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THE GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL.
YESTERDAY'S SPEECH.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1925.
it will always be one of my proudest memories that you have unanimolts- ly and repeatedly shown your con Odence in me by asking that my term of office should be extended. If your request had been granted I should have been happy to re- main, but, as this has not been found possible. I can only expreas to you my heartfelt thanks for pay ing me so striking a compliment.
A BARBER'S CLAIM.
STRIKE VICTIM CLAIMS WAGES.
"As briefly reported in our
A Chinese barber named Chu second edition last evening, his
Hin who is not a member of k Excellency the Governor you
guild and who remained at work throughout the strike until he was terday took leave of mombers of
dismissed was the plaintiff in an. the Legislative Council on the occasion of his last aftondence I have also to thank you, gentle-action in the Summary Court yea- at a meeting of that body. men, one and all, for the invaluable terday when he claimed from the Hthe Governor: Hon, mem-help which you have given me dur-Sau Sock firm, 52 Praya East, the bora of the Legislative Council-ing these years by your advice and sum of $54.25, being wagos duo. it only remains for me to perform criticisms. It has been a cause of He was represented by Mr. W. B. a. duty, which I approach with admiration and wonder to me that. Hind and Mr. C. A. S. Russ ngứ keen consciousness. of my inability in a Colony such as this, where peared for the defendant firm. to do justice to the occasion:, that there is no leisured class, it has is to take leave of this Council over always been possible to find able which I have had the honour to and hardworking men who will preside. for the last six years. You sacrifice their time to the gratuitous will, 1. trust, forgive me if I do not service of the State. Membership take the opportunity of laying 'he-of this Council has been no sine- fore you a full account of my cure, and the Colony has cause to stewardship. Tam, as you know, be grateful to all of you and to no friend to long speeches, and I do those other former members of the not think that the present juncture Council, who have been taken from when we have been compelled to usuch men as my dear friend abandon for the time being mang Alexander Stephen, Montague Ede, of the works which I had hoped to Arthur Lowe, Lau Chu-pak, Ny see began during my term of office. Hon-tsz and Chow Suiski."
a suitable Eme for such a re- view.
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I am sorry that no great work has been effected in the Colony
which will serve to remind our successors of my Governorship.. hard hoped to see the Praya East
Reclamation practically finisher,
and I had almost hoped to see the Military Lands question, settled, but unexpected delays in the former case and unforeseen events in the latter have resulted in dis- appointment. I can only claim that the six years contain a record
my
I owe a special debt of gratitude ath those of you, who have served on my Executive Council, for 1 fear that I have on many. Occasions
taxed year patience to an unpre- cedented extent by long sittings. have often feil that, although in
did not say so, you must have
Plaintiff stated he was employed by the defendant at $15.50 a month and he worked from the first day of the fifth moon this year until the 16th of the eighth moon without being' paid. amount duo was 86123.
The
At the
end of that time he was dismissed. In cross-examination he said the managing director of the firm was his uncle who went to Canton when the strike started in June. "Plain- tiff was not a member of any guild or unión. On June 25 2 letter was received at the shop stating that all members of the union would cease work the next day. His uncle took him to see the partners of the firm and it was
he should stay in agreed that charge of the shop so
that his
uncle could go to Canton. There
thought that I was wasting your It was decided at the beginning time in long discussions and bef, the strike that all wages be bringing before you matters which stopped and the partners and fokis there was no statutory obligation share whatever. profits were made. to refer to the Executive Council was a period of 12 days when he if so I can only ask you to forgive, did not work that was because to me for taking advantage of your
one came into the shop although
goodwill. My reason has been that
of steady progress, The arrears due to the period of stagnation dur-I have always believed that it is ing the war have been made an: better to discuss things before they the development of the Colony.has,
are done rather thun after, and until the last few months, been "whenever possible to make sure regular and continuous, and
that all aspects of a question are: successor will be üble, as soon as considered before a decision is the present period of depression is taken. I am not so vain, as to be- over, to proceed confidently with lieve that I have made no mistakes, many works which I had hoped to but I do feel justified in claiming, see inaugurated in my time. 4 that I have avoided many by this policy, and that those long meet- ings have, served the public weal.
Great Regret in Leaving.
Good-bye.
the door was open.
"
Mr. Russ: No customers. Have the Chinese all grown long bearda since the strike started?
Plaintiff I don't know, our cus tomers were mostly. Europeans.
Mr. Russ: So all the Europeans boycotted you.
No Wages and No Profits. One of the partners of the de- fendant firm was then called. He 1 leave the Colony, to my great
said" plaintiff was employed at regret, al u time of trouble and
814.30 a month and had a small difficulty, but I am confident that May I, in conclusion, address a share of the profits Questioned this shadow will soun pass and few words specially to my Chinese by His Honour Mr. Justice Wood that Hongkong will resume the colleagues? I have valued very witness admitted plaintiff had hed puth of progress which will lead highly the confidence and friend- no wages for the fifth, sixth, it to a prosperity far surpassing ship which has been accorded to seventh or eighth moon this yea anything that it has yet seen. me by Mr. Chow Shou-son and Mr. Asked if that was an arrangement Mr. Holyoak has kindly express Kotewall and their predecessors.come to by the guild witness said, it C. E. Warren & Co., Ltd. ed the hope that my wife and They have always been ready to was not but it was agreed by all He ad may some day revisit Hongkong. 1 come to me when asked to give me barbers in Hongkong. am afraid that for the next few their advice on matters affecting mitted plaintiff had been paid no goors I shall be at a distance which the Chinese community, and they profits for the period for which will render a casual visit impos- have done great service both to the received no wages, sible, but in some sixteen years that community and to me by bring. time Hongkong will be celebrating ing personalis to my notice any the centenary of its foundation, thing in which the Chinese were May 1 express the hope that the specially interested and on which Government of the day will then it was important that I should invite me--if i am still alive't shall know their views. be hue o, the oldest surviving
You. Mr. Chow Shou-son" and Governor of Hongkong-tu take
you, Mr. Kotewall, Eave rendere.i part in, the elevations and to see invaluable service to the Colony for myself how far the reality car during the troublous times of the him of anything to say he would responts with my expectations last few months. I know, better But I do not want to take up your than most, the difficulties with say it. (Laughter). "
Judgment for plaintiff for claim time now by discussing the Colony which you have had to contend and and its future. I should wish on the tremendous amount of work and costs was entered. this occasion to deal only with my which you have done, and I feel relations to this honourable Coun-that I should be grievously lacking
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The profit sharing scheme had stopped now and wages were being paid. The plaintiff was not disi missed but when other fokis were he left of his own brought in Record.
Mr. Russ said he had no more witnesses to call and no more to If His Hour could tell
say.
in gratitude if I did not, on the THE SHANGHAI ENQUIRY occasion of this my last appearance in Council, take the opportunity of publicly testifying to your services and expressing the thanks of the Colony to you.
FURTHER COUNCIL
We have worked together gentle, men, for more than six years, and while I cannot claim that we have always been in entire agreement I think I may justly claim that we have throughout worked in the
and completest harmony
Shanghai, October 22-Mr. V.| where we have differed, you have more to say than to bid you good-P. Lyman, chairman of the Coun- realised, as clearly as I have bye and to wish you the best of alleir's Watch Committee, in his evi
that. Now, gentlemen, I have nothing.
reslised, that on both sides the only motive that has actuated us has been a desire to do what each has believed to be the best for the
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EVIDENCE.
dence at the enquiry to-day ad- mitted that he did not know what limits existed to building the Coun- cil's vonds"in "Chinese territory.
He considered the precautiona taken" by Insp. McEnen were suffi- cient to cope with any situation.
Further corroborative Police testimony was taken.-Reiter,
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