Invincib King
King's Her
Fightip
King
THE RACES.
YESTERDAY'S TRAINING TIMES.
Distance
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; THURSDAY
19
$1
1
154
114 134 Last
PONY'S AME
Mile
Mile
Mile
Mile
Miles Miles
Miles quarter
Minnehah
37.4
1.34
1.43
2.30
32
Meadow Ord
36.2
1.11
1.45.3
2.19
312
Snodgrass Pearl River
35.3
1.11.2 1.48
2.23
34
Teamshat
1.25
40
Nimrod a
East River
37
1.13.2
1.49
2.22
33
44
1.21
2.00
2383311-1
35
1.09. 1.43
38.2
1.10.3 1.45
2.20 $30.2
323 133 30.2
Harpot King
Changfalin
35-
LAS.4 1.41
33
35
1.08.2
L.41
2.15.3
31.3
Dru
30
1.15
1.52
2.26
34
Yush
1.12
1.45
33
dlow River and West
River
32
1.06
2.13
313
eteran King
39 1
1.17
132
2.24.2
32.2
dave-a-Snack
38.2
1.15
1.59
2.23
Aviemore and Prior Muir
36
1.11
1.44
216.4
324
Ding Dong
1.46
31
Satisfaction Dahlia
36.1
1.12
1.45.4
254,1
Ideal Dahlia
344
1.11
1451
2.16.4
Peerless Dahlia
35. L
1.07.2
1.38F
Diadem Dahlia
40.3
1.19
1.31
Orient Dablia
34.1 30
1.07.4 1.491
2.16 1
2.49 2.30
Penguin Dahlia
MUI TSAI BILL.
Talk of "Slavery" Resented.
REPLY TO HOME CRITICS
There was considerable discus. sion of the Mui Tesi Bill at this
the afternoon's meeting of Legislative Council, A fen ture of the remarks spirited
being
1.11.2 1.464 3.19.2
Hon. Mr. Stephen thought that if the Attorney General had been honest to himself he would have said, when introducing the Bill,
nor of 4 use, but we have to do it because we have told so the
He
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32.3
31.3
30.4
32
32 + 313
HOUSING PROBLEM.
mach Public Meeting to be Held.
by the told by Under the auspices of the Con- authorities.titutional Reform Association, a
the public meeting is to be held at the for City Hall on the 23rd. instant, when the following resolutions will be submitted:--
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Hon.e though: that
of State Secretary
had baen the Colonies harrassed by the propagandists at Home that he had realised that the way to peace lay in legislat- protests against the statements made at Home ring. The need for such legisla garding "slavery in Hongkong 100, was altogether a matter
The Bill had been left in Com. apart. roitte e stage from the last meeting. but prior to its sideration, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock asted the following questions:-
COR.
1-Is it not the fact that, by Chinese custom, A parent
1-That the Housing Problem is the most serious problem con- fronting the local Administration: is lies at the root of the high cost of living, it explains in large H. E. the Governor thought it measure the constantly increas i better for him not to say much on ing rate of wages, and it con- the matter although be entirely stituces a perpetual menace to the agreed in condemning "foul-health and well-being of thei mouthed slanders" against the community. Chinese custora,
The third reading was agreed; to and the Bill passed.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
of a mui, tai whơ wishes to get her back from her em. ployer, is bound to repay to such employer the sum of money which such employer has paid to such parent for the transfer of such mui tosi 10 the employer?
Many additions might be made 2. Has pot such custom been followed by the officials of the to our examples of the mixed Chinese Secretariat in regard to beers of our forefathers, A French the redemption of a mui tsai be traveller of 169s declared there her parent from her employer?
were a thousand liquors then in The Hon Mr. E. R. Hallifaxgue, and enumerated many replied as follows:-
1. According to Chinese cus- tom, it is the usual but not the invariable custom for some repas ment to be made.
names that might well put an American cocktail artist on his mattle. "Old Pharaoh," way & very strong ale: "Knockdown" justifies its title by being stronger -The S.CA. acts solely in the still, and "Humpty Dumpty" was interests of tbe girl and does a "nice light wine consisting of not regard himself as being in beer and brandy boiled together. any way bound by the custom. And similar compounds toasted The practice of the Secreta- such names as "Hugmatee." Fox- camb." "Blind Pinneaux," and rist for Chinese Affairs 上您 based on section 32 of Ordinance
"Sticle."
4 of 1897, and we never lose sight of the fact that the guardianship
A resident of Brockton, Massa
of any girl for whose transfer chusetts, is eadowed with what money has been paid is vest is believed to be the shortest ed in the Secretary for Dame in the United States Chinese
Ek. Affairs, against the -Eda
Mies Ex, who claims parents as much as against other is of Swedish origin, parties. In all cases where mui descent from a well-known 18th. tsal are concerned, the case of century explorer. John Ek. At the girls is entrusted by the least one French surname con 8. C. A. to nobody until full sists of a single letter-0, which enquiry has been made in the is also the name of a village near "Office
and in the Po Leung Argenton, in Normandy, Some Kok; and the ruling consider years
bearer of this ation is always the best interest surname, when called up for of the girls. No opposition military service, declared that he is offered to A monetary was unable to read or write, so arrangement being reached was instructed to places cross on between the parties themselves, the official papers in the parts but failure to reach such an where signature should have
2. That the Housing Problem can only be solved in accordance with the ordinary economic law of supply and demand.
3.-That the aim of the Govern- ment should be to encourage house-building bath by corpora tions and private individuals by the following, amongst other. methods:-
(i) Opening up suitable areas (areas containing a number of sites in close proximity to one another requiring a minim- u'n expenditure upon prepara- tion) by providing cheap and rapid mesas of access (eg, by the construction of long-pro- mised tramwag to Wanchai Gap. to the south side of the Island is Wong Nei Cheang Gap, and through the Kowloon peninsula).
(ii) Levelling extensive areas for building purposes. where the configuration of the land shows thunt
Courge to be expedient, and planning settle- meats before the lots are offer ed for sale to the public, on lines similar to those followed by private enterprise at Kow- loon Tong.
That in considering the provision of means of transit the Government should follow the example set by municipal bodies at Home and give greater weight to the convenience of the public than to the immediate financial; aspect, especially as all land in this Colony is the property of the Crown, which therefore pro- fits directly by its development.
5. That thougb unoccupied land may be regarded as a
arrangement would not be allow-appeared. Why a cross?" asked ed to stand in the way of a a newspaper writer, commenting potential asset, occupied land is decision in the interests of the on this incident. Is not girl.
what he described as
an immediate and continuous easy to write a9 X The case of source of revenue to the In voicing bis protest against the notorious German Captain Treasury, and therefore the Boy Ed. in the United States policy of selling land to the first misrepresentations," Mr. Holyoak during the war will be remember applicant at & standard price. raid that it was up to the faired. He had the shortest double-without auction, might be tried
of this Colony tobarrelled name on record.
name
grosa
challenge the statements made at
Home that there was whole- eale slavery and' the public sell.
ing of slaves in Hongkong.
A PUZZLE A DAY.
Some boys found a pocketbook
If such had been the case, containing money. They needed
with advantage in outlying districts.
of!
5.-That the principle European "reservations" be given much wider application.
7.-That the resolution passed
the British people of the Colony eight cents more in order that by the public meeting held under would have legislated long ago. each might have three cents. If the auspices of this Association sad the passing of the Bill each took two cents, there were on November 7th. 1918, be reaf- would have been unnecessary three cents left over. How many firmed, vix, that "the Gover- bat for the campaign boys were there, and how much went be asked to appoint of atrocious mis-statements made by people who were seeking self.oney did they find? advertisment,
Mr. Par associated himself with Mr. Holyoak and told of how, when in England last, be beard sermon preached in which the parson urged action to stop the Chinese girl alaves in the public market place of Hongkong" Both the press and platform at Home had been used for the propagation of exaggerat ed abourdition.
Yesterday's answer!
FEBRUARY 15. 1923.
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Commission to inquire into the number of houses for that section Housing Problem and Transit of the community needing such questions in connection with the
accommodation. same."
9-That this public meeting B-That this meeting regard as desires to urge upon the Right one of the practical measures Honourable the Secretary of State offering a partial solution of for the Colonies the absolute the existing housing problem necessity, in the interests of the
The shortest route from A to of Hongkong the formation commercial and residential ex-
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B, making right-hand turns only,
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is shown in the diagram, every ing Society with a view to present Military Establishments
part of every street being passed
over.
some definite scheme being form- being transferred from their pres- ulated for the provision of a large fent sites to other sites.
DIAMOND MISSED. A diamond worth $3,800 and weighing 8.3 carats was stolen from the Central Bazaar, 27
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