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IV: TO JUGGINS,

[Maecenas atavis adīts regibus

O et pracaidium et dulce drets meum.

JJ

Joggine, who rendent with each mild docility The many verase penned by your Boratios, Merking your sense of pain at their fatility

With nothing more explosive than "Good gracious!," Accept there lives as dus to your benignity. And don't regard them as a fresh indignity!"

"Sant ques," (You know how roca the ancient ditty) There be who love to secpch in snorting motore,. Where Aberdeen 'prezen's a corps that's pretty But smells of Chinese incense mixed with blosters, And tear round cornere, or in brake-ful spasme Harl the swift Daimler part appalling obaɛms,

Oibere there be, who, with a curious paerice, Top-diere the terrain in the Fen Ling valley; Who strike a ball in complicated fashion,

• And mark down every effort in a tally.

One strikes away! Bad language shome bow text is be! The ball flies trite—and he is in an ecutuay.

Sme seek the San Tin marshes (tho' but folly "tis,} And laughter, pipe, they say, cast any counting. Beme chate the deer 'cross painful inequalities Oo Lanteo's Peek, for ever upward mounting, Until the deer (who sees the humorous side of it) Trots right away from those who reck she hide of it,

It's due, no doubt, to faults in my upbringing,

But me for a long cane chair 'neath shade o'er arching; A decent gramaphone beside me singing'

And a long glass to keep my throat from parching. Just let me lounge, in an extended attitude.

And I'll stop writing this, to show my gratitude. Hongkong, September 10, 1917.

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Causes and Remedies.

J

With commendable prompt

E. W. H.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917.

INSURANCE CLAIM.

„Interesting Legal Argument:

The Pusite Judge, (Mr. Jästics Gomperiz) has been cocupied in the Summary Court to-day hest- ing argument in the interspCO olaim for $500 brought by the Yang Fong firm, of Korgmoon, against the Shanghai Fire and Marine Insurance Compasy, of Hongkong.

The facts on which the claim ia based are that the premises of the firm at Kongmoon were burn- ed down through the accidental over-turning of on oil lamp, bat; the Insurance Company contand- ed that the fighting which to k place in the street between the troops of Lung Chai-kwong and "The People's Army” was re- sponsible for the outbreak, and that by the terms of the policy they were not liable for damage caused by such fire. The hearing of the case on the frota was concluded some time ago,

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his Lordship deciding in faTour REMINGTON

of the defendants. He found! that the fire was caused by the fighting and not by the upsetting of a Jemp, The legal pointe rsized were left over, and it was these which were argued to-day:

Mr. U.G. Alabaster (instructed

by Mr. Leo D'Almads} appeared for the plaint ffs and Kr." "Eldon

Potter (instructed by ifes

Jobason Stoker and defended.

Master)

Mr. Potter first addressed the Court, and said that the only question was whether certain words in the policy made it clear 5 The greatest publicity that the conditions in the possible should be given to the English form of polioy applied. abolition of leaving certificates. The conditions were not printed

6, The Government should

on Chiness policies bat words Įmake a statement as to the variaė

tion of pledges already given.

were printed stating that the 7. The £l maximum ander the English form applied. The plain-

itade the sight Commissione Workmen's Compensation Act appointed by the Prime Minister should be raised.

tiff seemed to have been well aware of that fact, for he had stated in cross-examination "If the soldiers

honefire, I would not have brought this claim. I know that my policy does not cover that." He would call evidence to prove that the Chinese words on the policy did refer to the English form of

on June 12 to inquire into the 8. Announcements should be had deliberately set the place on

of industrial. anres made of polioy as regards 1. Causre

completed their labours and infig. July presented their reporte. I 9. A ayetem ebould be view of the urgency of dealing inaugurated whereby stilled with a eituation which threatened supervisors and others on day to impede the industrial activities rates should receive a bonus, necessary for the prosecution of 10. Closer contract should be conditions and that it was ander- the war," Mr. Lloyd George reset op "between employer and stood that they applied. If hi quested that the reports should employed.

:

be completed by Jaly 12, and ir 11. Pensions Committee should a prefatory note the Secretary to have a larger discretion in their the Commissioners recorde the treatment of men discharged on the morning of July 13 the from the Army. whole of them were in the 12. Agricultural wages in the priater'e hende.

Western Ares, now na low as 145 From the summary prepared to 17s a week, should be raised by. Mr. G. N. Barnes, Minister of to 25, a week. Pensions, it was shown that the 13. Coloured labour should not Commissioners have arrived at be employed in the porta.

Lordship found against him, he would be leaving the road open for actions to be brought againet Chinese Companies for any bara- ing during the past six years, due to any cause whatever.

His Lordship agreed that it was only a question as to whether the Chinese policy incorporated the words in the English conditions.

Mr. Potter replied that that

certain definite conclusione se to 14. A bigher taxation of wealth was merely a question of fast, and

of trade union rules.

· Departments dealing with labour.posale is made in several of the

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DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL," KOWLOON.

PROFESSOR DANENBERG will give Pianoforte Lesson8 at the School once a week during term.

Aggregate Receipta

Receipta for for week. 36 weeks, $14,451 $483.757 All enquiries about arrange- 15,849 - 524,714 Įmeņts, for pupils of the School or others, to be addressed to the 1,388 38,957 Head Mistress.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL,

KOWLOON.

CHOOL will re-open On

TUESDAY September 18th

sence of our Mr. S. D. Boarders return in the after" SETNA we have authorized Mr.Inoon of -17th. JJ bat P. N. COOPER to Sign the Firm

per Procuration.

S.D. SETNA &CO. Hongkong, 5th September, 1917.

SAKURA BEER

ibe causes of unrest, and us to the is urged by one Commissioner. remedies bich abould be appl-In addition to the above recompreter in the employ of Kesars. called Obeong Choy, an inter- ied. Sabjects of aniversal commendations, the recruiting system Jabnson, Stokes and Master, who plaint are :-

ia universally regarded as requiratated that the words on the The high cast of food and the ing most careful handling. In document meant that if the unequal distribution of supplies, some areas an increase in the insurer wanted to know the Restrictions imposed by the supplies of alcoholic liquor is conditions of the policy, he had to Munitions of War Acts, and want demanded. The co-ordination of go to the English clauses in an DURING the temporary ab at 9 AM. of confidence as to the restoration Government Departments dealing English policy. He admitted with labour is reported as an that the words might mean Administration of the Military argent matter; and an appeal for Articles of Association, Service Acter and the lack of coincrease of publicity and fuller nos in the context in which they operation between Government explanation of Government pro-wers aced.

Acate, bat less widespread. reports. Further, it is recomManager of the Insurance Com- Evidence was also given by the scorces of grievance include leck mended that when an agreement of housins, liquor restrictions, has been drawn up between pany, who said that he had never seen a Chinese policy containing industrial fatigar, and Workmen's representatives of employers the conditions. There were als Compensation Act payments. federations and trade unions, that ways words referring to the Bercmmendations on these and spreement should be binding on English polices of the Company. other subjects are mado, by the all in the trade concerned. It is His Lordship aɩked why the Commissioners, who bear testi also represented that local r-conditions were not printed in mony to the strong feeling of bitration tribunale for the settle Chinese and put on the policy. patriotion which generally acment of local disputes on the spot

Mr. Potter said that they had tastes both employers and em-could with advantage be set up,

before them very many Com ployed. In the appended report The feeling in the minds of the these proposals are set out in werkers that their conditions of Panies policies and they could detail, but it may be noted that, work and destinies are being printed on. Be supposed that the Be regarde the all-important ques-determined by a distant authority conditions were su volomicoca tion of food, they arge that there over which they have no influence that to print a translation would should be an in mediste reduction requires to be taken into con quire a great deal of paper. in price, and that the incressed sideration, not only by the Gov- There were no lead than twenty cost should be borne to come ernment, bat by the anions them conditions on the back of an extent by the Government. selves. Taken es a whole, the English policy, and they were

The chief recommendations reports throw a flood of light upon

were

the conditions of work and of life

1. Food Prices.-There should in the various divisions, and the be an immediate reduction is information which they disclose price, the increased price of foor would amply repay the trouble of being borne to some extent by perussl of the reporte” in detail the Government, and a better and of a careful comparison one system of districntion is required. wish snother.

An Air Raid Victim.

2. Industrial Conseils, &c. The principle of the Whitley Re port, should be adopted; eaobi trade should have constitution. ·

3. Charges. with a view to

An irqueat was held recently farther increase of outpat should on William Murray, sixty-four, be made the jutject of an authori-insurance broker. A portion of tative statement by the Govern bomb fell on bis office during the recent air raid, and he died of

men'.

A

4. Labour should take part in heart failure and loxemis due to the affairs of the community, agus gangrene, the result of isjarice partners, raiber than se servants, to his leg.

Lot fad one with the conditions

printed in very small type,

desirable if the conditions could Hia Lordship :-It would very could be printed with the policies.

Mr. Potter agreed,

The witness went on to etala

that the policy was never intend- ed to cover every sort of fire, bat only fire caused by acoident. Questioned by "r. Alabaster, he admitted that new conditions had been printed since the fre, and another clause had been added.

Alter farther evidence had been given, argument proceeded, år. Alabaster contending that the plaintiffs worn outilled to recover from the Company.

Judgment was given for the defendants with noeta.

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The above named Steamer hav- ing arrived, Consignees of cargo are hereby notified to send in their Bills of Lading for counter. signature, and to take immediate delivery of Cargo from alongside.

Cargo remaining undelivered on 11th September, at 5 P.M., will bo landed at Consignees' risk and expense, and delivery must then be taken from the Company's Godown.

"Storage charges will be assesE- ed on all cargo remaining un- delivered on 16th Sept. at 5 PM No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.

No Claim will be recognised: after the Goods have left the] Stésmer of Godown;"

All chafed and damaged cargo will be landed into the Com-

be examined on the 20th Sept. at 10 AM.

pany's Godown, where they will

No Claim will be recognised if filed after the 30th Sept. 1917.

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