THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
DEATH OF
PHILLIMORE.
LORD
FAMOUS INDIAN
PHILOSOPHER.
Canton Water Works.
VETERAN ENGLISH LAWYER | DR. RABINDRANATH TAGORE
PASSES AWAY.
DUE TO-MORROW.
Router.
of
Waitor George Frank Phillimore was born in London in Nov., 1845, a famous legal family and educated at Westminister School and Christ Church, Oxford, securing a first in Classical Moderatious, in the final Classical Schoot and in Inw and history. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls and in 1868 was called to the bar. A Liberal St. In
contested politics, he
George's Hanover Square and twice
stood for South Oxfordshire.
ence.
United States.
Dr. Tagore is coming here by the P. and O. s.s. Naldern, which is due to arrive to-morrow morning. The exact length of his stay in Hong kong is not known, but it is under: stood that he will be here for a few daya, and will be the guest of Mr and Mrs. J. H. Ruttonjec, at Rutton Building, Duddell Street,
THURSDAY,
·MARCH 14, 1929.
1.
CORRESPONDENCE. HONGKONG ARREST MALAYAN RUBBER
(To The Editor of Hongkong
Telegraph.
Sir,-Allow me the courtesy of your columna to put "before" the
RUMOURS.
MERGER.
MANILA STORY OF CAPTURE] FOUR COMPANIES LIKELY
TO JOIN FORCES.
OF EMBEZZLER.
public the full circumstances sur SECRET SERVICE OUT. CONNEMARA UNITED. rounding a recent act of the Canton Municipal Government i
public.
per-"
}
Manila, Mar. II.
Wm.
Powell,
Ltd.
Telephone C, 4578.
The up-to-date man ap- preciates the distinctive
qualities of "ATLAS"
productions.
"
ATLAS
Specify
the correct styles.
and get
New Shirts now Showing for Day or
Evening Wear, by the Sole Agents.
.
Wm. POWELI, Ltd..
Use
10, Ice House Street."
PURICO
THE UNEXCELLED. COOKING FAT
Obtainable ai
AI GROCERS & STOREKEEPERS
ACTIVE CAREER ENDS. ON WAY TO CANADA.
Hongkong will be interested to which, at the time of its London, Mar. 13.
The Straits Times announces the The death is announced, at the learn that the famous Indian poet eration, aroused the most in Neither Joseph L. Wilson, con- proposed amalgamation of four rubber companica in ago of 83 years, of Lord Phill-and philosopher, Dr. Rabindranathanse resentment on the part of victed embezzler in the Pesos leading. more, the veteran lawyer and Tagore, will pass through the Co-those who suffered by it, and is 200,000 San Carlos Milling Com- Malays, the conclusion of which former Lord Justice of Appeal. tony on his way to Canada and the still a sore point with the Canton puny case, nor Chief John Nevins will form one of the biggest com
af the Manila secret service was bines of its kind in the country.
The companies concerned 'ara I refer to the forcible seizure on board the Canadian Pacific of the Canton Water Works Com-liner Empress of Asia when she the Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd., the pany, a purely private concern, on arrived in Manila yesterday morn-Balgownic Rubber Estates, Ltd.,
[ing.
Connemara, Lid, and the Kundong January 10th last.
Let me hasten to explain at the More than the usual number of Rubber Estate, Ltd., and, the di- outset that I am not imbued with people waited at the, pler for the rectors of enth company have sub- communlatie taint, nor is this an ship's arrival, Most of them mitted proposals for amalgamation outburst against the present re-rought to catch a glimpse of the to their shareholders. gime for political purposes.
famous Wilson. But they met | The new company, if formed, On January 10th, officers of the with disappointment,
will be called Connemara United, When news was received that Dr.Municipal Government presented Officials on the Empress boat ro. Ltd., and the Arst directors will bo Tagore would pass through Hong themselves at the premises of the ported receiving an irritating num- Mr. Eric Macfadyen, Mr. R. C. M. kong, the Indian community con- Water Works Company and deer of radiograms from Manila Kindersloy and Mr. C. Ritchie. ablered a scheme to welcome their manded that all records and funds while the steamer was en route Under the scheme shareholders In 1897, he was appointed a Judge of the King's Bench Divf famous compatriot, but nothing has of the Company be handed aver from Hongkong. All the mess of Kundong on the register on May them: In other words, they de slon and in 1913 became a Lard been definitely settled.
manded full control of the Com-nges inquired if Wilson or Nevina 7 1929, will receiva 558,740. Dr. Tagore" ካገ Justice of Appeal, retiring in 1916.
born in
pany and its business. The ultiman-was on board and asked what ar- shares of 2. each in Connemara and comes of a Two years later he was raised to Bengal in 1861
off the ship intion of 2.036 Connemara United the peerage, an Baron Phillimore. family of notable men. He began was given that everything was augements had been made for United, Ltd., being in the propor-
to be surrendered within one hour's taking Wilson
shares for every $1 Kundong share. From 1905 10 1908 he washi terary work very early; at time. The officers were accom- Manila. President of the International law the age of 14 he had already pub-panied by armed forces and the Officers of the Asia in every cuse It is estimated that, after defray- Association and it was only laat lished his first book of poems. In company's men had no option, in emphatically denied having eithering all the costs of the amalgama- year that he travelled to Warsaw 1878, he went to Landou to study view of the display of force, but of them on the ship and denied tion and the liquidation of the old to take part in its annual confer-law, but soon returned to India to submit. The reason given for having ever heard of them until companies, the new company will and lived for a time in Calcutta. the seizure was that the company the ship had left Hongkong. have cash and liquid working He was an authority on inter
had failed to provide an efficient The misleading rumour of Wil-capital amounting to £32,000, or, national and ecclesiastical law an
In 1885, he succeeded to kis
service for the publle.
son's capture in Hongkeng is un-after making provision for bring- which he wrate standard works. A father's property and gave him-
I do not propose to review the derstood to have been received by ing the immature areas into bear- High Churchman and a leading self up entirely to his poetry and controversy that had gone on for officials in Manila from Chinese Ing and the cost of other necessary member of the English Church his philosophical ideas, producing some time previously over thesources in Canton.
capital, exponditure, £11,000, to Union he was formerly Chaucellor 30 books of poems and 38 proe alleged ineficient functioning of
which must be added the profits worka all in the Bengali language, the Waterworks, but will mention days. Under the compulsion of earned by the old companies for of the Diocese of Linealri.
The majority of these he has him that the company, with a plant force, there is nothing for it but the period from Jan. 1 in the com- elf translated into English and designed to care for the needs of to obey, and the money was stump-pletion of the amalgamation, these some of his writings have siner 10,000 families, ure new called ed out!
being profits prior to incorpora- been published in various langa- I upon to supply water to fully four
Despite the injustice, share-tion which will not be available for res. Among them may be nun- times this number. This so-call holders do not wish to oppose the distribution. toned "The Gerdener," a collec-ed "inoficiency" is the root cause Municipal authority more than After amalgamation, the com- they can help; and are willing to |bined aron will be 6,560 acres, of tion of love poems, "The Waxing of the whole trouble.
“Nationalism,"
After the lapse of six weeks have the company taken over, but which 5,534 acres are planted. Moon."
from the time of the seizure, the they ask, in all fairness, that they The cost per planted acre in rela Municipal Government announces be paid the full value of the antion to the fasued capital will be Agents KELLER, KERN & CO., LTD.. that it will appoint a commission sets of the company, the value to approximately £15, so that having to assess the value of the plant be assessed by
18, Connaught Road, an independent, regard to present market values the commission to consist of four impartial board of arbitrators, or the shares of the new company government men and but one re-if so wished, by a board of two
can be expected to go to a sub- presentative of the shareholders, officials and two shareholders and
one represents the a fifth man to be elected accord- stantial premium. The planted General Chamber of Commerce. Ing to majority opinion of these area includes approximately 1,000. Such a preponderant majority in four. The report of this board of acres of immature rubber of the favour of the Government renders Arbitrators is to be considered Balgownie and Connemara com- the appointment of the commis-nal and binding on both the punies, which give prospects of sion a farce pure and simple, and government and shareholders, and excellent yields as they are plant- naturally the shareholders cofus: cash is to be paid without delayed with selected material and a to agred to such a board being So far the Government has refused proportion of the trees is 'bud- formed.
La consider this proposal, but in-grafted from approved clones. The Waterworks Company, assists that four members of the The anialgamation will be con- far as we all know, is a private board are to be its nomlices, leav-sidered at a meeting of Kundong
with business undertaking
ing one member only for the share- Estates, Lid, to be held on May 7, capital of $2,750,000, but apurt holders to elect.
thus giving all shareholders In from the talk of setting up an
Malaya and abroad an ample op. arbitration board, nothing has
portunity of considering been done to pay the shareholders
scheme. for their property, and as far as can be seen, the unfortunate sub scribers will whistle in vain for for the company, the control and ner in which the government their money.
management he given back to the officials are carrying on the These two points, (!) valua shareholders' representatives and management exactly as it had been tion of the nasets by arbitration, directors. In view of the com-run before. They are content to and (2) indefinite delay in making plaints of inefficiency, they sug-de just what the erstwhile direc- any move towards 'repaying the rest that the government appoint tors had been doing, making no at- shareholders, form a direct re-a supervisor to sit on the board, tempt to change the old routine- versal of a previous action of the and also suggest that after a yet the professed reason for taking government, when, in 1915, they period, if the company do not show over the company was the "in- compelled the shareholders to find improvement in the operation of efficiency" of the management. the sum of $750,000 to buy the the water supply service, they One Is profoundly impressed at the interest of the government in the would be willing to hare the go- munner in which "ineficiency" Company, It is also necessary vernment take over the company, vanishes into thin air without here to explain that the Water provided, of course, that cash is any alterations or reforms, just works Company was started as said for the shares, to be valued merely through officialdom in- semi-government enterprise, some by an impartial commission.
vading the premises. of the capital being furnished by
The government has turned a the government and the majority deaf ear to all these proposals and by the public. In 1916 (when thesis tight in the control of the
it also-id Kovernment sold out its shares, waterworks," compelling the public to buy same) A spice of comedy is introduced down the fat that into the affair by the stolid man-
(Continued on Neat Column) money was to be found within ten
(1917).
"Rome and Hearth" (1919), "The the novel Wreck" (1921) and "Gora" (1923).
A strong Free Trader and in- dividualist, he did not believe in restrictions on rents, wagen or prices. Ha held that people should be able to make their own free contracts, except those who could hot protect themselves, such as factory girls.
Convinced of the value of the League of Nations, he went out into the country to speak on its behalf even as an octogenarian.
In 1913 he was Awarded the One of his book's is entitled Nobel Prize for literature and has "Three Centaries of Treaties of
de frequent visita la Europe, Peace and their Teaching". His hobbles were wondeatth anapon and the United States, lend another gardening. He once helper Glad. is the founder of Shantiniketan, or stone lo cut down a tree and at the abode of peace, which he eatub e of 80 was still using axe and lished at Bolpur in 1901. This is a school run on unconventional The heir to the title is the Hon. lines and he aims at. enlarging derl Godfrey Walter Phillmore, form- it into,
a Captain in the Highland with every branch of Eastern cal His Nobel Prize (£8,000) Light Infantry. He served in the tar Great War, was wounded and taken went to further this scheme. a prisoner.
עיניי
PIRACY ECHO.
GOVERNOR TO UNVEIL TABLET,
university
Dr. Tagore is not a stranger to Hongkong, his Inst visit are being in July 1924. It will be recalled that he was welcomed here by the Indian community, on whose behalf Mr. M. 1. Talati real an address of
welcome.
CONVICTION.
We are asked to state that is FINGER-PRINTS CAUSE Excellewy the Governor has kind- ly consented to unveil the memorial tablet, erected by the Hongkong: Government in St. Peter's Church, West Point, to the memory of Mr. Robert Black, late Chief Engineer' of the sa. Kochow, who was murdered by pirates in the West River on Tai September, 1927.
is
CHINESE GETS FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
The master of a cargo boat, who pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of being in possession of The dedicatory service will take about 18 gallons of Chinese wine place on Wednesday, 20th inst, at was this morning fined $500 and │1 3.01. and it hoped, two months' hard labour by Mr. T. that all seafarers who can S Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon possibly do so will ruake'a point of | Magiviracy. being present.
Wreaths abould he at the Church guilty to the charge, but denied The defendant Festerday, pleseed by 1030 ML.
11. he been arranged that, after that he had been previously ar- the service in the Church, a party tested and convicted at a similar will prural to the Protestant oflence,
Cemetery 10 deposit wreaths, Ämpostor Vinzent, officer in which may be brought to the charge of the Pinger Prints Office, Church for that purposy, on the
gave vide irs that the defendant louho.me greeted by the Hong was brought before the lagistrate Rung Gavrnment to the memory of Mr. Harry Convray, late Chief March 16, 4928, and convicted of being in uúlawfal possession of Omeer of the ss. Sun Nam is wine. He was fined $300, who was murdered by pirates in the Wen, River on 17th January,
1928.
EXCHANGE RATES.
Paris Brussels Amsterdam
Berlin
Copenhagen,
Vienna Helsingfors Lisbon 'Bucharest
Buenos Aires Shanghai Yokolnim New York Genova
Milan
Stockholm
Oslo
Prague
Madrid
Athens
Rio
Bombay
Hongkong
Silver (Spot). Silver (Forward)
A Chinese Revesmu Ojħeer stated that he arrested the defendant on March 15 last year when deferkant, who was legally represented, was convicted and fised.
The defendant denied his pre- vious conviction, but his Worship, arcopted the evidence of the lin .124.29% per-print expert.
London, Mar. 13.
34.9
Chief Preventive Office Clarke 12.12 said he had been instructed to ask 20.46 for the maximum fine of $1,000, as well as imprisonment, A fo of $100 did not seem to net as a de terrent, added the officer.
.18.21
.34.55%
103
.108 3/16 Iis Worship remarked that he
.815 470-16 thought the maximum penalty too 12/04 Rovere and fined the defendant .1/10 1/32 Sh00, or four months' hard labour .4.85 15/32 in default, and a further two ..25.24] months' imprisonment with hard ,92.6054 | Ibour in addition. The boat and 18,17 wine were ordered to be confiscat- 18.20 cd.
7,84
32.344
.376
.5% The total number of motor 1/531/32 vehicles registered in the Philip- ..1/11% pincs so far this your is 27,480, of ......20] which more than 14,000 are wrivate- .26 1/18 ly owned cara, 2,789 garage cars, —–British Wireless. and 2,702 passenger trucks, includ-
ing motorbuses operating under eur tificate of the public service com- mission. Public works officials be. leve that the year's figure will near -the 30,000 mark.
Yesterday's health return shows five further cases of amallox und one of typhoid. All were Chinese.
A third alternative has been put forward by the shareholders and that is that should the govern nient. be unable at the present moment to find the funds to pay
HOME BAKERY
BAK
PUB.PAT, DEF
"Aw come on; don't you ever get enough 2”
the
no
In thua grabbing the private company the government has ap parently failed to pay due regard to a very serious aspect that arises as a result of its action. A pre- cedent is established and private industrial and commercial enterprise is safe from its ten- tacles. Rosy pictures are paint- od by propaganda to induce over- seas Chinese to return and invest. money in China and help the de- velopment of native industry. But, with humble deference to the superior Intelligence of officialdom, we beg to point out that grabbing tactics such as was displayed in connexion with the waterworks company does not hold out much assurance for the sanctity of private property; on the contrary, such action will operate to keep overseas Chinese, with their eapital and surplus fnnde, away from China,
All that he shareholders ask for is fairplay and judeo, and unless China's leaders sit up and take notice and see that Justico is meted out with an impartial hand, they will find China's liquid re- sources leaving the country in a steady stream. Already many of Canton's rich merchants are in- vasting all their money in the law- ful colony of Hongkong, and doubtless many more will be following suit unless the Canton. government displaya genuine fair- mindedness to gain the confidence of the public.
It behover those who have the interest of Canton and her people at heart, like Marshal Li Chat-sum, General Chan Ming-shu, Mr. Sun Fo, Mr. Ha Ifan-min, Mr: T.. V. Soong, Dr. Wang Chung-woi, etc.j. to take note of this infualies and Institute steps to rectify it before the confdosce of the people in their government la completely destroyed.Yours, etc.,
Y. KE WONG, Shareholder, Canton Waterworks
Company.
QUEEN'S
MONDAY.
Telephone 0. #130,
March 25, THEATRE
At 9:15
POSITIVELY ONE RECITAL ONLY BY
GALLI
CURCI
"THE SINGINC MAGNET SUPREME” (By arrangement with Evous and Falter, Now York) PRICES: SG and $3 - BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S Direction: A. STROK.
GAY KEE,
Sanitary Merchant & Engineer. DAVID HOUSE, Hongkong.
TO-DAY to SATURDAY At 230, 5.20. 7.15 end 9.15 p.m.
"KOSHER KITTY KELLY”
With
VIOLA DANA, VERA GORDON and NAT CARR
Love adventure; pathos, drama, and sa.
Avalanche of laughs.
ALMAJESTIC
NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON,