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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913.

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A Broken Promise.

The answer of the Government

at yesterday's Council meeting to

DAY BY DAY

BOTANICAL DEPART-

Timber felling. The

only

THE NIPPON."

MENT.

timber now felled is a proportion of treas in plantations which bave

"Don't struggle to make money:

Some Interesting Facts of A Year's Work.

The Mails.

the question put by the Hon. Alr, otherwise you'll revermakemuch," Shellim, regarding the provision

of public bathing places at the

Mexico Maru to-morrow.

was included in this year's estim- ates to cover the cost. Now it is

"the" Close calmly announced that Government does not propose to

take any further steps at present, pending the result of the ex perience of the Low Lovel Tram- way in erecting tents for bathers at tho points mentioned.".

A Sudden Change.

This change of front is so complete that we sincerely hope that the matter will not be per- mitted to rest here. We do not. know how long since the Govern ment has resigned itself to this attitude of sublime inactivity; but

A Blank Sheet.

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There were no cases of plague notified in the Colony yesterday

"The Gymkhana. 10) The Third Meeting in connec; tion with the Gymkhana Clab takes place at Happy Valley to morrow, the first race starting at 3:15 .p.m.

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Owners.

Equipped with full power to aot for their principals, to er

When she returns to Manila

bson too thick, or these which Experts to Represent Swe Ish which have been badly damaged by fire or insect pests. The total revenne derived from this source eastern and western ends of the German Mail.-Despatched per The following statements are was $1,076.90. city, is no loss astounding tban it!

8.0. Dorflinger, at 5 p.m: extracted from the nunual report Planting and care of Roadside perts representing the Swedish is disappointing. Fifteen months

yesterday.

of the Botanical and Forestry Treos, Approximately 1,051 owners and underwriters of the ago the Council, Oficials and Australian Mail.-Closes per s.s. Department for the year 1012, young trees were planted in the Nippon are expected to-day on... Unofficials alike, solemnly passed

Germania at 4 p.m. to-presented at yesterday's Legis trees and roads and on banks in the steamship Loongmang, says a resolution that it was desirable day.

lative Council meeting:--- Hongkong and Kowloon. The the "Cablenews American"of July that the Government provide | these bathing places; then the Siberian Mail-Due per

Botanic Gardens. The weather varieties used were camphors 8. These men were sent out by during the first three months Albizzius Poinciana and Aleurites. their respective offices soon after Government definitely promised

Forestry Paths. The cost of the news of the controversy was to do so; then a sum of $2,000 Australian Mail-Olossa por 8.8. of the year was very unfavour the general upkeep of these paths wired to Sweden and it is under-

Coblenz at 8 s.m. to-morrow. able to flowering plants and

stood that they will have full American and Siberian Mails. trees, particularly the winter amounted to $268.40.

Clearing Undergrowth around power to settle the question as per e.s. Shiuyo Maru flowering annuale. Only 40

Houses. An area of approximate they see fit. hours of sunshine were re- at 11 am. to-morrow.

Meanwhile Messrs. Erlanger Siberian Mail.-Closes per asgistered during January against ly 3,201,170 square feet of under-

Chenan at 5 p.m. to-morrow an average of 150 hours. The growth was cleared in various and Galinger are going ahead third quarter of the year was ex-parts of Hongkong and Kowloon, with the work of completing the ceptionally, free from wind and Police Stations and other public unloading and patching up of rain storms, mach to the benefit building in the New Territories the Nippon. It is expected that of all the trees, particularly the at a coat of $981.91. For the all the cargo will be discharged the Public Works Department an area by this evening and young street trees.

of approximately 1,902,010 vessel ready to go on the drydock A stand of coment and green square foot was cleared to enable Dewey. The outter Corregidor in both Old and New Gardens, ments to be made, at a cost of a.m. yesterday with a load of the tiles was placed under those seats surveys and general measure arrived from Olongapo at 6. standing on the grass under 3522.55. In addition 1,025,600 equipment used in the salvage shade trees, and has much im equare feet were cleared for and work and sailed again for Olonge For Consignees. Consiguees of cargo by the s.. Gardens, as formerly the turi Authorities.

proved the appearance of the the cost borne by the Military po at 10. a.m. Shinyo Mara are reminded that surrounding the seats was much

Commercial Investigations.she will tow the two flat bottom gcode remaining undelivered worn and ragged. The walks A quantity of Camphor Oil was scows containing the balance of we de know that only last week after to-morrow will be subject were repaired where necessary, sont to the Director of the Im-the copre cargo, which although the Director of Public Works to storage charges.

and the one leading from the perial laatituse, who is submitting wet to a certain degree, is reported Gasured a "Telegraph" represent- Lawn Bowls League. Bandstand to the large Plant samples to several firms in Eng to be in fairly good condition. It le Ative that the Government intend- Mr B.L. Frost will act as Hon. Blouse was entirely taken up and land. The Camphor Oil manufac estimated that there are between ed going forward with their Scoretary and Treasurer of the relaid with cement granite. tured in Hongkong is of good 180 and 250 tons of this copra echeme. And this was after the Lawn Bowls League, in the place

Fourteen persons were arrested quality, and there is a probabi- left in the ship which will bring inauguration of the Tramway of Mr A Ramsay, who is leaving and convicted for disorderly oonlity of considerable trade being the total amount salved up to Company enterprise. Why the th Colony.

duct and theft of plants and done in this product.

approximately 1,400 tons. Government should concern it-

flowers. self with the Tramway Company's Attention is directed to an ad- scheme, we do not know. The vertisement appearing elsewhere

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. two schemes are, or should be, regarding the At Home to be absolutely distinct. The Tram given on Monday next, the French way Company makes a charge for National Fete, by the French the use of its tenta (no one objects Imbued with the same readiness to generalise from obpoure to that, for those who are in a instances as that which influenced the contributor of a recent article position to pay); the very essence of the Government promise was that to the "Times

on the subject of Hongkong's enthusiastic interest free bathing facilities should be in education, a writer in the "China Republican" has been sa provided for a class of people who nouncing that the study of Western science, philosophy, history and could not afford the luxury of launch trips. And that promise literature has become general among the Chinese. "Spencer, should be carried into effect with Huxley, Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and out delay. After all this waiting, Rousseau are familiar to every Chinese student," he remarks airily; and after the actual provision of and, further on: "Light literature translated from European the necessary funds, is the whole languages is on the book-shelf of every Chinese home whose inmates thing to end in smoke? We hope Unoficial members of the Council claim soquaintance with the Chinese language.

Treasure Island, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Les Miserables will see that it does not. (desperately "light" literature the two latter !) are familiar to most people. Dickens, Damas and other masters of fiction are well The Botanical Gardens.

Some of the works of foreign writers have even

We see from the returns that bean dramatized, such as the works of Zola and other French there were no less than fourteen It may sound incredible," (it doea !)" but is arrests and convictions during writers. nevertheless true that the average Chinese, by comparison with the 1912, in connection with disorder average foreigner, is better read, for he is familiar 'not only with his ly conduct and plant-stealing at own classios and the immense wealth of ancient learning" (the the Botanic Gardens; and, judg- meaning whereof is a trifle obscure)" but is likewise acquainted with the best works of Europe and America."

known.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913.

CHINA AND WESTERN LITERATURE.

'Ivanhoo,'

Consul.

French, At Home...

Used a Knife.

A Chinese charged by Inspector Dymon, at the Police Court, this morning, with stabbing a fellow- country man with a knife, was sent to gaol for a month, by Mr. Hazeland.

Leave Granted.

Presentations to Gardens.-The

Government House Grounds.- following persons presented seeds and plante Superintendent, The large camellia in the centre

Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta; of the walk near the main en Superintendent, Botanic Garden, trance was taken up and planted Sibpur, Government Botanic elsewhere. This plant was always Gardens, Saharanpur; United in the way when any large fanc States Department of Agriculture; Way on at Government Botanic Gardens, Durban; and tion

Mesars. M. H. Logon; F. Frances

House.

Mountain Lodge Grounds-chi; R. T. Baker; H. Green; Extensive alterations were carried Cheung 1; A. Milroy W. R. Price; out under the direction of His E. D. Merrill; Jos. Clemene; H. Excellency Sir Henry May A Humphreys; A. E. Rowrie; J. number of large Chinese palms Barton: F. Soares; L. Gibbis; Leave of absence on privato were removed from the beds in Captain Hodgins; Dr. Voretzsch

to the neighbouring front of the house, and the bare and Miss Wallace..

Mr. 0.8okai presented a Koreau affaire countries, has been granted to spaces. filled in with blue grass. Captains R.D. Crawford and E.). The plants in the bed at the bot-stork and Mr. T. Hunter a Chin- Matthews. R.G.A., from 17th tom of the large retaining wall ese stork. July to 22nd September. were all taken up and entirely re- Mr. V. B. de Souza and Mr. J.,

arranged, and the shape of the Ross presented Chinese pheasants. bed altered to enable the turf in front to be kept in a straight line. A path was made up the side of the small mound west of the house, and a space cleared for a seat about half way up, by the aide of the path. All undergrowth near the house, which might shelter the breading-places of mosquitoes,

Leave.

Presentation.

Forestry.

FLOUTING THE LAW.

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Macao.

SEEKING "DISCOVERY."

summary case was mentioned be-

Leave of absence to the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of a medical board, it has been granted to Captain F. A. S. Mor- period of six gan, R.A., for a. months from 16th July, 1913.

Voyage Report..

A Chiness named Li, smartly The Bs. Namur, which arrived

dressed in European clothes, giving his address au 32, Robinson ing from recent cases one has in port to-day, report that no

Road, was charged before Mr. heard of, the number for 1913 S. W. monsoon had broken at was out as required. will certainly not be less. So Colombo when the ship left there"

Hazeland, at the Police Court, for as these beautiful gardensare on June 25th.

From Singapore The worst of this sort of balderdash is that it forces us to appear of any use to the European popul- to Hongkong variable winds and bills near the south face of the disturbance in Robinson Road by

The bare places on the low this morning, with creating to be ready to throw cold water when we would much rather say a word or two of encouragement. If the enthusiast who penned the ation, they might as well be fine weather were exporenced till

At the

eleven o'clock at night. above could but we that such senseless exaggeration weakens, rather closed altogether. Like Blake off the Anamba Islands; then a Kowloon tunrel were planted with beating drums and gonge after Inspector Dymond ssid there than strengthens, the, good opinion of Europeans where the Pier, they are nothing else but a light to moderate monsoon with some 10,000 banian trees.

lounging-place for idle Chinese. heavy rain squalls at times, and same place about 175,000 pits Westernisation of China is concerned, ho might think a little more Any other city in the world favourable currents till passing have been sown as an experiment was a death in the defendant'e family some time ago and this seriously before committing himself and his fellow intellectuals. that owned such a fine possession to the eastward of the Paracel with seeds of broad-leaved treas. That the Chinese, in their stadios in political economy, might

since. When the defendant was reasonably understand and appreciate such a book as Sraith's would see that it was made prop-Islands and reefe; from thence For next year's planting some gong-beating had been going on er use of; but this is Hongkong. variable winds and fine to Hong-60,000 or 70,000 seedling pinos asked by the police to stop the

were raised in the nursery near or his "Wealth of Nations," or ovan Mill's "Utilitarianism,

In Shanghai, Chinese are exclud- kong:

the south, face of the tunnel. noise, he said he did not care for "Political Economy," we do not dispute: for.not one of these is

the police as he would be fined essentially Western, and each contains material that should be helped from the public gardens alto

A number of Hongkong Approximately 65,000 pits were fal to those who are seeking to establish a new social system. But gether. We do not wish to see

A European constable said our friend mentions Spencer, Haxley and Rousseon. Which Spencer ? so strict a rule in force here; but journalists met at the Astor House dug for planting during 1912. only a small amount.

Protection from fire.-Fire bar that when he asked the The following amusing passage The man who, up to the middle 'eighties, was tesohing the world it is always possible to find a Hotel yesterday evening, when

happy medium. If Britishers Mr. A. Ramsay was entertained riers were cleared to the extent defendant to stop the noise he occurred this morning when a new thoughts on education, sociology, first principles etc., or the man who, from that time to the day of his death, was seeking to undo and were encouraged to make greater to a "smoker" and presented with of 212,213 feet at a cost of said: "I don't care about the

p · nor barrier law; it is a Chinese custom and fore the Paisne Judge, Mr Justice Huxley? The naturalist and physiologist, or the agnostic philosopher?/of annoyances, misdemeanours, medallion, as á mark of the esteem mesauring 770 feet was made at it must be carried out." to reverse quite the greater part of his own teaching? And which of the Gardens, the number a gold albert and inscribed $458 61 and

of his follow pressmen, on the B cost of $2.38. Fortunately the Mr Chevalier, a school master Kemp. Rousseau, too! Dood our friend allude to the morbid maniac who etc., would rapidly decrease,

occasion of his leaving Hongkong weather during the time of the at Queen's College, said the noise discovery, my Lord ??

Mr. Faithfall:-Will you order wrote the Confessions'; or to the careful and far-seeing educationist

for a journalistic appointment at Teing Ming and Chung Young had been going on for five or six who showed the world, in his "Emile", how a child should be

Peking. The presentation was Festivale was wet, and no serious days. On the sixth day he com- asked for discovery but have not Mr Otto Kong Sing-I have taught and trained, and whose own neglected hairns were in a hos- The European's Fault.

made by Mr F. Hicks and his fires oscurred. Altogether 29 plained to a European constable, had it. pital for foundlinge during the very time that he was writing it; After all, when we come to look remarks were endorsed by Mr. fires were reported during the but the defendant defied the Mr Faithfull:-Well, I will or to the inspired, if somewhat erratic, genius who wrote "Le into these matters the abuse Hale. Mr. Ramsay suitably re- year.

officer, and the row continued Bak for an order for mutual dis Contral Social and whose political thoughts in general of public places by the Chinese

sponded.

Forest Guards Services-long after midnight.

covery, and we shall be able to fathered the French Revolution? Had the writer of the article eto, is it not the European whơ

Forestry offences were about the His Worship-Until what discover each other. (Laughter.) said that he personally had read selected passages on Bat is, at bottom, to blame? The

same as last year. The number time? subjects from these three writers, we might have listened to Chinese is exactly what we choose

of cases was about 60% more than Witness:Until a quarter past him; but, unless things have altered a good deal in Europe to make of him, and, érve in rare

the previous year, and the num- two. I went asleep.then, but s during the past few years, there is not even one English-osses, will not trespass byond A Young Man's Sad Downfall.

ber of convictions about 50% gentleman who lives close by told man, Frenchman or German in twenty thousand who would dare to limits unless he sees us ready to claim anything like complete familiarity with them in their varying yield: for proof of which, note Before Mr C. D. Melbourne, at greater. A few weeks previous me it started again about three moods and doctrines, yet our young friend is claiming that those the difference batween the Chinese the Police Court, this morning, to the Chinese New Year, & зveral o'clock,

A fine of $25, or in default one are "familiar to every Chinese student." We should like to bear of Hongkong and him of Shang-well-dressed young man, named of the Forest Guards were badly Sir Charles Eliot's view on the matter; he must surely know. hai, Singapore, Penang, or any of Joseph Mathias Cordeiro, was assaulted. The Chinese make a month, was imposed.

the Datch Colonies. The other sentenced to six months'imprison practice of cutting the New Year The writer speaks, moreover, of works of English and French day, on "the finest site", au an- ment for stealing three gold flower, Enkianthus gainquefloras, CHAUFFEURS CHARGED, fiction, which, according to him, are "on the bookshelf" of there speakable insnit was offered to rings from a priest of the French in large quantities for sale in the abouts every Chinese above the rank of chair coolie. It has been our the status of the late King; for- Mission, 44, Caine Road, and streate. As the wild flowers in lot to know quite a fair number of decently educated Chinese, but we tunately the offender was arrested, obtaining from him $50, by the Colony had been badly Prosecution by the Chief Justice,

damaged throughout the year, it cannot call more than two to whom Ivanhoe would have the though by an official who was not means of false pretences.

several was decided to stop the cutting Before Mr Melbourne, at the slightest appeal. Doubtless Treasure Island' contains much that a policeman. The bare possibili- Prisoner admitted would interest the cultured beings who pirated the Tai On recently, ty of such a offe ice in any other previous convictions for larsony, as much as possible, and a num- Police Court, this morning, the coolie, made to Mr. Melbourne, this and the gush of Uncle Tom's Cabin might call up an cocasional British possession in the world is It appeared that he went to the ber of persons were with much chauffeurs of cars Nos. 9 and 12, morning, is one which is deser. smile on the lips of some rubber-estate ecolies Dickens too, in his inconceivable; and oven here Mission and represented that he difficulty arrested, and in each were charged, at the instance of ving of being added to one's blood-and-sawdust and spontaneous-combustion vein, might prove things might noon be altered if wished to become a Christian, case & conviction was obtained. Sir William Ross Davies, with collection. The man was charged diverting to Chinese schoolboys, whether of the old or of the new white men would but pull togeth stating that he was employed in Many of the Wyndham Street reckless driving, and failing to by Inspector MoHardy with being order; but what young China would make of Dumas (our friend or and, by combining ngainatth Canadian Pacific offices. He flowera sellers and their agents sound their horne at 8.30 p.m. a rogue and a vagabond, and when neglect to mention whether it is the father or the son who is so the minority who seem to enjoy the borrowed $50, which was to were also arrested and convicted on the 8th inat. at Alordeon. asked if he had any relations, re Mr J. H. Gardiner appeared to plied in the affirmative, adding amazingly popular) is past our finding out. Our advice to this being tyrannised over by the be paid from his wages, and then for being in an awful possession ardent book lover is to look round him a little more before deciding native, insist upon the Britisher's he disappeared with the money of flowers and feins taken from defend and the cage was remand that they were all in Victoria

and jewellery,

Crown land,

ed until Tuesday next at 9 a.m, Gaol at the moment that the average Chinese is better read than the average foreigner rights being recognised.

ROBBED A PRIEST.

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' HONOURED": FAMILY,

Police Court Boast of

Chinese.

Strange are the sayings, and startling are the admissions, which one bears during a stay of an hour or more at the Police Court, in the course of the hear ing of charges preferred against Chinese of all olasses.

The admission of a candid