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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 26th, 1927

ENGLAND'S INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION..

THE REV. T. W. FEATHER- STONE ON A PRECEDENT.

FOR CHINA.

THE HYGIENIC REVOLUTION OF TODAY.

MADE A MISTAKE..

WOMAN WHO WAS HIT BY ACCIDENT.

A BRUTAL HUSBAND.

Two Chinese appeared before Mr. . E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday charged with assaulting women. Ons was accused of striking his unofficial wife, and the other of assaulting his wife.

DISPUTE OVER COMMIS

SION.

WIDOW RECEIVES' IT AFTER

EIGHT YEARS...

At the Supreme Court yesterday. before the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice J. P. Wood) there was a anal settlement to a long drawn out dispute which first originated eight years ago concerning the' 31.435.30 commission of a former Chinese

agent passenger

(Leung Shia In the first case the defendant was Boys a farmer of Tinwan, Aberdeen, and Kwong) of the Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd. This commission May he was charged with assaulting a

was due to him for bookings of woman with a bamboo pole causing

passengers embarked on the .. injuries to her head and right hand. He fractured her head, but pleaded Monteagle in November 1918, and in court he was only retaliating beit had been paid by the C.P.S. to sause the woman attacked him with Lei Chee Fing the successor to the deceased Leung Shiu Kwong, for a garden hoe.

Payment to the widow.

"Scane Social and Industrial Changes in the 19th and 20th Centuries" was the subject of an interesting lecture given by the PÜRE MANILAR W. 1. Featherstone, M.A.

(Headmaster, - Diccesan School) st the Helena Institute Inst evening.

There was fair attendance, had Mr. G. P. de Martin (lospector of English Schools) who presided, briely introduced the lecturer, comunenting that his subject was of much account to-day.

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The lecturer said that he had at first proposed to speak of local conditions in Hong Kong, and in Chinn, but he had decided to wait until he knew more about the sub- ject.

Inspector Gohle, who had charge of the case, said that the woman" was not really the man's wife, na previously stated, although they lived together.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell: Defendant, is this your unofficial wife-Yea

Why did you hit her like this made a mistake.

You mean you hit her by ac.

Referring to conditions in Eng fand about the year 1800, the lecturer suggested that his audience might form some comparisions be-cident 7-Yes.

Do you know she spent two days tween the English political, in dustrial and social situation then in Hospital with a broken head? and the state of China now. China Why can't you two live together they must remember was trying to peacefully !. do in half a century what England. The man replied that the quarrel And other countries had taken three was nothing, or four centuries to do.

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His Worship: Oh, you consider The trouble began in England it nothing serious to break the when the farm labourers left the woman's head?

To the woman his Worship then country side and the towas became overcrowded. Before 1760 there put the question: Are you willing were few industries in England to go back to him 7-No.

Then, noticing that the woman apart from the woollen industry. which had its centre at Norwich, was carrying a child, his Worship the biggest English City after Lon-wished to know whose child it was don of those times, with a popula tion of 30,000-10,000 people. Com- munication was bad, and it took four to five days to reach London by coach. Mails were often stolen and robbers were rife.

The industrial revolution, when England be came the world's work shop.was generally dated 1760~ 1940, but it was really still going

The woman: It is my former husband's child.

In fining defendant $5, or seven

days, his Worship said: "You have no right to strike a woman like that. The woman was advised by

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The widow chimed that she had never received this, and the money having been paid into court by the C.P.S., the action concerned the right to the money in question

When the case was previously before the Court, Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, instructed by Mr. Horace Lo, for the widow, made serious allegations agains: Lei Chee Ping concerning forged endorsements to certain documents and cheques. Lei Chee Ping was not present and

his Lordship adjourned the case for

& peremtory order ärit to be made. Yesterday Mr. Fituroy said the other side had received due notice which could be proved by the clerk, or by the chit book signed by the solicitors and their client personally. Notice had also appeared on the

record.

As Lei Chee Ping was not pre- sent or represented, Mr. Fitzroy asked that an order be made for the money to be paid to his client.

Eis Lordship accordingly dismiss ed Lei Chee Ping's action, and mode an order as requested with costs.

his Worship to find another place THEFT FROM MOTOR-CAR. to live in.

Immediately afterwards Inspector Blackman charged a Wanchai Chi thecse with assaulting his wife at No.

194, Prays East.

Mr. Featherstone traced growth of the population between 1730-1830, and referred to the great change brought about in industrial conditions by the use of coal and iron, this causing a depopulation of rural districts, and emigration to these new hives of industry, where there were no traditions and people often lost their self respect.

POLISH AND TOOLS FROM NAVAL SERGEANT'S CAR"

This man also pleaded guilty." SEQUEL AT KOWLOON COURT.

Mr. Lindsell: Another frank admission! What are the facta? Inspector Blackman enid this was also a money quarrel, when accused picked up a piece of lead piping

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There was a sequel at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday" to the theft of a tin of atomobile body, polish, a spanner and a pair of pliers from Naval Yard Sergeant Mason's motor car, which had been "ia-left unattended in Navy Street

during the right.

In 1730 there was a population of and struck his wife once on the side about 12,000,000; in 1830 about and twice on the leg. He added 24,000,000; in 1871 31,000,000, and

that the woman was in an in 1921 10,000,000.

teresting condition?

Magistrate (to accused):

How

Bad Transition Stage. Passing to another stage in tho progress of the industrial and poli-long have you been married tipal changes in England, Mr. About three years

the

Featherstone touched

tro

brutality which was rile in connec Any children -No.

tion with the employment of child

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Well, she is on the way to have

labour in the cotton mills and a child now and you strike her on mines. He described the appalling!

conditions under which such labour the side like that. Yoz might have was carried out, and then went or killed the child, and her too.It to show how the abuses of the

system were "gradually improved, was an accident. and at length abolished by political

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The Chinese who was chargedi with the theft, is so unemployed man, and Mr. W. Schofield passod sentence of three weeks' imprison- ment with hard labour.

The defendant stated that he had arrived penniless from Shek Lung and not having any abode he slept in the car. At 4 .. yester-

If you tell lies it will be the worse day he was leaving the car and saw

the articles mentioned. in the

reforms such as the Factory Acts for you. The first of these did away with night work, and insisted on a 19 hour day, with the provision of cer

Accused was bound over in a per-charge. He picked them up and then arrested by Sergeant

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should not work more than 10 haviour for 12 months, the Magis- hours per day, and those under 13 trate remarking: "If you strike year a les period.

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One of the problems of industry to provide for the proper utilisation of the workers' leisure in these days of short working boura

The industrial revolution had now given place, to hygienic revolu tion and with recent improvements be thought one could say that the social and industrial revolution in

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As an example he quoted that is 1880, rith

ol Fopulation 25,000,000, there were 10,000 convicts. In 1921, with a population of 37,000,000 there were only 1,400 convicts.

At the conclusion of the lecture, a voto of thanks to Mr. Feather- stone proposed by the Chairman, was accorded with hearty applause.

THE ENGLISH WAY.

"

your wife agam you will go ANOTHER CITY BURGLARY. straight to jail.”

GOVERNMENT OPIUM, NOT

ILLICIT DRUG.

DEFENDANT FAILS TO APPEAR BUT CASE· DISMISSED."

SUPPOSED BURGLAR

CAPTURED.

FOUND UNDER A TABLE...

Another City burglary has taken place. In the early hours of yester- day morning the premises of Messrs Wallamul Buichand, Im- At the Kowloon Magistracy yes- terday, before Mr. W. Schofield sporters and Exporters, of No. 18, somewhat unusual position arose in Lan Street, were broken into. connection with an opium which was down for hearing.

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Entry was effectd by breaking of a window at the back of the build- ing. Two safes were forced open

The defendant, who had previous ly been allowed bail of 850, failed to appear when the case was called, and it was stated that the analyst's and their contents extracted, but certificate showed that the opium the alleged burglar was later dis

n qustion was Government opium covered and arrested.. and therefore there was no case The discovery that the premises against the defendant. Writing in one of the Sunday His Worship said that ne there had ben broken into was made by papers of a visit to London's Chint was no case he did, not think be a watchman at 6 am, and he town, F.P." says the Swiss could confiscate, the opium or even friend who accompanied him won estreat the defendant's bail. His awakened the manager of the firm, dered at the English. The Chi-Worship suggested that the case be who sleeps on the floor above. On nene," he said, "have been spitting put over until the police could and looking into the safes be found on your men in China, making laces the defendant and bring him to that 8260 in money had been stolen": at your women, hunting your mis- Court,

Hearing a movement under a sionarios; and here in London Sergeant. Hargreaves naked" that table on the ground floor, the watch- Chinese fire and do their business the case be dealt with and the police man and manager found Chinese in peace. How is it that mobs don't could then return the bail to the crouching there in this man's poe session was found the sum of money go and hit them, and loot their defendant. goods, and burn their shops?" It

The case was accordingly dismissing. He was handed over to Isn't the English way.

missed.

the police.

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