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WHAT IS A BARMAID ?
Magistrate refuses to give Ruling.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911.
Mr Gris-I don't know whether your Worship would give a ruling on the point that in the event of a publican's wife serving behind the bar whether sho was a farma 7
NEWS OT THE DAY.
The German flagship Scharnhorst ar of powers between the monarchical,rived in harbour at 1 pm. to-day and the aristocrátic, the representative, sulpted the port, an und the jugular elements; eneh ia |
The Muălcipal Council of Tokobanus prepared to alter the mutual rela-intud imposing a tax on bach-tapy: Those Itions of these various constituents, in privato, residences will pay a heavier JR. Wood at the Magistrney this after sisters who are partners are concerned, and ||
to suppress one, to weaken another, impast than those in hotels and public
:
or to give an immense accession of bath-houses, strength to the third...
2in Worship-I m not prepared to give any ruling, the point has not arisen.
Mr Grist The point has not arisen but the point has arison with regard to the
[COPYJORT.]
"FRENCH "POLITICS.
́ENTENTE CORDIALE STILL
FIRM.
(Reuter's Service to the Phira Mai?.) Losos; February 3
An important test eas with regard to what constitutes a larunid enine before Br
who were person assisting in carrying on noon, rien farmel Guza, license of the the business. To be employed in the Central Hotel, M. Sternborg, International business is not being employed by the Hotel and E. F. Zellermayer, Globe Hotel, license. I should like to carry it further. Fichon Minister for Foreign The South African Government has were summoned for employing barmaiduoninses whether wife is cunsidered Affairs, speaking in the French Sanate, enid the entente cordiale was never more His Worship-I am not prepared to givo The country as a whole does introdied the Post Offies Bill into the their premises between the hours of 10.30
any ruling on the point.
productive than it is to-day. To added not seem to be particularly stirred Ansenbly. It contains a clause debarring p.m. and 1130 p.m. on January 22.
Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse,, Députy.)
Mr Weichouse-Are you propared to the Postmonster-General from making con by these projects and counter-pro-tracts with any shipping company granting Superintendent of Folies, conducted the give a ruling as to whether women in the that the political position of Franco was
bar entertaining customers are barmaids never better than at the present time. jects. The General Election was rebates.
Bas Worship-No. the most apathetic within living
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
At Rangoon Muses Howard aml memory there was a notable falling-Franklin, Customs Patrol officers, while off in the number of voters, not searching the steamer Seaug Bee, from the wholly explicable by the stale register, Stmits and China, found eighty-seven and in many great cities there was ounces of cumaine in two sacks in the
tween decks. No arrests woro made, |a conspicuons lack of the customary excitement. The public, with its usual shrewd instinct, probably feels
Club has been started in London for Australian women. It bears the manic The Austral Club" and has its quarters
in
Dover Street. Lady Northcote is the president and the vice chairman is Mrs Lugard, wife of the brother of Sir Frederick
hint for the present nothing very violent can be done. And as the polls show that opinion throughout the kingdom is just about equally Lugard. balanced, the public is probably An interesting lecture on Queensland
prosecution while Mr E. J. Grist defended All three defendants.
Mr Wodehoue mid that the evenm. strinces were the war in all three ensus. The police were simply bringing them as test cases and in all three cases women were in the lar
His Worship-I think you should select one to go on rith..
Mr Wodehouse elected to proceed with
the case against the proprietor of the Central Hotel frat. Mr. Wodehouse added that
the position was that they wore test cases and if the summons failed it would be was no definition of what was a barmaid. necessary tu lave the law armended as there Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Deputy Superintendant of Police, stated that about 10.30 p.m. ho stood outside the
barruald
Mr Grist-Even to the extent of playing Lhe piano?
Hs Worship-No.
The case was dismissed.
THE WELLINGTON BARRACKS
TRAGEDY.
Funeral of Deceased.
The funeral of the Inte Sor,t. Trotman,
IN AMERICA,
SHOCK FELT 40 MILES AWAY."
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LexTON," February 2. Reuter's correspondent at New York
Rogal Engineers, took place this afternoon reports an explosion of twenty tons
ferred at Jersey City from the railway ' with full military honours, leaving Well. of dyaamite while it was being trans-
The band of the KO.T.L.I was in pier to a ship. attendance, and the gun earrings boring The explosion shook the city, dam
ington Barracks at 2 p.m.
"
right. It is eminently a case for is to be given at the Y.M.C.A. on Monday Central Hotel and inside the arzoom the cullin was literally covered with wreaths, aging buildings for a radius of three
Leenference-conipromise,
accommodation.
miliation, night at pw. by Mr. P.Corrie when the public are cordially invitat-to-be-present, The lecture will be illustrated with some beautiful Inntorn slides specially lent for the occasion by the Queensland Tourist Burean and should prove very attractive,
themselves or
"
p.m.
Two vessels disappeared, and it ja
thero wann woman sitting on a bench with of which the following is a list In A MUSUNT ON sukturi,- Sha had and appeared to bibing to the homectionate remembrance. Minu Ada miles.
With deepest sympathy, cain about
Thore Everett "; 11.5 went there again
ana al European Sergasts, Water Police"; believed that twenty men have been were then two young women word woman all behind the bar. There ware a With deepest sympathy, Royal Engineers killed. Bundreds were injured by Witness rent and asked the licensecto show
number of customers drinking. Officers Mesa"; "Me Fal
With deapest sympathy, European Staff him his license and drew his nitontion to HK S.B.R.G. With deepest the clause that no barmaids were allowed
falling glass.
The shock was felt forty miles away.
and asked what the women were doing sympathy, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Sections like an earthquake. behind the har. He said the young women 25th Co. R.E."; ** With desprat were his sisters and were not serving liquor
But
rympathy, 8. Sgt, and Mrs Castle": GREAT BRITAIN'S LATEST
DREADNOUGHT..
THE "THUNDERER” LAUNCHED.
"In my other country,' sait the diarist GREVILLE, that cynical and agtite observer, you would say STORMES HOLIGY-On January
there was going to be a revolution..| The Financial News states that the 1911, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shang hasi, by the Rev. A. J. Walker, M.A. In Fugland nothing will happen. Shall Transport Company in negotistic GEORGE BERTRAND, son of Mr and Mrs Nothing ever does happen in Eng-for the acquisition of the Gemsah oil fields George Stormes, of Salford, Lancashire, to FLORIE, ckiest daughter of Mr and MMA land. Our party leaders lunch to-in Egypt. The company intends to erect Holroyd...
a-refinery at Sues and lay a pipe from of Oldham, Lancashire, and gether after their oratorical duels insula to Sutes. It is stated that the public, and are very good friends, enterprise will open a new era in the HAVE NO EQUAL Ray-On January 28, 1911, at the much imbued with the excellent petroleum industry of the world.
tradition of playing. the game' and At Macassar, where cholera has broken not making matters unnecessarily out, the disease is pretty bad. But Euro-out under section 15 of Ordinanco 46 which and Sergis R.G.A. Moss, Victoria"; uncomfortable for
Of course, there is anybody else. that same armed giant Democracy, who is apt to be irritable, and impatient, and explosive, who has not been brought up at a public school,
Continuing Mr Grist asked if the sisters and who does not always play the
of defendant could be considered barmaids. If they were considered to be barmaidy gone. But he is badly off for leader-
had the prosecution showed in any way that they were employed by the licensee. ship; a man with ability enough for
In criminal proceedings it was nec.
R. Passos, a military storekeoper, was that prors that part is usually clever cough
essary
the are numails and
women charged before Mr E. R. Hallifax at the on the promises. Mere "to find better one." It is so much Ma
that they were employed by defondant systracy this morning with stealing easier to climb to the top of a fajor and Mrs J.B.G. Tulloch and crer. Employment meant that there must
There was no evidence to that effect what eight steel girders value £40, the property
behind the ur. simply standing
With deepest sympathy, Sgt. Major and Witness did not see them serving liquor Mrs Moore"; "With deepest sympathy, and said that the fact of their being sisters was no excuse for them being S. Sgt. and Mira Morgan" With deepest aids and that they had been served sympathy, R.E. N.O.O.'s Mess"; "With with a notice by Government to that effect. deepest sympathy, Sorgt Joary"; "With The licensee did not say they were not deepeat sympathy, 26th Company R."; barmaids.
MrGrist mail that the summons was taken "With deepest sympathy, D.O.S. Sater (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.),
LONDON, February 2. barunid on his licensed promises. Two N.C.O's Mass; With decpost sympathy been successfully launched.
ted that a licensee shall hot employ any "With deepest sympathy, R.A.M.C.
The new Dreadnought Thunderer has
Mombers Garrison Serta Mess";
[Note The Thunderer is the first of four sincero regrets, Bergts Mess, K.O.Y..." Dreadnoughts to be launched this year. With deepest sympathy, Messrs Thorn-She has been built at the Thames Iron Works and is the twentieth of her class to hill and Buad.
take the water. Her displacement in tócs is 22,680, her designd I.P.
PERFECTION OF TOUCH
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MONDAY, February 6:-
3 p.m.-Union Waterbent Co.'s Meeting 5.30 p.m.-H.K. Christina Union Meet-
ing.
WEDNESDAY, February 8-
Empress Dowager of China's' Birthing, "THURSDAY, February
p..Lecture at Union Church Liter- ary Club.
Music.
purns have escaped because they have been
inoculated with anti-chaler serùm in time. Most of the seizures are among the Chinese who are so terror-stricken that they have gove to heavy expense to drive away the evil spirits who are believed to have brought the calamity apon them.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
· Meurs "Burkill and Cumming arrived to-day from. Shanghat by the English
questions arose, first, what is a barmaid and secondly was any Jarmaid employed by defendant i if his Worship thought that the women were barainids, that was not so
Mr Wodehouse-Tt is
is more particularly with regard to the two young women. The old woman is The mother.
tu
" With
MIL TARY STOREXEEPIR CHARGED WITH THEFT.
9.15m-Indy Lugar At Home,' mountain than to set out to dig it { children have booked passages for Hong-be some contract, some greenient which of the War Department.".
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WANTED, A LEADER.
Thore was no caus him in any shape or form tis prove that they were. not barmaids or whether they they were defendant's sisters, Although
kong by the Sicilik.
might be terminated.
OD
Among transient visitors to Hongkong
Consular service in Japan.
г
Defondant pleaded guilty and he was represented by Mr J. H. Gardiner.
Mr Gardiner said that he understood
away. Some time the real democratic leader many arrive, and then perhaps something will happen-eren in just now is Mr A. E. Wilemon of the British were his sisterx yet he could prove that that defendant had been in the government England."
Mr L. H. Hitchcock, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, has left Bangkok to join the Hankow banch of the bank..
دام
the license stood in the name of defendant employ for some years and there was the two sisters were as a matter of fact partners with him, they found part of the nothing known against him. He had done capital for the purchase of the business, everything possible to recover the girders The ordinance did not state that no woman and they had been returned. He under was allowed to be in the bar and at the stood that the prosecution did not wish to
time there was no case on secount present time Paving his sisters there, particularly press the charge.
His Worship Did he assist in getting them back?
as they wore actual partners assisting in the carrying on of the business.
The hour generally finds the man and doubtless in her direat need Great Britain will find the lender that
Mr Consul-General Jameson, of Canton, she seeks At the same time it caunot be denied that none of the is paying a flying visit to Hongkong to bid Ir we are to credit Mr. StoNEY
men now holding office, and even au rovul to his old-enlleague, Sir Pelham Low, the well known publicist, fewer of the men who face them on what England badly wants to-day the Opposition, benches, inspire the is a leader. Never before hus the high respect and confidence accorded old country been so badly off for the leaders of a former generation. Warren, arrived in Hongkong to-day. He shows there were some women there.
master of
Warron.
His Worship-What do you want now? Mr Orist-So far as tam concerned Lask
---
Mr Gardiner-Yes.. Laut Pickles appeared on behalf of the for no ruling but want the summons military authoritice and his Worship asked.
him what the man's position was
Sir Pelham Warren, late His Majesty's | dismissed.
His Worship-I take it the ovidence
Coral-General at Shanghai, with Miss
is proceeding honie by the English Mail steamer Delhi,
The deaths, by drowning, are reported of Mr Woxen, of the I. M. C., and Mr
Knudsen. They were out sailing at Kong soon during the holidays when a squall upset their bont
were partners.
Lieut Pickles-His position is that of a storekeeper.
How did he get those things -It is his duty to receive them.
and
27,000 er speed 21 krola. Her main armament. consists of ten 13.5 inch guns and her secondary armament twenty-four 4-inch gung. The Thunderer was laid down in April hast and should be completed by March next pear.-Ev. Q...]
WILD RUMOURS FROM
YUNNAN.
REPORTED SIEGE BY BRITISH TROOPS,
Boycott of British Goods Begun."
(Wah, Tas Fat Po'a Service)
YOSKAN-FU, February 3. Several thousand British soldiers · have crossed over the horder from Barma and seized Binma (?) City. I is feared they intend proceeding north to take an important position between Szechuen and Tibet.
The circumstances are so serious that the people intend boycotting British goods.
Mr Grist Yea. That we do not deny. His Worship I assume from that that
[Note The movement of Brithali troops on the Tibetan frontier has doubtless beam they were employed there.
misconstrued, at any mte, it is absurd to Mr Grist submit not. His Worship
There is circumstantial
Chief Inspector Detective Barson asked talk of British soldiers invading Chineso ovidence.
territory. Wspince is meant by
Binxia Defendant gave evidence that his sisters his Worship if he would defer the sentence. City we fail to comprehend. The Fah Cross-examined by his Worship defend. The girders had been recovered and ap- Te Tat Po translatar says he has given ant said that one of his sisters played the parently defendant bad repurchased three the Chinese name of the town, which,
Bay is situate on the North-west frontier piano and the other took the money for and taken them back to Lyemun. If bis of Yunnan-ED. Q.M.]
Worship would defer sentence it would Mr. Wodehouse-Did you inform the
give him an opportunity of probably chars ing the persons who received them and defendant could give evidence.
A man of inspired courage and resolute Mr BALFOUR may be a supreme character. Like as in China, there
party craft as practised are plenty of mediocrities in the seats within the walls of the Houses of ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. of power, but what the times Parliament, and Mr Asquirt may require is a FIT or a CANNING, who be a very model of legal probity can lead the politicians out of the combined with adroitness, but neither maze where every one is now at the present moment command the stumbling into the free and open unanimous approval of their respective pulmonary embolism, following typhoid country where sound constructive partizans And therein they defover. He had been in the service of the work is possible. Mr Low contributes monstrate how far they fall short of International Bank at Yokohama for treDid you inform the police 7--No. an article on the subject to the being ideal lenders. Daily Telegraph which has attracted
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licensing Bonu that your sisters, were partners 1
"Defendant-No, nobody asked me,
Mr Grist-When you appeared before Mr Messer at the valuation of all the licenses Mr Messer was informed that they were partners? Yes.
Mr Grist-I submit it is very dangerous to fine him
His Worship-I think I am against you on all the facts. Do you ask for a penalty
Ir Wodehouse?
ho
PRESENTATION TO Y. M. C. A.
SECRETARY."
Mr Gardiner-If your Worship will con- A large gathering of members attended vict and bied him over that will be enough. at the Y.M.C.A. on Wednesday evening,
Etis Worship-I think it would be proper when Mr J. S. McPherson, who for the to make it the crdinary three days in police custody.
Defendant was remanded until Tuesday morning...
The ex-Colonial Secretary of Germany, Herr Dernburg, whom rumour his credited with many varying intentions, is now men- tioned in the goxt Chief Burgomaster of The outturn of ribber of the Bukit K. Berlin. Herr Demburg us had a sad fore be considered opportaie, on the C. estate for Ducatuber was 800 lbs,
homecoming from his tour in the Far East, day following the opening of Parlin-
The Kuala Klang Rubber Estate Con- his youngest daughter having died while ment. "We are face to face with pany, Ltd., have declared a fasl dividend he was on his way back to Europe... two definite movements for the re- of 20 per cent.
The Times publishes a startling letter modelling of the British Constitution,”
Gold exported from the F. BI. Showing how American newspaper cor- says Mr Low. "This is the greates during last year totalled 15,848 ozs., com.respondents in London bribe servants in beon tried and if your Worship is against | cures painful breathing and a dangerously the houses of the aristocracy to sell them Rocisty gossip overheard at table.
enterprise Inid upon us in our politicalpared with 15,004 oz., in 1900. capacity since 1689, greater than
The
REASONABLE. electoral reform or fiscal revision; The amateur Association football match Times vehemently condenins the system,
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
EMPIRE'
CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE.
THE PIONEER HALL OF THE COLONY
Day Your Road Central, Opposite Contini Barket.
Mr Wodehouse-Yes, “After the clause was inserted in the ordinance there are just
PAINFUL BREATHING," as many women there as before. There Benmed to be some doubt as whether weYHAMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy is could prosecute.
a very valtable medicine for threat Mr Grist-This is the first caso that has and lung troubles, quickly relieves and
would ask blunt the find be a very sounding cough which indientes congested small ago. The matter has not been lungs. Forsala by sil Chemists and brought forward in the regulations. Storekeepers
His Wordship-I think it is a net that |
the Government isemed a circular,
that a circular was sont to all the hotels,
Mr Wodehouse-May I ask if your Wor ship considers that the women who were amuning
the customers were harmaids 1 His Worship-The question does not | The case against Mr Sternborg was takon arise, I find they were employed there.
nort and similar evidence was giron
Mr Grist mid that if there were fifty women there was no evidence that they were employed there,
His Worship-Had they their fits on 7 Mr Wodehouse-No His Worship Do you offer any evidence Mr. Grist att
Mr Grist-I don't offer any. A line of 836 ww imposed,
Mr Grist-I submit not. A letter was for it deals with the soul of our Park ruanlted in a victory for England by well-organized.
between England and Wales at Tufnell which is known to be well-financed and
[written by me to the Government asking hrise they proposed to interpret the ordin government, not with any of its four goals to nil Wm. Powell, Ld., particular functions or inanifestations.
Mr. Ivan Chen, who has been employedance and they replied that womou should not
servo in the har. The letter was written. The Naval and Military Record prints as Secretary at the Chinese Legation in on behalf of two other clients who are not We are invited to alter the whole sovoral interesting reports upon maladies to London for over ten years, took his har structure, to recast it not in details which thoffectmen are exposed by the normal departure from England on January lat
Mr Wodehouse-My own impression is
· Defendant was fined $25, but in essentials. It will be a re- and abnormal conditions of service, a paper for the Foreign Office at Peking where volution, though so doubt a revolution on heat-camp, by Staff-Surgeon C, H. J, takes up a new appointinent. He carried out in our customary fashion, Robinson, of the Monmouth, begins with travelled with Madame. Chen, and his The revolution is not projected by the following significant statement: Dur family, from Fenchurch-street to the Docks, one party alone Both, or rather team trial from Hongkong to Wei and embarked in the steamship Hirano bai-wei in July, 1908 (une of the bottent Maru. A large gathering of friends were all, are concerned in it; ench, of months of the year in those latitudes), at the station to hid them good-bys, course, accuses the other of dangerous Ronio 40 man are affected by the heat, this including representatives from the Foreign innovation. But Unionists as well being due principally to the poor condition Office, and Chineas students, as well as the as Liberals are now committed to ing in Hongkong during the summer." (his daughter), the personnel of the they had fallen into as the result of stay new Chinees Minister and Mälle. Lin
constitutional revision, and their pro- This ense is iited as showing that these Legation, the Consul General, and the posals, whether they are better or high-speed trials ought net to be carried staff of the Consulate. worse than those of their rivals, are cut in the tropies doring the hot months, quito na drastic, and in fact, more specially after a long stay to trepient DO YOU WANT RELIEF
port. It is noted farther that 23.pettyILE you frequently hontso ? Du you out for a walk and luud just roturned-whon Mr GUS HAYWARD to Each party has now u pro- officers and men of the Creary aufered from ABAY that annoying ticising in your Me Wodehonse came in. Defendant asked gramme of wide and weeping the eflects of bent during a fall-speed trial throst Doer your cough annoy you at the women to stay downstairs for a minute changes; each is quite resolved on the Chinn Station in August. Some night, and do you, raise mucus in the mornwhile he chord the public hours.
Mr. "Wodolinusg-16 'isen unfortunata of these sufferers were deck hands required my Do you want relier ? If no, Lake
coiniculence that. I was passing by junk when the women wore thera?
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Similar evidence was given in the en against Zollermayer. Defendant said that he and his wife and partner's wife had been
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Mr McPherson replied, and spoke of the good fellowship which had always existed between the members of the Association and himself.
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