1934-04-24 — Page 7

CHINESE ECONOMIC

DEPRESSION

“SHUN PAO” SEEKS IMMEDIATE

REMEDIAL EFFORTS

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Foreign Penetration. And Corruption

Foreign economic

penetration

and internal official corruption

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1934.

ST

GEORGE'S DAY

Massed Bands On Cricket Ground

ment.

on

CHINESE LAW ON CONCUBINES

Interesting Points Raised In Court

Tri

with

Storge's Day was ittingly celebrated in the Colony yesterday when a gathering of over a thou- sand were treated to an elaborate

The case which two con- so long as I am the adopted son programme of music

the grounds of the Hongkong Cricket cubines are claiming for letters of this family, I shall look after Club provided by the massed bands of administration to the estate the plaintiffs if they remain of the 1st Battlion, the Lincoln of one Lo Wai Chuen, formerly of the family.

Continuing his evidence, the shire Regiment and the 2nd Bat-8 Shing Ping Street was continued talion the East Lancashire regi- before the Chief Justice yesterday. witness said that in his opinion Interesting points of Chinese the plaintiffs were entitled to law with regard to concubines maintenance but not to letters of were raised during the hearing of

administration. The reason for

Was that This saying this

ta the case.

Ling Cheung-nang and Wong Chinese law. unless a concubine Schun, both of Singing had given birth to a son, she had Street, Happy Valley were the no authority to look after the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hin-shing Lo, family. The rank of a concubine, instruted by Messra Wilkinson who had no son, was equal to that and Orist, represented them,

of a maid-servant. Witness in- Defendant, Lo Fok-wal, allas Lo¦ dicated that he would call expert Kwai-woon, of 94 Des Voeux Road,; evidence to support such a view. West appeared in person, and was assisted by Messrs. Russ and Co.

Among the large gathering pre- sent were H.E. The Officer Adminis tering the Government, Sir Thomas Somthorn and Lady Southorn, and

are responsible for the present YOUNG DOCTOR'S.

economic depression in China

and only by dealing with the root of the

matter

.wil there be "n revival of Chinese industry, in the opinion

of the "Shum Pao." local Chinese

DEATH

newspaper in its issue recently. Large Gathering At

pes-

The Shun Pao" paints a simistic picture of the outlook of China's industry. According to information from business. circles the economic depression in the silk trade in China is going from bad to worse, it says. Last month quite a lot of cotton was left un sold. The employers of different cotton factories in Shanghai re- cently held a meeting to discus- sions the possibility of further re- duction of working hours in their factories and, at the same time

several strikes have broken out in cotton factories as a protest against reduction of wages. Also reports are in circulation. to the effect that Chinese flour Industry is nearing bankruptcy,

Funeral

Dr. Lam Shiu Wah, the well- known a local medical practitioner passed away at the Government on Sunday Civil Hospital early

attack of morning following an typhoid.

The deceased, who was only 28 years of age, was the youngest

of three brothers, the others being Dr. Lam Shiu Kwong and Dr. Lam Shiu Chun. He graduated from the Hongkong University years ago.

thres

As a mark of respect, the Hong- kong University flag was flown 31 half mast yesterday. Deceased had At Mercy of Foreign Dumping. taken a keen interest in Arst aid work with the St. John Ambulance "Shanghai is the economic as Brigade for many years. In this well as the industrial centre of connection a latter of condolence the country and the cotton and was received by the family from flour trade form the principle the Commissioner, Mr. A. Morris, section of local industry,"

the Many medical men. hospital fur- Journal observes. "When Shang "ses and other friends were present hai suffers such serious depres at the funeral which took place at slop other places Juust be suffer

Cemetery. the Roman Catholic g even worse.

Similarly, it is Happy Valley, yesterday afternoon. true that when the cotton and the bumal prayers being intoned flour industries are nearing bank-by the Right Rev. Bishop Valtorta. ruptes all other industries must be much worse.

assisted by Rev. Father Spada and other clergy and seminarists.

Deceased's brothers were the "China to-day is at the mercy of foreign dumping. It is under chief mourners, and among the both the military and economic gathering at the graveside were oppression of "the imperialist Mr. W. B. Finnigan (Hongkong powers. Japan ds pressing

hard OA North China from angle. When the market in North China is gone Chinese national industries must be seriously ham-. pered, which will eventually affect the very economie life of the country.

University), Drs. Y. Y. Tang, C. W. Lam, Kai Fan. J. T. Samy, Karen- 11a, Y. T. Law. Mr. W. Allen, A. L Cunningham and others.

Included in the many wreaths the Hongkong were tokens from

University Graduates Association, Rongkong Chinese. Medical Society, Nursing Staffs of the Tsang Yuk Hospital, Tung Wah Hospital and Eastern Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Dr. and Mrs. Dovey, Dr. and Mrs. Tso, Dr. and Mrs. P. Fernando, Dr. H. Lechmere Mr. A. Morris, Dr. J. F.

chit. Gozdar,

"There must be causes leading to such occurrences. This prin elpals also applies to Chinese in- dustries. The cotton and flour in. dustries have their history dating" back several decades. But for the obstructions and damages.result- Dr. C. E. da Roza and many other ing from continued civil wars and personal wreaths. banditry in the country these in- dustries would be much better de- veloped than they are

to-day

But as a result of foreign ecocio- mic penetrations and the continu-- ed unsettled conditions in the country, these industries have been fighting a losing battle The against foreign products,

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and Mrs. Borrett.

E. Major General O.C. Borrett The scene on the parade ground was reminiscent of the days when the Grand Military Tattoo was staged in Hongkong.

The massed bands totalled about 140 strong. There were 32 buglers amongst them...

It is difficult to say which part of the programme was, the most

Mr. Hin-shing Lo had previously

whether the concubines. If

Was

Offered To" "Buy Water" -

On the death of the deceased. said witness, he offered to "buy

but both the plaintiffs objected to

enjoyable. The proceedings start-submitted that the question for water" and to carry the banner." ed with "The Standard of St. adjudication were

plaintiffs George" by the massed bands apt they were, he would contend that his doing so. The bones of a man

drums. This was followed by a spectacular Bugle March,.The. Little Bugler." Then followed six items by the massed drums, and six more by the massed

bands.

Each item was well applauded, and if anything, the Slow March in the earlier part of the programme, together with Music from "Caval cade" and "Selections from English Melodies' drew slightly more ap- plause.

under Chinese 'law' and custom they were fully entitled to letters of administration and that the other issue, that defendant claim ed to be the adopted son, Was irrelevant. Plaintifs would deny that he was the adopted son, but even if he were, plaintiffs had priority over him,

Yesterday Mr. Hu Wa-yin, of 150, Ma Kau Road, who said he held Towards the end of the program degree in Chinese law, stated Die H. E. Sir Thomas Southorn that some of the Tsing Laws had been absorbed into modern Chin- Shook hands with the two bandese law, especially in the criminal conductors.

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The Programme. Te programme of music was as follow-

1. Massed Band and Drums. Quick March-The Standard of

Bt. George"—Alford.

Bugle March-"The Little Bugler

-Dutholt.

2. Massed Drums-Retreat, - The Risings~"Serony and Tour-

nay'....Winter

Quick March "Gommecourt”.

Winter,

Slow March" 'In My Garden"-

Burdett.

Quick March "Flag and Empire"

Turpir

laws.

ou.

There WES

express law against a widower taking a con- cubine when marrying again or taking a concubine.

Witness added later that the Tsing Laws only stated what things could not be done, and not what things could be done.

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Not Daughters Mr. Hin-shing fo:What is the object of taking concubines? Witness:To get children. His Lordship:-May 1 take it a step further? Is the object to get daughters?

Witness:--NO-

Retreat blow by Massed Buglers. His Lordship: In the former Regimental Marches:-The Lin-days the daughters would probably colnshire Poacher.The Can- go back to the other family cashire Lad"

would they not? ;

3. Massed Bands.-Programme, 1 March of the Peers from.

"Iolanthe"-Sullivan.

2 Incidental Music to the Play

"Cavalcade”—Coward.

3 Patrol "Britain's First Line"

Wuliams.

4 Selection--"The Yeomen of the

Guard"Sullivan.

5 Selection of English Melodies

The Rose-Myddleton,

..

6 Song "Land of Hope and Glory"

-Elgar.

God Save The King. Conductors: Bandmaster C. S. Trowt, 1st Bn, The Lincolnshire Regiment

"I AM VERY, VERY Bandmaster A. B. Yule 2nd Bn.

HAPPY"

people forefait économie exploita Mother Thrilled With

gers of Lion foreign

their products because competition would help to lower the price of Chinese products Consequently the Chinese cotton and four trades have had to give way to foreign penetration.

and they even welcomed

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Deal With It At Root

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Son's Romance.

Special Air-Mail Service

London, April 6.

Witness: Yes. His Lordship:And what about these days of emancipation? Witness:-The daughters insisting on getting their They count nowadays,

are

share.

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should be sent back to his own country, said witness, and if the

plaintins should die there was no

one to undertake this work so far as the deceased was concerned. For this reason, he contended that should not be granted

the letters of administration to the

plaintifs.

Cross-examined by Mr. Lo wit- ess said that "he "did protest when he was not allowed the prl- vilege of buying water, but on the advice of relatives, did not make a disturbance at the funeral.

The case was adjourned.

CHINESE

MINISTER

· ENTERTAINED

Conditions In China Explained

Mr. Chen Kung Fo, the Minister of Industries of the Nanking Gov- ernment, who is on a tour to Ma- laya to study trade conditions there," was the guest of honour at a tea party given by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday.

Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, the chair- man of the Chamber, presided and His Lordship asked whether there was a large gathering of

Chinese concubine was considered to have well-known

merchants failed in her duty if she did not present, among whom were Mr. Ip produce a son in a certain time. Lan Chuen, Mr. Tang. Shiu Kin, and witness, after consulting the Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. Li Sigg Kui, books. was understood, to say Mr. Chau Tung Bang. Mr Chlu something about returning the Chen Yu, Mr. Tong Sun, Mr. Kwok Yau Ting, Mr. Yung Kwoon Man and Mr. Wong Mau Lam.

concubinė,

His Lordship:-Rather like a bill of sale, cash on delivery.

Mr. Lo-Once you have got the concubine, you can keep her?

His Lordship: Metaphorically speaking, of course!.

In welcoming the Minister, Mr. Wong said that Mr. Chen Kung Po had been Minister of Industries for the past few years, and eulogised the work done by him in conhec- Witness quoted the Tai Ching tion with the establishment of in- At 11 am. yesterday two wreaths Lut Lal and the Lal Kée authori-dustrial centres and factories, such were laid at the Cenotaph, one ties and said among the terms by as the Cotton yarn factory, Iron

could concubine from St. George's Society and one which

be and steel works, the agricultural

The East Lancashire Regiment.

AT THE CENOTAPH

wife,

side lower wife,

wife, station at Shanghai

woman,

from B. the Officer Administer-known were:-Junior wife, younger experiment farm and the Ashing ing the Government

In the procession to the Geno- secondary wife, Junior

Mr. Chen, in his reply, said that taph from the Hongkong Club weak wife, a tuxurlant, a junior, the aim of his tour was to survey were Captain "R. F. Walter, RA, a juntor lady, a side apartment. trade conditions in Malaya, which, A.D.C., to HE. the Officer Admin- an assistant.

he said, was more effected by the istering the Government, the Fre- Continuing, witness said if a depression than in Hongkong.. His sident of St. George's Society (Bir son were lacking in filial respect tour did not include, Hongkong, William Hornell, K., CLE, LL.D.), at the funeral of his father, it he said. as it was a free port, but an offence on which one thing he wished to remind and the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, would be K.C., who laid the Society's wreath; other in could claim legally for Hongkong merchants was the way Following the announcement, in

Hon. Sir William Shenton, Lieut. the property, according to Chinese they approached him for Govern Hongkong, of the engagement of "But are we to stand idle and Lt. John Casson, R.N., son of Mr.

Col. HBL Dowbiggin. OBE, law.

ment assistance in regard to the Witness was asked by His Lord- lowering of tariffs without giving watch these main industries of Lewis Casson and

Commandant of the Hongkong Dame Sybil

Defence Corps, and ship what the law was in the case im any guidance such as statistics China go bankrupt? Definitely to Thorndike, and Miss Patricia Ches- Volunteer deal with the "matter from the ter-Master of Shanghai, an "ve-Messta. G. C. Moxon, P. 8. Cassidy, of a man dying intestate, who and trade conditions. very root as it would not be ofing News" representative sought an J. Scott Harston, T. E. Pearce, left a concubine and an adopted any use to give the matter' local interview with Miss Thorndike at S. Greenhill, G. 8. Archbutt, A. son, who should look after the treatment. A suggestion has re-

her hámé in Oakley, Street, Chel- Sommerfelt, W. A. Cornell, W. A estate?

He did not known whether cently been put forward that sen, and found her delighted about Dowley, A. B. Raworth and others. Witness replied the law was Hongkong was affected by the some of the unnecessary factories her son's romance.

that the principal lady in the general world depression or should be closed down so as to

house and her dutles was to ad- the high tariffs in China, and if minister the estate for the benefit it were the farmer case, te Nan- of the whole family and one of the essential duties would be to carry on the ancestral worship.

"I am very, very happy about it,"

permit the concentration of cap! MASS Thorndike said. "Miss Ches- tal. It is proposed that producter-Master is only 18, but she is

should

temporarily cease

a splendid girl-a fine rider, a

tion

until the ready made stocks are

disposed of. This suggestion good sport and a worker.

'She has lived in Shanghai ever might be sound in certain trades but it is not a general effective since she was a child, except for treatment for all industries. Some her studies at Sherborne College. have suggested that banks should from the age of 13 until insisted come to the rescue of industrial on learning a profession, and she establishmenta Chinese banks is now acting as secretary in her bave paid little attention to father's office. Her father is a assisting the development of in- partner in the solicitor's firm of dustries with their capital. AL-Stokes and Chester-Master- though bankers have gradually" realized the necessity of extend ing a helping hand to industries during recent years it is already too late.

"To remedy the situation as we have pointed out the matter must be dealt with from the very root. As is well known the root of the

Keen On Flying

""The young people met about six months ago at a dance in my son's ship. John is an efficient pilot, and now his fiancee is keen to take up flying.

It. has always been my ambl- tion to go to China---I have always. trouble is foreign economic penelonged to see the Great Walll Now tration plus internal official cor ruption. Therefore, in order to shall certainly do everything I see a revival of Chinese industries can, to arrange it. Anyway, I am It is necessary in the first place determined to be there for the

wedding, and so is Mr. Casson. to tres China from foreign econo- mic exploitation and at the same time to purify the corruption in Chinese officfaidom.”

"They are very young yeb and I expect they will wait at least a year before they get married."

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kin Government, naturally would be unable to do anything Kong- kong being a British port. He ex- pressed the hope that the mer- Entitled To Maintenance

chants here would sppoint a com- Lo Pak Wai, the defendant, mittee to study the causes of de- giving evidence stated that he was pression in Hongkong before asking born at Ma Chat Village and war the Nanking Government to take thirty-eight years of age. He any steps. ! came to Hong Kong ten years ago The depression in China, he and his uncle. Lo Wai Chuen paid said, was mainly due to the weak- for his schooling and later foundness of the purchasing power of him employment. In 1917, said the farmers who constituted about witness Lo Wal Chuen's kit fat 98 per cent of the population of wife died and witness, in the China. In order to improve trade. presence of Lo Wat Chuen and conditions, the positions of the his own parents and also that of farmers must be considered first. Mak Sing Nam, an elder of the The unsatisfactory state of the Ma Chai Village, was adopted into farmers was mainly due to short- the family of Lo Wat Chuen as age of credit, the rate of interests his son. Witness went on to say for loans extended being as high "Bince I am the adopted son of as 15 to 20 per cent, whereas the the deceased I am quite prepared farmers in the sale of their pro- to pay for the maintenance of the ducts could only accumulate to as plaintifs

low as 2 per cent and as high. Hi Lordship Why? Is it be as 13 per cent. The purchasing cause you regard them as your power of the great majority of the adopted father's concubines or people in China was so weak that merely out of the goodness of your 16 was less for any industrial heart, GN enterprbe even if the country were

Witness: I mean to say that full of factories,

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