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The Recent Strikes,
Sir.-I understand that prior to (the socalled strike of seamen tow of these in Britek skipa belonged to the Union which was formed anly last year, that the heal British Companies bad not long before voluntarily increased their huen's pay by from 18% to 950 Cover the previous rates, and thas (the crows in thew Companies were
well satisfied, hail little or knowledge of the Union's action, for any wish to leave their vessels. They wear forced to late by threat of being killed and that (their wives" ears would be cut off, etc., as were later on all other Chinese workers in foreign employ. the bulk of whom seither wished to leaw nor knew why they should
do so.
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BY MARIAN HALE
House gowns, in the bands of
modern designers are taking on something of the elaborateness of
afternoon or evening gowns.
i
This house gown is of orange
crape over silver cloth and
trimmed with black fox fur. It¦
is unusual in its shoulder tresl-
ment, robbing the right side off quita all of the matarial and
giving the left side an OFFI
draping.
Many of them know, little or, nothing of the seamet or, their **** le shurt. Hongkong had been hell
by a SEDA ot intimidaties with whom our police were powerless to| deal, the Chinese police being ap parently unable or nawilling to i form upon er arrest these huuse to (house intimidators. Also, it was quite open to these gentry to bar invited to violence, iron, or loot- ing the demonstrators outside the: The Hone torerament is in FORMING CHAUFFEUR'S Seamen's Club or elsewhem and theincest by Party in dealing with Į |with whom the Low Indian police labour matters but unr Government i presen could unt possibly have here has almost absolute power. dealt
nad rightly this is the only
engine meu
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motor ras
Mr D. J. Lewis, prosecuting stated that some little time ag defendant represented to his client that he was ceganising a chauffeur's association and reqlested him tu join und pay a subscription. plaisant declined to do so. On the night of the 21st, defendant, who
Com.
was not sober at the time, went to his client's house in Auton Street!
Last year, the frit-h engineer form of Government practicable in Indians at Loggerheads.. ing firtus, alone, of Hongkong, paid tog, a naval and unitary to their native Workers in salaries, station, and it is a good Govern- At the Magistracy yesterday wages, und baumes, entou eight and sewn-it zone is inter-afternoon Kater Singh, an *ROUND- million dollar, one such firma giety But while still a caval aal į ploved chauffeur, was summoned ing a further large sum to a Chair military base the engineering in-bg Partab Singh,
Engineering at our University,terests and other business interest-driver employed by Mr G. T. the bulk of the total sum sa en here, and the thousands of workers Edkins, for assault. Defendant [be thas firm going to train untive ere, aurt be considered by both cross-suntoaned Partab Singh for
students. Yet every native work the Hongkong and Home Govern- the same effence.
the Hongkong mun, drought-man, clerk, and thents. other worker in foreign employers money which pats for our downed tools and walked out, the fovernment and for the Colony's in one large factuer upkeep and extension, and it is the actually leaving the main driving of our Gowerment to protect engines running with no one to at them from intimidation that the tead the engines or the factory. work of the Colony may not be It should be clearly understood and the workers and the
community impoverished. that the eight millions pail in
Look at those docks & pants We Wete drawn from work| attracted here by our favourable seating the foresight, enter and demanded nuser. When Įprise, and life work of some of our romplainant refused he was alleged economic conditions, and
sablest countries and who were no when these conditions by increased ten o'clock to four o'clock men but licence cancelled by friends of his to bave threatened to bare bis wages, slower out-turn of work worked, and do work, from daylight who were connected with the con- or other causes, becure less latour to dark and alter dark. Sundays&trol of traffic. Complainant toli able than elsewhere Hongkong holidays included. With them too, him to do what he liked where- must lose the work which then the Chinese foremen and workmanpon defendant, who was standing will go elsewhere or not be done at some of whom tave today forty by the door, seized all. There are then less millions of years farthful and efficient service dragged him to the landing sod no milions at all available to is the work of those men to go for pushed him downstairs. wages. There are a less millions)
A Chi- (nongbt, and they and their assist. or now at all available for exten
nese chauffeur who accompanied sons of works to employ additional to be thrown out of employ Fates-Singh struck the inal lessons acelable tee or foreal to stun work and plainant as also did the defendant. Teripple themselves กะ their Complaianot sustained a cut above | Foreigners" salutis, wages and amilies and comamaits, by athere and two bruises taxes, Herpses and other GovernNot if we can prevent it.
gang of intimidator and heligan-other parts of his body. Hi meet and general charts. That is)
trousers were damaged. Partabi Are murders and armed robberies the nosition. Wealth one from costinue in our midst? Certainly the defendant laging hands
Such's wife. Chinese, saw phction and not from paper not. Surely such a government her husband. Mr Lewis drew his money white vale depads as we have and a government with Worship's attention to the fact that tirely upon it purchasing power. Auch an income as i paid the the value of the maty
in his cross-stamos < the defendant. bele Government by the wurkers of mentioned Li Chit Street as the juba loudly less fr Posts are Hongkong can provide, and must place where he
wet spending their
assaulted. time a promessions, e in Canton Provide, snadequate number of well Complainant denier this. on half-pay ostend of being at uficient of themselves and in-
paid foreign police, a number Mr. Lewis' statement |dependent of native police to
bomuves, bez kloternment rates and
bcreased la
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Partab Singh was ordered to stand in front of the dick when his Worship heard the evidence in the cross-suIL 1:05.
borne out by his client in the wit- Our churches and charitable tbciently deal with conditions there.ex. Complainant's wife also societies volles lately for native and make nur tax payers lives and evidence. hospitals, orphanages and schools, property secure and prevent a lete, while beggars are permanently repetition of the recent childish but maintainei in our streets. Yet disastrous occurrences whose full practically every native servant in effente must be felt in due course. Forsien employ left without notice,-Youre etc.. leuring even the sick and dying. Pxcept where prestated by force. If any "exploda antive workers, it
is alive employers themselves,
who work their men longer boursi
for less pay than foreign firms, but the real sploiters of the workers | are those responsible for the recent
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Kater Singh admitted going to Partab Singh's house, but said, that he went there on the invita. tion of a Chinese girl. As soO2 Be be discovered the place was DC- cupied by defendant, a man whom he knew perfectly well, he went downstairs. He apologised to Partab for going to bis howe. Shortly afterwards, defendant wont
provinction and undue raising A New Light on Baby-Rearing.to an eating house in Le Chit
costs. These are the enemies of
Street ixx which, witness was the workers and of Qur It is a recognized_fact that partaking refreshments and called entire enurunity, both pative and Babies-and in fact all Children-him out. He complied. Partab need medicines of their own, and grabbed a muffler which he was
inreiza.
At last advices every steel works that most baby-medicines do more wearing round his neck and twisted
in Lanarkshire was itike, good men harm in the long run than good.it su hard that in order to avoid
corroborated
the ent plainant's
of life ervice were thrown out of Also great mistakes are often being strangled he gave Partab a work in engineering establishments made in measuring doses for tiny push. Both of them fall and even- and were prontirally begging their patients. Baby's en Tablets,tually they were separated. brend: thousands were idle and the Canadian medicine for Cbil- Another Indian motor ear" driver many hungry, roung of those who dren of all ages, meet every diffi- could do so Tearm the country. calty. They are guaranteed to be We here can scarcely realise such absolutely harmless and free from conditions and may think them im-opistes. They are so soft that possible in Hongkong. But are they fall into powder at very slight they so impossible in view of recent pressure, forming an ideal dose for "strikes and their possible, if not lofacts.
stury.
At the conclusion of the evidence} is Worship said that he did not believe the fast witness nor did he give credence to erilence, ol Mr | probable, repetiton? Three years Baby's Own Tablets are pleas Lewis client and the latter's wife. sgp shops and works were being ant to the taste; slightly larative, He believed the trouble took place enlarged all over Britain, and to comforting and digestive-a specii Anton Street and that Partah day those shops are silent; many fic for feverishness, constipation, Singh was the aggressor. He pro- of them have never employed but diarrhoea and worms. At the posed to dismiss Partab Singh's a few workers, the boom baving time of teething they act like summons. lapsed before the shops were magic, giving painless sleep and Imposing a fine of $10 cm Partab finished that depression follows easy teething.
Singh his Worship told him that Obtainable from chemists, also the evidence given by him and his inflation is a law of the business world and conditions at Home are at 60 cents the vial, post free, wife did not agree and that he be usually reflected here six to twelve from the Dr. Williams Mediolos lieved Kater Singh's evidence of mouths later.
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