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General Memoranda.
THE CHINA MAIL
COME
orate Inkbar and are air Raporu to the shareholä
were appointed
kindly-inform me by
whether you
the interest a
feel ik our ply on this
demnation will contique, it cannot be washed out; therefore an order should be inmned that it must opped. It should be understood that hereafter if anyone dares to bur Beings then such an one will be held guilty of a breach of the law, and to the abure Company has deemed 14 Investigation appointed in regard
will be liable to severe punishment issirebla, te circulatavita Report to the we The severest punishment of all will Shareholders without reference to what we be meted out to those who sell and I think may fairly be considered a reasonable
| request made by us in regard thereto, vai buy girls for immoral purposes. In would ank you to kindly publish the fed the future, any one will be at liberty flowing copy of the letter addressed by Mr to work for hire, but they must have Tomer on the ith inst. to Mr. E. A. H. pall freedom aver their own persons, ham and Matthews on behalf of the above Williams of the firm of Mars Lowe, Bing and no one must attempt to take that mentioned CommitteeÄ treedom from them. As there will be parents who are very poor, and who indeed will find it difficult to
rear their girls, it is necessary that orphanages be opened for them, where they may be admitted, fed and
The
ABÀI THE GOV
RNOR'
homi
to sak for an BAT
faithfully (Bigued) JW. Noma
EE POLLOCK.
Hongkong 7th March 1919 Committee of Investigation of the Groen Island Cement Company. Limited, Present
y
Dear Biss, We here for acknowledgment frours of the 6th instant, from which
The meeting” ak
hald yesterday was
Hi Expellend
and at the conclusion of the busines
DAY MARO
day a number of valedictory speechon were delivered.
factory estabadahment of peblie -and-district homitals in the Color
His Excellency said :—Bafors adjourning - Inabidkons- wil zežiave muni
the part of the poorer alu tha Council, sa täis is the inat occasion on
and catok fail
13 to spread which I shall occupy this chair to my very al sanitary scenos and
road regret, I would like to take the native community.The gre opportunity of thanking the bon, members taken in education in Elongtong
↑
ment Not pontest. impaurement.
of this Council, and more especially the air tu dari m anoficial members of the Comell, for these Improvements and Increased EAM. WILLIAMS, Esq.
for the Committee of Investigation
great consideration and courtesy which they cancy footed in the Govern
grant-in-aid-school,
yone bar of the Green Island Cement Co. Ett which we think can scarcely be considered have at all timon extended to me. During ) d) your efforts Inbo- privades, colleg
vernacular schools,
So
be that for the resents there stated
our
Dear Sir,In reference to your letter off to the Committee decline to to the past, five years, or approaching live and primary
hold their Report that they should with pean, in which I have had the privilege of yon bave crowned the whole with
Raport from cironiation among presiding in this Council, we have passed foundation of the Honghong Univurki the Shareholders og de to enable us to lay gent deal of legislation, and some of it, I for the draneed soudetta of all be before the Shareholders at the same time
ties, and creoda. Sir, the report ont Statements General Tenture to think, very important lagisla need a Managers in anew to the
long remem bered by future generations scary to adopt this sthitadap were than ons subject which had the stinent pronenter in education? and
with the University lain over for a long period of years and handed down and cherished it bring wwwe should reply to your request that wa inform you by 4o'nlock on Friday afternoon I hope we have dealt with them is and grateful memoria can on ceived the General Managers replies and art, the 8th instant, (L.€. 30-morrow); | factorily. This has involved:, very - heary 1,°f Wition of the alla and succe, sful way
the 1st lostant to which I shortly replied on the ame day, I have the honors to advies now that I have peruset the Report of the Committee that you sent me, and deal any further with this Report, or create it in any way, and you have
taught at the expense of the public ; in would respectfully request that you do mà regres that the Commitsenneport; weitlow for this Colonya Wa hayo, taken a prophet to predict that you will:
this way it will be possible for parents to avoid the disgrace of selling them to others for any purpose whatever. We therefore suge the various Shintongs to set to work to establish these orphanages so that the blot may be removed as soon as possible, and little ones not lose the present opportunity of being taught We really want our scholars and others to take this matter in hand, and so arrange that those who need help shall be taught virtue and usefulness."
comments thereon.
whether we are
tions set forth in
all
exprsaking my cr
Report, we would but our donates, however dontroversial the ing provinces were in dis aybed condi of this Cluny when the neighbour pence:uf
your
all their leis
Tour will readily admit, I feel size than any, and if so, which, of the rooms and competit, on the idea of ambers of this
recommands. Council, especially during the past year, you have prevent the govt order and for shareholders to one to hay that we are proceeding to prepare a partial and unbiased opinion over the Statement in regard to the Report "hich subject might be, have always beon con- tion. In iny Kamble opinion, po one could that they shall hava laid before them Statement all important matters contained utmost goodwill. The reason has been to your hiting was the respect, and controversy that has arisen, it is necessary the Committee have circulated (in which ducted without any friction and with the have succeeded to volan completely a
your Excellency, and this
Le due besides the indictment of charge again preparation of aneh Statement-bough gentleman, because every member in limfidence of shiness and ba
ach Rapors will be dealt with) and that the General Managers, a full statement of ace so weighty a matter, as that of the Connell, official or conficial, has had sympathy with them in and such refutation, as they may be able to time and certainly cannot be ready by object has been solely the public good Lady Legard halth, prosperity and every the General Managers own explonass Report-will necessully take some little the same object in view, and that
aspirations and undertakings. Ta "Good-nge to you, sir.
wish you and forward.
the Council could happiness, and may your Excellency achieve equal and even greater anneesses in your new phare of the finest whers your urgently needed by your King and coun- distinguished and valuable services are bry.—(Applause).
We feal sure that in view of the step in such way
my
As it has taken the Committee away which the Committee deemed it desirable promote it. I do not propose in any way mouths of study and coalition in notes to take some months before circulating to raview the events of the last few years at the conclusion it has, and as embodied their Report-concerning which steps.com which have all had their raffox actions Wharf & Godown Co. Meeting.
Such in brief is the manifesto 3.18 p.-Boy Scouts Inspection at
in the Report submitted, the General plaint was made in the second letter to you Kowloon.
recently issued dealing with this burn-Managers should be allowed a reasonable appreciate how important it is to cusoires matter of the Snances of the Colony of the 4th instant-they will readily in this Council, more especially in the
Hon. Mr Wei Yak-Four Excellency 9pm-Masquerade Ball at German ing question. What will come of it time to draw up a reply thereto, and we to refin from acting over-hastily as this which is annually reviewed when the my friend has a well and fully expressed
Glab
Estimates come up for presentation to left me not much to add. I meesly now remains to be seen. There are many should feel obliged if you would kindly juncture.
views and sentiments that he has Yours faithfully,
the Council, but I may recall that those say that E concur in his remarked with things, however, that have to be set give an assurance that each will be done
(Signed) Susway. Tearza & Co. before you deal further with, or take any
General Managers.
years while I have been in the Colony regard to your Excaliency and E now joi right before the Government can find action under, the Report-Yours faith-
have been years of considerable finamial | with him in wishing your Excellency and time and means to give to this subject | fully,
Hongkong 6th March, 1919.
Lady Lugard health, happiness and difficulty. We have had to face sOONS Monts Shawan Tomas de Co the attention it deserves, but-it-is
Green Island Cement Co., Limited.
a General Managers,
vary heary "expenditure and we have not prosperity. bad" a prosperous state of trade, which interesting to see that there is grow
Dear Sirs,-We beg to acknowledge has had its effect on the revenue of the mg up thus early under the new con-
receipt of your letter of yesterday's date. Colony. We have had to meet very
We simply want 1-4 prompt reply to our dition of affairs a public expression of
previous question whether you are prepared heavy expenditure on the railway, but I conscience on the matter of slavery.
the roommendations as set forth in our in this Colony has entirely passed the works which to
accept all or any, and if so which of am extremely glad that before my time Non-Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.'s Undoubtedly there is a feeling of
Report," and we
suggest that, Moeting.
shame experienced as the leaders o
SUNDAY, March 10 :—
9 a.m.-Excursion to Macao, **
MONDAY, March 11-
9.30 p.m.-Opening of Hongkong Uni
versity by H.E. the Governor.. University BazsaT Commences,
Hongkong Technical Institute's Evening
Classes re-open..
Turing and Regular WDSTADA, March 13
Attention Inclusive.
S. MOUTRIE & Co.,
LIMITED
Hongkong, April 18, 1907
Powell's
FRIDAY, March 15:-
་་
SATURDAY. March 16 :— ·
Noon-Departure of Sir Frederick and
Lady Lugard for England. Sonday, March 17:—
St. Patrick's Day, B.C.R.A. Rifle Yoeting; First Day.
(Signed) C. A. TOMES - As the request contained in the above latter was denied, tre would respectfully ask all concerned to suspend their opinion nd judgment until they bare received from us an General Managers of the Green Lland Cement Co., Ltd., ose Statement is reply to the statements contained in the Report of the Committee of Investigation ahova ruferred to:-Yours faithfully,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. General Mangers. Green Island Cement Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 7th March 1912.
PM
Lor
ME POLLOCK'S TRIBUTE. ** and arnior unofficial member has pointed
Bea.. E. Pollock-As the hom out, during your tenure of office in this Colony some very important publio works been completed, and sir, in departing you will leave behind you other importan
700 have
inaugurated which will ales in the future be connected with your name. The extensiour of the
And
the purpose of ascertaining, how far you railway has been opened, and 1 may inform and we are in agreement on those the Council that we have drawn op in recommendatio, you should grant us conjunction with the negotiatora appoint water works and the building of
interview at your Ofice on Monday of by the Chinese Government what I afternoon next, the 11th instant at
and, in order to promote absolute hope will be a very satisfactory working freedom of discussion, it would, we think, agreement. The nurset lately in Chins be derable that all that passes at such as caused a temporary suspension of the meeting should be treated as absolutely final ratification of that agreement, but I you would, like your Solicitor to be presant we are absolutely agreeable to that course,
Yours faithfully, (Signed) J. W. Koma
E. OSBORNE ELE. FOLLOCK
by Hon. Mr. E. Pollock, K., on
The following letters have been sent us confidential and without prejudice--are overy reason to hope that the final your energia, shortly placed on a workidk bobalt of the Investigation Committee, for publication:
9 p.m.-Macbeth by the Lang-Hollo-public opinion look back over the past way Co. at the Thentan Royal, and see that, the Chinese have been 9.15 p.m.-H. The Governor & Lady guilty of buying and selling one an-
Lagard's Farewell At Home" At Government House.
other. It would appear, too, that the treatment that slaves have received in the past has been, though reports vary, marked with very nich cruelty, slaves being treated even worse than cattle. But a gleam of hope now falls athwart the murky sky and perhaps before long we shall be able. to chronicle that China has also Dear Sir, banished this curse from her land..
The ghias Mail·
HONGKONG, Friday, March 8, 1912,
SLAVERY IN CHINA
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"H.M.S. Fame has arrived here,
Private.
Hongkong, int March, 1911.
C. A. TONES, Esq.,
Hongkong.
URKEN ISLAND CEMITT CO; LTD..
(INVESTIGATION).
I am directed by my Committee to lend to you the enclosed draft of their Report to the Sbaruhalders.
The Committee are desirous that they ahall not be guilty of any mis-statement of fact and it is with the object of obviating HMS. Janus is to leave shortly for this that the Report is sent to you, or are comments you may have to make in this chapsction before the Report is sent to Shareholders.
Ir is decidedly interesting to notice that the new regizié in China has | Amoy
Ladies Department issued its condemnation of slavery. It
NOW SHOWING
NEW UMBRELLAS
ALSO
SUNSHADES
New Styles in Handles
CHARMING COLOURINGS,
Moderate Prices.
The Japanese man-of-war Tatsuma left
is not quite clear who is responsible port to-day. for the deliverance, but recently there
have been those who have been ag-held this year on April 20th. itating the question, and apparently the manifesto lying before as is the It is pointed out, that under the illustrious "Three Dynasties," the buying and selling of men and women
The V. R. C. Athletic Sports will be
answer
The German Mail of the 6th February was delivered in London on the 7th March.
Mee cheung senda us a Capital photog aph of the new University building.
!
did not exist. Whether this is so or According to an intercensal estimate, not cannot be determined, as many of the population of Sydney New South the so-called historical facts of this] W los) at the "end of 1912 is expected to period must be more or less legendary, une to Bu1,800, an increase of 20,900. It is admitted, however, that those who brought themselves within the clutch of the law were often dovoted
to a form of servitude that bore every she died from an over-dose of opium. į
appearances of slavery. The mani.
....
I am directed to ask you to be good. enough to return the draft to me before noon on Monday, the 4th instant,
Yours faithfully, (.) E. A. M. WILLIAMS
Secretary
(Then follows the letter printed above addressed to Mr William.)
Hongkong, March 4th, 1912. EA. M. Williams Ear..
for the Committee of Investigation.
of the Green Island Cement Co. Ltd. Su,Information has within the last
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H. H. KING GEORGE V CORONA.
·TION CELEBRATION FUND.
Final Statement.
Subscribers to the. Coronation Celebra- tice Fund will be interested in the follow ing statement, kindly placed at our disposal to-day: By balance as per last statement. $26, 154.28 By interest so date
t
To disbursement since made To surplus distributed to:--
The Chairman, Sog
man's Institute...$11,455,34 The Chairman, Kwong Wa Ho pita!****** The Chairman, Soldiers & Sailom
2.802.34
440116
to
the typhoon refuge will be memorials to your initiative and will confer permanent and lasting benefits upon the inhabitante of this Colony. We have been very glad to hear from you to-day that the sebeme for a wireis taleuraph station in this Colony is likely to be, in DOUBET HEDGR
Sot ratification will be completed soon as it basis. Ar the hons and senior unofficial should be, since it has been negotiated and member has painted I qut, fiur Excellency agreed
has by the representatives of the cle the material needs of the Colony
· not cinly" attanded to what Peking Government. In spite of but you are also by your interest financial difficulties we have in band a very costly work, the typhoon refuge, a work of in education, shown a dedes to spread I hope and trust drive are to any contro methods and progress amongst the Chines enormous importance to this clony a br means of British influence in this Colony the enlightenment of Western fully and versy as so many other public works have persity will always be
rise to people, and I feel sare, sir, that the lasting expenditure other similar
Ta memorial to your Excellency's stay am criticinios.
Tamongst the New Territory consideratale its us. You, sir, will shortly be seturuleg so provement has a
zada the the field of your former distinguished matter of communications, and, as you labours In Nigerin, and we are confident know, the road is completed now from that you will gain yet further laurels in the Castle Peak nd Pingsban right through service of the Empire.--(Applause.) diagonally to Shataukok on the nortSKE ORDOKKES APPRECIATION,
frontier and the latter part between carton
Hon Mr the railway and shank. I think of the of this Council wiset steg
Osborne-Bir my experience
dona
61.34
$26,506.02
by a
[and will not
regarding excess of
milway
bean
in the
whole, therefore, we ma
we may consider that the but my experience in the Colony extends finances of the Colony are not in an on over a large number of years, and during 546.48 favourable condition, all things considered, the whole of my residence here I har
Wa
Q.FT
embarking this your on that long way, taken the keenest interest in patie delayed and most necessary scheme for the affairs. Comparisons, sir, are always odiose, provision of another resorvair at Tytam but I cannot refrain from drawing a Tuk. It is, gentleman, with the
Games parison between the somewhat a regret that I shall vacate this very act Council in part Abie
debates that have" taken place in this
and comparing
And in doing so I cannot wish thi-concepts PLATOM M
Council any better wish that that them with the go deliberations in fature shall be conducted
the
that, bas, alwayw
thorship botwoo
縣 they have been ever since I have known officials and unofficials in this Council
25,659.84 them
goodwill and with the sole object of furthering the public good. With $26,206 32 these words, gentlemen, I shall take los N. 3. STABE,
Lot) Hon..Treasurer.
Hongkong, 7th March, 1912.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER
RESERVE
"MÜSKETRY, AND CUT SHOOT,
£ you. (Applause, bed
* DE HO-KAI SPELCH
may be told that this is due to the limb
like and ohitging attitude of the unoficifis Inbours of the bar, member who representa but I think, ir,when you recall the the Chamber of Commercs and the tenacity with which Mr Marray Stewart carded Hon Dr Ho KAT said:-Your Excel the debates in this Council, that' thas lenoy, I have listened with maak interer cities would not be justified. That and emotion to your fare well speech. I am scossibility of your Excellency feral fellowship, sir, is entirely due to the
| sure I express the united sentiments of my
unofficial colleagues when I my we feel great cases of the community, more especially regret in saying **Good-bye" officially to t
"your"
t-members of
Connall. The baris-
thorough unde
few days reached us which goes to show that your Committee has been for some months clandestinely and i
d'socretly soliciting. A woman was found dead in a house Powers of Attorney, or voting prosies, from in Bulkeley Street, Hunghows, yesterday, ples that is its judgment the General Man
shareholders in this Company under the. and a un opium pipe and appartas was
The Musketry and Cup aboots ordered you in this Council Chamber to-day. By of real programa): 18.
promotion and transfer: to a found lying by her side, it is surmised that of the Company should be abolish- † for the 23rd and 24th have been important and higher post, in the l
more handing ed, DE At any rate ite charge taken from cancelled, Part I will be carried out on this Colony is
Landhara i invite ander the care of the present General Man- Samday, the 9th, at King's Park Ranga, Buora. We wish to proteeds irmly against commencing at 3 p.m. Part 2, at King' time ore years ago that the firal avente "heir size. To that, sir, and
Teroperable
was just about this i mambers of speak freely this action of the Committee as being sot. Park on Sunday the 10th, commencing at ment of your appointment as Governor of
before Naval Instructor Rayment and serably improper and unfair and in excess of 3.50m Standard Test on Sunday 17 Hongkong reached us, and, as yourfa existed in this Cougell, You came to the
I attribute midshipmen for H.M.5; Minotaur arrived of the Chau dynasty at any rate the by the F. and O. Boastra to-day, ne
the its authority, and quite beyond the scope at King's Fark Range, commenting had long proceeded you
fame
good feeling As also of bas relation passed at the last Annual 11 am,
bad_high.ez. which onlled the Committee into
of your administration when we Colony Sir, when he affaizi wa on to our shores a few months) Hourishing condition, and you leave it, ut a Later Speaking from the experiance of time bun, they are still in the past Live yours, I can conscientiously it were, but in a condition vet sudarosde say that cuz sty that cuz expectations have been fulfilled that in which you found it,
Your! Excelle
sof“ our trade aka depastell, hat and liberal adminiftration went of this Colony has giv
You fare during your tenuis satisfaction and has
festo then continues: "At the cines
practice came graudly into vogue, did Gumdr, Williams, who proceeds to
A mis epist of unfaimoas, wainsch"
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
and by the time of the Trum and Han Shanghai to relieve Capt. Lynes in com deplore, and are impelled to hope that once periods the system which obtains to-mand of the Cadmus, and Eng. Lieut. attention has been called to i Com
Top the mittee will see how utterly wrong it would General, the only bachelor in Me Talt's
"My Hiteboock, the American
merican Postmaster day was in full forcu, men and women Vincing for HM 8. Flora.
be to make use of these improperly so quired powers, and especially until the Cabinet, har roodvod s leap year proposal shareholders have had an opportunity of from a woman at Houston, Tezan. – hearing what the General Managers have movement whatever of this nature has been tomy. It is conscem wy to add thist no attempted by Lis General Managers.
Wm. Powell, Id. being bought and sold like cattle.
Coming 1.
Coming!
The Hughes Musical
The Tsingor Ta Ching dynasty which has recently been dethroned, accepted this part of Chinese life and kopt it in operation, as it did many other things. The cause of slavery at first was mostly poverty Parents who were unable to rear their
Ten thousand barrels of refined and 25,000 bags of raw sugar wore destroyed on February 2 when the great warehouse of the Acadia Refining Company at Halifax, Nova Scotia, was burned in one of the ort frea known in that city for year One of the employees of the company was brought abrat by the fra on goods and bur ed to death, The estimated loan:
buildings is $1,0
from
For
Comedy Co offspring sold them to those who lind Advice!
houses in Shanghai
more silver to spars and, as elsewhere on earth, the history of the
of slaves in Chinn
that
Yours falihfu
255 (Elgoed) SHEWAN, TOMI & Co.,
General Managerai.
March, 1912
Colony
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