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CANTON TREASURY

DEFICIT.

COST OF PRESENT WAR NINE "MILLIONS,

NEW KWANGSI GOVERNMENT.

LUI WOON IM APPOINTED] CHAIRMAN.

TWO OF THE OLD REGIME EXECUTED?

[FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT.]

CANTON, Oct. 20. With the flight of Yu Tso Pak

FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS IN DESPAIR.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Oct. 20. Owing to the currency crisis and

for military expenses, Mr. Fan Kief the insurgeats," a Row Pro- the great difficulty of raising money and Li Ming Sui and the collapse Mo, Commissioner of Finance, haavincial Government is being form tendered his resignation to the ed in Kwangsi under General Lui Central Government at Nanking, Woon Iar who has been appointed ehairman of the Administration by He declared that the expenditure Nanking and will be inducted into of the Province greatly exceeded its income, and according to this year's estimates, Kwangtung would incur a deficit of over $9,000,000 by the end of this year. The unfore-Kwangsi to net as its represents seen military expenditure against the Kwangsi insurgents and the

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1929.

FACTORY CODE AMENDMENTS.

PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AND "YOUNG PERSONS."

NIGHT WORK AND DANGER.

OUS TRADES.

The Government Gazette contains a draft Bill "to amend the Indus- trial Employment of Children Ordi- nance, 1992)

The Ordinance is overdue but it

shown by the addition of the words seems very satisfactory in its pro- visions. Its nature is, in fact, Women and young persons." in the first section of the Ordinance, thus extending in certain instances. to these persons the protection at office ehortly. The new leader has sent only afforded to children. Young person means a person been busy drawing plans of ad of or over the age of fiteen years ministration which have the full and under the age of eighteen support of Canton, Nacking has just wired the Canton Government to send Admiral "Chen Chak to

tive at the inaugural ceremonies. The Admiral is stili in Canton but expects to leave for Kwangsi in,,a day or two.

"fronsides" had not been pro- vided for in the budget and the

Reports have been received from! defcit of the Province would be Kwangsi that Fung Ding Fong and Anything from nine to twelve mil-Li Shan, Police Commissioner and lion dollars,

The situation is further complic ated by the general loss of con. fidence in the Government bank notce, and the people's refusal to accept them.

The Commissioner felt the job beyond him and asked therefore to be relieved. But it is not known whether or not his re.

Chief of the Bureau of Social Affairs respectively in Wuchow!

years.

It is also satisfactory to note that the employment of young persons in dangerous trades is prohibited and special permission must be ob- tained for women's labour in such trades.

Night work for women and young persoas is abolished.

"The Protector."

during the Yu Tso Pak regime, ed at the end thereof :- have been executed in Wuchow. "It shall be lawful for the Pro- administration, conspiracy "against reasonable cause to suspect that They were charged with maltector or any inspector, if he has Yanking and being members of the an offense, against this Ordinance Koi Teo, or Extremist faction, of has been committed, to remove and the Kuomintang, About Go officials to detain in a suitable place for it- wore rounded up by General Lui quiries any young person or child Woen Im, but the lesser fry will found in any place in, about, or in respect of which such offence (if be freed.

committed." any) would appear to have been

signation will be accepted by Mr.ed to be leaving for Nanning to General Lai Woon Im is report T. V. Soong and the Nanking day for the purpose of forming his Government. So far no reply has Government, been forthcoming.

ALL QUIET AT WUCHOW,

[NAVAL WIRELESS, ]

Wecnow, Oct. 19 The situation at Wuchow remaids normal,"

The Kwangtung Provincial Gov. ernment has stopped disposing of any more of the Third Lottery Loan of the National Government, the reason being that the Province is not in a position to buy any mere. The Third Lottery Loan was floated in Canton in August 1937 by the Ministry of Finance, the total issue being $3,000,000, secur- They bave been despatched up

During the week approximately 4.000 troops have arrived.

ed on the revenue from the 2 per river

cent. Burtax, collected at the parts

of Kwangtung, It was to have

been disposed of within three

PROTECTION OF MUI TSAI.

DRASTIC · PROPOSALS OF GOVERNMENT MEASURE.

HEAVY PENALTIES FOR ILL-TREATMENT.

The very serione view taken by the Government of the mui Isai problem, and their determination to protect these young girls, is reflected in the amendments to the Domestic Service Ordinance" shortly to be introduced into the Legislative Council;

This measure, which appears in the current Government Gazette, provides that no mui tui, not" already registered as such shall be brought into the Colony; gross cruelty is to be punished with imprisonment, without option of a fine; in prosecutions under the Ordinance the defence will have to show that the girl in question is not a mui tip the S.CA. is to have full discretionary powers to refuse to restore a mui tsai to, ber patents or natural guardians if he thinks fit. ia the girl's interest.

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Bringing Mut Tsai Into the Colony. evidence shall be given as to the

Points from the new Ordinance are as follow:---

Penalties,

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injuries received by the mui trai, that the magistrate must find who No person shall hereafter bring ther such ill-treatment amounted to any mini taai into the Colony un- RTCss cruelty, and that if the magi less such maui tadi has previously strate finds that gross eruelty registered under this Ordinance. been in the Colony and has been has been committed the offender must be sentenced to imprisonment and Reasons that Section 9 of the object was the laudable one that it is explained in the Objects) without the option of a fine. The

pa Ordinance prohibits the bring cases of gross cruelty should be ad-- ihg into the Colony of any new equately punished. Thero are, how mi air but if a mui tsai" is al-ever, two dangers. One is that even ready in the Colony the section will gross cruelty may leave no indica- not prevent her being taken out of tions to which a medical witness The following sub-section is add. the Colony and brought back again, con point, and the medical evidence provided that she is registered un-might even have the effect of der the Ordinance before she is weakening the evidence of gross taken out.

cruelty. A more serious danger is that inadvertent failure to call me. Service Ordinance, 1923, is repeal sections of the principal Ordin Section 15 of the Female Domestic dical evidence on a charge under ed, and the following section is sub-ance might lead to the quashing of a conviction. It is even possible stituted therefor

that if the charge were one of com- mon assault, and medical evidence might be attacked on the ground wote not called, the conviction that section 7 of the principal Or The Objects and Reasons state

dinance would apply to the charge that the Ordinance is intended to

of assault on a mai faci as well. be a further step in the improve

us to a charge expressly laid under ment of factory conditions in the (2) In every prosecution under section G. Section 7 is therefore Colony. Such improvement must section 8 the magistrate shall find are reproduced in the new section 13 Some of its provisions repealed. be slow and gradual, and it is very whether the acts or omissions prov of the principal Ordinance which difheult in such inatters to traveled, if. say, amounted to gross far ahead of neighbouring coun- cruelty, and if in his opinion they Ordinance. That section will pro- is to be enacted by section 7 of this | tries.

amounted to gross cruelty the offen-vide that in every prosecution un terced to imprisonment for any whether the acts or omissions prov- der shall not be given the option der section 8 of the principal Or- of paying a fine but shall be sen-

dinance the magistrate shall find term not exceeding one year.

ed, if any, amounted to gross to the Female Domestic Service ed must be sentenced to imprison- The following sections are added cruelty, and if he so finds the accus-

The provision that medical evidence ment without the option of a fine.

is to include women and young The main object of this Ordinance

persons within the scope of the principal Ordinance, No. 22 of 1892. Paragraph (c) of section & of this Ordinance adds to the principal "Ordinance new sub-section 4 (3)

months from the date of issue, but SIMPLER MARRIAGES FOR which

more than two years have now dragged by and the full amount has not been collected yet. All the accounts are being closed up, and the Government is making big efforts to pay people back the

money,

ANOTHER SEVEN SHOPS

"GUTTED.

CANTON.

TEA PARTY TO REPLACE ·

BANQUET.

At a recent meeting of the Bureau of Social Reforms, Canton, it was resolved that rules be adopt. ed as follows to regulate marriage

ceremonies--

(a) The old custom of seading There was another Aro bere on confectionery, dowrics, and cattle Saturday morning, when

seven by the bridegroom's family to the shops in Upper Saikwan were re bride's family before and after wed duted to ashes. The fire started.inding to be discarded. the Yiu. On Cotton Mill, and wax (b) Th. wedding banquet given due to carelessness. It at once be. to relatives and "friends. by" the che threatening and the. Fire bridegroom's family after the wed. Brigade spent nearly two hours ding to be abolished, a tea-party to getting it under control. Consider be substituted instead, and dinner able confusion was caused by the may be allowed provided it is given shop keepers and residents trying on simple. inexpensive lines. to rescue their wares and belong. Canton Gazette. inga and the loud wailing of women was much in evidence. The Police, however, maintained strict orde throughout. In addition to the seven shops several adjacent houses were damaged by water. The loss was estimated at $50,000.

THE ANGLO-CHINESE LABOUR CORPS.

RUTH VAN VALEY CO.

COMING TO STAR TOMORROW.

The Ruth Van Valey Co. is coming for one night only to the Star Theatre to-morrow (Tuesday) Mr. G. M. Moss, British Consul- and is presenting & variety enter General in Canton, gave L very

tainment at 9.15 p.m. The Shang interesting address on The Anglo-hai China" Pres" speaks in high Chinese Labour Corps in China, terms of the show. The enter. 1016-1010" before a large gather- tainment," they say,

" offered by ing in Swasey Hall, Lingnan the Ruth Van Valey Company at University, on Friday evening. the Carlton Theatre deserves ap- The activities of the Chinese preciation in superlative terms. labourers in Shantung during theed From the moment the show began years were vividly described. Mr. until the end there was

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Moss was the officer in charge of moment of dullness, every enter- the organization in Shantung. The tainer being a professional expert. audience consistly largely of stud-The audience were kept throughout ents and members of the teaching at a high pitch of mirth. staff of Lingaan University, but, à "Charlie Chaplin's Hollywood col. number of English-speaking foreign league, Rex Storey, who is the star nationals were also present.

comedian of the troupe, is a high The lecture was given under the grade jester and an acrobat to boot. auspices of the Lingnan Arts and Storey together with Len Ayres, Science Club, as organization of occupies the attention of the aud

the talkative trickster, not only the English-speaking faculty and advanced students of the Univerence in the major acte to a large sity for the purpose of stimulating interest in modern scicntic Ideas.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

BRIGADE.

LAST WEEK'S VACCINATION

RETURN.

Chinese Y.M.C.A. Division 21- King's College Division

extent but also fille the intervals

necessitated by the shifting of the various scenes.

gives the Protector ot Labour, and any inspector of labour, powers as described above..

Without some provision of this kind it would be difficult to investi- gate a suspected offence, and it might be very difficult to prove the offence if it had been committed.

It is obvious' that if the child or young person in question were the chief or the only witness of the

offence there would be a

great

temptation in the mind of the offender to 'cause the disappearance of that witness, and this would he comparatively easy in the case of a child or young person.

18.(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), every person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 8 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

Ordinance:

In any prosecution under section 6 it shall be lawful for the magi atrate to convict of common assault if such was committed even if he does not find that the girl in ques tion was a mui sini.

must be called is omitted.

Death of Employer. Section 6 (1) of the principal Ordinance enables the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, upon the death of the employer of any mur tsui, to make any order which he may think is regarding the trans- fer of such mui tsai to a new em- ployer.

Presumed to be Mui Trai. In every prosecution under this Ordinance it shall until the coun trary is proved be presumed that the girl in question was a mui tsai in the cuployment of the accused

The object of this provision was at the time of the alleged offener, and this onus shall not be deemed

to give the Secretary for Chinese Affairs power to make the best ar- to be discharged by mere proof rangement for the mui tsui pos that the girl was described in any

sible in all the circumstances of transaction by some term other

the case. It was never intended than mui tour, This may appear

that this power should override The detention would be in the drastic, says the Objects and Rea: the right of a mui tai to be reator- interest of the child or young persons," but the difficulties of proofed to her parent or other natural punrdian, or the general right of the parent Or other natural guardian of a mui tui under the age of eighteen to have the girl restored to his or her custody.

son, and in the interests of child ren and young persons employed in factories generally. It would be for as short a time as possible. Dangerous Trades and Night Work, A set of draft regulations pro- posed to be made when the Bifl is passed is published simultaneously with the Bill. These regulations make the following provisions:

(a) Lead processes and manufac- ture of vermilion are added to the list oi dangerous trades.

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"(6) The employment of young persons in dangerous trädes is prohibited. (c). The employment of women in dangerous trades without the special permission of the Pro- tector of Labour is prohibit ed. It is proposed to allow the employment of women in fre cracker factories. (d) The employment of women and young persons between 10. p.m. and da.n.is pro- hibited.

F

..ICE HOUSE STREET

SENSATION.

BROKERS RECEIVE WORTH..

LESS CHEQUES FOR

SHARES.

A mild sensation was caused in Ruth Van Valey, introduced to Ice House Street on Friday last the audience by Len Ayres as one when it became known that Messrs. of the best dancers in the United Odell & Co., sharebrokers, hid States, well maintained her repute handed over 1,000 combined Cement tion, She presented her original shares for two cheques subesquent- dances in her own inimitable man- Įly dishonoured."

Together with Katherine Scott, Esther Van Valey gave a couple of musical oddities which were thor oughly enjoyed.

are enormous. In order to prove that a girl is a mui taai it might be necessary to prove some pay. ment made years ago, outside the Colony, and in the absence of the girl herself. On the other hand, the accused should find it easy to prove the real status of any girl in his household, and the burden is therefore less heavy than it might appear. The provision that the onus will not be discharged by mere proof that the girl was described in some transaction by some term other than mui taut is insorbed be cause of the practice of describing a mui tezi as an adopted daughter. If the girl was in fact used as a domestic servant; and if money bad been paid to secure her services as such, no doubt the magistrate would hold that she was a mui trai, even though a document was produced in which she was called an adopted daughter. Of course under the main part of the section the magi- strate would have to find that the girl was a mui teai unless there was evidence to the contrary sufficient to discharge the onus laid on the accused by the section,

Guardianship,

Referring to the question of Guardianship the Objects and Rea sons explain that the 1697 Ordi- Dance provides that "No parent or person acting in the place of a parent who has voluntarily parted with a girl for the purpose of adoption into another family, or who has received money for parting with the custody of such girl for any purpose, shall be deemed to be entitled as of right to the custody of such giri as her parent or as the person acting in the place of her parent, and the legal guardian- ship of such girl shall be vested the Secretary for Chinese Affairs." These provisions appear to be in confict with sode of the provisions of the Temale, Domestic Service Ordinance, 1953.

To make this clear, however, neu- ton 8 of this Ordinance proposes to add to Ordinance No. 1 of 1923 In every prosecution under this a new section 23 which will provide Ordinance, whether ridence be that nothing in Ordinance No. 1 of called on the question of age or 1923 shall affect any right of not, any girl who appears to the guardianship possessed by the Sec- magistrate to be of or under or retary for Chinese Affairs by virtue over any particular age shall, un-of the provisions of Ordinane No. less the contrary is proved; b 4 of 1897. deemed for the purposes of such prosecution to be of or under or over such age the case may be.

In any proceedings whatsoever, whether, under this Ordinance or not, the following shall be admissi-

WARWICK REVUE COMPANY.

ble in evidence upon production. TO PLAY AT THEATRE ROYAL.

(a) any register, of any part of any register which appears to

be kept under this Ordinance.

After a highly successful scaSON

(6) any extract from any such in Kowloon the members of War- register purporting to be cer- wick Revue Company left for Can. tified as correct by the Se-ton where they will play tonight cretary for Chinese Affairs and to-morrow at the Club Theatre, for Assistant to the Secretary Shameen.

for Chinese Affairs;

ner with the grace and the rhythm. It is alleged that the shares were of the artist she is, and earned con- purchased by a Mr. C. C. Fang tinued applause.

who tendered two cheques totalling $11,700 in payment of the security. The number of persons vaccinated

The cheques, on being presented at free of charge by members of

the bank by Messrs. Odell & Com

Peakites will be pleased to hear the Ambulance Brigade, up to and

that in response to many requests pany, were returned with instruc including Thursday, October 17.'| Ice skating on the dry wooden tons to refer to the drawer."

Edgar Warwick has arranged for floor of the stage, cross word puzzle

his company to appear at the City and a song and dance offering by

It is further stated that the scrip

Hall for four nights only. Four Jack Medford and Roxie Lee were was later taken to a local bank

entirely different revues will be also part of the programme,

and mortgaged for $7,000 in cash.

presented. "The Peep Show" on "The mannikin show featuring An advertisement in this paper on

Wednesday next, "High Lights " Paderewsky playing on the piano, Saturday gives details of the scrip

on Thursday, "The Merry go- Al Joleon singing. Spanish mate involved.

Round" on Friday and "Airy On the Police being informed of dors fighting bulls, a skeleton

on Saturday. Those rattling its bones and ballet dancers the transaction, a visit was paid to in its passage through the Legisla who were disappointed in securing performing, were of A better Mr. Fung's office but only a sez-

tive Council. It provides that in erats for these revues in Kowloon quality that has been given in vant was present. It is understood every prosecution for over-work or will now have the opportunity of Shanghai in a long time."

that investigations are proceeding. I ill-treatment of a mui ceai medical | booking for them.

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