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THE GOVERNMENT'S GUARANTEE.

*

FULL PROTECTION TO LIFE AND PROPERTY,

IN CASE OF INJURY.

COMPENSATION

The following official notice has been issued from the office of The Colonial Secretary

"The Government calls upon all citizens to continue their ordinary occupations. It guarantees fail protection to life and property; and, of any person lose his life as a direct consequence of being engaged in carrying on his customary work, the Goverment will pay to his family sum of $2,000. Appropriate payment will be made in the case of injury.

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS.

SAFE-GUARDING

FOOD

SUPPLIES.

CORRESPONDENCE..

THE SERVANT PROBLEM:.

(TO THE, EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG (

DAILY PRESE."]

I AM DYING."

WOMAN'S GRAPHIC STORY OF, SHANGHAI MURDER.

The tragic story of the remum onslaught by a gang of Chinese at Shang- St.-Now that the boys' and servants hai" or the night of June. 18th, against in geferal have, aštually some but on

Me W. W. Mackenzie, of the Municipal.. strike or voluntarily. and illegally Electricity Depart was told to a severed relations with their employers, y Serr representative next day whichever way one likes to put ic-the time for keeping silence on the subject if it ever, existed, is past.

With your permission I would like to put down a few reflections which have occurred to me, in the hopes that they ay indues the British. population hore Strikers when leaving the Colony will (2) Any coal, firewood, our foodstuffs, to indulge in a little clear thinking, which not be allowed to take any substantial taken possession of under the provisions in the only possible prelude to any clear

of this regulation and not returned to sighted action. amount of money with them. The ex-the owner, shall be paid for at such rates

This is the second time in three years us shall be determined by a board, of port of rice flour and tinned or preser arbitrators hereafter to be appointed by that the servants have, for no reason: ved food stuffs is also being prohibited the Governor,

whatever, and without due notice, broken The following the Regulation on the subject made by the "Governor-in-Council

faith with their employers thrown, up! their jobs and simply walked out.

yesterday :--

Except under licence from the Colonial Secretary, the expert of the following. articles is prohibited-

1. Rice.

2- Flour.

3--Tinned or preserved foodstuffs. Gold and silver coin in amounts reeding five dollars and gold and silver 5-Bink notes of every description in

bullion:

amounts exceeding five dollars. The following farther regulations were also made by the Governor-in-Council on Monday:--

1. It shall be, Inwful for any person authorised for that purpose by the Gay ernor to censor, and to suspend the trans. mission of any telegram to or from or in transit through the Colony,

-No person shall transmit any tele- gra from or through the Colony with ont the permission of such person as may be authorised by the Governor to give such permission.

:

It shall be lawful for any person empowered by any regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1029, to do anything, to effect any entry which he may consider necessary to exercise such power.

11

by MissDunian who was the dead man's companion in a motor-ent on the fatal

'night, and who was wounded by the.

assassins..

"When he fell back dead, he had just shifted, gears" said Misa Duncan, inter-

viewed at the General Hospital. “I

managed to put my foot on the ac- rasped the wheel over his body, and

celerator. I felt the Ballots as they hit my hands. The tongues of fire spat out at us so closely that I thought the flancs would touch ure. One man had his hand on the door of the car as he fired directly

I think the majority of Britishers, who at my companion he could not miss his target. More at them shot from behind. have been any time in the Enar will agree when the bullets hit my hands I felt pain S.--No person shall obstruct any per- with me that amongst the whole mass

in my chest. I thought I was shot there. sor in the exercise of any power co servants employed now-a-days, there is ferred on him by any regulation made. under the Emergency Regulations Ordia-only a very small minority who can, by

aace, 1999.

of

ALONG THE ROAD. "With my foot on the accelerator, 1

officer to arrest any person whom he may

9-It shall be lawful for any public any stretch of imagination, be called.

Trained" and the point.. the great forced the car along to evade them suspect of having contravened any re- point, is that now is the time and the fortunately I knew a little about driving Kalation made under the Emergency Re-opportunity to put this servant, question but I could not dislodge his feet from the

guintions Ordinance, 1929.

PROCLAMATION.

.

fect levers, so I did the best I could· on a proper footing, once and for all.

I would like to appeal to the largest under the direnmstances employers of servants in the East, to give

"The car got round the corner all right,

.:

As was announced in the Daily Press yesterday the Volunteers were called up. on Sunday evening. They paraded at us all a lend. I believe I am right in I don't know how, I did not know the Headquarters and many were assigned saying that after the last strike, not only road! I screamed all the time I was special duties which mainly took the are all the Hongkong Hotel servants driving, but I could not attract any one's taken back, but they got their pay for attention. Cars passed us but they did form of patrol in different districts.

The Proclamation mobilising the Volun- the time they were away, and also the not stop. I could not stop the car I wan

driving. teers was published in a "Government usual annani bonus. In those, days, we Gazette Extraordinary gisterday. La is

"When I got off the road--I thought F as follows:-

were all pretty green, and we heard,, or By His Excellency Sir Reginald Ed-indulged in, a lot of slopps talk about was still on the road-i felt the humps in master General, or any person authorised Most Distinguished Order

It shall be lawful for the Pastward Stubbs, Knight, Commander of the Poor Fellows; it wasn't, their fault; ther the held (Note: these uneven spots in the by him, to seize, open, censor, and sus Michael and Saint George, Governor and didn't want to go, etc. We know better field appear to he very deep trenches or pend the transmission of, any letter Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of 120W- We realise that gratitude,-forl C. D. N. ar could not go over them an rereived by the Post Office, or by any Hongkong and its Dependencies and person, for, delivery in the Colony, Vice-Admiral of the same.

decent treatment, wages, et honour-hour later) I let go the wheel and braced intend to be transmitted by any means"

Ordinance, 1990, it is enacted that the contact or good-will is simply non-and my other hand on the door. Then I Whereas by Section 12 of the Volunteer which would ensure the keeping of a my feet, holding his body with one hand Governor may in case of great national

from the Colony to any place out of the

Colony,

purpose.

of Saint

Will the largest employers of servanta inake a public statement that on no ac- count will they allow back in their em-

furrows possibly 18 inches deep, the N

dropped into the water (Note; the masine is at least six feet deep.)

H I got out of the car and up on the level 1 do not know. Then I saW lights and went to a house near the

It shall be lawful for the Captain-emergency or in case of actual or appre-existent. Let us, then, put away false heard the splash as the front wheels Superintendent of Police, or any person headed invasion of, or attack on, the sentiment once and for all, authorised by him, to take possession of Colony, or in case of serious local dis- use, and control, any premises, for any turbances by Proclamation call out any purpose which he may consider a public volunteer corps for actual military ser vire, and Whereas it is also enacted by -It shall be lawful for the Captain the aforesaid section that the period of Saperintendent of Police, or any person such service shall continue so long as play, in nay capacity, any of the ser-American Country Club. I hammered on authorised by him, to take possession of the Governor may consider necessary

one came.1 thought the house was any vehicle and to use any such vehicle and shall and only by order of the vanta who have walked out? Will the the door with my bloody hands, but no for any purpose" which he, cr such per- Governor.

rest of us agree-and stick to our agree-Chinese, so I took my dress und wiped son, misy consider a public purpose. .{ Now therefore 1. Sir Reginald Edward

not be afraid. At last boy came to the 6.) It shall be lawful for the Dirce-Stubbs, Knight Commander of the Most ment-to do the same thing! If we can the blood from the door, that they would When I asked for 'master or tor of Public Works, or for the Captain Distinguished Order of Saint Michael all agree on that subject, then we have door.

Dian in volunteer uniform Superintendent of Police, or for any and George, Governor pad Commander an excellent opportunity to shake off this person authorised thereto by either of in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and

shot. tone." He got hie rifle and search the said officers, to take possession of its. Dependencies and Vice Amiral of servant's yoke and to make a fresh start. came. I said "I am shot, my friend is any coal, firewood, or foodstuffs, and to the same do by this Proclamation call Then let the Government pass a Sered for the car- I could not find it t dispose of the same in any manner which out the Hongkong Volunteer Defence he may consider desirable in the public Corps, for actual military service until

my further order.

interest.

ITALY'S FINANCES.

BUDGET BALANCED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

The Italian Minister in Peking has issued the following summary of the last speech made by Finance Minister De Stefani before the Chamber of Dept-

JACK DEMPSEY.

misses"

at last he got to the place. We could not. vants' Begistration Bill, and make it remove the hody. At last the police came, compulsory on all servants to register and Mr. Master, who brought me here t

the Hospital." and to have a Discharge book with a

THE LIGHTS OUT. photo, and on all employers to take ao servants except through" a Government Miss Duncan said that after Mr. TALKS OF HIS PLANS ON HIS Bureau where the registry would be kept Mackenzie had turned the car round be the Chinese approaching and said ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.

It is only necessary for the Government saw to take a strong line and for the rest they had better turn out the lights until Jack Dempsey, the champion heavy of us to pull together for a little time, they bad passed. But the men stopped weight boxer of the world, arrived in for this eternal question to ve settled, and Mr. Mackenzie got out from the ear.« London last month on a visit to Europe. We are suffering the inconvenience of She heard them speaking in Chinese and Dempsey was not at the moment of being servant-less now, and may be in English. She was was just getting out landing St "to fight for his title. This any case, for some weeks to come. Surely from the ear on Keswick Road, when the he said to me on the deck of the we can stick it out a little longer if it shooting commenced and the deceased Berengarin, writes T. C. Wignall; the means getting servants on the Govern shouting to her to get in again, ran to sort of the car. He had just got the ear into motion when he fell forward crying, "I Boxing, correspondent of the Daily Mail, ment's terma and with

guarantee. is worse than any opponent. I ever met. fra Dempsey, better known

She then took to film To diverge for a moment to a ride am shat, I am dying,"

the wheel as the remainder of the dozed lovers as Miss Estelle Taylor, was even issue, more emphatic about the sea.

For some extraordinary reason, the shots rang out, four of which imbedded The budget, of the current financial "Actually," said Dempsey.this is moment that a suggestion is made that themselves in the body of the ear. year balances. The actual income of the my honeymoon tour, but "this with the a Chinese servant should be registered Fast ten months has increased by $43 milway of a finger if anyone comes to me and that he should have a discharge book up-the middle finger on the one was in a few days' time with a proposition with his photo in it, a howl goes up from nicked by a bullet and the flesh at the I'll be ready to talk to him."

a noisy minority, that such a suggestion base of the other thumb. What about the suggestion that you is derogatory, etc. It happened in the, Further investigation on the part of the meet Firpo for your title in July or Straits when the Government passed the police revealed 12 empty cartridges at the August at Deauville?" I asked.

Servants Registration Act, and it has seene on Keswick Road, and one live happened here.

ties.

The actual expenditure of Italian State for the financial year 1921-29 amounted to 24.853 millions lires, while the estimat ed expenditure for the current financial year 1925-98 is 17.917 millions

Tuus

"

seu,

The budget of the State Pilways, which in the year 1991-92 closed with a deficit of 1.258 millions, show now a sur- plus of 98 milliona Likewise the Budget of the Postal Telegraph and Telephons I be quite ready," answered Demp Administration for the current year showscy, if the terms are all right. Nothing a surplus of 5 millions against a deficit definite has been put to me." 464 millions in the year 1921-22..

J

some

Mas Duncan had both hands handaked

Can anyone explain just exactly what shell. In the body of the car they found there is derogatory in giving a servant two empty shells and two spent bullets "What shont London!”?

Discharge book which would show a

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE "I would rather fight here than continuous record of service? To a cap The Public debt during the eleven-

There are three theories of this pre anywhere," exclaimed. Dempsey, Batable and good servant it should be a months of the current financial year has who is there to fight met The only twà matter of pride to be able to produce a meditated crime; and that it was planac centage of the floating debt is 30.30 decreased by 2.153 millions. The fer opponcats I've heard referred to so far Discharge book showing an Honourable is without question, for both roads besond are Hirpo and Paolino Who's Paolinot record. Every sentian and every oficer the intersection were dug up so that no What Is he ever done?" against 38.64 in 1922.

in the British Merchant Service had such cars could pass. One theory is that explained that the Basque wood- book until the Gedden Aze fell on the students hired ruffians from Chapei in a chopper had one contest in England Board of Trade and did away with them spirit of revenge: another that friends of with George Cook, the Australian on the score of economy much to the one of the dead students wanted blood for blood, though in this instance it would indignation of the men concerned.

The total paper money circulatii, amounting to 0.814 millions on December 31st. 1924, has been decreased to 10.715 millions on April 30th, last. WYKON

which he had lost.

"I'll fight him," said Dempsey, if the Every foreigner who travels has to seem that they would try to shoot a police The paper insey circulation on Octo- details are fixed, and I'll also meet Firpe have his record and his photo in the officer it will he remembered that thist ber 31st, 1827 544 lires per head on again. And beat bith, He knocked me shape of a passport. Is it 'derogatory to Hailed, however, fn the Thihet Road shoot- April 30th la408 fires.

To facilitate the balancing of the trade returns the bank, brokerage has been in- credsed from 6 to 8 per centi

Further

ing. The last theory is that some of the through the ropes last time, but I'm us convinced I'm still able to “fake” him." Judging by the psychology of the Chapel. Volunteer roughs committed the "Would you ask for a million dollars foreigner during the last strike, this one crime in civilian short coats Police in for a fight in Loudon

is going to be a solvent of a great den! many instances have seen their drah The Morgan Bank has opened a credit Dempsey laughed. "Not Tkely," he of aloofness and stand offishness that trousers under long conta of 5 millions gold dollars those banks remarked. "I told you when we met in exists amongst us normally. It is dif evidence may be seen in the report of an authorised to issue paper currency on New York that I'd he reasonable if an ficult to be either aloof or superior informant. About a month ago he stop- the above mentioned sum, drafts may be offer were made me to fight in London, when one is struggling for a crowded ped his car on Warren Road between issued if necessary, to moderate the rate and that still goes."

train with " string of sausages or a leg ungie and Brenan Roads. Five of these of the exchange.

If a match is not made for the champion of mutton in a string bag Let us then volunteers in full uniform and with rifice, either in London or Deauville he will in grasp the opportunity to get together. I stepped along side the machine and fash The conditions of the eredit ure very all probability make a short tour of the apologise for that hateful word; almost fed their lights onto the occupants, but they left when they saw who was inside

which the Morgan Bank has in the Dempsey may appear with him, Italian financial situation...

The Government is preparing special measures for South Italy viz: building of new roads, cheap dwelling house, irriga tion and land redemption' works.

question on a better and permanent The only definite engagement Dempsey fasting-Youre faithfully, has made is to spar an exhibition bout

OPTIMIST at Mr. Harry Preston's next charity tour- nament, which will be held at the Dome, Brighton, some time this month..

(Cortain parts of this letter have been excised.ED.. D.P.]

THE FUNERAL.d

The funeral took place on June 17th. and was attended by a large number of friends of the murdered man, who leaves a widow and two children,