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'CORRESPONDENCE.

MILITARY REGULATIONS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

St.-The correspondener in the - Press arising out, of the shirt

singlet." incident has developed on sound lines. But the last contributor, "Fair say," if an otherwise concise and read

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY YH, 1924

TALE OF RANSOM, STORY OF BRIGANDAGE IN NEW

TERRITORIES...

SHIPPING COMPANIES

AT LAW.

COMPANY MEETING. MESSES, A. S. WATSON AND Co.. LTD.

An extraordinary general meeting of Messrs. A. S Watson & Co. Ltd., was

JUDGMENT RESERVED.

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsel at the Cen-i

The bearing of the ease in which the ral Magistracy yesterday, Kwok luk Lai Hing.S.S. Co., na owners of the as was charged on remand with having, with

"Apory," are suing the Indo-China S.. held, yesterday morning at the Hong- others not in eustody, armed with re Co., Ltd, as owners

of the 5.5. Tai kong Hotel, for the purpose of confirming volvera, rubbed Cheng Ping of 80s in Sang" for damages arising out of a colive spectal resolutions passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the Chinese currency, $45 in llongkour, cursion in the Clinton river, was concluded

Company on June 21st, authorising "the reney, clothing to the value of $100, and

alde effort, fails," I think, to pat one of one musket and powder and shot for the yesterday morning, in the Supreme Court, capital, of the Company to be increases

* Regular Battalions were put chosen as storin trongs "ater 19" for the simple reason that, after 1945, there were na Regular Battalions in the ouse which "Fairsay "attempts to advanen in his

argument...

same, the whole of the value of 8987, in August 192

He was further charged with having on

before his Lordship, the acting Chiel Justice (Mr. H. H. J, Gompertz).

Mr. Eldon Porter, K.C., appeared for the same day taken away by furce and the plaintiff Company, and the Hon. Mr. detained Cheng Ping for ransom at Yung Alabaster, K.C., represented the Long Wan village.

went

defendnuts."

from $200,000 ta' $1,500,000,

The meeting was presided over by Me" D. E. Clarke, others present wer: Mr. J. Scott Harston (Director), Mr. J A. Tarrant (Secretary), and the following

The Custas said: -Gentlemen,-This meeting has been called to confirm, if thought fit. the resolutions which the Secretary has just read, and which were | were passed at the extraordinary general meeting held here on 21st. June last. I

do not think any færther remarks from pie are necessary, so I now formally beg to propose that these five resolutions be confirmed. I shall be pleased to answer

Dis, points as clearly as it should be put. The states. however, the writer is in agreement with my definition of Hel Tape, I would add that a too rigid inter- pretation of Law and Custom is a fault

shareholders:Messrs. D Wilsin. W. found at all times and in all places. To

Mr. Potter addresser the Court during Morley, L. S. Greenhill, F. W. Stapleton, say that it was not prevalent during the At a previous hearing, the complainant

to ng Hong the morning and remarked that Captain. M. Wong and J. D. Humphreys Great War isto ignore the fact that after described how he 1915 caprit de curge was so lacking in Wan to take charge of his brother's shop, Grant, of the xa. "Tai Sang," had said Regular Battalions that they were oftena, salt business. He wald how defendant that his vessel was a mile ahead of the came in and asked for a pot of tiorem., "Apoey "' at '10 c'clock on the mori not chosen as storm troops.”

ment opium, double size. Defendant puting of the collision and that the sa money on the counter, and as witness" Apocy" at 10 o'clock on the morning stretched out his hand to pick it up, of the collision and that the s.3. "Apoey defendant genblad in by the wrist, and came up to within four lengths of the fired several shots into the air close to Tai Sang" when the latter's steering witness' head, terrifying him.

chain broke. This meant that the Meanwhile, two other men were tying "Apoey" gained 1,000 yards. This figure grim if up the fuki, and another was searching did not agree with the document "pre- questionable sense of humour in attri- the shop. Witness was forced to show pared for the delence by Captain Ken-

was kept. and buting the bar of Regülar Battalions where the Erm's money

nedy, Assistant Marine Superintendent instorming operations-after 1915-the men took it, together with all the of the defendant Company, which showal to their lack of esprit de tirps,

clothing in the place, and our musket, that the "Apoey" only gained 450 yards powder, and shot. The witness, weat on to relate how he was dragged on boardvious that Captain "Grant was mistaken a junk, and taken to a plave peur To Kok.

in his figures. in Tung Kun, where he was kept in con- finement for abs three months. During this time, he was forced to write numer- to his brother asking for ous letters money for his ransom. Witness was in ally released or payment of $180 in cash, which was paid to A Ngan, one of the original four raphers.

Of course, there is the possibility that Fairsay" is exercising

July

7th. 1921.

TO THE EDITOR OF"TIE

DAILY PRESS."}

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1914-1918.

HONGKONG

I read with gach pleasure the interesting" letter from.*** Fairsay, your issue of to-day's date. Please allow me to thank him for it through the medium of your hospitabile celomas,

It was particularly interesting to me by reason of two, statements made by hing:--

I would remind him that since the War, changes have and are being made, in view of the march of demperary.

1.

But the lessons of the War are

«from the Army.`

"

Witness got back to Hongkong on December 4th last, and at once made report to the police.

At.yesterday's 'hearing. Sz To Kai, the evidence corroborating the complaincat's story of the robbery, and

faki, gave

over the distance. It was therefore.ub.

"Counsel considered that the case for the "Apoey" was far more probable. This was that the Apocy" was a mile and a ball ahead of the Tai Sang." which being the faster ship gradually overhauled the "Apocy" until ultimately she was three lengths ahead. The de- fener had picaded that the accident way inevitable. Dealing with this contention

any questions shareholders may like to ask.

Mr. GREENHILL seconded thus" proposi tion, which was carried unanimously.

This concluded the business before the

meeting.

EUROPEAN'S HOUSE,

BURGLED.

TAIKOO MAX'S LOSS.

Mr. Michael O'Brien's house at No. 5.

Talkoo Terrace, was entered cr. Sunday night by a burglar, who broke open a drawer in the dining room and escaped with nioney and jewellery to the value of 2060.

Mr. O'Brien has stated to the police the inevitable, accident-Counsel quot- that the thiet entered the house "between From the drawer the ed many cases in which it was made 10 and II p.m. clear that the onus was on the defence man extracted five 8100 actes and a gold

being learnt and Red tape is passing defendant was agaic remanded until to prove that they could have done wristlet watch, which is valued at $150.

I a more than delighted to hear it had

1. thank Fairsay for this welcome

assurance.

I pray Heaven it may continue.

say without fear of contradiction, and without anything bat alamiration for the later Armies," that the okl original British Arny which weat so France in August, 1974, was the finest body of tuen and the "finest army of its size, as regards per

sonnel, that ever represented Britain or

marrow.

1)

Let me also tell "Fairsay" that I am not the sort of Iconoclast who wishes to.

sweep away the "Code which has, taken hundreds of years to add up" and on which the British Army has been model I never intended to led and built up. say this; nor did I say so.

nothing other than they did do, which would have made the collision less prob-

able.

Tai

Counsel submitted that the ang" should have stopped her engines and proceeded on her course, as far as possible. Captain Grant had the option of doing two things and of these he did the wrong one. His Lordship had to ask himself would the accident have been ren- dered less likely if Captain Grant bad

It was a present made to Mr. O'Brien by the staff of the Taikoo Sugar Reinery

Company.

SALE OF CROWN LAND. Two lote of Crown land were sold for upset prices at yesterday afternoon's auction. One was a large area of 21,088 square feet adjoining the new hundred foot road, Mong Kok Tsui. The upset Price was $81,320, at which figure it was.

any other country. The N.0.0's. parti-such twaddle as the sartorial troubles of adopted other measures and he submitted sold to a Chinese. The price works out |

Let me remind Fairsay that my original "strafe was against having our daily papers leading columns filled with Wife of B.M." "enlarly, were absolutely magnificent, and

Corporal lockham. it is a pity that a fighting force like this tried to turn it into a dissertation on dis: now apparently or any that we may now produce, should cipline and" "Fairsay " have its wheels clogged by that scourge wishes for a more or less technical dis "Hed Tape." But now to answer "Fair-cussion on Military procedure.

But to illustrate what I mean by a say's" questions.

He asks whether before using the ex-typical instance of Red Tape, let me give the following,which occurred not once pressión Sinash the Red Tape God to

but hundreds of times in the War Ap pieces," I had made such enquiries into officer arrives home on 4 or 5 days' leave the series of events which led up to the from the Front after probably 3 months. "shirt and singlet incident" as to enn of something as near Hell as we pleasant vince me that the Court Martial was a little mortals can make it. He saturally piece of Red Tape.

makes up his mind that he is going to My answer is that I was not in a post-have a good time before he has to return. Lion, as a civilian, to institute exhaustive A wretched satellite of the Provost Mar-

that if the master bad adopted the men sore he suggested-stopped his engines and let the vessel proceed on her course as far as possible the accident-would bave been impossible; whereas by going astern he adopted a measure which made the collision certain.

His Lordship reserved judgment.

LEFT WITHOUT NOTICE. KOWLOON HOUSE BOY SMARTLY FINED.

Mrs. Cooper, of Nathan Road, Kow.

at 4 per square foot, which is a good figure for land in Mong Kok Tsui, One of the conditions of sale was that the purchaser should fill in and lay out the land and on completion return a large portion of it to the Government free of cost for the purpose of read construction:

The other lot, situated near Ho Mun Tin has an ares of 1950 square feet. This land was sold for the upset price. $3,970.

TYPHOON WARNING. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock a typhoon warning was posted at the The position of the

enquiries behind the scenes. Had I Jons shal's, a gentleman who hus never been foot, appeared at the "Kowlood Magis Karbour Office.

KU. I should probably have been caught across the water and never heard a shot tracy yesterday, in support of a charge typhoon was shown as: Lat.21(N.) and

out giving notice.

with

fired in anger, comes up to him, "us he brought by her against Cheung Siu, a

Long.125(E.), which is about 350 miles and shot as a spy, possibly by some early is walking down Regent Street with his coolie boy, for leaving her service

direct East of Hongkong, between For bird of a corporal trying on his matu-wife and severely ticks him off for wear- tinal shirt. And then, Sir, think of the ing shoes with lacks instead of boots.

The defendant pleaded that be tolds and Luzon. The direction and

radius of the typhoon were unkow¤. unholy joy of a B.S.31. as he gave the The honour, nay the very existence of

England is at stake, and these men have his mistress that he was going away on stentorian and awful command" Fire"

thrown themselves into the breach to the following day, and provided a sub. (provided he could have obtained per

save it, but England enonot be saved un-stitute, but Mrs Cooper would not no- anission from the O.C. firing party to do fess her offers wear boots and sot shoes cept him. Hoy on the, Murray Parade Ground at with stacks-in Regent Street.. dawn.

B.S.M." accused me of not knowing my subject. He will sulmit that in this latter

The Magistrate (Mr. E. W. Hamilton): How are you paid? Monthly?—Yes.

The Magistrate: Then you are bound

News of the death of Mrs. Whitamore (née Lorna Way) at Tongshan Hospital, recently, was received with dismay by the Tientsin community, among whom she has spent her life, and made so many' friends (says the P. and T. Times). Mrs.

The wretched inan is hauled off to the P.31's office where he and his wife waste hours of their precions leave, and the little maggot of discontent and exaspera-to give a month's notice. Whether you Whitamore spent nearly all her girl. erent, I should become an expert on per tion eats just a little further into the supply a substitute or not has nothing foration and that what I didn't know beautiful fruit of patriotism. And that to do with it. about it thed. wouldn't feed a canary.

is where the harm is done...

hood and her short married life in Tien- tsin, and, like her sisters, took a very

To reply to His Worship, defendant active part in the social life of the port,

I do not quite agree with “ Fairsay's "' I could quote endless instances of this said that he was paid $10 a month with She took a prominent part in A.D.C. and. definition of Red Tape and "I certainly kind of. thing, widely diversified, if I

out food. could remember thear and its this kind never meant it to imply a sweeping in-

of thing I want to see "smashed" and

other entertainments, and was one of the most popular women in North China. Mrs. Cooper: He is only a makee Bhe was married, on February, 18th, 1022,

dictment of the "Whole body of Military sweet commonsense take its place in the toarn" boy. That was the amount ho to Mr. Rupert Alexander Whitamore, Law." Nor would I call it "a too rigid British Army; and I say again that the asked for, and that was what I paid him. son of the late Rev. T. II. Whitamore, interpretation of Military Law and Cus epoch-making incident of Corporal Rock huse absented himself before, but came of Whitchurch. News of her death, and

tom. Rather, if a phrase is wanted hain and his shirt could have been deat would I denne what I meant by it as with, without taking an expensive Court

martial affair out of it-Yours, eto,

MIRABILE DICTU Hongkong, July 7th, 1924.

a too cast iron adherence to the letter of Regulations.”

(Continued on nest column.)

of the peculiarly painful circumstances under which it occurred, will come as a and asked to be taken back.

His Worship ordered the boy to pay great shock to her husband's and her fine of $15, or go to prison for three family's many friends throughout the weeks.

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