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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber yester day." There were proient :---- HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Bir HEDINALD EDWARD STUDS, K.O.M.G.) Hon. Mr. CLAUD SEVERN, O.M.G.

(Colonial Secretary), Hon. Me. I. H. Keur, C.B.F.,

(Attorney-General),

Hon. Mr. C. Mcl." MERE,

(Colonial Treasurer).

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 241, 1922-

THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

The Hon. Mr. Lau CHU FAX: Practi-) cally, things will come to this: that in future po visitors will be allowed to DELEGATES BACK FROM CANTON. smoke opium in restaurants,

H.E. THE GOVERNOR Ha" thero been any difficulty, hitherto on this definition

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL: No, Sir, no difficulty. The danger of putting in such words as “excepting clube," for example, would be that on a prosecution for keep- Cing & divan, which is purely a divan and nothing else, the keeper would no doubt, produce some signboard, or some other

O.B.E.

Hon Mr. E R. HALLIFAX, O.BE.evidence prepared beforehand, to say the

(Secretary for Chinese Affairs).

Hon. Mr. E. A. IvING (Director of

Education).

Hon. Mr. PERKINS (Director of

Public Works).

Hon. Mr. H. E. ForLock, KC.

Hon. Mr. LAW CHU-FAX..

Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Paar.

Hon. Mr. A. G. STEPHEN,

Hon. Mr. A. O. LANG.

Hon. Mr. CHOW SHOU-803.

Mr. A. G. M. FLETCHER, O.B.E. (Clerk of

Councils).

ABSENT.

HE. MUOR-GENERAL Sir JOHN FOWLER, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., (General Offer Commanding the Troops in

China).

MINUTER.

The minutes of the last meeting was approved and signed by the President,

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club.

The delegates from the seamen at Can- to returned to the Colony yesterday afternoon bringing with them a letter to the Tung Wah Hospital which was de livered last evening. This is believed to contain a fresh statement of the seamen's case

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WHEN THEFT IS NO ROBBERY?

A NAIVE DEFENCE

Magistracy yesterday, with the theft off Charged before. Mr. Lindsell at thờ

seven iron bars the property of the Tu Hung Firm, a Chinese bricklayer said, by way of extuse, that he thought the bars belonged to his employer-a contractor: RUMOURS OF MORE STRIKES. and that he was perfectly justified in taking the articles. He was of the Yesterday the rumours that hare per-opinion that they belonged to his employer- place was a club. In the case ofsisted all through the last few weeks of and not to the firm genuine club there would be to diffulty extensions of the strike seemed to have

But that is stealing. from the con a proving that it was

become more active than ever; one heard tractor, and what is the diferenco The Hon. Mr. LAU ORU PAK: What Ithem on every lip. A strike of market queried the Magistrate? Oh! I have am afraid of is that, in future, the police, coolies was a hot favourite (to adopt often dong this before, and nothing has by virtus of this acction, will overstep topical phraseology of the week); a strike been said," replied the defendant. "This this.

of everybody who had any dealings with is because you have never been caught Europeans, oven, was mentioned by some before" retorted the Magistrate but after investigation all that could be. definitely ascertained was that the car penters guild had approached the Secre tary for Chinese Affairs as to a long standing claim they made some sima

of wages. before the seamen's strike-for an increase So fearful souls may rest assured" that." the end of all things" is not yet.

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK Do restaurant keepers get a sum of money for allowing people to smoke opium on the premises?

The Hop, Mr. Lart CRU PAR: No; they only get the benet of the dross which goes to the employés as a perquisite.

H.E THE GOVERNOR:

the opiums in such cases

take it in with them

Do people Who provides

The Hon. Mr. LAC CHU PAX: Some do, but most of them send out for it."

The Hen. Mr. POLLOCK: The question The "COLONIAL SECRETARY, by commands if it is dont for profit. Section 4 of of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table the 1914 Ordinance. Pags:-

FINANCE.

the report of the proceedings of Finance

"Opium. Ivan" means and includes Committee, No. 2 and moved that ity place opened, kept, or used in adopted,

The CaLost Treasurer seconded, and the motion was approved.

JURORS LIST FÖR 1922.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the Jurors List for 1925.

H.E., raz GoVERSOR: It will be more) convenient if we leave the discussion of the list to the end of the Council, and proceed with the Orders of the Day.

This course was agreed to.

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POLICE SUPERVISION.

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The complainant pointed out that the contractor was not working at the firm on the day the larceny took place. The man came there with the intention of stealing.

In view of the man's previous good. character, a fine of 210 was imposed with the option of 14 days' imprisonment.

A MAN OF NERVE, Getting up the other evening to go on night duty a shark's-fin washer switched on the light in the cook-house and

and noted

The Cantonese seamen, meanwhile, are, losing more and more of their former big share of employment in the part. The Empresa of Russia sailed from Junk Bay, yesterday, with a Northern crew. Ship owners generally are feeling that they a man clothed in a ck sleeping in a (1) for the sale of prepared opium or cannot give the men in Caston very much corner of the kitchen. The man on being droas opium where a fee or its more rope, before looking elsewhere for roused tried to escape by climbing up equivalent is charged for such smoking or where any direct benefiten. The three or four day conferences Asked by Mr. Lindsell at the Magistracy rope attached to the roof, hy a book or advantage whatever, direct or in- in Canton at every stage of the negotia-yesterday what he was doing in the cook- direct, is derived by the keeper of tions seem calculated to postpone the con-house, the man said that be been sloop- place in consequence of the smoking clusion of the strike indefinitely. of prepared opium er dross opium

ing there for some days and that he had previously been steeping on the root of the same house,

The

while the

sailors conduct their case by the methods of the mass meeting.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE

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The Magistrate: That is not a very good place to sleep in this coli weather.

Inspector Watt said that it was quite] possible for the man to come down fram the roof to the cock bouse by means of rope which, he pointed out, did not look very strong. If the defendaåt came of great nerve. down by the rope he was certainly a men

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The man was ant to prised for six

weeks.

A YOUNG SNATCHERS WEAK DEFENCE,

in such place; or where the opium world cannot wait for ever drous or halan produced by any person smoking in such place is collected, received or retained by any person other than the smoker." The only difficulty is on the last sentence" Collecting opium dross" all the rest obviously refers to keeping an opium divan as a paying proposition.

The Canton correspondent of the Asiatic What is the meaning of "halan"?

News Agency in a recent message, to The Hon. Mr. Lau CET FAR: Smoked efforts of the Foreign and Chinese media- Peking. saist: "Nothwithstanding the dross.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL: My point is immediate settlement "of the Chinese Ben- tors, there is still no prospect "of "an that this proposed new section does not men's strike in Hongkong. alter the substance of the law in any the Chinese stamen are not only support it. appears way, but merely alters the law of evied by the Chinese Labour Associations of Mr. Lindeell at the Magistracy yester dence, and that any genuine club, or Shanghai, Chekiang and Kwangtung, but day morning, with the lareny of an car A Chinese boy, who was charged before restaurant, or office, can easily prove that they are also financially nesisted by the dentally knocked the ornament out of the the place was not an opium divan in the so-called labour organizations of Nan-woman's hair with his hand when passing. pick, told the Magistrate that he acci ordinary sense of the term.

king, Hankov, Kaifeng, and even Tang Mow Temple, Ladder Street, and the ear The larceny took place, outside the Man shan and Changsintien, on the Peking-pick was afterwards found about a Makden and the Peking-Hankow Rail-bundred yards away from the spot. After ways, are mentioned as supporters and the larceny the boy was seen to run away. sympathisers. This shows that Inbour car pick was found.. H.E. THE GOVERNOR': It would be very troubles are gradually creeping up in

Ho was caught hot far from where the difficult to prove that in any case. If China."

The Magistrate, commenting on ATTORNEY GENZEÁL moved the

you are smoking in business premises the

boy's defence, said the tale of accidentally. second reading. of Bill intituled An caretaker would probably collect the

knocking the car-pick for about 100 yards Ordinance to amend further the Opium

was absolutely absurd. A sentence of six months' imprisonment with hard; Ordinance, 1914.

labour, together with 12 strokes of the birch, was ordered.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL" moved second reading of the Bill intituled Ap Ordinance to provide for police super- vision of curtain persons. "The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the second reading was approved.

The Council went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause: it was approved in Committen without amend ment and on the Council being resumed,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, and the COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, the third reading, which was approved,

The Bill passed accordingly. AMENDMENT OF OPIUM ORDIN- ANCE, 1814.

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The COLONIAL SECRETARY Seconded, and the second-reading was carried.

The Council went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.

On Clause 3, the Hon. Mr. LA CHU PAK said: In connection with this se tion, there is a point I should like to be made clear. In all the Chinese hotels, Business firms and private clubs, very aften, more than two or three persons are found smoking opium and the dress is left as a perquisite to the servants. Will "such places be treated as opium divans in

future }

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL: This section

The Hon. Mr. POLICE:. Can they prove that opium droes is not "collected, received or retained by any person other than the smoker"" i

dross. Under the existing law no case bas ever been brought against a restaur ant for keeping an opium divan.

We bave

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL: never had a case. The Bill only makes a Presumption. It does not make a place a diran; it only alters the burden of proof. The burdent can be easily dis charged.

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. The Hon. Mr. Lau CHE PAR: I only want that to be understood by the

Chinese

H.E. THE GOVERNOR: We are not ereating any new difficulty.

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK: If there is a difficulty it may be well to remove it.

H.E. THE GOVERNOR: That would mean

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to the S.LE. Whether it is collected by ance has been in force for seven years. the keeper or by servants, I do not know, and I do not know of any difficulty having but the proposed new section does not arisen on this definition, and we are not alter the definition of an opium divan in

altering it now. any way, and the dross in the restaurant is collected by the keeper the restaurant is now, and has been, ever since the 1914 Ordinance within the definition of an opjum divan. It is not intended, I under- stand, that there should be any, change in policy with regard to restaurants, HE. THE GOVERNOR: Shull we com- Wallace resigned on leaving the Colony, Consulting Committee. Mr. J. H -clubs or business premises, but that this plete the Committee stage and recommit and Mr. P. A, Cox was invited to take section should be some assistance to the The Bill then passed the Committee In accordance with the Articles of As

the Bill if necessary! police and the 8.1.2 in the case of a stage, subject to the amendment of sociation Mears A. O. Lang, P. A. Cox his place on the Consulting Committee. prosecution for keeping premises purely Clause

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Auditors - The accounts have been ground:-B. Ho the latter

an opika divan and nothing else. The EE. THE GOVERSun: The third read two points I would like to make clear are, ing will be taken at a subsequent meeting audited by Messrs. Linstead & Davis for Ismail. 8. R. Ismail, R. Mazarin, O first, that the definition of an opium divan of the Council. That completes the busi- Mr. F. Maitland and by Mr. H. Perey Rumjan, HD. Rumjahn, AR M Imall (capt.), S., A of the Press to withdraw while the Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming are eligible M Arculli and A. Eitchell. Reserve ness and I will ask the representatives Smith. Messrs. Linstead & Davis and Samy, N. B. Kitchell, A. H. Madar, F. Council considers the Jurors' List..

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