The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES No. 8333
CONTENTS.
Births Marriages and Deaths, Leading-Articles:
The Horas sadike Eastern Irein. Chinese CoilAM KE ER
Hongkong and the Panama Cin
The Valfo» Dragen hefur g Tyranny of the Ch bere House-Boy. Criticisms on the Badget.
Legislativa Courcil. Mag
The Dongles Steamship Co., LA,
The Horykoog Cotton Spinulog Weaving
and Dyeing Co, Ld.
Borgkong Hole,
Halgkong Cricket Lex; dni
St. Andrew's Society.
Legal Intelligencei-.
FAQ.Es fin of Signature,
A Question of Security,
A Question of Witbdcawal,
A Prominory Noin Dispute,
Alleged liste of Writ Without Authority
Pinicalaji gala-
Police —–***.
Thi Colowan Pirates
Tas
articlot Sensation.
Thiel's 4ttempted Suicide.
Assault on Extape in 'Lady.
Correspondenos:-
Caston Insurance Office, Ld..
Miscellaneous Articles and Esports:---
The Atch to Fire
Our Milk supply.
Notor by the Way.
O biser Dosa Amelia,
Canton insurance Office, Limited.
Match Indra ry in Yatmati.
Chirose Mar ing40.
Kowloon Railway ・iera,
The Wreck of H.M.S. Bedford,
Thesis. Friteus
The Anglo Java Scheme..
V.R.C. Aquati: Sports.
Nai va brest ia Fernando Po.
Impeachment of H.E. Tang Sh e-Yi.
-Shimeen Notes.
Canton Day by Day.`
The Coming Boxing Boat..
The Navy Lengus Appuai. Swimming Recordi
農七十月八年
Che Yongkong Belegraph
MAIL SUPPLEMENTA ISSUED GRATIS TO SUBSCRIDERK
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 50, 1910.
THE HOME AND THE BASIERA
PRESSA
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SUPPLEMENT.
(ESTABLISHED
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
lgbting power can be purchased for a giren: sum of money?" Quality is one part of the question, price the other, and both have to be considered together. The Chinese miners work seven days a week, and there is no Arbitration Court to all the mumber of hours from bink to back. There is prac tically no loss of capital through idle plant. Labour is plentiful and cheap. Contractors require the protection of po strike clauses, If American consumers or others outelde the jurisdiction of Australian laws choose to take, advantage of these conditions and employ Chinese or Japanese to get coal for them, the Commonwealth Government cannot in- sist on their giving preference to Australians, whether they be unionlits or non-unionists Australia must give them as good value as they can get elsewhere, or abandon the trade. As long as Australia had a monopoly of opened-p mines she was able to get monopoly prices in the foreign markets, within a commercial radius of her ports, but if others are coming into the field that advantage will disappear. The ocean highway is free to all, and Australia is as powerless to exclude Asiatic scamen from competing for the foreign trade as Asiatic miners or Asiatic shipbuilder. It is no use ignoring these incis; they are there and will make themselves fell, whether Australia recognise thein or not. Australia may draw a fiscal ring fence round local Commonwealth industry and impose what conditions she pleases within that narrow circle, but she cannot dictate terms to the people of other countries from whom she seeks employment at producing articles for export.
HONGKONG AND THE PANAHA
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"THE FELLOW DRAGON SE a) (28th September.) Towards, the successiva number of our youthful contemporary the Yellow Aragon, have not only a paternal affection but a pattal right of criticising its effusions and chastising its shortcomings. Happily for our fatherly feelings in the latter degree, tere is little in the Fellow Dragon which cas fairly be said to make necessary an ad- ministration of the pedagogic cand or slipper in a classic fashion which has been in evidence ever since Shakespeare's "school
第十三月九英港香
TIRANNY OF THE CHINBJR HOUSE BOY
be Introduced
it is high time that whole question)
seriously in hand tion of a very pres
„CRITICISMS,ON
goth
At the Legislative day, the unofficial members of criticism to offer, upon when it come on for Excellency the Goverdor ment anent-the 1 at the previous meet ample time had elapsed lt of members mast acquainted with the Gore for the forthcoming year officials came fully chars and suggestions under review. On was an interesting one was thrown upon
(9th September) Of all the ills, and discomforts to which we lose that Huropeans resident in the Bast have to sub- our ability to mit, there is none moin grevious than that Bigwing textile which has been aptly described as the that of any other tyranny of the house-boy. Married women trade existe simply becoming from Home to manage their bus
attained to full bands household are perhaps the greatest woollen trade sufferers imongst the many In Europe, they i her ally may well be one of the list de have been accustomed to mild serious who, It may be that whatever be their individual qualifications Pinama Canal will have but small effect for service, are as a class a most admirable merican manalacturers to take body of workers-clean, smart, willing, dish manufacturers until and obedieon When she comes out Bust, time, ku the Japanese market shall have however, she finda that, instead of the cheap preseter of Japanese production; and efficicat supply of servants, which is so *it in obvious what it is likely often and erroneously talked about in Eu.
an the leading rope as being obtainable out here, there con
fronts her a very much worse state of things than ever had to be faced at Home. There, pay, a cook with two servants would suffice frad average house; and, if the family in cludes children, a nurse Also will be required. have been exercising the pub In the East & perfect bevy of Chinese boy largely of late. In certain dire servants is required, the cook must have his mental policy was more clearly defined assistant, every child has to have on amah But, on the whole, we do not think that the for itself, and the house coolics also have to ultimate result will be affected by all that be taken into account; whilst over and above was said in the way of criticism at yesterday's all there is usually ang of hangers on in Council: that, in the progress of the Bill festing continually the servants quarters and through Committee stage any material living in a great part,en the food belonging to change will be made in a single sellent the house. Of course, there are exceptions item. As senioruoofficial member la but on the whole the description, given the absence of Dr. Ho Kal, Hon. Mr. B. above conveys a fairly accurate Iden of how A. Hewett was spokesman for his collen» the matter stands at present in Hongkong. Gues. He traversed the Budget ad-seriall At the beginning the mistress will try to ef. commenting upon each subject which seem fect an alteration, even to the extent peringly called for remark. Here we can onlyre. haps of superintending the cooking herself, view his criticism upon the principal questions, but in the end has to admit defeat, which affecting the public wolfare to-day. First, her friends with longer experience of life with regard to the Imperial contribution con out East may have already, unheeded, pro- nounced inevitable. The boy comes off victorious from the contest, whilst the poor distressed lady is forced to submit to his dominance and can only retire to her sit ting-room and sigh for her English servante left bebind. Nor is this trouble one which affects Hongkong alone. It applies to every coast port in the East. By the way, there was a proposal made here some time ago to form a Woman's Guild by means of which res pectable servant girls might be got from Japan, but we have heard no word of its materialis tion; probably it fell through on account of thatrampant class distinction which notorious ly vitiates European life in the Colday. The scheme appeared to provide a sensible solu: tion of the servant problem could it have been got under way, for by the formation of up the Term-Kad at the beginning of a registry such as those which exist Homs Aunt-lag for the awards ad
(24th September.) Occasionally, writers in the English Press ta'e the opportunity of having a pot shot at the Far Eastern journals, which, whatever their faults, always endeavour to uphold British prestige in the Dominions across the Sea and can lay claim to greater bonesty of purpose than many news papers at Home that have only party poli- ics from which to derive their sustenance, In the East, we have no party. We are all Britishers and our newspapers are conducted without regard to Home poll tics. Whether we be, Liberal, or. Con bervative, we at any rale join forces in trying to promote the best interests of the British Pmpire without treading on other nations coms. It is therefore with regret that we see Mr. Spencer Leigh Hughes, ar P, in the Morning Leader, engaged in a most virulent attack upon one of our most respect ed and estimable contemporaries in the Far Kast: namely, the ingapore Free Fress. If any paper in these paris deserves credit for upholding the best traditions of English
who with satchel and shining morning Journalisms, the Freetress ranks among the
face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school" foremost. We do not alwtys agree with the
foretold the advent of our present-day school. opinions expressed in its columns, jèl wo
boy who yet detests the termination of school must admit that the able men who conduct
holidays whilst wearying at the same time its publication enjoy the full confidence of
for a return to the glorious comradeships Britishers in the Southern Settlement and
(27th September.)
of previous terms and to renewed trials of all along the China Coast. If it is a mistake to
In view of the stupendous progress which strength and application both on beach and be outspoken, then the Free Pris at fault. has been made of late with the construction in playground. The Tellow Iragan in its But in London journalism, the writer who of the Panama Canal, it is not perhaps pre-latest issue commitutes a splendid eximple cannot wille outspokenly is at a discount mature to take a forward estimate regarding of the progressivepces which characterises and the journal which declines to publish the effects which its opening may have upon of leading Hongkong scholastic institution, anything except puerilities and sententious-the trade of longkang. Already, New Queen's College. With the Yellow Dragon ness is left far behind in the race for ex- Orleans and San Francisco are squabbling dominating the basic Confucian line, all istence. It appears that a lady correspondent over their respective rights to be made the within the Four Seas are Brethren, the of the Leader had gone to live in Singapore venue of the great Panama Exposition that frontispiece of the little journal is filed to and had supplied Mr. Hughes with the is to be held in celebration of the canal's convey to the most insensitive mind the information that, whilst the writers to the completion. Of course the newspapers are excelsioric spirit that pervades the life of Free Fress pretend to be neutral, they are in the van of the attack on each side. Frisco the College as regards both teaching staff rabid Tories and most abusive in their journals declares that its rival has nothing and pupils; whilst its informative contents language. Then Mr. Hughes starts in to but river frontage and is not safe from the prose very clearly that Queen's College be as abusive as a Billingsgate shwife ravages of Yellow Jack. On the other hand is adding to its laurels every year and au against the paper and against the the New Orleans organs say they have not that it promises to go on still farther in Far Eastern Press generally. It appears had any signs of yellow fever in their midst its upward incline and to be the best feeder that our Southern contemporary had the for six or seven years, and that at any rate in the Far East for the Hongkong University gross audacity to declare that the chief com visitors to their city can go to bed at night that is to be. There is no need now to bark pensation for the drawbacks of living in a with the certainty of fading themselves there tropical Crown Colony in that we are well next morning,-which is more than can be out of the hurly-burly of party controversies said of the Pacific part. And so the war exciput were, all published in on 4 working and obliging might have beadfast will to carry out a policy dated to ni that we can get our fieads above the miasme goes on. Its main significance for us con at the time of their publication: ed. Fut as we have repeatedly pointed out, the Home, a polley which we balleye has regu of what pass for domestic politics in Eng; lies in the fact that it enforces upon our and very creditable these were. More real solution of the probleminonly to befound in harm to the Colony, rather than in, land. We do not hesitate to assert that minds the rapidity with which the canal important it is that way shoud look for in the compulsory registration of all Chinese good. This lakh of dollars cannot be con we know a great deal more about life scheme is approaching consummation and ward to the things which the current servants: If is no use adopting a sidered in any way as a fitting redemptioniolɔ abroad in various parts of the Empire the need that exists for exact study of the new Term has in store for at ff and pupils fures and making such registration voluntary the promise made us. In common Justice than does M. Hughes... Home keeping conditions that its completion will bage The College re-opened on th September. That scheme: 11 already been tried in our to the ratepayers the Home Government youth bath ever homely wit" and Mr. Hughes upon Far Eastern trade and upon our and abstagoo boys quickly filled up mo neigh build town Colony and it proyed are bound to make the whole or nearly the for all his dictional versatility seems to have Colony especially. It has to be remembered class rooms During the vacation the darkeman uter fallure Mers who lusined on whole, deficit, good. Abolher matter to developed the homely wit in degree. A that the new canal will bring Pew York chroom liye been painted and white their servants registering, or who insisted which the hon. member for the Chamber we said before, none of us out here have any politics. But we are all Imperialists in 3430 miles nearer to. Yokohams, and in wood, the light being greatly improved that say new servant applying for a vacancy Commerce alluded was the fact that a
respect to the great commercial port of Japan thereby Clas VII and Vit are to re-ap should be registered, were promptly boy loading business firms had appealed agai the first place, and our initial considera will give her an advantage of 1,430 miles peitmote division of each only as a train" cotted and a who's staff often withdrawn harshness of treatment in the adminis tion is the solidarity of the Empire to which over British ports in place of her present log ground for the unit teachers Ar
Amongst under the medices that the Chinese are such tion of the "noit liquor excles On September 24th, at "Tusculum," Barker we belong. So far as the rest of Mr. disadvantage of 1,950 miles. The advantage offer items, relative to the erastjuunding ademas employing, Chummeries broxdup. When the new import Road. The Peak, 10. Mr. and Mrs. A. G Hughes' remarks are concerned we can will really mean more than this, because rawenbred upon eSTArdgon and b puntors and married couples had to mix Arst made A Sird
1619 safely leave them alone to be responded to cotton, which is Japan's import of highest this in the minematicastellous Mr. J. grate tohotels. The Ordinance was repealed, Lugard assured the
by the journal most concerned; we only value, will be shipped from Mexican Gulf Oranges be kindly offered very and since then the Hylam guild of domestic community that every desifo at this juncture to take objection against what amounts to his wholesale dopo and not from New York. In the vault,pate to the audeat in Offs
The Anglo-Java Estales, Ld. Kowlod Cantos Railway. Kowloon Cricket Club, The Dagmar Auction,,
The Harbour Race,
Qapan Amalia's Blothday.
The Orisotal Hotel.
Hoogkong Oupper Maikat,
Seamen's lostitale
Greuudise of s. Tonya Masin
Hongkong Hockey Club.
Hongkong Football Club.
B.stball,
Chiasse Sport1.
Boxlog.
The Interport' R'ils Match. Confacine Birthday.
Sad Sequel to a Lamp Accident.
Hongkong Cricket Club.
Shanghal jene Salement.
Buff/quatic Sport,
Bedford Relief Entertainment.
Typhoon Warning.
Losal and General......
Commercial:-
Weekly Share Report, Rubber Sharo Mrket. Yarn Market.
Freight Market. Bolliva. Exchange.
COPPIN, a sor
BIRTHS.
On September 13, 19ro, at West Dolwich, London, the wife of G. W. Cordos, Comdr. P. a O. § S, Dit of a son,
On September 15, igro, at "Fower," Wok- lug, Scr.ey, to Mr. and Mis G. Dingwall Maio,
a daughter.
Os Emplember 19, 1910, at Shanghai, the wife of Artbur C. Stratton, of a 100,
On September15, 190, at Ealing, the wifs of Owin Warren, C.-1. M. of a son. (Walter.)
On September 23, 1910, at Shaoghai, the wife of T:W. Shape, of a daughter,
Os Sepitmber 18, 1910, at Chefon, the wife of Alan Wilson, Chinese Service, of a daughter.
`MÄRRIAGES. "
;.....
Go September in, 1910, at Skaughal, é gens Hats D wilt to Gerald Kingsmill, of Shanghai
On September, 19to a Shaoghal, George Emest Starman, of Shas Bay, to Ethel, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Poiroșd, of Old ham (LancashireLand Sharghui,''.
DEATHS
Os Eepten ber 18, 1910, at Shanghai, Re ginald Leslis Rundle, Standard Oil Co., aged
LA YEH?N,
nunciation of the British Press in the Far
East.
CHINESH GOAL.
Annual recently received by us from the su
Deputment of Finance in Tokyo, it is stated of
that whi's last year the American imports admi
maite
of cotton tissues showed a decline, British | geometry, mcnturation imports of this nature increased by over book-kee two million, sterling. More than 70 per pory and cent of Japan' woollen cloths are British 14 W, Cong mathema goods. „Of raw wool imports Great Britain mila offer to Class and. Australia supplied 70 per cent. also, a prize bas ogen offered Of iron materials, more than half of those the best penin Class Tat sent into the country were of British | exịt origin. The importation of locomotive en- found gines from America showed a marked de-and cline. These figures, all imply what an important place the Japanese import trade mar has occupied in the Colony's prosperity as trading port, and what a telling blow may be he dealt against 11 in future by the Panama Canal, Capital and Commerce summarises the results of the Canal opening as the com- ing revolution in the history of Far Eastern at sp trade. The point of importance is not that notice it will divert a portion of the traffic-passing su through the Suez Canal westward; it is that sibi
(26th September))" Australian papers are viewing with some concern the experimental shipment of a cargo of 5,000 tons of coal from China to San Francisco last month. Reuter's des- patch announcing the fact to our contem poraries in the Commonwealth does not state the origin of the coal, but it may be presumed that the activities of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ld., have been responsible for the shipment to California of the first consignment of the valuable fuel from the Company's pils at Tongshan to America In noting the telegram in its columus, On Septembel in London, John the Sydney ally Telegraph observes Wilson, ate Supfrog (Dock (Shongbai Englaraning and Dock Co, Ltd.) by telegram. that the fact as reported by cable * Oneplumber 19, fojog at Nagasak he the shipment of 5,000 tons of coal has Reverend William 16 Standileg, of the fort been sent from Chics to San Francisco to cad Canich Mission Soochow VER M test the market" is a remarkable example of it will utterly destroy the status quo. Com- the
On September 23, 1914, at *Shanghai, Walter the changing conditions in the East and of petition for trade in Chios, will grow by far col i Duso, god 53-fein.de epid
their effect upon the Australian outlook, kerner, and with the choice of two routes no cars On Semumber, za zolb, at 5broplini, Elias: Hitherto China has been a purchaser of coat Curopean traders in Chion will have to face na
bub, beloved wife of H. Sruthe goânisor to
from Austrália, and to that sense an em competition unknown to the China trade erf PW. Resedbiom; aged 28 yeara,
On September 189te; at Yokohamu; F. Gployer of Australian labour. But now it would The United States and other countries in the
ous appear that she contemplates entering the American continent will naturally have better.
arcon as a competitor with the Common chances of establishing frade relations with wealth for the coal irade of other countries. China and Japan.. All of which is bound to The extent of the Chinese coal deposits have a very direct and harmful effect indeed is known to be enormous, and as they become upon British Chinn-Japan trade and upon more cally accessible with the opening up toogkong trade, la particular. In writing of the country by railways a constantly upon this subject the Zimes says that in the increasing output may be locked for. By Japanese leport trade. America has now yo many glib talkers about employers and em per cent. Great Britain's share. This ployees the position is often quite misunder proportion may be expected 10 show more stood The employer in every caso is the ments favourable to the United States, but consumer, to whom both the capitalist and these movements will not be great the labourer stand in the relation of em- | even if no Panama Canal were to introduce ployees, i da a large portion of Australing; new factor into:International commerce, coal is mined for export, the employen, su, trade, of Japan would develop so si far in this part of it is concerned, therefore,
Correas
All communications intended for publication is EONGKONG TELEGRAFII”; abould be Bildranoid to Tie Zälton, 1, Ion Home Road, and should be accompanied by the Writer's Maine) may Chrdinary Yusinam communka lon choʻsië be addreind
bis for
are foreigners to whom no arbitration awards
made by the Courte can apply
employ the people who
value for their mo
coal but the.gunit
Chloeso mince the
the best
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of decreasing Import
The lendency. #mportation
count of the loss in opium revenue, Mr. Hewett pointed out that the sum stands at only a little over one lakhs of dollars. If this is all that is te received, we join with himin expressing our strongest possible, protest against so parsimonious an act on the part of the Imperial Government. Tis not in mortals to command success," nor is it within the power of our local Government: to dictate to the Imperial Government. But we were girca the distinct assurance by the, Secretary of State for the Colonies that our finances would not be allowed in anffer through the loss of revenue caused by clos log of the oplam dirana. In fact it was pub- icly stated that the loss would be more than covered by the Imperial contribution, Yet, here we find the Colony's righteous demand,
off with a single lakh whereas the apparent deficit represents Home
tho' servants pups the households of Singapore to given to bona-fides trad
# Thr richer clam of thief business empio Where pays food and pickingi, japonais ample, e comfortable dough, but it is the new Ordin less well-to-do classes that too often find hard on the communi memselves at the mercy
the servants it is because ho ilds: "As things⠀ at perent Euro young and harper pean residents are absolute, under their broom it is swoop thumb Liployers of servants have there have been 00, and whatever of finding out the ment of which characters they had in their last places, or plained. Sir why they were dismissed, False testimonials, of getting it is well known, may be purchased for a Jew, amongt of
the purchaser,
we would
adopti
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