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TONGKONG'S main link with the past lies în

dolumes of the Colony's first newspapers, of which the China Mail is the edla survivor,"contain Fascinating accounts of the birth and slow growth of an almost uninhabited and desolate rocky island to the great métropolis it is now. Here is the story of those newspapers-and of the men who ran them under grim and often dangerou

condition. ...

ONE day, early in the year 1834, a huge

white-sailed ship winged its way wearily up the Pearl River and anchored before the British factories at Canton. Somewhere, deep in its holds were some very heavy cases, and they took a bit of manhandling to get ashore.

However, after much heaving and groaning they were delivered into a room on the British site, and unpacked.

A touch of oil here, a polish there, a sorting out of type and the first British paper waiting to be set.

if John Slade had a job to get ls printing materials, he had plenty of news, for those, were high times. It would seem he was both type-selter and editor. although why be found the urge to print a paper at that perileu- Ier moment, I do not know.

was

.....let it be Hongkong: let the lion declare it "nder his guarantee a free port, and in ten years 11 wt be the most the considerable mart East of Cape,"

You notice it was East of thre Cape then, nut Eest of Suez.

The ambitions of John Slade Certainly opinions were

were imitated by other men divided. The local foreign mer-

with tritt in their veins at about chants were fed up to 'the teeth this time, and other papers were Equally fed up were the native founded round and about merchants. So WOR Chinese Canton. Then the long bickering cialdem. And with so merly took a more violent forth, so the khart-healer! equally determineil

papers dried

two up. The men there was bound to be a thousand

50 British settlers In Canton went

60474

bust up.

or

The results of that flare-up on lo Hongkong, once arrange- are now a matter of hlatory, and menta were

comment hus no place here, settle here.

save Its to what the first news-

paper in the Far East had to say.

to

made for them to

who went through to Macco to

OF CHINA T

AND FUNDARFQALNYTH

Chura

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THE front pages of Hongkong's first British newspapers. The "Friend of China” first came off the presies on March 17, 1842, but was later merged with an official organ to become the "Friend of China and Hongi kong Gazette." The China Mail, the Colony's oldest fiving link with the past, was born in 1845.

mediately beft the Colony teay- ing Mr Tarrant to whisifo for his money.

The Canton Register went around the community, and its

This vigorous policy, and owrded $1,010 against Cheong But ones the tumult bad died bears poured out. They did not object seems to have been form a single purpose among down somewhat, the gentlemen worry about libel, or any trivial rough criticism were bound to Ahium.

cruse trouble, and that which found matter of that kind. They were whd pretered Canton

This particular case scents so men, hard headed men, who all

print, and loudly a century ahead of the London was bound to happers, happened.

Actional, that it This aroused

Tarrant to considered their own idea the voice

This time the Chira Band was dontastle, so

plot of a "penny such fury that he nitacked · Dr mocked the mad idea of Hong. Dally Mirror and its slogan. best one.

in the clear, but e Mr Cairns, reads like a

dreadful,*

Bridges the Colonial Sozetaty kung ever being a trading post. 'publish and he damned."

Now reading between the editor of the Hongkong Register But this they had in common.

Elliot RN. Captain Charles

in the pages of the Friend of Cheong, Ahtum was the now China. They wanted a place where they

lines, and that is all we can do el dy chout a certain Lieutenant with the long winded editorials Surgent of the Royal Irish Regi- prietor of the principal baktery to could trade, and as for es possi-

merchants get the British

wrote, it is evident that ment.

in Hongkong. On January 15, This time there was an action 16 set bie make a way of life that set aside their doubly and take they

existed in Lieutenant Sargent took none 1867, an awful attempt was for the and the Jury Touna M while conforming with local law chance in Hongkong. was strong differences

but his ow counsel walked made to poleon the whole Tant gulty. and custins, was at the Game #reeted with the following early Hongkong circles,

The Navy, as ever, imagined along to the editor office of foreign community. About ten time Independent of the varying Canton Press, May 15th 1941.

existed merely to the Hongkong Register, and pounds of arsenic was mixed in · declions of the Jocal Viceroy.

"We are happy to announce to Hongkong our readers that the new settle harbour their ships. The Army, "promptly assaulted and batter with a batch of dough baked on

on the other brand, looked upon ed the editor."

Cheong-Ahlum's premises, 'progresses' fyl w most

to surprising manner. The site of Hongkong as somewhere

has been erect camps and batteries. the principal town

The

merchants had not lost selected with the judgment

that of sight of the first notion, which

characteristic 18

somewhere to the English authorities in China: Hongkong be and we may mention in proof that every street will be per-

Such a place was foreseen by a writer to the Canton Register ir: 1938.

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However, when the case came

It was deduced that Cheong It scentis that an apology was cognisant to the fact be would have got Mr Tarzant off, cause he made a rapid departure providing he published it in his for Macro the same morning. peper. He refused to do so, was after settling some of his out fined £100, and ordered to ben standing bild.

detained until be found "the bedug money. But the boys outside o had a whip round for the

Tarrant was released,

The jury

found him 'not

Over and above all these was before a jury, they found that Mr Cairns iad a very in- fectly sheltered, from the south the first Hongkong Government offensive man, and one who, as The Macao Authorities hand

ofBelaldom and

editor, schdom had come to ed him over, however, and he money, paid the tine, atid Mr nn wind, which will be an immense heavily on the side of the Navy

or suffered gall to with nine other's stood tridi. comfort during the approaching and the Military. The original extremes hot season. There are abundant row seems to have been about mingle with his ine."

and cold the first Government and sales 1847 was the prelude to many,

This case which came on in guilty, supplies of granite water, and we need not point along the proposed Queen's

and usually you find the geopla out the facility with which pro- Rond. The marchants Wero

when be obtained from exasperated

Government's along with the press and Canton. A street decision to throw up certain lots P versus official circles was (Queen's Road) on a pictntic for sale, atong with the condi- the issue. scale is aircady far advanced tion that Government could take icoding from an intended public them track and award other lots office to conteniplated publé i it so sulled Government's thoroughfare and we now fe- purpose.

visions can

Macao

quire only houses, fahabitants, and commerce to take the settlement one of the moar

valuable of our potteistona,”

This heavy sarcasm did not

at

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stop the drift to Hongkong, The press went to town in a out communicating the fact to however, although the events of big way, and the first Governor the authorities. the year 1641, which included a caught it hot, typhoon which wrecked every

The next thing he did wai tó publish a list of the subscribers in the columns of the Friend of China

Neither did this fink deter He, when arrested, was a com- In the same year, 1847, the paratively affluent man, but the him. Ho continued to attack De Bridges and later he repeated China Mali was in trouble. The trial left him a poor one, core the bei in the columns of his charge was merely a technical quently the award to Mr Tar-

The paper.

fafuriated one in that the Chian Mail had rant, the Editor of the Friend of Bridges commenced proceedings falled to conforta with Or, China, of $1,010 had the Colony to have the soundalous Friend of dfdance No. 2 of 1884 by, "hay- puzzled.

China brought to book agalsi... Detuting removed

Why, they wanted to know. establishment two years before should this particular test case

However, even bar Tafráné from one place to another with selected from, many hundreds realised he had gone a bit. 100 who had been poisoned, cost so far this time. He apologfood, much to cure? in the middle of and the case against him was The China Mall did not take July, 1857, Cheong was released dropped. The Friend of China said: this lying down, and supposed from gaol having been detained fe (Sir H. Fattinger) appears the prosecution to furve some for twenty-two days, and he lm--

(Continued next week)....... either to have been utterly thing at the bottom of it, as "Mr devoid of sense of the moral Shortrede had made himself, At about this time the et obligations imposed upon him, father conspicuous some time Hongkong press was produced. his heart being perfectly seared before in the matter of some re A four page Government to the impression of suffering velations concerning the police."" Gazette was published at balt- humanity, or deliberately living Whatever these revelallons monthly perloxis. But even with in seclusion among a few ador- might have been, the case nad no desaline to beat, and no ing paraslica whose Umited quashed when it reached the telephone to worry him, the intellects were devoted to pans trimitini session STARU, the editor of this modest publication der to the great man's vanity." Crown Prosecutor dar found the going too tough, and

vaguely that he refuseti ih. 1842 it was handed over to

bullaag on the new settlement

drove a fror weaker ættlers pray.

Inf

nd

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Sir Henry was let off fairly himself to such vexatious the first proprietor of a British lightly compared with some of ceedings. This did not sult the paper in Hongkong. On March the lesser officials,

China 2441 izin, 1842, the Friend of China In 1044 an ordinance was

tried up as a weekly paper. passed regulating tho starting "We regret that the pr0...+

up of newspapers, but nothing secution had not been suffer- Raid in it to safeguard ed to take it course so as to against llbel.

have had an opportunity of ex grosirig lie whole history!

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However, in spite of this Unfortunately, the looting in strong feeling between the early the Colony during the Japanese guardians” of the constitution Occupation is ridled the once and the general populace, the cort/plete dies owned by the Colony progressed, and in 1845, China Mail. Nevertheless, su- the China Mail was born. All In 1850, we find a certain Mr diční remains to tell of that side the other early papers have died Tirani buring the Friend of jef· ·Colony life outside official away, so the Ching. Mail to the China and Hongkong Gazette circles, to give us a fairly clear only Living 1ink with the to wage a private war sminst picture of what old Hongkong Colony's Bret days.

Government

was like.

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Merch 23rd, 1842. On February 20, 1945, the His resson for this wet, ho the Friends of China tool over China Mail appeared, proudly bad brought certain charges the Gazette, and the paper be displaying in bold print on its against some Government em- emme the Friend of China and tie page: "overnment Noti- ployees concerniid extortio Hongkong Gazette.

neationit la hereby notified in return, he was charged with that from und after the 20th in- conspiring to injure the charges. stant (february, 1946) and whiti ter of Major Crine. further orders, the China Mall The came the first dalis is to be considered the official paper. A Me & M. Itidor d Friend or Cfting did not organ of all Governanent moti started up the ballS PIEMIN have it all its own way, how ficatione.“

1807. Althonak a stáli þEDGE SI

The ditet ern the Rev. J. L. Seltuck und Me Janes White who was later Member of Parla- ment for Brighton.'

ever, for the Canton Register However, this banner extrying flowered the - way na śling”; the pras sully in situation, and on a proud device did not mop the China Mail became a daily Jangwly let, 1843, the Eastern China Mall wing official circles Supér, soon, stbarwarda, Globe came into being.

to taske, Mr Shortredo we the •Thà: Ramơ yêalalásd filter These wars aninhibited timea, arat estilor, and although he find värdețtán in Hongkong, weged and modern Journalists gbeths, only a four-page "once+a+Weak in and out of the press

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