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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SHOP GUTTED.
BLAZE IN DES VOEUX ROAD WEST.
A fire broke out in the premises of a Chinese tea merchant's shop. No. 223, Dos Your Road West, second floor, yesterday morning, about one o'clock. At the time, all the occupants were' fast asleep and the Arst person who gave the alarm was a fok who, while re turning to the shop, saw smoke emanating from the second floor.
ESDAY, MARCH 20, 1928.
WEDDING INCIDENT.
ABUSIVE CHINESE AT THE CATHEDRAL.
COMPANY REPORT.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
holders at the seventeenth annual general meeting to be held at the head office, No. 6 Des Voeux Road Central, on Wednesday afternoon, April 4th, states:
An unusual Incident occurred at The report of the directors of Wedding at St John's Cathedral the Bank of Canton, Ltd. for the yesterday, when, a few minutes year ending Blet December, 1927 before the bride and bridegroom for presentation to the share were due to arrive, a Chinese, shabbily dressed, entered the Cathedral. He had proceeded only few stops inside when he was asked what his business, was, to which he made the amazing reply. Considerable panic was caused. that the "General had sent him to In the third floor was a Chinese attend to the wedding and the
feast." seamen's boarding-house, and 18 men who wore sleeping there suc- Further Interrogation showed was mentally ceeded in making their escape that the man through thd roof The ground deranged. When he was told to floor was occupied by a sundry go, he commenced to be abusive in broken English:.. He was taken goods, rice, and oll dealers.
outside the Cathedra), where "n struggle ensued, and a soldier who happened to be standing near helped to subdue him.
The brigade arrived from the Central Fire Station, and the blaze was suppressed shortly before 2 o'clock. The second and third
A European police officer, who floors of the house were completely happened to be on the scene, was gutted, while the ground and first called, and took the Chinese to the floor of No. 223, and the first and Central Police Station for medies! second floor of the two neighbour-observation,
ing houses, were damaged by water.
It is stated that the property in] RAMADAN FESTIVAL. the ground, first, second and third floors of No. 223 was all insured.
Pollceman injured.
The fire was accompanied by one accident, a Chinese constable re- ceiving an injury to his leg. When the alarm was given the constable, No. C. 482 Yam Ping, who was on patrol in Queen's Road West, ran Lowards the scene, blowing is whistle as he went.
CONCLUSION OF THE MONTH
OF FASTING.
The profit for that period, in- cluding $61,715.91 balance brought forward from last account and after paying all charges and writ- ing off bad and doubtful debts, amounts to 2025,068.72 for appro priation which it is proposed to deal with as follows: To Amount Transferred
to-Reserve for bad and doubtful debts. $ 20,000.00 To Write off Furniture, Fixtures and Vaults Account
To Payment of Divi
dends at $1.20 por share on the paid up. Capital
1,501.04
269,988.05
To Payment of Bonus 7,486.15
To Balance carried for-
ward'
288,925.14
90,149.58
Total.....$825,068.72
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LAZINESS DEBATED.
LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES
FORM SUBJECT.
The monthly debate of the St. Peter's Church Young Men's Club was held last night, when the aub- ject "That Labour Saving Devices Encourage Laziness," was discuss- ed. Proposing the motion were the Rev. E. K. Quick and Rev. E. W. L. Martin, while the opposi tion was conducted by Mr. S. V. Boxer and Mr. E. A. Lea.
The Namaz (Prayers), will com- mence at 9.15 am. punctually at the Mosque. Muslims attending the Namaz are requested to be in the Mosque at 9 a.m.
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Muslims celebrate this occasion on the conclusion of the month of Ramadan Fasting.
INDUSTRIALISATION.
WIDESPREAD EFFECT IN JAPANESE EMPIRE.
election.
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The accounts have been-audited. by Messrs., Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, who were our auditors for the past year, and they now retire, but offer themselves for re- election.
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ARCHITECT'S CLAIM.
DEFENDANT ASKS COURT
FOR TIME.
Judgment was entered by Mr. Justice Wood, in the Summary Court. yesterday for Messra., Déni-] Bon, Ram and Gibbs, for the sum of $425, representing Ices for plans, supervision, etc., for work on Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1420, | and for correspondence in relation to the changing of a plot of land in Kowloon.
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In discussing the "Social Effects of the Industrialization of the Far Enst," with relation to Japan, Dr. Shiroshi Nasu, sociological expert at The Imperial University of Tokyo, That we are inherently lazy, and had this to say before the Institute that laziness is one of the charac-of Pacific Relations' last Conference
The defendant was a Chinese) at Honolulu: terstics of human nature, were two
named Kan San-ynt. The plaintiff The workers yearn for higher firm was represented by Mr. J. T. points of the proposer's argu-wage and more decent life, but at ments. In introducing the subject the present moment the employers Prior of Messrs. Wilkinnon and
Grist, Mr. Quick claimed that the motion enunot afford to fulfill their do- was self-evident, and likened it to mands. This undercurrent is pro- Giving evidence Mr. L. Gibbs the obviousness of the geometrical ducing numerous labour disputes and said that the defendant was in- problems with which a schoolboy strikes.
troduced to the firm in 1928 by is confronted in his first lessona "The growing discontent on the an old elfent.. Defendant instruct- in Euclid.
part of workers is inflamed stilled the firm to prepare plans for a more by the idea that they are the house over Kowloon Imand Lot No. victims of social injustion, and this 1420. The remuneration was $800, sentiment is spreading from the city of which sum the defendant had nald half. when work commenced. workers to the rural population.
It.was the balance for which plain- tiffs were now claiming. Remin- ders had been sent to the defen- dant monthly since 1920, but the. amount had remained unpaid.
The proposer maintained that people developed laziness as the result of employing the modern labour-saving devices, although he frankly admitted that they improv. ed the efficiency of the work for which they were used.
"Our small tenant-pexsants, whose income is much lower than that of industrial workers and onehalf of whose gross income is sucked up by The speakers against the motion inndowners as land rent, are gradual rolled greatly on the fact that lab- ly beginning: to bear a grudge our-saving devices were a neces- against their unfavourable working sity, and that a person exhibited conditions. They began to organize Jaziness in not being able themselves into unions which to-day to have thought of an easier number about 4,000 with a total com method of performing acerbiard membership of about 340,000, "The growth of these tonant tain piece of work by using a fab-
of Peasnals' unions wie most pho our-saving device, instead
nomenal And, in the recent years, adopting the more arduous manner of the days when such devices had about 2,000 cases of tenant-penamt disputes have been occurring annual- submitted that a person who prey involving over 130,000 tenant ferred the old system of doing any. The cases of industrial workers
work instead of making use of a strikes number several hundred an- Inbour-saving device was merely nually. The Labour Disputes Arbi- showing his stupidity.
tration Act and the Tenant-Passants' Disputos Arbitration Act are the re- aults of the newly created situation, Those facts alone show the signifi cant effect of the industrialization of Japan upon Japanese social "life in general today,'
not been invented. Mr. Boxer
Several speakers supported the motion, while others spoke against the subject, which was carried by 18 votes to 15, after the original vote had shown twelve persons for and twelve against,
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There was also a claim for $25 for correspondence which con cerned the exchange of two pieces of land in Kowloon. As & résult of the correspondence, the change was effected.
The defendant did not dispute | the claims but asked to be given time to pay.
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Defendant: Just time enough for mu'to take a suit against meh who owe me money.'
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Defendant: I am sorry I cannot afford it. I have no money,
His Lordship entered Judgment against the defendant,
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