ESS OF HONGKONG. GLANCING BACK THIRTY YEARS. The propres which Hongkong has made in the hat thirty years or so was gathered by Daily Preax representative in the course of a conversation with Dr. G. R. Bonefield, of the British and Foreign Bibl, Society, yesterday.
Dr. Bondfeld Brst arrived in Hongkong in 1880. has sincs engaged in mission work in the Far East, and is now on a visit to this
1. Colos.
He
Asked if he saw many improvements in the Colony, Br. Bondheld said that the rate of progress was, in a way, startling.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBKK 21ST.: 1919.
CORRESPONDENCE.
SPORT.
CRICKET.
K.C.C. . HONGKONG.
DUPING AN OLD WOMAN.
BROMISE TO RELEASE AN IMPRISONED SON.
THE LACK OF SHIPPING.
İTO THE EDITOR OF THEŊ“ HONGKONG.
An interesting case was heard at the DAILY PRISM.""}
The following have been relected tu
Magistracy, yesterday in which S-I was disappointed to note the play for Kowloon ngainst the Hongkong Chinese was charged with obtaining "$30 absence from the deliberations of the de- |C.C. tomorrow. st 2.15 p.m.-J. | Pfrom a woman on the promise of'obtain- legates from the various British" ('ham-Robinadh, J. Stalker, J. V. Braga, Cing the release of her son, who is under- Bors of Commerçe, "during the recent J. Stapleton: L. B. Wicketts, E. L. Braga, going a terns of three years' hard tabour Shanghai balerence, of any resolution. D. Evans, A. de Sousa. K. B. Mae- for armed robbery. to approach the Government on the ques skill, R. Pestonji, and A. W. Ramsay. tion of the supply of extra tounage on
UNIVERSITY the China run, both for cargo and pas-
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STAFF AND
DEPARTMENTS.
The University will be 'represented by
the Staff and Departments tomorrow:-
Sergeant Willis stated that while going down Pettinger Street on November 13th he noticed two women running in his direction in an excited condition. One woman was holding a piece of paper in
When He exate to Honkong there were that is. ng far, as freedom from,sea warfare the following in its League match against her hand. Witness asked them what was
nave.
We have now had a clear year of peace-
concerned and the united efforts of shipyards the world over have been directed to the construction of fresh ton
Yet the position out here is almost worse than at any period during the war. What
is the explanation, and can such Justify the recent action of the Govern ment in handing over some baif-dozen. good-sized cargo boats, recently built on the China coast, to a syndicate of Greeks of all people.--Your faithfully, #
SHIP.
one of the palatial buildings now to be There were only seen in the Colony, about three houses on the Penk, There were no monds, and, of course there was no other areas of communication with There was CITY the Peak than the chair. aridle path leading up to the Peak. Visitors to the three houses were only able to go as far as the tue bungales by chair. Many a time behad walked to Aberdeen, where then there was dock. The Union Church in those days was situated in Staunton Road Land was cheap, and, owing to the crowded neighbourhood, it was found necessary, to move the Church to its present site. On his arrival Dr. Bondfield was connecteď with the London Missionary Society, and ent to Hongkong with a view to acquir
Str. Would you be so kind as to give ing the Chinese language. As it happen | publicity to the letter which I enclose! ed, they them pastor of the Union Church
Reletring to the append it makes, "I wish left the Colony, and Dr. Bondfeld" was
to ask very earnestly if your renders catt asked to officiate. He remained in Hong-spare any more from their wardrobes and kong for seven and a half years. He took households.
Canton, November 17th., 1919.
AN APPEAL FOR THE REFUGEES IN SIBERIA.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG
DAILY PRESY.”
a prominent part in finding a new site The shipment here acknowledged con- for the (hurch and he remembered the tainel. besides bandages and knitted com- great typhoon of 1800 or 1501, when 30 forts, every description of old clothes, inches of rain fell in as many hours and Faded the hilside. making it impossible enter the newly-built for anyone to Church There were no aullahs, and a heavy rainfall was anything but a bles
ing.
A feature in Hongkong's development which struck Dr. BondGeld forcit!
Was
a sum.
boots, rag-bag pieces, sewing materials and all manner of odds and ends--every- thing seema to find a place up North If anyone wants to join in and help ant has come to the end of their "give-aways" please let them send money, however small I will knowledge it in the the manner in which the Chinese populaars, and will spend it on wing carton, needles, etc., which, we are told tion had erept practically all over the Colony in the early eighties, the thin. from more than one source, are a most ese inhabitants were allotted the portionerying need amongst the reingees.
Any parcels addressed to Mrs. Moor Now, he saw them practically head or Mrs. Staub, sent to the Helen everywhere. Road build og had then just May Institute, to 159 Penk, or to 117 come into vogue. Conduit Road was in Peak will to acknowledged and packed. thanking you for your help Yours, the course of construction, or, at least.
ETHEL M. STABB. · Hongkong, November 20th, 1919.
[001] Vladivostock, Siberia October 20th., 1910.
of the Colony to the east of Hollywood Rond.
ATH, TABU.
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Dear Mira,
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J. L. Weight. FA. Redhond. E. the matter, and one of the women replied Marley, D. Kumarasamy, H. C. Hunt, that she was going to the gnol with ar R A. Busts Chua Sin Kah. y. Norder for the release of her son, who had
been sentenced Ein thr years' Atienza, Pub In Tuk,' K. L. Sun, and
labour for armed robbery. Witness Wong Sik Chung.
examined the pape" and found it to be fraud. He asked the woman how much
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The following will represent the I.R.C.she had paid for it, and she replied $30 in their League match against the Royal He asked her whom she obtained the Navy on the 1. R.C. ground, at 2.15 p.m., paper frùng, and she replied that he was to-morrow:-A. H. Rumjaha (capt.), A. Jan interpreter at the Supreme Court. el Arcali, S. H Iamail. 5. D. Ismail, Witness went to the Court and found 'G, C. Earde, A. A. Ramjahn, S. A that the man had disappeared. The
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lined eß for identification, but nobody? was picked uat. A Court messenger however, stated that he saw a man, whore he could recognise, talking to the woman. The following will represent the Uni-Witness told the woman to go to the versity 2nd XI. in a friendly game with Central Station and make a report. the Civil Service 2nd XI. at Hoppy
Complainant, an old woman, stated Valley to-morrow:-Cheak Toon Lok, that on November 7th she went to the . Thisy, Chan Sin Woo, Yeoh Cheong Land Offre un make some enquiries con Hod, Ng Cheong Yew. Fin Eng Hacerning a piece of land in Yaumati Son Khye Hong, L. Gutierrez, S. A. After settling her business, he was lens Sepher, J..J. Basto, and LauYam Chee
ing the office when she was intercepted by: defendant, who said Is it truc pour son is in gaol!" Witness replied. that she would be unly too. glad to get Defendant then told her The Club team for the above match to him released.
at the morrow on the Club ground. (Kick-off to bring #30 and meet him at 4 pm) is as follows: G. S. Rodger; Supreme Court, where, he said, he was F. Black and J, MacCubbin; M. L. Rail- an interpreter. He had authority, to ton,. J. Stewart, and J. Rodger jud. Brelease her son; his master would asist him. He added that if the son were not Hamilton, H. M. McTavish, W. R MacPhail, D. Reichelman, sad Riis.
released by the evening of the 14th instant the money would be returned, On November 13th witness went to the Supreme Court, and was met at the en- tranca by defendant to whom she handed the money. Defendant gave her a piece of paper in exchange, stating that it was a warrant for the release of her son
While giving evidence, the witness com mented forcibly on the defendant's "be haviour, calling him several impolite names, only stopping when ordered.
KOWLOON, V. L.R.C.
The following will represent the 1.B.C. in their League match against Kowloon on the Navy ground, kick-off at 2.30 p.m., to-morrow:-C. G. Marker; Ali Salim and B. A- Hyder; M. S. Hartenm (cupt.), Izan Rahman, and N. Rumjahn:
Mahomed, A: O. Madar. As L. Antre, ||0, Rumjuhn, and S. Rumjahn.
BIG HAUL OF AMMUNITION
Continuing, witness stated that she went with the paper to the gaul and. round it was spurious. She reported the matter to the Ponce, and a Lew days later identified defendant. It was 100 possible for her to mistake the man.
Sergeant Murphy stated that the pool
Another
corroborative
it had not been opened to trafic, lonk. Este., Queen's Road was the main thorough. fare, and Des Voeux and ether roads had not come into existence. Richmond "Road had only recently been built, and Dr. Bondfield remembered the time when West Point had the unenviable reputa-
A SERIOUS CASE, tion of being the unhealthiest spot in the Colony. It was Dr.. now Sir) Patrick a shipment of, twelve fases, wain you This is a serious case from the Polio: Manson, who, at that time, announced shipped through Shanghai, trans-shipped point of view," said Inspector Brazil to
through to us, addressed General Knox and Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Magistracy.woman had to borrow the $30. bis discovery of the mosquito ne buing the Chief Ordnance Offrer. The shipment com.' carrier of malaria. The Military and theists of cases F-1 to 3, and E-12 to 20. The yesterday, when pressing for a heavy Police suffered severely when a virulent tipient arrived in excellent condition, and penalty against a Chine charged with evidente.
A mesenzer employed at the Supreme the goods" are of excellent quality. type of fever broke out in the Colony.
being in unlawful possession of 1000 Court stated that be identified defend ant at a Chinese theatre, where he was Cases were known of people dying within
rounds of ammunition. 24 hours of contracting the disease. was decided to take steps to prevent the fooding of the hillside, and the training of nulluha was discussed.
1 am enclosing you a check-list of the goods showing the numbers you reported in
*
woman: kave
It the cases and numbers as they arrived her Mr. D. H. Blake, who appeared for the arrested, as the man who had duped the
defence, stated that his client was an innocent agent. He was out of employ-
going home, and that your working-party visit a theatre afterwards.
wonian,
V
Colonel Roffertson has" told- me od the great difficulties under which you are work
Defendant stated that the woman lint him the money, He promised to "do ing, but thow diffenlties make your ešeri lent work all the more appreciated and ment and was met by, a friend, who in something for her son, failing which he Asked if Hongkong had lost any of its noble. We regret very much that you are vited him to take tea at a resaurant and would return the money,
Defendant Sergeant Murphy stated that defendan! original charm through its modernis is quitting. We quite appreciate the fact accepted and the outing took place told the Police that, he had been married tion, Dr. Bondfield said that undoubtedly that it is hard to get workers to carry on When they were leaving the theatre the to a European girl who had died in. the wild beauty of the place new that the aglish troops are being with friend gave defendant twenty cents to Shanghai in child-birth. He had given drawn, hit the pathetic condition of the convey a basket to a house in Hollywood the Police considerable trouble, and they disappeared to some extent, but the pros refugees who have been driven from their Read. Defendant was unaware of the hoped a serious view would be taken of perity which had followed the improve homes by the Bolshevikį make us contents and agreed to do as requested.
Inspector Brazil; It is a very serious ments in means of communication and anxious to ntinue the work to the very
utmost. We are appealing" especially for case from the point of view of the Police. housing compensated for it. In those warm clothing for the winter, and if you Defendant, when asked where be obtained days there were not so many ships to be can bring your influence to bear upon any the ammunition, refused to speak. Hela man in respect of a stenter passage to
rganizations to send in warm clothing to was arrested by a constable.
seeri lying in the barbour as now, and
very
for the helpless and destitute refugees Mr. Lindsell fined defendant $600,
70.
AN INGENIOUS HIDING-PLACE.
A Chinese was charged "with being in unlawful possession of a revolver and 190 rounds of ammunition.
a large number of these were sailing it will be a work that is oven mare needed! | with the" alternative of six months' bard Vescola. The old P. O and the Glen than the comforte which you have been so labour.
nobly sending to our soldiers, although that? and the Holt lines were the only ship work was very badly needed and very much ping companies of any importance. The coastal trade was practically in its in-appreciated in every way.
Thanking you for this shipment, we fancy, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, stood somewhere main. vers sincerely yours. near the old P&O. office, and the hongs or messes were a prominent feature of the social life of the Colony, Dr. Bond- Beld looked back upon the old days with pleasant recollections of the hospitality of the members of the hongs," There were not so many people living in the Colony "then de now, but they were known throughout the Far East for their hor pitality.
(Sd), J. S. ATKINSON
(Captain) Officer i/e Mudien! Stares. Department, British Military Mission, Vladivostock.
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Mr. Hatebison sentenced defend nt "to six months hard labour.
Another charge of obtaining 83. From Shanghai was withdrawn.
ARMED MEN ON THE PROWL DESIGNS ON A HOUSE IN QUARRY BAY.
Two Chinese were charged, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with being in unlawful possession of a revolver and a
Defendant had recently arrived from America and was arrested on the Hau Tak wharf, as he was attempting to leave The contraband articles the Colony, were concealed underneath the lining of knife" a leather bag which he was carrying.
Mr. Lindsell fined defendant $100.
One of the defendants pleaded guilty,
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At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese was charged with disobeying the order UNION CHURCH THREE QUARTER and was not to blame.
ofa.constable and with using abusive: language.
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An Indian constable stated that while Wellwisher" Tonight's play by the Frawley Con- he was on duty at the entrance to the Four young men baptized' in Pany Forever After, which is still General, Post Office on Wednesday even Union Church, 8950 each one of the big New York succeses, has ing he notiend-five men standing on the Mr. A. Rodger been described the most ingeniously pavement." He asked them to move on.
11 Spero arranged picoc produced for a long time and they all complied except defendant, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hickling It is a love of the war, and its who turned round to hire and said Rev. J. K. Maconachie
Mr. A. R. Austin story *ffects, are secured by the employment of That's not your business; I can stand Mr. Chapman
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EJ. Chapmans dovice originating with the cinema bere as long as I like." Defendant used Mr. The idea involves the sudden shifting or abusive language, and witness arrested
throwing back of scenes in order to him.
Mr. H. M.. McTavish out harmoniously
Mr. E. B. Cubey the progressive nction of the story. Settings during
Defendant stated that he was waiting Mr. Walter Brown seven episodes switch from No-Man' He told the constable not to make Mr. 3. C. Ferguson
for an uncle who had gone into the build
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day of the Yale-Harvard boat race. The Mr. Landsell stated the offenen was Amounts already acknowledged, 3,500.03 pacy of the first. play carries several strong roles, among very common one, but he believed that which Miss Claribel Fontaine has the abusive language was red. He dis- "principal feminine part.
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