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NEW GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG.

MR. CECIL CLEMENTI, FORMER ASSISTANT COLONIAL

SECRETARY, TO TAKE OVER..

SIR R. E STUBBS TO GO TO JAMAICA.

In the former

In 1901 be was Assistant Registrar: tieneral, "uid in the following year served ad the Board of Examiners in Chinese. In that year he was seconded for special service ander the Government of

Indi

The year 1920 saw him seconded for Lunine relief work in Kwangsi. Between that year and 1906 he served in various expacition, including member of the land Court, and Assistant Land Officer and Police Magistrate in the New was Assistant Territories In 1907 he Colonial Secretary aid Clerk of the Courrils.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 1925

The island was discovered by Colum- bus on the 3rd May, 1404. He called in WILS soon St. Jago, after the patron saint of Spain, but the new Jamaica (Xaymaca-well watered). The first settlement on it was effected on the shores of St Ann's Bay, by Esquivel in

Until the

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

OUR NEW GOVERNOR. SOME PERSONAL NOTES.

(RKPJK

1BY AN OLD RESIDENT}

The name "Ülementi

brings to mind

an individual who lived in the Colony before the Great War. We all thought

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE (811) REWAY

GOLLANI

CHINESE CHARGED WITH MURDER

On the 19th May, Abdul Khalik, an

him a bit of a reclus. Everyone said | that he was tremendously clever and, Tadian constable, struggled up the steps therefore, if he seemed to be rather of the Hunghom Police Station and on eccentric-why, that was a proof that reaching the charge room fell to the he was a genius.

News reached Hongkong early yesterday by a Reuter cable, and was also issued officially, to the effect that R Majesty the King had ap pointed H.E. Sir . E. Stables, K.C.MG.. to be. Governor of Jamaica. Mr. Cecil Clementi, His Excellency's sarcessor was announced

He was famous because, for a time floor. On examination it was found that Of he had been grievously wounded, and Colonial Secretary of Ceylon.

HISTORY.

at any rate, ho Ilved. in a junk. course, there is no earthly reason why he was taken to the Governated Civil The new Governor, Mr. Cecil Clementi,

Before being taken there, UMG., MA., F.R.G.S., M.R.A,S., will be renewing his acquaintance with the

any Briton in Hongkong should live in This is, except in strike time, a more however, be managed to tell a story of Colony, for the older residents of Hong

a house if he prefers to live in a junk. Hospital. king will remember him as having filled several Government posts here between dropped in favour of the native one of or less free island. The Bwildng | a brutal attack made upon him while

Authority would, in all probability, the years 1890 to 1919. year he arrived here as a Cadet in the

make a fuss if any Briton tried to live he was on duty at No. 5 Railway Bridge. Jagger Caimial service, and, was early sent to

in a tree, or even in a little wooden Two Chinese had accosted him and Canton for the purpose of studying 1509, under the direction of Diego, the hut. but a junk is quite a decent port whilst one attacked him with n Cantonese passing his final examination on of Columbus, while Governor of of a residence, only it is not orthodox, the other man had wrenched his revolver -

from the holster and fired two shots and by

Clementi was not orthodox. He was in December, 1900, and taking a similar Hispaniola, Although invaded by Sir as a home for Europeans

Anthony Shirky in 1508-7,

Search was made for examination in Pekingest with success

Colonel Jackson in 1613, it remained reputed to be a great oriental scholar into his body. in the possession of the Spaniards for and that usually does not synchronise the two assailants and one man was Mix years later.

18 years, when it was again attacked with the orthodox life. Those Euro-

read. Confucius and eventually arrested after he had fired ay in force sent by Cromwell, under peans who can Admiral Penn and General Vetables, Mencius in the original text seen to see twice at the police. The constable's re against Hispaniola, and capitulated, life from the view-point of the Chinese volver was found to be in his possession. after a triffing resistance. on the 11th scholar. They become so satiated with The Indian constable succumbed to his

Restoration, the wisdom of the East" that they appear May, 1653. Jamaica remained under military juris to forget all about the practical things injuries a few days later.

At the Supreme Court yesterday, the diction, but in 1680 regular civil of the West

The wise old man in the Bible, wrote government was established y Charles

The jury were: If., who appointed General Edward down Much learning is a weariness captured, assailant was arraigned on a Doyley Governor-in-Chief, with an Elee to the Beth and of the making of books charge of murder. tive Council. In 1670, peace was made there is no end" or words to that effect. Messrs. F. E. d'Almada (forenina), F. with Spain, and "the title of England Perhaps much learning, tends to separate D. Gourdin. F. E. Filmder, V. Goul- to Jamaica was recognised by the Treaty scholar from the rest of us. These of Madrid. The colony grew fast, learned men are not what the Americans barn, A. C. V. Toft, Watt iu Hunz, Two years later be attended the Interstimulated by the wealth brought into call "good mixers," as a general rule.and P. 1. Newman.

Mr. H. K. Holme (Crown Solicitor) it by the bitecanters, who rande Port Many of us found ourselves feeling stor awkward in conversation with that other national Opium Conference at Shanghai. and can private Secretary to H. Royal their headquarters and the Offer Administering the Govern housy. This town was engulfed in the Oriental scholar who lived in Hongkong appeared for the Crown and Mr. C. Kingston, Sir Charles Eliot. A young cadet Addis (instructed by Mr. G. L. Hay-

recluse wood), for the defence. meat in the following year. In 1911-12 great earthquake of 1692

So did the was Acting Colonial Secretary and which then consisted of a few shots, soon named Johnaton was also a member of the Executive and Legislative rose, into a place of importanos. During and kept himself to himself. Councils of this Colony, and in the latter the 18th century the island suffered from Clementi. Only Clementi married, and Jear received the Cuthbert Peek Award hurricanes, earthquakes, numerous slave family life changed the habit of bachelor

insurrections, as well as wars with the days. of the Royal Geographical Society.

Acts of African slaves" left by the British Galana in 1013, and retained this Spaniards, who inhabited mainly the He became Colonial Secretary in maroons, or mountaineers, the descend- post until 1929, administering the Gor east of the island, among the Blue Moun- ernment of British Guiana in the years tains. When the Slave Trade 1016-17, 1919 and 1921. He also admini abolished in 1807, there were 32,827 tered the Government of Ceylon in 1922 laves in Jamaica, During the last since when he has been Colonial eight years of the trade, 86,821 sinves On the abolition of were imported. Secretary there.

1807, Jamnica received Mr. Clementi's interests are varied. slavery in with, as is perhaps natural" in so widely 6,161,77. of the 20,000,000, granted. by read an Oriental scholar, a strong turn the Imperial Government as compenst to the alave-owners. A serious towards literature, chiefly dealing with tion Oriental subjects, in which works deal rebellion among the black population in ings with Chinese have a large share. 1965 was suppressed by Coversor Eyre Chief among his publications may be with unnecessary violence, and he was re- called. In January, 1907, Kingston was Love **Cantonese

Songs"; noted

Summary of devastated by B terrible earthquake, "Pervigilium Veneris": Geographical Observations taken during which caused great loss of life and im. a journey from Kashgar to Kowloon mense destruction of property. A Man- "Chinese in British sion House Fund was opened, and con- (1907-8) and

tributions poured in from all parts of Guiana."

Mr. Clementi will doubtless entertain the Empire for the relief of distress a special regard for this Colony, inas free grant of 160,0001. was voted by a special cas, as will be remembered Parliament, and a loan of 800,000 bymans residents, married here in chiefly in aid of re-building w April, 1912, in St. John's Cathedral, authorised from the mold Fash quee his bride wan Miss Penelope Two buildings, the General Post Office Byres, the eldest daughter of Admiral and, Treasury, and the King's House, C. J. Eyres, at that time Commodore in the official residence of the Governor, and week-ends.

were completed in 1910, and the Law Bongkong. He has one son and three

Courts in 1913. With the exception of Laughters.

part of Harbour Street the town is now practically rebuilt.

when

"

Mr. Holmes related the story of the

stable and the eventual arrest of the attack, the return of the wounded con-

A STORY OF A JUNK,

prisoner. When he was charged with There is B story of how Clementi attempted murder the prisoner said that rambled through China during a long he had just come down from the country. leave instead of going home" to and did not know the laws of Hong- London and chatting about Hongkong in the Thatched House Club. That is what most of us do. Not so this oriental scholar. He wandered off to some place near to Thibet or Burmah or some far

Heaven and there he anticipated the undary of the Empire of the Son of modern famous explorer naded Stein. He found some ancient Chinese M.S.S.

He carried his treasure to the junk, anchored round near Deep Water Bay.

kong. Had he known, he said he would not have shot the constable. Later, after the Indian had died, and he was Earged with murder, he said that another man had forced him to attack the constable.' Continuing, Mr. Holmes said that the

Case for the Crown would be that the prisoner and the escaped assailant had worked with a common purpose and that the man before, the Court was therefore guilty of the charge of murder

'PRISONER'S STATEMENTS.

He found there the seclusion needed for After the great task of translation.

Lau Shui Chang, interpreter at Hang- Ho decided to sail the junk round Hom Police Station, corroborated the many months be completed the work. into the harbour of the Colony. Just statements made by the Crown Solicitor In reply to as he came round by Green Island in his opening address. (according to the story) a squall of the second charge preferred against him wind upset the junk and Clementi after the Indian constable's death pris. narrowly escaped with his life. One page oner stated:

"I came to Hongkong

of the original MSS. was found some from the country and after being here days later. It was a cruel revenge for thees days. I met. Mok Kui in You- Fate to take and Clementi stood up to mati. He asked me to go for a walk

He had done all this work at night the hammer blow like a man.

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HIS LIFE HERE.

at about the same time

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with him and I'went. Before we came up to the Indian constable Mok Kui told me that I was to snatch the rec volver. I was unwilling to do so, but, His career in Hongkong was something he threatened me with a dagger. I did like that of Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, not know he had a dagger in his posser. He forced me to do The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club will aise," welcome the new Governor with the

the present Assistant Colonial Secresion previously. CLIMATE AND INHABITANTS. more enthusiasm by reason of the fact

Ho Lai Chung, a Chinese constable, that he is an enthusiastic yachtsman, and

There is great variety in climate; the tary. He is about three years senior to it."

Mesars, who was on duty at Hunghom on the! during his previous residence here engag mean temperature of Kingston is 78.80 Mr. Fletcher and may have come out ed frequently and keenly in the sport.

rising to 67.5 in the day time, and Halifax and Wolfe. He spent nearly afternoon of May 19th gave evidence His interest and liking for the Chinese falling to 70.8 at night. "As the tempe- all of his official life in the Colonial with regard to helping the deceased man

into the Police Station. is well-known, and for this reason tooralure fails about 1° for every 300 feet

Becretary's office!

Oriental The case will be continued this inorn- bis administration of the Colony's affairs of ascent, it is possible, in a few hours, Those other weaki appear to be attended with special to reach, in the central range of moun scholars. Eliot and Johnston, have re-ing.

LILIKA, a cool and delightful climate.mained wedded to their books as all From Kingston, the capital, a change truo scholars are supposed to do. [arroRE THE PUIBNE JUDGE (WE JUSTICE While everybody in Hongkong will of 105 or 15° in temperature can be at Clementi met Miss Penelope, daughter ] naturally be sorry to lose in Sir Edward ained by a ride of three hours. Stubbs Governor who has consistently the whole island, in May and June and Hongkong. The Commodore had three

rolaise.

HE'S NEW SPHERE.

worked whole-heartedly and 'indeintigably in the interests of the Colony, and has associated himself throughout his terms of office here with all its activities, it is a pleasure to think that he is to take over

the dalies of Governor of so desirable a Colony as Jamaica.

October and

two

great

of Commodoro Eyres, who was then in

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ره سیمینی

A

THIEVES SENTENCED.

Mr. Whyte Smith prosecuted for the Another Chinese who was charged with Crown

The rainy seasons occur generally over

daughters. Miss Penelope Eyres became

Li Kuk was found guilty on a charge again in September,

left Hongkong.

of highway robbery and Mr. "Justice November; but besides these heavy and Mrs. Clementi before the new Governor

Of his subacquent career we have had Wood sentenced him to two years' hard periodical rainfall, the ground is re- freshed by continual showers; and in

news from time to time. He was po-labour. He was also charged with being the N.E. portion of the island there is pular in British Gaiana, where there a returned banishee and a further sen usually a rainy season at the end of the are many Chinese employed on the sugar tence of two years was passed, the year, and light rain generally "during in this connection the following facts the month of August. The mean annual plantations It is said that he has be-sentences to run consecutively. Concerning Jamaica will be of interest rainfall varies throughout the island come much more of the ordinary man Jamaica is the largest of the British from about 34 inches to as much as 156 of the world. Yet we must expect that, in this oriental atmosphere, he will re West Indies, being 144 miles in length, and inches at Fellowship and 227 inches at turn again to his studies of things having stolen a quantity of jewellery 50 in extreme breadth, and containing Moore Town, both on the northern slope Chinese.

was sentenced to three years with hard about 4,450 square miles, about traff the of the Blur Mountain Range

war always n-great-advocate of labour, Ho is als being charged with "wize of Wales. The island is very moun- Under two per cent. of the inhabitants education. In the old days his views possession of arms and ammunition.

taincus, the main ridge running east arc white; the remainder are chiefly of were similar to these of Mr. Orme. His This case will be heard today. and

with numerous subsidiary African descent, three-fourths being pure extended experience of other parts of ridges, some parallel to the main ridge, negroes. There are about 18,000 import the British Empire may have affected ed coolics, and about 2,111 Chinese (athon views. Indeed he is said to have others spreading out in a N.W. and 8.E. direction from it, terminating in 1911) English is universally spoken.

changed many of his opinions since lat the famous Blue Mountains in the east,

he was in Hongkong.

wcat,

the highest peak being 7,358 ft, high TWO FURTHER APPOINTMENTS. There are numerons" rivers and streams,

News of two further appointments also

לי

TREE-CUTTING CHARGES,

Ten coolie women and one boy appear- It is always pleasant to welcome

Kowloon Magistroy yesterday morning, ment as Governor of ons. we used to back old timera and the appointed before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the know in the "good old days will charged with cutting down trees at on

plantation, Kowloon City, on Tuesday. be popular.

Evidence was given by two forent guarda, who stated that they saw defend-

with a rapid fall for the most part, and srot navigable. The largest are the Black reached the Colony yesterday, namely River in the south-west, and the Rio that of Sir Game Thomson, K.C. Grands in the north-est. Kingston, the CB, Governor of British Guiana, "to capital, with a population of 57,379 in succeed Sir. Hugh Clifford as Governor of 1911, is situated in the south coast of Nigeria, and of Sir Cecil unter Rodwell, March to September 1920, administered ants carrying bundles of pine tree the island, and has a fine harbour" In Governor of Fiji, to succeed Sir Graeme the Government there. He is a Comman-branches, and therefore had them ar St. Ann's Pariah, in the middle part of Thomson as Governor of British, Guiana.der of the Legion of Honour of France, rested. the island, on the north of the main Sir Graeme Thomson was Colonial and holds the Order of the Crown (Bel-Defendants admitted having had the ridge, in the Boaring River, no called Secretary of Ceylon prior to taking up the gium), and the Order of the Rising Sta bundles in their possession, but denied cutting down the branches. They found. an account of the many picturesque post of Governor and Commander-in-chief (Japan).

of British Guiana in 1921. Having quali Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell was born in them ready cut, and were taking them waterfalls. *Tho Cayman Islands, lying between fed as a Barrister-at-law, he entered the 1874, and served with the Suffolk Yeo- away. Asked by His Worship what they 19" 10′ and 15° 45′ N. Lat., and 81 Admiralty in 1000. On the outbreak of manry in the South African War, receiv were doing in the plantation at all, de- 30 W. Long., are dependencies of war in 1914 he became Assistant Director ing the Queen's Medal with two clasps. fendants said that went there to get Jamaica Pedre and Morat Cay are of Transports in September, assuming the He was attached to Lord Milner's staff grass also dependoncica, being two guado is Directorship of transports in December of from 1901 to 1903, and was Imperial His Worship imposed a fue of $10 tunda sin 17° N, Lat, as well as the that year. From 1919 to 1993 he was Secretary in South Africa from 1904 to each, or, in default, 14 days" imprison-

Iment with hard labour," Calonist Secretary of Ceylon and from 1918 ... Turks and Caicos Islands,

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