RANDOM REFLECTIONS, The new Stamp duties forms the chief - 15pic of" general conversation. They are, cat courke, very generally condemned, be Bus nobody likes piting imposts. The Bill is described as "unworkable, and the
THE HONGKONG. DALDE: PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 1978. 1991.
Who will be elected to the impending sacancy in the representation of the Chamber of Commerce on the Legislative Council owing to the temporary absence from the Colony of the Hon. Mr. P. H: Holyoak? At Grst night it would seen
HONGKONG IN "THE HOUSE." THE SALE OF A CONCUBINE. In the House of Commons au March 8th, Major Nall asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is
"IF CHRIST CAME TO HONGKONG.”
OUTSPOKEN ADDRESS BY A NAVAL CHAPLAIN.
The Rev. Gordon W. B. Statt, R.N.,
inquisitorial powers vested in the collee that it did not matter a row of pins aware that on December 18th, 1920, be- Chaplain of H,M.S. Titania, who aw r.tor are regarded-nä·likely to prove very who was chosen to serve for's short term fore Mr. G. Orme, at the Angistracy, service in the ranks with the Australian
hurtful to the trade of the Colony. Au- other objection advanced is that it will require a small army of officials to see that the duties are paith and that the final result will be that much trade will -Be driven from the Colony.
like two months, bat it appears to be re. regarded in the light of pegging out a cinin" for future consideration. and sometimes, when opportunity offers, the Government convert a forum tenens into permanent incumbent. At the moment, owing to the annual exodus, there is a Mister to be, an unmarried woman and Sailors" and put in a plea for some Personally. I bae ma doots" about dearth of candidates. So far. na. I can arranged for her sale to a man with whom effort on the part of residents to make
Hongkong a Chinese woman, was charg- Expeditionary Force during the war ed for that she, with another persou preached n forceful and outajioken act in custody, did obtain by false prescrition at St. John's Cathedral, Hong- fences the sum of iollars, and that kong, on Sunday evening. In the course spertor Caygill, who luid charge of the of his remarks, Mr. Statt referred to local comment On Brawling. ease, said the defendant represented her newspaper
all three of these objections. Taking the last first, what reason can be offered for supposing that there would be any general attempt at evasion 1 The territo paitis and penalties which threaten "evxters and even defaulters, would make
a
gather, Mr. A. Q. Lang is the only one who can be said definitely to have enter ed the lists at the moment, though other
names are mentioned.
up to sailors--and soldiers, too-for their deprivation of home life while attached to this station.
the sister was to live as his concubine, the defendant receiving the price of dollars, the charge being based on the fact that after two days the water dip Mr. State was dealing with the Gospel appeared, and thereupon the defendant narrative of the exercism of the evil arrested on the charge of obtaining spirit from the demoniac of Gndara, and money by false pretences; and is the sale the request of the people, in their fear, ul one woman by another for the purpose that Christ would depart from their of becoming the concubine of a man reconsts. This seemed (he said) a startling cognised in a British court of justice and request after a miracle had just been given sanction to by the British officials performed, but the world and the indivi
dual all-too-frequently found. Christ too. acting as the prosecutors?
near to be pleasant. Men kept their besetting sins on a chain and when Christ came to them they thought how good it
habit. But then, they would reflect fur- would be to get rid of this or that beastly
ther, it meant the surgeon'sTM knife, it meant giving up something comparatively harmless. Was it worth it?
And so,
Lieut.-Colonel Amery: I have seen in account of the charge in question, but i and not aware whether it was proceeded with or what view was taken by the magistrate. The answer to the last part! of the question is in the negative.
lika the Gadarenes, they besought. Christ to depart from their coasts, "
We are a long time waiting for, the 2 people very careful to see that they dondings of the Maring Court of Inquiry of bring themselves within the meshes into the loss of the Hong oh with its of the law. As to the other objection terrible death-roll. I understand the that the imposition of the new duties delay is due to a member of the Court for example those on agreements for being absent from the Colony and the sale; and on share contracts-will prove fading is awaiting his signature. There irksome and hampering to trade, are circumstances connected with that doubt if the objection will stand in terrible disaiter, which call for some vestigation. Though it is perfectly true Public comment, but I presume the news that in boom times cargoes or blocks papers are waiting for the findings of the of shares may be transferred in the Court. atreet by word of mouth half a dozen Limes in a single day, I presume cop tract notes follow each transaction 7 Whether it is the case now or not, it will have to be in the future if the sew Bill is passed. A stamp duty on every bought note and every sold note, of 82) when the consideration does not exceed $10,000 and 20 when it does exceed that figure, is hardly fikely to put the brokers where the subject discussed is an im. retary of Stato for India if he would passes us; we shudder as we pass the end out of business. The brokers indeed will personal one, and no comments are made ate the amount of opium shipped from of a street where a brothel ix. We look nut bear the tax themselves. Any stamp duty on a contract note may be added to the charge for brokerage or agenes and simuli be recoverable is part of that charge?” I haven't much sympathy with the kick against the taxation of share market gambling. Speculators in the share market, in my opinion,, are the very foot of a fetter would be a real agony to Macao and the Dutch East Indies, Steps," or What would Jesus do?")-;
people who ought to be taxed The do not-like the merchant who sells piece „goods or any other merchandise-benefit
anybody but themselves, and it would not hurt the legitimate business interests: of the Colony one iota; if all speculative „busing of shares Censed
What alternative to increased taxation is there but retrenchment and severe economy in Government expenditure There is only one temporary expedient Some six months that I can think of. ago the Government was counting upon getting a million dollars or more by the sale of the old Post Office and Supreme Court site. They failed to get a bid. Yet within the last few months some
In his sprightly communication, last week, Pte. J. E. Graham, of the 2nd Wiltshire Regiment, raised a nice point in ethics when he said that a letter to the Editor must be ignored hecause the writer did not sign hi
A name. Where no special purpose is served by publication of a name,
upon ka individual-anonyfaits, I suggest, raay be nothing more than the index of a modest, retiring temperament, one of those ahy spirits so sympathetically delineated by Mfr. Arnold. Bennett in
Buried Alive, to whom the publi- cation of his name in caps at the
OPIUM IMPORTS TO HONGKONG.
In the House of Commons, last month, Gershom Stewart asked the Sec
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"Consider our relation (Mr. State col. tinued) to the deep social sins of the world,immorality and drunkeuness. We shrink in horror" it "a drunken mau
India to Hongkong and the Straits at our asylums, full of the router k Setticments respectively in 1020, whether immorality; our prisons, full of the such opium is for local consumption only; resulte of drink, and both the outcome whether, if the amount shipped is in of selfishness if any, are taken to prevent the surplus excess of local requirements, what steps; being smuggled into China; and whether any opium was shipped direct from India
and, if so, how much?
M. E, S. Montagu: I regret that com-
Statt (in a passage which recalled the furore in religious circles when Chas 41. Sheldon published his book." In His
If Christ came to Hongkong, said Mr.
if Christ came to-night to Hongkong, I am certain he would not occupy this
Not that I suggest fliat Private Gaham's forehead is of brass because he does not veil his identity behind-the
asked by my honourable friend is not would be in the Hongkong Hotel bar, de plume: Bugler, Wilts. Regt."lete information regarding the question pulpit, or even be in this Cathedral. He These things are a matter of tempera
the, Astor House Hotel bar, the King, available at present, "I have asked the ment.
Government of India to supply it As Edward Hotel bar; in Sampan Street, regards the prévention of smuggling is and other streets like it and He would
mon thern ag to Zacchens song an und ... 15 ALUTE Career into China, I will ask my right honour-old: able friend the Secretary of State for the Colonics if he can furnish the informa
"in tents
tion.
of "The Plea for Peace! I wonder was it ever Pte. Graham's fortune to be "in one of the camps round Aldershot? If so, he will recall that in that focal point of Britain's military glory it is usual for buglers to be taken a mile or two front the camps before they engage in their daily rehearsals of all the calls from reveille" to "lights out? In Aldershot, the brain work ("it any," as Pte. Graham would say) of small houses have their verandahs now very large properties have been sold in the Generals and Colonels is not allowed to enclosed in order to provide additional immediate neighbourhood. That million be disturbed by the sweet strains (though living accommodation, will be able to dollars, if it could have been obtained, rather painful in ceaseless iteration) of take in the position at a glance. would have saved the Colony from either You can be a defaulter as long as you the increased rate on the assessment or life
" and "Come to the cook- the new Stamp dutice. What steps are house door, boys.” "the Government taking to dispose of
that property?
I have heard a question neked as to whether there is any connection between the many large property sales that have taken place recently and the new Stump duties which were foreshadowed some time ago, but have just been made public by the presentation of the Bill in the Legislative Council. The Treasury er tainly has lost a very large sun by the delay. The feature of the tax on agree ments for the aule of property is that it imposes an ad valorem duty on the profits of the sale that is to say, on the consideration received in excess of the consideration for the original sale, there is a stamp duty of 50 cents per $100 where the consideration does not exceed $5,000, and $1 per $100 where it does exceed that sua. On one of the receptly sold properties I reckon the duty would have amounted at least
20,000
Come along, my lad, for to-night must stay at thy house."
of home life have these men? How much
centre.
I read in the local newspapers about "brawling sailors "—I take it that means soldiers, too. I ask, “What have you, the respectable Christian people of crowding by the poorer class of Euro-Hongkong, done for these men. They pezas, owing to H.C.L. especially bigh go on leaves what is there for them to rents. Any one who takes a walk in do in Hongkong except go to the public- Kowloon and notes how many of the houses or the pictures? Not that I am
mying public houses are wrong-1 often. visit them myself, but what opportunity have those who live here done to help them against the temptations which sur- round them! We may, It has always been At a recent meeting called to make ar like this Immorality has always exist- rangements for the next Dog and Poultry ed drinking invi
in excess is in evidence in At first, I quite agree that our military friends Show there was some discussion on a very naval or military get plenty of exercise: I would take suggestion to revive the local Society for we may support some reformer but, too the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but often, when we see how drastie the them to some more remote spot by tram; it developed that there was a lack of remedy must be we drop the idea of re- or it might be pleasant for thems to con- duct their little entertainment from a ideas how to go about it, and it was form and adopt the attitude of the people sampan in the harbour 1 One other point; decided to call a meeting specially to of Gladara and besooch Christ to depart Pie. Graham's historical sense is surely at consider the subject. I might draw the from our coasta fault when he prays for deliverance from attention of the promoters to the fact In a conversation with a represen the suggestions of civilians. He has for that what appears to be a well organised tative of the Hongkong Daily Press, Society of the kind exists in Kobe where on H.MS. Titanio, after the ser
ereo gotten that the Army, only exists by it has been running for about fourteen vice, Mr. Statt went more into detail |--- virtue of an Act which has to be renewed
years. Last year the Society dealt with regard to his remarks as to bringing every year; that a civilian is Beers ar
3,250 cases. It has a valuable supporter sailors and soldiers into contact with tary of State for War and that, in the
Tour of the Prefectura who home life in the Colony- "How Bur happy phrase of a
phrase of a distinguished lecturer the Governor of the
be," be aid, "it at the Army School of Education, New presided at the recent annual meeting of prised visitors would market, the principle of British Govern subscribers and mentioned that he himself they found bluojackets invited to meet ment is "las administration tempered had addressed conferences of school them at a dinner party on the Peak! AVCK Ashy ENE ACETATE And yet why should they be surprised 1. inspectors as well as of mayors a General invitations addressed to the men by professional advice."
county
chiefs on the necessity of incul in the mase are of no use. If I received a ve of noimals, but admitted roquest to come along and bring half- Although nearly a fortnight has elapsed eating a love of
was much work needed in done." Mr. Statt mentioned that he had a-dozen of your men the thing would be since the Catholics held their Press that there was Day," I have not seen any suggestion order to change customary habits." It taken large parties in response to private yet for showing a similar attention to is probably true of the Chinese ce well invitations in other ports and the men's RACE ATRAGA OCTARE TE conduct had been unexceptionable. They the rest of us, Are we to conclude as the Japanese that much of the were nature's gentlemen. Mind," he that it would be an act of supererogation, cruelty to animals we see practised is added, the men don't want charity pr patronage, but a friendly meeting on like painting the lily, or that we are dus more to ignorance than anything equal terms. A garden-party at Glov- ernment House; a picnic at Repulse Bay past praying for!
at the invitation of the Hongkong: Club, were some of the suggestions that occur red in the course of the chat.
A little thing that strikes me about
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STRAITS – SETTLEMENTS TRADE RETURNS.
The Director of Public Works is to be congratulated on his ingenuity in dis- covering & new excuse for the new motor
Bir Ernest Pollock, who ie a cousin (lorry 1) road to the Peak. But can he Fromise us that the economy to be effect the Census paper which is now being the Hos. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., is ed in the mechanical transportation of distributed is that in filling up the form candidate for the Speakership of tho building material by that route will go the Chinese and the Japanese will, as House of Commons, and his appointment into the packets of the public and not find is the common practice, be writing their scams bighly probable. From the latest its way into the insatiable maw of the surnames Grat, while Europeans are Home papera I gather that the only other
The trade returns of the Straits Settle ilding Contractors? It soccas bidden to write their Christian names candidate in the running is Mr. Whitments show that the total value of the ring of building
ley, who is Chairman
kairman of Committees. Sir importa for the fourth quarter of 1920, for a pity in vier of the justification Dow first.
Ernest Pollock's legal training, gonial Bingapore was 8117,000,000, a decrease of offered for the road that granite sette
quarter in 1919. For-Penang: $40,000,000; were not used for paving it have been hearing something manner, and general popularity, com-807,000,000 compared with the same knutout the overcrowding in Chinese tune bined with a fine võice and good presence, an increase of $3,000,000. The total valu, There "dods notei to be way mente lately, but the Centris will reveal ate regarded neat the qualifications the exports for the same period foundation for the ren that-the-road-
www-Singapore $120,000,000, to the Peak it to be named the "Boad that there is a great defl of over for the Speakership
$44,000,000 decreases of $60,000,000 Ruine begeleidemme sudeginta denn nun (Continued at foot of next columna B.
HOPERIOT-B$11,000,000respectively
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