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THE CHINA MAIL.

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THIS FOR THE C.S.P.

MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1990.

SPECIAL - CABLE

STRAMER BUNE,

result of normal growth Public Te the Editor of the "China Mat. NINETEEN PERSONS DROWNED.

The fact is, as you ought to be $782,668 more than in the previous able to see now, that the answer year. Most of this was on extra- to the question, "How is Hong-ordinary work, the increase for an- kong governed is that Hongkong nually recurrent work being only isn't governed at all. It merely $109,834, which is presumably the madales through a maze of prece normal increase to be expected as dent. That is why the Constita- tional Reformers want a change. They are not asking for freedor that would be too shockingly Radical, utopisa, and impractical shore work, dredging and banking for one to inform another of a thing they are asking fora little lengthen-up, are included in this item. The which the latter is entirely ignorant ing or slackening of the chains that extraordinary outlay mainly means of Such is not telling him tales, bui bind us.

new roads. The resumption" of

to inform him the exact nature of a Beaconsfield Arcade cost $275,000, and the public is still waiting to subject, which he ought to have some

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buildings, lightbouses, repairing and maintaining roads and bridges. telephones, water, works, and fore

Sir, think it is a wise measure

TWENTY-THRKE SURVIVORS.

A HIRED BRAVO.?

HAMMER AS WEAPON;

TRADE RIVAL ASSAULTED,

Mr. B. L. Potter appeared before Magistrate Hutchison this morning to defend a Chinese charged with assaulting another Chinese in Fat Hing Street, West Point on Saturday, Counsel applied for a remand and bail.

[China Mail SerCIAL]

SINGAPORE,“ Äugust 16 The steamer "Stephen ** was sunk THE REFUSE DESTRUCTOR. Hearn what is to be done, with it grasp of it. The citizens of this between Penang and Sumatra. Eight | bafber. He left his master's employ now we've got it. There is no Colony might well feel proud, and at passengers and eleven of the crew were drowned. The 23 survivon hurry we deprecate any tendency the same time be grateful to the were landed at Sabang- It is rarely that public opinion just because we have got it, to make authorities for handling out such a has in view all the factors of any of this property something, we do problem in which it takes an anot urgently require. Maintenance fine body of men as the Police Forte terest. The reason for saying of water works and water ac for the protection of our lives, and rarely" rather than never is count" together are put at $45,272, the salety of our property "from the that sometimes, when officialdom and the revenue is given as daring hands of these ages. But we, deigns to explain, and the news- $331,081, an increase of $47,190

LOQIL IND GEMÄRIG.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held tomorrow at 4.15 p.m.

The s.s.

#

Bolton Castle" (Dod-sum of $50.

Inspector Willis said that the wounded man Was an assistant recently, and started a rival business Dext door. The master, it was alleged, became angry at this competition, and employed the defendant to assault the complainant. The defendant met the complainant in Fat Hing Street on Saterday, and having picked a quarrel, hit him on the head with a hammer, causing an `ugly wound papers conduct a discussion and see that looks bigger than the expendittens, would be much more obliged

which necessitated five stitches. that every available source of in- ture. Land sales, etc., Brought into to one and all of the Police, especially

On Friday one imported case

The Magistrate remanded the case formation is tapped, it does hap the Treasury $265,465, which was those who are accustomed to make (British) of enteric fever was reported until Wednesday, fixing bail in the ред that nothing material is over the estimate, but less than in arrests of miscreants, not to handle ignored. It is Lot so in the case the year before.

them in such a way, which the public well & Co, Ltd, agents) arrived in of the question of refuse disposal Plans for 168 European houses

" and the New York on August 2. at Hongkong. The dumps in the were passed during the year, or 106 rightly calls it "Lajustice city are offensive, and everybody more than in 1918. There were Police themselves, show no worthy can see that they ought not to be 381 plans for Chinese houses, an of their position. The C.S.P. un- The approaching wedding is an- where they are. Sonicone from an increase of 54. figures mean docbtedly, hard at work at his desk nounced of Mr. Lewis John Morley, up-to-date town at Home mentions anything, these mean that the hous- every day would sure be pleased to chemist, to Miss Lucie Chan. a refuse destructor, and immedi- ing shortage is being attended to learn of something new. I should

Miss Hannah Kunkle, of the ately we are all glibly saying that Certificates were issued for 106 hike to know whether is it a right pro-American Presbyterian Mission, was that's it, that's the answer-we Furpean dwellings and 352 Chi-cedure or not, for his men, when

Before Magistrate Smith this want a refuse destructor. It so nese dwellings. 23 new European have arrests in hand, to give their recently drowned while bathing at

morning, a Chinese was charged with Ltd. happens that there is no problem houses were completed in Hong captures

picking the pocket of another Chinese of deposing of our city refuse- kong, and Ii in Kowloon, and 39 though they are on their way before A Society for the Promotion of in Connaught Road Central yesterday nature has seen to that. We can and 23 respectively were com-the law. The law-breaker deserves punctuality has just been formed in and stealing $75 in notes. He plead- take it outside the harbour and menced.

to receive anything hard on him once Shanghai. Some 200 members haveed not guilty. he is behind the prison doors but to enrolled. see him being roughly handled, re- ceiving blows right and left of him,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., Hongkong Dispensary.

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Powell

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BIRTHS.

OST.-Oh August 6, 1920. at Then tsin, to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ost, a daughter.

SARTON-On August 8, 1920, 21 Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sarton, -a daughter. HOPKYN REES. On August 4. 1920, Tsingtad, the wife of A. H. Hopkyn Rees, a son. BUYERSÜ August 9, 1920, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Buyers, a son.

MIRRIAGE.

FURNISS-KANO.-On August 6,

1920, at Shanghai, George Clif

it

Ford Furriss, Ahh son of late

Thomas Switt Furniss, of Auburn. New South Wales, to Toi Kane, of Shanghai.

DEATH.

DOUGAL. On August 8, 1920, at Shanghai, Robert Spence Dougal, manager of the "T.D." depart ment of Andrews and George, aged 47 years.

and Hongkong is one item in one of his three departments... Thus we get about one tenth of one third The Crown of his attention. Colonies department is subdivided

clerks. -

about us. We are one line in a

punishment,

beforehand.

*

Kuling.

السكس

The body of the late Mr. H. U. Jeffries, who died recently at Hakone, Japan, was cremated and the ashes will be sent to America for burial.

dump it in the great his antiseptic With regard to the Praya East ocean. The problem is that of col-Reclamation scheme, in which we lection. We have overlooked the are all keenly interested, we find

A reminder is given that the V. multitude of our narrow up-and-nothing in the report that has not is something that he is really to be R. G. night fete postponed from down streets. in our city built on already been made known to our pitied for. Is the C.S.P. ever aware Thursday evening last, takes place e steep hill side. From these the readers."

of such? It was just yesterday in to-morrow evening. rubbish has to be collected and This annual report covers so Hollywood Road, that I saw another borne by hand to the lower level, munch ground, and displays such an of these disgraceful acts, and as I had and this necessitates dutups. We enormous amount of work done, seen many before. I came to the con- minst put up with dumps, although that we suppose it would be an-clusion that it must be a fast-stick it is quite possible that we may reasonable to ask that it be a little ing" rule of the Police. Take it that modify their obtrusiveness. There more informative and illuminating such is not the case, why is it at all is talk of a very long. T-shape pier, and descriptive about certain details necessary for a detective or a police- M. P. Le Bris, chairman of the with a hopper arrangement at the that we are keen on.

man to nearly kill his capture French Municipal Council at Shang- end of it: That would take the

before he is brought to the station? hai, is proceeding Home, on the immediately shore dump from

A prisoner, no matter what sort of Glentara," accompanied by Mme. under our noses, and it would do

sentence he had served, might be. Le Bris. away with the present need for disturbing the dumn with abovels. etc. Perhaps one day, when the Bolshies are running the Colony for us, they will have overhead refusa carriers running down from our congested hill districts, something like the ammunition carriers be tween, the Navy yard and their store up the hill.

OUR POPULATION.

the year.

:

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE.

OFFICIAL.

come a better man later on in

Two fatal cases of plague and life, but his career is short. He would have lived to some advance one fatal case of enteric fever, of

which the victims were all Chinese years, had not be been struck sare recorded in today's return of severely on his person when he was notifiable disease.

ONLOOKER."

Hongkong August 16, 1920.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

2

sional men.

PICKPOCKET CAUGHT.

RIA INTO CONSTABLE'S AKIH.

THREE MONTES" HARD,

The complainant said that he was looking at the Chen Kwong Company's shop window, when suddenly he felt a tug at tris coat. He turned round and grabbed the defendant who had the money in his hand. As soon as witness caught hold of him, the defendant dropped the notes. The witness released the defendant in order to recover the notes, - and the latter ran away. Witness gave chase, and the "defendant ran into the arms of a entstable who was coming in the opposite direction.

The defendant pleaded mistakess identity.

The Magistrate disbelieved him, and sentenced him to three months' hard labour.

SINGAPORE TRAGEDY.

FATAL MOTOR SMASH.,

EUROPEAN FILLED.

A fatal accident resulting in the loss of one life, and injuries to two Among the passengers who left ther persons occurred in the small Hongkong on the P.&O." Dunera"

hours of August 7 on Stamford yesterday for Colombo, was Mr. A. Museum, when motor-car No. 2,720, Road, Singapore. opposite Raffies 1. Andres, who has been with the driven by Mr. A. W. Cooper, of the Hongkong Daily Press for the last two Municipality, with whom years. Mr. Andree, who has had his friend, Mr. G.. F. Stapp, experience in Colombo and the Malay struck a tree on the left side of States, will return from Colombo to Stamford Road, and crashed into the Kuala Lumpur where he will join the railings of the canal. Later," the Malayan Leader.

was

occupants of the car, the two European and the chauffear were found lying on the road side. The police came on the scene and remo ved the victims to the hospital, Where Mr. Stapp who was a store- keeper in the employ of the FMS. Railways) succumbed to his injuries. Mr. Cooper and the chauffeur were

detained in the hospital.

BLACK CATS.

SATURDAY'S ENTERTAIN-

The Official is a buman being. One occasionally forgets that, when he seems to adopt that attitude in the hands of the Police.

Such biowing" and "kicking " Owing to the labour strike in which we call typically official. But have got to be stopped. The Police Copenhagen the East Asiatic Com all the time he remains a man, with should have realized by this time, that pany's motorship Chile," which all a man's feelings. His duties are the greatest mistake they have ever passed through Hongkong on Satur his job. A man's job in the first made is the one they are now com- day, on its way to Japan, had a crew instance is a means to the one end, mining, and it is to be hoped that if of Danish students and other profes wages. It is not contemptuous to there is really humanity at all, such point this out, because all of us who

a mistake has well got to be prevented. work have precisely the same initial

It is my one desire and that is, that The annual report of the Medical reason for doing so. That is not to the C.S.P. should easily see to this into groups. The group in which Officers for last year bristles with say that we would not work at all, Yours, etc., Hongkung is included for adminis-fguzes, and how much or how little if we were what is called indepen- trative purposes includes Ceylon. of them is going to stick in the dent. We would find some work; Mauritius, Malaya. Borneo, etc., minds of the readers we dare not but it would be work of our own and it is given one of the nine prin-Euess. It depends on the capacity choosing, work that would be a cipal clerks, one of a dozen first for remembering such things. Our pleasure to us Every man that is class clerks (there's one with the own memory, good for words and man takes pleasure in some sort delightfully Anglo-Saxon name of images, ca's canny on figures. It of work, and work for society is Mächtig, who has the M.B.E.) and remembers that September has work that appeals to good men.

A whist drive and dance were two of the eleven second-class thirty days, and a few odd numbers It is a nobler thing to work for the

of that sort; but a group of five good of a community than to work CREDITORS TAKE OVER BUSINESS. held Friday evening at the R. E. Se

geants Mess, Wellington Barracks Thus you will see that whenever or more digits brings it put on for the enrichment of a master. A

The winners of the drive were:- the Governor refers a Hongkong strike. Mnemonic dodges to help master can become an unreason. matter Home, it gets rather less it are sometimes disastrous, as able, intolerable nisance. When

The Backruptcy Court set on Sator Ladies-1, Mrs. Grimes (145); 2, Mrs. than one-ninth part of the atten- when we solemnly assured a party that happens, and we still have to day, the case of the Tsun Hing Hong. Tidey (144): 3, Miss Puckett (142); 4, Miss R. Enwright (140); booby, Mrs. tion of about five-fiftieths of the that the height of Mount Fuji i work for wages, we change mas- an import and export firm, being Burden (115). Gents, Ms. Black permanent staff. the only people 365,012 feet, in consequence of ters. Working for the public is heard by Mr. Justice Gompertz, Act-

burn (146); 2. Mr. Grimes (145); 3, likely to know anything useful reversing the months and days of harder still, for instead of one nag-ing Chief Justice. Mr. H. L. Denny Mr. Hodges (145); 4, Mr. Warren

Our population is aging master, there are many mas appeared for a number of creditors and big ledger, a name that crops up matter with which visitors regu-fers, all very busy critics. There Mr. A. N. Crey for a wortion creditor (145): 5, Mr. Owen (144), 6, Mr. Burden (142); booby, Mr. Bigwood in the day's job, and as there is larly tease us. "What is your will be the Departmental Head, named Pang lu-ming and others. (114). S. M. Flynn conducted the

We never can re-accountable to someone above him, Application was made for the ap: drive. no record of any one of our section population?" paying us a visit, we carnot ex- member, and they look at us in and there will be the unofficial cri- pointment of a different or additional pect moch loving care or enthusias pained surprise, the scoundrels, 33 ties. The wage may be insufficient, trustee to two appointed by some of fic interest.

if they wouldn't promptly forget it in which case private worries hinder the creditors, preference being ex- All that, in theory, should not themselves if we did know it and the complete concentration that is pressed for a Européen trustee." Mr.

So when we matter, because we have a Gover- told them.

6a necessary to good work. But if Crew explained that in March-last-*| nor on the spot, whose recom- population in this annual report, that be waived, there is this bus small body of Hongkong creditors re- mendations should be based on local we made a determined effort to fix ness of praise and blame, that presenting $120,000 worth of debts, Captain Dunstan Fuller, 11th Royal knowledge, and be accepted, as a the figures in memory. Vy vait counts immensely. You see, al took possession of the firm's premises. Fusiliers, killed in action West-matter of course, by these quill-vor vive hundert?" we murmured. though working for a wage, as we and proceeded to run the business and

Born in Shanghai, drivers at Home. But they aren't imitating the accent of the stage all de, the official is a man with a collect the assets. They then filed

always, because those people have Jew, and decided that that would man's feelings. He cannot help, petition in bankruptcy and appointed A Chinese woman was this mor- success of the evening with some a set of office rules, which they are help us to recall 564,500. Then, other distractions being left out,wo of themselves as trustees. Some ning charged before Magistrate. Hut pleasant selections during the interval. pleased to call principles. They to our disgust, we remembered that taking an interest in his work, and Canton creditors then made repre- chison with the unlawful possession The grounds were brightly illu have precedents. Now precedents, these figures are a mere guess, and wanting to do it well, and (this is sentations that they desired & Euro- of nine taels of prepared non-Govern-minated with small electric bald's, and presented a very animated ap-- for a place that never changes, but that it is considered in some quar- very important) having it known pean trustee and an interim receiving ment opium.

The defendant admitted possession, pearance. Nothing that would tead remains the same to-day and for-ters that the civil population of that he has done well. Having order was made appoining Mr. Seth ever, as it was in the beginning, Hongkong must be nearer a mil-done his beat, and feeling some as interim receiver. The debtor firm but said that the drug did not belong to ensure the comfort of the visitors may be useful guides. Rongkong, lion, owing to the observed immi- thing of the craftsman's or artist's had assets in the shape of book debts to her. It was left for safe, keeping was overlooked, and the show itself." however, hasn't remained what it gration during the last decade. complacence, be discovers one day amounting to $160,000, but possibly in her house by a friend, a woman if applause is any exiterion, was folly was in 1845, when our Summary America took a census this year, the borrid fact that it is im- $50,000 would have to be wiped off travelling trader. 38 Successful as on the previous one. Offences law (the one we still go and many of the cities were far out possible to please everybody. The liabines were $282,000 Later Inspector Grant, who prosecuted, that the raided the by) was made. It is not even what in their estimates, some of them There are some people whom the interim receiver applied to the said

Bat in China- it was in 1895, the year of jubilee. being so chagrined that they chal-it is impossible to please. Then creditors who were running the busi defendant's It has grown and altered, even since lenged the accuracy of the census the noble work of serving the ness to disclose the assets they had town yesterday, and on a cockloft In theory, a Crown Colony is 1905 only the laws, and the pre- enumeration. Something of the public begins to look like a hum collected. They replied that no assets

A Portuguese was yesterday arrest The crown. In practice, we know methods continue much the same year, when the cerises is to be official who is also a man says to Seth had to go to the Official Receiver carred piece of wood which formed of having been drunk and incapable. governed by the man who wears cedents, and the antipistrative sort is sure to happen bere next liating, slavery All right, the had been realised and eventually, Mr. occupied, he found the opium. Five

tins were found in an ingeniously ed by the Yaumati police on a charge that the king has far too much to If it were not so rude, we would taken. Meanwhile, when we are himself, if all that I am to get out and through him apply to a Chinese part of her bed, three tins in He was allowed bail in the sum of do to give his personal attention to say this looks unwise. Let us be asked what our population is, we of it is my poor wage and some bank for full particulars was found basket, and one tin in the pocket our affairs. In theory again, the content and say that it looks odd. are going to say three quarters of humiliations, why should I tunelion that $18,000 had been collected and of a coat which was hanging on the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Moreover, the governor on the million, and we are going to more than officially? He becomes paid into the accoumis of the creditors. wall. The defendant said she had Magistrate Hutchison this morning. His Lordship, after some discussion been here only a short time and did the defendant failed to appear. The knows all about us, and considere spot is not on the spot. He is only remember that, by remembering less the man and more the Four case and decides our problems. on part of the spot. There are that we haven't sufficient quarters official. He is discouraged, and intimated that unless the parties could not know local regulation Sue Magistrate ordered his bail to be In practice he knows next to traditions and precedents that for our million. If these memonic drifts into a routine. But he still come to some arrangement he would told witness that her husband was estreated nothing about us. In the Bret place hedge him about, ADC.'s and tricks help you as they help us, you remains man, and it is the nature appoint the Official Receiver to set at sea. Witness had a strong sur he is a politician, holding the office things that keep the wind of him, are welcome to them. only as long as his party happens a little crowd that claimé private,

IN MEMORIAM.

ern From November 24, 1896.

The China Mail.

"AMUTH, JUSTIOR, PUBLIC SERVICE"

Horaxoxo, MONDAY, AUG. 18, 1920

HONGKONG: HOW GOVERNED.

to be in power, and his mind is entry and whispers in the shel- mainly preoccupied with-party pro- tered ear. He does not play. blems. When be gets his job, we Haroun al Raschid: He does not

P.W.D.

of a real man that these depressione alone.

are not permanent. He will, not stay down Presently he gets in-

terested in his job-agam, does if]

AN OPIUM DIYAN?

POLICE RAID FLAT.

ILLEGAL OPIUM SEIZED.

which the defendant“admitted she

MENT.

The "Black Cats,” a band of local amateurs, made their second appear- ance at the KCC, on Saturday The evening to a large audience. performance was held on the club's grounds and was much enjoyed. The Wiltshire band added greatly to the

picion, that the fist was being |-- run as Babyram: divan, as the other rooms in the house were all laid out for the purpose of opium

as if he were working for himself the worker who works for a private smoking, and there were several which be then is quite forgetting bose, however tyrannical. He of people actually smoking opium on

BAIL ESTREATED,

When the case was called, before

STEAMERS DELAYED.

A GIA

The milling date of the C.M.S. Co.'s

are a dot on a map to him when hear the talk of the market place. The lettern P.W.D. do not carry he loses it, we are not much more. His information is filtered, it fil-much of the import of D., but that he is working for a wage. He fers sont stabs where the other gets the premises when he raided it. On 3.5. "Nanking" has been changed from

A She parliamentary under-secretary ters through a crowd of officials, they stand in Hongkong, or does good work again, which is not mere pin-pricks Let us try to the cockloff he also found two opium- is in the same boat. The perman- all of whom sit in pretty cages great deal of very solid work, as we recognized, and the same process je remember that the Officiat is en-piper ent inder secretary (Sir GV made of precedents. It filters are reminded by the annual report, repeated So we may conclude that fided to special connderation that The Magistrate imposed a fins of Fiddes, £2,000 a year) has to divide through an advisory body of part of the Department just published the man who works for the public, we never give him, and that hon $500 or, in default, three months his attention among all the calar people who are chosen by. They spent nearly thres and half, whose work bids for public appraise ever official he may be, he is also bard labour. The drug was confis Colonies, including the Dominions preced

millions last year, $3,448 295,orment, has a harder time of it than buman.

cated.

The sailing date of the E August 19 to August &

Easter (Mackmoon, Mackenzie & Co., &gents) has been postponed

Same day from noon to-morrow to 4 pm, the

h.