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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

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Acknowledgment.

Sir Boshan Wei Yok and family wish to thank their kind friends for their expressions of sympathy in their

many recent

bereavement,

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921.

SWEATED LABOUR.

German Bluff.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1921.

DAY BY DAY.

THE SMALLEST UPHEAVAL IN HUMANITARIANISM, NO MATTER WHAT DISTANCE AWAY, REGIST-

ERS ON THE SEISMOGRAPH OF HUMAN DESTINY THE WORLD

THE LATE MR. J. H. GARDINER.

Funeral Yesterday Afternoon.

THE BUNGALOW CASE.

Further Interesting Evidence.

DRUNKEN SAILORS.

A Nuisance to Wanchai.

The frequent cases of drunken

France keeps hammering away at the Treaty-dodgers with

In the suit of the Rev. Father sailors creating trouble in the characteristic persistency.

She insists that the Versailles com-OVER-A. Beverley Baxter,

A. Henriques against Mr. G. T. Wanchai district called for sovero The funeral of the Inte Mr. J. Lam, in the Summary Court, criticism at the Magistracy this pact is not a "scrap of paper" and

II. Gardiner, solicitor, took place before His Lordship Mr. Justice morning on the part of Mr. G. N that it must be honoured by the Germans in its every clause. The One fatal case of small-pox

at Happy Valley yesterday after-[J. R. Wood, the cross-oxamina- Orme, who had to deal with a French people know, and none (Chinese) was notified yesterday. noon and was largely attended by tion of Mr. A. G. Howlitt, the charge preferred against a seaman {members of his profession, architect, was continued yester- from H.M.S. Hawkins for being know better, the crafty customer with whom we, as Allies, have to

officials of the Law Courts and his day by Mr. D. J. Lewis, who drunk and disorderly. H. E. the Governor is to attend many friends,

appeared for the plaintiff. deal, and she shapes her conduet,

The defendant, whose name is accordingly. Hence the old the morning service at St.

How do you explain the fact Robert McGrogor, was arrested The deceased, who had a long Roman shout of "Caveant Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on

that the north wall has remained by Sergeant. Shafton, of the practice in Hongkong, was 49 Consules!" France knows the Sunday next, which is being

intact for two years?-I did not Wanchai Station, after a strug

gle, during which the Sergeant psychology of

examine the wall. Germans. observed as a day of prayer for years old. He came to the Colony

had to use his truncheon. The Temperamentally, we British are the North China. Famine Fund. 17 years ago to join the office of

You agree that the boundary evidence was to the effect that The Bishop is to preach at 6 p.m. the late Mr. O. D. Thompson, wall is a little more than on firm the defendunt amused himself at incapable of doing so. the German is a creature with The offertories at both services/later joined the firm of Messrs-ground ?-As far as I recollect, a late hour last night by throw-

To her,

far from the mark,

the

France and Britain.

1s strong.

is at

to

the war.

whom no kindness or wavering is will be given to the Famine Fund. Brutton and Hott, in which he

remained until he established his some of the ground is turfed.

ing heavy stones into the houses possible. Germany is her next-

I put it to you that for some at Spring Garden Lane. One of own firm. He was very popular door neighbour, and France His Excellency Senhor Batalha among all the communities in the months at least after the bound the women made complaint to therefore forl that sho must de Freitas, Portuguese Minister Colony, particularly the Indian. ary wall was built there was the Police at the station, as a prepare for the day when the

Poking, to

little turfed ground on the north consequence of which Sergeant present He was a keen German beast will again fly at in Hongkong, having arrived billiardist and served in the have been.

golfer and side of the wall?-There may Shafton was dispatched to the her throat. Like the caged yesterday by the 8.s. Ecuador. Volunteer Defence Corps during

scene, where he saw the desen- tion, Gormany would appear accompanied by Madame de

Since then the whole side has dant amusing himself in his grateful and will lick her lips Freitas.

been cut down and turfed --That favourite way. A door of a The distinguished over ber food and such-like visitors are

Many of his friends went over is so. staying at the

certain house was damaged to mercies, but deep down inside is residence of Mr. A. G. Stephen, Terrace, Kowloon, and accom- cracks. We will again take this result.

to his residence, No. 3 Rose Uneven weights will cause the extent of $2 09 B something moro than more Chief Manager of the Hongkong passive resistance, which will and Shanghai Banking Corpoat. Fanied the remains to Hongkong north wall. You suggest that

In the attempt to display itselt shouid

get the the ion.

in a launch. On the Tin Lok lane the weight which is on the defendant into a ricksha and thus opportunity present itself. The

wharf the coffin was transferred artificial ground will tend to cause out of mischief's way, Sergeant Old Country, however, has ap

to a hearse which conveyed it to the artificial ground to subside. Shafton was assaulted by the parently lapsed into a more com- Conflicting views on the quest the Protestant Cemetery,

If you have hore natural soil and seaman, who grabbed his legs and fortable attitude of trust towards ion of the New Year bonus for The chief mourners were Mr. here artificial land, and if you say attempted to throw him down, her late onemies. The old in the employees have broken out William Barker, Captain and Mrs. that subsidence is bound to occur As a measure of self-protection, difference to Continental affaire amongst the teashops of the town, Wheeler, Mrs. Morrison, Mr. and in this present site, would you not the Police officer had to use his is returning as surely as cheap as a result of which the fokis Mrs. J. F. Brunby and Mrs. expect to have the crack where truncheon on the seaman's head. Gorman goods to the British have struck work, and forced d'Almada, Mr. W. Logan, Messrs, the natural and artificial land That the blow was by no means a market. If Franco therefore their masters to close their shope. T. Rowan and Lee Hon Chee, meet ? It is quite possible. light one was testified in the fact complains that the support ro-Labour troubles appear to be solicitors of deceased's firm, and Take this north wall which is that defendant was eventually ceived from Great Britain is general in Hongkong just now, his Chinese staff. Among others built exclusively on artificial Boil. dispatched to Hospital in order rather topid, she is perhaps not as reports have been received of present were His Honour Mr. The theory you advanced this that the injury done to his the contemplation of similar HI. II. J. Gompertz (Chief Justice), morning ie that the buttress wall, cranium might be attended action in other branches of em- the Hon. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. on a filling of this sort, would to: ployment.

inevitably give way where Mr. Justice R. Wood, Messrs.

Mr. Orme enquired if drunken the greater load is placed. sailors had not become a regular C. G. Alabaster, F. C. Jenkin, W. Can you explain John Bull is a well-moaning

the recent H. Drummond, W. N. Drummond, if your theory is correct, on the With regard

why.nuisance in his district. fellow. His friendship for Franco statement by a correspondant J. Scott Haraton, E. J. Grist, side adjoining your client's land affirmative. Before such cases Sergeant Shafton replied in the but constitutional that men of the Hongkong Police F. E. Naeh, A. H. Crew, D. Jno cracks have appeared on the had become such a nuisance as lo lethargy keeps creeping in. He are forced to join the Fire Lewis, Bulmer Johnson, C. Fremaining portion of the north require much more stringent Whatever else the lecture delivered by Mr. F. B. L. Dowley to has had many examples of Brigade, we are officially inform-Mason, Leo d'Almada, A. E. Hall, wall? Possibly one-of the reasons steps to be taken to deal with the meeting held on Tuesday night accomplished, it certainly did Gorman trickery and perfidy, but ed that this is not the case, The J. M. Hall, Geo. Hall Brutten, C. for that is that the plaintiff's site offenders, as a measure of pro- put those present in the humour to talk, and it helped the news-is not the less eager to give procedure followed is that the H. Lyson, M. K. Lo, M. W. Lo, is levelled, but the levelling en tection for the officers themselves papers of the Colony fill a fow columns with vary interesting them another chance. That is men apply in writing for per-H. K. Woo, M. J. D. Stephens, D. the northern side slopes away. the practice of the Police of the expressions of opinion. Whether the airing of so many views on generous, but it is doubtful if it mission to join the Brigade, their H. Blake, W. S. Brown, A. R. Lowe, His Lordship: Mr. Howlitt's district

It probably names one put on a waiting list. H. Seth and Harold Seth and theory is that the prime cause is offenders after having got them the question of "sweated labour" in Hongkong did any good or will is good business. lead to any being done in the futuro is a matter on which we are nevor ca, in the case of the and, as vacancies occur, men who Capt. Stevens.

the percolation of water, which to pay compensation to the sceptical. We recognise that a genuine attempt was made to German, he appreciated as it is have applied one put on the duty. The burial service was conduct- drew away the soil. ventilate a very thorny problem, and that Mr. Bowley is anxious intended, but will nierely be re-There is no question of forcinged by the Rev. H. Copley Moyie. Mr. Lewis-Water percolat-! to secure the abolition of conditions which conflict with his sense garded as a sign of weakness. It them to join against their wills.

His Worship expressed his Among the beautiful wreaths ing through would not be such as regret that when, the other day, of what is humane and just. But we have to confess that the is understandable, therefore, that

were those from the following: to damage the interior wall?a sailor was brought up before problem originates farther back than at the point where his analysis France should periodically began and that in the consideration of how to rentedy any of the rewind her friends of their In connection with the case of "His sorrowing wife," "Dan," Mr. do not quite see that.

him for a similar offence, he did I put it to you that if the not know that that was not the Beemingly evil conditions under which the bulk of the native duty 10 insist that they obtaining jewellery on false pre-and Mrs. J. F. Brunby, Captain

and embankment runs right up to the first instance of the nuisance to population of this Colony labour one must begin at the very genesis, will be respected by the tences from a widow, living in and Mrs. Wheeler, Frank One must begin with causes, not effects, and because we think that elusive diplomats of the Unter Wyndhain Street, which was Aunie Wheeler, W. Logan, Mr. and wall there is very little support which the Polico of the district was mainly overlooked we should like to have our little say on this den Linden. Encouraged by the yesterday preferred against a Mrs. Philip Wolff, D. Logan, Hon. for that wall, so that far less rain were subject; otherwise he would matter, although some might think it is overburdened with talk certain slackness that has crept informed this morning, on the re-Justice), Sir Boshan Wei Yuk, site than it would on the east or as lenient a way as he did on that Chinese youth, the Court was Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz (Chief could undermine the soil of that not have dealt with the man in With western outlooks we try to judge eastern conditions, the Germans have advanced to a opening of the case, that the Messrs. Eldon Potter, F. C. Jen-ath where there is a large occasion. In subsequent cases of

quantity of soil-I am afraid I That, in itself, is a task hard to accomplish without prejudice. It stage bordering on open defianco. shroff employed at Mr. G. R.kin, F. X. d'Almada, J. M. Hall,do not agreo. It would take far added, he would be obliged to this character, his Worship gives us pain to see women and children made beasts of burden; we But for the pertinacity of Franco. Haywood's office, who had been G. R. Haywood, H. C. Lee, more rain to damage the edge of withhold the option of a ne, possibly all had pangs of conscience when taking our first ricksha the Treaty of Versailles would cited by the defendant as his Rowan, C. H. Lyson, F. E. Nash, the slope. ride; and we are disgusted when we think of the filthy, poverty possibly be in danger of becom-witness, had indignantly denied C. F. Mason, D. V. C. Steavenson,

and sentence the offenders to And in ing, as regards many of its still that he had anything to do with J. Scott Harston, Messrs. Deacon the compression of the soil by the present case he would only fine You told us a moment ago that imprisonment. However, in the stricken state of thousands of our fellow residents.

It was shown Looker, Deacon enthusiastic judignation we cry aloud for a change, for something unfulfilled stipulations, another the defendant.

and Harston, weight of your house, tending to the defendant. better, something more humanising. Women and children working "scrap of paper." It is right, that the defendant was a native Messrs. Hastings and lastings, remove the support from the in factories without any regulations whatever, the exposure therefore, that our late enemies of Heungshan and was a ticket-

McGregor, who admitted that and Grist, plaintiff's land, would tend to give he was drunk, was accordingly that ́hundreds. suffer nightly-one could go almost

in were reminded in no uncertain collector at a local cinema at one Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, Geo. it greater support. I take it that ordered to pay a fine of $20, or at which some shudder, which manner that the Allies still have time. In inflicting a sentence of Hall K. Brutton and Company, in techincal mattera connected ten days' hard labour in default definitely reciting the facts WB all deplore. But when we

hard labour, his come, to consider what can ways and moans and the power six months'

Messrs. Johnston, Stokes and with this case Messrs. Lo and of payment. A sum of $2 is to be done to alter things wo stumblo into a problem bigger to impose appropriate penalties, Worship warned the defendant to

Refer- be deducted from the amount than is often realised. At the root of all, this objectionable should evasion and obstruction stay away from the Colony after Master, Ramsay and Company, Lo had your assistance. state lies poverty. It's poverty that leads parents to sell continue. We may not have the service of his term of im-Moulder and Company, Mr. G. R. ring to paragraph 7 of the defence, the fine and paid over as of

Haywood's staff, Chinese staff of it is stated that, the alleged pensation to the complainant, their children into domestic. eervitude; it's poverty that much money, but we still hold prisonment.

J. H. Gardiner, The Christian damage was not caused by any A Naval Officer, who was pre- drives mer, women and children into any kind of employment the best cards and, can call any

Mutual Improvement Society, A. of the acts complained of arising sent in Court, was asked to that offers even the smallest reward; and it's poverty that checks old bluff that Germany has the

Kwai and Co., M. Mohideen and from the weight of the building convey the Magisterial decision the wheels of progress from turning in the direction we all desiru, nerve to put up.

DINNER DANSANT.

Co., II. Ruttonjee and Son, Palace on the defendant's land, but the Poverty is but the effect of mismanagement, and mismanagement

Motor Co., Lammert Bros., A. defendant's land caused a com- Sheung and Co., the staff of pression on the plaintiff's land. Special Attraction at Supreme Court, the Bailiffs of It is admitted that there has been

Repulse Bay.

Supreme Court, Mr. and Mrs. S. a subsidence on the plaintiff's H. Dutton, Dr. and Mrs. C. land. If this is so, why is this

alread v.

on

has been and still is the greatest curse lying on China. The con-

into the methods of the Allies,

Adverting to the note published

America

Mossrs.

Wilkinson

which went to

West

victims.

to his men.

wag to

release the

By Mr. Lowis-If building operations had not taken place,

ditions we complain against in Hongkong are common to the More Sailing Records. length and breadth of the great country to which we are con- tiguous; we have but a small overflow. Labour is cheap because the other day regarding the per- there are too many labourers, want and distress are rife because formances of "Cutty Sark," The dinner dansant at the Heanley, Mr. B. Brotherton pleaded in paragraph seven the cracks in the bungalow would there is no organisation, and life itself is cheap because its fullest Taiping," and other clippers, the Repulse Bay Hotel last night was Harker, Miss Laura Maria da Although the pressure of the not have occurred. possibilities have scarcely been realised by a tithe of the people sailing vessel appears to be bent a most delightful affair. Apart Souza, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. W. Kew house on the earth can only be Mr. Lo pointed out that the Standards are low because of placidity, life is hard because of indifference. And before there, can come a change of conditions or notching another record or from the enticing mony, which and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. the same level as the concrete witness had previously attributed

foundation, the there must be a change of outlook; there must be experienced the two before the time comes for its was served in the customary Yung, Mr. and Mrs. Leo d'Almada, would occur on the under sido al work..

compression the damage partly to negligent Had he abandoned that righteousness of discontent. It is no hardship on a coolie woman record passage is claimed for the wee provided by the appearance Mrs. J. H. Taggart, Mr. and Mrs

passing to be chronicled. Afaultless style, a great attraction Mr. and Mrs. Witchell, Mr. and the concrete foundation,

ground.? to let her carry her loads so long as she and her fellows believe that Robert Dollar barquentine Jane L. of Miss Alma Adair, the noted Liang Kin-han, Mr. and Mrs. J. Do you remember the Cass His Lordship said he had only there is nothing wrong or unfair in it. We might object, but sho Stanford, which has just complet Broadway vocalist, who contri-H. Seth, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. N. some six years ago ? It was aspect of the case: it might help would resent our interference as threatening her livelihood. Anded the voyage from Chingwantao buted a

arbitration asked Mr. Wood about the other if we lessened her number of bricks, or if we lessened the child's to Cape Flattery in forty days, songs.

number of popular Mody, Mr. and Mrs: F. Smyth, Mr. the hours of labour, their already scanty remuneration would be less. Quite a number of claims have ficent voice and

Terrace case, matters if he indicated his view. She was in magoi and Mrs. W. S. Brown, Mr. and You can refresh your memory. that the trenches were properly It would be adding further to the vital burden; the burden of strug been made lately by sailing craft ously received, encores being Mrs. P. H. Holyoak, Mr. and Mrs. ed by Mr. Bird. In that case you Hewlitt's statement that he had was vocifer- Mrs. C. W. Jeffries, Hon. Mr. and It was a case which was arbitrat-boarded; he accepted Mr. gling for life's necessities, because the determining of the poor's]

from crossing economic status is in other hands. We must realise that the Australia and vice versa but

to freely demanded. She is a really A. el Arculli, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. had not given notice under. Sec-seen it done. whole problem is economic down to its very root, and that the it transpires that many of the opportunity should not be lost of Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. tion 342 of the Public Health and

magnificent singer, and the

The hearing was adjourned at margin between hunger and sufficiency, nakedness and clothing feats are inferior to those accom-hearing her in the latest Amer- Oxberry, Mrs. She Tat Tsoi and Building Ordinance. Is it a fact this ignorance and education, is for the bulk of the Chinese ce doomed plished in the long-ago. The to be narrow until they themselves have evolved their own

This morning, Mr. Howlitt was family, Mr. and Miss F. Endell that the arbitrator laid very great, ican successes. She appeare better scheme of things. Mr. Bowley might pass legislation galore competition prompts an ancient again at the dinner dansant on Rosser, Mr. Ng Quinn and family, stress on it? Do you think it recalled. He said that since the Messrs. C. L. Low, H. W. Ray, H matters a scrap whether you give rising of the Court yesterday he to remove these things from this little Colony, but he would be mariner to forward to a con- Saturday. touching only an infinitesimal portion of something that's too big temporary some particulars of the Special arrangements are being A. Nisbet, E. F. Aucott, L. E. notice? It depends upon the cit had made an inspection of the

Lammert, Dr. Asger, Henry S.Joumstances,

plaintiffs site, which he visited for him. He wouldn't cure anything, he would only drive achievement of one of the old-

timers. "I doubt whether any made for the dinner Ball on Hail, H. M. H. Nemazee, Richard Mr. Robert Baker, of the Kow-last evening and this morning elsewhere what is an offence to his western sooses. He might

Railway, gave He inspected the north wall of ronder Hongkong free of all that he complains against, but thing afloat under sail, even in Derby Night, when, we hear, F. Braya, Inspector H. Pearson, Loon-Canton

the plaintiff's site and found there.. he would also provoke a prohibitive change in the domestic the racing days of the Aberdeen there will be some novel sur Messrs. H. Dreyer, E. B. Reed, A. evidence.

Bis Lordship: If the defend. were cracks there in front of one. economies of thousands of poor natives who are at present happy in clippers, and the racing of the price provided by the manage G. Hewlitt, W. L. Weaser, F. W.

ment wool ships, ever did better," writes

M. Want's side of the wall had been of the buttresses, of the wall to Harold Soth, Stevens, R.A.O.C., H. Perey Smith, cemented, so that the rain was the west, about four or five feet G. C. Moxon, E. H. Ray, GeHarper, kept out, do you think this damage from the north-west of the build-

would have occurred?

fg He found three or four W. E. L. Ford, F. A. Chopard, ́H. V. Beaurepaire, James C. R. He also informed his Lordship in the north wall of the northern Witness I think it would not. cracks above the window heads Frewin, L. C. Parker Rega, D. A. that the weight of the defendant's bungalow. give us a smug satisfaction that British territory does not honse voyago across the Pacific in 1851. It may be that "times" were Caldwell, C. E. Warren, T. H. Ghouse had had little to do with!

Mr. LoDid you also inspect them. But let there be enough honesty and fearlessness also to San Francisco on December 28 years ago, thov 20 reflection Brayleld, F. Lammert, H. R.causing the damage.

of fabrication seventy

the compound of the northern state that China's "submerged

masses, China's overworked and of that year, after a passage of upon the Novelty la intended. Pholips, H. A. Lammert, C. D.

Mr. G. G. Wood, recalled by the bungalow Yes. There is a sur- underpaid millions, are the product of China's indifference, of her 29 days. She brought Californian Possibly the correspondent was Melbourne, J. F. Grose, C. R. da Judge, said he thought the view face channel inside. There is a inability to grapple with her own social problems. China has papers up to November 25, and an apprentice on her, or he may tozu, D. J. M. P. da Silva, C. F. V just expressed was mistaken. In garden which is not cement- subscribed to the League of Nations Covenant, but her present ability English dates up to October 2. be writing from hearsay. If Ribeiro, A. M. da Souza, M. A his opinion the weight of the concreted. There is no level land to work the labour roterms therein contained can be best judged by This great run of a small barque authentic, the fest was certainly Bezack, R. Pestonji, M. Baptista, defendant's house, and not the outside the bungalow. There le a her ability to secure any other social betterments All the hope must be in Young China-in whatever they can do to quicken the is still, I believe, the record for a phenomenal, even with the uclk 4. J. M. Gomes and T. Henry Bonkage of the soll, was the cement concrete footpath on the

trans-Pacific sailing voyage." | of the trade winds,

[principal cause of the trouble, south side of the north bungalow. moral, economic and social evolution of their benighted country,

this asylum of British protection.

for the delectation of Let it not be assumed or said of us that we are indifferent to the this correspondent, "than a little visitors. Tables should be hooked Quark,

intend being who glaring bardships we see around us. We are as concerned for the New Zealand-built craft of the by those welfare of all as Mr. Bowley and we are as equally anxious to see early days. This was the Auckland present. things remedied. Pass all the factory laws necessary to drive these barque Novelty, 250 tons, which things away to whore we shall not see then, if the object bo but to

made a

phenomenally fast!

Bho arrived at Auckland from easier

Young.