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The Mails.
HONGKONG NAVALYARD. that Government servants in the AT SKEKWAN
Salary Grievances which Call for Abatement.
[SPECIAL ARTICLE.]
YESTERDAY,
The Feast of the Goddess of Heaven.
Thousands of Chinese, and not a few Europeana, made their way to Skekwan, yesterday, the former
Colony had been granted sub- stantial incremonta all round owing to the invressed cost of: living and the enhanced rentals. That is the position at present, Much has been heard in Hong the request will soon meet with and bopes are entertained that before will be demanded in the coming year, and a rigid inspec-Canadian Mail-Dospatched per kong of late regarding the en-
When the details of the Far Eus tion will be enforced under the 8.8. Empress of Japan at 6hanced cost of living and its access.
effect on the standard of wages. of torn votes under the Naval Esti- to join in the feast of the Goddess new standards, That should p.m. on Saturday.
certain classes of the community. prove a good thing for the Siberian Mail.-Despatched per it has been pointed cut that, mates came to hand a few days
that of Heaven, and the Europeans to observed Bgo, it W*8 Empress of Japan at 6 p.m. while within the past decade or there were increases under al- watch the celebration. By steam. drinkers of tea in the United!
on Saturday. States, and no bad thing for.
so there has been a sharp rise in the tea producers in China. German Mail.-Closos per 8.8. the cost of the necessarios of life most every head, but on examina-ors, launches and even junks It will mean the expenditure of Luetzow at 9 a.m. to-morrow. and also in bouse rentals, there has on it was found that this was the crowds were conveyed to the
due to the fluctuation of the dollar' money, no doubs, either in over-American Mail.Closes per se. been no corresponding upward and also to the regalar annual scene, and and a memorable sight
Stinyo Maru at 11 am to-endency in salarios. This, of
course, means that practically all increments of certain men. The was witnessed. From the shore It to the Joss House were long Siberian Mail-Closes per as, sections of workers have boon hit; old grievance still remains.
Shinyo Marn at 11a.m. to- but with the fluctuation of the is sincerely to be hoped, however, bridges of bamboo and during
dollar, those paid on a sterling that grounds for dissatisfaction hasis have had by far the most will soon be removed. The men
hauling their present apparatus or in the purchase of new ap- paratus, but the better goods a man is forced to sall, or the botter work he is set to do, the better it is for the man himself. He is immediately lifted out of a rut
morrow.
morrow.
9 8.0.
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Ascension Day.
The s.s. Hue.
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in the case of a hundred ora thousand men, and, if other moves of a similar nature were adopted
On enquiry to-day we learn they would probably de that no further news is to hand Chian 1 deal of
good concerning the stranded French The Chins tea trade of former steamer Blue. yours was enormous, "but this trade has for a long time past been dwindling away, whilst the Indian and Ceylon
the day one of the specially con-
On Thursday 1st May (Asccu-serions grievance: Quite recent-affected are doing a valuable work structed wharves collapsed, owing and made more active and eager eion Day) Divine-Service will be ly the civil servants in Govern in the scheme of Imperial affairs, to the enormous strain up on it and energetic. The same holds held in St. Joseph's Church at ment employ here have secured and it is an anomaly which ought and twenty or more Chinese were a consideration of their case, and surely to be righted that many of precipitated into the water, 'five though they have not got all they them, in spite of "risea", ara
The square in the Joss Hours wished for, it is undoubtedly the to-day receiving less money than of them being drowned. caso that they are much bettor off they were when first they came under the new arrangement than East, while all the time the cost was a roaring furnace of papera, they were hitherto. But there is of living has been steadily on the jos sticks and crackers; and Obinese, particularly women, another section of the community increase.
got as near to the fire-earround- General Anderson Returns.here which still has its grievance
ed Gods as they possibly could, By the a.s. Anhui, Major Gen--the European employees in the
and bowed their head to the market eral Anderson returned from
Royal Naval Dockyard. These
A very interesting choral wed-ground whilst they wailed their ahend, Shanghai to-day, being accom- forging
150-are suffering a distinct ding took place on Saturday repentance for the errors of the replacing the Chinese product. panied by Capt. De Brock, A.D.C men and they number well over With these added restrictions,
hardship ander present condi-afternoon, at the Union Church, past, and sought by promises when Mr. Herbert Griffia of of mended ways, to secure tions, as will be shown later.
"Oldeloe"Austin Road, Kowloon, favours from the Gods." we fear, the trade will dwindle still more rapidly than it other-
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been
wise would. China should foster
her tea industry very carefully it has been a very important article of her past and would if properly cared for. be capable
of providing the country with large revenue.
A Commendable Scheme.
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Just while we are on the matter
of business doulings, by the way,
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is, doing a worthy service. The
County Dinner. The first annual dinner of the
Northumberland and Durham
Association took place on Satur day evening at the Hongkong Hotel.
Ping Shan Affair.
Confidence Trick.
The Main Points,
HONGKONG WEDDING.
Whilst the devout prayed,
others picked pockets, and the lepera petitioned for enmshaw. The blind, the crippled, and the weird and melancholy wails laid shams lined the route and with before the pilgrims to the great shrine, their ulaima for assistance.
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It has to be borne in mind that son of Mr. and Mrs, Griflia, of the European staffs at the Naval Dulwich, London, was married Yard are paid on a sterling basis to Miss Constance Helen Pearce, in dollars, but not at the current daughter of the Rev. T. W. "Further evidence in the Ping rate of exchange, of the dollar. Pearce of the London Mission, Shan alleged attempted armed The rate of the dollar is Fixed Bonham Road,
The church was choicely de- robbery, was taken by Mr. Haze-every quarter, and during the land at the Police Court this past three years the tendency has corated with flowers and palms
been constantly to increase it, for the occasion, and a large con- The numerous stalls selling joss afternoon.
with the result that the recipients, gregation was present at the cer pictures, sticks, crackers and food, when pay-day comes round, find emony. The bride, who was if such it could be called, did a it may be remarked that the A farmer after selling bis rice they are getting lees and less given away by her brother Mr. roaring trade, and one man with American Consulate General in for $260, was relieved of it by dollars each month. To take an T. E. Pearce, looked charming in a lemonade stall was so pressed Hongkong is doing a useful work means of some confidence trick example. Three years ago the a dress of white soft satin, with as the people emerged from the in promoting connections between workers who met him in Con-dollar stood at 18 8d, so that for pearl trimming, and veil can-smoking circus, stiffed and half Hoogkong importers and the naught Road West.
every sovereign of salary $12 opied a wreath of orange blossom: blind, that his assistant was basy Misses Eileen Bunnar and ladling the filthy water from the. manufacturers and exporters of the
was paid. To-day for every Carrying Letters. United States, It is issuing, from
A man named Wong Kui was sovereign a man earning the same Margery McGregor were the paddy field over crystals which time to time, a list of American charged before Mr. 6. 1). Mel- salary only gets $9.60. Nor does bridesmaids, and Masters W. appeared to hide their lastre as a concerns with which Hongkong im bourne, at the Police Court, this it end there. In the Yard there Nicholson and Benjamin Hum-reproach for the abuse. All porters are invited to correspond.afternoon, with bringing unstamp- are quite a number of men who phreys bore the bride's train, manner of food was carried to the in thus promoting business rela-ed letters into the Colony Ignor have had increases of salary with. The service was conducted by temple, but it came back again, tions" between Hongkong undance of the law was pleaded. A in the last two or three years; yet, the father of the bride, the Rey whether the Gods cared for it or
T. Pearce, and he was assisted by not.
Chinese, in American America, the Consulate General fino $25 was imposed."
because of the present system,
Rev, K. Maconachie. they areto-day receiving from $40 the to $50 per month less than they Mr. O. Hickling performed the clothes, looked on for a while were when first they came to the duties of best inan; and as the detached from the old custom, Colony! Here it may be observed happy couple left the church but after a few moment they that if the salaries were even paid Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" yielded to the temptation and their long-coated and old fashion- on the basis of the current rate was played on the organ by Mr. threw joss-slicks to the gods like of the dollar, instead of at the E. J. Chapman.
the Yard Afterwards a reception waeed brethren. Last year it was "Admiralty rate' staff would be far better off than held at the residence of the stated that there would be no at present. For, while until the father, where a large number of more ceremonies at Shekwan, At the Marina Magistrate's last few days the "outside" rate friends had an opportunity of con- The ceremonies at Bhekwan look Court, to-day before Commander of the dollar has been around 16. gratulating the couple and of like continuing for years after Basil Taylor R. N., the master of 11d, that of the Admiralty has examining the numerous gifts the pretent generation has passed
Even which testify to the esteem in away. a licensed paseonger boat was been fixed at 28. id. fined $2 for plying for hire in a at the highest point the dollar which Mr. and Mrs. Griffic are It will be observed from prohibited district, to wit east of has touched of late, the Naval held in Hongkong. In the oven- special cable to the "Telegraph the Harbour Office steps, on Yard staff has been 7-8d on the ing they left for England, via over which the festival extends,
wrong aide. that the big loan to China has at April 26.
Going Home.
An Advantage Disallowed. last been fired up and the con-
Mr J. Blake, the popular night
In days gone by a method was tract duly signed. This must give cause for general satisfac manager of the Victoria Theatre, resorted to by which the bardship
that period. Skutari has yet further. complicated the situation, threatening to fion, since it is the want of money goes, Home with his wife and was partially overcome. Those having loave of absence during/mast have amounted to a similar
took 80, drag the Great Powers into the bitter quarrel. Add to this the which has delayed the inaugura family, by the e.s. Nile on May 14. who cared to do › regrettable springing up of jealousies among the Allies themselves, tion of that long-awaited period Mr Blake is taking a well-earned pay in sterling by way of cheque EDISON KINETOPHONE.
of new development on industrial six months holiday after fifteen payable on the Hongkong und and the conviction grows apace that the day of a final readjustment lines, throughout this length and years' continuous work with the Shanghai Bank in London, the
The first public exhibition of breadth of the land. We had Army Service Corps.
cheques being discounted by the of differences is yet far distant.
Bank here at the current rate of the Edison Kinetophone is to take place to-night at 9 p.m., and end; China would have to come
ttre dollar. This, of course, meant that by buying dollars at the tia sife to predict that Bong. back to the International Group
THE BALKAN CRISIS.
Despite all attempte to bring the conflicting elements into harmony, the Balkan War still drage wearily along. One day the prospects of peace take on a rosy hue; the next some fresh develop ment of the crisis renders the outlook. gloomier still, And so the process goes on, hope alternating with despair in quarters where peace is being labouriously sought. The rival Armies have almost fought themselves to a standstill; the participating countries are improverished to a degree which has brought each to the verge of bankruptcy. It is, moreover, only too obvious that the fall of
second list before us as we Returned from Banishment. write. In it, Amork in firms offer A man who returned from agencies for typewriters, refriger- banishment fell foul of Sargeant ators, marine engines and motor Brown, at Yaumati, and at the boats, safea and automobiles, Police Court, this morning Mr. among other things. These lists F. A. Hazeland sentenced him to are sent to any business man in six months' imprisonment and Hongkong who expresses a wish four hours' stocks. to have them, and it would be useful, when the scheme has op- rated for some time, to learn how much good it has accomplished. The Chinese Loan
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always held the view that, in the
The present crisis, as everybody well knows, had been brewing for many years, and the allies had carefully prepared for the Sinevitable day of battle. Well did they know that when the hour for the wherewithal, and though
Harbour Offender.
Chinese Engineering and
Mining Co.
Messrs, Thoresen.
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The Chinese who chartered the "Charlos Hardouin" for the daye
America, for the honey moon, by paid twelve hundred dollars for the 8.8. Empress of India. Mr. the privilege, and it is said that and Mrs. Griffin are to be away he made the amount in fares the about a year, the bridegroom first day. Yesterday the fares
jeça
believed; it oannot adequately be imagined.
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON LUKONG.
sum, and there is yet to-day and probably to-morrow to go.
NEED OF A REFORMATORY:
Comments on the Logan Case.
Touching the sentence imposed Messrs Dodwell and Company Bank; more were obtained per kong theatre goers will be startled
Bat even this synchronized motions and sounds. Newe says: The proceedings in "came, enormons sacrifices in men and money would have to be made. the process of arrangement has inform us that they are. in receipt sovereign than from the Naval by the life-like reproductions of on T. Logan, the "N O. Daily
been laboured and protracted, we of a telegram from Tientsin stat Zard Cashier.
Figures more and talk, dogs the Police Court have an unusual- though it may be doubted whether they expected the struggle to be venture to think that the new ing that the Chinese Engineering little advantage
run and bark, whole operes are ly pathetic aspect. At the very been taken away, for tha so protracted or the cost so great. It has been a long day of trial, Republic will find the conditions & Mining Co. Ltd., London, have especially to Bulgaria, faced with the task of furnishing an army of imposed, as much to her own declared an interim dividend of Admiralty has sent out orders acted and sung. The excellent of ontset of his career, Logan is
per advantage as to that of the loaders.3 per cent (three and half
a charge which is not of a kind close on 400,000 men out of a total population of about 4,000,000.It is a thousand times to be re-cent) free of tax on account of the stating that men may not remit the invention must be seen to be branded for:life as a gaol-bird on
money to the Hongkong and
to be easily lived down. The What this has meant to the country's industrial activity is astounding.gretted, now that the parties have year ending 30th June 1913, Shanghai Bank in London unless
fault, of course, is not wholly his.. to agreement, that the payable on 15th May next.
they have a genuine current
More than once the Bench has Scarcely a workman is left or a factory open, and no work is going come
account there. This, the Admiralty
had occasion to remark on the on except what is absolutely necessary to furnish the means to live. In extremists in Peking desire to
make the question one of party Messrs. Thoresen and Co! have pointed out, was in pursuance of
easiness of the credit which, as in. Sofis:no-one is to be seen in the streets, with the exception of womes, wrangling. The threat is that, ceased business in Shanghai and an overlooked rule stating that A Chinese was charged before this case, allows a mero boy to children and old men. Father and sons are away at the war, fighting unless Parliament is consulted on Mr. O. Thoresen will attend to remittances were not to be for Mr. O. D. Melbourne, at the Police run up hundreds of dollars, worth by aido in the same regiment, for Bulgaria has adopted the the mattor, the South will secede the necessary. liquidation of" the warded to London for the purpose Court, this morning, with assault of debt without apparently mach
from the North. We are surprised firm. He now represents Det of gaining "any local advantage. territorial system for her recruits. And the cost to Bulgaria alone it that Dr. San. should give his Oversorake Compagnie, Christian- The mon still hold that it would ing a lukong at the Juvenile investigation as to his ability to sports, at Causeway Bay, on repay. But neither the magnitude mount the rendering up of somewhere about 70,000 lives. This weight to the suggestion, and we ia, and Messrs. Thoresen and only be common fairness to them, Saturday. It was stated that the of the temptation nor the prie plendid bone and sinew of the nation has been lost to a country which still wonder when the new polit. Co., Hongkong, n. agents for seeing they are paid on a sterling lakong was keeping the crowd oner's youth can palliate the give off the sports ares. The defenbeinoneness of the crime. The counted on much of it to help build up the Great Bulgaria of to- ical leaders will perceive the Shanghai in connection with basis, if they wers
supreme need of putting their Scandinavian shipping. Mr. cheque in gold made dant resented being pushed back magistrate was undoubtedly right morrow. But in spite of the enormous sacrifices which have been made country's welfare far above the Thoresen has also taken over the payable herain Hongkong. Those and struck the Inkong. After a in the sentence that he passed. It and which may yet be demanded in the future, it is impossible, so interests of party.
agency of Dahl's milk..
who are affected have not stopped struggle the defendant was taken is necessary to make a striking Benefit at the Bijou Theatre. at grumbling: they have taken to the station. saye one of their leading statemen, to shake the confidence of the
Shanghal Municipal Loan of 1913. We would remind theatre-goers active steps to secure a remedying
Mr.Johnson, of Messrs. Johnson ample of such cases. At the Bulgarians in the future of their country.
The Shanghai Municipal that Friday, May 2, is the date of of their undoubted grievances. Stokes and Master, defended It is a bitter struggle, and how it will end up no-one knows. Council announces in the Muni- the Benefit to ts given, at the Representations have been made and applied for remand. We may hope and long for peace, but where the ramifications are cipal Gazette that applications Bijou Theatre, to the Manager, to the Admiralty for an increase week's remand was granted.
of Boventeen is not necessarily to omarked, petice must ever bo elasivo. Coincident with this crisis amounting, to Tls: 565,300 have Mr. R. H. Stephenson. We under- of 75 per cont. in the Allowances, there comes from the United States a revival of the plea for disarma- been received in response to No stand that the booking is proceed- but the first of these petitions ment and eventual noiyerss) peace. But the affairs of the past few tification No. 2, and alloting very favourably. Special met with no success, the reply In usually well-informed finan be condemned for over becauss ments to the full amout of the items will be contributed by Miss being that no increases could be cial circles, says a Vienna corres his sense of moral responsibility months must surely have shown that, where national feelinge run new 5 per cent. loan, namely. Cecile Stephano, Miss Violet made at present, Since that time, pondent, the annual dividend to peeds awakening. It wara well hd forces of diplomacy can make small headway. When, too, Tls. 500,000, have been made, Bonetta. Mr Gonzales, Mr Step- a further petition has been sent be declared by the Austrian Lloyd indeed that such a one could be
long been pent up, as is the case here, the crash under the direction of the Fin henson, and two well-known Home asking for a reconsideration in respect of 1912 is expected to gren a chance of becom
anco Committee, at par, Hongkong amateurs,
of the decision, and pointing out spproximate 27 kronen, lozinkui
...
Austrian Lloyd Dividend
same time attention may be drawn
to the suggested need of res
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formatory. We sincerely hope that
the idea will bear fruit. A boy
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