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GENERAL NEWS.

Premier Lou,

Premior Lou Tsong-tsiang han boon granted a further leave of absence of ton days to recuperato his health, says the "Peking Daily News."

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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1912

PLANTERS AND THE

LABOUR CODE.

Mully-Coddling, the Coolle,

A mooting of the Planters' As scoiation of Malaya, hold at the Chamber of Commerco, Kuala Lumpur, recently, was prosided over by Mr. E. Maofodyon, who passed some strong criticisms on the resontly passed Labour Code. In the course of his spcook, dealing with the Labour Code

indentured Tamil labour, an on- tirely different thing from free labour. It had now been made the law that not only might the Gov ernment come in and say an estate had been proved, to be unfit for Tramil coolics, but having sold them a block of land, they might, at the very beginning of things, refuse to allow them to employ Tamil onolios to turn that block into an estate. Den

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Lain matters, the Government here, it was quite necessary that Hongkong, 17th Sopt., 1012 quarter ended June 30.

hud made netual concessions, the Government should have Berlin-New York Wireless.

They might as well take those first extreme powere to deal with in- ENGLISH, German or Eurasian as they wanted to make the most portod labour. But they did say child. Apply K T. cfe" Hongkong wireless station at A now

girl wanted as nume for one. Nauen, near Borlin, which re of them. The Government had that if these powers rested in the Telegraph. pinces the tower blown down in a agrood that jyday should be on Government they must be exer- ongkong, $181 August, 1912: [620 torrific storm last Maroh, is the tenth instead of the 7th day, cised subject to some reference to approaching completion. The and they had also withdrawn the some authority other than the tower is nearly 900 feet in height provision charging a feo for the excuutive officers of Government. and its radius of action is ox-medical examination of immi-Hour, hear). pected to include New York,

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grants on arrival at the port. The How the Law, Should be Used. Shanghat Milkman Electrocuted, draft of the Codo lind included,

The proposal which they made, A native milkman making his limited powers granted to just to put the thing in concrete rounds on Bubbling Well Road,players to fine coolies for certain shape, was that low and its allied Shanghai, on the 13th inst. picked specified offences. These powers provisions should not be used up the end of a live wire extend-had now been eliminated, but he oxcept after reference to a small ing from a watchman's hut. He did not know they were very great commission or committee which ! MODREENAGH, 21 Tha Pesk. 1 for six months from 1st Novom- was instantaneously killed. Bloc-users. In the matter of dis should include a judge.. The bar. Apply Propory Office, Jardins, tricians wore working in the hat large tickets the recommendaGovernment said that was an Matteson & Co., Ltd. and had left the wire unprotected.tions of somo of the members who

Jongkong, 3rd Sept., 1912 Rats in Cochin China. had had experience of the law proper use to which to put a judge, but ho noticed that one of Rats, shys the United States in Coylon had not go

fathom did not consider it beneath TO LET LARGE substantially buil, Godown situated on water front Consul at Saigon, are responsible been met with a blank refusal. his dignity to sit on a commission East Point. For further particular apply

The Government for 30 per cent. loss on the Cochin į

on rikiena rioters in Kuala Luma- Property Offies, Jardine, Matheson & China rice crep, the export value suggestions with an open pur. (Laughter). Eo believed the Co., Ltd. of which last year, was over six mind, and had asked for time law when printed would be found Hongkong. 18th Aug., 1912. (588 millions sterling. Infecting the consider them and take onqui- to contain an amendment that, an rate with entagious disease has ries. If the Association could umployer proceeded have against boon tried, witli moderato success convince the Government that the should an opportunity of showing liberty of the coolies would not anusongainst such an order being only.

bo seriously interfored with there made, and to call any evidence he at discharge tickets would before that the Chairman of the Local was a possibility that some system might desire. They were assured long bo mundo law.

District Plantors' Association, for instance, would be called in, and that the manager in that way would be allowed to bring pressure

An Ocean Newspaper.

The Truck Question. Referring to the "iruck" quos tion the Chairman said that though

The Chaard Daily Bulletin," which is published overy morn- ing on all the passenger steamers in the North Atlantic servicos of the Cunard Line, is about to be issue in a now and enlarged form. It will follow more closely they were not by any means coupon the Government. the plan of an ordinary news-tain of getting their point con- He regretted to say that for his paper than anything proviously ceded, they hail not so far receiy-own part he did not value these attempted in a "dloop son daily." ed a fist refusal,

Dare-to-Dies Mongolia, That was all they had gained, The Antwol and Hupeh men oxcopt that Government said are organizing in Pekinga Roady-toy appreciated the trouble the to-Dio-Corps, that will march Association had takon, and fully against the Mungols. The Chinese recognised the value of the criti- troups are massering everyone in cisms which ind beon offered. the north in a most terrible way, (Laughter.) That was very nice, after the Mongola hal first am- but there was an old adago about hilated on the way to Taonanfu tho insufficiency of line words by entire villages, and have most themselves to butter parsnips cruelly mastered women and (Lughtor). childron.

There were other matters more Another Chinese Paper to Appear.disappointing. The first was what way colloquially spoken of as the A newspaper, advocating a Perhentian Tinggi Enactment, constitutional monarchy for

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in England he was adviser to s board or cominittée, which in turn was controlled by the Local Gov- ornment Board. That was the kind of system the Association usked the Government to adopt, Creation of Boards. They asked that rural boards verbal assurances. They com- should be created, including mitted the man who made them, plantor mombore, but with on and who doubtless stood by thom official majority in every caso. quite honourably, but he was hero But the Government simply tiny and in Fiji or East Africa flouted the whole thing. The to-morrow, and that vorbal Chief Secretary wrote that one of assurance

nobody the olief objects of the Labour but himself. That amendment Code was to introduos uniformity did not appear to him (the in administration. (Laughter). speaker) to be of the slight-What reason there could be for est importance. They must con-uniformity in hospitals or latrines tinuo to press for moliications between Kunin Lampur and which would secure them against Klang, Malacca and Johore, Ipok the whole business of their estates and the Dindings, it passed bis being at one stroke of the pea, wit to conceivo. He should lnve and without any warning, sus said one of the great advantagos pended. The Government were secured by the rural boarde quite right to protest labour, but would be that they would secure in a country like that, where the an intelligent diversity. The Government claimed omniscience Government insisted on main- much against the law as well as omnipotence, capital taining the indefensible and hopo- chu dignitaries and disularga the precipitancy with also was entitled to protection, less position by which the same which it was passed. Botli employers and coolios came man who, as medical officer, re- ed Chinese officials. The new answer to the resolution adopted there freely, independently, and ported on an estate, advised the paper hoadquarters have been

by the Association to that effect with the hope of gain, and know-Resident as, to what instructions IN TENNIS, DAY, TUNIO and decided to be in the Tupause the Government replied that thoying full well where they wore wore to be given to that salate, settlement,-"Kuo Feng Pao."

fully agreed that in the ordinaryoning to. Protecting the coolio while if the planter appealed honderabits. way it was not desirable to pass could be overdone to the point of could only do so to the Resident, Chen Tol Chuan, Governor-gen measure of vital importance at molly-coddling him. Whero whose advisor was the same per- neral at Nanking, has issued in sucht short notice, and it was ox-would that country bo at the pre-son who originally gave the order. structions to Colonel Li Yin Shih plained in Coaucil that the law sent moment if those clauses had That was an impossible position. to solost forty military officers to was for one particular case only, been in force.15 or 20 years ago? He believed the Government had study law in the Republican Law and would not be used in any One thing he would say was quite missed a great opportunity when College at Scochow. Ban Shih other case.

certain: they would have had no they refusal to consider the pHOTEL CRAIGIEBURN. Wan, president of the college,

railway. (Hear, hear).

posals of the Association. observed in his petition to the

Soochow Law' College.

The Whole Thing Must be

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governor that military officers, They were assured that before

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Health and the Code. It now remained the clear duty The Chairman then dealt with of the Association to press for an including the army and the navy, those powers could be put into the administration of the health alteration of the law on the points should be thoroughly acquainted exoroice a second time the whole enactment incorporated in the touched upon by him, and to con- with logul subjects on rules go-question would be reconsidered, Codo. No one had been keener tinge doing so by every monas vorning prisoners of war, court and the Planters Association than the plantors on any measure in their power, in this country as martial and the like.

would be given ample oppor- to improve the health of the well asia England, until they had Chinese Police Service. tunity for expressing its views, coolies, and he did not think any gained their points. Loud up. As the result of the recent re- Personally be took it that the department could have started plause), organization of the Chinese palice Govaramont had found them under more favourable conditions service along the Mukden-Antung selves in 4 hole and had than tho. Health Department of The Loss of the Koun Maru.

The following further particu Line, the expense list has boon cut got out of their difficulty by that country, two years ago. And down from Taela 58,000 to Thele methods they recognised and now, he supposed of the numerous lars are given by the Japan 18,000, and the police force from admitted were, orude and which peripatetic inspectors who visited Gazette" of the 5th instant regard- 360 to only 100 officers and men. they were propared to modify their estates, no one was less weling the loss of the Koan Maru. A general reduction has been in-when they had given time to con- come than the health inspector. The Koun Maru was lost with troduced also into the salary list, sidor how such modifications (Laughter). And he did not nearly all her crew during the the most striking instanco boing could be introduced. So far from hesitate to say that all the lavish storm of the 1st instant. The ill- the case of an officer who has his being modified, however, this law expenditure which had been in-fated vessel was of 2,878 tons, and salary lowered from Tarls 180 to had now boon included in the carred under the instructions was owned by Mr. S. Nakamara, The 40 per month. Superinton Labour Code, and along with it of the health officers during of Chinnampo. En route to dont Liso has been obliged to other provisions which were much the past two Years had Yokohama from Moji with a cargo resign.

more sweeping. In the first tem-failed to make the country of coal, she encountered the recent Robbery at a Prison. porary enactment, passed at the one little bit more healthy than storm off Rook Taland' (Mikoto- The residence of the governor end of the last year, power was before He was not arguing mojima), in Iza province, af of Oxford Prison, which is within taken by the Government to against medical science, but about 10 p.m. on the 1st, and the preoints of the prison, has ender upon any estate on learn against the position in which foundered. She had a crew of been broken into by burglars ing that the condition of the their health officers were put, and about forty. All on board ware was effected by coolies as regarded health or which was an untenable one. The lost, with the exception of Captain breaking a scullery window, and otherwise was unsatisfactory. medical man was an expert. The 8. Ito and a quartermaster. The several rooms were visited by the The Government could, if necos expert might be a good man to two survivors wore adriff until Intruders, who attempted to force sary, remove the entire la advise on his own particular the 3rd and 4th, respectively opsu drawors; but only two hour force. They could come in hobby, but very often he was the when they were rescued by fishing aheats are stated to be missing. at any given moment and say very worst may to advise on houte The governor, Mr. Hine, was" This catate may no longer be general policy. (Hear, hear). Ho In compliance with the request absent on alliday. Redently a used for the employment of Tamil devoted so much time to one of Tachikawa Shokai, the Tokio| man was committed for trial coplies" One would have thought particular aspect of thing that he agents of the str., the Naval De "committing a burg- that sufficiently sweeping. But lost bis sense of proportion. In partment ordered the naval ad- the house of the disputy the Govoramont lind dragged out no other country in the world thorities at Yokohama to despatali of Pentonville Prison; from an old Straits Settlement was the medical olicor, put in the the braiser Takachibo to the soone b adjoins the pirisan.

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