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THE HONGKONG DAILY

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JUNKS Y. STEAMERS ON THE UPPER YANGTSZE.

The following interesting extract is from the trade report of the deting Commissioner of Customs for Changking (Mr. J. Klubien) :---

The year 1934 did not bring to the Szechwan province the much longed-forj penos Fighting between the various mili

|tary leaders broke out early in July and resulted in the almost complete annihila-

A, SHANGHAI COMMENT. Ta leading article under the caption

The Young In the N. Dugment of Macno has given an order to the Yews of June goth, gays:---

FRANCISCAN NEWS,

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A SOLICITOR'S COMPLAINT.

THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS IN COURT.

In a part heard case at the Summary Court, susterday morning, enverning a dispute as to the ownership of £20, Mr. W. B. Hind, solicitor for the complainant,

A few months ago Mr. Teesdale Mackinto the extent of $2,000,000 for us complained that the other side had not Mint in Portugal to issue subsidiary coins tosh Registrar of Hongkong University, Maeso, to replace the debased. Chiness Buttered the educational dovecots to no currency which has formal, for so long, the

produced · All the documents, before the este came up for hearing. His complaint small degree, by enunciation of views medium of coinage,

arose out of Mr. Justion Compertza distinctly at variance with those which

remark that when the cags first came up have for long received general acceptance. |

Smoonths bays clapsed singe the for hearing Mr. Hind had said that the The occasion wag a public meeting to con- proposal for the return of the Franciscan main point to be arguel would be the rate tion of the 2nd Szechwan Army in com of British children in the Colony, and on few weeks ago the services of a Brm of be paid in dollars if the complainant, won sider the whole subject of the education Nuns to Macao was first mooted. Some of exchange" in which the money should mand of General Yang Shen. The Co that occasion Mr. Mackintosh stated that architects in Hongkong were engaged to his "ense. mander-in-Chief and Acting Civil (overnor he knew nothing to dangerous, he was in- survey and report on the condition of the Mr. Find said that this would have. of Szechwan, General Liu Hsiang, was chard to say nothing so criminal, ns a old Convent, with a vier to its renova. been the main issue had not further compelled to resign, and his post was in, due course taken over by the commander good all-round general exluention.

documents come to light. He thought it He tión,

Sines then, however, nothing has should be impressed upon all clients that of the vittorions 3rd Army, General Tiu added that if there was any parent in been heard of this matter. As a uumber they should hand over all document, the Colony who wanted to make his son of parents are awaiting the opportunity This was not the first car, as his Bont- Cheng Hsun, when the seat of the govern ment was retransferred from Chungking entitled to demand the creation of a

an rugifieer or an agriculturalist, he was of placing their children in the once of ship knew, in which trouble in this matter

bad occurred. the Nuns, the public are hoping that some į

His Lordship called THL to Chengtu. When, in August, the fight school whose curriculum would normally early announcement will be made,

Mr. A. E. Ha (seleitor for the defence) to explain. ing armies reached the shores of the and ordinarily prepare the boy to pass

the late apparates of the documents.: Yangtze most steamers were subjected to the appropriate examination.

Mr. Hall aid the documents wore Presum

produced to him three days before the heavy rifle fire from „öldiers and deserters ably Mr. Mackintosh would have it that

date fixed for hearing. He sent them to. along the river banks, and in consequence general education should stop at a certain

Mr. Hind on the day of the first hearing the Court trans'ator and they resobjed steam favigation was almost brought to

age and that thereafter what is described

of the case. I gave them to 31x Hind standstill for a fortnight. Janks were as vocational training should take its place.

at the earliest possible monivat " he said. commandeered in grent numbers, and this A some time ago Mr. Mackintosh made

1. His Lorship expressed the opinion that tend, already hard hit as a result of

all documents should, he showu to the other an inspretion of our schools in Shangbai the straner competition, suffered heavy these statements possesieri_n_considerable

side before they were sent to the Curt translator, Josses, With the many new steamers interest for as, and at the time we ven- plussd on the Uppër Yangtsze run during tured to express disagreement with the the current year the available tonuage learned commentator. Within the past proved to be larger than justified by actual: few days the Government of Hongkong demand. The inflated freight rates of has presented its official reply to the re former years collapsed suddenly, and solutions passed at the meeting, and steamer companies were obliged to accept while, being an official document, it con freights at rates which often did not even eerns itself with the resolutions passed, it

Bars and other light Aleholic beverages, cover actual working expenses. A bale of gives no direct opinion on Mr. Mackin- not exceeding a litre: $0.20 pr bottle; cctton yarn. which at the beginning of tosh's startling departure from the whole | 80.10 per half-battle.

A LICENCES.

The tariff of licences to came into force immediately has just been issued by the Municipal Council of Macao. The most important annual taxes will be:—

Motor-cars, $20 to $43 Horses, $10. Motor-bicycles, 312 to 815.

Dozs, 31 Signboards, 2.

Cinematograph halls, 441 to 800. Masts, to $5.

LIQUOR DATIN,

The following charges on non-Portu gue beverage will be "of interest to Hongkong merchants

ceilir 1 litre: 20.30 per bottle; 80,13 per Wines and Alcholie beverages net ex half-btle

PERSONAL

Y RS. 1. L HAZLEWOOD IN, TUE

"DAILY NEWS.") - :

We were living a plenie on the coast of

and opposite Ilongkong, and, secure in were on British territory, on the main

this thought, we settled unnelves in a our feet almost in the sea, and opening sheltered cove on the hut, firm xands, with up our picnic basket, we prepared to enjoy ourselves.

Mr Hind said that this was unly done.

a meipt that the money had been paid. The evidence for the defence showed that the major portion of the £20 had been spent by the widow of a Chinees who died in London. The window acting on instructions contained in a letter (the one which was not produced until fate h the ease out of which Mr. Hind's complaint: arpe) spent the money on general wremonies on behalf of her late husband. The evidenes for the complainant was to the effect that the money was seat

Further evidence was taken yesterday wife by the complainant, from London, and she had not received it..

for the defendant, stating that he did not... after which h's Lordship gave judgment believe anything that the complainant had

named Chan Chai sued the Tung Shing The point raised was then dropped. The case was one in which seaman Kwok Firmi (described as boarding house.

carriers into the interior of China), for keepers, and stated by Mr. A. E Hai... to have carried on business Rs letter

the defendants as agents for the plaintifi the very of £20, being money paid to for the purpose of paring the same to the plaintiff's wife, in or about the month of the season cust Szechwan Tls, 12 in freight theory of British education. Its state

December, 1920 or January, 1821, which from Tehang to Changking, could be ments, however,

Dr. 31. Palha, the senior dcctor in the defendante neglected to do, to the failure of, edu- Macao, leaves for the Metropolis un for

Mr. Hind'a submission at a previous shipped at rates as low as Szechwan 1.00 cation in Hongkong to give the best re-lough on the 11th inat. Dr. Amaral who hearing of the case was that the money al through the summer months. It was salts, are of very great value and may recently arrived in Macao replaces Dwife at all, whilst Mr. Hal's so was had not bees paid over to the plaintiff's not until the beginning of October, when provide a clue to Mr. Mackintosh's state)

Palha during his leave.

thas the defendants had met their obliga- the large steamers were about to cease of mind.

Macao's representative in Portugal, Mr. tie by paying the money over to running, that freights recovered and ship In Hongkong the state of affairs seems the griovance of the Government employés him authority to receive it. He produced F. X. Pancracio da Silva, is taking up person who produced a letter which gave ping companies were somewhat compen to be that the education of Chinese is regarding allowances while on furlough. sated for the logges sustained during the carried on with the highest degree of summer months. At the end of the season success, but when it comes to British chiki. the freight had risen to Szechwan Tls 20ren it is not so. per bale of cotton yarn. The exceptional ment's report explains, is not to be found

The fault, the Govern- A PICNIC ON THE CHINA rise in the steamer toounge on the Upper in the standard or type of education ner

COAST. Yangtze during the, past few years has

in the quality of the teaching, but depends! caused a complete dislocation of the time-'.

"upon.causes over which officialdom has no honoured juak traffic, In spite of high control. In contrast with the Chinese, the freight rates, merchants find it profitable, British child is not as a rule a perinanent China; not so daring as it sounds, for we solely and purposely for the complainant's and safer to ship their goods by steamer resident of the Colony, and this in con- owing to the heavy military taxation, in'

junction witli his environment is at the the form of escort fees, etc, to which the root of the trouble. Children arrive at junks are subjected en route. The in Hongkong at varying nges, and when creasing lawlessness, the prevalence of their parents go on furlough they gon- powerful robber bands, and the unavoid-erally go too, and at once there is a break

Suddenly, "We are being watched," said able dangers in connection with junk in their schooling. Actually, says there and land rubbers, who are by un means THE TEST OF ADMINISTRA

my husband and vague thoughts of pirates navigation are also factors which have port when referring to Kowloon School, uyths in Chius, passed througirmy wind

there is no boy or girl now at school aged "Look," he said, and a few yards from se Sfteen and upwards who has attended re- sprung, us it seemed, from

TIVE CAPACITY. nowhere, Eur We The chartered junk traffic has declined guarly and without intermission since were far from any hunsa habitation, there

HOW DOES DR SUN YAT SEN steadily since the year 1918, when the ton-the age of ten. The report proceeds: stood perched on a rock above us à tail

STAND IT? nage entered and cleared auoanted to facilities can repair the damage caused usual dark co

improvement in educational Chinese coolie girl. She was clad, in the nid Housers, was baro- 99,955 tons, as against. 22,810 tons in the by intermittent school attendance, and, as footed, and wore the large all-weather" year under review. Likin junks, which long as this state of affairs continues, it it, protecting equally from sun. ruin, do not come under the cognizance of the is not possible to equip the average British upon her head.

On her face was an expression of deepest child with an education equal to that... Maritime Customs, must also have de which we would require at Home or equal interest mingled with the atatest cen- elined considerably, and the number of to that which the Chinese boy acquires at era. She appeared transfixed at the sight ligible quantity his enemies declare. There

of whs

what was, I suppose, the first English in one point at fast in which he is shew- junkmasters, boatien, ind trackers Queen's College.

picnic she had

ever attended. For it was ing wisdom; he is securing the help of: thrown out of employment must be very report must be given prominence. This meat pies Thinking to reassure our new Cho and Mr. Wu Chao Chu, both of whom One other point dealt with by the English We had buns, bananas, and able men, as for example, Mr. Yeh Kang great. Moreover, many other trades, de is that the average British boy requires found frind (for from the first I had in-have practical administrative experience, pendent on the junk traffe, are more or stricter discipline and supervision, than stinctively felt her to be that), I offered her to undertake direct responsibility for

proper performance of tasks, while, as aud standing at our side she took a bite. repair yards, carpenters, blacksmiths, one would naturally expect the report to

In this ho is following the lead of Mukden Ho," she said, giving me an appreciative which has known how to make finance ropemakers, restaurant-keepers, etc., and state, Eastern surroundings and Eastern glance. Now "How is Chinese for "Good" the touch-stone of Manchurian prosperity. a somewhat serious situation has already servants tend to a relaxation of Home that was satisfactory, and my husband, The heet thing he needs to do is to ruich been created. An attempt to ship salt by babyhood the climate begins to sap his pin with her...

discipline. Then as a child grows out of encouraged by my success, shared his meat an understanding with the power [ul steamer to Ichang failed after a mob of energy. In the circumstances of the case observed, for the look of anxiety had never General Chen Ching Ming; and if he

natives of his own province, such as: She seems worried about something," he several hundred junkmen had larded the the co-operation of parents in the gutter left her face.

can do this he will become at once an im- offending steamer in the Chungking bar- of discipline and attendance is, of course, four, smashing up everything on board invaluable and called for by the Govern- sure she thinks were drowning slowly, and national figure dominating the South "It's not the pie," I replied, "but I'amensely powerful and highly important and finally killing one of the ship's pilota ment. ae a warning that interference by steamers A man in Mr. Mackintosh's position doing it from theice, and that this is our

is longing to move ur. She may think we're Western group.

Assuming, what is quite reasonable, meni together."

that Dr: San emerges from the present

worked in favour of the steamers.

cost

said about the CHAO,

In an article headed Dr. Sun and National issues," the Fur Eastern Timex (Peking) says →

is friends think, but he is not the nrg- He may not be auch a powerful force as

less adversely affected, viz.: boatbuilders, does the average British girl to ensure the a bun., She sprang from the rock to take it, various departments of his government.

in the salt trade would not be tolerated.and of his experienca must have been as anyhow, she's going to shift us crisis an outstanding figure, with serried.

We refer to pin our

Later the junk guilds demanded that aware of these considerations. Presibly cargoes of a certain nature should be re it is because of them that he took up his wow, he said. And he was right. Finding ranks of competent colleagues behind him, served for junks and insisted that steam recent attitude, but if so they hardly seem that gesticulations left us: cold, she bore what is likely to be his general policy era were, to cease running during the to be sufficient justification for making down upon us, seized the picnic basket, with respect to unification, and a national whole of the low-water season.. The the drastic change in the system which gathered up dur belongings, and kindly government? Probably he will be inclined Chinese-controlled steamship companies he would seem to advocate. On the con bnt firmly removed, them and us to another agreed to the former proposal, but she trary the case might be said to eal for a place farther from the on-coming ses

here again to follow the policy of Man- continuation of the steamer trafle still larger instalment of a "good all-started us on our next and Snal course, his administration of Kwangtung by the She then washed our caps for us, and churia,to stand aside and wait on during the low water season, without round education,

events. Whilst doing so. he has to justify unpleasant complications, was only made faith to the principle laid down by, an- possible after lengthy discussions had other well-known educationalist, Dr.

seems to love us,” I remarked, for most exacting of tests that of a balanced: taken place between the River Inspector Hawks Potts of St. John's University, she has never once asked us for cumshaw budget. Can he, in Ewangtung, out his and the various junk gulds. The griev- who stated the case very clearly while ad-

"At that moment she was engaged in cost according to his cloth 1. Can be keep ances of the junk-people are reat, and they dressing the pupils of the American packing up the buket, and was, was come! This is bound, in future, to be the washing his expenditure below the level of his in- have a right to demand that their case School the other day One went to school, in the sea; and in should receive sympathetic consideration he said, to prepare for life, not to pre-wash us also we innde tracks for to capacity, as it is and always will be the she should try to first and the last test of his administrative and support from concerned, The pare to make a living, Vocational train farley-Davidson. future peaceful development of

practical test of the individual life, The tbeing had its place in education but was not steamer traffic will, to a great extent, the chief aim. They went to school for With a most sweet and kindly smile, she of administrative success or failure must But in an instant she was at my side, establishment of this test as the criterion depend upon the manner in which this the development of their natures, powers gently took the sunshade I was holding come very soon and when it has come, difficult question is handled..

Although the volume of traile did not experiments in education, but we fancy,

and personality. There have been many from my hand, and held it over my head as although the full measure of the Hopul- got into the sidecar, and until we were lican spirit in the body politic of China come up to expectations, the year 1922 those which have deviated far from three actually on our way, and even then, abe may, remain for a long time a pious as compares Invourably with former years' principles have" not achieved success.stood with her hand to her eyes, watching piraton rather than an accomplished fact, trade figures. The net vaine of the trade Some of us can recall the dreadful era of us out of sight. coming under the cognizance of the cramming, when the whole success of a

China as a market-place will have been Maritime Customs was HL: The 60,170,809, school was measured by the number of It was on the evening of that day, the will speedily micceed financial rehabilita

largely restored, and political confidenco as against Hk. Ths. 52,115,E11 in 1921. certibcats obtained, and no one, who has Feast of All Saints, 1919, that we heard in tion.. Until internal peace in the province has passed through such a system can have a Hongkong the terrified cries of the little We believe that it is in this spirit that bor re-tablished there is but little good word to say for it. It is too much sare-girl, the incident which confirmed as the whole future should be viewed, that prospect of a material increase in trade, to expres our schools to be prepared to in our

the evil system uttermost, and was

In order to facilitato stam navigation turn aut specialists, nor would we want to the resolution to probes resulted the test of each leader's capacity should be.

in

on the Upper Yangiere, 19 additional thea to. What we do expect is that boys its abolition.

unted a simply the banker's test. It is a remark river-gauges have been established between said girls loving them can face this world herself, and showered on ca Find and loving cisely in those regions of Chine wher That gentle Chinese girl, perhaps a slave able and interesting fact that it is pre- Chungking and Ichang during the low with courage and make the beat use of service la doing so she forged a spiritual there is a fairly good financial Organi vel period and three river-gangs on the their intelligence, and on the foundation ink between us stronger than any barrier zation that there still exista, with all the Chungking-Kiating section of the river of the good all-round education they of race or creed, and which time itself will proclaimed chaos in the land, peace and were added to those already existing. may build their particular careerH."

not destroy.

contentrnout.