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DICKIE STIRLING.-On January 3rd., at the Union Church, rights. “James Dougall Dickie to Elizabeth Birrell Stirlidg.
Death.
HARVEYA Merrilee, Cardonald, Glasgow, on the 3rd. inst., Betty, the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Harvey, in her 14th year. By Cabla.
The Hongkong Telegraph
1922
STITUTE EMIGRANTS.
TRUE TEACHER SHOULD Serious Position of Chinese
Labourers.
Alarming reports of the con-
OF
There was one falal case ofj
LOCAL FIRM SUED,
Judgment in Recent Legal Action.
Between
Ourselves
By Robt MacWhirt
to he queried. The Harts Mountain Rollègs” saye I.. But he didna savyee.
"What" skys
But Joa
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Advertising Enterprise. PENETRATE TO WHATEVER 13 As a rule Hongkong does not VITAL IN HIS PUPIL AND DE- wilness very many novelties|VELOP THAT BY THE LIGHT AND In the way of street advertising.HEAT HIS OWN. INTEL-[dition' of smigranta sent to Dent-
Man, Joe and I havana" what Whilst one may see the usuLİ | LIGENCEŠ IEP. WHITFLE ral and South America from this you'd say struck it off vory well Chinese banners and boards being
port have been received by their wi each other today. If it wasna carried around on behalf of the We are informed that in con- relatives and through the official one thing, it was two and some 1, indignant-like, you been at a native shope, it is a rare sight to nection with St. Georgs's Ball all representative organizations of times both together at one time. high-grade school and never son a string of sand w obmen such motor restrictions have bean Chinese merchants. Steamers, | Now, if there's anything I detest heard o' A German Rollar? an are common at Home. But wairad for to-night.
which were specially chartered more than another it's a man What's the use o teaching this week, the town has witnessed
for the em grant traffic, are firing questions at me when I'm geography and stopping short as the introduction of "a decorated A Chinese woman, 7 years of stated to be held up at ser cal in the middle of my work. What the principal industries of a motor ear, all bedecked out in age, was sent to the Government ports and their hundreds of pass-between yon bellowing Chiness place I left him wi' that flea in banners and streamers and in Civil Hospital yesterday as aengers are in a destitute cond-auctioneer in the took Exchange his ear. I'd like to bet he thinks which are seated a number of result of being knocked down by tion, due to the operation of the opposite on the one hand and Joe it's some kind o’faner road-ralier. Chinese boys dressed up-and a motor car.
exclusion law.
on the other, it's been very hard Onyway I'm no likely to be maaked and playing "bugles
work to keep my mind in one questioned an geography for a Conditions have reached such place, so to speak. Ay: Joe, he's wbiła. and drums. One cannot say that they have made a very harno teria fever reported yesterday: kong Government has decided to some folks make & vary dishonest of Twelfth Night and from that a serious sings, that the Hong been full of questions all day. Then we got on to the subject ious kind of noise, but they and also one non-fatal case of more in an endeavour to clear display of their ignorance at to stresses and strains. A silly certainly bars succeeded in paratyphoid fever. The sufferer calling attention to themselve in the latter case was a Britiaber. Up what has been characterised times. "Big fire at Hartlepool, I kind of jump I almost hear you jas a "perfect tangle,” It being see" says he. But I never let on. say, but man, it's wonderful how and, more important, to the fart
felt that the papers issued by the What river's Hartlepool on" be argumens goes that way unless that the firm on whose behalf Maurice Tourneur's wonderful Central and South American Coo-came again “Now," 1155 I "what ya keep a tight hold do yourself. they and the car have been hired film version of Fenimore Cooper's sala here furnish no dependable in the name o'suffering humanity I don't know if I can make my- basa sale. Novelties in street famous story. "The Last of the guarantee for migrating labour, does it matter what river it's on self quite cleart the pace I've A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. advertising are all very well but stohicans, forme the feature at-
there is always a danger that traction at the Kowloon Theatre the Government has accordingly The fire's no in the water got laft, but Tre aya had an idea decided to communicate with the they will conflict with the law this evening, for one night only countries concerned through the Onyway."
that just because of the factor of relating
But Joe, he had to harp on safety always allowed to street traffic-not
when Home Government for definite about what river Hartlepool calculating strains and stresses, that the "motor cat 1821
To-morrow's Pictorial Page information as to the nature of stood on. Ay, the Tees. But it there's a tremendous waste of this week could be considered in will contain the following repro- the exclusion laws. In the max might as well have been the money and material in the world..... that regard. We have in mind duetions:-Photographs of the time, clearance papers will not be wear or the Humber or the Clyde We-build a house, or a bridge, or the fact that at Home there have Dickie-Stirling Wedding: memo-issued, except in the case of one for all the difference it made to a retaining wail and in order to The rate of subscription to "The Hongkong Telegraph" is $35 been several cases of prosecution trial to the 1ste Warder Speed: Company which has contracted Hartlepool at the time. Or Joe, insure against sandwichmen, and in one photographs taken at the Police for one or
absolute safety we per annum. (Payable in Advance.)
> commitments either, but that just shows ye the multiply everything, including The fate per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscria-Lown a limit was put on the Sports and the Army Team, previous to the announcement of mood he was in. Then he began the
bills, by SEVOL. For tions for any period less than ons maath will vs charged as for a number which could be employed winners of the KO.Y.LI. Polo of this orde..
I to twit me on my geography. instance, in one string. In Hoogkong xe Cop.
детет could fall month.
I Several circumstances
on. Dever let hare But
An saree why yon intricate have had prosecutions against
combined to lend the Government ignorant man lass dangerous mass of steel wa call the Forth some of the big Chinese abops
to take this step, the cases of the than so educated fool ong day. Bridge is necessary to carry s for exhibiting in their windows such attractive displays that large
s.. New Ching and another Man, some folks are fair spilling train across it
The weights crowds gathered on the pavement
steamer being directly respon-ofer wi' facts and systems and seem so much out of proportion. sible. Whan the Hwab Ping reasons and every dulling thing It's the same if I misdoubt not, and obstructed the traffic. Such
cases created
a great deal of
teft oogkong after the reports of it's possible to think of. True wi' a lot of our houses. I often public interest at the time and
distress had been received, the I'm a bit wonky on geography think waight and strength are question was raised as to the but that never prevented me synonymous terms, wi zome the legal points were well argued
Mr. Justice Gompertz gave expedianes of stopping the coolie getting from place to place yet, architects. Look what a tremen- in Court. Such matters always will be interesting for they judgment in the Saminary Cour traffic, it being alleged that no- Come to think of it, if Hartlepool dous world-wide saving it would concern that of debated point as this mornice in the cass in which scrupulous people were exploitings on the Thames and I wanted be if we were more inclined to to bow far advertising enterprise Messrs. Getz Bros. of the Orient, the situation in inducing coolies, to get there I'd manage without take a chance. can go without infringing public Ltd., were sued by Chip Sik-ki. in many cases farm labourers going to school again. Ay. I'd
he kept meaning former employee, for $396.42 from the country, to invest money roll into Hartlepool railway about the "factor of faty.” And brokerage due and two months in a trip to America as a quick station wherever. it is just as yet he has serious objections to A "Danger."
salary at 835 a month. Plaintif step to fortune. The Chinese surely as I hope to turn into bed vaccination. Oh, that was a was represented by Mr. Leo. Chamber of Commerce recently in half-an-hour's time. As awful different thing. That was per- During the past few days a D'Almada and the defence was communicated with the Secre- lot of this boarded knowledge we sonal. I'm no' so sure about that former resident of Hongkong has conducted by Mr. D. B. Bisketary for Chinese Affairs with the call education is just a sheer either. The way I figure it out sent usa copF cf a new magazine. The action was heard in the resuls that the official bas taken waste of storage room and lots of is that the unvaccinated man geis now making its appearance in Summary Court on Wednesday, measures for the control of the folk can ill spare it. We spend small pox in the most virulent Vancouver, entitled Danger. It
Two main polats arose for situation. Financial assistance the best part of our young lives form and has all the more is published by the Danger decision, said His Lordship. The was sent to a batch of labourers collecting and trying to grasp germe for free distribution. Pablishing Company and on the first was, were the advances made stranded at one port. The Eut and mind geographical and his- There's nothing very personal cover the public are told that the to the paintiff persons! loans by grant Ordinance is to be amended, torical facts that dings' matter about amal pox except the pock- publication is an "Anti-Asiatic the compradore, or were ther. lg and the outflow of Isbour stopped curse onyway. If they are ever marks if you're lucky to reach Weekly." It certainly is antifact, advancea against salary and until the exact nature of the seeded we've got map, gazetteers that stage. Asiatic, without being aayibing commission made on behalf of the exclasico laws of the various sad histories are to our bands. To come back to the stresses else.The information is also gier firm? His Lordship was quite Central and South American As a rule we've got to turn to and strains. From that fo that Danger is "devoted to an exclear that they were advances by countries are disclosed.
bamboos and the new pavilion on posure of the perils of the Oriental the firm. The accounts pat ia
the finest site was only a step. mensce, and to an effort to keep and the evidence of Mr. Odell, Emigrante who left by the New
Joe, he couldna' just see how the Canada, sad-especially British continued the Judge, showed that China are in a siste bordering on But that was nothing. Once boards were to be nailed to the Colombia. a white country for in the ordinary course of business starvation, so runs the report, having opened the Gazetteer it bamboes. For that matter neither white men. Wa have no objec such advances were made to The steamer is lying at Salion) was like pulling two cents worth could I. So we took a stroll tion whatever to the case for the employees by the compradore Cruz, being helt up on account of o' fish from our black cat to get round and solved the mystery, exclusion of Chinese And
from time to time and repaid to question raised over her pspere it away from him. Having as They're going to make a mighty Reading a review of the past year's shipping we found Japanese from the West Coast of the compradore by the firm. which were issued not by the simulated mostly all that is one job of yon ball and so they matters for encouragement amid the general note of de- Canada sod America being argued Theo, were these advances repsid Hongkong Government but by known about the two Hartlepools should, even if they manage to pression. It is calculated that to-day there are in round sadly and logically. The ques by the plaintif to the compradore? the authorities at Canton. It is be next started in to make a spend all the money they think numbers 62,000,000 tons of shipping afloat or under con- tion is a big one sad has been On the whole, His Lordship was given out to-day that very likely meal of the Hartz Mountains. they will. They're starling early Maskee if there was a fire in enough onyway so that's all in struction. The rapidity with which the buge submarine argued by many of the leading not satisfied that they were. Ir legal proceedings may be taken.
inen of both countries. But they was inconceivable that if they
County Darbam and another in their favour. What I was think losses were replaced has certainly been one of the features have recognised the necessity of had been repaid the plaintiff
shanghai or that De Valera was ing though, wouldn't it be a good. post-war activity. Many consider that there has been keeping to pertine: facts, of should have acquiesced, as be DECEMBER'S RAINFALL. ring in Dublin to say the same idea if they didne pull it down over-production. Considering the million of tons at ghung cleanly and fairly on did, to the letter of Oct. 9th. from
thing in seventeen amending right away after the Prince here: clauses or that a hundred and gone. It seems such a pity to go present laid up around the coasts of America. Britain. comic ground, and of avoiding the defendant. The claim failed
belittling
and racial except as to the amount paid into Japan, Norway, and other countries, this contention ap- animus. Dunger does nothing Court. There would be judgment
one things incidental to news to all that expense just for a two The following is the record of paper production were hungering days' hand shaking festival. pears to be only too well-founded.
of the kind. It is a danger in up to that sum up to payment in rainfall, during December as re- for attention, the Hartz Moon What about leaving it there for a Such a view is rather short-sighted. It is not so much all conscience. One Caunotubsequent costs to defendant. corded at the Botanic Gardens:-tains bad to be properly surveyed while and In the meantime to go first. That's the worst of folks ahead and pull down the Theatre excess of tonnage as lack of cargoes. Nor is it a valid read through the issue in our
Date
Inch
that claim to be thorough. ad City Hall, straighten up the contention that this comes to the same thing. A trade heads without realising that here
They're generally so at the road at the Cricket Ground corner revival of medium dimensions would speedly absorb the is presented, in
wrong time.
and get on wit the building of the bulk, if not the whole, of the idle tonnage: a boom would manner, something far more than admitted that Danger receives deliberate dozens of letters daily from protest-
By and by when the rush was New City Ball. They have to find space at a premium. Two years ago, zotwithstanding attempt to stir up race animosities ing Chinese and Japanese (we can
through, I thought I'd get a wee do it some day, why not now! In- that shipbuilding activity was practically at its maximumhe dubbing the Asiatic sa avers quite believe that); on page 15
o'my own back so I asked him the meanwhile the Pavilion will Will our readers the Editor states that the journal's
if the Gazetteer had mentioned serve the tura. What's that?" (it has, of course, enormously subsided since), shipowners thing evil.
onything about the Roller. Typhoons? Well, it's a thousand." commanded freights-cargoes and substantial rates. Anti-Kindly follow us through one or cause is the ultimate exclusion two points. An editorial com-jof the Asiatic from our shores:"
industry. Joe, he looked at to one that we're na dancing or freight-cutting organisations could look on complacently ment, in discussing the Washing on page 7 is scurrilous attack
if 1 bad listening to a conceft when that As for passenger accommodation, one had to be a life-long ton Conference, questions whether ou & Lamber Company which friend of a director to stand any chance of an early berth.it will be possible to do away with gave a job to a Japanese, who Halcyon days those, giving to the general public an in-the causes of war. We certainly had formerly beld it, and who had share that doubt after reading just returned from a six months' pression that shipowning was a synonym for El Dorado.
Danger. "The yellow races have boliday in Japan" (we should Good business it was, so soon to give place to keen, even an ambition to dominate the white bave thought that a perfectly. Will the bonest and honourable action), fierce, competition, for the trade boom not only tailed off people of the earth.
on, pages 26, 29 Orientalgive up his great tradition whilst but was succceded by a slump,
are articles on the It is to this slump that the idleness of tonnage is that some day he is going to be and 31
the white man's master-a tradi-Japanese and Chinese, sheerly largely, probably mainly, due. and therein lies the hope of tion he has cherished since his condemnatory and in no way a shipping recovery. The recovery must come through the forefathers built the Great Wall apropos of the exclusion argu- recovery of trade except in a secondary degree the ship-of Chios. and probably before ment. We cannot too strongly Owners cannot bring it along themselves. The consolation that? Taking the sword from condemn such a publication. We read many American is that the present world-commerce allows a substantial his hand for the time being will bave
hardly remove & great ambition pamphlets and articles on the margin for expansion, and when a revival brings this which is a more than istent part exclusion question, and they have expansion, as the experts are pretty well agreed will of his life's blood, inherited generally confined themselves to be the case, the idle tonnage will be restored to the active-through thousands of years." statistics, economics and all list. There are no tangible signs of a sweeping revival; abe writer of those words must such pertinent facts. It would gradual, but fairly steady recovery is what is predicted by have learned his history in be wrong and inimical to the a considerable body of experts. The general dislocation in queer school: perhaps be never future pesos of the world to KDOW why the Great Wall include anything else, and those Europe goes far to explain the lack of cargoes, nor do pro-was, built and he has entire responsible for Danger are com- zeal with mitting an error of very grave spects in Russia and Germany look any brighter at ly forgotten the present. Despite this, a concensus of opinion favourable which China and Japan sought nature. Feeding and fanning to Improved trade prospects is unmistakable, if only by to have nothing to do with racial dislikes into hatreds and the early whits travellers. -Oathesping ignorant Insults on the comparison with the slump which the world has been ex-pikere, is an urgent ples beds of fot iznega matter of periencing. Great as is the total of world tonnage, it is that Japanese in Vancouver what colour can only have the reckoned to be some millions short of what it would have should be denied telephon-facili- most deleterious results. If the been in the formal course, if there had been no war ; ties; on pige Pit is alleged that white man feats & war with has died at Felixstowe, aged 1. & window, and st his zequest the London Labour party hizes af Japanese and Chinees maior car coloured races he is fast earning was the first medical officer of children rose and reeled off the smalgamation into London and and the total includes a quantity of old tonnage and dryers in Vancouver are reckless such a war if he permite a sheet health for Ipswich was rhyme. At the words When Heme Counties Parliament of the wooden vessels. Given a fair measure of trade prosperity, and a perfect menace, enrring at like Denger to go uncensored. If appolated 47. years ago and was the ple was opened the birds county councils ament of the
22 should see a good proportion of idle tonnage while drivers who do not get out strikes us as being the product of prison of public health admin-began to sing the big pie was Midlenes, Hestfort, Ease
istration. of the'r way; on page 11 it is brainless irresponsibles.
mysteriously opened and the and Surrey,
of
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1922.
unmoored.
SHIPPING IN 1921
an honest casea
cennational
v
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2nd.
3rd.
4th.
⚫th.
8th.
7th.
8:b.
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10tb.
11th.
12b.
13th.
145.
15th.
16th.
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20th,
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22ad.
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241b.
25th.
26,h.
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29:b.
30ta.
18818111111BRZESU MITIHA
Total 33 inch
PIONEER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Colonel Georze B. Elliston, who
them for the sake of accuracy onyway. That's just what Joe had to de as it was.
me the sam 民言
a cross painted on my forehead. comes slong. Besides – look. "What Rollers are you referring at the money it would saVBŞ-
CHILDREN'S PARTY.
At Government House.
four-and-twenty black-birds" popped up to the amazement of the excited and happy children. Father Christmas then proceeded to distribute presents to one and On Wednesday evening about all and before making his exit 140 children of wall "known threw crackers amongst the residents in the Colony were children which were eagerly entertained at Government scrambled for House, by His Excellency the After tez the guests adjournsd Governor (Sir R. E. Stubbs, to the supper room where s K.C.M.G.) and Lady Stubbs. The cinematograph show had been | entertainment was distinguished | arranged, and two films “fésfürs for its originality, and wasing the inimitable CHLUS immenslely enjoyed The wall Chaplin and a symbolicalfilm with known children's rhyme." Four. Father Christmas were screened, and-twenty Blackbirds" formed Lady Stubbs and His Excellency- the control idea of the scheme. as hostess and host were presene When the little guests sat down throughout the proceedings. to tes a huge pie, some four feet in length, was placed on the table. All eyes ware focussed on this ziani's dich, At the proverbal moment Father Obrisin19, Te- splendent in red, gold and white mads a triumphal entry through
FARLIAMENT. FOR GREATER LONDON,
In connection with the Royal Commission on London Govern- ment, the excentre of B