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agree. with him "that while undoubtedly stronger organisation accompanies higher pay, there is no permanent or assured advantage for organised over

NEWS OF THE DAY.

"LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Franch Mail of She 18th Nov.

TO-DAY'S BANK KUPTCY COURT OISES.

El Honour the Chief Justice (B WD- liam Rose Darina) b in the Bankruptor

SATURDAY, DEOMMBER 20, 1913,

ST JOSIPITS COLLEGE CONCESSIONS TO I O.

ANNUAL PRIZE WISTRIBUTION.

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We are that the Indo China S. N. Co The annual patio distribution of Stave decided to improve the conditions o

Eunorganised labour in any separate") was delivered in London on the 19th Dec, Court this morning, when in þbe matter of foreph Cole or pince tant avaning, their Captaine and Offeurs sårving in theirg

the bankruptcy of Ko Wan Fong, Mr. Rusulants receiving their Far Eastern fest. The bruelty amo, we Harding, who appeared for the pati gute and criesce at the hands of Ela understand, mugh the mums a thone re Kendall and Jaunigan hate returned from toning creditor, naked for a receiving seder. Excellency the Officer Administering the cently granted by Mosers Butterbald and

Mr. Leo D'Almondas Casto, who reprovemens (Hou, fx. Clat Seven): Swire to the men in the Chine Navigatio

Police Sargeants Leniment, " Karr,

'sunbed a sumber of creditors, maid the debts is Eroles, who was compare boats; and, atë, as follars

After six year's service six months love on half pay and secondi alana pasaagimi hom

sphere of wage-earning, either in the wages or in the security and continuity. of employment. Such organisations may help to check violent fluctuations leave. due to the recurrent cycles of activa and dull trade, but this is best done The silk shipped from Hongkong by by closer contact between the em-R.M.8. Empren of India on November

29th, reached New York on December 17th, Mr. Harding:-I submit my friend has Irving, Dirsor of Edusa ro ployer and employee, and by the

no lomu dandi. I am the petitioning received in sollege compound hea minimum of interference and parti- cularly of aggression." As Mr. Booth your Road, have sent as half a dosen

Moore A. Tack and Co., 98 Da ditor, and he cannot appear on my pa ities. Euand, of bones composed of about fifay members of to Collega troop of Boy Mr. D'Almada-My clients have rosso Secuts in charge of Chia Scoutmastor further points out, "wage services pancils adrartising their photographie to boliars that there are no substantial Major Bowen Scoutmaster A. Fl. acquire economic strength very largely department.

assete for division among the creditore,wards and dashant Scoutmaster Roy and the debtor bra dons certain acts which, lation. The s Jocked very smart in in proportion to the measure of stability found in the industrial rela Tha Roy. J. L. Baron, wik speak as if brought before the notice of the Court, their new items with go tionship. No ond suffers more from the mosting of the Hongkong Christian would prevents receiving order being made. fidges, sud complimented. Thery Mr. Blanding My friend has no lose large adhering of parente il the insecurity of business, which brings Union at St. Paul's College on Monday

others at the presandation promeeding atvedi.. about frequent changes, than the next at 5.3 p..

The Official Recolver (Mr. H. A. Nesbit) ng um eig Mr. J. J. Leira,

Consul-Geral e Portugal Penang has been invited to send oil Receiver sek for an adjourn The report of the Brother Dimo. couraging the habit of mind detaching the workpeople from sympathetic cricket team to play Selangor at Kaalsment in this case. I understand it has been for, Rev. Broer Adrian, with the prize

were placed at 845,000 and he was in- strusted be apply for an adjournment for Capt. Comply. ADIC. His Lad

slip Bishop Aaron and Mr E. and back. the fling of certain affidavits..

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General Memoranda.“

WEDRXanat. December 24-

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interest and pride in their pecin! Lumpur on January 26 and 27 sext/tho, panctus of the Court de hear gollitors | diet; will be laud on pages 4 and 5.

employment have done more to re- duce their labour to a minimum valus than to guarantee them a minimum wage As to employment in the mass, the present trade-union policy serves to undermine confidence; con tracts become difficult, salculations are

plied, and expenses are increased Long views become impossible, timely preparations for future occasions ure barred, all arrangements must ba

8p.m.-Children's pantomime at Quarry made from hand to mouth, the cost

Bay.

TIUKSEAT, Doceabor 25:--

Christmas Day-Puble Holiday. FRIDAY, December £6 :----

Boxing Day :-Publie Holiday. Chices T.M.C.A. Sports. SATURDAY, December 97-

H. Sir Hoary May, KC.M.G.. Gaverer of Hongkong, due to return to the Colony. TDAY, December 90:-

Chinese New Year.

"The installation of tha, Saigon wireless station figures in the Indo-China estimates for not year, an appropriation of 600,000 francs being set aside for this work.

on an application of this kind.

His Excel Bay after petenting the prizes and crafoates, mid they had al listened to Union Adrian's report with very great pleur. It showed that. St.

HONGKONG JOCKEY" OLUB.

We boer that Sir Paul Chater, who has

taken auth a keen interest in Reding in the Far East for, we believe, over a quarter of ouluty, has a string of pondus noning down by the C. Man Kvarging” dus here to-morrow or Monday. They include our old friend Royal Rose, two Iłubain racks Flock and Tren and nine, Grifles, Derbier and Navy Cuppan

The thirteen, Subaription OriMa«

xpected by the Anhui, to-matrol be

drawn for at Kennedy” Stable, on Mon-

day at 420, pa mə

Date-et Adawad : Camp- Settled.

We have been informed that the annual

be sworn in The Hongkong Voluts teer Reserves too have Incressed" to the respostable botal of 145 members.

Bin Lordship--What is your position") The Official Receivar Fane an adjourn ment in order to give me time to ascertain whether there are batanted asaza.

Mr. Harding-Farbmit the Oficial Raaseph's Cake as most dourish HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORES. ceiver is not entitled to say anything because he is not yet in this case, I am ing condition ad i was only limited by the petitioning creditor, and if I show in the ares in mich in stood, or else t my statement sufficient grounds Tahmit would have great many more pupils. that an order should be made. Neither He shared thenget which was express Means Mestrie and Co. ask us to creditar nor the Official Receiver and be Brother Adrian is the departure camp of the Hongkong Volunteer Corpe uncertain and unsafe, risks are multi-state that to suit the convenions of the right, to be heard.

His Lordship-How is the Court to of Brother Chatian whom ho got to be boen fred to bo hold from Friday, pubilt during the present busy seison they ascertain whether there are webstantial know quite wd during his first your in January 8th, to Sunday, January 19th intend to remain open until 6 p.m. pertussits to justify a raceiving order

Hongkong Ring to the matter of inclusive. The Corps, was understand, Mr. Harding-On the affidavit made by limited accomodation he said that going strong," the roll-call new Mosday, Tessday and Wednesday.

the petitioning creditor.

Hi Lordship-Where is there any though he the Director of Educe numbering 328, the highest number fo allegation of asseta in your petition ?

tion in front & hẩm, and although thay eleven youm, wilki mors to come waiting Mr. Harding read the additional affidavit bad had de previous conference upon filed, sud nabmitted on that" he was which he coul launch out-ba had not Pontitled to a civic rifectly easy for the alighton is of what his views were

Lordship It is

The nomad cany will be held at Hong you to istisfy the Orial Receiver as to be felt pertly free to say what he the accumey or approximate accuracy of liked. Ee that it would be quite a Hom, Junk Bay, not very far from the the statements in that affidavit.

good plan to drage the existing emellan 106 where Rennie's four "mills ") were Mr. Harding-sumbit, with all dus buildings to a higher planoo, and Baltused. deference, that it is not my duty provide elsentre for the lower ones, Ts is possible that the Reserves, will gu Official Receiver is representing other

editors, and probably does not want forming of properatory, acbook for into soap for the last week-end, but s

St Joseph's College. That had been has not definitely been decided yet. receiving order made on my petition.

nothing done elsewhere, where ho had come from, Lordship Surely there aracasonable in granting an adjournment with excellent salts, and he was sure to soable bim to verify your stidavita 1.

Mr. Harding-If the Official Receiver in that in Herigkng it would have to be going to object, he should be prepared doma. He wasglad to see the excelent with evidence.

resulta at the Oxford olassen, mention. After further argument the bearing of ing that all done who had presented the petition was adjourned.

themselves. - for the - Senior examination

His Excellency the Officer Administaring had passedi, si he trusted thee those the Govenment has been pleased to accape numbers indicted that some would go the resignation by Lieutenant J. & T er and antar be University Emphasis Plummer of bis Commission in the Hong- ing the need in the erection of a hostal kong Volunteer Corpe, with eBoat from for University students of the Roman December 16 Catholio Inith le said that in the vicinity

Streatfield, M. V. O., will outline the objects and duties of the organisation.

The members of the Garrison Cricket Club will be "at home" on the Hongkook Cricket Club ground for the match which will be played between the Hoogkong Cricket Cich and the United Services on Christmas Day. It is hoped that a mill- tary band will play during the afternoon.

The Hongkong Corps of Sex Scout'ia of production in increased, and busi❘ to be inaugurated on the 29th instant at ness expansion checked. Those dis- St. Joseph's College, when Capt, advantages have to be paid for, and their east does not normally come out of profita, for it is necessarily taken into the planning of enter prises." These are wise words worthy of careful study. If the trade-union policy is wrong, so also is the creation of a great traders' union in order to provide "sinews of war," under whatever terms such may be defined. The Defence Union does not seeni, purtioninrly when one studies the first signatories, to be directly connected Noon Gen. Fenwick & Co.. Lt, with any one trade, and they have

General Meeting. FRIDAY, January' lë :— '

2.50 pnnction of Furniture at The Cottage." No. 128 Barker Road.

WIDNIMAY, December 311-

9p..-Duck Ball, FRIDAY, January 9

8.45 p.m.Taiteo Club Gall:

MONDAY, January 5-

Peak School Ro opens. TOESDAY, January 8:-

9p.- Engineers'. Bill at City Falk

A Chinese woman' attending a per- formånce at Taipingshan theatre took of her, boots and put her feet on a bench. In front of her for greater comfort. Felguing further no claim to meet the workers sleep a man sitting near her watched a favourable opportunity to take the boots in any one trade, so that there is while the woman was engrossed in the obviously a departure from the performance, and walked off. He was commendable policy of encouraging caught and appearing before, the Magiaʻzate closer industrial relationship which is this morning was remanded.

The Chiun Man, such an important factor in establish-

HONGKONG, SATCHDAY, [Dec. 20, 1813.

LABOUR AND CAPITALS RELATIONS.

ing that measure of stability as Mz. W. Wilmar, Secretary of the China Coast Officers' Guild, is calling the essential to industrial development attention of all members of the shipping is enterprise, capital or officient community to a meeting which will be haid labour.

at the King Edward Hotel, at 11 am, to marrow (Sunday). An invitation fa az. tended to all interested, whether members of the Guild or non-members, The object of the meeting is to discuss the question of

THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN,

Dee Next Saturday.

Chios const steamers.

SPORTING.

Association Tootball.

H.M.S. TAMAR RER. HONGKONG POLICE. These teams lined up on the Naval ground yesterday, 2nd Division, United Barvice League points being at stake Toms

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VOLUNTEER OFFICER

RESIGNS.

BIG FIRE AT GRIMENT.

£70,000

„DAMKUR,“

serious. Are decurred on the titsber

of the Univerity he had noticed an ex- cellant site-hi would not any where and he hoped that some time in the future they wald see a Roman Catholic hostel rising te to provide for those unddergraduates of the Roman Catholic H.M.S. Tam Ras.-Dugdale; Palmer. Church who might wish to go into a McNeice: Roddick, Clemente, Tankers: hostel belonging to their own faith. The o'clock, the tre raged throughout the night, Jones, Faimon, Adams, Monder, Drake. faring" to "the progress endoby the and until the following aftermann, thong

Hongkong Police-Swam; J. Clarke, shorthand and typewriting deseas, he every available engine and fire feat and Caro; A. Clarke, Gardner, Drary: Grim-asured the studenter that if they intend-way branch of hose in the district was mett, Reynolds, Kelly, Booker, Wilsor.

Referee, Sorgt. Wilson.

ed, to enter the fovement service they would find that knowledge of short bad in certain of the offices would be

harver at be Alexandra Dock, Grizzeby, `reosatig, »d firsaking out shortly before mak

brought into play. The damage, wolf it is expected, approximate £70,000.

The Fre originated in, the: wood drying. sheds of Metam. Green and Co., kimber By the time the teams were warmed ta very useful, for it led to an incrasad of importers, of Grimahy and Keighley, spread

to the now and moulding willa, and theno alaries paid to Captains and ofibers on Their work it was noticeable that they were fairy and on Ancement. · Dobivolved the timbar-stacks in the yard. In this column, the other day, wẹ

very evenly matched. Most of the sailoring with the athishio ride of school. Dia, attacks esma from the right, Jones being head he was rery glad to be able to was an area of blazing stacks and mill

surrounding "the property, until there pointed out the causes that were

His Excellency the Governor, Siz F. H. May, K.0.31.G., is expected to arrive here

in rattling form and being wall supported. give soproval r the rai ing of a Scouts, som four soin exit The fes contributing to the ever-recurring

In whatever other way Chinese sta. H fine centres were not utilized to the corps because he knew they would be in brigades had the men deulty in getting trouble in the industrial world, and on the conclusion of his holiday on Satur.dents enrich thapaalves while abroad, it best advantage, Care and di Olucks kick-ord hands, and lie was only scary, that at the outbreak, bestie of its femtion, and

day neat, December 24.

He will be must not be by a wife. To whatever ing strongly. Kelly got his-forward to in was not rated in times for them to outskirts preventing its spread to other for many hours they had to work on the indicated that the attitude both of received by a auard of honour of one charms they succumb in America, Europe gether and Booker was on the point of appes besore the Chief Sect, General milla and timber yards. The stacks in the capital and Labour was too much captain, two subalterns and 100 rane and on Japan it must not be thees of the fair scoring when the ball his Wilson, who was Boder Powell, when he was in Hong-centre of the involved area had to be inclined to be aggressive. The whole tile of the D. C. L. L., with regiments sex. The Ministry of Education has the offide Grimmett and Lankena seemed rong recently. He would tell them that allowed to bum theosalves out. So fierce idea of the Employers' Defence colour and band, sud a salute of seventeen it word in the matter and, being evident bent on gainining advantage over one there was movement in Hongkong to mere heaps of charcoal Railway metals was the fra that huge stacks wars redsond Union is suggestive of militancy, gans will be fied: Commanding officers convinced that "East is East and West another regardless of the disadvantage to and he believed it was going to be in adjacent dings were twisted and anti- What is wanted is not so much the and heads of government departments well in West" bayo in sect declared that their side. Reynolds was going through very strong moment to inaugurate atorted. It was only by dint of removing “never the twain abali mest." The heads halter-skelter when he fell, loud appeals troop of Ben Scal. He did not 408 why, slacks of many tars of wonden goods thas control of strikes and the support of

of Government officet are not usually from the Police players, and londer stil living on this and the ordinary Boy the arm of the fire or restricted. employers or free workers when

At present the origin of the outbreak is accredited with excessive imagination and from their supporters being ignored. Both Scout and Sew Scouts should nos in some unknows. The Sufragist them was at brought face to face with hardships

remsness of this kind will put the pects of goalies ware wall tested, particularly way amalgasts Ben Scouts would first noted, hat there is no evidence to elected Chins beyond the pale. In fatare, secord Dugdale who was lucky on occasions to be learn the art of swimming and also the support it. The loss is practically onve should be to obviate recourse even to ja resident Fellow of the Royal Colomising to an order just promulgated, any in the proper apos to deal with ône ahotsanegement, of bosha." As to swimining by insurance,» Other firms bestões) Institute, and Sir John Jordna & non-rest | military student who marries a foreign from Booker and Reynolds. An interestima ih would rather retrain to-day from: talk. | Gruen postained damage through:

consequent on strikes; the aim rather

threats or ultimatums. We are pass

attend.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Sir Charles B. Addie has been

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ing through a period of grave anxiety

The death occurred

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at the Queen my while Directors of Chinees stedents ¡a' connection with the labour ques-

Victaris Memorial Hospital, Tiantaio, one ordered to deprive of their scholarships tion. New unions are arising every the 10th inst; of Mr. Edward Wright, 2nd and send home immediately all those. The second half was a replica of the furt. expremed the hope thes all the bada would day. Young converts are proverbial-officer, as. Shenking. The deceased was students who marry foreigners.

ly full of enthusiasm, and this applice taken ill about two months ago with double

pneumonia and went to Japan to reperate.

to the newer uniona Eager for the advancement of their cause, and a bia repovery Mr. Wright nined the

old complaint

Shenking in which he had made only one without that patience" and judg.

ur two trips Before the Shonking left the ment which comes with experience Bund on Monday morning he was carri d they adopt compulsory methods, sabers sufering from resurrctice of his which, while injuring trade and com- merce, more serionaly harm the

His Excellenoy M. Barraut, Goverso unions. Youth will be served, but General of Ludo-Ching, with M Gaston we are glad that the older unions are Lisbert, Branch Consul at Hongkong, exercising some restraining influence Knight, Consul at Canton and Mr. W. 6. There are, from time to time, threats Jack, visited Kowloon Dock yelerday of sympathetic strikes, but these, afternoon. Mr. B. M. Dyer, ohial manager, and Mr. Graham received the visitors, who proposal of the Defence Union is to book great interes in their tour of the Come and works. Among they steamers under god- enable all employer to act sym-retion which they visited was the ax pashesically with those of their unmade, recently built for M. Roque, her who ara, hard hit by strikes phong and which is practi THE EDWARD DISPENSARY, Tonly like adopting the Excellency left for Saig

Um. Powell, Id. fortunately, seldom materialise. The

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winton of irresponsible unionism, noon on the battleship, The building of barrier.

an enemy is Bow

SUPREME COURT.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

od for the oOUSIEMS

the

women will be barred from entering the first half anded --

ing sous #; because he notlood thaswater, and disturbance at timber stacks. bie remarks had been taken up and so H.M.B. Tamar Bet., G; Hongkong old subject, which he was not prepared Pulice,

to discuss, ras tacked on to the He

Both enda worn tented in turn. After much misky bremselves thawnighly efficient strenons play Adams and Mondey worked | swimmers and that all the schools would through finely and the former delivered provide cortais number oều bấm chân shot that was a curtain goal until Swan of south. In conclusion His Bachenoy with outstretched hande Jenneked se ball expressed the great pleasure it affonded on to the poet and behind for corner. As him to cocus for the first time to the At the Summary Court yesterday after, the millors" end the Police forwarde were prizegiving at St. Joseph's, and tessbod noon when the case was called of the away in a line, Wilmis putting over Wax Sue Arm the Tai Tik fem to seafre that caught the banks capping and world not be on komt. He added. which the claim bu for 985-07 neither the plaintiffs nor their solicitor (Mr. Haywood) were present on pent

H Henous waited for ten minute so if the parties would put snes hub this not hap mant for the defendant with ones.

Mr. Needham represented

which Grimmeta enght to haré pot into

net. With a terrible swing he abarap ad to do this and-filled. An analar ebanon - of scoring damnever have been missed. PAMAT: TAR BUTADg astering game as book for the sailors and from one of long shot Jane got on and beat Care and Dras FIRST AIDCng up with

wid you all a very happy Christersma and New

Pozzon thanked His Fol

t of the sabool Director

Low his pression, whole wh the sad and the choo work Eo loo

the