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der and defame His Majesty's representative in proposals will meet the views of the bo Hongkong which commands itself to tub official members is entirely another question. thumping demagoguts could scarcely be given. The point that we would deal with at the mo We need not say what we think of such statement-le the extraordinary interest which all ments; in fact the less said the better, because sections of the community have evinced in this an lodividual capable of giving_allerance to matter-affecting the cost of liquor licences and

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coward or a subject for the lunatic asylum. How often, as a matter of fact, bas Sir Frederick Lugard been accused of rushing these anti-opium measures through the Legisla tive Council? In Hongkong those who do aut ses eye to eye with the soi-disant reformers bava soon in His Excellency the Governor the mouthpiece of the pharasalcel philanthropists of England. They have alleged that he has ignored the interests of the Colony in his roxiety to carry out the wishes of the imperial

Government. His telegrams to the Secretary

of State, it was declared, were not sufficiently explicir, not sufficiently downright and em phatic, with the result that Lord Crewe did not app eciate the effect which legislation agains the opium trade would have on the revenue of this Cotony. And now we find some fabatical antagonist, who prosumably knew CHAM- what he was saying, vitalearly urging that

ORANGE CHAMPAGNE.

STONE GINGER BEER.

PALATABLE

His Excellency and the official, members of the Legislative Council ware acting in open defiance of the will of the Imperial Parliament Better to be ground to pieces between the upper and neiber millstones- than try to please. everybody. Simply because the Governor of A Crown Colony has tried to de bis day as

■ conscientious official anxious to secure the good of the Empire, to give effect to the desires of the Colony whose affairs he has been ap" pointed to administer, and to comply with the commands of His Majesty's Secretary of State he is open to the abuns, calumny sad vilification of every little vulgar whipper-snapper who can

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therefore, indirectly, the price of liquor sold on licensed premises. A stranger might be apt to arrive at the conclusion that the majority of Europeans in Hongkong were shareholders in the local hotels or at least, supporters of the local liquor trade in the widest sense. Indeed it is to be feared that many good and worthy people have been dullying with their good name to such a degros that others havé come to conclusions which might not be altogether warranted. In other words, the silent individual' who could not be

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was

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Mr. Greston: But Clauss a conftis power to I have the schedule,

the schedule you can strike out, all the items The Attorney-General: When you come to and then the Bill will drop.

Mt, Gresson: It is like signing your name, to a document that 'you don't understand.

Mr. Osborne Couldn't a short summary ba made showing what was being given up?' Is Committee to give the members an oppor

Mr. Stewart: I propose that the Bill be left

tunity of referring to the Ordinances at their

bald in the Council Chamber this afternoon, Present: His Excellency the Governor, Sir Frederick Lugard, C.C.M.G, His Excellency Berkeley (Attorney-General), Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Colonel Darling, R.K. Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson (Colonial Secretary), Hou. Sir Henry Maiser (Colonial Treasurer), Hoo. Mr. F. N. H. Jones (Director of Public Works), Hon. Mr.. F. J. Badelay (Captain Superintendent of Police), Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar. General), Hon. Dr. Ho Kal, M., Co., Hon. Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, Hog, Mr. Murray Mr. Wei Yak, C.M.G., Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson, | Left in Committee. Stewart, and Mr. O. Clementi (Clerk of Coun cil).

ADSENT.

Hon. Mr. E. A. Hawett.

MINUTES.

The minutes of the last meeting were read

PAPERS

and confirmed.

The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following paper:

Medical and Sanitary Reports for 1908.

· FINANCE,

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee (No. 12)..

FINANCIAL MINUTES. The Colonial Secretary laid on the imble Floancial Minutes Nos. 17 and 18. It was agreed that they be referred to the Finance

Committee.

HARBOUR RIFUGE

The Attorney General moved and the Colo“. nial Secretary seconded the first reading of a Cassinction and Maintenance of a Harbour of Bill entitled An Ordinanca to authorize the

Refage upon and over certain portions of the Sex Bed and Foreshore situated upon the Harbour frontage at Talkektsu), and Yaumati, Kowloon, in this Colony.

The motion was agreed to..

MALICIOUS DAMAGE.

induced to say three words on any question outside his own, workaday sphere has inddenly discovered his tongue when the question of in creasing the cost of licences'cropped up. And" the examples he has given of the procedure ja other countries to say nothing of the dire con sequences which will befall the Colony should the price of "strong drink be increased, have afforded evidence that he has studied the sub- ject and given it that thought and consideration which befit such an all-important subject as the liquor dues. Naturally the licence-bolders io Hongkong havebeen baranguing their clientele to their lisarts' content although what satisfac- on they derive from that we fail to gather still it relieves the tension, no doubt, which is something to be thankful for. Of course any discussion on the Liquor Licences Bill has inevitably led to the opening up of the larger subject al taxation in general, and it is wonder. ful what an immense field of ideas there is The Attorney General moved the second in Hongkong. No one considers he has reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to done his duty to his country or his state amend the Malicious Damage Ordicauce, 1865, unless he has unburdened himself of his

Considerable discussion took place on various gret is that we should ever hare suggested that owa particular fad. While all admit that clauses particularly with regard to the parish. His Excellency was going too fast in the matter of the Goretament by book or by crook mastment to be meted out to a small child, who put a stone on the tramway lise. Evestoally the cloning the divans; but perhaps too much notice raise additional taxation next year and while all Bill went through Committee on all clauses is being taken of the spoutings of an irrational are prepared to pay their share-provided that except one relating to the New Tarntories. being who somehow or another has managed share is so small'as to be hardly perceptible to to capture a sout in Parliament. With regard the naked optic-the general iden is that the to the promise made by the Secretary of State other man should bear the bruat, most of his mixed with aerated or plain water that he would ask Parliament to make a grant necessities being really luxuries, in view of lo-aid to Hong oog in consideration of the loss the fact that the Government this your calmly make excellent refreshing beverages.sustained by the closing of the divans, the exact and coateditatiously and for the benefit of the Mr. Morray Stewart: It does not say why it

words of the despatch are: "when the time owners and their dependants grabbed a cool was brought in. Guaranteed to bo-made from the arrives His Majesty's Government on their part four lakhs of dollars and applied it generouslytherin teritories the cost of sending people The Attorney General: The reason is that in will be prepared to nok Parlament to give to the interests of the Colony, it has been sug up there to assess some of the villages exceed- purs juice of sound ripe fruit.

substantial contribution towards making good gested that the present Colonial Secretary, bead the amount collected by the rates." to the Colony the revenue which is founding a Scotsman and an Aberdonian at that, Mr. Diborne:-That would attract people to to have been lost as the direct result of mea might go a step further and confiscate the Civil sures adopted under their instructions Servants Co-operative Society's store and administer it in the interests of the general

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the Legislative Council, His Excellency the Governor in urging ita acceptance said: "His Majesty's Government have stated that they will make good a substantial part of the loss [18 which is the direct result of carrying out their policy. We should be perfectly certain that what we are doing base is part of that policy, and that is the reason why I think it is of great importance that this Bill should be passed, and: should have the seaction of His Majesty Go- verament, so that loss which may arise out of the operation of this Bill may fall within the terms of loss incurred by carrying out the policy of the Imperial Government. It is paré fiction to suggest that the monetary grant proposal

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BETWEEN THE DEVIL.AND

THE DEEP SBĄJA.

was engineered from this end, at anyone who is prepared to abide by the facts will admit, but reformers were ever jugglers with facts. Besides, did por 'Mr. Theodore Taylor, when declaiming on this subject io the House of Commoor, explicitly declare. that the people of England would be prepared to contribute something towards covering the initial loss sustained by the Colonies, and

Hongkong in particular, as the seault of their action in suppressing the traffic. in opium

public. It is understood that the turn-over i. worth the attention of the Government and local dealers could easily be squeezed out by the simple process of imposing high duties on all goods which they sold in competition with the Government. The idea is Ru excellent one, and as to the morality of the proceeding every body knows that you cannot have morals and -profits, ibat-in-to say taxos;-in-the-same-box. Another idea is to tax ginger, but in this hot weather and in view of the peppery temper of soine ginger dealers that suggestion may be left to flourish in the desert, "But what a fillip been during these dog days. It has proved to conversation the Liquor Licences Bill has

even a greater attraction than the sea-serpost, the big gooseberry, or the Siamese twins,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE German mail of the 28th July' was deli. yered in London on the 26th lost. DURING last year 139 males and 52 females were admitted into the Lunatic Asylums, Alco

holism accounted for 35 case.

RATING AMENDMENT.

The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amand the Rating Ordinance, 1991, -

Mr. Greston-Why are so "objects and rea- sons" stated for this Bill?

the New Territory,

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in the New Territories are less than rateable

The Attorney General : -Most of the houses

value.

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The Bill went through Committee.

#LIQUOR LICENCES. *** The Attorney General moved that the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to Amend the Liquor Licences Ordinance, 1898, and the Liquor Licences Extension Ordinance, 1908, and to repeal the Liquor Licences Amend- moot Ordinance, 1987, be postponed.

Agreed.

· DOOS HOME ORDINANCE. "On the motion of the Attorney General,

seconded by the Colonial Sesectary, the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Dogs Ordinance, 1893, was passed.

CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, -

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The motion was adopted and the Bill was

ADJOURNMENT: The Council adjoumad until Wednesday next, the ist prox.

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FINANCE COMMITTEE. "A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the meeting of Council, the Colonial Becretary presiding,. It was agreed to recommend that the following votes be adopted by the Council:-

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HEAD STONES.

A sum of six hundred dollars in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department, other charges, sanitary staff, head stones,

CAUSEWAY BAY REFUGE.

A sum of eighteen thousand dollare in aid of the vote Public Works, 'Extraordinary, Cause way Bay Typhoon Relage, deepasing shallow, ares to one foot below Ordinace Datum.

This was all the business.

LIQUOR LICENCES.

QUESTION AGAIN POSTPONED, At the meeting of the Legislative Council held this afternoon the question of liquor licences again came up. It appeared on the Orders of the Day that:

The Colonial Secretary would move the following resolution :-

Resolved that the second schedule to The Liquor Licences Ordinance, 1298, named scho- dule & in section 2 of The Liquor Licence Aciendment Ordinance, 1902, be repenied and that the following schedule be substituted therefor, with effect in respect of each licence that is now or may hereafter be in force from the date of the renewal of of the grant of such licence as the case may be; provided always that in the case of licences which are renewed or granted subsequently to the date of this solution and prior to the first day of January, 1910, the fee shall be in respect of the period between the date of issue and the thirty-fast day of December, 1909, at the rare previously obtaining, and in respect of the period from

rale set out in this schedule. and after the first day of January, 1910, at the

When the Council arrived at this stage, however, the Colonial Secretary quietly said :- I bez permission to postpone the special resolution."

Sir Henry Berkeley seconded.

His Excellency the Govamor waited for any protest but there was none, the Colonial Secretary's intention having evidently been previously communicated to hon. members.

The motion was therefore carried and the resolution is postponed sine die.

CANTON DAY BY DAY:

ANTI-PORTUGUESE BOYCOTT,

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Canion, 27th August,.

Opium Farm Tenders. TENDERING PERIOD EXTENDED.

NEW LAW MAY"AFFECT'NEW YARM

TENDERS

"At a meeting of the Legislative. Qouòcil this

Opium Ordinances were brought up. afternoon the question of consolidating the

The Attorney General moved the first reading- *of a Bill entitled As Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Lawa relating to Opium and its Componade.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

His Excellency the Governor said :—The Biti .../ which has been moved by my hon, and learned friend to be road now a first time is one which has been rendered necessary because there have been various; difficulties in the existing Ordinance especially in the matter of the treat ment of morphia, In fact the Ordinances as they stand are so confusing that it is doubtful. if there are not pointe which "are" not'ab« solutely contradictory. It has therefore been found necessary to introduce certain small amendments in order" to clarify the wxist-·· ing law and it was thought 'better · while, we were doing it to recait the" whole-of- the laws in one consolidated Ordinance, In order that those who tender for a Farm should know exactly what the existing law is There is no new principle of any considerable import»" ance introduced. The amendmanis which have been made will be pointed out when wa discuss the Bill clause by clause is Committen. I may add that unless we' take this opportunity of consolidating the Ordinances it would be practically impossible to do so for the bext three years, until the currency of the new Farm bad. terminated because any alteration however small in the Farm when the tenders were ac- cepted would vitiate the contract.” By introduc- - ing this Ordidance we reader it necessity to postpone the date on which the tandem will be sent in. And we propose to postpone that data until the golh Septembar next. You will sna' bat the matter is a very urgent one. We wish to give the tenderers as long notice, as possible in order that they may study the saw law in order to find out any small alterations that may affect them. I shall, there- fore ask the Council at the next meeting to consider the Bill not only in committee but also to pass the third reading in order to get involve so new principles trost it will be it out as soon as possible. Since the Bill will

treated as a non-contentious Bill: The law as it exists, with such innovations as have been introduced has been the subject of various pro tesis but i trust it will not be necessary to renew those protests. Finally, I would point out to you the Bill is a further revisa from the - one circolated yesterday, There are a fow alterations which it was found necessary to make.

The Bill was read a first time:

BVILS OF AL

"LUNG ARM"

EXCITING SCENE ALONG QUEEN'S ROAD,

A fifteen-year-old boy, àsmed Fan Wan, who appears to be a champion' sprinter among his op class, did some dashing yesterday, bat be was out-classed., Fan, who ja`alia the bully. of his street, left bome yesterday afternoon for a quiet stroll-an airing, he says. “Walking turned out to be too much of a tame game for this young athlete, so, arriving at a certain spot, he, pót, on a small trot, whịch soon dan veloped into a record-smashing, pace. It It is learnt from the Canton Theatrical is unfortunate, although a fact perertheless, Company that, a short time ago, the theatrical that Fan has long arms. That is not his fault; lo moving the second reading of the Billtroupe known as the Kwok Fung Nie on a ❘ it is his misfortune. While steaming along the Crown Land to be used as a burial ground for charge of having arms and ammunition on entitled An Ordinance to set apart certain visit to Macas were fined a sum of $400 on a footpath of Queen's Road West, Fan's right arm flew out as he was passing a money- persons professing the Christian Religion, otherboard their boats. The munitions they changer's counter, and a roll of silver left the than members of the Roman Catholic Church, possessed are said to have been carried for counter as if by magic. It was here that the Attorney General explained that the object self-defarco with the approval of the native Longboat the second failed to come up to the of this Bill was to set apart a portion of land authorities. In view of the penalty sustained occasion. In trying to dodge round a corner in the cometary for the burial of persoas pro- by the said Imupe, the theatrical men in be collided with soo ponods of flesh, and feusing the Christian religion other than mem- Canton are reported to have called a meeting cannoned off into the gutter. Before he could - beri ofthe Church of Rome. That religious body at which they suggested that no theatrical rise to cover the mile, the money changer had already been in possession for years of a troupes of the Canton Theatrical Company had him by the quene, and he was turned over portion of the general Cemetery nader an old will be allowed; to go to Macao far to a policaman. This morning, in the Police grant. The other portion had been open to the performance in future. If the suggestion of the Court, the young raical pleaded guilty to staal- › burial of persons principally of the Christian professionals in Canton is carried out as stated ing 57.80. He was not sent to gaol, bat it will religion but there was no positive restriction above, it is considered in Canton that these be several days before Fan will have any use against the interment therein of any person whatever the religion he might have professed during his lifetime. It had been represented to the Government that it would be well if a por tion of this land might be set apart by law for

the Roman Catholics. members of the Christian religion other than

theatrical men will institute a boycott against for a chair, the Portuguese.

THE NEW VICEROY, Another telegram has been received by the Canton officials that the Cantos Viceroy de sigaste, H. R. Yuan Shu-hsuan, will arrive at Hongkong on the 318i fostant from Shanghai whence he will leave oa, 291b instant by the stearner Hein Ming,

Of course if the British working man is asked whether he is willing that an infinitesimal porz. tion of the British tax receipts should go to.81 GYANT Bloxam, of the Buffs, reported at wards recouping the Colonies made practically police headquar.ers this morning, that some bankrupt by the insousale appeals of the ultra the palice room of the Army Ordnance Depart time last night some person unknown entered good he will. promptly demand that the taxes ment and stole his watch and chain. be used to reduce the price of beer. those benevolent old ladies who leave fortunes to be expended on the purchase of knitted gailers for the þenightad Hottentots will bear Tarona Lucian, the Superiorear of the Italian Bill was left in committea because the plans of rate, are now about to re-open.

And

NEWS has been received in the Colony by telegram"to-day of the death of Rer. Mother.

His Excellency the Governor: This Bill excludes members of the Roman Catholic church. The only reason is that they already. have a cometary of their own.

Considerable discussion followed and the

the land had not yet been made out.

Convent at Macao. By the death of this lady, who had devoted a lifetime to the cause of *-* charity, the waifs and sirays and the poor in the Portuguese colony become all the poorer,

TRAMWAY AMENDMENT.

The Attorney General moved that the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Tramway Ordinance, 1903, be post.

Agreed,

poned

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NEW ECHOOL. TERM. After the summer vacation the different col. leges and schools, both government and pr.

In the Police Court, this morning, before Mt. F. A. Hazeland, Inspector Gourlay prosecuted shopkeeper named Wong Hing, of 153, D Voux Road West, for having in his possession

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WITH his head swathed in bandager and the front of hil Jacket stained with blood a coolis named Wong Iu stepped into the witness box at the Magistracy this, morning to prosecuta Chan Ho, a stoker, for assault. Both men, it would appear, are employed by the Gas Com pany. Yesterday afternoon Wong accidentally used. trod on Chan's hat. This brought on's quamaj ne mé and led to Chan striking the man over the bead, coor with an iron bolt, causing severe injuries. The evidence was conclusive, and the magistrate - (Mr. Wood) sentenced defendant to seven days' hard labour with the option, and ordered him to pay the victim $5 compensation. Quite a change from another case reported elsewhere in this issue.

thirteen tins of kerosine oll-more than the amount he is allowed by bis licence, and with storing then in an improperly constructed well. A "MATIVE woman named Wong Mui (16) bat=” Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, of Mesura, Gold- tar known as "Basket Mary," was fined this ring, Barlow and Morrell, appeared for the de. morning for creating a disturbance in the com

with composure and phlegm the news that apo ther British Crown Colony has gone to the wall Nothing could more forcibly illustrate the on account of its sacrifices compulsorily made at methods of the anti-opiumisis or the depths to instance of genteel suburbia and gentlemen which they are prepared to sink in their worki

of the Chadband type. Amidst all these trouðlen of propaganda, than the contemptible and the man most worthy of sympathy is His Ex-THERE were 14 lepers in the teper asylum at malicious tempt which was made by sa callency the Governor, who is ragged and Taipo at the beginning of last year. Two of obscure member of the House of Commons to beckled on thisside and blackguarded, maligard them died in the course of the year. In August The second reading of the Bill entitled An traduce, maliga and misrepresent the 'attitude and sepersed on the other. Certainly hir Fre from the asylum were admitted on the same af certain ministerin¡ duties, was pissed, on fence. Be applied for an adjournment. There pound of the Central-Police Station. Some two leprous women living in a village not far Ordinance to relieve the Governor-in-Council derick Lugard should koow by this 'time what day. The elder woman, aged 65, died about a the motion of the Attorney General seconded it is to suffer the slings and arrow, of outrageons month after admission. Thirteen ispars were by the Colonial Secretary. fortune.

left at the end of the year and 10 of them were The Council went into Commitice on the supplied with rica ovory day.

Bill..

On the question of passlog the scheduis un der. section 2, it was pointed out that the acbodule gave no information of the duties the Governor gave up. The schedule simply gave the name of the Bill and the clause or section which appointed the Governor to look after the particular.duty

During the DOG DAYS,

adopted by Uls Excellency Sir Frederick Lu- gard, with respect to this most debatable sub ject, Knowing perfectly well that the Governor of Hongkong, as an Imperial servant, is precluded from publicly refuting the vila and, unwarranted assertions of an irres- possible Member of Parliament on the bunt for notoriety, a certain Mr. 'Bennet

Writing on the eve of the meeting of the Le daliberately declared in the House of Com gislative Council it would be wonbless to mona on the 27th olt, that "In Hongkong speculate as to the result of this afternoon's there had been some measure of progress, al- Sebate is the liquor licences question. The though it had met with the utmost opposition Government may submit a measure which from the Imperial servants of this country," will bear no manner of resemblance to the A better exhibition of the willingness to site. | original resolution, bat whether any saw

A COOLIE belonging to the Teat-ts-mui Police Station, on the Shau-ki-wan Road, was, at the Police Court, to-day, sentenced to six weeks hard labour and alx hours' stocks for stealing three brooms, the property of the Goverment The defendant was seen with the brooms in the village. An Indian policeman asked him what dark.

Mr. Grenson . We are passing things in the

replied that they ware for the night soil coolle, the schedule itself yet. We are only at clause he was going to do with them. The, coolia The Attorney-General : We haven't come to but this statemeat was proved to be falen.

was no objection, and it was granted.

`time last night a European charged Mary with

stealing his watch and chais, and gave hør into. M, A. VAS, a clerk, in the employ of the Astor the contody of a police officer. When the party House, prosecuted two chair cooties before Mr. arrived, at beadquarters, the European res F, A. Hareland, in the Police Court, to-day, for fused to prosecute, giving sa bis excusu assault and refusing bhire.. It was stated that on that hu, was afraid' of his name getting the aznd instant complainant hailed a chair in Into the newspapers The inspectarion-d Lyndhurst Terrace. As the coolies did not could not guarantee that the case would not! pay any notice to the call be walked up to them, reported, and the gentleman departed. Mary but they ran away. He, bowayar, seated himself on the other baud, became very obstreperons in the chair, but as there were no signs of the because of the humiliation she had been pat to, bearers returning, Mr. Vas engaged appther and the language she spat out was the means "chalry: As he was'about to step into that ons of casting a purple cloud over the station," She him in the ribs. His Wonkip fined the de- so she was locked up. Fleading guilty to the of the defendants rushed op to him, and struck would not leave,nor would she hold her tongue,

fundantı $7.50 nach."

chazys, the virago was dued a dollse,