THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE DOCK COMPANY.
from the Chairman's statements
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919.
DAY BY DAY.
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The report of the Rev. J. Kirk couschia's Sunday morning sermon will appear to-morrow.
as to the enlargement of the Row-15, including men, women, loon establishment, there is every and children. The Bureau of prospect that still larger vessels Repatriation is now only awaiting will be built whilst to for the arrival of a steamer, cope with the future, which will
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THE GYMKHANA,
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Alexander
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logy." Last week, with a deep? sigh, we brushed meat of our winter garments and reposed them in camphor in our ward-
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AN ISLANDER'S DIARY. it all going to end? The pos
working class who have migrated) to Kowloon, where they expected | to find a haven of repose from The Chairman's speech at the
the clutches of the rapacious meeting of the Hongkong and
landlorda and Japanese and Events of the past week in Chinesa Whampoa Dock Company further
house - hunters illustrates the point we comment-
Hongkong have not been of grabbers, find that they have Boolw we give the Handicaps ed on yesterday that there is a
startling nature, but more simply jumped from the frying for the first Gymkhana, to be great future for Hongkong as a
at it is sometimes extremely a local Company has just sent care have been arranged by Mr. dull times are ahead of espan into the fire. I am told that held on 5th April. The handi- shipbuilding centre. It may be said that the Colony hardly realised:
difficult to make a decent diary out a notice to all its tenants. M. Ross with exception of the extent of its capabilities in
for the delectation of my readers. informing them of an increas of weights for "Pink Eye and this direction before the war, Some inconvenience is being The weather is always a subject 10 per month on their rentals. Gronse" which were fixed by and certainly the people con-given to the business firmus in full of interest to one and all. Then there are cerned at Home did not. But Shameen because of the refusal of So many speculations have been lessees, who take houses on long.
the Chinese Mr. G. W. Gegg. when the call for ships and still the main telegraph office in indulged in
ONCE ROUND,-~*~“A” CLASS. more ships became so urgent. Canton City proper to further recently that I am extremely straightaway increase the rents
the subject leases from their owners and Pink Eye Hongkong ase to the occasion and it was soon realised that the meet its wires with the branchehary of forecasting the "climato-and keep on increasing them. Malcolm Colony would take no small place office at Sleanteen. in shipbuilding industry in the future. This was further emphasix- The seal latch of enemy ed by the launching of many his subjects will be repatriatest bybes and trunks, may denued its mind as to how to grapple with vessels, eclipsing all previous the Bureau of Repatriation at records of the Colony. Judging Canton on April 11. The number their whites, the sun was hot and the housing problem of this Tytan Chief
the indications were, unmistakable Colony it (31 at least Grouse that we were in for a long introduce into the Legislative Greymouse spell of summer. The aerated Conncil a Bill regulating the Viola water and ice manufacturers rents and ocupation of houses(late Burst Length) rejoiced that summer had been in Hongkong. A House Rental ushered in so early this year. Acvamodation Committee, Snakebox trading to the East, new docks are Pinkie" will make her last Things continued like this for if constituted forthwith, to en-Burning Daylight /13.1 150 being prepared in anticipation of but one appearance to-morrow some days until at the week-end quire fate the increase in rentals Starlight heavier demands. The Kowloon afternoon (the Sth performance)s few showers of rain gave us will serve to minimise our trouble. Mountain Ford Dock Company has had a very and she will make her final bow another cold nip which has con- The main conditions of the Act, (late Vesuvius prosperous year; the directors are on Thursday at 4.30 pm. (the tinned ever since. I would not such were introduced, shoald Dusky Dahlia) 13.2148 very wisely looking to the future 9th performance). Nius perform-like to prophesy what career our be that there should be no Judex (ste Moon- and the policy they have adopted snces constitute a record "ran is commendable in every way.
weather is going to pursue, but it increases in rentals compared to light) in the history of the local A.D.C. |looks as if winter will still linger to 1913. However, before the ONCE ROUND
with us, probably till May,
Bill is passed, there would doubt- Rochester ངྒཱ། Chines-detective
Hess baa good haloforiticism of
Maybe included, among eight Chinese
the ensure, for much of the present difficulty is entirely due
Flyford late Firefly) 13.2 155 who were this morning charged democracy is impossible or that at the Police Court before Jr. would be a capital idea if a State sight of the Government
Talking about the weather, it to the past appalling want of fure Lovejoy(late Ameri-
12.3 154 can Chief) democracy is impossible unless G. N. Orue with gambling. The washop were created to receive Hongkong. As a measure declar
King Joha
13,3 153 the principle of oligarchy is its bails of two of the accused were sud pay against the garments of ed to be necessary by the Govern Victory Star 13.0 152
not the poor citizens of this Colony.ment, Hongkong house-owners Aidlong 11 from a book written to appear in Court to answer the If such a pawnshop is established, would probably arvept this pro-
Tambourine) The Limits of Purecharge. Mr. Leu d'Almada, who it would help the poor to tide posed legislation withequsuimity. Weibai Chief Democracy." Pure democracy. was for the defence, asked for a over their suiting bills. Mr. Mallinck contend-.
When Can't sime is short remand, which was granted. the winter is over, they would official Rip Wax Winkles on one wake up the possible unly in small and
Meymoon primitive societies where the
take their winter garments to the the Council?
While we
Wedding Bells problems of political adminis During last week there were State pawnshop, and get sufficient crying ourselves horse on the Rheosant tration are
the fundamentalnotified Fourteen cases of cerebro-money to invest in
summer acate housing troubles of this facts of social and economic ex-spinal meningitis ae fatal clothing. Interest should not Colony, some people are talking istence and where a consensus in teu fatal cases of plague, three be charged.
theglibly of Constitutional Reform. regard to the ends desired by the fatal CANTUFIE:Ces each community and the means necess-diphtheria and enteric fever and pawnshop. The Chinese have anathema. Give us Housing Re-Malcolm
powaing of articles by the State Constitutional Reform is Pink Eye ary to assure them is not only one con-fatal case each of scarlet a nice way of getting over their form. Nowaachee Constitutional Alexander attainable but necessarily main-fever and angll-pox. Since then, clothing problem by pawning Reform. Bombay has a Rent Bill Regalarity fest Groups of people living in
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., undoubtedly see larger steamers
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 1. 1919.
MORE COMMANDEERING.
A FLING AT THE BOLSHEVISTS.
"In any great country pure
concomitant." This passage is entreated
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a savage or pioneer state are con- al vases eark of plague their garments after the season and that was greeted with joy by (Griffio) fronted primarily by problems on and cerebro-spinal fever, as well is over. Those Chinese who the residents of that port. Why Trim Chiet which their individual members as a fatal occurrence of enteric, pawned their trousers and jackets cannot a Reat Bill be intrs laced Virat are apt to think alike. They must have been revertel. All were in the belief that they have seen in this Colany?
Police.
the obsequies of winter perform.
el have now to go back and get their wart jackets, etc.
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have the means of subsistence Chinese. and they must have the means of protection and it needs no pro-
A Chinese market gardener pagandist to persuade them of the
Dar housing problem indeed necessity of the one or the method who kept au unlicensed watch
has become so acate that it is to to be employed to achieve the lug went m the expanse of
nost people of far more ilu- other. In such groups, then, engaging a lawyer Mr. Leo there is a general will of a d'Almaday to defend him when of re-unions and departures. The politics, and there are thousands Dusky
The past month has been one portante than any question of Bend Or spontaneous kind and pure de- he was summoned by the Police incoming boats have brought a who care a great deal more that Marbe mocracy is not only possible but for lacking the licence. The cargo of wives, who had, by reason they should be well and com- Lovejoy inevitable. Though men may still case was adjourned by the Magis of the unrestricted gabuarinism fortably housed at a price withia (1ste American-Chief) The path of those who have arranged to take Home leave this unite on the general ends to trate, on the application of Mariag spring is most assuredly beset with obstacles. Hardly has the be attained, not only are they no d'Almada, who said he wanted prevented from joining their Constitutional Reform
the war, been their means than they care about Eaton Boy community had time to got over the disappointment and vexation longer certain to reach them, but to explain the gardener's case to husbands here. A good propor-most
or the Weili Chief caused by the cannelling of P. and O. passages, to make room for in proportion as they are intel the Captain Superintendent oftion of our menfolk are going commemorate the war.
suitable memorial to deported Germans, than the announcement comes of the command- ligent of judgment, they are apt
Many eering, for military purposes, of the whole of the Canadian Pacific to have different minds concern-
home on long leave, and those seen to think that if they Ocean Services boats, one of which was to leave in five days time, ing them. No phrase, says Mr.
who have booked passages by persist in declaiming against the ricksha coolie, or, in other words, This means, according to information secured from the Company Mallock, can be formulated, to concerned, that close on a thousand residents who had planned to couver in a nutshell the com- the Amnistice celebrations at commandeered will be in great will persuade the Government to $10 to 15 a month. Something
liners that have been variciousness of landlords they ricksha costs a Kowloonite from go Home in the near future have had all their arrangements upset plementary . relationship of Flute and the surrender of some predicament. Mr. E. II. Sharp's step in and legislate. All that is urgently required to meet the and will now have to seek accommodation elsewhere, as best they democracy and oligarchy of the vessels of the German departure last Saturday by the can say is that the time for growing argency of the housing can. In view, however, of the excessive demand for homeward Oligarchy, or the rule of passages, their task will be no easy one, even if it is possible of the
Fleet is attracting good crowds Empress of few,
a Government action has arrived. conditions in this Colony. It is the accomplishment.
is therefore,
to the Coronet Theatre. Yester-six unescapable
iconths' holiday home, By legislating that rents should bounden duty of the Government What the public will now want to know is whether or not this concomitant of constitutional day, at the two sessions, there where he intends to undergo not be more than that ruling in to solve this for its citizens and requisitioning of large passager liners is to be taken lying down government. This recalls to our were full houses. In advertising a small operation, will cause a 1913 it would touch the fringe of no time should be lost in appoint- The Company concerned cannot, of course, help matters at all: it mind the case of Russia, where the film, the Coronet management vacancy on the Executive Council. the problem of housing as that a
Commission to make merely has to do as it is told by the authorities, even though the democracy has severed itself from advised patrons not to expect too It will be interesting to know who affects the community as a whole. recommendations. orders mean fresh confusion just as matters were beginning to be oligarchy What has been the much, but the audiences yester-is going to take his place during put straight. For it must be recollected that these very same resuit? Confusion, and conse-day were agreeably surprised at his absence. Then, I hear that vessels have only just been released from Government service. quent anarchy and Bolshevism what they did see. The film is Mr. P. H. Holyoak will be shortly We have no knowledge as to what action, if any, was taken in We read in Reuter's message of Hongkong at the time of the commandeering of the P. and O. the serious menace that the spread steamers, but we all know with what indignation Singapore and the of Bolshevism throughout Central
can also achieve."
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From the Indian papers to the journalist as a grumbler, a Napolean the First described going on a long farloagh, which hand by yesterday's mail we see censurer, a girer of advice, a re- will necessitate another election that the Government of India has gent of sovereigns and a tutor of
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stitutional Reformists;
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secure Governments at a low rate of in Karachi, a seaport town in India,
F. M. S. expressed themselves on the matter. There, the protest Europe is causing the Allies. In the remanded case of a for seat on the Legislative announced that funds would be nations. There are more fauctions was instrumental in getting the question raised in the House of Let the Bolshevists espouse Chinese who was arrested at Li Council. Come or, you Con- placed at the disposal of Local that a journalist fills. Down in Commons, with the result that a special relief ship was diverted to the tenets of Mr. Mallock. We Yuen Street for being in the Straits, and there is every probability of another being available ing this passage to the detesta- sion of foar lbs. of loose opinni, all the vacant seats un the terest for the purpose of facilitat Mr. S. Lupton, the editor of the shortly. Now, if Singapore had good cause for complaint, surely ble herd of Bolshevists: **In Hongkong now has, Hongkong's would-be passengers have been hit any great and civil state, de- defending solicitor (Mr. Hall of
it was to-day explained by the Council!
ing the leasing of the working Daily Gazette, was fined on account class. The urgent need for action of his non-attendance to answer just as much as the Straits, by the P. and O. cancellations, mocracy only knows itself and we now have to suffer a blow which will not fall to our through the co-operation Messrs. Lo Lo) that the prisoner
in Bombay and Calcutta has pro-the summons as a juror at the Southern neighbours, since the liners now commandeered have the oligarchs, or that many can was given $2 by another man to If there is any problein that bably been instrumental in Criminal Sessions. Mr. Lupton terminus of their runs here. A relief ship was secured by Singapore prosper only through the anticipa- carry the opium. Evidence was lues not seem to grow old it is the bringing about this decision maintained that it was the surtou for the sake of far fewer passengers then are effected by thission in benefits which, in the case given by a Chinese constable housing trouble, which is aPrivate capitalists, as Hongkong in most parts of the world never requisitioning of C.P.O.S. steamers. Will the local Chamber of alike of material comfort,to the effect that s perennial source of discussion. has shown anmistakably, are to summon journalists, particular- Commerce, and the Government as well, see to it that efforts are at opportunity and social freedom, chased the prister and took the if the gods on Olympas only somewhat unwilling to move in 1y editors of papers. once made to secure fresh passages for those who have had their would be possible for no one opium, which was concealeri descente a bit to the plains and this matter of housing and even,
After the hopes of early leave suddenly dashed to the ground? Action is unless the many submit them under his clothing. A fine of beard the delightfal epithets that large employers of labour, with the payment of the fine, Mr. Lupton urgently necessary. What Singapore has done, surely Hongkong selves to the influence or £100, or, in default, two months citizens in this Colony are daily exception of the Hongkong and Registrar"You summoned me sent the following note to the authority of the super-capable hard labour, was imposed. The ways of Government are past all understanding. There few."
heaping on them, it would give Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. and as faror in my capacity as editor may be there. probably are-good reasons why ships should be
them an insight into our real probably a couple more, have and not, as customary, in my found for the purpose of carrying troops from Vladivostock to
One of the members of the feelings. Things in all conscience been content to see their workers private capacity, from my private Canada, if that is the explanation of this latest requisitioning. But
Hongkong General Military are becoming chronic. The cost most inadequately housed. address. I am not aware whether it does seem hard that passenger liners which have just been
Service Force which was sent to of living is going up like a the Government of Hongkong money so secured by the Court is released from Government service should be selected for the work.
Kirkee and later went on to rocket; people are finding it promise to help with capital for earmarked in any way. I feel that If a special ship can be sent out to take Singapore passengers Home, why cannot others be delegated for this military work? Not only
Salonica, writes from Honst difficult to get shelter. Those the purpose of house building, it ought to have something to say is this constant chopping and changing-ships commandeered, then
The following is the approxi- choak, in Hulgaris, fun the who tried to solve their housing will ease the situation. It may sa to the eventual destination released and then commandeered again-intensely annoying to the mate statement of the Hongkong Danube) under data of January dificulties in Kowloon find that pave the way for the creation of of the money extracted from me Companies and passengers alike, but it must inevitably involve huge, Tramway Company's
25. He says that on January 20 it is all a will o' the wisp. the Hongkong Development traffic expenditure. Fine vessels like the Empress boats cannot be used as receipts for the week ending ber left Serres by goods train and up increases on their tourne legislation.
the party of which he is a mem-Landlords in Kowloon sa piling Trust, which is a matter for early is. 50 should be expended in 1, therefore, wiggest that the troopships without tremendous alterations being carried out. It is 29th March, 1919 :-
The housing pro-the purchase of soup, a scrub- fortunate for the Government that it has a deep pocket into which
made its way, right across periodically without any comblem in Hongkong is cloady hing brush and a couple of Receipts Agresi Bulgaria to
the northern panction and, if this state connected with cheap and easy days labour, wherewith the for week. for 13 weeks, border, Rumanian soil being just of affairs continues for another travel for the workers between surroundings of the Court may cannot, of course, be helped, but the public may be forgiven if it seem a very business-like procedure. If no other method is open, it This Year:... $13,355 $135,525 across the river. Further travell-six months, we shall have the place of their employment be brought into a state something
ing was in store at the time of to consider the advisability of and their homes. Take the case thinks that the authorities are all too ready to snap up vessels on Last Year:... 12,529 178,559 writing, as the unit to which living in Yaumati. Has there of a man who lives in Kowloon, the Government apparently approaching cleanliness, 83 regular runs. It is of no use grumbling; something must, be done, Increase: ... and done at once. That is the first necessity. This time, we hope Decrease:.
6,966 they had to go, was stationed at been a "greater scandel in the He pays $8 for a monthly ferry have now fundal for „Hongkong will stir itself in the matter,
Silistris, further up the Danube. history of Hongkong? Where is pass, 10 cents each time to the рагрове. "Hoity-toity
it can dive to meet disbursements of this kind, but, on the face of
things, the promiscuous requisitioning of passenger boats does not
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