VACCINATION CASE IN COURT.
FATHER ORDERED TO PRO- DUCE HIS CHILD.
LETTERS IGNORED.
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A peculiar position arose in a Mr. Lindwell this before morning, when, in pursuance of the recent decision to enforce the Ordinance requiring the vaccina- tion of new-born bables, the Sanitary Department (represented by Mr. B. C. K, Howkina), aume moned a Chiness for falling to have bis child vaccinated within the stipulated period of six months after birth.
The child, said Mr. Hawkins, was registered at birth with the
Department, which waited Hix
months before
the
Defendant in reply to the Court, ]
vaccinated in the country.
onus
COLOSSAL QUAKE
DEVASTATION.'
(Continued from Page 1.) and continued Intermittently all day long.
Almost the whole of North
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931.
CHINESE EASTERN
RAILWAY.
RUSSIAN INTERESTS MAY BE BOUGHT OUT.
DELEGATE'S
GLEE SINGERS AT SHAMEEN.
· EVENING OF DELIGHTFUL MUSIC
NEED FOR TRADE UNIONS.
LABOUR M.P. ADDRESSES ROTARY CLUB.
MEANING OF WEALTH.
Shameen, Feb. 3. Shameen and Conton residents Island was set rocking by the
REMARKS. were given a magnificent feast of shocks, which have heaved up
good music when the West- the sea-bottom, changed the face
minster Glee Singers Nanking, Feb. 3.
appeared before a capacity house of the const, obliterated towns, General
A powerful address on indus- Teh-hui, chief Canton Club Theatre last night of labour and trade organisationa at the trint conditions, and the necessity torn great holes in ronds and Chinese delegate attendin the Seldom has the old Theatre echoed for the purpose of compolling bad ruflways, and blocked rivers. Russo-Chinese Conference at Mosto such hearty and spontaneous
employers to treat their work-
bars, Art working Among the rufus.
Moh
cow, arrived at Nanking this mornappinuse as that which greetod people ic Mission now in
The gentlemen of the Company British
was delivered by member of the
Despite the grave danger of ing and Interviewed President every item of the programme. including bluejackets with erdwy-ted a full report on his work in further gollapses, rescue partiosChiang Kai-shek, when he submit-
feverishly Russia. General Moh
intends to
to opened the programme with a Hongkong, at the Rotary Club stay here a couple of weeks before vocal waltz, "Breeze of the Night", tiffin yesterday, under the chair- returning to Russla. Mr. C. Their beautiful rendering calling manship of Sir William Hornell. W Yung, the Nanking Minister offerth
instantaneous applause. The following members of the ingon for Nanking to meet Gen- Chap who kept a Store" and
Foreign Affairs, left Ningpo this They followed with "There was a Economic Mission were guests in
to addition ateral Moh.
the speaker:-Sir with the humourous "Alex" Thomas Ailen, Mr. Louis Beale, The boy sopranos gave "The Pipes
C.B.E., Mr. Willkom A. Crowther. of Pan" and "April is a Lady", P., Lieut. Col. Reginald Morcom, both being perfectly rendered.
C.B.E., Mr. F. W. Birchenough, solo by James
J.P., Mr. E.
Wild and Mr.
Hastings Rescues. They have been rewarded
MANY
For instance, COACH. Hastings sixteen nasistants were
barned to death.
Priests Killed.
Mr. Hawkins aubmitted that the Hill very scanty, owing to the was on the defendant to dislocation of the telephone and prove vaccination by the produc-telegraph services. tion of a proper certifiente or, failing that, of the baby itself.
According to the latest reports. the Roman Catholic Seminary at Green Meadows has collapsed, two priests and eight students being killed.
from
Interviewed, General Moh said It took action. trapped in the dehria of a store.at Moscow, he had two official con- that during his eight months" stay Two registered letters were sent Nine hours' work resulted in one ferences and several unofficial con-A bass to the defendant, one after other, but no reply being received being extricated unhurt, and an
Cool" ferences with the Russian delegates "Youth will needs have Dazz Green, Mr. Joy, Mr. George! lo either of these, an Inspector other with his legs and back mand for immediate resumption of in response to an enthusiatic re Maxwell, of Shanghai, and Mr. M. personally called on the defen broken.
commercial and political relations ception, and again by "Old clothes F. Key, Secretary of the Hongkong Other guests were Dr. James dant, to impress on him the re-
with China than to the settlement and Fine Clothes". The Company. quirements of the law. The man A hospital at Napier was wreck of the Chinese Eastern Railway dis- followed with a part song. Or General Chamber of Conimerce. appeared to have ignored all thated, the nurses home collapsed, pute. was sent or wens explained to him
phous with his Lute"
In welcoming the gucate, the and as an Chairman said that Sir Ernest General Moh said he would secure encore gave "Bells of St. Michael's Thompson, Chairman of the Mis- killing many by the Inspector. He simply
Inmates, Wairoa,advice took no notice, vonsequently, the Waipukurau, und Waipawa report | Kai-shek and Mr. C. T. Wang on the in both of which were lovely be and he had expressed his regret that President Chiang Tower the balance, and rhythm sion, was under the doctor's care Department had to bring these arvere damage, dozens have been Russian request for the resumption
advisability of consenting to theyond words. proceedings. It could have pros
he was unable to attend in con- cuted
Knox Godfrey, boy, oprano, sequence. In Introducing Mr. Bell, straightway after
of relations. The Chinese plenipo- followed with "Seranade" and gave the chairman said that he was M.P. the expiration of the six months, with- i
tentiary admitted that the Russian as an encore "Coming Home", his nut going to the formality of send-
Government was prepared to
for the
Ormakirk Division of Lan- ing out letters.
Later.
Nanklag to buy out the Russian in renderings, in which there were terents in the Chinese Eastern Rail-togther delightful. The
insome perfect head notes, being al-
cashire.
Mr. Bell said in part: Large crowda Are anxiously way and he will consult the Nan-
gentle- Maid his child had already been waiting outside newspaper offices king officials on the terms Rovernong "laste Te Soft Gate" and, the world to carry on your industry men of the Company gave a glee find it impossible in any country in venture to say that you would in Wellington for news, which is
ing the suggested relinquishment. in respouse to insistent demands, without some form of labour or
Railway Retrenchment.
two humerous items, Ernest Me-ganisation. Both in England and Kinley, gave a poetle Maori song ever since I came out to the Far According to information given by Alfred Hill and a Negro spiri-East I have been trying to point by secretaries of General Moh Teh tual get a Rohe" in which his out that those who are engaged in Eastern Railway will begin to adopt fect. Albert Greene followed with is right, and who want to do what hui, the management of the Chinese enunciation and timing were per- industry and who want to do what new measures from February 16th, rollicking aca-shanties, of which is the fair thing by their languages in book-keeping and other they would let him go. A cycle right and only able to give their saing both the Chinese and Russian the audience demanded five before people, are only able to do what is work documents pertaining to the run-of Welsh airs by the Company, work people a fair deal when there ning of the line. Henceforth, coal cloned the first part of the pro-are labour organisations of suf- will be supplied by Chinese com-gramme. parties.
ficient strength to make those who The second half of the General Moh denied
pro- did not want to do these things do rumours gramme opened with a selection of them in spite of their not wanting that the Chinese delegates at sucred music by the Glee Singers, to do them. tending the Moscow had made
conference followed by Donald Reld with "Ye. сопссавор
Some of my friends, who are on con-Banks and Braes," arranged by him-the Economic Mission, are nexion with coal supplies to the soif. in which there was a delight-players of labour, and they may Chinese Eastern Railway.
ful vocal accompaniment by the want, and I know they do want, to Commenting an retrenchment company. A humorous quartette pay their employees decent wages. plans concerning the railway, Gen-by the gentlemen followed, this They do not want to work them too eral Mols mentioned that 600 work-being also sung to Donald Reid's long hours. They want to give recently dismissed, of arrangement and setting. The them the best of conditions while The King has sent n cablegram way employs about 3,000 workers.of old English county songs, and do these things but these good em- The rail-Glee Singers next wave a group they are working. They want to expressing deepest sympathy with half of whom are Chinese. It has wound up the programme with "Oh players, after all, cannot set the the bereaved and the sufferers. alan been agreed between the Chin- dear What can the Matter Be" standard for industry. Whether
In the House of Commons, the future Chinese and Russians will be rangement,
ese and Russian authorities that in (Suffolk) to E. Branscombe's ar-you call them labour organisations Hon. Mr. A. Thomas, given equal chances of filling
or trade unions, call them whatever Dominions
It is regrettable that quite ayou like, it would be impossible for Secretary
said: Vacancies, am sure the House would wish to states
Latest information from Harbin could not make a special effort to dustry unless you had some form number of Shameen residents the good employer to exist in In that commercial join in expressing our deep sym-with the arrival of consignments of that there
tions have actually been resumed of the delightful programme, algo to give the illustration of what I rela-be in their sents before the opening of labour organisation. If I were Tagpathy with New Zealand and our petral, eigarettes, matches and sun- were built | felow subjects there, on the logs andy murkets in Manchuria, The Hearted support given to the Com. self the bad employer.
restrictions mean, and in order not to offend Tries from Russia which are finding Theatre.
imposed as to smoking in the the chairman, I would call him the In view of the whole-good employer and I would call my- two by Harland and Woll, the falready telegraphed the Governorable them to compete with JapaneseClub Comittee will be encouraged low price of the Russian goods en-pany, it is hoped that the Canton whole alx being shuitar in dimen
Without Unions.
His Worship adjourned the case until the 18th instant, making an order for the production of the child from the country within two weeks, for examination by the Medical Officer of Health,
NEW MOTOR SHIP ARRIVES.
THE FOYLEBANK MAKES HER FIRST CALL.
One of the six fast new motor Vessels constructed for the Bank
Line, Ltd., the Foylebank, arrived in harbour on Monday on her first visit to this part.
Four others have been here during the Jast few months, these being the Irtabunk, Loasielunk, Taybank and Tweedbank. The remaining vessel, Laganbank, with be here in due course."
The Irishank. Legsielunk, bank and Tweedbank
at their
The railway tunnel at Wairua nas collapsed, but wurkmen in the tunnel marvellously escaped.
The new band in Napler farbour has risen eighteen inches, and even small lunches are unable to enter the Inner harbour.
King's Message.
by Workman and Clark Belfast yards, and the remaining of life and the suffering.
I have
sions. The Workman Clarkineral expressing the sympathy vessels. however, have Clark for His Majesty's Government inil Sutzer engines and the Harland And Wolf vessels have Burmeister asking him to keep us informed of and Wain engines. The following the position as fully as possible
the main dimension?!
are
Length b.p. 425 14.. moulded beato.
57 feet. moulded depth 38 11. 6 ins, draught 26 feet. and deat weight capacity 9,000.
Rente, mud British Wireless,
Recorded in Hongkong.
ON
ers were
whom 550 were Rusians.
products,
An
WHAT IT COSTS TO KEEP AN M,P..
were no
HELENA MAY MUSICALE.
FINE PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW,
(Continued from Page 5.) A very clear record earthquake was obtained by the total spent on him or her by a the draws is less than a quarter of the All six. vessels are emplaced Royal Observatory at exclusively in the New YorkParThe first tremura were
Kowloon. more or less grateful nation. There East service, the voyage from New Fat & h. 59 m. 20 8. on Tuesday, and preted charges.
recorded are all sorts of other little-us- York to Hongkong taking about it was shown that the epi-centre of
The programme for to-morrow's 42 days. The Bank Ling Ltd.. the earthquake was about 5.760 "free" between his constituency (a) Savenir d'Printemps. Holbrooke
An M.P. is now able to travel istitute is as follows:
musicale at the Helena May I Hongkong. arc the Eastern miles distant managers of the Line.
from Hongkong, and London, obtaining vouchers The earth waves look 12 minutes from one of the clerks of 28 seconds to travel this distance.House for this The earthquake, therefore, started means free only so far as the M.P. "Free" purpose.
the railway companies £35,500 this year for this freedom.
the
The Foylebank is under command of Capt. Newton with a crew of 19 British officers and
the
(hi A Forest Melody,
Montague Phillips The Orchestra. En) Les Papillons, Ernest Chanson. A. d'Ambrosia. Mrs. Sanger. (a) Nostalgia Andaluza, (b) Cancion Malguem,
men and Asiatic seamen. She 10h. 16 m. 52 s., New Zealand is concerned. The taxpayers pay 1 (b) Les Papillons.
enrried
no cargo for Hongkong but had 449 tons of niet nil for through parts, and arrived here vin Tsingtao and Shanghai.
KINZAN MARU STILL AGROUND.
HOPES THAT SHE MAY GET OFF.
standard time.
The amplitude of the maximura Waves recorded at the Royal Ob servatory was 8 mm, indicating that the earthquake was of great intensity.
FISHING VESSEL
FOUNDERS.
MASTER REPORTS LOSS TO HONGKONG.
A report of the sinking of a fish
em-
Take away your trade union or
to further ventures of a nimilarganisations, and leave the employers [untur,- Our Chien Correspondent.
to treat their workpeople just as the employers would like to treat them, then what becomes of the good employer and the bad em- ployer. If I am the bad employer and work my people for 12 hours a day, and I could f Parliament did not interfere, and if there were no trade union organisations to pre- vent me; and your Chairman wanta to be a good employer, that is, he works his workpeople eight hours
the business? Not your good em- and I pay my workpeople the a day and pays them good wages, lowest possible
wages, who is going to get ployer, as the bad employer and beat him I should go into the market
every day in the week, and I should take all the business, and your good employer would have to come down to my standard, and, therefore, The cost of the upkeep of the
your bad employer would set the Houses of Parliament buildings is
Martinez standard in your industry. Your £91,610, of which it may be an-
iabour organisation Anglada Ochoa union organisation, endeavours to and trade sumed half is for the flouse of Commons any half for the House
Mrs. firegory.
organise the workpeople, What of Lords. Maintenance and Two English Dances,
for? Not because we want strikes, pairs, £69,190, in the biggest item
The Orchestra.
Not because we want disputes, but in this, but there are other little(n) Visi d'Arte, “Tosca",
because we want to have the power charges such as £11,000 for fuel, b) Mon Coeur sauvre a ta
to make the bad employer do what Light, and water, anc £6,500 for
"Samson et Dalilah".
the good employer wanta to do. now furniture-chairs and so on
That is the aim of practically all where exhausted legislators may
our labour organisations in Indua- lip back and contemplate national economy.
Salarica, wages, and allowances (b) Chanson Boheme, "Carmen",
£75,000 a year. These officials are of nearly 150 officials of the House of Commons amount to about numerous and varied, including (b) Geue, Edward
(a) Chanson d'Matin, even six "Porters for Delivery of Letters for the different Depart- ments of the House," An inspec
Mrs. Sanger.
(n) Meldin,
Mr. Gregory.
Quilter.
voix,
Puccini
Saint- Saena.
Loonenvallo.
"While I know that sometimes men take extreme views and we got Bizet. extremists amongst our trade unlona and in our labour organian- tions, I am not going to condemn
trade unions or labour or merely because some- we get extremists volding
Elgar. German.
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Enquiries made at the N..K. this morning with regard to the 8.3. Kinzan Maru. which grounded near Cekacu Island on Monday boat in Chinese Territory on morning, revealed the fact that one of her hatches is leaking, but January 30 last has been made to that no further message has been the police upon the return to the received from the ship or the Colony of the master, who stated Shanghai office, which wired first that in addition to the bout, valued
at $110 a sum of $200 in Chinesetor, sergeant, and 21 constables, item of all—£510,000 for the pre-only organisations are not the news of the mishap.
Finally, there is the biggest their opinions Inside our movement, No action in being taken in money was lost in the mishap, al-
Labour costing Hongkong, as the Kanzan Maru is though, fortunately, there were no
£15,000, are also needed parations of the registers of elec-
where extremista not considered to be in a serious casualties.
to look after M.P.s. They are also tors an whose votes M.Pia depend are allowed to air their views. I condition, She is still aground
The master, Wong Lin, residing chorus of "Who goes home 7"
responsible for that fine nightly but it is hoped that she will be at 228, Des
There were 200 days comprising do not want you to condemn a move- 1.606 hours in the inat complete the standard of life for the workers Voeux Road West,
mont that h
has done more to raise able to get off at high tide.
stated that on January 30 last he another expensive item. It has M.P..
The inquisitiveness of M.P. isparliamentary session. engaged the steam launch Kwong been estimated that it costs on an guinca an hour while
therefore,
about a Every
of the world, than any other move- costs On to tow his fishing boat, together average £1 for the time of clerks of Commons is officially "sitting" ganfentions merely because some
mont in Industry. the Honne with several others, to Sam Mun A Chinese clerk realding her in Chinese territory. When the letters, etc., to answer overy ques- than 100 at a time in their places.bat give us the credit that we are population of that country in a con- of the nation will consist in the
in Government offices, telegrams, But there are very rarely Tai Yuen Street had n rather
crafts had reached a place called ten which appears on the Order nasty fall when he allpped in the Hok Nam in Chinese territory, the Papor of the House, and there Thoir individual cost to the tax anxious to give the employers who altion of poverty, not knowing how happiness, and prosperity of the extreme ten uso extreme words, by keeping the vast majority of the may possess, but the real wealth Peers are comparatively cheap. kitchen of his house Into last nightshing boat'sank on account of the are about 15,000 of theso every | payers a year for the work of the want to do the fair thing a chance they are going to get their next citizens of that nation, whether it and, as a result, he is in hospital with an injury to his head. His speed at which the steam launch was year. Printing of parliamentary House of Lords is £116 10s. 1d.to do what they want to do. condition is good but there is a going. Fortunately there were no
Do meal. probability of complications set casunities but an attempt to raise
Is Britain, China or Japan (Ap- papers, stationary for M.P.a. and Perhaps that is one reason why is going on it is not good for any of LSD. The wealth of our
not forget that wherever industry Wealth doos not consist merely plause) je kindred Itome, cost not lose than M.P.8 so often spank slightingly of nation if it is only going to use it nations will consist not in the pressed thanks to the speaker on ting in.
the craft proved unsuccessful.
£70,000 a year.
The Hon. Sir Shouson Chow ex- In order to make a few millionaires amount of money which that nation behalf of Rotarians.
them.
Do not condemn our labour or
more
LONGEST EXPER