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RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27TH, 1991
My friend Adversarius" sometimes lets his playful imagination run rioty. He Although the Governor admitted at did this on Saturday, when he depicted the last Council meeting that he had the consternation prevailing in the camp male "an unfortunate stip" in basing of the Constitutional Reformers upon bitcase for the Rent Bill on the increase learning, through the inquiries rashly set, of rental demanded for, the Sanitary on foot by this newspaper, that the Beard coolies quarters at Bowrington, Governor's despatch to the Secretary of it cannot be said that His Excellency State on the subject of a more » popular. extricated himself very gracefully or farm of Government was skilfully from the sitaation into which his pathetic. We had got the people to baste had landed him. He made no believe "nys Adversaris that our
was
not syn-
MOTORISTS
ADVENTURES. A LIGHTER IN THE TYPHOON
ENCOUNTER WITH BULL AND
HOBBY."
SOLICITOR DEFENDS HIS SON. Mr. Leo D'Almada represented his sop,” Mr. Leo D'Almada, junior, and a friend, Mr. F. Ribeiro, at the Magistracy, before Mr. R. E Lindsell, yesterday;] when the young men were summoned for driving motor bicycles with no lights
and for failure to renew their drivers'
REFUGE
FAND A "BREEZE "IN THE POLICE 'COURT,
MR. EEO D'ALMADA WITHDRAWS
FROM A CASE.
Th & Steamship Company, yesterday afterpon at the Magis- three persons who, at four am, on July stiney before "Mr. Orme, prosiented
15th, were alleged to have removed - pratence of denying the statement that | Guvernor
wicked tyrant, who licenses, 111.5 the Government's indignation
wrote private letters to the Colonial
large cuil of rope, worth $10, from the Mr. Leo Alunda said: I am appear P. & 0. Steamship Company's No. 7. rosed by the indiscretion of the new while pretending to be sympathetic, and janr., who is charged with two charges:
Offer damning Constitutional Reforming for my son, Mr. Leo D'Almasa, lighter to a sampas. One of the defen-. *farmer of the premises in suddenly then the bad many concealed his tracks and for his friend, Mr. F. Ribeiro, who ants said he was ashing the Saratary Board, who had by declaring such correspondence confid-1 charged with similar offences under Kwong Chrug forrign goods store. Yau- 1 partner in the ential and refusing to disclose it." enjoyed a privileged position for some point of fact it has never been contended are no doubt made to be observed, but at the other defendants-a man and,
In the traffic regulations. These régulations yours, to pay on the same scale as their Constitutional Reformers that the think the Court will agree with me that 40 vidvrly woman--were sumpan folk: neighbours had be paying to his more able to a certain measure of Constituas to the cause of default, such explina said that the No. lighter. M Han, present Govenor was other than favour when reasonable explanations are give
Mert. N. Tinson, who prosecuted," astule predecesor without exciting any tional Reform. The President official sympathy... His Excellenes may clear in the last annual report of the eventful trip from my house at Fanling., on July 15th. one of the crew, was tions are generally accepted." Last Sun- was lying in the typhoon reinge at Yay-. particularly careful to make this point day werk the two young men had a most.
mati, heavily laden with margo. At be impressed with this kind of Association. dated as recently as May Near the Waterworks, Ribeiro argument, but its significaner will not 4th of this year, as the following excerpt charged by a bull and was knocked off awakened by a noise and save the defen
was (who slept on deck in summer) shows:- be lost on other people.
A deputation front the Committee was damaged, and my son had no alter rupes and coiling it on a sampan. After his bicycle and injured. The machine dants hauling out one of the lighter si waited upon E. the Governor upon native but to the subject of Constitutional Reform borrow a rope, and tow Ribeire back and the woman and the sumpan
go to the Waterworks, struggle, the two men were arrested. en Fehmary th, 1920, and found him to Kowloon. sympathetic upon the questions of (1) and when my son tried to light his own
The lamp was damaged detained, while the two men were taken
nshore and handed over to the police, the principle of elretion as against lamp he found the carbide had run out.
Mr. Le D'Almada, who representřů nomination, and (3) the principle of The only alternative was to use a small the defendants, cross-examined the me a wider electorate. It was all the more hand lamp and with this he succeeded inters of the lighter's crew, who gave evi; disappointing, therefore, to be in- forme recently that the Secretary of Yaumati, driving slowly, and sounding sustained by the two men in the course erowded streets of dence, as to injuries alleged to have been State for the Colonies had replied, his horn coutionally without giving any reason in his dis-Sathau Road, the severe hand of the law bandaged and the other showed a blood. One inn's head was At Saifee Terrace, of their arrest. ateh, that he was pot convinced that fell upon them. any change was desirable in either the verred and said that not having reason witness, in turn, denied that the defen A police officer inter-stained bandage round his waist. Each number or method of selection of the able lights they must be summoneri.
dants were handled severely, and sug unofficial members of the Legislative Council."
gested that they received their injuries by tripping di when being chased around the brat, prior to capture
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The Magistrate: Your son's failure to provide sufficient carbide is no excuse, eyele was being towed is sufficient to but I think that the fact the second
The Magistrate: "I should not poss exonerate the second defendant. The that too much.. ME' D'Albada. There is
the two machines were practically one. But 10 questi
met were roughiv the lisenses, yet.
In his second attempt to justify the Goernment's new policy His Excellency gave so Bany other and mor con- ucing examples of increased rentals that one naturally wonders why h chume such a weak illustration on the first easton. It was reasonable to assume that, just as a fruiterer puts his biggest and rosiest apples on top of the basket, so an experienced debater liky! His Excellency would choose the most; aglaring instance of extortion that he could find in the wealth of material atj his command, I seems to recognise that he was maladroit in handling his case, but i was reluctant an admit
So far from giving the show away that his attack"apon the Land Invest ment Co, was tot justified by the facts. y great zahl
kht” Ÿ“ know In support of his indictment he pointed exactly where we stand. We have baly to to a return of 0.52 per cent which the fisk loudly enough for Constitutional; you have not touched on the question of; handled in the course of the arrest. Men
Reform and we shall get it. The oppon- Company derive from some of their, pro-ents of any change are thus shown to be perty and contended that this was, far too much. If repairs, have to be paid aggrieved because the special repre- out-Heroding Herod, and those who felt for nut of it the return "does not appear extravagant in a Colony which sentation of the Chamber of Commerce bifers so many other attractive investas allowed to remain can now see that ments to capital. No doubt His Excel- the framers of the petition sized up the iency would have accepted it with plea
situation pretty correctly. sure when he was a landlord, because in those days a clear five per cent. was considered good return on house pro- perty in England-or, for that matter, on any sound industrial investment. Those days are over in England, and they have not yet dawned in Hongkong.
"Eventually
you may get a vote
Why Not Now? Help on the good work by
SIGNING THE PETITION.
Of course, we are all out for cheap houses, but some of us cannot persuade ourselves that the Government are going the right way to work to give us them. The Rent Ordinance only promises us
to be taken up for renewal: similarly Mr. D'Almada: The Hertises expired on June 20th; my son's was at my office, with Ribeiro's. The police allow about a month for renewals; they have since
renewed.
Inspector Garrod 'agreed that motorists were allowed about a month in which to renew their licenses. We don't rush them added the Inspector.
The Magistrate: "Is there a law here that you must carry your license with
My friend of the Chim Mait should has pointed out to him that we were not believe all that he hears. Somebody guilty of a horrible fauz when we published the slogan: "If you were good enough to fight for the Empire, you!
ren't, you good enough to vote in the Empire!
Inspector Garrod: Yes.
The Magistrate They are not charged
this class finding what they took to be, thiovas aboard would not he gentle
Mr. D'Almatar un testing the
veracity of the witnesses by these ques tions.if they deny any violcner they are untruthful witnesses, that is all.
The Magistrate: It is question of standards," The second defendant cer
duly has been injured.
Mr. D'Ainada put it to the witness the sampan and assaulted the occupants that the krew of the lighter went on to severely, and then fabricated the 'charge because the difendants blew "a polie whistle.
That, we are told, could be with that used against the petition for Constitu. tional Reform in a garrison station where even the Constitutional Reformave heard of the case. I did not sign ers themselves do not proßese to give the application for the summons, the soldiers and sailors avate." The The Magistrate told the police-sergeant conclusion would be sound if the pre- have consulted the traffic inspector before who had brought the case that he should mises were correct, bat, happily, they are not, as my friend will discover upon reading through the petition.
whistic Inspector Garrod This is the first
The war replied:We blew the police them if they had not enmitted a theft.
We would not have charged
Mer D'Alinda was cross examining the witness on similar lines, when the he could not see, just then, what agistrat minted out that the inan ha
taking out the summons. The Inspector to the other end of the lighter. There was going or as the defendants had rute would have been able to tell him that fore," remarked the Magistrate, it motorists were not pressed immediately rather a waste of time to pursue licenses had expired.
it with bib" A nominal fire of 81 was imposed for
Renily must protest against ad. veranrius" pirating other people's care- fully prepared jokes and passing them failure to renew the licenses. The Magis- off as his own. That Constitutional trate said he could not overlook the Reform Cabinet with which he amused failure to provide carbide that would his readers on Saturday was constructed be," and the other summons would out of the head-piece of the Acting Secre.be withdrawn.
31r. D'Almada asked that no fine he
thinks I an wasting your time, or the Mr. D'Aimada: If your Worship time of the Court, I will ask to with draw from the case. I have considerable. experience of practising in these Courts
Court. I ask you to allow me to with and if the manner in which, I think it uot 'the manner which commends itself to the draw.
Bome temporary financial relief; it does. tury for Chinese Affairs, who finds dis-imposed in respect of the licenses in view proper to conduct my case is
traction in this form of carpentry from of the fact that the police allowed a the cares" of his office .g., hurling pro- clamations at Sun Yat-sen, keeping an month for renewal, but the Magistrate eye on the military operations in South replied that that did not concern him in. China, acting as Press agent for the any way
He had taken the circum: wangui faction, receiving deputations stances into consideration, or the fine of jubilant tenants, and playing the part would have been $15 or $20. of foster-father to the mui tis in the Colony, to say nothing of countless minor activities.
not increase the available accomunada- tion by so much as a brick; and if it be re-enacted at the end of this year to provent the landlords from making up for lost time it will indubitably in orease the congestion. la case you should jump to the conclusion that bave been nobbled by the vested interests and ancrified my prospects of an O.B.E. for a little "spot cash," let me recall to your mind what H.E. the Governor himself said eighteen months
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As the result of a prostrating brain
Those behind this movenient are prob- ably not worrying about detail; they will be quite content to leave that to others
ago during the debate on the Hon. Mr. storm the new Government was provins they may safely do-nnd to pin their H. E. Pollock's Housing resolution:sionally formed as follows:-
"We are in a difficult position, and if we limit rent to what we think is reasonable and what the landowners may regard as unreasonable, you will check the development of building, which is even more desirable than low rents. You will never get cheap houses nt cheap rents in this Colony, and the point is to get enough houses.""
that.
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Hon. Mr.
Court must necessarily be in my hands The Magistracy: The conduct of this while I win here.
1 may conduct it well or ill, but at any rate am res pousible while I am her
.
Mr. D'Almada hoped he had never bend lacking in respect for the Court.
The agistrate: I had not interrupted you until that monent, and it was only was ou the other side of the boat and
that point that the witness said he could not see what was going on.
gested that my cross-examination was a Mr. D'Almada: Your Worship Aug
allow me to withdraw from the caer I waste of time. If your Worship will shall be very much obliged.
think I said it was a waste of tim
The Magistrate: Not at all: I don't Mr. D'Almada: With your grmission I will withdraw from the case.
The Magistrate Certainly D'Almadı, if you wish
Jr.
Governor--Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak.
hopes to broad effects. Whitewashing is Colonial Secretary-Me. G. C. Alabas
better carried out in that fashion. All that is needed is to furnish the Secretary ter, O.B.E. Attorney-General-The Hon. Mr. H. E. House of Commons that a meeting of of State with material for assuring the Pollock. K. C.
thousands of Chinese, convened by the Colonial Treasurer-The
Stephens.
two anoficial members of Council and attended by all this is brightest and best Director of Public Works.-The Hon. in the Community, met together solemnly.
Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G. Secretary for Chinese Affaire.-Mr.H initiative, to register a dignised protest on the Sabbath, entirely on their own It is an easier matter to frame legis A. Cartwright. lation limiting rentals that it is to put
against the utterly unfounded allegations Captain-Superintendent of Police- into operation schemes for increasing the Mr. F. C. Jenkin, C.B.E.
levelled, in the Press and on the platform, Mr. D'Almada then left the Court, number of houses, and I am afraid lest This tour de force was achieved in some by ignorant and unscrupulous detractors
On the conclusion of the "evidence for which the prosecution, the defendant. Choy the Government, impressed by the re-thing under a week, I believe. The idea, ainst an honoured custom
dates from the dawn of creation and Hing, who had described himself as a joicings which have greeted their new it was explained to me was that the Bill, should, tink back inte repose with dethroned officials should take over the its long existence to the noblest shopkeeper, said he and the second de the comfortable feeling that they have duties of those who usurped their instincts of mankind.
fendant hired the sampan to go for an solved the Housing Problem. Even the places. The obvious comment is that an
airing after business hours as it was a motor roads to the Peak and to Cape regards the Government of the Colony
One can picture the right hon. gentle very hot night. They had had some D'Aguilar are roundabout ways of doing the change would be excellent, but as of enthusiasm over the spirit in which were awakened by two men who visited man lashing himself into a perfect frenzy drink and fell asleep. At 4 a.m. they regards the commerce of the Colony dis- the promoters of the meeting approached the sampan and robbed him of 890 and nstrous. It is always easy to be generous at
the consideration, of this highly contro-saulted him when he blew a police somebody else's expense, and, therefore, The two Chinese members of Council versiul subject. It all the charges which whistle. He insisted on their going to I suggest that the Government should have been furnished with a little foot they boldly enumerated should be proved the polic: station with han and seeing give irrefragable evidence of their new for thought between now and Saturday by they pledged themselves in advance to they had nothing against him. they push- found concern for the tenaat by passing the questions, addressed to them on the press for the extermination of the the coil of rope on to the sampan and
self-denying Ordinance, Labour men subject of muti trai. Even if the Hon. Bystem, while, ca the other hand, if these brought the charge of theft and Socialists have advocated for a long Mr. Lau Chu-pak had not, made his charges, should be found devoid of time that dwelling houses, being a nices-attitude clear upon this matter in inter- foundation in fact, they promised, never sity, should be exempt from taxation, views given to the Press some time theless, to take steps amongst themselves. aational and local. The raising of back, the waive phraseology which he and much as Lord Milner suggested, to guard revenue by taxing rentals means for his colleague have employed in drawing deprive the most malevolent of even the against any possible abuses, and thus most a tax on houses heavier burden up the notice convening their meeting flimsiest pretext for repeating theif for the largo family than for the sufficiently reveals the object they have wealthy bachelor or couple with no in view. It will be interesting to see
What greater proof of Jamily. The state of New York has, how they wriggle out of the predicament sincerity and benevolence could the accordingly, passed an enabling law to in which they have landed themselves. They most cynical demand 1 Yet further proof THE "MUI TSAT” QUESTION. exempt new houses from, taxation, and have been given ample notice of the was available. Hon. members would New York city has decided that all points they hate to meet, so there will scarcely credit the fact that in that concourse the majority of the houses, not exceeding £1,000 in value, be no excuse for evading them. Mr. Vast
DAILY PALŠÍ."] shall be exempt from local taxation until Laa is reported to have said that he members of which had little adopted
BIR-With reference to the questions encourage building, and it is claimed that the task of showing the difference between a part of their substance--not to be discussed at the forthcoming meet- January lat, 1032. The main object is to intends to bend his energies especially to daughters upon whom they lavished ретвод was found guilty on bit the result will be a great increase in the mut sai and slaves. That it will require
ing. it may interest the Hon. Mr. Pollock in the rents of the old houses. A some should experience any dificulty. sivo indictment so fearlessly framed by in Hongkong, the practice of buying ser number of new houses and a reduction some effort I can well believe, If he confession or otherwise, of any of and other readers to know that, accor
the offices set forth in the comprebening to one of the vernacular newspapers what similar reform has been approved commend him to apply to the Acting the orranisers of the demonstration. Nor vants was suppressed by the Chines in Ontario, Canada. With these en Becretary for Chinese: Affairs, who will couraging exataples, may we not expect he only too happy to render him any lowering his voice to an impressive Government at different periods of to see the Hongkong Government give assistance that lies in his power. Bat Thin and in a single mua tan rise to history, and is forbidden by law to-day Point ap accusative finger at her in the Republic of China.-Yours faith- "proof of their sincerity by maleting the perhaps Mr. Lan already knows this.
ployer. Complete rout of the opposition fails, Treasury in the same way
(Continued at-100% of ness volima.】
RODERICK RANDOM.
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accusations."
Mr. Tinson: I do not pross-examine: the story is too beautiful as it is.
At this stage the hearing, which bad occupied one and a half hours, was ad- journed til to-day.
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