READ'S
LIGHT LAGER
BEER.
PINTS.
Fresh Stocks have arrived
SOLE AGENTS
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPE.
NOTES & COMMENTS.
The Seamen's Dispute.
to
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1922.
DAY BY DAY,
NEVER MARRY A POOR GIRL WHOS BEEN RAISED LIKE A RICH ONE. SHE'S SIMPLY TRAD
ROUND THE TOWN.
cracked chins that looks as
A Ricksha Accident.
Miss Barker, of the Foundling
Between Ourselves
go to another Indy's house and EUROPEAN LADY HURT. another would not as instructress. It was great fun. I'm tall. Every-
·By "Gadabout.
|body entered into the spirit of the thing and as it was not yo We think we are expressing
Fonder why it is so many stald and formal as the usual the general opinion of the European residents in this Colony D THE VIRTUES OF THE POOR fellows, who never even gave the afternoon tea they got to know when we say that the seamen's FOR THE VICES OF THE RICH idea thought at Home, get the each other and so made real Home at Pokfulum, had n decision not to go back to work WITHOUT DOING LONG ON THEIR corio bootleg mania as soon as friendships. They also learned unfortunata experisase yesterdas on the terms offered by the Com- GOOD POINTS.-G. H. Larimer, they get to Hongkong. I've got something which would later on when she rinkshs in which she pai who has been taken rather delight their batter hall. If you was riding overturned. She was |panies yesterday is both wrong and unfortuuste. The public has
Mr. E. J. Grist leaves for badly this way. Every now and want to look after a man, feed thrown heavily out on to the again he digs me pot and hauls the brute, they say, and maybe roadway and broke an arm. been led to understand all along Home by the as. Egypt.
me off to some dingy, smally there's something in it. Many Other injuries were received and that the men and the Union were willing to adopt the principle
Mr. Y. C. Tao, the new Chan- neighbourhood, where he ferrets of our Chinese cooks, however she was in such a serions con- of arbitration such a principle cellor of the Chinese Legation in about in a lot of oid musty shops good they are, have a limited dition that it was found necessary must be adopted in all present London, has arrived in the with the idea of picking up a range of dishes and many families to remove her to the Government aling vase for a couple of dollars have to put up with what the Civil Hospitalin an ambulance. day labour disputes. When the British capital.
on thereabouts. If be is success-king of the kitchen pois emloyer first anggested arbitra-
The accident happened on an tion they made no offer of ang) A Mowaway arrested aboard ful in getting. hold of an old hit or before them simply because the incline at Pokfulum Rosd, near kind, and it was rightly pointed the Phemius from Singapore was though it was pinched from same thing fresh. But these Peking sharp turn the vehicle became un- missio" can't teach him ant-the University. In making a out by the Union that until some given six weeks' hard labour by body's ash bin he takes it home, indian could. I know because balanced and fell on its side. The offer of an increase had been the Magistrate this morning. made there was nothing
places it in a prominent position I occasionally dine with one. coolie was not injured. on the mantleshelf, takes it in bis arbitrate about, saring their own. Mr. I Tokugowa (son of Prince demands and a zero point. They Tokugawa), First Secretary to arms and fondles it now and
and again
when anybody had to have something mora de the Japanese Embassy, a call, brags about i18. AR- finite than that. At a meeting of the arrived in London and entered
tiquity, unique design, beautiful employers held later a suggested upon bis dates.
workmanship, etc, etc, etc, and of increases drawn
The condition of a coolfe who expectantly asks the visitor if he Union by Mr. Halifax, the yesterday fell from the scaffold His room resembles
thinks the purchase a bargain. a small
It's the same old, old story it as traffic on our streets. By Secretary for Chinese Affairs. In ing whilst at work no a new wall museum. When you call on him once more. So long as things go and by after a few Guild meetings his notice to the men accompanist the temple at Matankok was he takes down his beloved trea-smoothly wi' as we refuse to another document is drawn up ing this offer he definitely stated this morning stated to be serioussures one by one and tells you all worry about cause and effect and sent along the same road. that if the employers' offer did.
their history, or what he thinks is Then we get a rough jolt but. In the meantime the members not meet with their acceptance | Mr. G. N. Orma will deliver a their bistory, anyway. This from instead of going into the whys get working themselves up into a all the outstanding points could short address on "Life of the the ex-Emperor's place during and the wherefores of the thing perfect mental sweat and are SANDES This morning at 109 the Peak, to Mr. and Mrs. by discussed and agreed to by People of China to the Reading the sack of Peking, that is jost it's a beat pin to a pound of willing and ready to listen to and arbitration. What more is there Circle of the Helen May one thousand years old, the other steak that we begin hating some believe onybody. Well time Acknowledgment.
to be added? We fail to see. Institute, tomorrow at 1030 a.m. is some of the first calaisonne body instead. I couldn' help passes, and among the employers especially as the representatives All interested are invited.-Advi. ever made, and so on. Most of it but think of that to-day when the someone is away at Shanghai, came from Paddy's Market and other fellow in the party re- another has taken to himself a of the men who would sit on such Arbitration Board have been
A. Higinbotham, he got the history of his par-ferred to the Chinese sesmen as wife, while a third is going home nominated. As will be seen in Superintendent of Agencies of chases from the shopmao. He swine." He said it quite dispas in the spring onyway and he our des colomos to-day, the the Sun Life of Canada, arrived probably took the stories with ssionately mind ye, but still the should worry-bat doesn't-wi' Union has replied to the offer bere yesterday morning on the pinch of salt at the time, but he thought was there: the thought the result that before they have suggesting much
higher Hoosier State to visit the local likes to tell everybody about his that the seaman Daturally was bad time to mention the matter increases. Has the public to wait agency. Hr. Higinbotham bas bargains and he has now gone the mat to be cursed. He was casually to somebody else and until the parties have wrangled many friends in the Colony. over the ground so many times the cause of the strike. Was be? have an interview wit the com- and haggled and found
that he really thinks what he says Personally, I don't know. How pany's solicitors or think about complete settlement? With the Yesterday's Health Return is true.
can I know? Do you know? seeing the Colonial Secretary, a majority of the men in Canton shows that there were two fatal
Yes? How do you know? Read fall blown strike is ablooming this will be loog drawn-out cases of plague. Both sufferers
all about it in the papers. Ah! to Then the poor Secretary for proceeding How much better were Chinese. The only other of another fellow who hit on a Who told them ? You and I. bow be most curse the whole big.
Talking of curios, reminds me be sure tha newspaper folk know. Chinese Affaire bas to get basy would it be for the men to return item recorded was one non-fatal great scheme for making a pile And that's how we know all o' tricks and there is much to work on the higher scale now case of paratyphoid fever, the offered by the companies, leaving
A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD.and was then submitted to the
Wine & Spirit Merchants
C. L. Sands, a son.
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Birth.
Mr. C. M. W. Reynolds and Mr. F. L. Cooke desire to thank their many fries ds for their kind expressions of sympathy, letters of condolence and the beautiful floral wreaths sent in their recent sad bereavement.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1922.
SINO-FOREIGN CO-OPERATION,
the general
Mr. F.
ality.
on
By Robt. MacWhirter.
and
Rumour, with many tongues, is rife in Peking concern-¡¿}} further points in dispute to b Patient being of Indian nation./of money. He thought he did, all that there is to know about it. running from Den 'to Beersheba
anyway. His idea was to buy a
Abl well go to those most in- and messing and plittering ing the future of the Liang Shib-yi Cabinet. One version, settled by an impartial arbitration
besp of cheap brass curios anderested. Let's take the Com- around like a lot of excited bene voiced by the most clamant throats in the babel, is that such has been promised.
ship 'em me to a pal of his panies first. It was reported to the police who kept & shop sad get him to they're not going to tell you ony the present strike has run trus to They know but It happens thus everytime and "the Premier Liang's Cabinet, acclaimed by some as
yesterday that the foki of palm 'em of to the unsupecting thing about their affairs. Why? form. Ministry of All the Talents," will not survive the Chinese The Public's Sympathy.
money changer's shop at No. 37 public at about a hundred per Because it's no business of yours The offer which has been by Bulkeley Street, Hungtom. bad cent. profit, or something of anyway. Besides it might mitigate I'd have a Labour Tribunal or no Now, my idea briefly is this. New Year. It is charged against the new Administration
with the $1,015 that it is quite as much pro-Japanese as any of its prede the shipping companies should at disappeared
the kind. He was quite keen, least have the Piect cessors, the release of the Anfu-ites being quoted in proof, bringing back the local sesto be taken to Hongkong in ex-avery other night would see him another reason. The more you Guild has to be registered. Well of entrusted to him by his employer about it for a week or two. About aint the chance of a settle- Arbitration Board, call it what ment in their favour. There's you will. I take it that every that it is completely under Chang Tso-lin's thumb, and men to work. The men who have change for subsidary coins. down East haggling over know the more easy it will be then, I'd make it condition of that the proposed 890,000,000 loan will mean foreign zone to Centon-about 3,000 i: is
Baddhs or an incense bowl, work for you to avvee how bighly registration that in the event of control and more squandering of funds. On the other said should now be asked to
A Smoking Concert is to being out the dolare into sterling, unintelligent sundry folk in their ony application on the score of side, the Premier's supporters say that unification plans pigg business can be carried on. (City Hall) on Saturday 21st at ever friend had accompanied canca be ays handing ont a rise ing, all such requests should be return so that the Colony's ship held at the St. Andrew's Hall, doubling it and asking bich employ can, be at times. You wages or bad conditions of work. are going ahead, and that Liang is pursuing a progressive Oking to the approach of Chinese 9.15 p.m., to which all ex-active him policy generally, the new loan being designed to place the New Year, it is suggested in service men, whether members of thought anybody could be induced letter se get. Quite true. But This body would meet at the the expedition if he wages on the strength of every submitted first to such a Tribunal. Gabelle finances upon a clearer basis. Besides the main some quarters, it will be hard to e Association or not, are invited to give that sam. I went down that doesna prevent them from Supreme Court. I'd have a judge streams, there are, if possible, more cross-currents than evert them back, maskee what offer In view of the short time between with him once or twice and he emulating the ostrich. None of as Chairman. Every Chinaman in the flood of reports from the capital and other quarters.ade. The Union will be hard now and Saturday no invitation was so enthusiastic about it that
pet it to justify its pres-cards will be sent out.---Advt. he almost persuaded me to go in no'? I'm no' so sure of that.".
your business onyway. Ob! is it navrees
respects the We prefer to wait a little in order to see whether there ent attitude to
impartiality of British Law. with him on the deal. Every- We then turn to the Seamen. The rest of the Board would be are any signs of the medley sorting itself out, observing public. Up to now, saving one or The following are Police thing worked out so ridiculously They also know but they're, no chosen from members of the two only at the moment that while a Peking organ states that two incidents in which opin Officers sailing by P. and O. 5. cheap that buyers would simply going to tell you everything Chambers of Premier Liang has reached an understanding not only intimidation was tried, the Union Egypt: Inspectors Reynolds, roll up in thousands, or that was either. Been writing letters for receipt of demands on the part of Commerce, Ox with Dr. Sun Yat-sen but with General Chan King-ming of the public, because it has been ron and Davitt; Sub-Inspectors, the shop at Home would be will it all about? Ah! want more called upon to explain the wbys has had the general sympathy A.R. Clark, T. Murphy Durring-his idea. Whether bis pal with months eb? Too bad. What's the Guild, employers would be the Canton Government disclaims such an arrangement. felt that the shipping companies J. Murphy, A. Hutchins and J.S.ing to litter bis. establishment up money. Do you get all that be and wherefores of the case and to From this involved position we turn with some little should bave taken gotics of the Clark: Acting Sergeants, W. Ywith all the stuff and whether longs, you? Yes. Sure? Yes, show good reason why they pleasure to a statement just scut by the new Premier to earlier communications. Apart Henderson. Murphy H. M. there would be any duty or other What about the squeeze the No. should not, etc., etc. The employ- China's diplomatic representatives abroad and to the from the justice or Hourihan: Sergeants. S. Logan, charges, maskee. Anyway it One's and other folk get for the ers on the other band could do
otherwise of the men's demands. E. T. Brown, and P.Lanes provincial officials. The matters referred to are free from the public has felt with them.
was worth trying, he thought privileze cf allowing you to work likewise. The His idea was to first send Home beside them? No avvee. Which astorally be a member of the 9.0.A. would any direct connection with factional disputes. and though Bar, now that the owners have Geraldine Farrar beautiful, a few samples. He bought about is another way of telling ye to Tribonsi which would, of course, it might be inadvisable to take the document at its face intimated their willingness to fascinating Geraldine Farrar, enough junk to stock a dealer's mind your own business. value, it does at least show some understanding of world give certain definite imcreases and accomplished stage actress and I remember, and after packing
be a permanent body. It would. But isn't B our business? cost money but so do strikes. If requirements. Premier Liang leads off with the statements andis pois to arbitration (amous cinema star-plays the it all up, which took up two spare Surely it is. Oh! you don't know such & tribunal had been in that the relations of China with foreign countries bave there would seem to be no valit comes to the Kowloon Thestre ging it off to the shippers. His till the compradore starts in to need never have
outstanding poins to leading par in "Shadows" which evenings, I saw him one day lug eh? Just you wait a few days existence last year the engineers become more and more friendly every year. This is rather argument against a resumption to-night. A tale of Alaska, its enthusiasm had already waned a charge extra on the beef and certainly the present strike would reminiscent of the stereotyped sentence in the King's of work. The Union bas a dus zold lore and its primial passions. bit by this time and when the the market man begins to see a have miscarried long ago.
23 the public I rejoice to Speech when Parliament is prorogued:
"Shadows" is a picture of strong shipping people demanded chance of retiring early on in Ray that the relations of my Government with Foreig point will not be overlooked
Ye canna' expect to tasch a dramatic power and naked much to send the stuff as it was life. It's then that we'll get our Chinaan economice in a fort- Powers continue to be harmonious." Premier Liang, indeed, The resort to
worth he suddenly came to the art glimmering of an idea that night. He canna" afford to teach' conclusion that being an amateur none in a community can be selfsh himself the foolishness of strikes improves upon this by asserting that China's relations always be an extreme measure Mr. C. H. Benzon, General exporter wasn't worth the candle. and hope to get away wi' it. Ay, through experience. with foreign Powers grow more and more friendly-or and no strike should be continued Manager of the American Express He was going to dump the stock it's no sufficiently recognised canna afford to treat him like a "more better." as the coolie might say. Well, though the after the points sought have been sceptic would be at no loss in finding proofs to the gained or promised. In another Company announces the openiazio trade, but be didn't because that we are all interdependent on potential enemy; an enemy to
part of this issue will be found re-office in Florence, Italy.
ofan American Express Company called round at his rooms the sach other in Our daily our peace and comfort. That's the
The other night and saw it. His 100m contrary, there is evidence in favour of treating this as ported the latest position.
long way round. Unless some- new office is located on the is now like a glorified Wanchai) something more than a platitude; gradually, we may be
And what's the solution to be, thing of the kind I've suggested premises of the old firm of French, brass shop, but Le says it will the solution of friction sad mis is done we're in for a happy time lieve, East and West are coming to know each other better. Chinese Labour
Lemon and Company, which for come in handy for weddings and understanding and hate between here right enough., A Labour It is in this vein that the message proceeds. The Chinese Organisation.
many years has acted as corres-Christmas presents and such like all of us who earn our daily Tribunal will come eventually, people, says the Premier, are desirous that modern And while on the subject of the pondent for numerous American I can see that youth getting quite bread?
why no now. civilisation shall spread among them, so that they can add seamen's strike it will not be banking institutions. This makes popular with his relatives at contemporary science to their knowledge inherited from amiss to refer to the general the fourth office of the American Home.. the old Chinese civilisation; and they hope that their vast position of organised labour in Express Company in Italy, and
Hongkong and South Chian and hitherto untouched natural resources will be developed Within recent years the organisa. already excellent facilities for with foreign as well as Chinese capital.
tion of labour has proceeded sending money to that cont.try This, as the Premier's statement points out, would apace-far abead of the old Chi-Other offices are located at Roma, form a real stepping-stone to closer connection between nese method of Guilds. Today Genos and Naples, East and West, serving to promote friendly relations be-nearly all branches of labour bage their efficient guilds or
To
well
to its members. We trust ther
a strik should
realism.
will
materially improve its
activities.
come out,
And Wo
do
Now, you'll bear wi' me a bit No, we canna' go on wi' this and no be too hard on me as mental and moral cannibalism; regards what I'm about to say, for this indifference to the welfare Paying calls and the usual tea the and bridge parties are a slow sort my way. As we all know, nearly as rain, must bring us ruin, thought bas just come of all but ourselves. It will bring of business, I should think every worker in Hongkong be because it's against our common mere man, don't know much about longs to some Guild or Union or humanity. We were meant for these things, but from what I hear other In the past there had working wi' others to the common they must be deadly dull.and or- been a certain amount o' friction good of all We canna' dinary. Small talk doesn't give and mind I'm telling ye this onytbing lasting on the doctrine tween the parties. In regard to the foreign side, such co-anions, Kod We hould all A working man, the wide world people & chance to really get to strike business is very apt to of the extinction of other men's operation is, of course, the goal; and now we have it do well to recognise that over, knows when he is best off know each other. A lady was become a habit if it's no'checked, rights; on the idea that economic proclaimed by China's Premier that bis country is agree fact. The dey when suck guilds And the Chinese are no excep- telling me the other day of a Now, dinas you jump se quick power is the only thing that able. This is on the lines of speeches recently made in could be ignored and when negotion. Union leaders who tried to scheme they had in Feking. I'm no on for anything in the counts and justifies what we do. London by the Chinese Charge d'Affaires. Many observers the men, themselves has passed out. In Canton labour organisa- don't know. She was speaking canoa till or cage the spirit to the idea that right is right, be tiations could be carried on with go too far would soon find that Whether they do it now or not, I way of oppressive measures. Ye Booner or later we must get back have been impressed by the growth of China's industry That much has been proved iron bus developed quite as much of many years ago. Hongkong is of man, and opposition in ong it backed by might or no We the face of turmoil, and yet the field is but scratched. A the present instance. There are as it has in Hongkongpossibly not Peking and times have form rearly always makes things must treat all men as we would wonderful field awaits Sino-foreign development. In the those who have a fear of recognis more so. There have been plenty changed since the latter part of worse.
like to be treated ourselves: ÷ This past there have been only too many misunderstandings;g the guilds and unious, but of "arks" but they have the nineteenth century, of which When a Guild nowadays starta is sometimes very hard and we think that fear largely false. always bein stiled when these was speaking, but I cau's see in to want something and its racial differences doesna maks both sides have committed faults. Commercial activity Chinese labour has not been sc employer azhibited a reasonable any reason why it shouldn't work members want to be taken notice it ony easier but I think there' has been prone to engender friction instead of the exorbitant in its demands that we attitude. Our personal opinion in Hongkong to day. The scheme of the usual way is to hire some something to be said for the cordiality forecasted by the Premier. If Mr. Liang Shih-peed grow alarmed. If men no is that labour organisation le no was this. Insead of the usual one to write a nice letter suggestion I've mooted. Mr. yi's manifesto is any criterion, suspicion is giving way to matter what work they are fan-more to be feared here than it is "At Home" business all the generally modelled on the best Kemp could bck the like into a better feeling. Numerous are the points to be settled gaged open-are given a fair at Home, provided it fe not driven guests came armed with overalls I.L.F. lines, same being foard shape while you waited Who
To deal with it and one of them andertook to teached to the employers for Bibeir ways for a permanent Lebour. overcome by mutual fairness.
sod commercial. ~ paralysis, full.
{tain dish. Another day they would chit gets se much notice taken of "Against?" Cariled!
in such co-operation, but there is none that could not be there need be no fear undergrount.
of strikes and Industrial honestly, should be the poloy of all the others how to cook a car consideration. As a rule this Tribunal Put your hand m