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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE TAL O TRAGEDY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESA."}

SIR- regret to and that the letter whith I addressed

to you in July last over the now-de-plume" Wireless" was considered by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, until lately Assistant District Officer, ma a personal attack on himself,

ARRESTED

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBNE 7TH, 1918.

AFTER NINE MONTHS. ARMED ROBBER WHO BOASTED OF HIS CRIMES

SPORN VORS

CIVIL SERVANTS”. SALARIES

FALSE ECONOMY IN THE STRAITS

SETTLEMENTS.

On the subject of the salaries of Ciril INCITES HIS ACCOMPLICES TO SHOOT Servants in the Straits Settlements and

THE POLICE.

the F.M.S., the Straits Times, of Oct. 29th, says

The unremitting efforts of the Yaumati Police to arrest a gang of armed rob We have felt for years past that the bers, who committed a robbery in Shang public services in Malaya are disgrace hai Street last March, have at length fully underpaid, from the Colonial met with sucess The gang boasted of Secretary downwards. their crinies to their confederates, stating without

We have said that it is false

hesitation

No such attack was intended, the that the Police would have to kill themeconomy to underpay, and that in the

letter being written merely a comment

before capturing them. On Monday they

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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,

THEFT OF RUBBER.

lbs. of rubber belonging to the Naval A Chinese was charged with stealing Dockyard.

It was stated that defendant had been over sixteen years, and had previously employed as a carpenter in the yard for

borne a good character. When the usual search was made by the watchman, the rubber was found wrapped round de tendant's legs.

Mr. Wolfe sentenced defendant to two months hard labour.

ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS

COM-

on the general administration of the Street, Yaumati, where the Police sue in which Europeans are engaged a mão ware traced to a ten-house in Argyle case of certain of the subordinate services Southern District of the New Territories ceded in effecting the arrest of two of has to choose between being a rogue by the Government during the last 20 the gang, the third member escaping in or a bankrupt. Men totally ignorant

MITTED FOR TRIALĄ, years in the hope that such administra the general stampede which ensued. One of the conditions of life for Europeans Two Chinese, one of whom is a woman, tion would be modiñed.

of the men, who appears to be the ring out here are brought from home for edu were committed, by Mr. Wolfe, for trial If the letter contained any personal leader, is stated to have called on his cation, police, and various technical de at the November Criminal Sessions on imputations against Mr. Hamilton re confederates to shoot the Police."!"

partments at salaries which it is a cona charge of kidnapping a little boy from specting the performance of bis duties as The two men were charged before. Mr. Assistant District Officer (and I main E. D. C. Wolfe, at the Magistracy employment men over 27 years of age

founded shame to offer. We consider it the custody of his parents. a crime for Government to keep in its The boy, who was living in Yaumati,, tain it did not) auch imputations were yesterday, with (1) committing an armed who are not receiving salaries sufficient disappeared in September last, and was unintentional and I withdraw them.-robbery on March 29th, at Yaumati, and to enable them to support a wife and subsequently traced to Macao where de- Yours faithfully,

stealing $420, from

family in the degree of comfort to whichfendants were arrested. F. B. L. BOWLEY.

a. money-changer's the nature of their training has accus- establishment; (9) with being in unlaw towed sacri Put bluntly, it is grossly Hongkong, 6th November, 1917.

Defendants stated that the boy weat ful possession, of two revolvers and ten anfair for a Government, or even for a along with them to procure employment. rounds of ammunition. The first defen-morance of the conditions under which ROBBING HIS FRIEND.

private employer to trade upon a man's dant was further charged with inciting a muse live. It is the duty of the the scoood defendant to shoot the Police, Government, or of the employer, to with the intention of evading arrest.

consider what are the custs of living for Sergeant Murphy stated that, accomand to pay accordingly. That calcula

the class to which the employe belongs panied by a party of Police, he visited tion should be made on the assumption tea-house in Argyle Street, on Monday that at the age of 27 a man, if worth night, as he had received information marry upon, and the necessary expenses keeping at all, should be paid enough to that some armed robbers were there. On of a married man in the East are just arrival, be noticed the two defendants about three times as much as the neces fitting at a table at the further end of woman ought to go home more frequently sary expenses of a bachelor. A European.

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the room, near the cook-house door. A than a man. Laving expenses have to and clothes, entered into conversation with the to the same extent as in a temperate Chinesa detective, who was in plain take account of this, and of the impos-, sibility of the woman doing house work men, and, as soon as the European police climate. One must take account, also,

THE LICENSING' BOARD.

YESTERDAY'S MEETING,

1)

A meeting of the Hongkong Licensing Board was held yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Flet cher, Colonial Secretary, presided and there were present:-Messra. A Thomson. A Shelton Hooper, T. Hough, A. Mackenzie, A., R. Lowe the Secretary (Mr. G. A. Woodcock).

stealing a portmanteam containing "a A Chinese youth pleaded guilty to

quantity of clothing,

Defendant and the owner of the pori- in Waichai, and were the best of friends. manteau were living at the same house.

About three days ago, poverty tempted defendant to steal the bag, while his friend was sleeping. While defendant was walking along the street with the bag, a detective arrested him.

Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to one

Publican's licences were applied for men arrived on the scene, he arrested the of the probability of children, of the months' hard labour.

by and granted to, the following:-

The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd. The King Edward Hotel, and the Palace

Hotel.

Hotel Keeper's adjunct licences were applied for by, and granted to. The Peak Hotel. The Nomura Hotel, The Tokyo Hotel, The Kowloon Tei and the Buchero Hotel,

Restaurant Keeper's adjunct licences were applied for by, and granted to: The Iroha Hotel, The Alexandra Café, The Yoshizawa Tokuhacha and The Earunora

Hotel.

With regard to the Astor House Hotel the Chairman said he wished to hear something more about it."'

second defendant.

found

RECEIVING A STOLEN BICYCLE.

receiving a stolen bicycle, was sentenced A Chinese, who was charged with

by Mr. Wolle to two months hard Jabour.

It was stated that complainant left tea house in

Aberdeen, where he went to refresh him- self, and, on him return it had dis- appeared. Information was given to the Palice, who traced the missing bicycle to a bicycle shop in Yaumati

his possession for some time.

Defendant said the bioyelo had been in

YOUNG AMAK IMPRISONED.

thereupon sprang up from his seat and from the tropics if they are to grow up The first defendant that children also must be sent away" heavy cost of nurse service, of the fact attempted to escape, but was over-power-hen to be made for education at home, healthy, and of the fact that provision ed by another constable. A terrific strug if the children are to have a fair phy gle ensued, and at last, with the assist sical and intellectual start in life. If ance of five other constables, the man a thorough investigation is made into was restrained. The first defendant then service, and if men can be induced to the bicycle outside a

the conditions of life in Government. called out to his accomplices to shoot the disclose their circumstances fully, and to Police, but the Police, who were on the state the cruel temptations to which they alert, used violence and quietened the scandal throughout the whole of the are exposed, the magnitude of the men. The third robber, who was stand service will be so great that it will shock ing close by, escaped as a result of the surplus will be our greatest shame. It is all air-thinking men, and our revenue general stampede which followed, there no use sending some stranger out from In a pot of lard, on the table at which the lower paid grades of service is essen being about forty people in the techouse home to inquire. Actual experience of life in the East, and close, knowledge of defendants were sitting, was Tally-loaded five chambered revolver, if we bad a right to drag in the names tial. We could easily specify bad cases Mr. M. J. P. Stephens appeared for while another revolver was found in a of individuals, which we have 20. We Mr. Chopard licensee of the Astar jar of grain on another table. At the draws at men whose salaries are over six understand, however, that a line is House, and asked that the licence, be Police Station, first defendant admitted hundred pounds a year. That is round extended to include permission to serve that he had committed the armed robbery line, we believe, are denied hope of 15 8425 per month, and those shove this liquor in the lounge recently provided in Shanghai Street and several other redress. It is a cruel and illogical in the portion of the premises previous robberies. "This is the man," said limitation. To a number of Govern- ly occupied by the French Store. He Sergeant Murphy, "whom the Police it may seem almost princely, but we ment servants of the subordinate classes pointed out that the entrance to the had been waiting to arrest for a long repeat that it is craet and illogical lounge was not from the street, but from time. His parents' house was searched **A good many of the covenanted civil the hotel hall, and that the addition of in March, but no trace of him was found. servants fall under this head. When a this convenience for visitors was no more He has boasted to his confederates that $425 per month, but for a married mad man, is single he may do very well on than that allowed at other hotels here.

he would not be taken alive." An compelled to dress well, to let his wife The Board granted the application.

identification parade was held yesterday veyance, to feed, clothe and educate his dress decently, to keep some kind of con Regarding the Stag Hotel, the Chair-ring in connection with several rob children, and to put aside something to man said that there was an objection from beries, but defendants were not identified. meet the cost of a wife's and children's the Polite, not against the conduct of the the only evidence of the robbery was it makes life a positive, misery to scores passages home, it is so inadequate that Hotel, but that as the Hotel was not defendant had denied the first charge.

defendant's own admission. The second of men. We have heard the remark frequented by Europeans it was

frequently in regard to such cases, "Ho sidered that it should be licensed under

was a fool to marry." In a brutal sense the scheme of Chinese licences recently adopted

COD-

thought that after the war Europeans The case was then remanded till

this

A young Chiness Amah, employed by charged, au remand, with stealing a frs. Ewan, of No. 40, Caine Hoad. was quantity of jewellery valued at about $3,000, the property of her mistress.. the house between June and October last, Several larornies had taken place in ing 31.636., was stolen. Information was and, on one occasion a casa-box, contain- given to the Police, and the house was Defendant, it was stated, had melted a being found in defendant's possession. searched, the cash-box, jewellery, etc.,

quantity of jewellery for her own use.

Mr. Wood scntenced defendant to four months' hard labour."

A SNATCHER IMPRISONED.

gold hair ornament from a young Chinese woman near the Ko Shing A Chinese pleaded guilty to snatching Theatre

the road; accompanied by her brother, when defendant committed the offence. The complainant was walking along

Ho attempted to escape, but was follow ed by a prison warder, who happened

was picked up from the ground, delend- not found in defendant's possession, but ant having evidently thrown it away 30 as to get rid of incriminating evidence. months hard labour and four hours Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to nine

stock

came under summary jurisdiction, while into a social environment which lives at

Mr. Wolfe said that the second charge that is true. The civil servant is forced to be in the vicinity. The ornament, was the third charge was an offence to be tried a rate above his pay. If he set domestic by the Supreme Court. He wished the comfort and morais at defiance and Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the licensee second charge entered separately, and lived the typical bachelor life be mig, and pointed out that the latter wished that defendants be placed in separate a good time. But we should suppose that by the typical bachelor standards; have to cater for Earopenas and it was cells.

tentes, district officers and the like to be Government wants its servants, magis #credit to it. If it does not wish that, it pught not to be a Government, because the welfare of the State depends very house-keeping as well as anyone. Un. Largely upon the moral and social tone of doubtedly the gentleman in question- its administrators, and a married officer, and there are a good many others who living and behaving like a gentlemen, is draw upon private means could live of far more value than an out-at-beel-in-more cheaply. He could educate his pecunious, loose living, unattached children here instead of sending them to man would be. Not every man takes a good school at home. He could deprive kindly to matrimony, and there are fine himself of a few small luxuries, could men in the bachelor ranks, but they will sternly refuse avas to entertain, could cut agree with us that every man who is his connection with the one or two clubs

would frequent the hotel as they had afternoon. done in the past. ¿

The application was refused.

GULA KALUMPONG RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.

the Colonial Secretaries of the Gala Kalumpong Bubber Estates, Ltd, are in receipt of the following telegraphic summary of this year's working up to the 30th September

Output of dry rubber 763,609 Iba Unsold balance from 1917 291,814 Total sold

"JEWISH VOLUNTEERS IN JUDAEA

The enthusiasm that has marked the opening of recruiting offices in Jeru salem and Jaffa for the enlistment of Palestinian Jews as reinforcements for the Jewish battalions acut out from Eng Mesara, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews The volunteer movement began, before the doing his work satisfactorily should be of which he is a member, and through

laad, has been striking and significant. arrival of the Zionist commissioner of paid well enough to enable him to marry which he gets the exercise essential to his the 1st Jewish Battalion from England. if he wants to, and that if he is not health, and possibly, also, he might number of young Jewish colonists, most better in a country like this to clear him than she is deprive her of aman, fomen's It was the spontaneous movement of doing his work satisfactorily it is far make his wife more of a domestic slave ly of Russian origin. The protagonists out and all his place with a better man. her to make her own and her children's were a group of young men in Jails and The cost of living has gone, up by leaps clothes, and so on. If he had no private the neighbouring colonics ander the and bounds, these last few years. Ten means he would have to do those things leadership of a well-known Hebrew years ago a man on the 2600 limit could or get into debt. If he scorned debt. writer named Smeliansky, a colonist of scrape along. In these days be can what would be the reward of living Rehoboth. This group presented a peti hardly make ends meet, and he has fe within his means Just this, that when tion to the British military authorities rely upon borrowinga to meet any excep a better job a senior district officership requesting permission to join the Jewish tional expenditure. The prospect for or residency came along he would be battalions from England. The moment the future is not bright: Long after the passed over. You can't possibly give the recruiting offices were open there was war the expense of, sending a wife and to Black Clever chap, of course, but 1 rush to the doors, and the scene, in Jaffa children to Europe will be a grave lives like a small shopkeeper. Now particularly, recalled the scenes in Eng matter, and the cost of everything there there's White. He hasn't as much brains land in 1914, Practically all the able will be higher than it has been in the Black, bat he's got some style, with bodied men joined the movement, No past. It happens that a good many him and so has his wife. He'll have to, Chiefly owing to difficulties, in connecquired in Jaffa. In Jerusalem conditions families which do not hve quite from gling to make ends meet on inadequate pay pressure or recruiting sergeants were re Government servants are connected with have the job." The public officers strug tion with shipments of produce and in Zionist opinion has not yet been reached; this public servants in the Straits Battle

are different; the same development of hand to mouth. One of the most valu, know that there is an abominably close view of the necessity of providing for Still, even in Jerusalem the response has ments spends regularly about 100 per working expenses, the Board of Direc-been striking. Out of the first 190 of the month more than his salary, yet he lives tors regret that they cannot declare the Jala recruits exuined by the doctor modestly, had no extravagant tastes, and asual intérim dividend.

100 were classified Aor fit for general has a wife who knows the science of

(Continued at foot of next column.)

..556,007

2/51.

760 Tons

"Average sale price

Copra manufactured Unsold balance from 1917 Total sold Average sale price. fo.b.,

Penang

316

831

£15.0.0

[service;"

resemblance to actualities in this supposi ticus case of Black and White: We verv earnestly hope that the £600, limit will not be persisted in, for there is neither rhyme or reason in it. It means leav ing nut some of the married men who stand most in need of help.'

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