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HONGKONG, 5th Sept., 1923.

WHAT A WORLD IT IS!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,

1923,

DAY BY DAY.

liable to be concelled.

There is an analogy to be drawn from the above. Not so very long ago we had the Lin-

OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW IS cheng bandit outrage, followed, THE GREATEST SOLVENT OF after much delay, by a Note from PUBLIC ILLS.-Calvin Coolidge,

certain the Powers embodying demands. The latest news from The Empress of Asia sails at North China Indicates that the noon to-morrow. It is notified Chinese are steadily building up that the call at Yokohama is serious opposition to this Note. And hurd on the heels of Lincheny The loot discarded by the we now have further outrages, and armed robbers in Kowloon yos murders of foreigners. The big terday morning in their fight nations are busy with ropar from the Police through King's ations problems, and the possible Park is placed at 89324. end of the Entente; with the serious Italo-Greek dispute, and the threat of war; with various smaller problems, like the decay of Germany, threats of Bols- bevium cabinet resignations, unemployment, earthquakes and

The health return for yesterday shows three cases each of small pox and enteric fever and one each of diphtheria and puerperal fever. All were Chinese,

BUSINESS FRAUDS.

How the New Bill Originated

GARAGE FIGHT.

European's Chauffeur

in Trouble.

We have received from the Mr HA Lammert's chauffeur eral Chamber of Commerce the Wood at the Magistracy this Secretary of the Hongkong Gen-was charged before Mr. J.R. following notes with reference to morning with cutting, and the Bill entitled the Fraudulent wounding a No. 1 fitter employ Transfers of Businesses Ordined at the Exile Garage, Prera ance, 1923, which is being intro-Eaat dead into the Legislative Council. It was alleged that the defen- by the Attorney General to dant lost his temper on finding

orrow.

that certain repairs had not been

Many instances of the form of completed when he went to fetch fraud complained of were brought the car on Saturday. Certain ox- to the notice of the Chanibor early pressions were used which led to. in 1922. Representations were a fight, in which the defendant is made to the government in June, alleged to have used a dagger on 1992, in the course of which it the complainant. was suggested that drastic legis. The charge was denied, and lation was warranted in view of Mr. REA Webster for the the extent of the practice which defence, whilst agreeing that a had grown up of transferring fight did take place, said it was The customary funny strip, business assets without liabilities inconceivable that the defendant. relief measures, and so forth entitled "The Doings of the also having regard to Hongkong's should have rushed to his car and but all the time events aro tak. Duffs," is temporarily suspended/peculiar, position on the borders picked from it a dagger with

ing place in tips that cannot be ignored, like events in Mexico were. We hope the unfortunate aggregation of big issues will not lead to any vastly more un- fortunate neglect of problonis that urgently need solving.

Superstitions.

These are anxious days for the superstitious, whose name in Hongkong would appear to be legion. As we recorded yester day, there are lots of Chinese of the ignorant class who are going about full of forebodings for the future. They predict all manner at of calentitles in the near future, Lincluding the complete disap-

of China....

which to conimit the assault.

A remand was given until Wed- nesday next.

ANTI-CHIT LAW.

owing to the illness of Mr. Allman, the artist. In place of it we gro The Chinese Chamber of Com running Salesian Sam during merce was invited to join in these representations to the the interim.

Government and in a letter dated 18th July, 1922, the Secretary of At to-morrow's meeting of the the Chinese Chamber wrote: “I Legislative Council the war am to state that this Chamber Memorial Nursing Home Ordi-gives it whole-hearted support to nance and the Bill to prevent the efforts being made by your Repeal to be Asked For. fraudulent transfers of businesses Chamber with a view to supress- are to be road a first time. Other ing the evil”: In a further letter Bills from the last meeting will addressed to the Colonial Beerat-Legislative Council, a resolution „At to-morrow's meeting of the

also come up. ·

ary on the 20th July 1922 the will be proposed for the repeal of Chinese Chamber expressed the the law which makes the signing opinion that "legislation in some of chits in hotels illegal excopting. form would appear to be not only to residents. desirable but even necessary to

A DISAPPOINTED PURCHASER:

Novel Rents Ordinance Conundrum.

would not have been entered into,

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

Hongkong. 20th July, 1923.

ENCOUNTERS TYPHOON.

The "Hwah Hsin's” Experience.

the

The s.. Hwah Hsin on hor last trip from Saigon to Swatow With further reference to your with 320 passengers ran into a

HONGKONG'S NEW BATTALION.

control the growing practice of The motion will be made by the transferring the goodwill and Hot Mr. H. E. Pollock in the assots of Chinese business to new following terms That concerns without transferring opinion of the Members of this their liabilities.

Council, it is desirable that section - HARRISON.-On July 17,

3 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1917, A draft Bill was then drawn up should be repealed." Bradford, England, G. F. Harrison of Shanghai, son of Feven heard of cases in which Ordinance tangle came before Sub-Committee

pearance of Hongkong! We have

Another interesting Rents by the General Chamber's Legal and further D. Harrison, after brief illness.

Chinese employees of firms have Mr. Justice Gompertz in the negotations lod, at length, to the BEESLEY-On August 30, at told their employers that they Summary Court, this morning. formulation of à Bill on the Kuling. Layinia, eldest daughter will not be on duty on a certain of Mr. and Mrs. Beesley, of date, because dire Happenings are chants signed an agreement to were unanimous...

In February, 1922, some mer-terms of which both Chambers then due to take placo-as if their

The following correspondence JEFFREY In New York on absence from office would make purchase a house in Wing Lok 3rd. September, J. A. Jeffrey, any difference, anyhow. Recent Street.. The sale was completed has recently passed

in June the same year. One of Agent, Hongkong and Shanghai happenings have, of course, Banking Corporation, New York, helped to swell the ranks of the the terms in the agreement was superstitious. The big typhoon that the vendor should remain in here a few weeks ago, and now possession until July this year. Siz the terrible happenings in Japan, at a monthly rental of $280, when the buyers should get have struck something like fear possession. But when the buyer's letter No. 3550/1922 of 17th typhoon 150 miles from Hong- into the hearts of the poorer class wished to get possession they November. 1922, and previous kong. The barometer road 28.60 Chinese, and amongst the women- folk in particular there is a dis- found the ground floor occupied correspondence on the subject of After a terrible experience, the position to believe anything and by a Chinese bank, who entered the alleged fraudulent transfors ship and pasaerigers arrived everything they are told. We into possession, it was stated, in of Chinese businesses, i have the safely ar Swatow, and demons

honour to state that very careful arated their appreciation of the can write all this down to September, 1922, -as sub-tenants consideration has ben given to clover seamanship of the Master, ignorance and gullibility, for it of the vendor.

the criticisms of the Chamber's Capt. Freyman, by presenting is, of course, absurd to think)

Mr. M. M. Watson, on behalf of proposals by the Hon. Attorney him with a large silk flag in- One could go through the news-that anyone can foretell future the buyers, claimed possession of General, who has since rendered scribed in Chinese "Fame known those premises. His case was great assistanco to the Legal Sub-overywhere. Presented by the paper files for more than fifty events..

that had the clause for possession Committes of the Chamber in community of Chinese traders." years back and find few instances

not been inserted in the agree drafting a Bill to meet the evile of such coincident excitement for "Unlucky" Year.

ment the agreement for purchase complained of. theading public as during the

The draft Bill has been sub-| All the same, Chinese freely The vendor was not now in last few days. Just when the stated when their year commen-possession (he was in Canton, mitted to the Chinese Chamber of Graeco-Italian crisis was setting ced in February last that it would Mr. Watson mentioned), but the Commerce, and, in order to secure all the world agog, came the be an "unlucky" one. They cited buyers had not gained possession unanimity on a question on which a number of reasons for this.of the premises. There were

legislation appeara urgently first nows of the stupendous dis-One was that the year did not tenants all over the house. Some necessary, various amendments aster in Japan. Yet, the average include a-Spring of Day Festival may have been there when the suggested by the Chinese Chamber It is now notified by Military Headquarters that the s.. Derby- person to-day has grown so used in the almanack Another was agreement was signed, but the have been incorporated.

I enclose a copy of the draft Surreys to take the place of the shire (bringing the 1st. East to big Press headings and black-that the New Year's Day came on Bank. (the defendants) entered

what they call a "split" day. "A into possession afterwards

Bill in ita final form My Com-End. King's at. Hongkong) will letter sammaries of important further fact commented upon was His Honour asked Mr. Waston mittee hopes that the Govern arrive here about, November 23rd. news, that such things are almost that the year was the last in a what he considered to be the ment will see its way to the early The ship is due to leave Port taken for granted. Four years which is made up by the charac

cycle of sixty years, the name of meaning of the word "possession." introduction of legislation on Sudan on November 2nd., touch of this excitement, during the ters in two groups which are used

Mr. Watson-It means "actual these lines, in order that grave at Colombo on November 15th. abuses, of commercial practice and reach Hongkong on Novem late war, have ested the public. in rotation, these going to make possession. It is interesting to recall how up all the names of the sixty Continuing, Mr. Watson held and morality may be checked.

years which complete the cycle, that it was within the vendor's

I have the honour to be, much used to be made of news In this present year, the two end power to have given them posses.

Sir, items before those fatal days in characters of each group come sion of the ground floor, posses

Your obedient servant, 1914 when "extras" ran off the together, and that fact was taken sion of which they sought to

(Sd.) D. K. BLAIR,)

Secretary. presses too laggard to satisfy the by some to indicate that the year recover. He submitted that had

The Hon. would represent "the end of all the vendor remained in posses demand. The recent death of the things." Well, there certainly sion he, Mr. Watson, could have The Mexican bandit leader, Villa, re- has been enough in the way of obtained an order against him. this The buyers wanted, the premises minds us that he was never asked unfortunate

year, and we still have many to start a business. They had to account for his part in the months to go. But these predic-paid $41,000 for something which murder of an Englishman who tions of great disaster do not they had not received. Undori was travelling through brigand-cause us any loss of sleep. We're the agreement. which they had infested -Mexico. Yet, at the alive to-day rand that's some-signed they were entitled to

not posed legislation to deal with I have to acknowledge with. time, what a stir there was! It thing. There is no need to be possession. They would

have signed without that clause.alleged fraudulent transfers of anxious regarding the morrow. bade fair to become an inter- national incident, vengeance WAN demanded, Great Britain should show those Mexican cut-throate that such things required speedy reparation, and stark justice

OCCUTTER COS

WATER POLO.

King's "A" v. L.B.C..

Colonial Secretary:

Hongkong.

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce,

ber 23rd. sailing with the 2nd King's on November 27th. for Bombay, being due to arrive at the Indian port on December 10th. The Derbyshire will leave Bombay on December 18th. reach Port Said on December 29th... leave there two days later, and is due at Southampton on January. 10th:

Chinese Chanibor of Commerce,. Hongkong, 23rd July, 1923,

Hongkong, 25th July, 1923. Dear Sir, Respecting the pro-Dear Sir,

Not having possession, the pre-businesses, the suggested amend thanks your letter of 23rd, instant mises were naturally worth much ments which accompanied your bill, amended in accordance with enclosing copy of proposed draft less. Under common law, Mr. letter of the 26th April have now this Chamber's suggestions, re- Watson went on, the deter-boon thoroughly considered by mination of the tenancy, as re- this Chamber and its Legal Sub-ating to fraudulent transfers of

businesses. gards the landlord, was the de-committee.

I am directed to thank your termination of the sub-tenancies. In order to secure unanimity Chamber for meeting this Cham- The defendants did not become amongst all sections of the bar in the matter of the amend- should be meted out to the guilty!! An even game was witnessed statutory tenants of the landlord business community in support of monts, and to assure your Chant- One very influential journal, soon last night between these two under the statue, and he contend the measure, this Chamber has ber that this Chamber will gladly afterwards, in the forefront of teams, the King's "A" eventually ed that the buyers (the plaintiffs) accepted all the suggested amend co-operate with your Chamber.

entitled to those, that denounced the Hun merging winners by three goals were

recoverments, though in some cases the with the view to securing the to nil There was no scoring in possession.

original form of the draft. Bill passage of the Bill to this ordin and all his works, even went so the first half, but in the second Mr. M. K. Lo appearing for the was preferred.

ance of the Colony. far as to declare that it was a Paul and Profitt (2) scored for the defendants (the Bank), submitted

It is hoped that both Chambers King's. pity Villa" had not murdered a

I am, dear Sir, that the only reasons Mr. Watson could give the Court for wanting on this question until the proposed may continue in full co-operation

Yours faithfull, to turn the defendants out was Bill finds a place among the

(84) IP LAM CHEUN

Secretary Ordinances of the Colony,

German, and suggested that] V.R.C. "A" v. V.R.C. "B". the Monroe doctrine should

The "A" team was all over the the possession clause in the agres go by the board, and a Prussian"B" and scored five goals in the ment. Mr. Le pointed out that army corps.

be sent to Mexico to first half and seven in the second at the time the agreement wa put her house in order Oh the Lyon (5) Buschaert (5) and signed the vendor was not the Stewart (2). The B team tenant. Whatever notice to quit humour of it. Soon afterwards

managed to put through one goal was given was not given by a the Great War broke out, and in each half, Haroon scoring both tenant at that time. Villa and his peccadilioos were The "A" team therefore won by The case was not concluded:

112 to 2.

when we wont to pross.. forgotten,

1 am, dear Sir.

ypurs faithfully, (Sd.) D. E. BLAIR,

Secretary,

The Secretary,

Hongkong General Chainber

of Commerco,

It may be mentioned that the Attorney General (whose assist ance during the time that the sub- ject was under consideration was hrvaluable to the Chamber) hasad- opted the draft Bill in its entirety as the measure to be brought bofore the Council to-morrow,