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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26 1010

MARRIAG O1 October ab, 191 Da Gror to Burlon Stela,

The Hongkong Belegrap

participating in « the trade" and "istvo" a

iderable number of peopt from the 're. lentless grasp of the qsurer.Ave knowɑibat- the Government will raise the usual cry of u depleted excheq ser but such as attitude is to be strongly deprecated, for the present state of affalis cannot be allowed to continue HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1910, without being a blot on the Colony's escut. cheop. We offer the suggestion for what it Permits are THE CULT OF THE USURBR. seth, for in our opinion the ilme has when the money lending practice, which has been reduced almost to su sit by" a certain section of the Colony a population, should be put down with a firm band. They have been shown the velvet glove far too leng. They should now have a laste of the

We have on more than one occasion drawn in these columos the attention of the Government to the highly excessive rates of interest charged by the mosty-leading population of the Colony to those who are unfortunate enough to fall within their clutches. The problem is rendered more acute owing to the apparent encouragement

afforded the usurer by the local judges, who, being placed in the unenviable position of having to meet the convenience of both lender and borrower in making an order for in stalments, arenaturally sometimes unwittingly led to set somewhat harshly towards certain borrowers who find themselves entangled in the merkes of these tradtieth-century usureri through scarcely any fault of their own. It does not require particularly keen powers of perception in one to realise that the habit of borrowing, should be discour aged no less than that of lending money, but there are cases: when people are led to choose the lesser of two evil by sheer force of circumstances and in these instances exception should be made by the Judge, who in fairness to the victim, who as often as not has already paid the amount of the principal tepfold in interest alone, might, exercise bis discretionary powers to the full. est possible limit. Recent glaring cases brought to our notice havajparily led to our making these "remaks, but we have been mainly influenced to refer to the condition of affair at present existing with regard to the particular matter under discussion by a few pertinent lines appearing in a Manila contemporary. It appears that a Bill has been intoduced into the Philippines Legisla tive Axembly for the purpose of putting a stop to the demoralizing practice among Government officials. A prominent fea-

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LOCAL AND GENERAL, The Wite Star timer Olymple 45,000 tons, the largest siesmas in the wild, has been

launched at Belfast,

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ALBERT Chicles Pearsoll, storeiteper, on board the s. Monteagla, was fined is by Mr. R. 'allifos at the Magistracy the morning for asmauling a chair-bearer

MORE rice continues to be stolia by the Co- lony's bleves. This moraing, a native was awarded four days' hard labour for beltg in no lawful possession of za cattice of the staple.. A NEW Finch subsējno/has just concluded voya, a of 1,400 miles toond its coast. The Archimda, which is the same of the vessel, competed the voyage without a hitch of any

sort.

THE aathorities are recruiting able-bodied men From Chibli, Shantung and Mongolia for the 4th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Imperial Gaards Corps and intend to complete the regi- ment this year.

COLONEL Odinstoff and á rafeior Kousnelsof have Just made a remarkable balloon junracy. from St. Petersburg to Koutetsikovo, near the 50 of Axaff (a distance of somi 1,000 miles),

in forty hours.

PEAL WEDDING.

STACKMAN-BRITEL

INTERPORT RIFLE

HONGKONG'S TEAM.

The marriage took place this morning, at the

The standard, of shooting during this son Peak Church, of Mas Smub, riece of Mr. H. son's Interpart practice has hein much higher Farcy mith, the popularly known public. Usap for several years past, and competition accountant la the Colof, with Mr. H. T. for the honour of a place in the Colony's team Jackman, executivi ongieter, Public Works has been close and keen, supporte Department. The bridal couple will be ha section of the team has, therefore, spending their honeymoon at Macao, proved somewhat dificult, but it is considered Sogmat is the popularity of the bride that the team chosen will Jasilly their selection groom that the send-off accorded hits and again some of the lost prestige of the "and blikappy bride the facadutanmer'swharf Colony as regards rifle shootlar,

this altaimoon was oss of the most enthusiastic we have sen for many a long day. The ss. Sul Tat, by which the happy pale are proceed. log on their honeymoon tip, never lacked so resplendent in her gir gurb of figa and closed. beating as she did this afternoon. The arrival of the newly wedded couple on board, the aldamar shortly before sp.mi, to-day was

the signal for a fitently deafening fusillade of good while after the steamer had cast off and crackers, the faalveluting loud and long for a was making fox the fairway. An amusing in- cident was too good to be allowed to go cars. corded. While the crackers and mislatore bombs were burilag la their thousands send

ing the fragments of crimson

paper-the Chloese emblematic col sor of good fortune- all around the ship, the motley crowd of Chinese podiare, bost peoplesnd cool.es gathered on the wharf to enjoy the pyrotechnic display. Amidst all the dio and nois agentleman, a friend of the departing bridal party, overbaard the inquiry. from a Celestial whether the send-off was in tended for the now Governor of Macao. When he was told that the demostration was for a popular Gove:omest official of this Colony he began to realize that Hongkong residents were capable of appreciating the merit and worth of a good man, even though in every case he has not yet atsined to the lofty eminance of a head of the department.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily sodores the opinions expressed by Correspondenta in this column.3

'THE 'CHINESE CUSTOMS.

*TO THE EDItos of fur" Hongkong TELEGRAPH."

MESSES. Carlowir & Up. advise us that they Sir,-A gentlemas who writes with point and ate 1sformed by the Apolinarts Co., Ltd, Lon. vigour seat a letter to the Hongkong. Telegraph doo, for whom they are the aptats for Chins few days ago that demands on answer. He and Hon, kong, that their famous fable water | signs himself "Mens Tokal;" and I wish he had. has been awarded the Grand Prix at the used some other ww de-plume. For that the Bruxelles 1. xâibition,

Customs Service as constituted and governed

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The following will comprise the team:-0. P. Finn (H.M., Tomin) Messrs. Howart, Taylor, Watte, Heart, (M. M. Naval Yard Rifle inb): Baum, Bassford and Wanderton, (Talkon Rifle Club) Mr. Wis (P.W.D.) and Sargt. Bryani, A.D.C, Feservaj Vr, Biond and V. Sorby

for

With the exception of Mr. Sowart, who shot

the Colony in 1903 and 1909, the team The match will be fired on Saturday next, chosen is new to Interport homour, 19h last, on the King's Park Range, at 2.30 2. under the management of Captain North cote, Hongkong Volunteer Cops,

All persons interested in the shooting are lovited to be present.

"RULES OF THBROAD.

CHINESE COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE

SUSPENDED;

Before Com. Beckwith, SN, at the Marine Magistrate's Count, this morning, so inguity was held into the circomplices respecting

charge for disregarding the rules of the road in the waters of the Colony at 5.50 p.m. on the 20th lament, against Chan Kam Hel, master of the steam launch Mug Om, preferred by Capt. R. D. Thomas, master of the s

Kinakan,

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"Roila alt, Hongkong this, morning carrying with her the contingent of the Boffs that had down Gartison duties, ta Hongkong. The line of Officers and man bound for - Southampton is as Capt. E..). Manders, (A.8.C.); Meakes, (A C,D,); Capt. G. &. Benson, Capt E. J. Elliott (R.A.M.C.)) Liest CC. Walker, (A.0.0.); Major Adair, Capt, Baer, Lleut Simmock, Lient Chapman, Major Logan, Lient Fitzroy, Lient Créim, (RG.A.) ; Capt. G. F. Finch, Lieur F. A Whyte (H.KS.B. R.G.A), Lieut Shannon, Lital Dividion, (Buffo) Mej Macdonald, Major Grobga (RA.M.C.), Major Brown, Capt, Morray, Capt. Baker and son, Lieut. Ool, Lander, (A.O.D.. and A.0.0); Rev. Dalle Eools (A.C.D.) Offcom' wives E, a'id a6 chlidren.

The following were also pasangers by the Army transport →

N.C. O's and mea

Children

Female servants vo

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Mafar Boxshall and a sergeant, R. A. M. 0.

left for Colombo,

The following contingent was bound for Singapore

N. C. O■ men,...ang mencari ara Women,

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Children / Mus

Capt. Brown and Lienienants Sykes, Stagg, and lones were passengers also for the Stealta.

SHANGHAPS FINANCIAL

SITUATION, SAVAS

VICEROY CHANG TO THE RESCUE, According to Chinese Information appearing in the N. C. D. News, Viceroy Chang Jéa-chun asked the Managare of the Imperial Bank of Chian, the Communicailon Bank and three Chinesa Exchange Banks to meet him in the Burana for Foreign Affair. He asked the two Baaks to intan czub to supply the market and the exchange banks to assist [the circulation. He proposed to obtain a loan of Tis. 1,000,000 from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to, liquidate the Yuso Feng Jus Bank afffits and afterwards to help the market. He inquired as

Compisidant stated that he was coming down viver from Canton on Oct. 20th about 5.50 p.m. When off Pachow Light on the port bow, he saw the steam launch Hung On with a lighters in tow, one on either aldo coming up against the tide. When within a cable of the Kinika", the launch's starboard bow watacioasthe Kin. akan's bows, about 70 degres, causing the teamer to go hard astern, and only just cleared by 30 odd foot. If this bad bin in the dark serious collision would have taken plate,

W. R. Teffcott gave evidence ibat he was on managers replied that they would havs to con-f

to their aplulon of the plan. The two Bank watch coming from Cauton sa the evening offer on the matter and then report to him what at soth and when off Pacher ha sighted the action they could take. Tas Exchange Banka

ture of the Bill is that it provides | ANOTHER case of illegally harbouring Chinese by that wonderfal man, Sir Robert Hart, to launch Hung On. On hiu pori bow when within | agreed tó assist lo circulaṭlog credit, « Later on penalties for both the unscrupulous lender 3 Bırla is to be heard at the Magistracy tomorrow doomed, is unfartamtaly trau, bat li is not trup about 300 fest, the launch suddenly put her when Taofale' Chou Chin-tsen, Ya Ya-ching

and the party who perforce has to submit afternoon. In this case the vicima ars five la sumber, two of whom are barely fourteen years to what under ordinary circumstances he of age. It is alleged that cases similar to would certainly regard as the height of folly. those used by schoolmasters have been used The bill provides that all government officials on the girls.

that its ruin will befall it for the reasons sog. gested by the gentleman whose vlows were ex- pressed in that letter, and which I have, great- against my wil, to contradict. For con- troversial pur.aass I shall call that correspon- dent of the Telyrapy, Mr. M. T. (far

and fojustice of inforcleg the regulations which squire, assistants in the Customs, the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, service, to prove their knowledge of the Chin- so language every year in an examination He declares that this rule is discreditable and humillatlng.. Whos he says that the regula: tions ordering all employds of the indoor sts of the Customs to tady and be proficient in

and employes of all grades in the insulTHE compradore of the steam-hurch Bothers short) Mr. M.T: Writes of the unfairness | provincial or municipal services shall be

Was brought up at the Magistracy this morning prohibited from directly or indirectly loaning for dumping a dead body on the straat gear money or any other effects or articles of what is Canoaught Kona Canal. A five of value at interest. The bill penalizes the in5 59 was imposed. It is semised by the fraction of these provisions by imprisonment Police that the corpse was left where it was for not lets than one month and not to ex found nearly a month ago. Detective-Sergeant cced oneyear, or a fine of not less than Paco Murphy palecuted. A. S. WATSON & CO., or other, a further provision of pound of the Cental Police Staton this after

nor more than P2,000 or both at the discre- FIFTY-fire-Chinese were lined up to the com-

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGŚ,

Hongkong, th July, 1910,

IMPORTANT

our

the bill is that whoever shall accept loans of money, effects or articles of value from such officials or employee shall be dismissed from the service if they are in it, and if not they 28 shall be disqualified from holding service with the government in any of its branches for one year and punished by imprisonment of not to exceed one year. Any chief of a bureau of department knowing that, any of bis employes loans or borrows money, and

NOTICE.

WE have the pleasure to advise his

CUSTOMERS and PUBLIC GENERALLY that, under the fuperintendence of our

the Chinese language have winaly allowed to

helm astern and cams right icross the Kin. skan's bow, nearly causing a irrious accident. The Kishan put her bolm sitern, and only cleared by some so feet. They wore then ahead of the Charles Hardouin about half an hour, when this happened.

and other notables of the Chambers of Com merce called, the Viceroy explained to them what had taken place. On Thursday svaning Tastal Lul Yen-yi invlied the Viceroy and his staff to

■ foreign dianer in the Barsan of Foreign Affairs.

Chin Kam, defendant, stated that he was Another report says that at an Interview with towing two lighters up the River on the even the Viceroy the gentry and merchants aggre ing of the 20th Oct. When using Pachow.beed that to save the market the first step was to sighted the ion and insther steamer obiala cash," A load of TIL 2,000,000, there stern of her coming down. He then star-fore, should be barrowed from the Hongkong boarded to go across the River to get out of and Shangbal Bank, to be repaid by the people but to be gairauteed by the Government; ade the big wave with a beavy toward

The Court found the coxswain of the launch | ded to this, they suggested that bonds for Tim. guilty of gross disobedience to the rules of the 3,000,000 should be issued, a portion of which distance thereby wary nearly causing a sorians Chlaz Yuan's bank orders. road in crossing a steamer's bow within a short might be applied, to compound and liquidata

0009 for gambling in housed in La Vocax lapre in the course of years, and that the re-accident and as that was the second offence Road and Possession Steel The man were revival of them by Mi Aglen is a departure from against him, his certificate would be suspended anded, bail being allowed in the sum of $100 that stadled moderation which characterised for three months and, on the expiration of that ach in respect of the five copied to each the sale of Sir Robert Hart, he lays himself time, a further examination must be passed will prosecuted. in respect of the players, Bergis. Wast and open to argument which I shall hawa, I think, to before it is returned.

Tay before the reader of the Telegraph. To- day I wish only to protect against the asser- on that man" cannot be 'a' gand "office man" as well as a good Chinese scholar. It is clearly aid down by Mr. M.T. that one who becomes a Chicess scholar is

HONGKUNG CHICKAI CLUB.

The match between the Hongkong Cricket Club' A versas the Remounts will take place

on

the Club's ground on Saturdaysext, -gih imali.. form the H.K.C.C. "A" tim. C. Leith, commencing at 1.30 p.m.;-Tas following will H. R. Makie, Dr. G. E. Aubrey, P. Jacks, A.

E, A. S. Fowler, H. D. Sharps, Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson, a.d A. Y. Dashwood,

very likely to become a drestard and to end encouraging the repulsive babit of absorbing as a tuicide. He blames the laspectorate for borrort follow natally in lis traie, with the so much Chinese this alcohol and its attendant

GREAT BRITAIN AND 188 OPIUM TRAFIIC,

No one, we suppose, would now sitempt to defand the abstract morality of the Indo-Chin-

ess oplam traße. The exports of tadian manifestly lecumbent upon Ghat Britian to as opium cannot permanently, continue. It in sist China in her efforts to prevent the con.

They prayad also that the Viceroy world, borrow Tis. 5,003,032 from foreigners or from the Government, which would make Ti 10,000,003 altogether, which might be handed to the Ta Ching and Communicatiou, Banks, or in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerca It might be lent out on mortgage. Ora Local Council might be instituted and the Provincial Treasurer and the Taotsi; with the aid of the Chamber of Commerce, m'ght handle the money and lend it out.

It is stated that the Viceroy was inclined to the statement of a Bank Director that the pra approve the plan, but his mind war shaken by sest position was not so acute as was made out,

Mackenzie, Rev. S. w. Payas, 6. A. Hastings, malalaahter as its sumption of opfum. It is equally imperative In reply to this the President of the Chamber

GERMANY'S COLUNIBS.

XLW GUINEA'S PROSPECTS...

· Mɛ F. Ulibag, who is traveling in the G.M. Prins Sigismund, to fjal a company for the canivation of rubber, to the couts of an inter-

Now really this is tot a reasonable thlog to shy; It is unfair moda's true. I am so ang with this atrocious acctaration that I 'shall write. 20 more about it to-day, lost I be led into say, ing more and hitister wards than will b recessary to refuta such an allegation,-Yours, etc..

THE TRIANGLE. Hongkong, ach October,"

does not ap repart to his superior, officer, shall be deemed a party of the deal sad the Governor-General may dismiss him or fine

for a moment imaging that the local author thetics are likely to effect such sweeping chan- Bot in our own public service at a moment's notice, for Hongkong's legislation, like the laws of the Medes and Persian, moves slowly but they can with advantage in troduce a few desirable changes. For instance, they can invent a method which wit put a stop once and for all to the

CHINA'S RAILWAY: LOAN.. wretched state of affairs obtaining at pre-stated that at the present time rabber was the sent. They can so amend the parent law, mas profitable lavestment as long as the pre- Posts, and Communications, China's Railway According to the Report of the Board of which provides for interest at 8 per cent, in eat labour conditions prevailedis German New Loans Are as follows- those cues where a particular tale of in terest is not specified, that the sum Labour was very cheap in Geman territory, charged on the principal shall not exceed the natives working for about ios a month. the rate: fixed by the Bills of Ex. They weis now planting a kind of rubber, cal this is noted Hevos, which was found to be the most pro

able it was much easier to sicuro land in Mr. Ullberg pointed out that while in the Solo. the Solomons thin in German Kew Guinea)

new FACTORY EXPERT, recently arrived in the Colony (who has had 18 years' experience in the leading Shoe Factories of the United States), we are NOW prepared to supply the FINEST Up-to-date, MEN'S BOOTS and SHOES in our well-change Ordinance. known brands "SUPREME" "LILY" to suit the taste of every one. Only the finest Leather and Materials are used, and best work- manship guaranteed.

Now

view with the Daily Telegraph representative,

Guinea.

British taritories. !

so easy as appears at first sight, for even and assuming that a certain rate was fixed

by the Government, the lender could so ons land could be leased for something like arrange the wording of the promissory i per 1,000 acres, in German teritóry-It was note that it would be made to appear that necessary to buy land cubight. The seaso all the provisions of the Ordinance are for this was that Germany dewild land settle complied with. As for the consent of the ment rather than speculation, Labour condi- borrower to such a proceeding, no difficulty tions in German territory were butter than in would be experienced in that direction as

Mr. Ul.burg was of opinion thil if J¶r. Fiskar there are always people to be found who by introduced legislation to lacream the wages of reason of the sore straits they are placed in the natives in Papan they might as well close and the dire necessity into which they are up the colony. The German Government re hurled will gladly give their pound of flesh qailed the sativas to pay a tax ofŝu, a year, and and become a party to a contract aimed at if they were not able to pay that

al smoppt they bringing about their own discomfiture. We were required to do aceitald amount of work ba arenoj 30 loconsiderate as focavil the raide, the result being the hit the roads

TERESA üzre in a van gogi itatón: At préry. Girman) tan ll without attempting to suggest a port in the finds there ar remedy, in 1 therefore with due deference to a store attached... Rabaul, the conus of 1/* the Colony's legislators we would suggest Britain, and also the waple German colon}, bid rona whoad, marrallously, it had four stores, that all money lending transactions should in- telephones, miniaturu zailways, and wall formed future take place before a Government official raday A fair amount of coconya belag cal. to be appointed for that purpose that the fivated, and the copri industry widalso prorish

ing. The layer was now-balng used in the cer: manufacture of a butter, substions,

At an early date, which will be duly notified, we shall be prepared to supply the finest and latest LADIES Boots and Shoes.

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Interest

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$50,000

that British Colonies in the East should not of Commerce referred the Viceroy to the continued to counteracce. rice which China different commitees of the guilds Mr. Cho,

is trying to extirpa'e. We are quite prepared of the Nailyo Bankers' Guild, affirmed that to admit, further, that the is copalders without a large amount of cish, the position. able, though not yet sufficit, evidence to could not be saved. The Süt Guild said that prove that the Imperial Edict against already four or five fiatures have stopped work poppy cultivation is fitaly to be ultima and that unless a large sum of money is forth tely obeyed in every province, Our Peking coming to meet demands, most of the forty: correpondent, who recently traversed China mills would have to cease operations and it would from east to west, has borne testimony to the be a sesjous problim to deal with the larga dilution of the area of land under poppy, number of workman out of employmarts who Unfettanately the Edict is not yet uniform wool be driven to Eswisssness. The flour, operation, and lis das obsery ace still seems cotton and other trades also supp istud this view, to depend upon the idiosytcules of Proric bat the Viceroy was unable to come to an im cial Governors, One side of a river may be mediate decision. free from poppy; and the othürilda i flame with" HAN Il Balore Great Britalo- fioilly "sacrifices her rights' in this matter, she owe it to Chinn, as wall as to besself and her depladencies, to see that the eradication of the pappy In China is thorough, comprehensivo, szé permanent —— The Times, k

"ON WHOM WILL THE LOII FALLI

Sir H. Wề Bliss, K‚¢‚L.M., of; be Indian Çivil Sekyića (rpil ad)'write s to Thi Times from the Abboy, Abingdon, as followige - ENT With reference to the “United Christian Ap peal for the Eading of the Inde Oklaris Oploms Traffic," promoted by the Archblikop of Armagh and othe s, and printed in your issue of to- day, may I ask whether the good people propose to raise a ford to timpensate the Indian taxpays most of thin exceedingly poor people, for, thul

About mililous sterling per ann

mamly be caused to theau

by the abolitios bi the

press: no' opinion as to the consumption of opiums. - Giraud avil, it masker a man who has

for the good ADE

hen he fladt peopl

NANKING NATIONAL

The following results of the. Nailonal Sport held in the Nankoy Exhibition Grona Tuesday, 18th inst, by Shanghai, Caston; Hou Haskow," a!c."^are vernacular ‍paper

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100 Yardı Dash, Huang Hão, Impe technic Institate, lime as set,

lidi Race, Wei Halinich

1440 Yards Paco, Kno Shio-183 831

30 Tardi

High Tamp Long Jump, Pan iversity 10ft.

- Pole Vault,