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15.- he Scandal of the Lorcha

Arrow

May 19, 1959. The Register has thought proper to review the remarks we made upon the orcha, Arrow in such characteristic strain as to render it impossible for us to fathom him. His printer may have left a para graph out-very likely-but that is not our fault-as his remarks now stand they ara perfect nonsense. The Governor of Macao was of course, not aware of the Arrow'a piration! dealings as they occurred. He became aware of them just before she slipped through his figures and proceeded to Canton. Thy Register says Let us disjune of the up frat This he does by argning that because II. E. Gover- nor Guimaraens is a Post Captain in the Navy, he should have seized the pirato wherever he might have found her. His Excellencey did sprend his net for her but the wary fish turned and went the other way. Having thas disposed of the gun, he proceeds to the law of the ease. This is a repetition of the idea that floors the gup. We are told that every customhouse clerk in England is well aware that a ship is a piece of the nation to which she belongs, but that her flag will not protect her from the conse quences of ILM) act of pirney. Really it seems to us that our con- temporary is giving us hints to support our case-it, so we beg he will only wink without committing such heinous distortion on his visage. By the Register's own showing. the flag which the Arrow bad no right to fly, did constitute a protection from piratical acts. Nay further the alleged insult to that flag was made the pretext for demanding and obtaining the liberation of the crew after they had actually confessed their guilt Faith and alas but Governor Gui- maracus know what he was about.

U.S. RECOVERY PROGRAMME

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We lng no

We would vantüre to give our contemporary a little advice. little hauwledge is a dangerous thing, but a total absence of it under the mysterious superficial cloak of solemnity, can only be compared to the gambols of superannuated bull. claim to legal acumen, but we do claim the right to the knowledge of common sense and justice, and we repeat that where a powerful nation wrings from a weak one the right of cetra territoriality, it saddles itself morally and legally with such acts of its subject is may be committed in violation of the promises given and the principles laid down when the right way cón- ceded. For this our contemporary desires to swap us with ridicule, by computing us to six constitu tional gigantic linths of the law whose names it terrifies us to see him handle sa flippantly.

The validity of a entus hell be tween Ching and Great Britain

13, 1933

THIRD PARTY“

RISKS

working refiere differen

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

CRITICISED

The Governments proposed bill imposing third party insurance on motorists likely to meet with some resistance if it comes up for consideration of the Legislative Council in the autumn.

The general view is that tho proposed liability of $100,000 for public service vehicles and $50,000 for other vehicles is far too high, and also that a proposed deposit of 150,000 from the insurance com. panics is excessive.

According to the Secretary of the committee of Insurance company agents Home companies have not had happy experience of third party insurance since it was made law two years ago, "and we want to wait a while and see how they get on. The question of premium has not been touched upon yet and everything depends on what the Government says to the Chambér of Commerce. If the Government force the issue and could not agree with us about the premium we should have to drop the whole business. We are agents to the Home companies and have to be guided by them."

Some of the points on which the local insurance companies desire

information and have made críti

cisms are as follow:

Will the Government indicate a

is far more worthy of servation than a cricket match, a wrangle between a lady and her maid, or a pony scramble in a paddy field. | We" would remind our contem-

In the event of disagreement be porary, that he has already made himself ludicrous in military tween Companies and injured Per- matters, and that he should for-sons, how will compensation he bear changing the helmet and sword payable? Shall it be assessed by Special Assessors, Magistrates er for the wig and gown, out of res pect to the living emblem of the Furies 7 law whom he adcres. We would submit that a Judge's character stands compromised rather than supported by the adulation of his

It is also felt that the sum of subordinates. The satanic frown of

this Jeffreys, or the empty bluster of 250-named as maximum in Nupkins, doubtless formed the gods Section is too high and it is sug of idolatry of those below them--gested that a sum of one hundred otherwise the pride of a wounded dollars would meet the cast, spirit would have broken the bonds

Deposit, of thraldon, resistance and dis approval taking the place of sub- mission and acquiescence.

HEAVY FLOODS

SIANGTAU

scale of Hospital fees for the pur pose of this Section. It is felt that this is desirable.

The "amount of the Deposit pro nded for in the Ordinance is $150,000. The Companies interest. ed feel that no deposit is necessary on the ground that the amount of

AT Motor Insurance available in the

.Colony is very limited and that de posits already made either in the Colony or in the United Kingdom should supply # sufficient safe.

Progress Made Said to DYKE BEYOND CHANGTEH guard.

be Unsatisfactory

BROKEN

The maximum liabilities provided for are $100,000 in the ease of pub. lic service vehicles and $50,000 in STANGTAN, H. June 26, Word has cane that the floods any other case. Do these amounts AMERICAN LABOUR HARD have strutk bangteh

apply to one accident as a whole Yuan

irrespective of the number of in- TO PLEASE

Chiangyand Yang in north-west dividuals involved, or would each Hungn with a vengeance, says individual victim in such accident Washington, July 4-If the Pre-CAN. correspondent. On June be entitled to compensation on the sident is successful in getting the 20 the dykes three miles back of scale laid down? textile industry to reach a satis Changth broke and the water came

CENERAL ACENCY FOR HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA, to agreement with labour and fooding the Presbyterian property sums fixed are excessive and the

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rains also raised the Yuan river.so

Opinion is also expressed that the

to adopt a code of operation that

substitution of amounts of 240,000 will prevent over production, the breaking the walls of the com-in the case of public service vehi rubber and coul industries' will pounds and filling the houses to a cles and $20,000 in any other cast follow with their codes, it was said depth of six feet. The torrential would be desirable. here to-dag.

Complaint is made that it has

found in that the waters overflowed into the been

actual practice City and great damage was done, where Compulsory Third Party. The high wind and the rushing | Liability Insurance is in force the waters caused the collapse of many number of claims for injuries shows houses and the loss of life, while a considerable increase. not fully ascertained, must have been great. People sit on the roofs of their collapsing houses and try

rescue their belongings, The dykes below Changteh broke eventually and that It the water out somewhat. though it means a Anoding of the whole section ind almost a total. loss of crops in the Tung Ting lake area which suffered

The textile industry has not yet settled its arguments with labour but an agreement as to wages and hours is predicted. The rubber industry's leaders were reported to have drafted a code which will be presented soon after the textile industry is working under its new arrangements Leading coal opera tors will then follow with their codes, it was understood.

The codes must be signed by President Roosevelt before the in-

dustries can proceed under the new

recovery bill.

Special Cabinet Meeting. The Administration's industrial and agricultural recovery pro- gramme are not progressing sutis factorily, it was stated authorita- tively to-day and thut is one of the reasons President Roosevelt has called a special Cabinet meeting for

to-morrow morning.

greatly in 1831 It is feared that, this flood will be more destruc. tive than that of 1031 in "all that section.

Changaha Mar Marooned.

Seine-

Assurance is asked that if third

party risk insurance is enforced existing and any occessary revised Traffic Regulations and examina. tion of public cars by the Trafie Department will be, drastically en forced.

Chamber of Commerce Comment. The Chamber of Commerce re port for 1932 states:-On June 14 the Chamber of Commerce receiv ed a letter from the Hon. Sit William Shenton enclosing copy of Draft Motor Vehicle (Third The following from one of the Party Risks) Ordinance, which was Presbyterian ladies shown

under consideration by Govern thing of the swiftness of the comment, and stating that he had been ing of the flood and the spirit of requested by Government to invite The very condition that the the writer. "By two o'clock we the assistance of the Chamber in President has sought for agricul had, moved everything upstairs and ascertaining from British Insurance ture, namely an increase in com- the water was pouring into the Companies in Hong Kong what the modity prices, is tending to thwart house. We had a Ititle difficulty premium charge would be in res his programme. The effort to per- with our live stock. The cow and pect of a policy for *0,000, com suado cotton farmers to plough the calf were on the front porch plying with the terms of Section under one-quarter of their growing until it was covered with water of the proposed Ordinance. Eir crups, although enthusiastically re- Then they were taken over to the William's letter stated: "You will ceived at first, is now losing its grave yard, the highest point note from Section 4 that it is pro power.

around here: The chickens, geese posed that no person shall use or The industrial recovery pro rabbits and dos: are tall apstairs permit to be used a motor vehicle gramme is lagging because of the with us, and us. includes a busin a road unless there is a policy opposition to the codes of the manu-ness man from Changsha who is of third party risks which complies of insurance in existence in respect facturers who have proposed a marooned here. The four servants with the Ordinance. In ordinary forty-hour week for industry and and three foreigners are living cases the amount stipulated is Mr. Willian Green, president of in the second story of the house $50,000. The insurance in question. the American Federation of Labour, We were fortunata to have a supply will be compulsory and before pro-- was to day blocking adoption of the of fresh meat on hand and still ceeding with the matter the codes until the employers agreed to have some vegetables from our gar- Government desire to know what the 31-hour week.

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den."

Serious Concern.

The Presbyterian Hospital at Leaders in charge of the indus- Changteb has been closed and all trial programme thought an agree except the most serious cases dis ment could be riched with labour missed. Most of the staff has been but agricultural agents were report sent on vacation. It is difficult, to ed on reliable authority, to be provide food for such a large num seriously concerned over the cotton ber. Some of the local city nurses situation Farmers, seeing cotton and helpers will be available when prices advancing, have visions of a they are needed. The Chinese doc- greater profit on the crop than they tor is staying in the hospital. could make by destroying a portion of it and receiving a Government bonus.

Advance of prices and general domestic business recovery prompt ed the Président to reject Europe's proposals for monetary stabilisa tion. It is leared that refusal of the cotton farms" to co-operate fully in the destruction programme, will seriously hamper the programme. United Pren

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stated that it had no intention of proceeding with the proposed legis lation without giving dus notice of its intention. At the request of Insurance Companies, Government on November 30 supplied further information on points of detail The question is still under con sideration,

the public will be called upon to pay by way of premium for the purpose of complying with terms of the Ordinance.".

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On June 22, the Chamber wrote to the Secretaries of the Fird Insurance Association, Hong Kong conveying the suggestion" of the Insurance Sub-Committee of the Chamber that the Association (as)

body including within its mem bership Insurance Companies in Hong Kong) would be willing to obtain the information desired by Government. The Fire Insurance Association appointed a Sub-Com- mittee to go into the matter;"and in reply to the Insurance Com panies' request that auficient time be allowed to enable local repre sentatives to obtain the views of Head Offices, the Government (Continued on previous column).

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