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THE BLUE BOOK.
JUNE 1990.
1895.
FORE ARE SO FORD OF SECRETS HONGKONG TWENTY-
FIVE YEARS AGO.
One of the most Interesting dAS THOSE WHO NO MUY MEAN TO [books published locally in th” KEEP THEM
Government annual Blus Book,["
which has just made its appear- His Excellency the Governor ance this year from the offics of has appointed Mr. John Dantel Mesars. Noronha and Company, Lloyd to be Custodian of Enemy The information given regarding Proparty. - 29 the working of Government De-
(Compiled from the “ Hongkong Telegraph" fleas for week- ending June 1215, 1895)
THE DOLLAR.“
DR. JAMES CANTLIE.
June 6th. The rate of the partments, the various sources. His Excellency the Governor Dollar, on demand, to-day is of the Colony's reveque, has appointed Lieutenant-Com-1-3/84. and practically every little mander Walter Conway, Hake, bir of information required (RN.R., to not an Apsistant Har on administration, is wonderbour Master. fully full. To wade through the tome would be to gain complete knowledge on what was done by the vias of documents in respect It is notified that the fee for our civil servants for the year of emigration of Chinese to Chile 1919, and even a casual glance at is now $12.30 Chilean Currency. it proves that our Government Dopartmants-cansure
ie, about #5%40 Hongkang . Cur- tham though we sometimes may--have renty. to deal with a mass of detailed)
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Major Hugh J. F. Thomas, a prominant. West Wales land and Sir-If in all instances when bas just bought outright the | property agent; of Haverford want, cases of goods are placed on the complete town of Milford. Hayon, pathway or roadside, pending re-in Pambrokeshire. The purchase moval into a godown near by, prios is approximately £850,000, are to be everytime spotted by This big estate, which for some Indian or other constables the time has been the property of the Magistraey will no doubt be kept National, Provident Institution, busy with cases of obstruction, comprises about 1,000 houses, the June 7th-Dr. Cantlle return-bas patience) won't like the job castle, a mansion house, and the and the Magistrate (unless he lordship of three manors, a fine ed to the Colony to-day from The fine of 1 on Mesars Reiss market talls of the town, sod which is still raging in the were certain points in which the purchasing their freeholds if they study of the bubonic plague never been imposed Macro after two or three days' and Co. yesterday, should have Major Thomas, it is stated, is to "Holy City."
There give the tenants an opportunity of constahlo who brought the case up a desire. Milford, a town of con HONOKONG PETITION. was very weak in his prosecution siderable antiquity, is famous June 12th.-We cannot under--for example, his talking to the especially for its capacious land stand the non possiamus attitude cooles, instead of to a responsible locked-harbour, one of the finest of Lord Ripon towards the petition party, about the obstruction. If in the work. Commercially the administration and routine work The photograph of one that is worthy of a little grateful Captain Ricou's seaplanes which an increased measure of local tion or doubts in a case, for him with developments, which are of of the Hongkong ratepayers for a magistrate has any dismatikfar-port is still in its infancy, and recognition. We are all inclined | Appears in to-day's Pictorial self-government. to "strale our civil servants for Supplement, was taken by Yim is to be allowed to look after it is, is not showing justice. rival.Liverpool and Southampton All they ask to impose a Ene, bowover small contemplated, will, it its stated,
often forgetful of the fact that Cheong. - the work of their respective de-j
[overy other municipality in the for him to give à caution.
Empire does. The recent plague
ocean ports. The mansion of When boxes or cases are laft Castle Hall, where Major Thomas Įpartments is unnoticed when it Inland Lot-2299, situate on is an example of a city govern- unattended for a short space of proposes to reside, was designed goes smoothly and well It is Kennedy Road, is to be sold by ed or misgoverned by officials time, it la tot right for a constable and built 120 years ago for Sir their defecas only that we talk auction at the P. W. D. offices on appointed from Home, who are to take out a summons against William Hamilton, and as the about. How many
men in June 91st, The lot comprises merely often passing from ens post the person or persons who are home of the beautiful Lady business, if their work were 15,350 square feet, and the upset to another and are ignorant of responsible for the care of the Hamilton, was often visited by always open to public gaze and price is $3,130.
local deeds. The plague wouldases. If by the meaning of "ob | Lord Nelson. criticism, would come out half so
have been less virulent, if not struction" no person or persons well? Newspaper work, too, is more public than private, and we which was to bave taken place at had been followed. As it was, within the area of Crown land, The naval and military review holly prevented, if local advice are to be allowed to depósit boxes receive our due share of criticism. Happy Valley this morning in unofficial efforts finally stopped then. I think that in a place like It is said A fellow feeling honour of the King's birthday it. The petition presented by the Hongkong, a small island doing comes of parents who wanted him makes us wondrous kind” and to-day we feel very charitable not held. It has now been. Mr. Whitehend concerning big business, such a regulation became a civil engineer, 30 03 which ha addressed to the man-should not be rigorously enforced. Ecole des Mines. There he learn
leaving the Lycee he entered the per annum. (Payable in Advance.)
towards the large number
bers of the Colonial party" at the Prevention is better than cure, and something of Darwin, and the The rate per quartar and per mensem, proportional. Subscrip-of- civil Bervants who tions for any period less than one month will be charged as for are running our Colony for us
The following additional firma offers every possible safeguard for at Kennedy Town is because knowledge served bim in unex-
House of Commons on the 9th, why godowns are usually dowo without much praise and with have been granted licences to Imperial interests and if it is the place has wide open spaces pected fashion. Happening to The "Hongkong Telegraph" is delivered free when the addressee plenty of blame. If any of our trade under the Non-Ferrous wholly neglected, there will be and the taking in and out of call at the affice of Le Gleiron is accessible to messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies readers would like a little in-Metal Industry Ordinance. 1919: Another discontented delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies struction as to the amount of G. Guidon Lavallee, Maxim Colony to reckon within Crown cargo is dose more easily than in a friend of his employed sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. work accomplished by our Garand Co., Botelho Bros.
the central district. Catchick there, be found the staff in an Bingle Copies, Daily, tan cents.
C. R. FOR HONGKONG. Street, where Reiss and Co.'s agitated state because the news ernment Departments we advise
June 12th. Mr. T. H. White- godowns are, and its surrounding no one among them was compet of Darwin's death had arrived and them to purchase a copy of this His Excellency the Governor head member of the Legislative are sparsely populated and traffic through the mass of statistics, Lloyd to be, Controller of the of returning to his dutics in the been imposed remains a mystery Blue-Book, carefully-wade bar-appointed Mr. John Daniel Council of Hongkong, on the eval is dull. Why the fine should havent to" "Write"an obitur
Capus volunteered his services, and then admit that they have Local Clearing Office for the Far East, had the honour of had enough. Let us say straight purposes of the Treaty of Peace addressing the members of the
paper. His duties, is be relates away that there are cartainĮ Order in Council, 1919,
in his "Annees d'Aventure," were. M. T. S. things revealed to which we aball have to make critical reference]
in one of the Committee rooms of Hongkong. June 5, 1920.
peculiar and extensive." Apart Mr. J. W. Jamieson is amongst the House on Thursday afternoon,
from writing leading articles, later on, but before doing that we the passengers leaving by the P. May 9th, Sir John Guest M. P. in
feuilletons, fashion notes, and wanted to express our own sense and O. Delta to-day for Home. the chair. Mr. Whitehead re-
scandals of the hour, he waLS GX- of appreciation of what is being Mr. Jamieson who is Consul ferred at length to matters fully done.
General for Britain at Canton, is set forth.. in
organise competitions, and ap- the ratepayers" | going home on furlough
petition and concluded a stirring
pease any troublesome creditors who invaded the office. When he Faddress with tbe following
attended official banquets the in the book to which we should Talloch, who was last year sent Hongkong
Ex-Police Sergeant J. McB. | remarks—The ́ratepayers of
folly.
editor used to say, "You will get the dinner, Capus, but don't forget recognise like to refer is in regard to the enced for committing a seriors the propriety and the necessity for 1919, the estimated value of that the cigars are for me. Pinch method of employing prisoners offence was yesterday sent Home for the existence of proper checks property stolen during the year as many as you can." Even so, lodged in Victoria Gaol Some time ago His Excellency the the s.5. Professor to serve the and safeguards against the abuse was
against he found time to try his chances remainder of his term there. of any power and authority ex-$295,301.90 in 1918. an incresse of with other journals, and at length The Pull Null Gazette, we notice, s come out strongly in of improving the work given to Governor referred to the necessity
ercised by any local legislationand | $75,417.27. favour of a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which, it says prisoners and deplored the lack
Le Figaro began to print his His Excellency the Governor will cheerfully acquiesce in their The average for the last five work. Then came soccess as a has been-brilliantly justified of events. It points to what it con of educational employment which has appointed Mr. Robert Hunter continuance and effective exercise years is $283,715.37, an increase playwright, and in 1914 he be thinks it ought to be easily possible to introduce safeguards which occupations when viders would be the advantage of a continuance of the pact, and would St the men for honest to act as an Assistant Govern but we respectfully submit that on the average reported in 1918 came an Immortal, his unsuccess will allay Australian and American nervousness. Its arguments discharged.
were ment Marine Surveyor during subject to such checks and of $35,129.18.
The value of property recovered tion being M. Leon Bourgeois- fal opponent at the Academy elec- We fnd that the absence on leave of Mr. safeguards we ought to be allowed general question of the peace of the East and. even of the whole ing, etc. prisoners, who are not are good so far as they go, and they could be extended to cover the in addition to printing, bookbind- James Macdonald or until further of more unofficial members during the year was $36,099.51 as the antithesis in every respect of
on the Executive Council, and against $41,817.13 in 1918, a de- the brilliant boulevardie. world. It is now generally realised that, consequent on the defeat altogether so well behaved as they
a majority of representative of crease under property recovered of Germany, and the removal of the North Sea menace, the centre might be, have to perform what
British nationality in the in the previous year of $5,757.62. It is notified that an Open Legislative founcil. of world interest has been shifted to the Pacific. In recognition of is known as "Crank drill" and Competitive Examination for ap
It is understood that the that point, Commander Bellairs has just been urging, in the House "Shot drill" both of which, being pointments in the Indian and
Ministry of Health at Home has of Commons, that we should have a look-out on the Pacific. The tasks, are absolutely unproduc- Colonial Police Services will be
been considering the swkward. growth of Japan in recent years, militarily, nasally and industrially, tive. The figures given show that beld in the summer of 1921 in UNION CASTLE LINER) has made her a big factor to be reckoned with, and it is of the utmost a vast amount of time was wasted conjunction with the Army and
question whether the census papers of 1921 should be filled up, importance that due note be taken of her policies, especially in the daring the year on this kind of Air Force Entrance Examination. Orient, where the interests of many nations converge. It is not labour and also on oakum picking.
ON LONG VOYAGES.
as in the past, by the individual householder
official putting it too strongly to say that, with concord prevailing between the earnings on which are only
or by Japan and the ather Great Powers, the peace of the world would be two cents a day per person so has
His Excellency the Governor
A new process of preserving enumerators. On the one side st is assured for many years to CODE.
appointed Subadar-Major]
fruit for export on long voyages argued that the enumerator plan There is one point in the Pull Nuff Gazette comments which is put at twenty cents per person Battalion. Royal Garrison Artil employed. The value of printing Bhan Singh, Hongkong-Singapore
has been discovered by a West would produce more reliable is worthy of special notice. We refer to the assertion that a clear per day, and so it will be seen less, to be one of his Honorary Castle passenger liner in Hong-
Australian resident.
statistica: on the other, that any Anglo-Japanese understanding. would pave the way for a closer that the revenue
It consists of dipping in a hateful to our people, and that kind of official inquisition is Americo-Japanese rapprochment. That all depends, of course, o derives from the work in the gaol Major Roshan Khan, D.C.M. day, the a. Kildonan Castle said to be an economical and object. The obvious dificulty of the Colony Aides-de-Camp vice Subadar kong Harbour was witnessed to preservative solution, which is such a plan would defeat its own what is meant by a clear understanding." In say renewal of the could be very materially increas| Hongkong-Singapore Battalion.having arrived from the Straits. viicient substitute for
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The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1920.
BRITAIN, AMERICA AND JAPAN.
WORK IN THE GIOL
One of the matters contained|
they
notice.
the contracting parties fully stated. Let there be definite assurances task work introduced." Stone regarding the attitude of both towards China, and let these be so carrying and breaking yields but understanding But why should the Alliance be solat, confined to an extension of the present paying Beckwith, P.N. to act as Har-
Colonial party in the Commons,
HERE.
ARRIVAL OF THE "KILDONAN CASTLE"
The unusual sight of a Union
Kowloon and, with her two red
Yours etc.,
notice.
and so gained a footing on the
STOLEN PROPERTY. pected to secure advertisements,
*A YEAR'S FIGURES. According to the Police report
$370,719.17
KEEPING FRUIT FRESH.
*
1
*
cald
the Ministry is in the fact that proot of the matter can lie only As an experiment a cargo of in actual trial, and thats decision carried from Examsails (Wegen be made in advance. Before the The Kildonan Casila was built Australia) to Singapore and back. war there is no doubt at all that
clear-cut that there can ben infringing even of the spirit of the very little and what is needed is has appointed Commander C... attracted much notice.
His Excellency "the Governor] funnels sad gray bull, she apples treated by the process was which cannot be altered has to
a part in the adjustment of foreign affairs, even though they may would do well to not greatly concern her. She cannotyat one and the same time, take execution of his own ideas on our up a position of isolation and also engage in the League's activities. gaol improvement.. And after all, is not the League an alliance? Its very underlying
understandings.
ourselves we sincerely hope that America)
Britain and Japan? Let other nations come into the understanding work or the introduction of new bour Master, Marine Magistrate in 1899 at the Fairfield Docks at The trip lasted eight weeks, and the householder was the best as well. America is intensely interested in the Orient, and she occupations. There was a daily and Emigration Officer, rice Cap-Glasgow to the order of the Union was partly in, the Tropica, yet the person for the task, though he cannot be a mere spectator of what is happening in regato Pacific average of over 100 prisoners intain B.R.H. Taylour, R.N., retired. Castle Mail S. S. Co., Ltd. Her fruit, on being taken out of the) was not always much enamoured affairs. She shrinks from alliances and foreign entanglements. the gaol and so it will be seen that He will continue to perform in s tonnage is 9,692 tous. her ship's hold on the return to of it. He could be firm with his ut can she for ever maintain that attitude? If she eventually we are dealing with a very fair addition the duties of Superin length 515.3 feet, breadth 59.2 Fremantle, was found to be in the own family, he could be diplo comes into the League of Nations, she will of necessity have to take number of people. His Excellency tendent, Imports and Exports feet and depth 34.7 feet.
same fresh condition as when it maile with servants-e diplomacy hasten the Department, until further notice. looked after here by the agents,
The Kildonan Castle is being was put on board.
somatimes much in request, as The difference between general in the case of one old family Messrs. McKinnon, Mackenzie cargo rates, which would be paid retainer whose formula, delivered idea is an alliance of the strong, to protect the interests of the weak.DEARER LETTERS.
and Co, on behalf of the Admir- for apples treated on this system with a fuality which forbade Unhappily, the League is not yet able to exercise its full functions.
with 75, The German average, alty, who are the charterers of and the rates how paid for argument, was "You can just Had it been, and were all the leading nations of the world members, letters to us will now have to pay figures, is only 49, that of France the 19th May with a number of it is said, represent a net saving time." But it is just possible The folk at Home who write according to the most recent the vessel. She left Bombay on refrigerated space for fruit, would, pak me down the same as *** there would be no need for the Anglo-Japanese or any other alliance. twopence to post them in place of is 40, and Italy is a long way passengers bound for Hongkong of over £6,000 on a shipment of that the war may bavo left us One big alliance is infinitely preferable to dozens of separate the three halfpence which super-behind with only 11. As letters and Shanghai. Her future move 50,000 casas.
mors hardened to officialdom and possibility of the introduction of safeguards, in any renewal of the this will not mean fewer letters new scale comes into force,
One other observation. The Pall Mall Gazelle' speaks of the seded penny postage, but for to the British Dominions (and ments are not known.
Potatoes, onions, eggs, &c, its Inquisitions, and that nowa are, when the Alliance, which will reassure Americs. But really the kind of safe from the old folk. But what it to be charged at twopence
have been submitted to the same dayɛ wa may overdo the idea of guard that is needed is one that will cover certain British spyre may mean to the general public per ounce it follows that the
treatment. With equally satis- prejudice against the official. We hensions regarding our position ris-a-ris America. To be quite Home can be gathered from change proposed by Mr. Cham-
factory results: but peaches and have been so questfóned and blunt over it (and nothing is gained by ambiguous writing), if the fact that about 3,500 million berlain will reverberate through-
other articles that decay from the docketed and card indexed dur- war should ever by any chance break out between America and
stope outwards cannot be preserving the last five years that we Japan, would Britain be expected to come to Japan's aid in the
ed by the procASS.
might be able to bear a little TWO JAPANESE. FINED delivered in out now
the Empire. What East? That point was partially covered when the Treaty was
United Kingdom yearly, the
more with patience. In any caRC $5,000 EACH. general Causes and
the euning housskolfira, is renewed in 1911, when a clause was inserted in reference to an aggregate that works ont effect
of this change? Just In connection with the recent arbitration treaties with third Powers. But something more definite
careful to Impute the whole at something like 75 per before the war the Postal Service seizure of opium on a Japanese than that is needed now. The thought of Britain and America at Perhaps it is
business to the Govenment when head of the population. showed an annual profit of motor fishing vessel, two of the
re-making bis inquiries on delicats. war is utterly unthinkable; it can never happen. The people of known that the English-speaking higher postage rates adopted in Police Cout this morning. One it was impossible tosay when the probably in the fact that officials not generally £5,500,000, but in spite of the defendants were sentenced at the cently Mr. Bonar Law said that questions. The real difficulty Hes neither nation would stand for it. Then let that fact be made clear race is the most industriots in 1918 this was turned into a loss was the Captain of the vessel and promised legislation for there would be more conscientious i in any renewed alliance between ourselves and Japan. If it is not, the matter of letter writing. The of £3,000,000 last year. To this the other a member of the crew, form of the Second Chamber than the average householder then we have no hesitation in saying that circumstances might Australians take first place with loss must be added increased who wanted to take all responsi would be introduced, and that he who is liable to accept any arise which would make the Alliance a dead letter. Best of all, of 130 letters per head per year; estimates for the coming year of bility in the matter course, would be a joint and well-defined understanding between Canads and the United States no less than £8,244,100, thus Both were fined $5,000, with make any statement regarding certainly probe nic
was also not in a position to answer. Britain, America and Japan. That effected, some of the biggest follow such with 80 year; and bringing up the deficiency to the alternative of six months the introduction of the Antino would problems of the day would automatically settle themselves.
Dumping BUL
letters the
are
are
OPIUM SEIZURE.
the United Kingdom comes third something over £11,000,000. imprisonment,
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