1930-08-08 — Page 7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930.

HONG KONG THE BUTT OF CRITICISM?

Government Vis-a-Vis University.

HYPOCRITICAL ATTITUDE?

Scathing Remarks by Hon. Mr. Braga at Finance Meeting.

FATAL ERROR.

THE

WORKMAN HANDLES LIVE WIRE.

GUARD WIRES REMOVED.

The circumstances of the death

CHINA

RED OUTRAGES.

MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO BRITISH PROPERTY.

MISSIONARY'S FATE,

MAIL.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

the occasion of the Anniver- art of the GERMAN GON- STITUTION DAY on MONDAY. Hankow, Yesterday. August 11, the German Consul hold an official recen-

p.m: The German Consulate will

CLOSED. on That Day. Hong Kong, 4th August, 1980.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

of a workman who was electro- With the arrival of troops, con-will

is being restored here. tion ut his residence, 115, The cuted by grasping an electric in-denee

11.45 a.m. to 12.80 stallation of the China Light and Seven more Communists have been Peak, from Power. Company near a house in executed.. Shapo Road, on July 16, were Japanese sourdes report that investigated before Alr. Whyte Tayeh is again threatened, and Smith yesterday.

fears are expressed regarding the Medical evidence showed death safety of the mines. Discussing a vote for $300,000 for the Hong Kong University'

All Shanghai papers entering at the meeting of the Finance Committee yesterday, the Hon. Mr.to be consistent with death by

electrocution. A fellow workman by post are being. seized by the J. P. Braga said that he would strive his utmost to remove the also gave evidence as to hearing censor.

A message from Changsha states:

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN -stigma arhich the Colony was labouring in its relation with the the victim suddenly cry out whilst

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that at a Meeting of the Green University. He sided: "It pretends to give with the right band they were at work. He went over that, following the retirement of and found the man holding the the Communists, the British Con-

Island Cement Company, Limited, what is enabled to be taken away by the left. It vitiates, in my wires which ran, just outside the sl and other foreigners visited Board of Directors of

He knocked his hand the island to gauge the extent of held at Exchange Building. Vic- humble opinion, the effectiveness of a full measure of relief for the house,

away with a board, but the man the damage.

The British Consulate had been toria, in the Colony of Hong Kong inadequate salarys of the University staff. We should be taking up died later.

Heavy Rain's Effects. struck by twenty bullets, other WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of August, 1930, a Call of $4.00 per The a hypocritical attitude and I have no desire to be associated with such

Testimony by a P.W.D. official wise it was not damaged. an attitude. I stand for sincerity and unequivocal language"

members holding was that the wires were about 18 Asiatic Petroleum Co's, Arnhold's, Share was made upon inches from the house verandah.and Butterfickt and Swire'a pro- The guard wires had been remov-perties were injured to some extent which only $1.00 per Share has ed, and witness noticed that the Jardine Matheson's hulk was deseen paid. and it was determined that such Call should be on the 1930, to 10th day of November, contractor's workmen had tied troyed by fire, the godowns swept the house and office the bamboo scaffolding to line clear, and

the Company's Bankers, The Hong damaged, conductors around the building. looted and maliciously

Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor- There had been heavy rain on far worse than in 1927.

at their Head Office. The British-American Tobacco Poration July 16, and it was probable that} ently must have been in, received all possible malicious damage was

shock of about 200 volts.

VAGUE PHRASE OBJECTED.

shares

all the

upon

The grant of $300,000 by the and should not be, any room for the man, in the position he appar/ Co.'s property was swept clear, and Queen's Road Central, Victoria, i

Speaking for my-

self, I would like to know to what definite purpose will-be applied the money we are called upon to, vote. "Eventualities" is much too vague

Hong Kong Government, to the Uni-equivocation, versity is in the first place to be used for the purpose of balancing the budget. The University is also to produce a modified scheme of revised salaries for both its sterling and dollar-paid servants, and to leave "a reasonable margin for

eventualities."

As regards the Power Company' they had fulfilled all requirements, as their line was there before the

done.

An unconfirmed report states that the Rev. Allen Cameron, of ลบ the Hunan Faith Mission, American who refused to evacuate

a term and, as I have just point-building was started upon. ed out, may mean practically any-

A China Light official gave Changsha, was stabbed to death. thing under the sun.

Reuter. evidence as to installing the line

I would be loath to associate my about 14 or 16 months ago. The

self with so large a vote as $300, guard wires had been removed SHANGHAI REDS. 000, leaving the freedom of its apwithout the company's knowledge. propriation that might. with the

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga object-best intentions in the world, and,

ed to the last phrase, saying that it, was too vague and could mean anything "under the sun."

He said, inter alin:-

Jury's Rider.

The jury returned a verdict of

death by misadventure, with a rider that in cases of new building construction the builder or con- tractor should communicate with the China Light and Power Com-

SCATTERED BY POLICE WITH CLUBS.

1/

FIFTY ARRESTS.

possibly also unconsciously inillet injustice on the deserving members of the University staff. If, for the sake of argument, R number of eventualities should arise, neces- sitating a call for funds for which pany, or other electric companies, police of the international settle- the University budget Hong Kong. I have a sintement to specifically provide, I fear, Sir. notifying them of commencement ment to-day quickly frustrated an the revised scheme of salaries of work near an electric instalia- attempt on the part of local com-

On this vote of $300,000 as a grant in aid of the University of

make.

It will be noted, Sir, that in the original text no provision was måde for the salaries of the dollar paid members of the staff. This very point was debated at some length at the meeting of the Court of the University in December of last year. The question of Univer- sity salaries came up for discus- sion in connection with the Salaries Committee's report dated November 30, 1929, and submitted for consi- deration by the Court of the Uni- versity. I happened to be one of the speakers on that occasion. emphasised the point that, whereas the inadequate sterling salaries were to be revised on a more gener- ous scale, the dollar-paid staff of

the University were not considered, because the latter were excluded from the scope of the Committee's enquiry.

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does not

tion.

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Shanghai, August 1. Using clubs freely, the foreign

aforesaid.

Upon presentation at the office of the Company of the Bankers' receipt for the payment of auch Call, together with the Certificate of Shares, a note of the payment will be endorsed on the Certificate. Dated this 7th day of August. 1930.

By Order of the Board,

ALLAN KEITH,

Secretary.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"ELLERMAN" LINE

From DUNKIRK, BREMEN, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, and MARSEILLES.

munists to stage a Red demonstra- The Steamship, tion.

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would be so whittled down that it

"CITY OF ATHENS" might become a shame and a delu-

STAMP TALK. · Five hundred youthful demons-having arrived, Consignees of cargo sion to

the suppose that

pro- fessorinl staff as well as the ad-

trators, chiefly student agitators, by her are informed that all Goods ministrative staff salaries-ad-{

the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Too Late Stamps.

gathered in the heart of the settle-are being landed at their risk into mittelly inadequate-have been im- Only one "too-late" stamp has ment, this afternoon and tried to Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence de

No Claims will be admitted after proved on a scale commensurate been issued in the British Em parade with Communist banners livery may be obtained. with the services rendered to the pire. This appeared in Victoria and to distribute Communist litera- the Goods have left the Godowns, and Colony in the very important de- in 1855, and was issued to pay ture.

all Goods remaining undelivered after partment of liberal education which excess rate of 6d, charged on late The police expected the demon 14th August, 1980, will be subject to

letters. It was rather crude stration and were prepared for it. rent it providea.

stamp, engraved on wood blocke. They scattered the Reds with clubs The design shows the head of and arrested 50 of the leaders. The The speaker then referred to "Queen Victoria and the words, latter will be tried In the Chinese lending article which appeared in Victoria Postage Stamp," all district court.

The situation in the French Con- a Shanghai, paper on June 7, dealing printed in lilac, with the addition with the attitude of the Hong Kong of the words, "Too late" and "Six- cession is quiet thus far. However, Government toward the University. pence" printed in green. Commenting on the situation "fur- ther, he added:

To Remove The Stigma.

10s..

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersign- ed on or before 21st August, 1930, or they will not be recognised.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Gedowns, where they will be examined on any the French police in addition to Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 am, and noon, within It is scarce, and is worth £1 augmenting the police patrols have the Free Storage Period of one week. elosed all streets leading into the No Fire Insurance has been effect- Chinese city to the south. Alled.

Bills of Lading will be countersign-

THE BANK LINE, LTD.,

Agents. Hong Kong, 7th August, 1930.

Iceland's New Stamps.

no

traffic

is being

"We are, this afternoon, Sir, faced with a solution of the problem re-

In the island of Iceland, that thoroughfares entering the native ferred to in the quotation I have "land of fire and ice,” a series quarter have been closed with ten-ed by just read, If I can help it, I mean of 15 new stamps has been issu-foot iron gates and

my bit if only a modest ed. recently, to celebrate the between the two areas to du

little bit, probably of Insignificant 1000th birthday of its Parliament, allowed.

The police also have erected consequence in the opinion of some the Althing, which the people of -to remove the stigma, under which Iceland claim as the oldest Parlia- barbed wire entanglements and have the Colony Jabours in relation to its University.

Speaking for myself, therefore, I would fain strive to remove the cause for the severe stricture pass- ed by Shanghai, Clause (c) of Item

mentary institution in the world.

mounted machine-guns at intervala throughout the. concession. Thus they are, amply prepared to handle

any emergency...

The following are some of t characteristic scenes represented in this issue of stamps:

Parliament House at Reykjavik. personal inspection of the Viking galley in a atorm, a native quarter disclosed that con- 98 in its present form reveals the Viking's funeral, wood-gatherers, ditions are quiet and that there is most undignifying à camp of early colonists, nam- no sign of agitators being active. Colony in a light. If pretends to give with the ing the land, a map of Iceland, a The usual military and civilian right hand what is enabled to be woman at a spinning-wheel, the police are patrolling the streets. taken away by the left. It vitiates, Daniah flag, a winter farm scene,

Martial law is considered to

unusual, for the Chinese military always controls the policing of the native quarter-Ex.

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN CHINA MAIL.

The Bone of Contention, I now come to the essential point which arose in the course of dis- cussion on the occasion of the private meeting on July 15. 1 would like to draw the attention of this meeting that in the original text the material words "and leave a reasonable margin for eventuali

in my humble opinion, the effective-woman in national dress, A fal- exist. However, this is nothing ties" did not appear in para. (c),

ness of a full measure of relief for con, and an aeroplane. I strenuously dissented from the

To-day Queen's This series of stamps should proposal to include those words, the Inadequate salaries of the

"Harmony at Home." We should be prove.an Interesting addition to

To-day and, upon a division, was the only University staff.

-Star a hypocritical attitude, any stamp flend's collection. member to vote against such ad- taking up

"Fighting Love." Sensational Stamp. dition. How important the ad- and I have no desire to be 15-

To-dayWorld dition of these words will affect soclated with such an attitude.

It can hardly be imagined that:

"Shakedown" and "Virgin Queen." the salaries of the University staffstand for sincerity and unequivocal a postage stamp could ever causo

To-day Majestic Theatre; will be seen in a brief explanation, language.

harm, let alone arouse a serious

"Three Sinners." If I should not be supported in disturbance among millions "of bearing in mind that, in paragraph 7 of the report of the University my contention-I have little hope people. Committee, the members of that that I shall after the result of the Committee specifically state: "For the reasons that will appear when we come to deal with the present Acale of salaries paid to members

of the University Staff, we are of opinion that they are inadequate." I now come to a closer criticism of what I may call an extraneous addition which may have the effect, of very materially defeating the very purpose for which we are cail ed upon to vote this financial grant

this afternoon.

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Recent history, however, proves

private meeting on July 15that a stamp may do an immense aball at least have satisfaction in amount of harm, even to the ex the knowledge that I have done what tent of stirring up a revolution.

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To-day---Volunteer Headquarters Concert, 9.80 p.m.

To-morrow-Indian Club Concert.

Recreation

Sports See Special Sports Diary on page' the Colony's own action has Invited The stamp, had a profile of

Home Mails.. King George V and he is deplet The Chairman (Hon. Mr. E. Eed wearing certain orders of the

C.M.G., O.B.E.). We Indian Empire..

To-day-Outward for Europe Hallifax, carnet help but take note of your The trouble arose through the who were spending the week-end in via Marseilles (Haruna Maru), Interesting speech, but I gather you carelessness in which the design Peitalho, were marooned there this 6.p.m.

Land Sale. have no objection to the vote it of one of these decorations was week, with the result that there has

August 11-At P.W.D. offices, "Eventualities," In the broader self, if this alteration is made in done. The offending decoration been only one bank manager in the Interpretation of the term, may in

was an elephant, which is the whole of Tientsin. Basiness is die one lot of Crown land. at the clude practically anything, from an Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga Exactly, symbol of an Indian order. The organised. One bank manager has junction of Embankment Road addition to the number of the Uni Bir should like theso words engraving was so indistinct that been sent from Peking to Tientsin and Dake Street, Kowloon, 8 pm. versity staff itself to, let us say, deleted from item 98,

instead of the symbol looking like as the basic there is able to Social Functions.

tano Club Reception, the cost of replacing the Univer-The minute; when put to the an elephant, the Indians were carry on Ministers on holiday are atty tower, if, unfortunately, it vole, was carried; the Hon. Mr. cflame with anger because it fe unable to receive documents from 5.16 p.m.

PekingRouter August 11-German Constitution should be blown down by the next Braga being the only dissentient.sembled a pig, which animal to STOLARUM Day, official reception, 115, the Peak,

typhoon visiting the Colony.

the last five words..

The Chairman-Do you wish Mohammedans is unclean...

To-day-Lusitano

12.30 p.m.

Moreover, the Interpretation of your dissent to be recorded? The authorities were therefore, stamps of the Cape of Good Hope

Meeting-os v the term eventualities would be Hon. Mr. Brage. If you will, obliged to use the greatest tact to but how many know of the oc left in the hands, presumably, of please.A

assure these incensed people that tagaot stamp of Turkey, the only

August 11-Hong Kong Land the Finance Committee of the Uni Legislative Council, no fault was intended; but it eight sided, stamp in the world versity I submit, Sir, that the Prior to the meeting of the was not until the offending stamp The stamp was lasued in 1898 Investinent and Agency Co. Ltd., unofficial bera of Finance Com Finance Committee, members of the was replaced by another more for the use of the Turkleh Army extraordinary meeting, Meşers. Legislative Council Legislative Council mat, and the rarefully engraved that he in Thessaly during the Graeco Jardine Matheson's Beard Room, :mittee of Körm

tribunal higher than the following Elll passed their mal natives were pacified and a pos Turkish War

Miscellaneous... Committed of the Univer stages and became lawThe sible: second Mutiny was prevent. It is a fairly cheap stamp, com

the

plete sets of five values being To-day-Hong Kong C.C. Afor that ry reason, Holidays, the Sallors Home,

300,000 has Mission to Seamen's Ordinances. Eight Cornered Stamp obtained for a few pence but the Home 5.80. this Tuote of

Drive St. John's Most collectors of stamps are issue te one of Interest to collec-To-day familiar with the three-cornered tors of atampic novelties."

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