and there was no defence. her providing she has the merent not free from criticism. The duty of the lawyer is to protect in-people will shortly introduce the ingly the final witness for the to her.
De water will there had leek controt with one of them. nocent people, but we read that investigations made by President matric system also, but we have prosecution. The case was ad-
Bis Worship in dismissing the been other actions against them averal of the captain's pupils Tuan Shih-kai show that "the lawyers are now according proter our doubts. They recognise the
case and forfeiting the boy's which had been settled Fefore will give exhibitions and content tion to wicked people in consideration of money. They will plead merits of such a system a long
wages, said that there was no use they came on for hearing,
each other. Thon there will be a time before they admit that they Mesars Chotirmall and Co. nd in having servants if they took is Mr. Dixon imagine these contest between a European and for thieves if they are given big same.”
Pieping these facts and declarations together, it is clear that do, and they are likely to adhere verfise a great clearance sale of upon themselves to go out just
bayonet and the latter with a justies is as hard to obtain as ever it was in China. That being so, to their antiquated and cumber-Indian, Chinese and Japanese when they pleased and without will be settled. I do not mind Japanese, the former with a it may well be argued that, before the Republic torns her attention some method for many years to silk goods. Page 5
permission. They had not to go Mr. Kong Sing: There is no handed sword. A general meeting of George away without permission. The defence. I think we are er titled to such matters as the legal rights of foreigners within her borders, come.
Fenwick and Co. Ltd. (in li- defendant had evidently thought to judgment. quitation) is to be held on Jon he could do just ne he liked. nary. (—Paga §.
Scorpion Dances.
Dee. it
abe would be wise to first take in hand the reform, on sound lines, of her own judical system. That point is throughly well recognis ed, we are happy to note, by the President, who, in the speech to which we have alluded, made the following declaration - We
A strong movement is being must introduce such a reform as to make the judicature so strong that it can guarantee safety of life and property in our own country, made to revize the Scorpion" Until that is done, we cannot withdraw extra-territoriality. Those fortnightly dances. It is hoped. are wise words, and they betray the slaterman that President to bold the first dance on Decem
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urned.
Lafest. Advertisements.
Me G. P. Lammert is selling some valuable leasehold property
me on the 16th inst.-Page 5.
Mr Morris Arrives,;
an early date next week.
His Lordship Strictly speak
two
Captain Skrimshire is to be one of the judges and the Captain Superintendent of Police another.
ing, an application of this sort We have been told in secret that should be supported by affidavit. there is going to be side splitting Mr J. Morris, of the Kowloon-Mr. Dixon said he would con- laughter over one or two little The 6.9. Australia is to leave Canton Hailway, arrived by the sent to judgment in tall three matters, but as to what they are for Odessa and Black Sea porte a.a. Delte this morning with his cases, and judgmen, was entered, we must to use an Asquithisto on the 8th inst, Page 5,
bride,
accordingly.
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