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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1922

SEAMEN'S

DISPUTE CONTINUES.

LABOUR TENSION LESSENING.

COULIES RESUMING WORK.

Defendant: One said that he was

of the two men.

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STRIKE, that sort of thing they will attack question. The main issue now is to AN UNUSUAL PLAY.

you." The man was then arrested get the men back to work as soon as and taken to No. 7 Police Station. possible. This meana concession does

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The Warwick Comedy Company Did the witnesses tell you that they not seem to be any possibility of a

remarkable play "A Bill of Divorce- were tallymen?

settlement until representatives of both sides can get around a conference" at the Theatre Royal to-night. It will be remembered that this play a tullymas and the other said he was able and meet each other in

was produced here during the previous cook's boy. The reason I said that spirit of friendly negotiation. So far, visit of the company, and, anch an there was a gang of men waiting to both sides have been getting further unqualified success did it achieve then, Though the seamen themselves are attack blacklegs was that I was afraid and further apart.

that Mr Warwick received many re- still standing aloof from negotiation

The general feeling here is that the questa for it to be included in the one Tho Mag'strate to the position created locally by the

of the strike in Hongkong'e business, let repertoire for the present season. witnesses: Did you see anything Hongkong settle it. stike has been materially relieved by

Governor Chen

The play is a very unusual one. the return to work of many hundreds of the gang he mentions No. The at the invitation of the British Con- The audience is asked to imagine tha of coolies who were hard at it this defendant wanted me not to walksul did what was requeatod of him it is living in the year 1993 and that TO LET-BUNGALOW on Mount

He said he wr? and now all the thanks he gets for the new divorce laws which are as morning handling cargo and bunker-about with him. ing ships that were bangry for coal. afraid that the police would suspect his help is abuse from the foreign present under discussion have actually Porncasion let May. H. Peray Bruith,

something.

press. There have been several items become the law of the land. Mr N.5 Queen's Road Central. The Magistrate: Did he in the foreign press written by mali-Thorpe-Mayne as "Hilary Fairfield" afraid of you.

cious persone who would like to have has a magnificent part of which he Witness: He was not afraid until the public believe the Canton Govern-makes the most while Miss Marjory CREDIT NATIONAL 1922. we told him that we were detectives.

maent is in some way instigating Clark is more than ordinarily good sa The Magistrate to defendunt: the strikers. The stories of Presi Sydney Fairfield. What were you afraid of You had dential Tea Parties, the assistance spirit enough to go aud speak to offered by Dr. 0.C. Wu, and other large bouse to witness this play. ther and accret them as to their yarns of a similar nature and origin are business? The way they looked at given ready credence in Hongkong. me when they landed I was afraid This attempt to cloud the real issue that they were going to attack me.

and make the simple demand for higher wages on the part of the seamen appears to have some political signi ficance is like making a mountain out THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD of a molehill.

It was estimated that about 800 were on the job by midday and throughout the day the ranks of the volunteer workers gradually swelled. Going about together in groups many of the coolies were inclined this morning not to worry about the police protection they were offerer).

Mr. R. Sutherland, chairman of the shipping companies' committer, ex- pressed gratification this morning at the fact that the labour tension had been appreciably lessened. He said

that

the whole thing had been systematized and the available labour was being diverted through the media of the Harbour Other into those chaunels where it was most urgently needed.

stem

The magistrate pointed out to Inspector Watt that the evidence of intimidation was not very strong.

Inspector Watt replied that these "Scallywags" were disturbing the pace. The only way they could catch then was by setting a police At Kowloon this morning cooliestrap. Intimidation was going on all were busilyngaged aboard the along the Front but the seamen were "Tenyo Maru," the Labore" and too cunning to be caught. the Keystone State" and down at West Point the work of unloading cargo from the Jardine camer "Cheong Shing" which arrived the other day from Shanghai was in full blast. Altogether there were 164 ships in the harbour, representing an aggre- gate net tonnage of 261,776.

MANY SPECIALS" NOW.

AMERICANS JOIN IN

Public opinion, as a China Mail writer observed the other day. has been gradually setting in against the BERINGD Just how strong the feeling

The Magistrate said he would hold The defendant was remanded in Felice over his decision until this morning.

custody.

SEAMEN'S UNION BADGE.

STRIKER FINED AND JAILED.

A seaman named Turg un, aged 21, was charged before Mr. Lindell, at the Magistracy yesterday, with being a member of an unlawful society; to wit the Seamen's Union, fendant was discovered in the street Inspector Caygill aid that the de- wearing a Seamen a Union badge.

The defendant, in reply to the is, is shown by the fact that during the past few days numbers of men belong-charge, said that he wore the bedge in Canton but he did not wear it ing to both the British and the Ameri- can communities of Hongkong have openly in Hongkong. volunteered for special constabulary service in connection with the strike.

Towards the end of last week the British Legion approached the Govern- ment with an offer of assistance and it was ascertained this morning that

about seventy members Gl that organisation had been onrolled

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A Chinese detective said he was on duty at the Winglok Street wharf on Saturday. He noticed the defendant, together with three men, walking up and down the Praya. Acting on certain information he approached

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TOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that Pries of Issue including let coupon (they offered to do so in the beginning pany will be CLOSED from WEDNE cash on application

the Transfer Books of the Comdue on th February, 1922, payable and then withdrew their offer) get the DAY, the 23rd of February, to TUES. men back to work, and then settle the DAY, the 14th February, 1922, both whole question by referring it todays inclusive, during which period na some time but if the men are back at arbitration. Arbitration may take transfers of shares can be registered.

By Daler of the Bened of Directors. work trade could go on while the,

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Canton would like to have the strike settled for the number of Cantonese in Hongkong will suffer THE hardship if the strike is not settled soon. Then the strike seriously inter feres with Canton. Merchants here! cannot get their goods, or exportC. A. has this day been appointed MR. EDWARD LUMSDEN HOSIE their products. Far from being boar we view the matter as a disaster plased over the plight of our neigh. Secretary to the Company,

By order of the Board, to ourselves. There are many unions

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Chief Manager. Hongkong unions. If the strike should spread, no one can say where it will stop. We have too much powder in our own bonse to find any pleasure in the sparks that are flying this way from the fire in our neigh bour's house.

Hongkong, 6th. Feb., 1922.

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Perhaps after this period of strong feeling on the part of both the ship- the party and said "I so a police owners and seamen has passed, after constable, I

search the attempts to enlist strike-breakers ung Lua." The defendant refused by the shipowners, and the attempts witness. After a slight struggle a the seamen have alike failed, then to submit and used filthy language to to induce others to go on strike by

search was effected. Whilst the weet reasonableness will permeate and white armbands encircling their witness was searching the man the the minds of both sides. Then both stfead at the Club on the Evening of hereby notified that owing to the Bleoves and, if you looked close enough other three men moved off. In the sides will get back to solid ground for the 17th to arrange conditions and strike of Cargo and Wharf Coolies,

useful-looking truncheon tucked breast pocket & badge was found Legotiation.

special constables. They have been doing duty sincs Saturday morning and to day several were to be sera patrolling along the Praya with blue

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bearing the words "Strikers' Union

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Pass to come and go."

The defendant thou said he was formerly a steerage steward on board the "Taiyo Maru." When the veseel arrived in port he was ordered to g ashore by the Seamen's Union. He was sent to Canton.

The ex-active servicemen's. aanocía- tion has also placed its services the disposal of the Government.

Prominent American businessmen decided that they would do their bit, too, and at noon on Saturday nearly half a handred of then were worn in for special service by the senior police magistrate (Mr. J. R. Wood) at the Hongkong Cricket Club Pavil Defendant: I was sent to Canton ion. Others are joining up to day and and given a badge. When I returned it is expected that just about every

able-bodied American resident will

be wearing his arm band soon. An hour or two after they were sworn in on Saturday the Americans began to take up duty and during the week-end many of them were busy aboard the Keystone State" unloading supplies

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of foodstuffa. Some of them were patrolling the waterfront to-day.

INTIMIDATION CHARGE.

MAGISTRATE PONDERS THE EVIDENCE.

The Magistrate: Why did you come back wearing the badge?

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The news that the shipowners at Hoogkong have agreed to arbitration is welcome, the basis of discussion being, presumably, the new set of to Hongkong I left it in my coat. terms forwarded by the British The Magistrate: What did you Consul-General at Canton writes the come back o Hongkong for To N. C. D News last week Ae regards spend the New Year with some of my the men's original demands there are two things to be said As they stood they would have meant additional Irunuing charges of between 10 and 15 The

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The Magistrate: Why did you bring the badge back with you forgot to leave it at Canton.

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**BAN YEK," Then why were you patrolling the ship. It is doubtful whether the Built of Steel in New Castle in 1891. Prays at 7 o'clock in the morning?-trade could have endured such a 159 feet long and 24 feet wide. 509-57 We were just taking a walk before burden; certainly it would have Gross Tonnage; 329 Registered net going into a restaurant for something meant ncreased freight charges, which Tonnage. Deadweight cargo capacity would have entailed a rise in prices including bunkers and water about and extra cost living ultimately reac-600 tons. Bunker capacity is 60 tons. ting on the seamen. In this conuex Has 4 water tight balkheads. Tween on the example of British seamen at docks and 2 Port holes Electric light. Home deserves I bo noticed, I triple Expansion Condensing Engine they unving recently agreed to 130in. x 22in. x 36in: Stroke 27 in. gen rol reduction of wages in One Boller alt, Bin. long & 145. all ranks. They realized after con-diameter. One Donkey boiler 60 in: sultation with the Owners that diameter. Speed about 84 to 9 9 knoti,

could abipa literally

con Coal consumption in 24 hours 9. tons tinue to be run on the former scale of good coal. Can be seen lying at All broken, chafed and damaged of wages. That truth is being ac Baoy off Hongkong & Whampoa cepted in one British branch of Dock. industry after another. On the other hand, there, is probably a good deal to be said for the Chinese sennon's contention that on on their scale. of pay, framed several years ago they

The Magistrate: I believe bat you were patrolling the Praya for some unlawful purpose.

You are fined $100 with the option of four weeks' A young Chinese, named Tung imprisonment and in addition you are Hong, was charged at the Magistracy sontenced to two months' imprison- this morning, before Mr.ment with hard labour, Lindsell, with intimidating men to come out on strike. A second charge of disorderly behaviour was also pre- ferred against the defendant, but as there was no direct evidence to substantiate this, the charge of dia- orderly behaviour was dismissed. The Hongkong papars give graphic Evidence was given by two Chinese accounts of the intolerable conditions detectives to the effect that on Satur- brought about by the present Bea

been.

you go

CANTON OPINIOII.

STRIKE'S WIDESPREAD BFFECTS,

this

not

day morning they were accosted by mon's Strike. Cargo is held up could not upport their families; and the defendant, whilst landing from a steamers cannot make their sailinge.. sampan. He asked where they hai food supplies are becoming scarce, and owner willingness to go to Wincases replied that they thousands of men are idling around arbitration on the question of had been on board steamer. out of work. But Hongkong is not pay implies recognition of the "Why did

contention. It: 00 the the only place affected by the strike, truth of Vossal and not to Canton" says the Canton Times in a loader, appears unnecessary and unfair to saked the defendant. "We have boon In Wuchow, Pakhoi and other accuse the Canton Government of on board to find a friend," replied the places where food supplies are having engineered the strike. The detectives. The man then asked usually collected sud shipped to relationships of Canton and Hong "Have you & pass to go on board a Hongkong, things are in a bad shapo, kong have been very friendly for ship?" One of the dolectivos queriod And, if the strike continues for any many years and the officials on both **What pass *** Do you not know length of time, Canton will also be sides have constantly worked together that you must have a pass to go greatly affopted. When cities are so in mattors interesting now one siủn on board from the Seamen's closely related as Hongkong and Can now the other, in a manner which Union?" replied the defendant. The ton it is impossible to have such sets a good exetaple for of er districte doteolivos said that they had situation in one city without seriously sad discounts suggestions of under ane, but they had loft it affecting the other. Therefore, it is hand work in the present trouble. ; -,

at home. The defendant than warned in the interest of Canton, as well as beek

to detectives not to go on board Hongkong to have this strike settled Cargo from thế... 6.4." Tonyo

again without the porinisalon, of the as speedily as possible.

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Union and added, "Wonder there le a Whether the problem was properly subirat to rent. Agents, Toys Kisen gang of máu. "If they sew you doing, handled or not, la now beside the|Kabling

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