[ { "id": 324764, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4]", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4]", "content_text": "Enclosure. 4.\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, JANUARY 5TH, 1884.\n\nMEETING OF THE JUSTICES TO ELECT A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nA meeting of the Justices of the Peace was held at the City Hall yesterday afternoon to nominate a member of the Legislative Council in accordance with the instructions of His Excellency the Governor, which have already been published. Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, senior Police Magistrate, presided, and there were present :- Voters-Dr. R. Young, Messrs. E. Mackean, H. L. Dalrymple, E. Mackintosh, H. J. H. Tripp, N. J. Ede, W. H. F. Darby, W. Danby, J. R. Anton, J. Y. V. Vernon, J. G. T. Hassel, A. Molver, J. Thorburn, M. E. Bassoon, G. E. Noble, B. Layton, F. D. Sassoon, Hon. P. Ryrie, Framjee H. Arjánee, H. Foss, N. Q. Bird, J. Melville Matson, Dr. J. Stockwell, R. Lyall, J. Bell Irving, W. N. Bain, W. S. Young, H. N. Mody, J. H. Cox, T. Jackson, C. P. Chater, T. H. Whitehead, C. D. Bottomley, H. C. Setua, J. S. Cox, A. P. MacEwen, H. M. Mehta, D. Ruttuajes, J. J. Francis, Dr. W. Hartigas, Hon. F. B. Johnson, F. T. P. Foster, Wong Shing, C. Chen Bee, Wei Ayuk, Lok San Theen, Chan Quan Ee, Wong See Tye, J. B. Coughtrie, H. Diekie, W. K. Hughes, E. R. Belilios, and Ho Kai; Non-voters (officials): Capt. H. G. Thomsett, Messrs. J. P. McEnen, J. S. Brewer, and A. G. Wise. The Chairman also abstained from voting as an official.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-Gentlemen, I will call upon the clerk to read the notice convening the meeting.\n\nMr. J. PARKER, clerk to the Justices, read the notice, and also the instructions received from the Governor.\n\nThe names of the Justices were then called over, those who were present answering.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-Gentlemen, I will now ask any of you who have candidates to propose to do so in writing, with the seconder's name added, and hand the papers in to me. In order that the proceedings may be perfectly fair and above board I propose that all the names be handed to me before any remarks are made with regard to the candidates proposed, and I will put them into a hat and take them out one by one indiscriminately and then ask the proposers and seconders to make any remarks on the candidates they may wish.\n\nMr. FRANCIS-As a matter of procedure, Sir, may I venture to suggest to the meeting that, as we cannot all look on while the ballot boxes are being examined, the gentlemen proposing the candidates with the Chairman of the meeting should form a committee of scrutiny to examine the contents of the ballot boxes and notify the result.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-Will you allow that to stand over for the present until the next step has been taken?\n\nMr. FRANCIS-As you please, Sir.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-If there is no objection to the course I propose, that will be the next step taken.\n\nThree papers were then handed in, and the first read out was the name of Mr. A. P. MacEwen, proposed by the Hon. F. B. Johnson and seconded by Mr. A. McIver.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-I now call upon the gentlemen proposing and seconding to offer any remarks they may wish.\n\nHon. F. B. JOHNSON-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I have very great pleasure indeed in proposing the name of Mr. Alexander Palmer MacEwen as a very fit and proper person to represent not only this body but the community generally in the Legislative Council of this colony. (Applause).\n\nMr. McIVER-I have very great pleasure in seconding the hon. gentleman's proposition.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN then drew the next paper, containing the name of Mr. E. R. Belilios, proposed by Mr. Ho Kai and seconded by Mr. H. M. Mehta.\n\nMr. Ho KAI-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I rise with the greatest pleasure to propose Mr. E. R. Belilios for your nomination as your representative on the Legislative Council. Mr. Belilios is well known to every one of you, since he has been here for a period of over twenty-two years, and he needs no introduction from me. I am sure you all have met him in various public capacities, either as a director, or as a temporary member of the Legislative Council, or as one of the oldest Justices of the Peace, and you have seen him filling all the positions in which he has been placed with a degree of credit and ability which must have won your respect. I need scarcely say anything in his favour except to beg your earnest attention to the fact that notwithstanding many things have been said in favour of brilliant talents and eloquent speech, we must have as our representative member something more than that; we must have a man of long experience, yes, long local experience, and of independent position, one who is not likely to be influenced by any personal considerations, and one who will always strive to do everything in his power to protect the public interests. I have very much pleasure therefore in proposing Mr. E. R. Belilios.\n\nMr. MEHTA-I have very great pleasure in seconding the proposition which has been moved by Dr. Ho Kai.\n\nThe next paper drawn bore the name of Mr. F. D. Sassoon, proposed by Mr. C. P. Chater and seconded by Mr. W. K. Hughes.\n\nMr. CHATER-I have very great pleasure in proposing that Mr. Frederick David Sassoon be nominated by this body to a seat in the Legislative Council. Gentlemen, you are all well acquainted with Mr. Sassoon, and it does not require much from me to put forward his claims. He is the senior partner here in the firm of Messrs. David Sassoon, Sons, and Co., a firm established here ever since the colony was founded. His brothers, the previous partners of his firm, have always been very closely identified with this colony, and have even at the present moment a very large interest in the place. So also has the candidate I bring forward, and I trust he will have a much larger interest in the place before he leaves it.\n\nMr. HUGHES-I beg to second Mr. Chater's proposition.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-Any gentleman wishing to make any remarks on the several candidates is at liberty to do so.\n\nNo remarks being offered, the CHAIRMAN explained the course to be observed in voting. Three ballot boxes were placed on a table behind a screen in the corner of the room, each bearing the name of one of the candidates in English and Chinese. Each Justice voting was requested to sign his name before going behind the screen, and on doing so received a voting bean to be deposited in the ballot box bearing the name of the candidate for whom he wished to vote.\n\nBefore the voting took place Mr. FRANCIS said-I propose on behalf of the meeting that the gentlemen who propose the candidates act as scrutineers, as we cannot all very well crowd round to look on.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-I will still ask that that be postponed till the ballot is closed.\n\nMr. FRANCIS-I beg to propose it now, as the proper time.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-Very well. Are the gentlemen present willing for that?\n\nMr. MACKEAN-I beg to second it.\n\nMr. DANBY-Before that is put to the meeting may I ask if you have any alternative system to propose?\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-As stated in the letter of instructions, I will be guided by the wishes of the Justices. The only point is that I wish we should conduct these proceedings step by step. The motion of Mr. Francis, a very proper one in its way, would come in more fittingly after the voting has been concluded and before the scrutiny commences. What I should have suggested would have been that the gentlemen put their votes in the ballot boxes and put their names on the paper, and when that was done, and before anything further was done with the ballot boxes, that the form of scrutiny be decided upon.\n\nMr. FRANCIS-As you were arranging the method of proceeding I thought you might have it settled at once.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN-It is all settled as far as I am concerned.\n\nPage 22\n\nMr. Francis", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 329270, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-223 - Governor Sir Bowen Acting Governor Marsh & Others - 1885 [11-12]", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-223 - Governor Sir Bowen Acting Governor Marsh & Others - 1885 [11-12]", "content_text": "## PS \n\nI would suggest that a copy of this despatch and of its enclosure should be transmitted to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.\n\n## SMB.\n\n## Enclosure \n\n### FAREWELL BALL TO ADMIRAL DOWELL AT THE CITY HALL\n\nThough organised upon very brief notice, this Ball proved one of the most successful ever given in this colony. Scarcely more than a week elapsed from the time that the gallant Admiral expressed his preference for a ball over a banquet, before the event took place, but nevertheless nothing was found wanting, and the arrangements last night were as complete and the decorations as good as if the Ball had been premeditated months before. The reasons which influenced the leading residents in Hongkong in taking special steps to do honour to Admiral Sir W. M. Dowell previous to his departure for England need not be gone into here at any length, as they will be found fully set out below in the address presented to the gallant officer at the supper and in the speeches which accompanied it. His former association with the colony, services rendered in past times, and the effective manner in which he maintained the honour of England in those seas during the late Franco-Chinese and the Anglo-Russian crisis have been deemed fully sufficient reasons for this mark of esteem. Admiral Dowell's connection with the Royal Navy commenced in 1839, and probably his recollections of Hongkong are not the least pleasant among his many and varied experiences. His sterling and genial qualities have rendered him popular both afloat and ashore here, and the Squadron and the community here alike regret that his stay in these waters has been so short.\n\nThe general Committee for the Ball was a large one, and was appointed eight days since at the preliminary meeting called by the Chamber of Commerce, which body has been mainly instrumental in bringing about last night's gathering. The Committee comprised the following gentlemen: Mr. Justice Ackroyd, Mr. G. C. Anderson, Dr. P. B. C. Ayres, Messrs. E. R. Belilios, J. Bell-Irving, S. G. Bird, C. D. Bottomley, C. E. Bowles, E. Barney, G. de Champeaux, C. P. Chater, D. R. Crawford, J. B. Coughtrie, A. Coxon, G. S. Coxon, H. L. Dalrymple, W. H. F. Darby, Victor Deacon, W. M. Deane, W. Durran, N. J. Ede, W. H. Forbes, H. Foss, J. J. Francis, D. Gillies, M. Grote, H. A. Herbert, Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. H. Hoppus, Hon. T. Jackson, Messrs. R. R. Jukes, B. Layton, Lee Sing, Lee Tak Cheong, Hon. A. Lister, Messrs. J. H. S. Lockhart, A. P. MacEwen, John Macgregor, A. McClymont, A. Molver, E. Mackintosh, J. Melville Matson, A. McConachie, H. M. Mehta, G. E. Noble, Hon. E. L. O'Malley, Mr. A. H. Percival, Sir George Phillippo, Mr. L. Poosnecker, Hon. J. M. Price, Mr. W. H. Ray, Mr. A. G. Romano, Capt. Rumsey, Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. F. D. Sassoon, Messrs. Hormusjee Setus, A. F. Smith, Capt. Steibel, Hon. F. Stewart, Messrs. A. G. Stokes, A. P. Stokes, J. Thorburn, Wei Ayuk, A. Westland, T. H. Whitehead, H. E. Wodehouse, and Hon. Wong Shing.\n\nThe hard work fell into the hands of gentlemen endowed with plenty of energy, and the result of their efforts must have been very gratifying to them, as the City Hall was made to look most charming in every section, and all the arrangements were so well devised that the affair passed off with the greatest éclat and without a single hitch. The working sub-committees were composed as follows:\n\n| Committee | Members |\n| --- | --- |\n| Decoration Committee | The Hon. J. M. Price (Surveyor-General), Captain R. M. Rumsey, and Messrs. A. Coxon and J. B. Coughtrie |\n| Supper Committee | Messrs. A. McClymont and J. Macgregor |\n| Dancing and Music Committee | Messrs. C. E. Bowles and G. S. Coxon |\n| Address Committee | Messrs. MacEwen, Mackintosh, and Francis |\n\nMr. J. Melville-Matson, who kindly volunteered to perform the very onerous duties of honorary secretary, was indefatigable in his exertions, and in the time at his disposal he accomplished wonders, being doubtless greatly assisted by the experience gained by him in a similar position last year on the occasion of the first St. George's Ball in this colony.\n\nThe heaviest work fell upon the Decoration Committee, who achieved a signal success. Mr. Price, with the resources of the Survey Department at his command, undertook the lion's share of the work: the entrance hall, staircase, landings, ante-room, and St. George's Hall. St. Andrew's Hall, the Theatre (Supper Room), &c., were in the hands of the other gentlemen, and by this division of labour two distinct styles of decoration were apparent, giving pleasing variety.\n\nCommencing with the approach to the building, the exterior was brilliantly illuminated by a large gas star over the entrance, and several powerful patent standard burners. The entrance hall disclosed a most attractive vista up the grand staircase. Every column was closely wreathed with spiral ropes of green leaves. On each column was a large gilt shield hanging from three large gilt tridents, and on the face of each shield were either the initials \"W. D.\", or Admiral Dowell's crest, a lion rampant. Round the base of each pillar was a bed of pot plants and shrubs. Passing up the stairs, the stone balustrade was covered with green wreaths and silver sprays, pot plants were placed on either side all the way up, and as far as the first landing a 64-pounder conical shell stood at each side of every stair, making a most effective border. On each of the three large windows on the first landing was a large round gilded shield, with a deep green border, on which were respectively the letters W., M., D., Admiral Dowell's initials. At the head of the stairs stood two brass howitzers mounted on a carriage, and the space of wall around was filled in with pot plants and foliage. On the pilasters all round this landing were similar gilded shields and tridents to those below, being Admiral Dowell's initials or crest, these being surrounded by sprays of bamboo leaves. On the wall spaces between the pilasters were gilded anchors, and above these were round targets in red and gold, with a green moss edging, and a fringe of bright cutlasses, on which were either the crest or monogram of the guest of the evening. From the level of the bottom of the windows to the top of the stairs was hung a wreath in small festoons, and in the centre of each festoon a silvered palm leaf, which had the appearance of the inner side of a marine shell. All the devices were well surrounded by sprays of green foliage and plants.\n\nSt. George's Hall was not profusely decorated, but it was treated with great taste and effect. Festoons of green wreaths depended from the head of each pilaster, and at the top of the pedestal of each was placed a small bank of moss and ferns, from which sprung graceful fronds of maiden hair fern. At the north end there was a large mirror, which was surrounded by pot plants and foliage, and in each doorway was suspended a basket of flowers. Scattered amongst...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-223 - Governor Sir Bowen Acting Governor Marsh & Others - 1885 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335263, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12]", "page_number": 545, "title": "CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12]", "content_text": "massiveness and coolness that was very agreeable. Against this Ane green background were hung shields with the V. R., \"1837\" and \"1887,\" and the Royal arms. In St. George's Hall the decorations were light, and, following the lines of the building, they heightened instead of concealing the architectural beauties of the room. At the head of the room was a portrait of Her Majesty, with flags draped at the side, and below the portrait a large mirror, also with flags, and pot plants and ferns were grouped on the floor. The pilasters on each side of this centre decoration were crossed by bands of foliage. With the exception of these two, all the pilasters in the room were covered with moss, giving the appearance of a slender tree, branches of tree ferns spreading out at the top. Above each of the windows and doorways was a trophy of flags over a small shield and a white plaque with the Queen's head stamped on it. In St. Andrew's Hall there were flags and plaques arranged in the same way and a line of evergreens ran round the windows and doorways. The stewards were--Hon. J. Bell-Irving, Mr. E. R. Belilios, Mr. C. D. Bottomley, Mr. J. S. Brewer, Hon. C. P. Chater, Mr. W. H. Darby, Mr. J. J. Francia, Mr. Ho Kai, Mr. Ho Mei, Mr. T. Jackson, Mr. Li Shing, Hon. A. P. MacEwen, Mr. H. N. Mody, Hon. J. M. Price, Mr. Wai Yuk, and Mr. E. L. Woodin.\n\nThe following were the sub-committees:-Decoration-Mr. C. Ford (Convener), Capt. Bunbury, R.A., Mr. Denison, and Dr. Preston, R.N.; Dancing-Mr. N. G. Mitchell-Innes (Convener), Major Jopp, 58th Regt, Mr. D. H. Mackintosh, and Commander Rumsey, R.N.; Supper-Mr. A. MacClymont (Convener), Mr. G. Stewart, and Mr. A. Turner; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart.\n\nINCIDENTS OF THE CELEBRATION. The Chinese hotel keepers have been reaping a rich harvest during this week. We hear that as much as $10 a night has been charged for a small room, larger ones commanding proportionately higher prices. This is for the room alone, exclusive of board. It is computed that there have been from eighty to ninety thousand visitors in the colony, who have spent altogether no less than $800,000.\n\nOne of the most remarkable things about the Jubilee celebration has been the very small amount of crime that has occurred while the colony has been so crowded with visitors. This is the more remarkable as it was known that a large number of bad characters had come to the colony in hope of being able to reap a rich harvest. That things turned out so differently from what might have been expected is partly explained by a very ingenious device hit on by some Chinese gentlemen. This was the putting into actual practice of the saying \"Set a thief to catch a thief.\" A large number of the suspected bad characters were engaged at the rate of $2 a day, given a small distinguishing badge, and sent into the crowd to look out for thieves and generally assist in preserving order. They faithfully performed their task and were so pleased with the arrangement that afterwards they got up a small procession of their own with part of the money they received. No doubt they would be willing to be honest all their lives if they could regularly earn $2 a day under such congenial circumstances as are afforded by a grand Chinese procession. The Government of course had no official cognizance of the arrangement to which we have referred.\n\n539\n\n7", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 345762, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8]", "page_number": 161, "title": "CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8]", "content_text": "# SUNDAY LABOR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.\n\n## SUNDAY LABOUR.\n\nTO THE EDITOR OF THE \"DAILY PRESS.\"\n\nSIR,-Last year the Postal Authorities at home ventured to inflict on Bombay what was then denounced as a social calamity, viz., that the P. & O. mail steamers should leave there every Sunday for London. Immediately this report was out, all Bombay and his wife were mighty indignant, and a loud howl was raised on all sides. The agitation took the form of a very large public meeting, attended by thousands of people, including the Bishops, Judges, Magistrates, lawyers, doctors, merchants, and clerks; in short, all sorts and conditions of men made a common cause of it, and rose to a man for a firm and emphatic protest against the proposed change. They telegraphed their proceedings to London, and they quite overpowered the authorities in Downing Street. So signal was the success that the proposed change had to be abandoned wholly and entirely, there and then. But, in the colony of Hongkong, who is it that suffers? Oh! only sailors and seamen, and \"coolies\" to some degree. The taipans do have their Saturdays (one half) and Sundays for picnics and pleasure; then why should they bother their heads in the matter?\n\nA LOOKER-ON,\n\nHongkong, 28th October, 1890.\n\n## THE SUNDAY LABOUR QUESTION.\n\nTO THE EDITOR OF THE \"DAILY PRESS,\"\n\nSIR, Some of the agitators, finding themselves in a corner, make what seems to me the grossly unjust, but fortunately wholly impracticable, proposal to enforce Sunday idleness (Satan will find some mischief for the idle hands to do) on the Chinese crews of junks and necessarily on thousands of shore hands, and say that they have to submit to it in the Treaty Ports. This is altogether a mistake, and as many persons in Hongkong are unaware of the arrangements at the Treaty Ports, I think it ought to be made fully known that the junks there do not come under the foreign Customs, only vessels of foreign type, and that the discharging and loading of cargo goes on every day. To put the Colony at so great a disadvantage compared to the Treaty Ports would be interfering with Chinese customs with a vengeance. Whatever is done, there should be no misrepresentation; let us have no half truths.\n\nYours faithfully,\n\nLAOU SHANGHAI,\n\nHongkong, 22nd October, 1890.\n\n## SUNDAY LABOR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.\n\nthemselves, by simply declining to do what their employers have neither a legal nor a moral right to demand of them, as a man is bound to obey only just and lawful commands. But is the command to perform such duties as loading or discharging cargo on Sunday a just or lawful command? Would any Magistrate in Hongkong—putting the force of public opinion aside—consider it a lawful command? I think not. So that I would again repeat: \"where there is no right there can be no duty.\" A man is entitled to one day's rest in seven, as he is entitled to twelve hours' rest in the twenty-four: by custom and usage, it has become a necessity of nature to him. According to our ideas, unless under exceptional circumstances, even voluntary labour on Sunday is wrong. Involuntary Sunday labour is morally criminal; the difference is the difference between the labour of a freeman and a slave.\n\nThe Government would seem to be wise in abstaining from legislating on the subject; the time for a hard and fast law has not yet arrived. Let strict observance of Sunday as a day of rest from labour be recognised as the custom and usage of the port of Hongkong, and it will be as easy to enforce it here as elsewhere. A short time since, it became necessary to increase the light dues for a particular purpose, and they were raised one hundred and fifty per cent. The Government can likewise, with as little difficulty, put a tonnage tax on Sunday labour afloat that would press equally on all classes of steamers. A privilege not worth paying for is not worth having. Ashore, the solution of the question mainly lies with the representatives of our two principal British shipping houses in the Colony; let them stop working their steamers on Sunday, and the rest will follow easy. Why not graciously concede as a favour to their employés what must assuredly come to pass before long, with their consent or without it? Not so very long ago, the departure of the mails on Monday was considered a hardship to merchants and their clerks, because it entailed attendance at their offices on Sunday to write their correspondence. The result was, the mail day was altered, and the merchant enjoyed his Sunday undisturbed—the aphorism about \"Sauce for the goose,\" &c.\n\nLet me recall the arguments in favour of Sunday labour seem strained and somewhat frivolous. The difficulties conjured up may turn out imaginary. The Chinese bogey will not do. The question resolves itself down to whether, for the mere purpose of utilizing Sunday, shipowners will be allowed a privilege in Hongkong which is refused them without heavy payment in most ports of the world, and denied them altogether in others.\n\nAs a ship's officer, I would demand as a right the cessation of labour on Sunday so far as I was myself concerned; as a shipowner, in the sense of being a shareholder in our three local shipping companies, and with other shipping interests of equal importance, I would advocate, as a matter of sound policy, the total cessation of Sunday labour on board ship, on the grounds of its being mostly unnecessary and called for simply by excessive competition.\n\nR. TALBOT.\n\nHongkong, 20th October, 1890.\n\n## THE SUNDAY LABOR QUESTION.\n\nTO THE EDITOR OF THE \"DAILY PRESS,\"\n\nSIR,—The question of Sunday labour on board ship in Hongkong Harbour by European officers has become confused and mixed up with that of Chinese labour on shore—with which, in my opinion, it has little to do—until the hardworked ship's officer has arrived at the, to him, flattering conclusion that the whole social and commercial system of Hongkong depends upon whether he works or does not work on Sunday, and not the rule.\n\nNow, so far as the question extends to Chinese, I think it is susceptible of proof that the bulk of the Chinese afloat, cargo boatmen, coolies, &c., are against Sunday labour. Hardly be engaged on Sunday, they are prompt to tell you: \"B'long Sunday, no wauchee work.\" Coolies or cargo boats can hardly be engaged on Sunday. Chinese merchants seem mostly indifferent. It certainly does not seem a question of much importance to them. They certainly cannot be said to be strongly in favour of Sunday work; their conversation does not lead one to conclude they are so. That Chinese of all classes, both here and at Shanghai and the out-ports, enjoy and appreciate Sunday as a day of rest from business and work can hardly be denied. It is a mistake to assume that Sunday work is general on board all steamers. It is the exception. Sailing vessels seldom or ever work on Sunday, and a large proportion of the Sunday labour going on is avoidable. The steamers trading to Manila are persistent Sunday workers, but for no other reason than to utilize Sunday. For the same reason, they would work all night as well as all day, but that there is a limit to their officers' endurance. Competition compels them to take advantage of this vicious custom, which is recognised all over the world as a moral crime, except in Hongkong. They invariably discharge cargo on Sunday, but as they seldom receive much cargo, it must be accepted as some proof that Chinese shippers do not place very much value on the privilege of Sunday labour. What little is shipped could easily be avoided by some little forethought on the part of the steamers' agents. A steamer arrives on Saturday morning, and very often does not discharge a package of cargo that day; shipping clerks are indifferent—they know she can discharge on Sunday—it never enters their heads to consider the ships' officers, that they may probably have as strong an objection to working on Sunday as they themselves invariably have when personally concerned. Shipping offices are closed on Sunday, but if they were kept open, and clerks compelled to attend when steamers were working, the necessity for Sunday work would not be so often evident.\n\nTo the ship's officer, it is undoubtedly a hardship; it destroys his self-respect, creates dissatisfaction and discontent, and is fatal to discipline. The Chinese sailors will not work on Sunday, and look with contempt on their officers, who are morosely and unwillingly carrying on their duties, while protesting strongly, if silently, against such a state of affairs. If there is truth in the axiom that \"where there is no right there can be no duty,\" then the solution of the question seems to lie with the officers...\n\n## TO THE EDITOR OF THE \"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.\"\n\nSIR,—Having just returned from a voyage, I have only now had an opportunity of reading the report of the Conference between the Chamber of Commerce and Capt. Ashton and a delegation of the Marine Officers' Association. I am very pleased indeed to see how well Capt. Ashton maintained his cause in the face of such an evidently biassed, adverse, interested body of capitalists and shipowners represented by Messrs. Mackintosh, Keswick, Ryrie, etc. With all their professed desire for the cessation of Sunday labour, it is palpable to the most casual observer that their great care was evidently to protect the shipowner from a possible loss of one day's earnings.\n\nMr. Mackintosh asked for data regarding the number of officers employed on Sunday. Now, I think that no one is in a better position than himself to provide this information, seeing that the lines known as the \"Blue Funnel\" and \"Butterfield & Swire's\" are the great offenders in this respect; however, in passing, I might remark for Mr. Mackintosh's edification that there are, on an average, from fifty to sixty officers employed on steamers in this port on Sundays. Further, I may add, as regards compradores on board steamers, it in no wise affords the European officers greater liberty; as in steamers carrying compradores, there are usually only two European officers carried, one of whom is expected to sign all receipts and superintend all necessary deck work, while the other is supposed to be below looking after the stowage of cargo.\n\nMr. Mackintosh seems anxious to discover some method by which the Sunday labour of officers might be minimised. This is simple; \"stop Sunday labour.\"\n\nAs regards Mr. Keswick's statement of the strong objections of the Chinese to the law, I should like to know in what way these strong objections have been shown. I have heard of no action on the part of the Chinese in opposition to the proposed legislation on Sunday labour. With respect to his statement of the danger of making 150,000 Chinese idle on Sunday, I think the numbers stated very ridiculous, and I am quite satisfied that not more than 15,000 people would be affected by the cessation of Sunday labour in the harbour. With respect to Sunday labour in treaty ports, I can say that the British are the greatest sinners. And if I condescended to specialize local lines, I have no hesitation in naming the China Navigation Steamship Company and the Indo-China Steamship Company as the greatest offenders in this respect. Ships sailed under the Chinese flag compare most favourably in respect to Sunday observance. I have no doubt the I.M. Customs statistics would prove what is here stated.\n\nMy sympathies are with \"old Ryrie\" in his anxiety with respect to a hot Sunday dinner, but, as I understand the question, the Mercantile Marine Officer's Association are asking for \"cessation of Sunday labour in the Harbour only.\"", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 345769, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8]", "page_number": 168, "title": "CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8]", "content_text": "## SUNDAY LABOR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.\n\nnecessity of Sunday work, it could not be denied that there were certain works which were necessary to carry out in this colony as well as anywhere else, but inasmuch as the Sunday was observed in many countries to a greater extent than it was here, such was a proof, to some extent at all events, that to work on the seventh day to the extent that was done here was not an absolute necessity. In so far as this colony was concerned, it should also be borne in mind that the fact of having no Custom-house, rendered it more difficult to limit Sunday work here than was the case in those countries where Custom-houses did exist, and where, therefore, it was more easy to put a check on Sunday labour.\n\nCaptain Asaros remarked that the Harbour-master gave clearances to ships on Sunday, which he thought showed that even the small means which did exist for stopping Sunday work could be made use of at any time.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY (continuing) said that although what had just been stated by Captain Ashton might be the case, he could not admit that giving clearances to ships necessarily encouraged work being carried on in the loading and discharging of cargo on Sunday to the extent that it was carried on in a colony where no Custom-houses existed, and that the mere fact of its being known that the Custom-house was closed in places where Custom-houses existed, and that business was only transacted in it under very exceptional circumstances, naturally tended to a very considerable extent to prevent Sunday labour being carried on. The question really seemed to him to resolve itself into this, were those who necessarily derived a certain amount of profit and gain from Sunday work prepared to make a certain sacrifice in order that the Sunday might be better observed than it now was? It must be admitted that where work was carried on during seven days of the week instead of six, some profit and gain would naturally be realised, and therefore it appeared to be a question whether those who derived that profit and gain were prepared to make the sacrifice he had alluded to in order that the Sunday might be better observed than it now was. This question of diminishing Sunday labour might not altogether depend upon those who were directly interested in the business of this colony. Many of the latter were probably representatives of people at home, who might possess to some extent the same feelings in regard to Sunday labour as the members of the deputation who had come there that morning, and might bring influence to bear upon their representatives here to do what was in their power to limit Sunday labour, and so carry out, at all events to some extent, the wishes that had been expressed. He might say that he did not think that the reply of the Chamber of Commerce, which had been considerably quoted to him, should be taken as a conclusive answer that nothing more could be done in this matter (Captain Ashton and several others, \"thank you, Your Excellency\"), and in so far as he was concerned, he should at all times be prepared to listen to any proposals which might have for their object the carrying out, to some extent, of the desires that had been expressed to him, \"but he felt sure the deputation would understand that under present circumstances, and situated as he now was, it could not be expected that he could accede to their proposal to introduce compulsory legislation in regard to the question of Sunday labour. The Governor, Sir William des Voeux, who since he had been at home had conferred with Lord Knutsford on the question, would soon return, and he (his Excellency) felt sure he would gladly listen to any proposals that might be made to him in connection with this important question on his return. In conclusion, he would again admit that the question was one of much importance: It was one which undoubtedly had difficulties connected with it, and one which they could not expect to be solved in a day, nor perhaps in a year, but it was one which, if there existed desire and real co-operation among those who were interested in the shipping business of the colony to diminish Sunday labour in the extent to which it was now carried on here, would, he felt pretty sure, sooner or later, be solved, to a certain extent at all events, in accordance with the wishes of those who had expressed their views to him that morning.\n\nCapt. Ashton - May I ask Your Excellency if Her Majesty's Government do or do not possess power to pass any law they think fit?\n\nHis EXCELLENCY - Certainly, Her Majesty's Government have power to make any laws they deem expedient for Crown Colonies.\n\nThe deputation then withdrew after thanking his Excellency for the courteous reception.-(From `Hongkong Telegraph`).\n\n## SUNDAY LABOR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR\n\n“THE CHINA MAIL,\" (Leading Article) Hongkong, Thursday, November 20th, 1890.\n\nThe object of Captain Ashton, and of the British Mercantile Marine Officers' Association, of which he is the President, in waiting on the Administrator the other day was doubtless to ascertain if they could rely upon the support of that officer in the movement for the suppression of Sunday labour in the Harbour. They must have known that an official in the position of Mr. Fleming, who is only administering the Government in the room of another, whose return is expected in a few weeks, could not promise to introduce a measure of which the actual Governor disapproved. As Colonial Secretary, however, Mr. Fleming might exercise considerable influence with Sir William des Voeux, and perhaps the Association thought that if they were assured of his sympathy and co-operation their task might be lightened. Whatever was their object, the interview afforded Captain Ashton an opportunity of publicly replying to the letter received by the Association from the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. And this he did most effectively. He showed conclusively that it is impossible to hope for a cessation of Sunday labour in the harbour from the individual application of officers to owners for relief. Even if some of the owners were so large-hearted and liberal-minded as to grant their officers' request, the privilege would rest on a very insecure basis, for a change of management which often takes place in such a port as Hongkong, might soon entail a resumption of Sunday labour. Besides, as Captain Ashton pointed out, if Sunday rest was not uniform, owners who granted the privilege would be handicapped, or at any rate would think they were handicapped, in the competition with others; and even if some of the officers were willing to accept the concession on such terms, they could not rest secure in its possession, for in these days of merciless competition shipowners are very sensitive with regard to everything they think may handicap them. Neither had Captain Ashton much trouble in disposing of Mr. Mackintosh's cynical references to ocean steamers. They only require to be put in their true light, to bring about their own condemnation. With regard to every port at which a steamer calls, it might be said that Sunday labour is only an incident of the voyage; and if Mr. Mackintosh's argument were to apply universally, such a thing as Sunday rest would be unknown to the officers of our mercantile marine.\n\nIf the deputation expected support from the Administrator in their effort to get a compulsory law passed, they were considerably disappointed. Of course his Excellency could not, in the circumstances in which he is placed, promise to introduce such a Bill. But he went further than declaring his inability to comply with the requests of the officers: He showed that he was personally opposed to compulsory legislation. His Excellency has one great defect. He talks too much, and a man who does that runs the risk of saying more than he means. His speech will be read at Home by those who are interested in the Sunday movement, and we hope they will deal charitably with it, for it contains several passages which, if taken literally and disjointedly, are almost an insult to the religious and moral feelings of a Christian country. He says, I think if we go to other countries where Sunday labour is not as a rule carried on, we shall find a great many in these countries who, for the sake of gain, would be ready to work on the seventh day if opportunity were afforded them to do so. If that sentence stood alone it might be regarded as only a cynical assertion that a good deal of Sunday observance, in Great Britain and in America, the only countries he can refer to, is due to the fact that men have not the opportunity of making money on that day. But he must mean something more, otherwise this very assertion defeats his own argument against compulsion. He goes on to speak about greater fortunes being made and more money amassed by working seven days instead of six, and of sacrifices that have to be made in order to secure Sunday rest. Such remarks, if they were not qualified, would almost lead one to suppose that his Excellency believed England and America were impoverished by the cessation of labour on Sunday, and that the poverty of the working class was due to some extent to the fact that they only worked six days a week. Now, if there is one fact more clear than another, it is this, that even supposing more could be produced by working seven days than by working six, which is doubtful, the working man's share would not be increased. The invention of machinery and the increased facilities of communication have increased production a hundred-fold within the last fifty years. Were the position of the wage-earners dependent alone on production, poverty would long ere this have disappeared. But the amount of possible production has only a small bearing on the wealth or poverty of a country. There are many other ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 355469, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12]", "page_number": 454, "title": "CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12]", "content_text": "Enclosure 1\n\n# C.O. 1 \n659 449 \n\n\"The Hongkong Weekly Press\" of 20th October, 1894 \n\n## THE PLAGUE HEROES. \n### PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CITY HALL. \n\nA largely attended public meeting was held on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of considering at the City Hall the steps to be taken to recognise the services rendered to the community during the plague.\n\nAmong those present were H. E. Sir William Robinson, His Honour Mr. Justice Ackroyd, Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Hon. J. J. Keswick, Hon. E. R. Belilios, Hon. A. McConachie, Hon. E. Bowdler, Capt. Lethbridge, Messrs. H. Mackintosh, A. Coxon, H. H. Hoppins, T. Jackson, H. E. Wodehouse, C. V. Ladds, Granville Sharp, R. Fraser Smith, G. Piercy, T. Sercombe Smith, G. R. Stevens, J. Grant Smith, A. Findlay Smith, J. Hastings, J. R. Michael, D. R. Sassoon, J. S. Moyes, J. Thurburn, W. Wylie, A. G. Wise, V. H. Dacon, J. B. Coughtrie, A. B. Johnson, A. G. Wood, Gen. B. Dodwell, J. P. Cottain, W. St. J. Hancock, R. M. Gray, J. Marshall, Capt. Sterling, and others.\n\nThe ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE—I am quite sure everyone here will heartily endorse the action of the Committee in asking His Excellency the Governor to take the chair on this occasion, and I therefore formally move that Sir William Robinson do take the chair. (Applause).\n\nHis EXCELLENCY—Gentlemen, I am much obliged to you for asking me to take the chair on this interesting occasion. We are met this afternoon, as you know, to consider the steps which should be taken to recognise the gallant and noble efforts of those volunteers, military, naval, police, and lay, who offered their services unreservedly and with such great effect, when the plague broke out. I do not intend to trench upon the able and eloquent speeches which I have no doubt we shall hear from the gentlemen on either side of me.\n\nI am glad to see so many here this afternoon—gentlemen who I feel sure will delight in doing honour to those to whom great honour is due. (Hear, hear). The first resolution, which will be moved by the Acting Chief Justice, is as follows: \"That this meeting do resolve that the services rendered to this community during the recent plague by those who assisted are worthy of public recognition.\"\n\nThe ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE—Your Excellency and gentlemen, I have much pleasure in responding to the call of your Excellency in moving the first resolution, which has just been placed before you. The facts connected with the recent plague and the services which have been rendered to the colony in connection with this outbreak are no doubt still fresh in your minds, but perhaps you will permit me for the purposes of this resolution to briefly recall them.\n\nIn the beginning of May last, there were rumours here that a new and, to all appearances, a deadly disease was raging in Canton. Enquiries there proved the report to be true, and soon after that, there were some suspicious deaths in this colony. These increased, and on May 11th, there was a meeting of the Sanitary Board at which extraordinary resolutions and exceptional powers were taken, and this colony was declared to be infected.\n\nThe Sanitary Board, assisted by Mr. May and the Europeans in the police under him, did all that they could then to stop the progress of the disease. This unfortunately was ineffectual; volunteers were called for, and about fifty were obtained from the garrison, and it was hoped that with the advent of the rains, we should be able to stamp out the disease. Our hopes vanished bit by bit; fresh efforts were made, and we received further assistance from the garrison to the extent of 300 volunteers.\n\nNotwithstanding this, the plague still spread; it took a good hold on the colony, and during several weeks, it taxed the courage, energy, and perseverance of those who were seeking to combat it. At last, by God's blessing on the measures taken, we were mercifully delivered from it. I am sure you all wish to recognise the services of those who assisted the colony in this terrible visitation.\n\nTo Major-General Barker, I think our first thanks are due. He at once saw the gravity of the situation and acted as perhaps few would have done. He did not hesitate to take upon himself the responsibility of sanctioning the volunteering of the military. The responsibility was great, for all that we knew of the plague was that it was a deadly disease, and nobody could then tell what would be the effect of it on these men, who would be brought so closely into contact with it.\n\nThe General, recognising the danger that the colony was in, continued the responsibility of allowing the soldiers to go on with their good work. Fortunately, we have only had to deplore one death among the volunteers, but if there had been a greater mortality, the General would have been severely blamed by his superiors and by those who are always ready to criticise and censure the efforts of others without doing anything themselves to help their fellow-creatures in moments of difficulty and distress.\n\nThe colony is deeply indebted to General Barker, and his services, I am quite sure, will not go unrewarded. I think I should next mention the services rendered by the officers and soldiers of the Shropshire Regiment, by several officers of the Royal Engineers, and by other members of the garrison. Whatever they did was essentially volunteer service.\n\nThey are not, strictly speaking, ours; they are here to-day and gone to-morrow. But as soon as they saw they could be of use and recognised the colony was in danger, they readily and willingly came forward to help. Their task was not a light one; on the contrary, it was a difficult one. At times, it must have been very disagreeable and always fraught with danger.\n\nRemember, they were working in the slums of Taipingshan during the summer months. Their work was to visit from house to house, to search for the sick and the dead, to remove them and all the accumulations of dirt and filth, furniture and other effects, and then to thoroughly disinfect and cleanse these houses. I am told the amount of dirt removed was astonishing.\n\nThis work was always done with alacrity and never-failing good humour, and it was done only as volunteers could do it. (Applause). There was no half-heartedness, for they did it with all their might. (Loud applause). The Colonel and officers tendered valuable assistance. They vied with each other in organising the men, in teaching them, and rendering every assistance they could; and by their constant presence, showed they were ready to participate in the danger to which the men who were at work were exposed.\n\nColonel Robinson visited his men, I believe, morning and evening, nearly every day, and nothing was left undone by him that he could do to help and encourage them. (Applause). The officers also on duty imitated his example; there was no shirking their work; they assisted the men so far as they could; they worked with them and encouraged them by their constant presence in the midst of the infected district.\n\nSoldiers, as a rule, are trained to destroy life, not to save it; this was a new rôle for our friend Tommy Atkins, but he has done it well. He has proved that he can do his duty whether it is resisting a European foe, or repelling the furious onslaughts of Indian or Arab fanatics, or fighting in the slums of Taipingshan an unseen but not less deadly enemy. (Applause).\n\nThis regiment has a distinguished record which is proudly displayed on its colours, for it has fought its country's battles during the long contest in the Peninsula, on the burning plains of Scinde, and in other parts of India, and again in Egypt and the Soudan. Of these feats, it is justly proud, but I think the day-to-day fight with disease in Taipingshan in the summer of 1894 will, for courage and endurance and devotedness to duty, compare with any of their gallant achievements. (Loud applause).", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 355470, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12]", "page_number": 455, "title": "CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12]", "content_text": "450\n\nLent. Boys, R.E., we are specially indebted to the first officer (applause) for he was the one who volunteered, and from the 17th May to the end of the epidemic he gave up all his time (after the completion of his military duties), all his afternoons and Sundays, in assisting Mr. Crook in the disagreeable work of cleansing and disinfecting the houses. He worked unremittingly at this and also in superintending the detachment of Royal Engineers employed on that work. All who have seen him at work, as well as the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board, bear high testimony to his services and conduct. I would also mention Capt. Stewart, Lieut. Molesworth, and Lieut. Kelsall, also of the R.E., who did good work. Capt. Murray gave valuable assistance in the most necessary and useful work of removing those poor creatures from the filthy hovels in Taipingshan to better quarters elsewhere; and in connection with these services I would mention the name of Mr. Mitchell-Innes, who helped a great deal in overcoming many of the difficulties of removal. (Applause.) From the Navy we received eight or ten men, who did very good service. I have left myself very little time to speak of the special services rendered by Mr. May and the police. Mr. May, I think, has especially distinguished himself. (Loud applause.) It might be said that in the position which he held he could hardly have kept back, but from the very first, when he began the work with his own men, up to the end, he was unremitting in his efforts.\n\nHe had the task to organise the work of all the men, superintend the house-to-house visitation, attend to the removal of the sick from Taipingshan, and all the cleansing and disinfecting work, with a great deal of physical labour about it; and the exertion he went through and zeal he displayed are beyond all praise. (Applause.) His perseverance and courage did not for a moment desert him, even when he saw his fellow worker, Capt. Vouy, stricken down. I know myself that the first tram brought him down in the morning, and it was not until late at night that he reached his home again. I am quite sure you will agree with me that he behaved right well. To the members of the force who worked under him we are indebted for very valuable services. To the other volunteers—there were about twenty of them—who responded to the call of the Permanent Committee we are also indebted; they all more or less lent help according to their abilities and the time at their disposal. I would mention especially Mr. H. C. Nicolle, Mr. W. Blaynay, and Mr. Chesney Duncan.\n\nFrom the medical profession we always expect that where there is danger or any human suffering to be alleviated, they will be to the front. That profession has a glorious record of heroic deeds and devotedness to duty, and the members of the profession in Hongkong will not allow that reputation to be in any way lowered or sullied. Surgeon-Major James and Dr. Pauny volunteered at once, and, with Dr. Ayres and Dr. Lowson, left no stone unturned to afford every assistance science could give for the benefit of those who were combatting the disease or to those who had fallen victims to it. I must not forget to mention the Permanent Committee. They had a heavy task. They had to organise the carrying out of a great many of those measures, and they did their work well. Mr. Francis, I know, devoted a great part of his time for several months to this work, and his fellow committee men assure me of the assistance they have received from him. (Applause). I should not like to forget Mr. Crook, who had very disagreeable work to do. He worked hard and earnestly throughout the whole of the epidemic. (Applause) Nor would you wish me to pass over Capt. Hastings. (Applause.) You will no doubt remember that at one time a very serious difficulty arose with respect to the disposal of the dead.\n\nIt taxed the resources of the Sanitary Board for some time, but gruesome as was the task and repulsive as were the details, Captain Hastings stepped into the breach, and, with the assistance of some military and some seamen, he soon overcame all obstacles. Gentlemen, I have just been reminded that I have been very negligent; instead of giving the first place to the ladies I have left them to the last. It is not, however, on this occasion the least nor the lowest. They were also volunteers. This work could not have been required of them, not in the least. Anything outside the hospital was outside their contract, and not only this, but it was extra work, for their hospital duties went on all the time as usual. Yet the services of the Sisters at the Government Civil Hospital were given without a murmur; they obediently volunteered their services to nurse the sick and went forth upon their self-imposed task of mercy in the alacrity and good will and, with the greatest kindness and devotion, day after day nursed those stricken down by the plague. Do you recognise what this meant—tending the sick in the plague hospitals with all its repulsive symptoms and dangers—and yet not for one moment did one of those Sisters flinch; no risk or fear of contagion dismayed them. From first to last they performed their duty admirably. (Applause). They once more proved the truth of the great poet's words, who wrote:-\n\nWhen pain and anguish wring the brow\nA ministering angel thou.\n\nI hope that I have not forgotten anyone, but if I have the Committee you are about to appoint will certainly make up the deficiency. But long as I have detained you I will ask you for two or three minutes' indulgence in order that I may pay tribute to the memory of one who died in your service. Capt. Vesey was justly popular in his regiment. He had, I believe, everything that could make life worth living and enjoyable, and he had intended, I understand, soon to retire to live in his own country and among his old friends. It has been otherwise ordained. He obeyed the call of duty and gave a bright example to his men by the zeal and unflinching energy which he threw into this work. He stopped at the work after he should have retired from it; he was seized by the disease and he died of it. Surely that was not a soldier's death; not the one I think that we or he would have chosen. He no doubt would have preferred to have met his death at the head of his men amid the din of battle, with the shout of victory ringing in his ears to cheer him even in the throes of death itself; instead of that he died on a bed of sickness among strangers in a strange land. Let us hope that ere his gallant spirit passed away the pang of separation was mitigated, the grief of dying among strangers was softened, and he was comforted in his last moments by the thought that he had laid down his life in the service of others. He will live in our memories. We shall require no storied urn or animated bust to remind us of him, for he has erected his own monument in one year's work. But I am sure that you would wish that his services and death should remain recorded here long after we have passed away. Gentlemen, I have done. We honour ourselves in recognising such services as have been rendered to us, and in seeking to honour those to whom our gratitude is due. I know I have interpreted the feelings of this community in saying that we are most anxious to recognise those services and to show by some outward mark our great appreciation of them. I have much pleasure in proposing: That this meeting do resolve that the services rendered to this community during the recent plague by those who assisted are worthy of recognition. (Loud applause.)\n\nMr. E. MACKINTOSH—After the very able and eloquent speech we have heard from the Acting Chief Justice I am sure that there is no necessity for me to detain you at all. The resolution which has been proposed by him I am sure must appeal to the hearts of every one of us, who have of necessity been passing through this great emergency. I think there will be one responsive vote to the motion just proposed. I beg to second it.\n\nThe motion was carried with loud applause.\n\nMr. T. JACKSON—Your Excellency and gentlemen, I am sure we all fully appreciate the very eloquent speech of the mover of the first resolution just made. I am sure there is not one of us who does not thoroughly appreciate the noble band of men who first combatted the plague, for it was then a very serious matter indeed. Speaking for myself I can only remember that the lay volunteers who went into the native town to clear out those pest places were really going into the jaws of death. We have great reason to be thankful that only one—the noble Vesey—died. I am sure that the services of the Naval and Military and of the Public Works Department were...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 357184, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6]", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6]", "content_text": "# THE DAILY PRESS\n## HONGKONG, APRIL 2ND, 1895\n\n### THE COOLIE STRIKE\n#### RETIREMENT OF THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE\n\nA public meeting summoned by the Committee appointed at the meeting on Thursday last was held yesterday morning in the City Hall. The Hon. J J. Keswick presided, and among those present were—Messrs. E. Mackintosh, St. C. Michaelsen, N. A. Siebs, G. B. Dedwall, D. Gillies, H, L. Deuoys (Committee), Hon. A. McConachie, Captain Rumsey, Messrs. C. C. Platt, J. S. Moses, J. D. Hutchison, W. Dauby, G. Murray Bain, J. H. Cox, W. Maobeas, G. T. tintou, O. irodhinh tà, C C laster, a Ezekiel, J. B. Coughtrie, C. Palmer, J. Gonsmann, B. C. Ray, D... Brown, G. Sharp, H. Skött, D. R. Sassons, R. Shewan, Rev. G. J. Williams, Capt. Tillett, Messrs. A. Shelton Hooper, S. G. Bird, W. Mathisen, W. A. Duff, F. Jones Hughes, H. inith, Ho Tusg, J. Wheeler, A. Findlay smith, S. L. Darby, f Flolmes, F. W. watts, F. Walker, J. Watson, I. B. Wodehouse, C. A. Tomes, Douglas Jones, A H. Ronnie, E. Goetz, F. Henderson, &c., &c.\n\nThe **CHAIRMAN** said—Gentlemen, the Committee have summoned you together in order to state that they, having done all that lies in their power to assist in terminating the present labour strike, now relinquish all farther responsibility, and hope the Government will be successful in bringing the unhappy state of affairs to a speedy conclusion. The Committee individually and collectively may see fit to adopt independent action towards terminating the trouble, but in any case they intend in the future, as in the past, to give their loyal support to the Executive. (Applause). Matters now are in just where they were, and the only thing to do, I fear, is to tire the coolies out, which is a long and expensive process. The costs entailed are enormous, but as a matter of course the Government will gain the day in the long run. There ought to be laws in the colony making striking illegal, so that on any recurrence of such strikes they could be put an end to without the enormous losses entailed by a process of exhaustion. (Applause). The best thing this meeting can do is to leave the difficulties and responsibilities in the hands of the Government to deal with (applause); and I would repeat that, so far as this Committee is concerned, its public functions terminate, although it may endeavour to give individual and collective private assistance. (Applause).\n\nThere was a pause of two or three minutes, at the end of which\n\nMr. D. E. BROWN said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I do not think that at the present juncture of the strike, having assembled here to-day, we should permit this meeting to be adjourned now. We, I think—I at least—came here to-day to listen to some further suggestions from the members of the community who were possibly not present at the meeting on Thursday. I think by adjourning now we would very materially weaken the hands of the Government. We should be here to-day to demonstrate to the strikers that the community is working in perfect accord with the Government and that we are willing to continue our exertions on behalf of the Government. (Applause). I think it would be a very great mistake to let this meeting terminate now. Before the meeting on Thursday—and I might say that has all along been the desire on the part of the community—it was considered advisable that the shipping community should unite and formulate amongst themselves some scheme that would prove of assistance to the Government in quelling what I do not consider a strike but a rebellion. (Applause). A strike in its proper sense, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I consider is one in which the employed have a grievance against the employer of labour; in this case, it is clearly demonstrated the strikers have no grievance against their employers. They are satisfied apparently with the wages they are getting and the treatment they receive at the hands of the employers, but because a certain number of the Chinese community see fit to disagree with and become disgusted with the laws enacted by our Government, I do not think we Europeans should countenance any action on their part with that end in view. We Europeans have to conform with the laws; why should not the Chinese? (Applause). I did not intend to speak and I do not think I should, had there not been a possibility of the meeting being declared closed; and I hope anything I have had to say will be taken kindly and will have good effect. My company stands prepared to join the other shipping firms in the colony in devising some scheme either to bring in foreign labour or any other means that will assist the Government in putting down this rebellion. (Loud applause).\n\nMr. HO TUNG—Gentlemen, if you will allow me I have a few remarks to make. Furthermore, if my English is not sufficient to express my views I hope you will make me every allowance. On Friday last, when the Chinese deputation came to meet the Committee, it appears to my mind that there were only two things to be done. One was for the Government to be very firm and to take all consequences, and the other was to see whether we could modify so as not to lose the credit of the Government, but at the same time to induce the strikers to terminate. The deputation distinctly said that nothing would be done before the Governor's proclamation, but unfortunately the Governor was afloat, and the Colonial Secretary was interviewed and our suggestions were laid before him. I have no hesitation in saying that if any gentleman here had been here on Friday, being over anxious at the loss which he had already sustained, he would have come to no conclusion but the one that the Committee and the deputation did come to. The circular was nothing, it was merely a publication of what actually took place and nothing more. You see, gentlemen, it is very easy to criticise after what has been done, but when you come and work it is quite a different matter. Personally I strongly admire the Government for being firm, because I must strongly condemn the strikers, but I have no hesitation in saying that the Government might have adopted better and more proper preparations, so as to provide the mercantile community with sufficient labourers. They anticipated the strike months ago, and they could have adopted some better preparations so as to avoid the throwing away of thousands of dollars every day by the mercantile community. It is very easy for some gentlemen to say that the leading Chinese are at the bottom of this strike, or that they have been sympathising with the strikers. Well, gentlemen, I appeal to you, as successful business men, to think what benefit or what good the leading Chinese derive from this strike, considering the very heavy losses which they have already sustained. They are not exaggerated, and if you were to go through the figures, I would be able to prove that so far we have lost, if not more, at least as much as the Europeans. I further appeal to the Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, who is in close contact with the leading Chinese, and I wonder whether... \n\nPage 39", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-267 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [4-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 362126, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896", "page_number": 351, "title": "CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896", "content_text": "Cruickshank, W. J. Cunningham, J. K. Cull, James Cushny, A.\n\nDaniel, F. R.\n\nDaniel, II. W.\n\nDarling, D. A.\n\nDavis, Ed.\n\nDavis, J. K.\n\nDawbarn, A. H.\n\nDent, Sir A, K.C.M.G\n\nDent, Herbert\n\nDeacon, F. S.\n\nDeacon, V. H.\n\nDennys, H. L.\n\nDick, James\n\nDickinson, Chas.\n\nDickinson, J. M.\n\nD'Iffanger, F. Dodd, Johu Dodds, Jas. Dods, G., M.D. Dodwell, G. B.\n\nDowdall, Chas.\n\nDowler, H. G. Drummond, W. V.\n\nDudgeon, C. J. Duer, Y.\n\nDuncanson, E. F.\n\nDunlop, O. G. B.\n\nDunn, C. A. L.\n\nDuff, T. W.\n\nDyce, C. M.\n\nEaston, A. J.\n\nEde, N. J.\n\nEdwards, Sir J. Bevan, Major. Gen. R.E., K.C.M.G., C.B. Edwards, W. D. S.\n\nElles, Jamieson\n\nEzekiel, S.\n\nEzekiel, M. D.\n\nFairley, F. B.\n\nFalconer, John, M.R.C.S. Fergusson Jas.\n\nFindlay, J.\n\nFord, C. M.\n\nForrest, T.\n\nFrancis, R.\n\nFrancis, J. J., Q.C.\n\nFraser, D.\n\nFraser, J. A.\n\nFurlong, R. S.\n\nGalloway, C. J.\n\nGaminan, E.\n\nGamwell, F. R. Gardner, Wade Gilfillan, S. Gillies, D. Gilman. 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Bell\n\nJackson, Thos.\n\nJackson, Wm.\n\nJackson, D.\n\nJamieson, G. Jardine, Sir R., Bart. Johnson, A. B. Johnson, George F. Johnstone, Jas., M.D.\n\n5\n\nJones, Douglas Joseph, H. H. Jukes, M.P.\n\nKennedy, R. Kenny, W. J. Keswick, J. J. Keswick. Wm.\n\nKidner, Wm.\n\nKinnear, H. R.\n\nKilby, E. Flint\n\nKingdon, N. P.\n\nKing, Walter E.\n\nKnowles, J. S.\n\nLang, Wm. Lavers, P. F. Lemann, Wm.\n\nLeslie, S.\n\nLester, H.\n\nLiddell, C. O.\n\nLines, A. J.\n\nLitchfield, H. C.\n\nLittle, L. S., M.D.\n\nLittle, R. W.\n\nLittle, W. D.\n\nLong, F. S. Lowder, J. F. Lucas, C.\n\nMacandrew, J. Maccall, E. Macgregor, J. Mackintosh, E. Mackintosh, J. S. Macleod Neil, M.D.\n\nMacleod, A.\n\nMcBain, G.\n\nMcConachie, A.\n\nMcDonald, W.\n\nMcEwen, A. P.\n\n346\n\nMcEuen, J. P., Capt. R.N. McKie, James\n\nMcLoughlin, E. McLean, D.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 456677, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-425 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [10-12]", "page_number": 843, "title": "CO129-425 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [10-12]", "content_text": "506\n\nto\n\nTHE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS\n\nand words of which were written, in one case, by a Chinese who lived nearly 2,500 years ago, and, in the other case, by a Chinese who flourished over 1,000 years ago. His Excellency concluded by saying that he believed that the breakwater would add materially to the prosperity of the port. Junks and engaged in loading unloading steamers would be able to work a longer time when they could fly to the Refuge for protection in case of storms. He hoped the time would soon come when the prosperity of the port and the increase of the small craft would compel the construction of still another and yet larger refuge. (Loud applause.)\n\nislands and on the shores of the main land he had no more modern appliances than two steam crane barges. He had four barges with hand-cranes, and the rest of the plant consisted of the most ramshackle set of junks I have ever seen anywhere. (Laughter.) He bought them up in Canton, Macao, and elsewhere, like a very wise man, as cheaply as possible. The junks were fitted with derricks made of not very solid-looking timber, and fitted with ropes, which I have a strong suspicion, were bought at the auction at the Naval Yard when condemned to the public. (Laughter.) No one looking at the very primitive appliances that he has used would think that the work could possibly be done in the time and without accidents involving a very considerable loss of life. I have watched the work and watched the reports of accidents, and during the five years that this work has been under construction there has not been one single accident either to a junk, or of parting of a rope, or of the slipping of heavy stone. There was only one life lost during the whole of the period, and that was through an accident to an old woman, who was killed by a splinter of stone during blasting operations on one of the islands where stone was being collected. That is, I think, a wonderful record for a work of this magnitude.\" (Applause.)\n\nCheers were given at the call of His Excellency for Messrs. Jaffé and Duncan, and \"Efficient John Chinaman\" (the contractor).\n\nPRINCE OF WALES' FUND.\n\nSUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 1.\n\nMr. and Mrs. G. L. Platt (December)\n\nMr. B. Swenson Police 4th Sub.) A & F M.\n\nMr. S. G Newail\n\nMr. R. Di Harvey's Fund:-\n\nCollected by Capt. C. A. Multon Amoy) Capt. and Mrs. A. Mutton, $15; Miss E O'Sullivan, $5; Mr. J. Noble $10; Mr. G. Mathews, $5; Mr. C. 8. J. Boland, $5; Mr. Percy K. Hazlitt, $10\n\nIt was very interesting to consider how these stones were handled, proceeded H.E. the Governor: The two steam crane barges were moved out to some of the islands or adjacent shores for the purpose of dealing with the heaviest stones only, 5-ton stones, of which there were many in this work. The cranes would lift as many of these 5-ton stones as were within their radius, and deposit them on to the junks, in which they were brought to Mongkoktsui, and lowered by the derricks of these junks into the water. When the 5-ton stones were not within reach of the crane, the junkmen would get hold of a long chain from the hand cranes, and the stone would be dragged down to the beach, fastened to the stern of a flat-bottomed sampan, and towed to a junk. The stone, of course, effectively weighed half its weight on land when suspended in the water, and this weight was counter-balanced by stones placed in the bow of the sampan.\n\nThey came to inscribe the legend on the stone, he (the Governor) considered they should have a Chinese inscription as well. It was suggested to him by H.M.'s Consul-General in Canton that the Civil Governor of the Province was an extremely erudite Chinese scholar. So he (the Governor) wrote to His Excellency Chang Ming Chi and asked him to write an inscription for this memorial stone. His Excellency undertook it with great good nature. The words are \"Kwong Lan Po Cheung,\" which mean \"A Bulwark against the raging waves.\" They might like to know where these words came from. The first two characters, \"Kwong Lan,\" mean \"raging waves,\" and are quoted from \"Holding back the raging waves that have rolled forward\" in the Tsun Hok Kai by Hon Yu (A.D. 788-824), of the Tong Dynasty. The other words, \"Po Cheung,\" mean \"bulwark,\" and are quoted from \"The City Shing is the bulwark of the clan of Mang\" in a record in \"Tao Chun\" of the events in the 13th year of Duke Ting of the Lo State (B.C. 50). This magnificent work was the product of European engineering skill backed by Chinese quite uninstructed but very practical suggestions and the extraordinary efficiency of the Chinese race.\n\nCollected by Miss Square Dr. Forsyth, $5; Mr. Mauricio, $10; Mr. Martin, $5; Mr. F. Mackintosh, $5; T.A.L., $5; A.J.S., $1; P.C., $2.50\n\nCollected by Capt. H. D. Jones - Capt. and Mrs. H. D. Jones, $30; Mr. F. Becke, $15; Capt. Wollscott, $10; Mr. W. L. Forter, $10.\n\nCollected by Mr. Murray Bain - Mr. E. Murray Bain, $10; Mr. H. Murray Bain, $5; Mr. G. Harper, $5.\n\nCollected by Mr. R.D. Harvey - Mr. Herbert Goffe, C.M.G., (17th Sub) $50; Capt. S. C. H. Wilde, $10; Staff, Green Island Cement Works (Kowloon), Staff, Holt's Wharf Kowloon), $53; Mr. J. McGregor (Foochow), $3; G.L., $100; R.D.H., $60; H.B., $5; L.B., $3.10\n\nMr. G. B. Carpenter $24.00\n\nMr. E. A. Pritchard $20.00\n\n$72;\n\nStaff of Taikoo Dockyard (14th Sub.)\n\nMessrs. Thoresen & Co.\n\nCollected by Mr. C. E. Warren - Mr. H. Stainfield, $5; Mr. A. J. Walters, $6; Mr. R. H. Ramson, $5; Mr. J. Acock, $9; Mr. A. Cordeiro, $3; Mr. A. J. Lindberg, $2; Mr. J. M. Xavier, $2; Mr. C. E. Warren, $3; Mr. C. W. Olsen, $1; Mrs. C. E. Warren, $2\n\nAlready acknowledged Monthly subscriptions Already acknowledged\n\n$20 0. 5.00 120.00\n\n--\n\n[December 24th, 1916, Balance in hand ....... $21,528.63\n\nN. J. STABB,\n\nHon. Treasurer.\n\nHongkong, 16th December, 1915,\n\nFUND TO BE CLOSED.\n\nAt a meeting of the Committee of the Prince of Wales' Fund, held at the Council Chamber Hongkong, on December 18th, it was decided on the motion of H.E. the Governor, who presided, to close the fund on December 31st.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY said that he had called the members together to propose that the fund should be closed at the end of the month. When the war broke out it was anticipated that there would be a good deal of unemployment in the United Kingdom. That anticipation was realised for some time, but then a different set of circumstances supervened with the withdrawal of large numbers of men from the labour market and the large amount of work necessary for the Government, and instead of there being a shortage there was an excess of employment with a shortage of labour. That had continued, and out of the large amount subscribed to the Fund only a small sum had been expended in relief of distress. The remainder, over £500,000 sterling, had been invested and would be used at the conclusion of the war for the relief of distress which might supervene when the labour market would again become considerably disturbed, or for other reasons.\n\nIn the meantime it did not appear necessary that the fund should be added to by subscriptions from this Colony, at any rate, where many people had bound themselves to monthly subscriptions not thinking that the war would last so long, and being in many cases unable to afford those monthly subscriptions. There were other funds for various charitable purposes connected with the war, and there was also no doubt that presently they would be asked to subscribe to another national loan. Those two objects, the charitable and the patriotic, assisting the Government with funds to carry on the war, were both objects to which people might very usefully subscribe. In those circumstances it seemed proper to close the fund.\n\nThe Hon. Mr. WEI YU seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously, while Mr. N. J. Stabb, as Hon. Treasurer, and his staff were thanked for their services, on the motion of H.E. the GOVERNOR, seconded by the Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK.\n\nA smoking concert held under the auspices of the Nanking branch of the Patriotic League of Britons Overseas recently realised $825, in aid of the fund for sending Christmas presents to the troops at the front.\n\nA most successful Pianoforte Recital was given on December 11th Shameen by Mr. Denman Fuller, supported by Miss Wilkes, who was ably accompanied in her songs by Mrs. Adams. The audience, though a small one owing to the inclement weather, was highly appreciative throughout the whole programme. Lovers of music had a treat also on Sunday evening, when Mr. Denman Fuller very kindly gave an Organ Recital at Christ Church.\n\nThe proceeds of the two recitals, amounting to about $500, are being devoted to various War Funds, and remitted to London, £29,000 ... $323,605.84.\n\nResidents of Shameen are fortunate in having had Mr. Fuller's voluntary assistance for this purpose.\n\nPage 507\n\n...\n\n9/4/16\n\nStran\n\n139.\n\nSu May\n\nStrele\n\n9/47.\n\n16\n\n834\n\nStay\n\nthe receipt &\n\n9 Feb 76\n\nL\n\n+\n\nhave se to ach:\n\no You\n\ndeep\n\nNo 419 of the\n\n30-De\n\nin which your recommend to my notice the Excellent work done by Ch. 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P. *McGrath, W. \n\nMcIsaac, Jas. R. McLean. A. W. *McLoughlin, E. \n\nMcMurtrie, J. A. F. McMurtrie, J. H. T. McNaughton, W. B. McNeill, D. *Medhurst, G. H. Melluish, G. J. \n\nMerrill, E. J. \n\n518", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503162, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "page_number": 237, "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "content_text": "China Mail\n\nNo. 2998.\n\nOVERLAND\n\nESTABLISHED\n\n1946.\n\nWEEKLY EDITION OF THE DAILY \"CHINA MAIL.\"\n\nHONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926.\n\nBIRTHS.\n\nBAULD. On July 12, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bauld, a son.\n\nEDWARDS. On June 30, 1926, at Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. B. Edwards, a daughter.\n\nFOSTER-HALL.--On July 10, at Tientsin, Margaret, only child of Mr. and Mrs. B. Foster Hall, Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai, aged two years and two months.\n\nBUCH. On July 11, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Burch, a daughter.\n\nGARDINER. On July 9, at the Foochow Sanatorium, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gardiner, a daughter.\n\nHOWELL. On July 7, at St. Marie's Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Howell, a son.\n\nMOLLAND. On July 7, at Peking, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwin Molland, a daughter.\n\nSOLOMON. On July 11, at the New Country Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Solomon, Hon. Representative, a daughter.\n\nMARRIAGE.\n\nWEBB-PALMER.- On July 12, at H.B.M. Consulate-General, Shanghai, Violet, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Palmer, of London and Shanghai, to Joseph Victor, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Webb, of Liverpool.\n\nDEATHS.\n\nDARBISHIRE.- On July 4, 1926, at Home, Frances, widow of Charles William Darbishire.\n\nPage 236\n\nMail. Postage, $13.00 per annum.\n\nPrice, $1.00 per Annum, including postage.\n\n30 Cents per Single Copy.\n\n丙次歲年伍拾國民華中\n\nNow it would appear that the cordial relations that were supposed to exist between Sir Reginald E. Stubbs and the Press of the Colony were one-sided.\n\nHistory, if the chronicler is faithful, will reveal that for the local Press Sir Reginald expressed at a certain valedictory gathering the utmost contempt. Literally he bit the hand that fed him. Not only did he refrain from uttering one solitary acknowledgment of the help given to him as Governor by the Press, but, with malice aforethought, he went out of his way to belittle it, and demean it.\n\nAs murder will out, so will sayings of Cinciis in high places.\n\nDuring the regime of Sir Reginald E. Stubbs as Governor it appeared on the surface, at least, that he was favoured with what is known as a \"good Press,\" which, whilst retaining their innate rights and independence, the local newspapers, in times of stress and trial, were ever ready to do all that the Press can do to strengthen the Government's hands and to give the right lead to the whole community.\n\nA CHEAP SNEER.\n\n'ress was made at a private and public function, knowing full well that his speech would not be reported in the usual way and that, therefore, the much-maligned Press would be deprived of any opportunity to defend itself against such an uncalled-for and unprovoked attack.\n\nMoreover, he took previous good care that his denunciation, couched in no elegant terms, of the local newspapers was made at a private and public function.\n\nWe have not the slightest hesitation in saying that, go where he will and meet with the same difficult times as he did here, Sir Reginald Stubbs will never meet with a Press so uniformly helpful and tolerant as even that of this Colony.\n\nSir Reginald Stubbs is no longer with us, and his base betrayal of the Press can disturb our equanimity not one iota.\n\nWhatever success he may have achieved in his capacity as Governor here, he owed in very large part to the Press.\n\nThat is said in no spirit of \"crowning\" or vainglory.\n\nHe was throughout his tenure of office treated with the dignity and respect due to His Majesty the King's representative.\n\nSir Reginald Stubbs had a better Press than he deserved.\n\nCONTENTS.\n\nLeading Articles:\n\nA Cheap Sneer 1-2\n\n24 Hours Notice 2\n\nTelepathy 2\n\nStorm Havoc 2-3\n\nStorm Precautions 3\n\nBoxer Indemnity Funds 3\n\nObituary 3\n\nOverland China Mail.\n\n\"One Man Show!\"\n\nYoung Prodigy 4\n\nComing Here 5\n\nThe Boycott 5\n\nAbout Swee 6\n\nJunk Piracy 7\n\nFrance's Day 7\n\nCadet Ships Visit 8\n\nCapt. Macintosh 8\n\nKidnapping Case 9\n\nDeep-Sea Fishing 9\n\nFatal Wounding 9\n\nForged Notes 10\n\nCalifornia Collegians 10\n\nThief Caught 10\n\nStolen Umbrella? 10\n\nMore Red Tape? 10\n\nMotor Accidents 10\n\nScouts' Work 11\n\nChina Provident 11\n\nAlleged Assault 12\n\nTunnel Boys 12\n\nRobbery Attempt 12\n\nNarrow Escapes 12\n\nTraffic Changes 12\n\nPirates Aground 12\n\nColony & Finances 13\n\nLocal Imports 13\n\nWinding Up 14\n\nMental Cures 14\n\nNaval Visitors 15\n\nPolice Report 15\n\nCanton News 16-17\n\nBoy Thieves 17\n\nHopes Gone? 18\n\nHong Kong Doubles Tennis 18\n\nLocal Baseball 19\n\nChallenge Cup 19\n\nTennis League 20\n\nPalace Hotel Billiards 20\n\nA Bye-Election 20\n\nAnother Shooting 21\n\nPassenger List 21\n\nDomestic Occurrences 22-26\n\nRecord Hongkong Deluge 27\n\n37 Years Ago 27\n\nFound Shot 27\n\nStorm Items 27\n\nPeak Water 28\n\nPeakite's Letter 28\n\nFood Thieves 28\n\nA Medicine Deal 29\n\nOur Man Seized 29\n\nCafe Dispute 30\n\nMixed Court 30\n\nColony's Health 30\n\nC.S. P. Held Up 30\n\nDown South 30\n\nValley Assault 31\n\nChinese Y.M.C.A. 31\n\nH.K. Angling Club 31\n\nMotor Routes 31\n\nAppeal Court 31\n\nTraffic Again 31\n\nTwo Motor Accidents 31\n\nYarn Market 32\n\nTyphoon News 32\n\nHongkong Hotel 32\n\nCafe Incident 32\n\nFire at Sea 32\n\nDaylight Robbery 32\n\n24 Hours 32\n\nThought Feeling 32\n\nPupils' Work 32\n\nPage 236\n\n號弍廿月柒年陸拾式百玖干壹英", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503166, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "page_number": 241, "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "content_text": "240\n\n24 HOURS.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nMr. John Melville Anderson, master mariner, was the plaintiff in a Supreme Court action this morning in which he claimed $1,515 damages from the Man Wing Steamship Company, this consisting of three months' salary in lieu of notice.\n\nMr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask, was for the plaintiff and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. D. McCallum, was for the defendants.\n\nMr. Sheldon said that Mr. Anderson joined the employ of the chief officer of the company \"Haitan\" in December, 1923, and in January of the following year was appointed master, continuing in that capacity until November of that year. His appointment as master followed the proceeding home of Capt. Jones and it was on Capt. Jones's recommendation that Mr. Anderson was appointed.\n\nThe interview at which the appointment was made took place in the presence of Mr. Chang, the managing director of the Company, and Mr. Ho, an interpreter. Capt. Jones and Mr. Anderson being the only others present.\n\nAt that interview, Mr. Anderson would tell the Court that there was no question of notice discussed at all.\n\nThere was no written agreement but it was verbally agreed that Mr. Anderson should take over at the same wages and emoluments as Capt. Jones.\n\nNo Reason Given.\n\nIn November 1924 when the ship returned to Hongkong, said Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Ho came on board and handed Mr. Anderson a letter terminating his engagement. No reason was given and Mr. Ho said he could give none. It was not his doing but the decision of the owners.\n\nMr. Ho offered Mr. Anderson a month's wages which Mr. Anderson refused. Mr. Anderson had an interview with the Harbour Master also with the secretary of the China Coast Officers' Guild as a result of which he saw solicitors.\n\nMr. Anderson had not been able to get employment after his dismissal until January of the following year when he accepted a position as third officer on one of Jardine Matheson's coastal boats.\n\nMr. Anderson then went into the witness box and bore out counsel's opening remarks. He had had twenty years' experience of the China coast, he stated, eleven of which had been with Messrs. Butterfield and Swire as second and chief officer.\n\nCross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, witness said that his salary with the employ of defendants worked out to about $237 a month. He joined Jardine Matheson's after he left the defendants on January 17, 1925.\n\nMr. Jenkin: So you were employed for 37 days of the three months in respect of which you make your claim.\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nMr. Jenkin: That reduces your claim to $1,234.48.\n\nIn answer to further questions, witness said that as chief officer with the defendant company he had been on a 24 hours' agreement.\n\nAn Old Friend.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Capt. Jones was a very old friend of yours?\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nMr. Jenkin: And do you mean to tell us that he neither mentioned to you nor did you know of your own knowledge that he was on a 24 hours' notice agreement?\n\nWitness: Yes. It was not until his return that I found that out. He said he forgot to tell me.\n\nMr. Jenkin: The question of the period of your service and of possible length of notice is one of the most important points to consider when entering into an engagement, is it not?\n\nWitness would not commit himself in reply to this question.\n\nThe evidence of Mr. Anderson having concluded the case for the plaintiffs, Mr. Jenkin briefly addressed the court before calling Mr. E. Chang to give evidence. He spoke of the practice followed by the defendant company in engaging masters on 24 hours' notice and said that it was incomprehensible that this very important factor would have been entirely omitted from the interview, as a result of which Mr. Anderson was appointed.\n\nMr. Jenkin put it to Mr. Anderson that what had taken place at the interview was that he had been engaged \"on the same agreement\" or \"on the same terms\" as Capt. Jones.\n\nThis witness denied and said that only the question of wages and emoluments was discussed. The interview only lasted a few minutes, Mr. Chang could not speak English and Mr. Ho interpreted and told witness that Mr. Chang was agreeable to his being engaged on the same wages and emoluments as Capt. Jones.\n\n\"Allee Same Agreement.\"\n\nMr. Jenkin: I put it to you that Mr. Chang said to you and Capt. Jones in broken English \"allee same agreement. Capt. Jones: 24 hours notice,\" and that you, or at any rate Capt. Jones, said \"Yes.\"\n\nWitness: No, that is not so.\n\nMr. Chang did not speak even in pidgin English.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Would you have taken the position if it had been offered you on those terms?\n\nWitness: No.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Why not?\n\nWitness: I would not consider it a proper agreement for a master.\n\nAsked what ships other than the \"Haitan\" he had been master of on the China coast, Mr. Anderson replied that he had been master of the \"Chuen Chow,\" a river boat, and of vessels in Australia.\n\nThe whole question hinged on the interview at which Mr. Anderson was appointed, said Mr. Sheldon. Mr. Anderson had no knowledge as to what notice Capt. Jones was on. It was not until after his dismissal that Mr. Anderson found out that Capt. Jones had been on a written agreement under which he was liable to 24 hours' notice.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Were you not under a 24 hours' notice agreement as master of the \"Chuen Chow\"?\n\nWitness: No.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Were you on a 24 hours' notice agreement as junior officer?\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nIn his final address on behalf of the owners at yesterday afternoon's hearing of the case in which Mr. J. M. Anderson, master mariner, claimed $1,515 from the Man Wing Steamship Company as wages in lieu of notice of termination of a verbal agreement for his captaincy of the s.s. \"Haitan,\" Mr. F. C. Jenkin dealt with the element of hardship which might appear on the face of things. He would like to point out, though, he said, that Mr. Anderson by the fortuitous fact that Capt. Jones went home on private affairs in 1924 stepped into a job whereby his salary was doubled for a period of ten months.\n\nMr. Jenkin said it was inconceivable that, although Mr. Anderson was working on the same ship as Capt. Jones and was a very great personal friend of his, he was not aware of the conditions of Capt. Jones's employment whereby he could be dismissed at 24 hours' notice.\n\n[No. 2998-July 22, 1926]\n\nIt was thought that there would have been discussion of terms of employment. It was also remarkable that in handing Captain Anderson a letter dismissing him at 24 hours' notice, Ho should have offered him a month's salary in lieu of notice. In the first correspondence between the solicitors, there was no mention of this.\n\nThe first letter from the plaintiffs was to the effect that the claim was for wrongful dismissal and that Captain Anderson was entitled to three months' notice. It was remarkable if the solicitors had known of this that they should not have mentioned it in their letters. Had they done so, it would have strengthened plaintiff's case.\n\nCaptain Jones, whose place plaintiff took, was in fact on an agreement determinable at 24 hours' notice and he found it difficult to understand how, when the four men met, Captain Anderson was not in possession of this information.\n\nIt was to him a matter of regret that neither side had called Captain Jones.\n\nThe question of 24 hours' notice was evidently present in the mind of Chan and it appeared reasonable to suppose that this important matter was mentioned at the interview.\n\nHe came to that conclusion without finding that Captain Anderson had deliberately attempted to deceive the court, because the meeting seemed to have been short and informal and it was possible that the plaintiff did not fully apprehend all that took place.\n\nHe entered judgment for defendants, with costs.\n\nCAPT. MACINTOSH.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nCapt. W. MacIntosh of the pirated s.s. \"Tungchow,\" (seized in January last by Cantonese pirates near Weihaiwei, taken to Bias Bay and then abandoned) is leaving for Home.\n\nCapt. MacIntosh is one of the China Navigation Co.'s best-known skippers, and he left Shanghai last week for England on the P. & O. He had to have a foot amputated, as a result of the wound he received when the ship was seized.\n\nThe pirates tried to compel Capt. MacIntosh to surrender. As a consequence, he refused to do so. The pirates shot at him, and Capt. MacIntosh was wounded.\n\nThere was evidence before the court that he was on a practically ever 24 hours' agreement with the same company.\n\nThree men arrested on a sampan were identified as members of the pirate gang and were put to death recently before a firing squad in the native city at Shung-shan.\n\n\"Remarkable Version.\"\n\nHis Lordship in delivering judgment said Captain Anderson's version of the interview was remarkable, notice being three months.\n\n[No. 2998-July 22, 1926]\n\nTHOUGHT FEELING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nProfessor Maximilian Langsner, a Pole who has devoted his life to the study of telepathy (\"thought feeling,\" as he prefers to call it) and hypnotism is at present in Hongkong in the course of a world tour.\n\nThe practice adopted by Prof. Langsner is to make a prolonged stay in each country for the purpose of carrying out observations which will enable him to perfect his art. He realises that this cannot be accomplished in the space of a few weeks such as might enable a novelist to write a passably good novel with certain local colour.\n\nHis study of the psychology of the peoples of the various countries included in his itinerary is extended over a considerable period. He has been on his travels for some years and intends to devote another two or three to life in China and Japan.\n\nThe countries he has visited in the course of the present tour are Greece, Egypt, Persia, India, and Indo-China.\n\nProf. Langsner has given demonstrations in Telepathy in some of the places he has visited. Such demonstrations are not, however, the main purpose of his visit.\n\nHe emphasises that his feats are not illusions, in fact he prefers to have a sceptical audience. If it should be practicable for a local demonstration to be given, Hongkong people will have the opportunity of witnessing the remarkable powers which Prof. Langsner undoubtedly possesses.\n\nIn Indo-China, according to the Press, \"his claim to read the mind of another was genuinely proved. It was the most convincing demonstration of telepathy yet given to a theatre audience.\"\n\nConfirmed By Reuters.\n\nSimilar appreciation is reported from the other places he has visited, glowing accounts being given of his almost incredible demonstrations, sceptics who challenged him being reported as entirely convinced of the genuineness of his claims and subsequently becoming his friends and advocates.\n\nIn Calcutta, where he was challenged to make a long-distance telepathic communication, he detailed what was happening in certain streets in Paris and London, events which were confirmed by the manager of Reuters in Calcutta.\n\nIn Cairo, before a packed audience, five lions placed in an arena were mesmerised and, in the words of one of the newspapers, \"became as quiet as the docile cats of Angora.\"\n\nWhilst in Persia, the Professor was awarded the order of the \"Sun and Lion\" by the Shah and presented with a pair of Persian carpets.\n\nAnother test to which he was subjected in Indo-China was to drive a car blindfolded for a long distance, the occupants of the car being French officials.\n\nKIDNAPPING CASE.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nFurther evidence of a railway porter from Taipo and a woman occupier of a house at Second Street was called at the Central Magistracy this morning in the case in which a Chinese woman was charged with alleged kidnapping of an eleven-year-old boy.\n\nMr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared for the defence.\n\nEvidence was given by the constable of firing four shots with the intention of stopping the man who escaped after discarding his coat.\n\nPrevious to that, the detective had carried out a KIDNAPPING CASE.\n\nAfter hearing evidence, Mr. Lindsell considered that the charge could hardly be maintained, as the defendant had made no secret that the boy accompanied her on the train and in fact had told the principal tenant about it.\n\nOne very strong corroborating point was the evidence regarding the character of the deceased. No one had come forward to identify him.\n\nDealing with the use of firearms, Mr. Lindsell said that shooting was permissible in certain circumstances such as in chasing a man who is suspected of having committed a felony.\n\nIf it be believed the constable's story that the dagger was found on the man, then it was not an unreasonable assumption that the man was a felon, although the police had not been able to prove that a felony had been committed.\n\nIf the constable was justified in firing to stop him, and further, if he killed the man, then the killing was in law justifiable.\n\nThe Verdict.\n\nThe following were the questions to the jury and their answers:-\n\nHad the constable during the pursuit reasonable cause to suspect that the man had committed a felony? Yes.\n\nIf so, could he have effected an arrest by any other means short of firing? No.\n\nMr. Lindsell: On those answers, I return a verdict of justifiable homicide.\n\nPUPILS WORK.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nThe end of the term at Victoria British School (East Point) was made the occasion of an open day, parents and friends visiting the premises this morning and taking advantage of the opportunity of seeing the work done by the young pupils during the term and of observing the excellent system on which the school is run.\n\nThe basis on which the methods of instruction are founded is that the pupils should actively co-operate with the teachers as much as possible.\n\nIn this particular, the representation of material particulars which are under study by means of tableaux constructed by the pupils themselves is worthy of mention.\n\nThe pupils are encouraged to cut out from picture books the several ingredients to the scenes, the idea being that, pictorially represented, they convey a deeper meaning than mere words can do.\n\nSpecimens of the work of the scholars in needlework, designing, stencilling, etc., were on display, also some of the examination papers. These were the object of much interest by the parents and other friends who were welcomed by Mrs. E. M. Clark, Headmistress, and conducted over the premises by the staff and pupils.\n\nMrs. Clark, in welcoming those present, thanked the parents for their co-operation in the conduct of the school and the training of the children and expressed the hope that they would continue working together to the ends. Mrs. Clark also mentioned that she was always willing to co-operate in with a caution training for pupils particularly gifted along certain lines.\n\nA very pleasing programme of dances was then gone through, \"The Pipes of Pan\" to the accompaniment of the gramophone and \"Sleep Fairies\" and \"Bubbles\" to the pianoforte accompaniment of Miss A. E. Hendry, in charge of classes 6 and 7.\n\nThe younger scholars gave \"The Pierrots\" and the older pupils gave \"The Big Chief\" to the pianoforte accompaniment of Miss Hendry.\n\nThe pupils taking part were:-\n\nClass 6: Marie Clarke and Sidney Fowler.\n\nClass 7: Douglas Mackay, Douglas Taylor, James Clark, Alex MacFarlane and Albert Moss, William MacFarlane.\n\nClass 8: Mary Taylor, Ernie Fowler and Alison Mackay.\n\nInfants (\"B\"): Florry Fowler, Stella Stevenson, Eric Stone,\n\nInfants (\"A\"): Jean Clark, Robert Glen and Billy Gegg.\n\nFATAL WOUNDING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nThe inquiry into the death of a Chinese who was shot by a detective was resumed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell and a jury at the Central Magistracy to-day.\n\nIn his summing up to the jury, Mr. Lindsell said he saw no reason to doubt the evidence of the constable which was corroborated in material particulars.\n\nHe held that the boy accompanied the woman of his own accord and he did not believe the story that he was dragged into the train.\n\nThe defendant was discharged with a warning and the boy's brother, who was present in court, was ordered to look after him in future.\n\nDEEP-SEA FISHING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nA local deep-sea fishing competition will be held towards the end of this month for members of the Hongkong Angling Club if the weather permits. Particulars as to conditions will be announced later.\n\nMembers wishing to take part are requested to send their names in, as soon as possible, to the hon. secretary, Mr. E. B. C. Hornell, c/o Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.\n\nA Chinese push cyclist was charged at the Kowloon Magistracy on July 15 with using a motor horn on his machine. Defendant pleaded ignorance and was discharged with a caution.\n\nA Chinese, charged with the murder of his wife gave evidence at the Central Magistracy on July 15, stating that the woman accidentally plunged a chisel into her throat. He was committed for trial at the Sessions.\n\nThe practice adopted by Prof. Langsner is to make a prolonged stay in each country for the purpose of carrying out observations which will enable him to perfect his art. He realises that this cannot be accomplished in the space of a few weeks such as might enable a novelist to write a passably good novel with certain local colour.\n\nProf. Langsner is a gifted linguist, speaking no less than six languages. He was a personal friend of the late Enrico Caruso who was also a student of the occult.\n\nWriting to him on one occasion the great singer said \"You hypnotise the world with your eyes. I hypnotise the world with my voice. We are both hypnotisers.\"", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]