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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

CHATER MEMORIAL.

APPEAL TO PUBLIC OF

HONGKONG...

For the purpose of founding three scholarships at the Univer sity of Hongkong in memory of the late Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., the following appeal to the public of Hongkong has just been circulat- ed:.

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1928.

R. Chater, will be universally re- SENSATION IN COURT. tion was that the arrest of the garded a having been of great| and lasting beneft to the cont munity.

He used the fortune, which the Praya Reclamation and develop. ment of the new ares brought to him, to faster building, and other enterprise in West Point and North Point, Hongkong, and Mong Kok Taui, Kowloon.

Foresight and Courage,

plaintiff was illegal and that hei was entitled to go home.

PLAINTIFF ARRESTED FOR Mr. Justice Jacks remarked that

DEET.

A sensation was caused in the Summary Court yesterday after noon before Mr. Justice Jacks,

when it became known that as Tang Long-hin was leaving the Courts of Justice a few minutes after one o'clock yesterday, at cimn time, having been engaged in

perhaps the plaintiff was' arrest- ed because it was thought the pro- sent caso had been finished."

Mr. Russ: Ha is still entitled to go home

His Lordship: I am not sure, how long that privilege lasts,

"Awful" Contempt.

Mr. Russ said he was quite sure

HOT WEATHER PERILS AND TIDE BADY

The hot months of the year are

As a result of these enterprires, All sections of the public and of the business community of Hong the whole community, Chinese and kong are invited to subscribe to a European alike, has greatly benen Summary Court case in which be that the plaintiff was entitled to fund, for commemorating the late sted. High as rante are in Hong-was the plaintiff, he was arrested go straight from his home, to the

kong, they would have been fu- by a balliff in respect of an un-courts and back again but he was the most dangerous to Infanta and

judgment obtained not entitled to "wander. round, Sir Paul Chater.

because as soon as he does that little children. Cholera fafantum, It is proposed that the memorial concelvably higher, or the develop satisfied

Mr. C. A. S. Russ, who re- ho loses his privilege." It would diarrhoea, dysontory, and attacks shall take the form of "Chaterment of the place would have been against him in another case.

seriously impeded, if it had_not Memorial Scholarships" at the been for Sir Paul Chater's fere presented Tang, made a spirited be an "unreasonable deviation" of fever come en so quickly that University of Hongkong.

custody in one of your Lordship's almost before the parents realize word "Memorial" is suggested in aight and courage in leading the protest against what he described from his path. "He is now in the little one may be beyond aid the title, beruse there are other way towards, overcoming the great as a wrongful arrest.

courts. He had not only been illes he is ill scholarships at the University natural obstacles to the Colony's

progress.

gally arrested but also kept in which were founded by Sir Paul ja

is awful contempt of court."! .. one of his Lordship's courts which

hia lifetime.

His Lordship said that if he

The

If the requisite funds--cottmat ed at $50,000-are available, three Scholarships would be established. These would be open to competi- tion, without distinction of sex or race, by the children of parents domiciled in Hongkong, provided that such parents are unable, with out the aid of a scholarship, to aend their children to the Un- versity.

The reasons why the Colony-in Justice equally to itself as to Sir Paul Chater should commemorata

Sir Paul Chater was also one of the first advocates of the Praya East Reclamation, now approach

completion, by which the area Wanchal ill be more than doubled, and congestion there will shortly be rellevad.

No other medicing is of such ald to mothers during the hot season as Baby's Own Tablets, for they quickly reduce fever,

BABY'S OWN TABLETS

When the case was resumed in the afternoon Mr. Russ said that when the plaintiff was leaving the court at tilin time and was going to Mr. Russ's office for evidence to be taken, the plaintiff was ar-made an order for the plaintiff'e re rosted on a charge of civil debe lease it would not make a very in an other action. He had been material difference. He would re- in custody ever since. "My sub-main in court under the eye of the bailiff but technically ho would be

He would, however, bo correct constipation, gently cleanse Also, as a member of the Econo-mission is, for which I have a mic Resources Committee, Sir Paul good deal of authority, that a wit-free.

colic and vomiting, check put forward various valuable ideas neas coming to or returning from liable to be followed, directly to the stomach and intestines, stop diarrhoea, assist teething, CARO for the future expansion of the the court is absolutely exempt fase was over, and re-arrested as 'Colony and its resources.

from arrest for any civil purposes. soon as he arrived home. Cannot Re-Arrest.

croup, and colds. He would not be exempt from ar- rest for contempt of court or a criminal offence, but for the mere

Sir Paul sat on the Legislative Council as representative of the Justices of the Peace from 1886

11

Mr. Russ replied that he wAS

Parents can administer Baby's

a remarkable career; which extend-| till 1905, and was a member of the enforcement of a civil debt it is not so sure about that, "I don't own Tablets to their little ones. ed over the space of two genera- Executive Council from 1896 till absolutely illegal.. 1 nm asking for think they can arrest him again, with perfect confidence, for they,

men

the time of his death, being thus his immediate discharge from the senior Unofficial Member of custody."

Mr. Russ then proceeded to that Council. As Chairman of the two Committees, Sir Paul organis-quote from the "White Book" and ed the local celebrations of both other authorities to support his the 1887 and 1897 Jubilees of Her contention. During these quota- late Majesty Queen Victoria, and tions Mr. Russ said that a bailiff received the honour of the C.M.G. was required to ask the defendant in the latter year. He was made to point out his property and the a Knight Bachelor in 1902, and re- ballif was not required to make Colony at the an arrest if the debtor could point It was obviously presented the Coronations of both the last Sove-out property. reign and the present King. The quite impossible for a, man, going French Government awarded him to or coming from the court, es- the Legion of Honour in recogni-pecially when he had to be in court "The tion of his services in opening up at a certain time, to point out his

property to the bailiff. coal mines in Tunkin.

whole procedure is absolutely wrong and the plaintiff is entitled to immediate release."

tions, are too well known to re- quire statement at great length. Hongkong had not been establish- ed much more than twenty years when in 1864, as Mr. Paul Chater, he came here from Calcutta at the age of 18; thus the man and the Colony may be said to have grown up together. The then young Colony required the devoted ser- vice of

with

imagina tion, foresight fund courage and in him her need was ad- mirably met. As a bill and bullion broker he first laid the foundations of a fortune which he constantly devoted to the development and welfare of the Colony which he

A Generous Benefactor, had made his home. Realization. of the needs and possibilities of

Sir Paul was a generous bene Hongkong as a world port led him factor of the Colony he loved so to undertake, at first alngle-hand- well. The University of Hong ed, and later in conjunction with kong, in which students principally Messra. Jardine, Matheson and of Chinese race are being educated, Co., the installation and conduct received from Sir Paul Chater a of a whart and godown business benefaction of $250,000; it is es

the Dealing further with the point which is now owned by the Hong-timated that he gave to

of Hongkong sume Mr. Russ said that a debtor was kong and Kowloon Wharf and Churches

amounting in the aggregate to entitled to go from his house and Godown Co., Ltd.

$475,000. Other bencfactions to return to his house. given during his lifetime were: allowed a reasonable time,

His Lordship asked Mr. Russ for Endowment Fund for Ex-Active Service Men, $50,000; Endowment authority at to that, supposing not go back Fund for the Missions to Seamen, the debtor did

Masonic Benevolents to his house but wont somewhere $50,000; Fund, $50,000; War Memorial else, what would happen in that Nursing Home, $25,000.

The Praya Reclamation, Observing how greatly the pre- cipitous configuration of the island and narrow foreshore, hampered Ifongkong's development and in- creased the pressure upon accom- modation, and consequently the cost of living and of conducting all business undertakings, Sir Paul conceived the echeme of the 1889- 1897 Praya Reclamation by which, ultimately, a strip of land nearly two miles long and 66 acres in extent was added to the city's

central and western area.

In a report to the Home Gov- erament dated 31st October, 1883, Sir William Des Veux, the then Governor, wrote:

In his will Sir Paul bequeathed to the Colony, subject to his widow's life interest therein, his residence, Marble Hall, valued for probate at $600,000; the collection of porcelain and pottery on which he placed a high value and which represented in its assembly the work of a lifetime; and also his historical series of pictures of Hongkong from its earliest days.

As H. E. the Governor said, in "Though it is hoped that the the Legislative Council, at the Public Treasury will gain largely time of Sir Paul's death, "He has by the work (1) from the differ- bequeathed to Hongkong develop ence between the cost of reclama- ment schemes of great magnitude, tion and the value of such reclaim many already completed but some ed. land as will belong to the on their way to completion, Crown, (2) from the building sites schemes which have changed the which will be rendered availabie face of the land, which have vast- at the west end of the town by the ly increased the prosperity of the removal of earth required for the Colony and which will inure to the reclamation, and (3) in rents and comfort aud contentment of pre- rates from the Jarge area added sent and future generations of its to the town, the principal objects inhabitants. While Hongkong and of the scheme were (1) to afford Kowloon endure, so long will his an opening for relief from the pre-work remain as his imperishable sent over-crowding of the popula- memorial."

tion, (2) to bring the front of the It is believed that all sections town in immediate juxtaposition of the Community for which he ac- with deep water in the place of the hieved so much will desire to mark present silted-up foreshore which their appreciation of Sir Paul in often extremely noxious, and Chater's services by subscribing to (3) to improve the appearance and the proposed scholarships, for the increase the mercantile 2311-founding and maintenance of venience of the town front by the which the collection of a sum of provision of better buildings and $50,000, as above stated, is being of a wider Praya, more adapted to afmed at. the wants of a vast and growing commerce.

"The carrying out of this great scheme, which is due to the ini- tiative of the Honourable Ar. C.

SALESMAN ŞAM

IFTER SAM BOUGHT A WAREHOUSE |FULL OF HAY, BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAD- AND THEN COULDN'T SELLIT, GUZL |DEMAJIDED "THAT

HE AND SOME

¡WAY TO DISPOSE JOF IT IN OROERİ

TO SAVE WARE-

| HOUSE RENT

THAT'S WHY: SAM BOUGHT

A Horse

The Committee,

The Committee responsible for this appeal consists of Mr. B. D. F. Beith (Chairman since the depar-

(I'LL ADMIT TH’NAG YOU BOUGHT HAS [HELPED US OUT WITH DELIVERIES, SAM-} BUT IT'LL TAKE HIM A HUNDRED YEARS TA EAT UP ALL OUR HAY- AND, IN THE MEANTIME,TH' WAREHOUSE RENT GOES

ON AN ON

HOLO ON, GUZZ! GOT. GOOD NEWS!

I JUST SOLD ALL TH' HAY TO A GUY „WHO'S GOIN', INJ_"THE" MATTRESS

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WHAT? YA SOLD ALL OF IT

His Lordship: Who arrested. him? Is the bailiff here?

Mr. Russ: The bailiff who would arrest him is Mr. Castilho..

Debtor's Rights.

case?

He was

I think they have taken a step

which is wrong and they are doom are guaranteed free from narcotics ed. They cannot arrest a man or other injurious drugs, and ab-. twice for the same thing. They solutely safe even for the youngest have chosen to wrongfully arrest or most delicate infant in arms. the man and I don't think he on Chemists everywhere sell them, or be re-arrested." That point, how post free,, 60 cents the vial, from ever, would come up tater, added the Dr. Williams' Medicina Co., 60,

"If he is wrongfully re-arrested," Kiangae Road, Shanghai. Mr. Russ.. said Mr. Russ, "wo shall, of course, claim very heavy damages as they are doing it with their eyes open. If people like to arrest a man wrongfully, then it is only right think a sympathetic jury migit that they should suffer for it. I give any amount, of damages f they choose to re-arrest. him`and they are wrong."

In reply to his Lordship Mr. Rusa said that the plaintiff was ar. rested. immediately he left the court at tiffin time and had been in custody ever since, about two hours. "I don't know whether he has had anything, to eat." Russ added that he knew he was taking n' technical point but he thought it was a right point.

Mr.

Why Arrest was Mode. Mr. Castilho, bailiff, replying to his Lordship, said that he was ordered to arrest the plaintiff by plaintiff in the other action. Messra. Brutton's clerk and the

Mr.. Russ remarked that if that plaintiff liked to tell the bailif to arrest people wrongfully he took the risk.

Mr. Rusa replied in that cass the debtor would lose his privilege if the court thought he was going out

His Lordship intimated that he of his way to evade arrest.. Liven if the debtor kept on walking back- had better hear what Messrs, Hall Brutton had to say before he wards and forwards 8 hard as he could go he could not, be armade an order for the release of

the plaintiff. rested.

tion.

PIANOS.

MUSIC.

GRAMOPHONES.

RECORDS.

and all kinds of

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

His Lordship: If I make an

Mr. Russ and Mr. 1o. then ad- order for his release now he may go to Canton and avoid his obliga-dressed his Lordship on their re spective cases, after which his Lordship gave judgment for the plaintiff on the claim, iess $50 aet- off, costs up to the time of the ape, plication for the re-hearing of the costs since the application to the case to go to the plaintiff, and defendant.

Mr. Russ said that there was no evidence that the plaintiff was going to do auch a thing. In fact he was anxious to get judgment for the money claimed in the pre-

sent action.

His Lordship: If he gets this judgment he may be arrested im mediately afterwards.

Mr. Ruse replied that that was possible, but his present appifca-

Mr. Russ applied for the costs to be taken from the claim, saying that he was compelled to make the application in view of other ac tions pending against the plaintiff, He thought that Mr. Lo would join with him in the application. Mr. Lo agreed and the applica tlon was granted,

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The court then. awaited the ar wall, C.M.G., Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, Hon. Mr. J. Cven Hughes, Sir rival of the sollettor responsible Robert Ho Tung, Mr. J. P. Braga,

plaintiff, but after about ten Mr. A. H. Compton, Mr. C. 8 for ordering the arrest of the Gubbay, Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, Mr. minutes had elapsed, and no one Li Yau-taun and Mr. H. P. White. appeared, his Lordship Badd that Mr. C. 1. Cookes, c/o The Hong- he agreed with Mr. Russ that a poration, is Honorary Treasurer court for the purposes of a case kong and Shanghal Banking Cor person moving in and out of the and all subscriptions should be should be immune from arrest. Resiss, Masey & Co., Ltd. plaintiff and instructed the bit

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