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subject of sich public interest as house rents, and sticks to the point, we give his letter word for word and allow it to speak for itself, reserving
don't know. perrande the
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even fend a hanc
cess possible. Even
mong the local residents who
to the Colony by the as
were Mr. and Mrs. Souza, Mr. J. M. V. Reme and Mr, J. F. Marias,
Among the passengers who arved by the China Mad steamer Marias, General Agent of the United Nile, yesterday, were Mr. J. F. States Shipping Board at Manila.
It is for Rex Rab to show that Today is S. Peter's Day in the profiteering among the tailors, dairy Anglican Calender. The Patronal farmers, etc, is as glating. Should the Festival of S. Peter's Church West Government be convinced of that, Point will be observed until after following this precedent, it would Sunday next. A Special announce probably intervene.
ment appears in our advertising columns.
DUTIABLE CIGARETTES
LABELLED JOSS STICKS,
-SHI-PING COMPANY'S LIABILITY.
company may be, they are to blame if any tobacco is imported duty free? Ris a very important case affecting shipping companie
Mr. Smith: In any offence there must be either malice on wrihat| neglect. There are certain suspicious circumstances the method in which fact that the compradore has told us The question of a shipping comthe cargo came on board and the
nothing..
of wrongly labelled cargo, was argued before Magistrate Orme yesterday afternoon, when the Yust Ons. Co. owners of the ss. Chuchow, were summoned, by the Superinten deat- of Imports and Exports, for having allowed the vessel to be used cigarettes, labelled and consigned as for the transportation "of duttable
Mr. Lo wRated Mr. Smith's re Warks entered on the repceitions.
The Marstrate said he saw to reasons for doing that, as he might find that an offence had been com milted apart from Mr. Smith's re-
servations.
HOW PUDDENHRAD GOT HIS NAME
HONG!
NEWSPAPER- OUR
Wilson the lawyer was getting ed with the rural community
*
hardly believe our good fortune finding the Government 30 -minde towards rent profiteers. As a rule, we are for's mining of Govemment In an interview with a Press re-pany's hability for the transportation interference with anything That is presentative recently. Archdeacon the ideal. The raison d'etre of any Wakeford said the report that he had Government at all the apparent decided to take up mission work in
he hoped, to provide him inability of man was social animal Chine was without foundation.
lenta The talk was interrupte mongrel dog I wish I woed half to play the game. So lang it he
ed by the yelping or howling of a. that dog remarked Mr. Wilson. makes any shape at playing it the
The natives looked at one another. les Government meddles the better,
with raised eyebrows. One asked and what is called the law of supply and demand will work out its own
Mr. Lo said he thought he was he would have the right to kill his why hail? Mr. Wilson said-because- rough approximation to justice.
jose sticks." But where any section of men are
Mr.N. L. Smith said that five large if there was an appeal it was importTwain shows those pakels gravely entitled to what he had asked for half. When he had gone, Mark Knocked down by muctor car No. cases came as ordinary cargo from ant to know at what point, the discussing the new arrival. They very plainly and glaringly not play-26, on Wanchai Road, yesterday Macao to Hongkong. The Depart: prosecution started in case they reckened he must be intellectually ing the game by their neighbours, it is afternoon, a Chinese woman was ment had information and waited for changed their grounds later on, inadequate, and decided to name him the Government's duty to intervene, removed to the Government Civil them The cases were found to The local circumstances became too Hospital suffering from injuries to contain cigarettes although they have. Mr. Smith's opinion on the
The Magistrate: I am glad to Puddenhead Wison. glaring our Governor's hands were her g
were labeled and were shown on the Laubject, but I can't accept it. All ing's Daily Press offers an equally forced, the Government does its duty. I
Roderick Random" in this morn- manifest as jess sticks. The officers I can go on lä” the wording of the precious contribution of that genres some fuformation from the com Mr. Smitry I think it will clear Mail staff includes a Paddenhead, and of his Department tried to get section. pradore of the ship and others. It matters up if I say that shipping he doesn't intends compliment. He is quite convinced that the Ching
have known where the goods were every case, and pay into them and Here are his delightful remarks, was felt that the compradore must companies are not expected to open either. going to otherwise he could not make see that ears are marked eggs and which we are hoping to see supple- delivery, but be gave no assistance, not marked something else. I admit mented. and therefore, he, as Superintendent that, If it is any good to the other side. shipping company, as it seemed to the number of cigarettes in, the five see a joke. The China Mail bid a authorised the prosecution of the hine that their silence was tantamount cases as 76,750 and the duty payable paragraph in lis Monday's issue
"Some people are said to need Chlef Revende Officer Watt, gate surgical operation before they can as several hundreds of dollars fheaded Seeing the Joke. But it The Magistrate: Left you no other alternative, you mean?
Mr. Lo: Supposing the shipping would have been mere correctly, the Mr. Smith: Yes
company did not know that the pack-titled Obscuring the Joke. It do not admit that that was a correct the proper return to make? It is Mail which, in summarising the con them for joss sticks, what would be the Daily Press from Saturday's Chine ages contained tobacco but took related to a paragraph extracted by- statement of the facts. When dr. not a conundrum, Inspector. What tents of the Governinient Gate, on a decent covering of our bakedness, -
Smith says the Company gave not would you do if you were the ship- solearly stated that according to and it would be and is quite a cheap stood, are considering the advisability pany said that they were unable to CEO. Watt 1 would certainly Observatory, there were 31 sunrises
The National Gallery, it is under-assistance, he means that the Core-ping company? matter to satisfy its requirements of devoting a room to Easter art, give any assistance,
Mr. Claxton, director of the Royal People who want to be in, the There is a difficulty to obtaining fashion," as regards cut, and fresh pictures from Japan owing to the
Supposing afterwards, clever de-appreciate the humour of the para- put it in the general cargo manifest and 31 sunsets in July. Apparently as joss sticks.m neis, ete, must be prepared to pay fact that they are not now allowed
tectives found them to contain ciga graph which provoked the facetious the China Mail is unable to when such luxuries happen to be dear. to be exported from that country-
frettes and prosecuted you for not comment in the Daily Press, for it A habitable house is a necessity, what America, however, owns a large
reporting to the Superintendent, what most solemnly declares that the com they would call a "good" "sait-of number of fine Japanese prints.
would you think?--In this case, Iment will not prevent the Editor of clothes is rot. A riesha codie's our-
think they should have thought there the Government Gasette, from repeat was something suspicions about the way the goods were shipped.
But our correspondent's analogy of houses and clothes is not so close ss he seems to imagine it. We must have both, but there's a diference
The King Edward Hotel-build- ing, which stands on an area of 7,500
of degree. It is true we cannot all square feet has been sold to a Chinese to pretend that a mansion on the Peak syndicate headed by Mr. Lo Kwat is a necessity to us, but we inst that when the lease of the Hotel chenk of Wing Lok Street. It is stated have a weather-proof shelter that expires in three years' time the whole obeys the requirements of the Build-block will be converted into business ing and Sanitary Authorities. In the offices, case of clothes, the law ipists only
I
Mr. M.K. Lo (for the defendants)
us know all about it. How we
How, auspicious? Come on, let they shipped ?--They were shipped in Macao. A
Ling these reports every month!!
Mr. Lo: I should like to ask your Mr. Smith: Oh! quite.. Worship not to have say prejudiced view against the Company arising out of Mr.Smith's opening statement. Mr. Lo went on to say that it was a come mon, practice in the Hongkong and Et is all we really need, and it would i Says the Shanghai Journal of Com Maca trade, where time pressed, to probably be much more comfortable,merce""In view of the number of consign cargo with a letter and for the A-well as cheaper than the ornate Chinese palice have been ordered to a man who came producing the proper
authority of car local Astronomer Tumours which are spreading. the cargo to be collected at Hongkong by
point of it is Does it need the It is tedious to dissect a joke. The rags and "haberdashery, we cany double their patrols in important chop of the consignees. The shipping
Royal for the stalement that in a around with us. Our correspondent's places after 8 nonchalant tip that we should take Detectives have been posted at the signee was coming to take delivery. Is that suspiciousNo, but it is rises, and 31- sunsets? The para
p.m. nightly. Company told the police that, the con-
month of 31 days there were 31 sun- cheaper place, a flat," is delightful wharves and railway stations with "I think" commented bir. Lo, he very suspicious that the consignee graph, be Lots of readers will take it, if he will orders to arrest suspicious persons.”
would have come if the detectives had comes down on another faster steamer that this had occurred in the it. noted, also said complete his advice by giving the addresses. It is the profiteering in
not been sitting all round the cargo, and not on the same boat that the month of July in what year the The Pacific Mail ss.
"Golden
and, that being so, nobody but a cigarettes were on. rents of housing accommodation for State sailed from Manila on June 23 blithering idiot would have come.” Do you think that suspicious?—I ever since the world has had a writer omitted to mention. Bet people of small meats and modest (p.mand is expected to arrive at The Magistrate: At whose risk do." requirements that we have been mad Hongkong on Thursday (am) Strike does the shipping company carry or Would you as a detective try to public will take it for cranial that month of July of 31 days, the general at all along. We have never permitted conditions caused this steamer to be the practice you have described find out why he did that? Yes. I the records show in that month 31 ourselves to worry about what the despatched from San Francisco Eve They might find themselves in unlaw tried to find out and got no assistance sunrises and 31 sunsets What the tenant of a mansion on the Peak may she has been able to make up that pest the Government to relax their Mr.Lo said that the officials of the supplied to the Government Gautie
days later than schedule. However, ful possession: You can hardly ex from the compradore. - be asked to pay,
Director of the Observatory really Now as regards the suggestion that time, and arrive at Hongkong as regulations in order to facilitate ship denied that the Chinese detective was the times of sunrise and sunset the Government is as grest a sinner
originally scheduled
your business, be
*had been told that the consignee was for each day of next month. "a most M. Lo remist ked that the shipping coming by another ship to meet the useful table of information When when leasing land We hold that there is a distinct difference. The and a first class passenger on the there and find it to be a fictitions tried to follow up the scent.
Mr. Albert Smith, at Englishman certain address: the police might go gested that the defectives would have fewer, than 31 suurises and surséis, company might give the policera | goods. If it had been true, he suy the month of July has more, or Government represents the comShizuoka Maru, drowned himself mmity. If it take the increment in by jumping from the port hole of his
no doubt the observations of Mr. the case of an urban lot, which the cabin into the sea about 9 o'clock on what course is open to Mr Smith
The Magistrate: He did follow Clayton on the phenomenon will be The Magistrate: I cannot see presence and demand of the com- June 15 just before the boat reached other than this
pewell worth a paragraph.jers Mr. La: He says he didn't through It may be tedious to dissect some manity has made, what happens? The Moji from Kobe After the incident
your clients. community gets it. The earned in the boat dropped anchor and a The Magistrate; I understand you case to answer on the evidence. The Mark Twain didn't expect his readersį
Mr. Lo Thas to prosecute?
Mr. Lo submitted that there was no is the cream of the joke, what then? jokes, but when the dissection itself. crement" that belongs to the camarch was made for his body. It to admit that the cigarettes were section contemplated knowledge on to scream over bir. Wilson's-jeu munity has come to the community, as not covered, however, and the smuggled. in the only way it can. as an easement Moji, water police were informed.
the part of the charterer, captain or d'esprit about killing half a dog, bot of taxation. In the case of rent
Mr. Lo: Not at a I understood say older person mentioned. It con he probably did think they ought to from Mr. Sraith that it is not alleged templated volition on the part of the be amused by the solemnity with profiteering. the increments made Mr. Cecil Harmsworth.. Under that we knew that the cases contained captain to report or not to report. It which the rastics argued that you possible by the presence, and demand Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, tobacco, nor that we were parties was for the prosecution to prove that cannot kill half a of the community, and impossible in replying in the House of Common, to the fraud. It is not suggested the tobacco was imported knowingly without damaging the other half. their absence, go into private pockets his Majesty's Government had learned knowledge and it is admitted that the Opium Ordinance was there's clause since there are 31 days in July, there on May 19, to Mr. Ormsby Gore, said that there is any evidence of guilty Mr. Le pointed out that only in the Roderick Random's" discovery that cases cannot be lumped that Dr. Sun Yat-sen had been elected cargo was to all appearances joss throwing the onus on the defendant to be 31 sunrises and 31. sunsets. together.
President of the Chinese Republic by sticks. If that is admitted by the prove kama fides. the old Parliament, which did not prosecution, as I understand, I do The Magistrate said it was up to the ambstantially correct.. His accusation bib so we solemnly admitted, THE MOTOR CASE
recognise the existing Government not know what I am here for at all defence to prove that the goods were that the China Mel couldn't, see Peking. There was no informa I think it will be a wase of time to shipped in the ordinary course of bust the humour of its own witticism is tion that he had been recognised by fake evidence, pesa. “TELEGRAPH” EDITORIAL
any foreign Power.
is tedious to dissect a jokes? perhaps a little forced; but there it
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, June 29, 1921. our own comments upon it till the "
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
gestion, because parts of his letter
The two
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company, of course, included its 15-MR PREFIXED TO A MAN'S employee
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NAME
next day. Thus his ideas have à day's start, and a chance to live. From our point of view it is infor tunate that his suggestion that we
The Magistrate Is it alleged by Mr. Lo. suggested that there was It has always been our policy to are not fair to our correspondents
you that you have complied with no evidence to the contrary bat he racourage public opinion to express should have this start. for a lie is very
A very Interesting little cere Section 273 (This provides that the indicated that he would be prepared itself. in letters to the newspapers, hard to catch up. It has a Phonix torially to support our motoring coma of the Hankow Club shortly after tobacco is imported aball within four there was no case to answer
The Telegraph has decided edmony took place at the Cich Houses, charterers, agents, and was to call evidence if the Magistrate was and we have repeatedly announced trick of reappearing from its own munity as against Police and Public Admirs! GH. Borrett, CB, present stems of the Colony
ter of every ship on which any against him on his submission that that the China Mail is an ever open ashes. However, as our reputation It spoke last night.
midday on Saturday fast," when hours after the arrival of such ship form for all ideas. Thus it is rather for fairness is well established. per
Mr. Smith made the point that important that we should make some haps we need not worry; and can was a string of motor cars behind the Hankow is one of the coats of armsail tobacco imported thereon)?ed in the section.
ed the club with a souvenir of HMS When it is admitted that thereKinsha." The memorial chosen for frisk to the Superintendent a true ply to yesterday's correspondent tore to his arguments about, lad- one in which Mr. King
accurate and complete statement of
Mr. Lo: Only those people mention- ho accused us of suppressing lords, and our alleged unfairness to
was driving that formerly used to decorate the * letter he sent us. The first them. Where, we must demand at that they couldn't pass." That was vessel. Mr. W. E. Harston accepted until I know whether it is alleged compradore
we have the right to assume paddle boxes of this well-known
Mr. Lo: Icannot reply to that
Mr. Smith: I think it means the
At a time when men were called Letter" he refers to was a long thing, the outset, did our correspondent its first proposition.
by their Christian names or SUEDEMAS, agambling critique of the conduct of discover in our columns any sweep-
the present on behalf of the club that we know that the cases contala
Mr. Lo: The only people are the sort of title to those who learned a the word Mister was applied as a the China Mail, of which it was ing condemnation of the house owner there is a string of steamships follow Borrett's appropriate little address to the meaning of this Section,
Sure. When it is admitted that and responded fittingly to Admiral taking evidence but for argument as master.
ed cigarettes. It is not case for
owners, charterers, agents and trade of mystery persons who ficult to make "head" or tail" as a class! We have had only twoing the one that arrived to-day, we When Rek Rab' enys, that we references since the Governor's sn have the right to assume that they the House of Commons on the hous Chinese Reveace Officer said that on Mr. Lot is it suggested that any
Mr. Smith: We don't say that the one than common. labourers or farm were looked upon as being of a higher "printed parts of it, be does not momcement of his intention to stop couldn't pass. They have the right log position Mr. Gershom Stewart, of June 15 he investigated the matter, body in the shipping company knew?
In the course of the discussion in to take evidence, and the Chief contained cigarettes.
The Magistrate however, decided managing directory knew these boxes mention that we selected the parts rent profiteering, and in one of them to assume anything, so long as they the Wirral division of Cheshire, who The ship'a compradore told him The Magistrate: "Mr. Smith
banda As thore pass of the male equivalent Jenst complimentary to ourselves, we took the trouble to say this:- which considerably qualifies his sug-
came to be more and/ admit it is assumption. If Mr. King was a resident of Hongkong for many that someone was coming later for to be tore that the shipping.com- the existence of a number of decent we should assume that very few on the borders of the Irish Sea in his edat Macao and that the shipperton
"We are not shutting our eyes to bad been going at 150 miles an hour, years, told a story of a caravan city" the goods. He said they were shipp pay takes all reasonable precat
ngat-first by the master, and Zat were mere Battery of the China Mail. landlords. We can the more cheer-Hongkong cars could pass him disision. It began as a holiday camp said the company need not deliver Mr. Smith: It would be a very quick If we did not print his reply to our fully admit their presence- because When Mr. Lammert says that he for young people. Now there were on arrival but he would come to easy way to smuggle if they reply, it was because we realized that they put in a stronger light the ont tried to get by but was not given the 2000 or more caravans there on Hongkong by faster ship the just marked Joss sticks and it was * ought not to bore our readers with rageous behaviour of the bad ones, room we have the right to take the heels and in a few weeks these Sui Tel, and arrange for a asupan held that the Revenue Officers had or elided isue of interest only to ourselves and are evidence that that out fact of his bringing & prosecution as thousands of men being on whers to be ready to take delivery, La Magistrate said Mr. Lo would recognized The forurn is open, let it be under- rageous behaviour was not forced proof of his statement. A man the caravans escaped rates. He was four home sale mentioned in the no doubt be calling evidence that all form of tood, for ideas of interest to the upon the people guilty of it. Be doesn't prosecute the police unless he told of one as big military but, section quoted aboya. -
tents. wheels, The Magistrate asked as to the
no caso at all; public. That means that first of all cause if one set of men could afford has a good case. Second proposion specially low wheels. a letter must contain an idea, and to be fair, the others could." not be merely a repetition of a leading
97 rasonable precautions had been form. article; and secondly that we must putting it clearer that we do not ent juryman who said the prisoner the Central Mater the Cigarettes Entering them as one Magistrat
We cannot imagine any way of That one reminds us of the intellig
Mr. Smith said that the four hours taken, orkes be allowed to decide when the public sweepingly condemo the lot, whereas must be guilty, otherwise why had viously been used as a Chines play Jom sticks tid, begatively, that The Magistente shoe
bed clapsed now, at any rate, and Mr. Lo: The Ordinance does not The Wo Ping Theater, opposite that the Company had not reported have gat to take any pred interest in a subject has been ex-our correspondent's letter was a sweep they put him in the dock ? hausted. For example, s letter we ing away of the Governor's opinion,
efused to publish this week, by and of ours, and of everybody's but his, of ze sonable speed
Who is to decide that question Amusements Ltd, in addition to Mr. Lo Does Me Sorth say that to and the next bearing, was
house has been secured by Hongtong they were sot cigar
adjourn the hearing Fortis est veritas had some quite and & sweeping suggestion, that all
sider the legal points raised? excellent ideas in it, but as it referred. Hongkong house owners are innocent let the police do it. The policeman theatre has a large and any dress contents of every packet conaligned? Surely not the motorist Better Seating nearly two thousand, the new the shipping company to know the
their already big Tit of cinemas this section places an obligation on for July 5, duelly to the question of how we and inofensive creatures who have doesn't prosecute unless he has a circle, which is now being adopted for The Magistrate Mr. Smith is not should receive a visitor who had al- been maligned. ju ready left the colony, and as its He asks why the Government
good case.
the use of Europeans. The place is be called upon to construe the section fter himself hoped that now the should not alor control the prices that where no speed lunit exists, ete place on Friday, and will includes of all tobacco imported should be It has been legally argued Ing redecorated and reseated through I have to do that myself. All thit waiter had gone the matter might be asked by tailors, shoemakers, dairy The Chines Mail has been asking am featuring Jack Dempy Harold furnished within four hours
ont. The first performance will take Mr. Smith wants is that particulars dopped, it seemed ridiculous to print farmers, and caterers. Never was for speed limit for years, and take Lloyd Comedy and a vandeville at Mr. Lo- Does Mr. Smith say that
Bek Rab will observe, we an easier question for us to answer for it yet. This case supports our The highest price charged will be however, well goods may be hidden kind. rust, that when he addresses us on a offhand.". The "answer's
that we claim that it'a destrable
tion
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