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DEATH OF HON. MR. E. A. HEWETT, C.M.G. SUDDEN END TO ACTIVE CAREER.

LONG CONNECTION WITH THE FAN EAST.

It is with feelings of profound regret that we record the death, under painfully sudden circumstances, of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.Q., which sad event took place at the Government Civil Hospital at 12.40 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Hewett was attending to his duties as Superintendent of the P. and O. Company as late as Saturday last, and even on Sunday he appeared to be in his usual health," He was confined to his room with severe cold, however, on Monday, and on Tues- The day this was diagnosed as malaria. symptoms developed an alarming wanner, and Mr. Hewett was removed to the Government Civil capital on Tuesday evening, when it was realised by the medical staff that he was in an extremely serious condition. All that medical skill was capable of was done, but, despite this, the patient sank rapidly and passed away

as stated, dosth being ascribed to malarial fever, with complica tions.

in

HIS BUSINESS AND PUBLIC CAREER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PEESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 1915.

THE LICENSING QUESTION. GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

We have received for publication the following correspondence relating to the recent meeting of the Hongkong Licensing Board and the subsequent resignation ef the Unofficial Members owing to two of their decisions having been reversed by the Governor-in-Council:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "RUNGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th November, 1916. SIR-I am directed to transmit for favour of publication in your columns the enclosed copy of the reply of the Govern ment to the four Un-official Members of the Licensing Board who have severed their connection with that Boord, and a copy of their reply.

Council meeting two days before tho lotter was written. Having regard to the fact that the two days had elapsed and that n Gazette had been published in the inter el, we supposed when the result of the decision was made known to us, that it had already been made known to the licencees and published.

We regret to learn that that was not so. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your chedient servants.

(Ed.) J. W. CRADOCCE

H. W. BIRD. C. G. ALABASTER. The Honourable The Colonial Secretary."

[COPY.]

To His Excellency

Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G..

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and

-On the 4th day of November, 1914, your petitioner applied to the Licensing Board for a renewal of the said licence, but such application was refused.

3-Your petitioner believes that the reason for the refusal of his said applica tion is that he was born in Germany, and that, were it not for the facts hereinafter set forth (which facts were evidently un- known to all the members of the Board), he might be deemed to be an alien enemy. 4.Although your petitioner was born. in Germany, he left that country in the year 1837 with Exod intention of never returning thereto, either for the purpose of serving for an allotted time in the Gor- man army, as is required by German law of Gorman subjects, or for any other pur- pose whatsoever.

5-In consequence of your petitioner

INTIMATIONS

LANE

ORAWFORD & Co.

JUST RECEIVED:

having carried out his intention not to CHORLTON'S PATENT

its Dependencies and Vice-return to Gormany, it is impossible for

Admiral of the same. bim to set foot in German territory with The Humble Petition of Paul Oxcar out incurring heavy risks; and it has Penster.

further been rendered so impossible for him either to return to Germany co Sheweth as follows:: Whereas Lam the Manager of the Peak associate with German subjects in conse Hotel, Victoria Gap. Victoria. in the quenco of the fact that he has frequently 1 ah also to ank you to publish the en- Colony of Hongkong, and have been expressed very strong views in the hear closed appeal from Mr. P. O. Peuster

years last past, and have been residing injects in favour of Great Britain and against the decision, by a majority, of the acting 2x Manager for seven and half Ing or to the knowledge of German sub- Board to grant him a renewal of his licence the said Colony for eleven years last past. again Germany in the present crisis........

And Whereas the licenca, held by me as 6-In the year 1912, your petitioner for the Peak Hotel; together with copy of the appeal made last year by Mr. F. Reich Hotel Kemper is an adjunct licencs, ex-applied to this Government for Letters of mann against the decision of the Board to

And whereas my application for renewal renew his licence for the year 1814-1916. Piring on the 30th day of November, 1915. These petitions speak for themselves, but of the sail licence came before the Board of Licensing Justices held at the Council in connection with Mr. Reichmann's I am to ask you to give publicity to the follow Chamber. Victoria, aforesaid. on the 3rd ing facts:-

Mr. Reichmann is the only male Gerday of November last past, and such appli cution was refused, first by three vates to man subject who was exempted from de one, two members remaining neutrals and portation by the Governor At the time secondly by fong votes to one, one member that those members of the German Cem-remaining neutral.

were not interned were munity who

The Hon. Mr. Edbert Ansgar Hewett, C.M.G., F.R.G.S., was Superintendent of the Pand O. S.N. Company in Hung kong; a J. P. of the Colony, an unofficial member of the Executive and Legislative Conncis, menther, of the Sanitary and Medical Boards; and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce. He was born o September 5th, 1860, being the second son of Sir G. I. K. Stewett, 3rd Baronet, of The Old Hall, Netherscule, e.cestershire. He was one of those men who, coming from old county families and choosing business careers, have settled in a far country and by his innate ability, enterprise, and stedfast perseverance

in ace of all obstacles and a rigid adherence to tho

The Executive Council gave due weight to the fact that nothing has occurred since highest principles of commercial integrity; have done so much to earn for England that exemption to justify any action her reputation as a colonising Power.ngainst Mr. Reichmann, for the members

And whereas my loyalty to the country Owing to the state of his health, which of the Council are alive to the fact that, on the first August last. was by no means robust in his younger unlike the late In-officiel Members of the of my adoption has been questioned by a days, he was educated mainly by private licensing Board; they are bound to deal

I therefore crave leave to bring the follow tutors. At the age of seventeen he joined with questions of the issue of Publican's member of the Board of Licensing Justices, the Peninsunr and Oriental service at Licences in judicial manner and not

lency from purely personal motives. I am, firing facts to the notice of Your Excel. Your obedient servant,

As to the suggestion that I am of German birth. I was born on the 7th day cf July 1881, at Elberfeld in the When Province, Prussia, in the Empire of Ger many. I am 34 years of age and for the last 11 years I have continually resided in this Colony,

And shareas no reasons were adduced deported, and this exemption was granted for the refusal to renew such Licente, and at the express request of Major Lawder, from questions then put to me the follow- Provost Marshal, endorsed by Major-

That I am of Germin birth, General Kelly General Officer Commanding would appear to be the cause thereof

2That I was convicted before a Magis ing the Troops, to whom Major Lawder's

trate recommendation was referred..

under the Travellers' Restriction Ordinance in connection with a failure to report the departure from the Penk Hotel of one Meta Derrow, a German Mission

their head office in London, and two years lator, in 1880, came to hongkong. He acted as agent for the Company in Bhang hui for seven years, was at Yokohama for two years, and at Kobe for six months. For the last fourteen years he has been st Hongkong, and has had the superinten dence of the whole of the Company's tratto in the Far East from Yokohama to Penang. in 1908 tao. Hon. Mr. Hewett went home on a short trip to England. This was his second holiday only during period of twenty-seven years, so nowill ing was he to absent himseif from his office and publie duties.

way

(Ed.) CLAUD SEVERS.

Colonial Secretary. [COPY.]

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1913. SIR,I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant in which you and Messrs. H. W. Bird, E. A. Hewett and C. G. Alabaster intimate that you ceased from the date quoted to be members of the Licensing Board for the reason that "the Governor has agreed to override the decision of the Licensing Board" in the matter of the licences of Messi's. Peuster and Reichmann,

Puble nitates he always followed with the greatest attention, and in the public service ho beld numeroas positions,

member

Shanghai of the Council Municipal

jram 1807 to logy of the quotation from your letter in 1901, and occupied tao chair for two years. inverted commas is somewhat cryptic. It During the trying period or the duxer in however, presumed that the signatories rising he mugs active preparations for of the letter are aware that by the Ordin the disfence of the Settlement. The Fleetance under which they lately functioned bad sailed north, and there was a populathe appeal of the licencees in question was tion of some 12,000 whites and nearly half-to the Governer-in-Council. u-milton Chinese under his charge. As Civil Commandant or the Volunteers he

I obtained a certificate of Naturalivation on the first day of September, 1911.

During my residence in this Colony and recognised end always endeavoured to specially since my naturalisation: I have full my duties as a British Subject.

On the 8th August, 1014, I offered my services as a Special Constable..

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Naturalisation as a British subject, but was unable to obtain the same, having re- gard to the fact that he had not thon resided for a period of üve yesra in this Colony.

7-Your petitioner has now resided for period of more than five years in this Colony and is desirous of becoming a nuturalised British subject and cf taking the tath of allegiance to His Britannic Majesty, and also of changing his name to Frederick Richmond.

TWO SURFACE MATTRESS.

LUXURIOUS, SANITARY. DURABLE.

THIS MATTRESS CAN BE USED EITHER SIDE UPPER MOST,

AND EITHER END CAN BE PLACED AT HEAD OF BEDSTEAD.

8. In the year 1908 your pe itioner was jamin Crew, a British subject born in married to the daughter of Alfred Bon- Australia, and is at the present time

THE TWO SPEING SURFACES DIFFER IN DEGREE OF residing with her and with the aid Alfred Benjamin Crew at the said Grand Hotel,

petitioner

hus absolutely FLASTICITY, GIVING A CHOICE OF SPRINGINESS. TO ITSER. renounced his domicile of origin and any allegiance whatsoever to the German Em- peros,

9-Your

10.The Grand Hotel has been well con-

licence was granted to him.

ueted by your petitioner since the said

prays that Your Execellency may be Your petitioner new therefore humbly pleased to grant to him the renewal of his licence to the ter

And your petitioner will ever pray, etc. Dated this ath day of November, 1915. (Sd.), F. BEICHMANN.

BUNG SHIU LUNG EXTRA- DITION CASE.

The hearing way resuined yester any before the Fal Court of the Hung Shia Lung extradition case..

Mr. F. C. Jenkin (for the Crown), deal.

My application was refused, and, on the I am to point out that the phrases. 11th August, 1014, I wrote to the Captain ing with Mr. Eldun Po ter's eriticism of

Superintendent of Police, through my p solicitars, Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & the Crown's case, said his friend had sab- Master, offering to abide by any restricmitted that his arguments found striking tions which he might desire to impose upon me by reason of my German origin, and I am and always have been willing to render such services to the Colony as lay in my power.

Towards the end of July, 1914, I succeed who attacked Driver Smirke on the Peak Tramway.

A Manager of the Peak Hotel I have

3. Im also to enquire from what source the signatories who are not memed in arresting single-handed a madmanmunication of that kind going from ene bers of the Executive Council obtained information of the decision of the Governor in-Council before that decision reached the licencees.

CALL AND INSPECT ONE.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

CACAO,

Dutch-Made.

CIGARS,

Dutch-Made,

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1687.

ONLY LARGE ORDERS. PHONE:

INSPECTION OF SAMPLES CORDIALLY INVITED. QUEEN 8 BUILDING,

support in the fact that the report of FAIR QUOTATIONS. the Magistrate for the district furnished about the time of the alleged robbery and murder made no reference to anything happening at Santochuk. Far be it from him (Mr. Jenkin) to suggest that a com-

enrolled all the able-bodied men, end had

Government department to another would a force of nearly 1,200 whites under arms,

be infallible. The fact that there was na of any murders or robberies mention in first company of Ho organised the Japanese volunteers that had ever been

-Im to add that due note has been been able to render various services to the nt. Samtochuk did not preclude the Coun raised outside of Japan, and the highest

from finding that there was a muider there With the exception of the one summons if there was sufficient other evidence. That enconiiums were passed upon him saose-made of the discourtesy of the signatories: quently by both no naval and mibrary to the letter under acknowledgment in not referred to herein. I have never received there was no disclosure in that document authorities. For these services, and the adopting the usual course of tondering work he did for the Army and Navy, he their resignations and thereby rendering summons or been warned by the was, however, explained by the fact that

Police received the English medal tor China,mpossible the formation of a quorum to the 4th Class Sacred Treasure of Japan, deal with important business, in no way the Iron Cross of Austria, and was also connected with the cases of Messrs.telating to my German origin were pub riccorated as a Knigh of the Orange-Peuster and Teichmann, which are on the Nassau of Holland, For several years agenda for the meeting of the Board sum

(Sd.) CLAUD SEVERN.

D. W. Craddock, Esq.

..

Colonial Secretary,

[oopy.]

Hongkong, 24th November, 1810. SI-Our attention has been drawn to

Police:

In September of 1914 certain allegations lished in the Singapore Free Press, the Ceylon Observer, the Malay fail, end Le Courrier de Haiphong.

the Magistrate was unable to go to Samta chuk until several days afterwards, and he did not at the time enquire into the circum- stances.

Mr. Justice Gompertz said there was ono difficulty about this aspect of the case. The Acting upon py instructions, my said learried Magistrate had witnesses on both solicitors took action against the said neus sides before him, and in making up their papers and in consequence thereof certain opinion on the political ground as regard- sums of money were received by me by wayed the relative value of the witnesses, one of damages and were devoted to charitable to the other, the Court were bound to son sider very seriously the Magistrate's mind. purposes.

Mr. Jenkin agreed. Passing on to dent

I have also subscribed to various charit

a letter in the public Preas of this morn-able funds, c. The Tobacco Fund and with his friend's suggestion that there ing signed by us three and another.

The publication of the said letter in the the Motor Ambulance Fund under the never had been such a place as the Yu Tai

Press was made without our authority and we regret it.

We have, also, to acknowledge your letter of the 22nd November, which we have been unable to reply to before partly because a copy of it only reached one of as this morning and partly because the sudden and severe illness of the fourth signatory has prevented a joint meeting to consider it, a

TOP FLOOR,

3. ICE HOUSE STREET.

WILLEM HEYBLOM,

AMSTERDAM.

HONGKONG.

IMPORTER AND EXPORTER.

SUPPLIES EVERYTHING.

Hongkong, 4th November, 1918,

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BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULAR COURT AT CANTON.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

nom de plume of "P.O.P." and a "Aoil-shop (in which the murder is alleged to IN HIS Friend" respectively. I have lately offer-have occurred) Mr. Jenkin reminded their ed any services of which I am physically capable to the Chief of the Special Police have on soveral occasions served us Jury man at the Supreme Court

lordships that three elders of the village had sworn in great detail and precision that the shop had been in existence for the past 13 years in the same place, that Travellers' Restriction Ordinance, it was had never ceased to exist.

Mr. E. H. Sharp, K. C. (leading for the established in evidence that Miss Meta Dorrow, on whose accom the suramons Crown), said that the Crown had no reason

NOTICE,

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2.As to the prosecution under the it existed today, and that, in fact, at Canton, Thursday, the 28th day of October, 1915. Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least

he served on the Committee of the moned for to day. I am, eto,, Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, and made two special visits to Peking in 1901 as the representative or the Chamber in order to urge upon the diplomatic body the necessity of pushing forward the conservancy of the Whangpoo river,. - a work of vital importance to the pres- perity of the town. The late Mir, Hewett took the greatest interest in this scheme, and arged its importance in season and but of season during too whole period of his residence in Shanghai. As a re salt of his efforts a special committee was formed, consisting of the English, German, American, French and Dutch Ministers. They discussed the whole question, with Mr. Hewett present as the Chamber's representative, and adopted the proposals of the Chamber of Com- merce, which were embodied in the Peace Protocol of 1901.

Almost immediately upon his arrival

our action has been deemed discourteous in Hongkong the late Mr. Hewett was elected vice-Chairman of the Chamber of we had no intention of acting discourteous was holding that any expressions which may be ao regarded man in 1809 and

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Our feeling was that, finding ourselves position at the time of his death. April 26th, 1906, he was chosen to repre- conscientiously in disagreement with the sent the Chamber of Commerce on the policy of the Executive, and not knowing Legislative Council, and immediately on what grounds that policy was based, afterwards the then Governor appointed we felt that our continued public opposi him to one of the two seats accorded to tion to a Government which we have each unofficial members

the Executive in our can way made every effort to serve breach of the Ordinance. on Council. In addition to holding these was undesirable both in the interests of important offices the Hon. Mr. Hewett the Government and of the Colony was also member of the Sanitary generally. Board, a member of the Governin Board of Queen's College, and a member of the

Diocesan Schoo

CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian A desiring to love the Colony should apply in writing for permission to do so to the 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving name, nationality, age, sex," height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vessel or the hour leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION 2 PM to 4 PM. daily,

Hongkong, 10th July, 1016.

Speaking for ourselves, wo regret that was issued, came to the Peak Hotel from unduly to press this case against the 1981 In the Goods of SMOLLETT CAMPBELL, of the train by which the applicant, wishes to

the Blindenheim, Pokfulam, for medical tive. He was not there purely as a parti- | *** reasons. Before allowing her to become san, and they felt it was not the proper ⠀⠀⠀ resident in the Hotel I communicated position of the Crown to press unduly in

TN.

Decessed,

Commerce, in 1002. He was made Chairy, and we therefore unreservedly withdraw both with the Provost-Marshal and with the sense of a partisan. He must also say virkte of an Order of His Majesty's sald between the hours of 9 am to 1 PM, and

F

Committee of the

the Police and was informed that there however, that the Crown, after most ere was no objection to her becoming a resid-ful consideration of this case, considered ent. Whilst residing at the Hotel she that in view of the evidence the Court became worse and had to be removed to ought to sustain the committal by the the Matilda Hospital, and the fact that Magistrate Their ose upon the main she was removed to a Hospital and not point was that there was sufficient out of the Colony led me into a technical evidence clearly the Magistrate said so

to justify committal. That being so, he submitted that the Court could not review the Magistrate's decision.

Now therefore I humbly submit the above facts for the consideration of Tour Excellency and humbly pray that my application for the renewal of my licence may be granted.

And your Petitioner will ever pray, etc. Dated Sixth day of November, 1015.

(Sd.) P. O. PEUSTZE.

"STRAFFING."

We take from a Sumatra paper a list of some of the words which the Germans in their patriot o ardour propose to substi- for the English, sporting terms for- merly in use?

Golf-Locherbalispiel.

With regard to the conclusion of para graph of your letter we would remind you that, in writing, we have in our It was for his public services niinutes on the files of the Board urged to the. Colony, especially B

that the meeting in question should be held member of the Legislative Council, that at an earlier date, which would have the deceased received the well-deserved enabled us to consider the business of the honour of the C.M.G. three yærs ago.

Board; and that, our suggestion on this To His Excellency

Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.Gtute

Governor-in-Council and Comma fi- der in Chief of the Colony of Henggong and its Dopen- dencies and Vice- Admiral of the same. The humble petition of Frederick Reich mann of the Grand Hotel, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong,

The flag of P. and O. office and the point was not adopted, owing to the pecu- flags on several of the ships in harbour iar circumstances of one of the pending were at half-mast yesterday.

The interment takes place at Harry cases, it would not have been possible Valley this evening, the corlege

the

Monument at 5 p. passing before the licences ran out to conclude the sol

ED" Company of

the

business of the Board without legislation. As legislation was inevitable in any event, e Volunteer Reserves, of which the decessed was a it seemed that our continuing on the Board member, will act as the Funeral Guard and "B" Company of the Reserves will form the firing party.

Out of respect to the memory of the deceased the Golf Course at Happy Valley will be closed this afternoon.

would only tend to hamper the necessary legislative action.

In reply to the third paragraph of your letter we have to state that we have made no attempt to ascertain and do not know anything that occurred in the Executive

Showeth as follows

1-Your Petitioner has held a licenoc in respect of the above-named Grand Hotel since 1909.

Cricket Dreistabenschlagerspiel. Leg before-Nochnichtabgemacht. WicketDreistabeneinrichtung.

Halftime Halbspielwartepause. Hands-Hendefehler. Atart--Abgangastello.

Starter Hauptabgangsstelleaufishts- vorsteher, and yo

***We can now understand the position of the German who says he has no time for sport Punch

Court, bearing date This Day, 1 do hereby persone moriah and ofte all and all manner of to appear in the said Court on or about the 28th- day of November, 1015, and show ranze, if any they have, why letters of administration (with the will annexed) of all and singular the goods chattels, rights, and credits of SMOLLETT CARFRE, late of Macao, China, who died at Hongkong on August 20th, 1916, should not he Attorney for ELLA GRACE CAMPBELL, of & granted unto ARCHIBALD SMOLLETT CAMPBELL,

Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London. England, the widow of the said forlater and the universal legaten named in the will, ar, in default thereof, the Court will prossed to grast the same senordingly will pro

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