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CROWN COLONIES AND REPORME.
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CATCHES & TARTAR..
CHILD CRUELTY.
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TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Another charge of erosity to a youth has just been discovered Another peril in the path of sarvani girl was heard before Mr. by a "London chiropolisi, who
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NUT BY YEARS BUT BY DE HONGKONG TWENTY- A little while back wo were a POSITION 13 WISDOM ACQUIRED. speaking of the reform that has --Plautus.
FIVE YEAR'S AGO [been granted to Ceylon in the
matter of government, and `it] would seem that the Secretary of It is notified that the name of Stateforth Colonies must have bad the China Enlightenment Com-
RO Hutchison_this morning, & informs Hongkong Telegraph" flea for week-
Chinese woman being alleged to ingless
18 that quite a busy time lately consider Pany, Limited, has been struck
foot have tied up her, servant and bath is ending Sept, tik, 18953
after ing applications from other Crown off the Registar.
inflicted sarions injuries an här garma and parasites lurking · Ins Colonias, British Guians bas
THE DOLLAR,
with a rattan cane. recently sat ■ delegation to
August 29th.--The rate of the
the carpets, ready to cling to the England to plead for more repre Excellency the
It is proclaimed by order of His dollar, on demand, to-day is 2. the defence, asked for a remand "Vorrucca Harpes" into the Mr. Rowan, who appeared for naked sole and inject a species of sentative government and now
Governor-in-1/24. notice that Jamaica is about which an infections or contagions August 29th-Captain Henderature of the offence, as being fections. It may be communic
of the case, which he char- glands, Council that Saigon is a place at
The dine spreads netarised, in view of the slight rapidly, and is bellared to be ins to follow that example. In the case of Jamaica, the Legislative
disease prevails.
san of the new Chinese boat Fei trifling. Council, sometime last year, ap
Ting which arrived in the Colony
ated to the foot through the proved of a resolution that the
His Worship reminded Mr. ganey of dead flies-another Secretary of State should bo ask mitted into the Government Civil the voyage from Homs. At almost to be heard in evidence,
A Chinese was yesterday ad- a pleasant time of it during the was trifling or not it would have house-flies.
last week appears not to have bad Rowan that whether the offence count in the indictment against ed to arrange for the appointment Hospital suffering from injuries every part the vessel touched at of a Royal Commission to go to to his right thigh caused by an he had to take on freah hands asses any marks on the child's per-successor in the pastorate of the Colony and enquire into assailant who is now being held the man who left Home on the son; but Inspector Willis assured Christ Church, Westminster
Mr. Rowan sail be could not industrial, social and political in Police custody.
The Rev. Dr. F. B. Moyer's conditions, and to offer sugges-
vessel "jumped ship' whenever him that the girl bors innumer bridge-road, has been elected tions where reforms were necess-
they got the chance, and a few able bruises on her person. ary. Lord Milner replied that, We learn that Captain D. R.
days ago here he missed the most the Colony had not made out a Wahl, Royal Engineers, has cook and the bottle washer. This she bad those bruises or not the filling the palpit made famous by unanimously. He is the Rev. important man OD
Mr. Rowan said that whether Dr. William Poole, who has been board-the case to support such a request: successfully passed in the Can-morning the remainder of the fact would have to come out in Newman Hall and F. B. Moyer, and he suggested that a strong tonese language at an examin men, with the exception of the the evidence. His Wa ship bow-during the last three months. local Commission should appointed and should report to the local Director of Education hands had to be taken on.
bation held under the auspices of officers, left in a body and nawever, had the last word to say in Dr. Poole will visit the Far East him. The people of Jamaica wEIG
We the matter. I am entitled to in so disappointed at this that it was
have made enquiries and found
hear something about it" be re-beginning his ministry in the 'probability before at once suggested that represent- atives should go to London to the registration of two trade complain about in their skipper, Amongst others, we note that that the men have nothing to
marked.
winter. The Lincoln Tower, by interview the Colonial Secretary, marks standing in the name of in fact they say he has treated Wednesday, and the question of to Abraham Lincoln in London. The case was remanded until the way, was the first memorial renew the request for a Royal Messrs, William Meyerink and them, most kindly. The only bail then came up for discussion. Only change of the system of Govern-renewed under the Hongkong tedious and trying. We have redaction. He said
a few minutes' walk from press for a Co., of Shanghai, have been reason for them to leave the ship In repaset of the sum fixed, Le. Christ Church across the bridge is owing to the voyaga baing very $900. Mr. Rowan asked for its will stand the statue to Lincola ment of the Colony from Crown Ordinance. to representative government.
to be unveiled this month. been told that the heat in the Jamaica can at least be said to
"I going to apply for a reduc- know
engine room and galley is almost tion of the bail because” what it wants in that
His Excellency the Governor unbearable, and on the voyage
Something more than a tribute matter, just the same as Ceylon
has, under instructions received out the cook fainted three times I will certainly not reduce it.
His Worship interposed to the wisdom of Mases may be knew what it wanted, as well as from the Secretary of State for in one day owing to the insuffer
found in the decision of the British
the Colonies, appointed Lieutenable heat. From this it appears Hongkong ant-Commander Walte: Conway that the original crew of the
Committee that the land set aside" doesn't seem to know, for all it bas bean content to do is to form Hake, RNR, to be Assistant speedy Fei Ting instead of
for the Jewish colonists abould Constitutional Reform Associa
after a certain number of years Harbour Master. lion, listen to a few speeches,
become
the property of the people. It means that one of the make pious representations and
laws dear to the heart of the great bere Reform is in the air so far as ment of the Hon. Mr. Love to be
TREATMENT OF to let the matter rest-pleased to approve the appoint. His Majesty the King has been
HYDROPHOBIA.
lawgiver will after the lapse of THE NATIONALITY QUESTION. Crown Colonies are concerned an Unofficial Member of the from Mr. J.P. Braga a letter in will include but Hoaglong is rather languidly Legislative Council during the which he discusses with
thousands of years again becoma The August 29th-We have received meeting of the Sanitary Board The Voice that spoke to Moses on business at Tuesday's the law of the Promised Land. tailing behind the others, absence on leave of the Hon. Mr.cellent temper and great common lative to the erection of fifteen of social evilsFor the land Mount Sinai commanded the Letter from Government re-every fiftieth year for the healing H. E. Pollock, K.C.
trumpet of the Jubilee to sound sense the question raised by the water closets in the new flats now shall not be sold for ever: for the The Irish question has taken
letter of Another Victim on something of a new light by
in under construction on Kowloon reason of the Conference held a has, under instructions received
His Excellency the Governor. BRITTON.-At the Matilda Maternity Hospital. on 23rd few days ago in Dublin. When from the Secretary of State for it back
our columas on the 27th instant. Inland Lot No. 102, Nathan and land is Mine; for ye are strangers
Braga will we August, to Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Britton, a daughter.
feel JorJan Roads. such a representative gathering, the Colonies, appointed Com-we do so that we may be enabled closets at each of the blocks of ed into old age is that of Sir West sure, forgive us for keeping
and sojourners with Me.” day #
Letter from Government rela including so
or two, but tive to the erection of nine water many prominent mander C.W.M. Beckwith, R. to reply to it and to do fall justice new houses now under construc- Ridgeway, who has just retarded Irishmen.passes resolutions of the to be Harbour Master, Marine
An instance of activity sustain- nature of those cabled out Ess: Magistrate, by Reuter yesterday, it has a Officer in place of Captain Basil of his assertions to bis arguments. Emigration that, he is mistaken in some 1352 and 81 R.P.. Nathan Road.
We believe tion on Kowloon Inland Lots Noa from a business tour of North portent that no Government can Taylour, RN,, retired. reasonably refuse to recognise.
Boraso, for Sir West is 76 and pationality and rights of a great With the exception of the north.
Dr. W. V. M. Koch, pursuant to has a long and active career many of his confreres who are actice, will ask " Will the Head behind him. He was soldiering east corner of the country
The remains of a Japanese spoken of, and speak of them- of the Sanitary Department ascer-with Roberts in Afghanistan: he Ireland is practically united woman. 36 years of age, bave selver, as Portuguese, and as the tain for the information of the was specially promoted colonel. in demanding self-government. been removed from the Japanese question is one of great impor-Board what steps are being taken for distinguished service when 43. The Conference's resolution restaurant at No. 36, Connaught tance and effects not only the for the treatment of cases of it was Foreign Under Secretary demanding full national self- Road Central. The deceased was Portuguese but also the Chinese hydrophobia in the Colony?" government, with complete found dead yesterday, and
on here we intend to examine it fully administrative, fiscal and financi-examination by the doctor it was and at some length. al independence" will have to be discovered that her demise was given serious thought if there is caused by an over-dose of morphis ever going to be attempt to pacify the instincts of tered.
genuine or cocaine, probably self-adminis the majority of the Irish people. Special provision is made for
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST, 28. 1920.
other business centres as well. In fact, compared with some other Far Eastern centres. Hongkong can count itself fortunate. We
Guiana.
IRELAND AGAIN.
remain within the
2
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and
situate en Bowen Road, and Isquare feet, will also be disposed
A
catching torpedoes caught Tartar, or at all events, got a good deal more than they bar- gained for.
39
ex-
to the
that could be pamed. It is true that some firms have been badi-Empire, is the tendered solution/paring an area of about 6xolstory, and need say no more.
the
DEATH OF MRS. HANCOCK.
FORMERLY RESIDENT IN HONGKONG.
We
No;
SANITARY BOARD.
MOTORING FATALITY IN SHANGHAL
YOUNG AMERICAN KILLED.
A sad fatal motor-cycle accid-
the matter.
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in India at 36. He bas served on diplomatic missions; he has governed the Isle of Man and Ceylon; he was Under Secretary for Ireland from 1887 to 1893; ha stood as a Liberal for London City in 1906, and he still takes a keen interest both in business and in politics.
There is a good deal to be said
FIRM PRICE QUOTATIONS.
Business conditions in Hongkong at the present time are
THE TIGER NIGHTHARE. admittedly not what they might be. The state of the market in
Aug. Sept. 2nd.-Lately most lines right with truth be described as "dall. But whilst this
have been treated to Chind Hail is so, we do not see that there is any reason to be unduly depressed about the matter, nor to adopt an attitude of pessimistic despair in Ulster-in fact two prominent 2304, Bowen Road, is to be sold at of interest of news gleaned from seaserpentine stories. Tytam tiger apisodes, etc., but today WE reviewing the situation. After all, what we have to bear in mind tilstermen at the Conference the P.W.D. offices. It has an area Frisco Exchanges. As it comes ent took place on Siccawei Road for Professor Petria's suggestion,
On September 13, Inland Lot will be found amongst the items publish a trae snake story which is that if things are not all that they might be, the same applies expressed the belief that Ulster of about 8,000 square feet, and from an American source we can late on Saturday night, says the made in the University College have had here nothing like the commercial and Bnancial crisis Dominion Home Rule, with the same price is $1,360. On the with perfect confidence recom-N.C. Daily News of Angust 23, magazine, that instead of erecting
would accept the suggestions. which has been experienced in Japan, for example, nor have we limitation that Ireland
same day. Inland Lot 2303, also mend it as a true-as-gospel snake resulting in the death of Mr.the London University building been so badly affected by adverse conditions as some other places
Olin Loveland, of No. 654 Avenue on a valuable business site in Cen- hit in one way and another, but the general business stability of this and Mr. Lloyd George has now ol. The upset price in this case is
Joffre. British Colony has not been seriously shaken, and we can all opportunity of honouring his $1,113.80.
tral London, smid “smoke, imute, of us feel grateful that in these unusual days matters are no worstep to and act on the recom-
Mr. Loveland, who was only and fog," they should choose promise that he would gladly than they are.
21 years of age and an American the fresher air of the northern We have been led to make the foregoing observations after mendations of any responsible
citizen, must have been riding his heights. Lord Mansfield's Kan- reading the report of an important meeting of the Association party. There was a unanimity foreshore and ses bed at Lai Chi
motor cycle alone at the time of wood estate, which is in the The letting of portions of of British Chambers of Commerce which was recently held at of opinion that the continuance Kok is advertised for & period up
the tragedy, for at 12.15 a.m. two market, is the professor's choice. Glasgow, and at which a question having a direct bearing on Hong of the Government's present to 31st December, 1920, with the
Belgian residents who were motor-Its 150 acres would provide room kong's present business situation was brought forward. At that further strife and outrage-in mittee for further periods of cixed with deep regret of the death of the road. They did not at-wood is well placed. It adjoins ing along Siccawei Road saw a not only for all necessary build- policy would only result in option of renewal by the per- meeting, a resolution was adopted in regard to firm price quotations, fact
foreigner tying on the side of the ings but for sports as well. As far Many old residents have learn-road and a motor cycle in a creek as accessibility is concerned Ken- this stating that the practice ruling in manufacturing and com- mercial circles in England at the present time of declining to give unger-striking Lord Mayor of the Directer of Public Works at iste Mr. Alfred Hancock, formerly immediately went to the Bubbling terminus, just within the four release of the months as may be approved by in England of the widow of the tempt to remove the body, but Parliament Fields, and the tram firm price quotations for the sale of goods on the execution of work Cork was demanded. Judging a rental of $28 per half-year of Hongkong. beyond the immediate moment, but of quoting at prices ruling at purely on the face value of the payable in advance. The area lady, who was 75 years of age, date of delivery," was doing incalculable harm to the trade of the as received here, we can comprises 12,000 square feet.
The deceased Well Police Sation and reported mile radius, is not far away. The country and particularly to the export trade. As to the causes of Government does not make some only conclude that if the British!
Highgate Tabe runs in the neigh- this unsatisfactory practice, the meeting expressed the view that
came out to Hongkong in the early sixties and resided here for ed the two gentlemen to the spot
Sergeant McRobbie accompani-bourhood, and a branch line to uncertainty of labour prices, the latter being the basis of all pro-will draw upon its own. head other benefits the main of these were the Government control of industry and there sympathetic move in re-
the University is not impossible. over forty years, leaving Hong-where the accident took place, A recent Army Order notifies tong in 1906. She was the sad there found the body lying in sponse to freland's demand it that demobilisation Farlough and mother of Mr. Harry Hancock and the position mentioned. He the only son of the ex-Ecopress ductive costs. The whole matter was referred to the Executive Council, which is to consider the points raised. Whether any good
When Prince Louis Napoleon, worse happenings than
terminate on Mr. Richard Hancock of Hongkong stopped a big motor car which Eugenie, volunteered for service resolts can come from an investigation of this important question already taken place,
bave August 31st, 1929. On and after as well as of Lady Stewart Lock-was passing, the other being too in South Africa all England was by such a body is debatable, but that the Association bas put its
this date, the release of all other hart, wife of the High Commis small, and conveyed the body to thrilled by the story of how a finger on the weak spot of British export trade there will be general BRITAIN'S DIRECT QUESTION.
ranks from Military Service will sioner of Weihaiwei,, who was the Red Cross Hospital where life British camp at Isandula had agreement amongst business men.
be by discharge and not by de- formerly Colonial Secretary of was pronounced extinct. So far as imports into this Colony are concerned, it is unques-Russia will certainly have the regular army engagements after of New York, whose husband was stance of the tragedy is that one of Rorke's Drift. In these days of Mr. Balfour's direct question to mobilisation. Soldiers serving on Hongkong, of Mrs. C. A. Tomes tionably true that this matter of inability to secure firm price effect of bringing matters to a August 31st, 1920, will be granted formerly a member of the firm of of the nurses at the Hospital, wireless telegraphy it is hard to bean overwhelmed by 15,000 An especially painful circum-Zulus and by the gallant defence quotations is the most potent factor in the present business stagna- head, because the Soviet has now furlongh for the last 28 days prior Shewan Tomes and Co., and of Misa Loveland, recognized the realise that news of these stupea- tion. If we have heard it from one business source we have from a been challenged to make definite-to discharge or transfer to the Mrs. Lloyd and Miss Hancock, dead man as her brother. dozen, that there is ample business to be picked up if only there ly clear its intentions. And when Army Reserve, always provided both of whom are in England. were some certainty regarding prices. "really anxious to do business, but they have been in the babit of with a request that an
Chinese customers are such a direct question is asked that in the case of a soldier about
dous events,occurring on Jatidary - Mr. F.J.Schuhl, Commissioner 22,1879, did not reach this country dealing on fixed, definite quotations and naturally are disclined to be received by a certain date, it Reserve, such furlough may be answer to be transferred to the Army
of the United States Court for for days afterwards, and then buy in the dark. They have faith its British products and manu- can be taken for granted that the granted to the United Kingdom. ROYAL AIR FORCE. hold an inquest at the Court Room from an island in the Atlantis factures-indeed, many of them have a decided preference for Government is contemplating
China, acting as coronez, will only by a brief – telegram British goods-but they want firm prices before they enter into action in the event of the answers
at five o'clock this afternoon. contracts of any importance. That is the problem with which local being unsatisfactory. If the latest
where a home-coming steamer Up to the present no details bad called. There was no tela import firms are faced. With the Home manufacturer the trouble massage from Warsaw is correct, language, lend a hand. The Polish Mr. D.K. Blair, Hon. Treasurer meantime the police are making writer, with other journalists, have transpired as to how the graphic communication-with- is that he is also badly handicapped on account of Government then the
accident occurred, but in the South Africa, and the present control and the insistent demands of Labour for more wages. He fresh claims on Poland that will shevik Government has become forms us that the following. It is understood that Mr. Love Incoming vessel for the fall stors
Soviet is advancing victories continue and the Bol- of the Hongkong Aero Club, investigations, cao no more find stability than the Hongkong importer can; and, as a make the matter of a peace treaty alarmed, giving instructions for subscriptions to the above Fund and had only been a few months It was at day-hrea direct consequence of the general uncertainty that prevails, business all the more remote. The Allied the concentration of all workmen have been forwarded to him in China. He was in the employ February, morning
Want to Plymouth to is tremendously curtailed. Eventually, no doubt things will find High Commissioner at Dantzig on the Wrangel front before it is direct:- their true level, but until this quotation question is put on a more has now been instrunted to ensure too late. As we said yesterday, satisfactory basis it is idle to look for any marked improvement in the passage of war materials it is nothing less than an Allied business. For the benefit of British export trade in general, we do through that port and to effect war on Russia Whether that is hope that the attention which the British Chambers of Commerce the landing of cargoes by all right or wrong is a matter of are giving this matter will lead to beneficial results.
available means, or, in plainer) personal opinion. We havE ONES.
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