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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23 1911

"THE CHINESE WORK-poreon wants word limited,

MAN."

LECTURE BY MIL, W. II.

WILLIAMS, FC.S.

waste was provented, and littlo, insignificant things were made to serve a verity of soful purposes, The cost of living was low; as Į a pouny a day would suffico to Under the auspices of the West find a hearty meal for a healthy Belfast Unionist Literary and working minn twice a day. If the Debuting Society a. lecture, on-loan appearance of cats and dogs titled "The Chineso Workman in China wore anything to judge A Study in Ellicioney," was de- From, vory few crumbs wore allow livered in the Unionist Club, ed to fall from the master's table.. Wilson Stroot, by Mr. W. Speaking of the farming industry, Willinos, F.C.S., F.R.GS. (Lon- the work of mechanics and others, don) (formerly headmaster of the the patience, skill, physical endur- Victoria School, Hongkong). ance, and other qualities charac- terised these and all their indus- tries. Even Government officials could be ranked as hard-working men. No real Chinaman over luurriod. The bustle and excite- mont so common to the foreigner's ways was entirely absont with them, and any attempt to hurry a workman over his work was only treated withrindifference, and

The president of the society (Major F. H. Crawford) occupied the chair, and expressed the plon- sure it afforded him to bo with thom on that occasion. Thoir society had done excellent work in the recont West Belfastelection, and was to be heartily congra tulated upon its progress and usefulness. He did not wish to stand between them and the lec-met by a cynical smile.. Instances ture. Mr. Williams and travelled extensively in the Far East, and hand lived for years among the people about whom he was going to speak. The subject was a vory interosting ono, mid he (the chairman) knew it would be cap- ably dealt with by Mr. Williams, who hail takon.a keen interest in the society, and also had done splendid work for the Unicuist cause in the recent election in that division. (Applause.).

UNIQUE IN

QUALITY AND PRICE

OF ALL

HIGH-CLASS

TOBACCONISTE

NOTICE.

Intimations

Bouton Rouge

and Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes

THE COMMITTEE has decided that the following shall be the Settling Days for 1911 -

These two brands made by Messrs.

.MASPERO FRERES in Caire are a

revelation in Egyptian Cigarettes.

were given of their extra con STOCKBROKERS" ASSOOLA sorvatism, a conservatism which

TION OF HONGKONG, could only be described as a rigid contempt for foreignors and things. foroign.. Doaling with the real aspect of the Yellow peril, Mr. Williams remarked that China was rapidly coming. to the front with the world' great Powers, not by virtue of an army or navy-tho Chinese gone- rally hunted warlike notions-hut by virtue of their commercial genius and their shrewd business instinct, and with the uatorial available there was in sight a great industrial expansion which every nation in the world would feel the effects of, and in fact was to-day fooling the effect in gonoral trado and commerce.

The Chinese

J. M. de O. Bastol

S. B. Benjamin.

E. E. Ellis.

F. Ellis. J. Gould. R. A. Gulbay. J. Haskell. .T. W. Hornby.

SATURDAY, 28th January. MONDAY, 27th February. THURSDAY, 30th March. FRIDAY,

28th April. Mr. Williams, who was very

TUESDAY, 301 May. cordially received, in the course

THURSDAY, 29th June. of a most interesting and instrue-

KATURDAY,

29th July, tive lecture said nines the Boxer

WEDNESDAY, 30th August. outbreak of the last decade the

FRIDAY, 29th Septembar. MONDAY, 30th October. oyes of the whole world had been

WEDNESDAY, 29th November. fixed on China. Political, re-

FRIDAY, 29th December... ligious, and industrial causes

were a stay-at-hons people, but The following is a List of Mombors were generally advanced to ac count for that momentous event, somo had emigratod, and thorof the Stockbrokers Association of an event which brought all the were colonies of Chinese in the Hongkong- world's great Powers together to Straits Settlements, in Australia, thundor at the gates of China, and in America, and wherevor but the real cause was the jealousy they had settled they lind adapted of foreigners, and with the aid of themselves wonderfully to their a secret society it was not diflicult environments, and in course of for the notorious and notable tine land altered the social and Empress Dowager to instigate industrial conditions of those re plans for the extermination of gions. Liverpool to-day was, foreigniors at one blow. Describe particularly in one industry,realis ing the country in general, Mr. ing the offect of competition set Williams pointed out tho possi- up by alien immigrants from bilities of that great celestial.om-China and there was nool for a piro, a country of immenso wealth, thorough investigation into the agricultural and · minéral, and question of the administration of with 400 millions of people, to an Alions Act. (Applauso). develop it, and it was in tho efficiency of the working mon of China the farmers, the in- bourers, and the artisans-thint tho strength of the country

On Sunday morning the polico. lay. The people themselves wero industrious and clever, shrowd to at Tsimshatsui received inform- an extremo, patient, capable of ation that the despiorado Lan physical endurance, possessed of Sang, who recently escaped from abnormal vitality, osy to rule, go here, had been located in the neighbourhood of King's peaceful, law abiding, liating war and all its horrors. Givon a hu-Park, where he was in hiding man being of this to what might among the bushes on the hillside. not be expecto offim, more es- A European sergeant with a posse

IN CHASE OF À GAOL-

BREAKER.

pocially after reeving the benefit of Chinese detectives went out

of Western Knowledge? One of

about four o'clock to attempt to

As guide, they had with thom

the hardest fallacies was to im-secure hini. ago that the Chinese were an uncivilised people; no greater stigma could be thrust at the

a Chinoso who had been takon

T. F. Hongli.

E. Howard.

E. Jones Hughes.. Ellis Kadoori

E. S. Kadnorio, J. R. Michael

M. J. Michael.

S. H. Michael.

S. J. Michinol.

E. J. Moses. G. Q. Moxon. E. Owen.

1. §. Perry

- G. H. Polls.

P. O. Putts, E. M. Raymond.

F. Smyth..

P: Stoppa

J. W. Taylor.

'W. G. Wureestor..

J. F. Waight.

By Order of the Committee,

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W. G. WORCESTER, Secretary. Hongkong, 19th Jan, 1911. [882

FOR SALE.

VEGETABLE and

into custody on suspicion a little Oriental than to trent him as admitted that he was taking somo while previously, and who had civilised or as a heathen. Speak- ing of the individual habits and clothing that he, carried to Lam modes of life; the looturor describ: Sang, the escaped prisoner.

The party lind not much difi- ed the dwellings of the working classes, the street, the sanitary ar-culty in getting close to the run- rangements, the personal comforts away's hiding place, but in tho and their foods, and distinguished darkness a certain amount of the food of the Southern Chinese noise could not be avoided while in from the Northern. It was for thoy wore ondeavouring to sur from the truth to imagine that round him, and the result was all the Chinese out rice, for in the that the gol-breaker thus got

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Used Postage Stamps Single Sets, Packers and Bags,

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QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

EVENING CLASSES will bo resumed on MONDAY, the 27th instant, at 6 pm.

1.

E. RALPHS,

Directory

Hongkong, 22nd Feb., 1911911

HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

FLOWER SHOW,

IN the BOTANIC GARDENS. WEDNESDAY, 1st March:

Opon 2 P.M. to 6 P.M. Admission $1. The Prizes will be distributed at

bp.m.

THURSDAY, 2nd March:

Open 10.80... to 3 r.a. Admis-

sion '50 cents.

Open 3 r., to 6 r.M. Admission

20 cents.

Children Half Price..

Tes will be obtainable on the ground. By permission of Lt.-Col. Camilleri and Officers, the band of the 18th

Rajputs will play on both days from

2.80 to 6 r...

Hongkong, 22nd Feb., 1911. [012

PHONE

482.

HONGKONG

MOTOR

GARAGE.

Try Our

40. H.P.. OLEMENT CAR

6 SLATS

$8...

An bour

North of China it was a great lux-warning of their approach, slip Manila Cigars & Cigarettes. 2. H.P. RAMBLER CAR

ped through thoir fingers, und oscaped clean away over the hills

of Yaumati,

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The daily ins is delivered: from when

ury. Imperfectly understood, no people in the world had been so misconstrued as the Chinese. Mr. "Williams gave interesting illus- tration of their disregard for accuracy and thoir "talont "for misunderstanding and their in- ordinato désire to save face" in their dealings with one another, Hongkong Telegraph (daily and wookly and especially with foreigners.issites) will be as follows:- All these peculiar traits in their character ton led to retard the progress of Western knowledge. and to complicate matters in intornationaldiplomatic relations, To avoid trouble with carpenter, bricklayers and all artiens, and with merchants it was absolutely essential that continets should be plain, simple, and clearly undor stood by both parties, because if there should be any loophole for misconstruction the Chinose would not hositato to use it to their own advantagora thing which was quito consistent with their ethical principles. Yet the commercial morality of the Chinchu was generally acknowledged to be higher And more aquable than that of their more experienced island noighbours, the Japanese. Econ-

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