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knotty. One feels moved to sum up in favour of Chin on the points as

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"CHILD LABOUR"

latated.. Bat China did not by Mr. Mowbray 8. Northcote has CONDITIONS IN HONGKONG

abrogating Germany's rights resumed charge of the Hongkong actually recover them. Japan tok Land Investment and Agency Co., them, by force of abs, from the fed. (iermans, and is clearly entitled to payment for her services (if China will

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The cangue was in use at the to regard the position) or to compensa-Shanghai Railway station for two men tion for her loot. Japan, in giring who had been caught stealing pas Germany notice to quit, announced

sengers' luggage. that she meant eventually to restare the province to China. She is in the position nare of offering to restore it on terms, bus Cuina contends that the stitution be made direct to be by: Germany, and not through Japan. "This does not ok so reasonable as: the rest of her arguments. In fact.. it doesnt at them, because if her

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The Japanese Constilate-General has received an official telegram to the effect that quarantine, which is in force in Tsingtao against Shanghai wraidd on October 28

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Sir Ellis Kadoorie is in Shanghai abrogation" of German rights on again, staying at the Kales Hotel. Sir the declaration of war were elective, Ellis' colours will be represented at she cannot receive from Germany' the forthcoming-Autumn Races and what Germany does not possess. Ifalse in the Kisagwan Leger. Gercany possessed no rights to transfer to Japan by the Treaty of Jewellery, private, confiscated Tersailles, it follows she and lost, figures prominently in the bas 200e to restore to China auction sales advertised far to-morrow direct. She is not in occupation. by Messrs. Hugbes and Hough. A and Japan is. The

occupation couple of microscopes will also be itself, not being an act of war as sold. against China, is evidence of presump ive rights. In addition to the e complications of moral and legal rights, the problem is bothered by considerations of policy. The Eur Lopeza observer is apt to remark that both Germany and Japan have done Ltd more to develop the country than the Chinese ever did, or are likely to do.

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WOOD.-On October 21. 1921, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mr. Edwin

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DELTES.

HANSON - Dr. October 15, 1921,

John Currie Hanson.

SMEATON. On October 21, 1921, at

Shanghai. Thomas Gibb Smeat

served by Cyllene during the past four years. Daring those four years

he bad had four colts which had sold

came to 700 guineas.

Ataman Simionov is going to Siam in the near future. The various national Consuls have refused to visé his passport for travel so that his planned trip to America has been indefinitely postponed,

▲ THOUGHTFUL ADDRESS,

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 192İ.

TRAGIC ACCIDENT.

BUROPEAN LAD KIED PLAYING.

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25-FOOT FALL FROM VERANDAH.

FOR THE BUSY MAN,

GOVERNOR'S BUDGET SPEECH CONDENSED;"

NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

Char balances will be depleted by

Kaxt year's rerenne is estimated at

At the Helena May Institute on

A tragic death overtook little Ken- Tunday evening an interesting sd- dress on "Child Labour was given at Stanley Hall, the 11-year old sem not far short of $3,000,000.

known worker Bon of Mr. Hall, foteran of the Army by Miss Pitts, a

Ordnance Department, and of Mrs.$17,276,260. amongst the Chinese in Hongkong.

Next year's expenditure is estimat- Miss Pitts said that when people Hall, last night. The boy was play-

$26,207,080 or $2.958,830 first arrived in Hongkong they were ing on the verandah of his parents ed at

610 p.m., when to overbalanced and $4,095,990 than the revised estimate usually struck with the fact that little quarters on Kennedy Road about more than the original estimate and children should be working as we fella distance of 25 feet into the path for the current year.

earders. It took newcomers some

The Treasury Department staff will be increased and new Harbour Office

will be given a new launch. posts created. The latter department

Changes will be made in the lights at Green Island. Gap Rock, and Waglan

The Imports and Exports Office will receive additional staff.

Under ciscellaneous $5,000 bas

time to adjust themselves to the below. He struck his head atly conditions and, however long they against a stone on the edge the Huch sympathy will be felt for the were here, everybody must hate drain and was killed instantaneously

the ber's parents up to to see little children and women

The funeral takes place this even too-canying loads Peak. This work came under the healing of casual labour. She had ing. tried to find out from some of the

At the Offices of the United children why they were doing that work, whether it strained them very much and what they earned, and so Engineers, Limited, Singapore. Mr. been inserted for the first time for the Sometimes their employment in T. Č. B. Millar was last week made running expenses of Government this way was due to the greed of the recipient of a handsome gift from motor ears, the $1,000 provided in their parents a to the ignorance of the European members of the staff of 1921 as special allowances to salaria

The Police Department 'receives parents who did not realise what the of the firm. Mt. Millat has retired disappearing. work demanded from very young from the position of secretary of the children. Another cause was that United Engineers after being in these increase in personal emolumenta.

A new prison launch bought. child labour was cheap and was ex-service of this and the parent com

The new-out patient department så ploited, to a large extent, by builders pany for nearly 32 years.

the Government Civil Hospital is built and equipped.

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and contractors.

Another cause of employment of children in this way. it had been her mind was that the children made suggested, was that the parents can-

additional staff to cope with increased The Sanitary Department receives

This does not fect the moral right of young people of Peking were married, not leave the children at home while so happy and comfortable were beneity work.

Chins to possesion, but it does affect the judgment or the prejudice of the observer. Then again, there is the commercial outlook quite frankly outlined by the British Chamber of Commerce Journal, as follows!

On October 19. two popular the parties being Mr. P. T. Carey, generally known as Pat Carey" and fiss E. M. Mathieson, sister-in-law of Mr. Alexander Ramsay,

on such expeditions as carrying bur

The Botanical and Forestry Depart-

created.

more wronged, in a way, than the they go out to work, and she thought others. Some of the little children in that quite true. If the women left the poorer homes were certainly suf- ment has a new post of supervisor the children at home and went alone fering a very great deal. In some The Education Department receives dens to the Peak the children would uses, where power was put in the $62,837 for subsidies to vernacular hands of those rot qualified to wield Advertisements appear in the either get into mischief or be running it and who had not sympathy with

The Public Works Department Chinese preas announcing the forma-into the street or even in Hongkong child nature, there were sometimes actives a large increase in persona! tion of the Hongkong Chinese Stock might run the risk of being enticed

not the role.

schools.

emolumenta

The Wanchai Gap project is ad- vanced no further.

The approach of the limit of our water supply is predicted and we are

The future of Tsingtao wilt afert that both of Tientsin and Shanghai. A great many of the things which and Produce Exchange Mari, Ld., away. Only in the last two or three cases of actual cruelty. She had seen Tientsin exports Tsingtao exports with H.K. $5,000,000 capital. In all, weeks another boy--s little boy known many with her own eyes, but it was also, for example, beans and peas, 100,000 shares will be issued at $50 to her had been kidnapped. It was As to the mui tsai brought up in bristles, cool. mw.cotton. eggs ground- each, one quarter of which must be sot possible to say that in Hongkong luxurious homes, she believed, in

children were absolutely safe. If we nuts, hides, strawbraid. goatsking paid in advance.

great many instances, when there and sheeps' wool, and in respect of

chose to put ourselves to it we could children came to marrisgeable age and some of these commodities the export

find some kind of remedy-some bad the choice of marriage either with trade of Tsingtao already rivals that

a rich man as a secondary wife or of Tientsin. If Tsingtao is interns

means of letting parents earn more tionalized and the Open Door

wages so that there would not be the with a man in their own position in Queen's College from its present site principle honestly applied the rivalry

temptation to put children to this life as proper wives, it was human to a more suitable one at Caroline

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warned that in the not distant fature

it may be necessary to tap new aress. Provision is made for removing

Hill

Provision is made for a new Ss-

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C. I. Barnes, director and one of the principal stockholders in the firm of Warner, Barnes and Company, Ltd., Manila, died last week at his bome in Kent, England, as the result work. It had to be remembered at with

of valvular heart trouble from which the same time (though she was notature that the girls brought up in and good homes, should choose to be

Widening, and straightening of he had suffered for many years. Mr. exeusing it in the least) that burden aith good food, fire clothing pinpan Sebool building

secondary wives in a richer bome than Barnes who has been a resident of bearing was not quite so bad as it Kent since his departure from Manila seemed to us because one had to re the wife of a poor man. It did not many roads--notably Victoria Road in 1914, first went to that city in member that, in the country districts, occur in all cases. But when married the road to Shankiwan-is planned., 1875 when he opened up the Hong- these children were accustomed kong Bank. He came to Chica as a heavier work that we knew about. young man.

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able to award more than nominallized by Japanese Tsingtaos gain is darnages, for the reason that he could more than Shanghai's loss it is Great ret estimate the chances concerned. Britain's loss also,"

instance.

The plaintiff's claim was based, for Such considerations, obviously, npon assumptiors that should not weigh in any honest Cyllene would, be alive and well attempt to arrive at a verdict on at the time of the intended service: the question of rights; but it would

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FACTORY LAWS NEEDED.

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built.

The new Statue Pier wharf will be

Provision is made for work in con nection with the Praya East reclam. ation scheme, necessary dating the

ear

Work begins on the hospitals and police stations at Yaumati and Mong-

koktsui,

An underground chamber is built at the Royal Observatory for the seismograph and other delicate in

struments.

A sum of $100,000 is spent on mproving the surface of Kowloon Improvement is made in the dis- main roads

The diaphone fog signalling in. triazon of water in Kowloon.

value to shipping. Canadian model should prove of great

A large housing scheme operates in connection with Kowloon Tong deve lopment scheme.

of British merchant there British merchants in Tiestain will make no diference to British trade as a whole, except, perhaps, by stimulat ing it. But if British merchants do

Provision is made for beginning the not get a fair chance in Tsingtao the

as secondary wives and failing to growth of the port in opposition to

please they had been turned out and 100-foot road from Causeway Bay to Tientsin wit be a distinct loss to

then they did not need her to tell them North Point, also a 10-foot road at a British trade, And when the import

There were other ways in which the what was the end of girls or that kind. level of about 800 feet to join the trade of Tientsin is considered this

The road from Wanchai Gap along Sir John Bramston, who died at children of Hongkong were working-There was another evil in the Peak Road at rather a lower level

was bad

the south side of Mount Cameron possibility becomes all the more serious, because Japanese imports in- Wimbledon on Nov. 13 was for more in the many factories around us. She mui taci system. It

the girls the family

will be commenced. to Tientsin me increasing, especially than 20 years Assistant Under supposed people who had not been for in regard to piece goods, chemical Secretary at the Colonial Office, a here long little know how many and developed selfishness and many products, electrical materials and post for which he had qualified by factories we had got. There were bad traits in the children of the factories, cotton-spinning household. The little mui taai, her paper. The same argument balds official experience in Queensland and cloth

scent, seif, was provoked, irritated and was appointed factories, ginger, macaroni, good as regards the trade of Shang Hongkong. He

cigar hardened and her whole character h.i. There are no published figures to Attorney General of Hongkong in sweet, biscoit, tobacco and show to what extent the direct trade 1873, and was ex-officio member of factories, to mention some. In thems rained. Consequently she was not and Executive large number of children were empley always ry nice young person to of Tsingtao with Japan and other the Legislative countries has affected Shanghai as a Councils. For some months in 1874 ed and many of the children were very deal with; exceedingly diffent port of transhipccent and as a dis- he was an acting Judge of the small. There were many under 12 and to handle. One tried to help them a great many under 14. Their work and they did not always want to be tributing centre for Shantung. It may Supreme Court of the Colony.

was not heary, in a great many it helped. If one could stop this at be safely stated, however, that the tendency is for the province to depend

In calling attention to the report stances, but the hours were very long the source it would be a very good more and more on Tsingtao and leas that a group of Chinese speculators It was asked in the House of Com thing. How were we to deal with this on Shanghai. Provided this trade is have just formed an exchange in mans if there were any children in question? She did not think the Aati free to pass through British bands which all shares will be sold at a Hongkong working 70 hours a week: "Mui Tsai" Society would urge that in Tsingtao the tendency, though net, dollar, the Sun, Pao observes some factories had been discovered the girls should be all set free at once. perhaps, welcome from Shanghai's that very soon all servants, hawkers, where they did more than that--inose, The Society wanted. she understood, impose registra- at 13,300. Upon that basis his loss point of view, is harmless from that coolies, even beggars will be buying 96 hours and in another 90. In one to fix a definite time for ending the

of British trade as a whole. But if it these shares. The concern is describ-place where children worked on night system

ed as a tap to catch the poor, and shift, she found, to her horror, that tion of all mui tea. There were Mr. Justice Jelf found himself un-is not free to do this and is monopolikened to the Ho Hwai lottery girls though not supposed to come on people who saw difficulties in working stallation at Wagian Island on the

windle, and the hope is expressed duty again if they had been working in that," but it seemed to be the first that the authorities both foreign and the day-time-managed to evade that thing. The next was not to acknow- Chinese will step in and prevent the rale by coming in another name and ledge or countenance the presentation tried to work night and day-not the documents and the Society proposed

The Kowloon Canton Railway scheme being put into operation.

whole night but part of it because that if the children were happy and the people were willing to keep them, Shanghai papers record the death they wanted to earn more money, of Mr. John Care Hanson. The newi This just showed the need for facto let them stay where they were and Department special expenditure pro that the mare sent trould not be be a deliberate abutting of the eyes was raised by cable from London. tory laws here in Hongkong. We had if old enough, to be kept as scrvants, gramme is heavy. Improvements

planned at Kowloon Station. barren; that she would not slip her to ignore the fact that they do weigh Mr. Hanson came out to Shanghai in not got any here and she thought it to be paid wages. For others- it was

Greater part of public works ex- foal: that the foal would be born We wish we could hope that the ex- 1892 and joined the late Mr. Charles spoke for the managers of the factures proposed that industrial work should

traordinary expenditure for under- alive and healthy. He could not ponents of the varying points of view

takings proving remunerative in the Nilsen (of Mesars. Wallei & Co-): estimate these chances, and so beat the Washington Conference (should Dowdall in partnership and they that no more evils had grown up than be provided.

practised under the 6rm name off now exist. She had to testify that, codd not estimate the damages, agreement not be reached in advance) Betala Hansen. On the death when one had suggested improve. Referring to experiment: made near future, apart from the general although there WAN clearly

Money spent on these works there- a will tale a higher stand, and pay

fore not so much expenditure în ordin- case for some damage. That knotty more regard to what is international- of Mt. Dowdall, Mr. Hanson was ments, ins great many cases one's elsewhere Miss Pitts said that in India community benefit conferred. problem looks simple when con ly fair tha to what may look joined in partnership by Mr. Duncan advice bad been taken and had met there were three kinds of schools that McNeill and later by the late Capt. will sympathetic tonsideration. But had proved successful. They were:- trasted with the Shantung pro- nationally expedient.

Loftus E. P. Jones, who was killed in still, human nature being what it was the half-time school, the mondified. sry sense as change of investment.

Prays East vote matter an advance. the war In 1912 Mr. Hanson went and having regard to the desire of apprenticeship school and the regular "TRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIO SERVICE*blem, where the judge has no sach

home on holiday and after a year or employers to get as cheap labour as trade school, where children were than an actual expenditure as it will so he retired from the firm of Hanson, they could and the desire of the taught trade. A study of the Report bring a handsome profit to the Gov- Sale of hitherto practically valueless McNeill & Jones. Mr. Hanson was a, poeple who are poor to work as long 1 of the Industrial Commission which ement. man of-quiet disposition and was they could, it showed the need had completed its inquiry in *nda,

for some laws to help people in the Report on the Schools in and, building sites will recompense Gavern- highly respected in Shanghai.

spite of themselves. She thought we and the Report of the Industrial Comment for expenditure on new roads,

and assessed taxes following. The members of the St. Andrew's should have a very strong Christian mission in Africa afforded valuable increased Crown land rent receipts 01 this subject. Necessary to take the long view--- Church Men's Association held their conscience on this matter. What was information

In coadusion, touching upon annnal meeting in the Church Hell, being done by young China, by HMS Hollyhock," Captain Kowloon, yesterday evening, when students and the younger leaders of educational problems Miss Pitts wicie roads, good drainage, adequate denies those rights on facts equally Tokyo ambassador on February 16, Hector Bores, C.M.G., arrived at Tien- the programme for the coming season / the day, was really all the result of said:-"A number of schools have water supply and cheap and efficient Convincing. The final verdict would 1917, agreed to support Japan's tsin on Monday week from Wei-has-was discussed. Suggestions from the Christianity. It was Christianity: that been openai by philanthropio people, transport, especially in Kowloon pen- puzzle the shrewdent judge. In a claims. We can wash that out as we and is temporarily berthed along; outgoing, committee were considered, made them see that children and the Confucian Society, missionary *bertine on Probability," John evidence of rights; the way sotzet Maynard Keynes ciles, by way of diplomacy go it might be evidence aide the Eind opposite the British and some of them adopted. Office women ought not to be oppressed and societies, the Tung Wah and curs, llustration, a case from the Times merely of woongs

A collection of postage stamps will This round in Consulata. The ship remains there beares for the ensuing year were slect that money made at the expense of but I go into these schools a gcoi

unfil October 28.

ed follows: President, Rex exploiting human strength was not deal and I very often ser empty Law Beports, Sepwell v. Bass. favole of Chi The treaty of

G. R. Lindany; Vice President, St money one would like exactly to places, especially in boys' schools, and be auctioned by Messrs. Lammeit

I see many boys about the streets Bros, tomorrow aftermoen. This was an actida brought by Versailles, however, which is s veya resder of racehorses to recover dam binding document (in theory) makes The question of the selection of Paul Chater: Junt Han: Secretaries, possess.

who ought not to be. If spoken to MUI TSAI PROBLEM. for breach of a-roztract. The Germany rescance in favour of Chines of Manchi wife for the Mess & J. Wilcox, and N. L. H..

Dealing with the mui tai about not being at school they reply Contract was that Cyllene, race-Japan, all rights in Bhatting. How deposed Emperor Hsuantung has led Railton: Hon Tearer, Mr G

said that that they "don't want to go." One shore owned by tar delendant, should can Chida ausger that?! Quite caily, to perions family dispute among the Banker; Committee, Messrs. J. W problem Miss Pitts wn the season of the year 1909 serve In signing that treaty she specifically Imperial Concubines. The first con Wattie, D, A. Farves, sont, D. J. as a missionary she had been is the of our needs is compulsory education one of the plesatiff's brood mares. In excepted the Shantung causes cabine of the late Emperor Kuang Purves, junr.. G. W. Simpson, B: homes of the people and End sech not great deal of head work or the summer of 1908 the defendant, Moreover, she adds that Germany han evours marriage with the Wylie, I. W. Bobertum, A E. vary great deal of unnecessary sufis book-learning, but education adapted without the consent of the plaintiff, hid then no nights to surrender, as vaughter of President Era Shih chang Farrell T. Arnott, R. Peckham, Sing and cruelty. But at the same to the needs of those who Have got old Cyllene for 150,000 to go to they were, abrogated when Chime in order to better Sino-manchu rela Begg, T. Penny J. Jack, S. E. time, she had been a great many to earn their living by mandalwork-li South America Te plaintiff claimed declared war against Germany, in tions, Hensatang's mother-wife Adams, Hair, Capt. F. T. houses where children had been enough cation to make them in xum equal to the average profit be alliance with the Alles. Up to this of Prince Chusthongir objects to Wheeler, Capt. . 9. Bourdillion well cared for and babar as one world telligent and supported, by spin

ssion on teaching to build characte and Capt. H. Fogg ad made thraga having a maze point the problem does not look too the propoul

on (of Mesers. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.), aged 20 years.

NILSEN-On October 20, 1921, a

Shanghai. Birger Branchorst

aged 31 years.

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The China Mail.

way out. By treaty on May 25, 1915, China agreed to any settlement Japan

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Comesoso, Tavesda, fer. 27, 1981. might make with Germany. That

SHANTUNG.

looks like a point to Japan; bat China says that treaty was extorted by force

The strike on the Canton majeure, and is not binding. There Hankow Bailway has been called off, is considerable evidence for this, so Japan bases her rights in Shandong that we incline to support China in and work was resumed last Monday en facts which convince at night denying Japan any rights there. But China, particularly routh China, the British Government, through its

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