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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,

1938.

Personalities of Old Hongkong

CHIEF JUSTICE WHO FOUGHT THE "THREE EVILS" OF OLD HONGKONG

15 YEARS ON BENCH

MADE HIM

IRASCIBLE OLD MAN

By T. Paul Gregory

WHO MADE OUR COLONY HIS HOME FROM THE SIXTIES TO THE EARLY EIGHTIES OF LAST CENTURY WAS SIR JOHN JACKSON SMALE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

AN INTERESTING PERSONALITY

JUDGE SMALE WAS A MAN WHOSE CON- TRIBUTIONS TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND ORDER WERE UNDENIABLY GREAT, BUT

IS WHO

BETTER KNOWN ONE, TOO, POSTERITY ON ACCOUNT OF HIS ECCENTRI- CITIES.

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HE WAS WHAT OUR GENERATION WOULD CALL A "CARD" AND HAD MACAULAY BEEN A RESIDENT OF HONGKONG FIFTY YEARS AGO, HE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE DONE FOR JUDGE SMALE WHAT HE DID FOR DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON WHOSE IDIOSYNCRASIES WERE RECORDED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD HAVE DELIGHTED READERS OF OUR BLASE AND THRILL-SEEKING *ERA.

SIR JOHN SMALE

......

Western

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Band of Royal Welch Fusiliers

ETTORE PELLEGATTI

Radio Programme. Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of B15 .c.'s. 19.32 m.c's. per second.

3

KT.

12.00-12.20 p.in. Relay of Service St. John's from of Intercession

Cathedral.

12.30 Songs by Jeannelie Mac- Donald (Soprano).

The Merry Widow

Waltz (lm

"The Merry Widow'); Vilin (film The Merry Widow'); Ahi Sweet Mystery Of Life (from Naughty Marietta')..

.with Nelson Eddy (Baritone).

12.40 Jack Hylton and His Or- chestra.

Drinking Songs

(arr. Williams); Moon Or No Moon-Fox-Trot (Alm Gangway'): Gangway (from the lm-Fox-trot; At The Balatulien-- Fux-Trol (from 'Balalaika'}; Delyse --Woltz,

1.00 Local Tirse Signal and Wen- ther Report.

1.03 The Ballyhooligans and The Hill Blilies.

Nobody's Sweetheart -Fox-Trot: Whispering-Fox-Trot...The Bally- (Ted hooligans; Yodelling Hobo

Blilies; and Ezra.The

Favourites, No. 3 Favourite

The Bally-

Fox-Trot Medley Gold In Dem hooligans: Thar's

Headin' Home (ilm Here Comes the Band...The Hill Billies; The Ballyhooligans Make Whoopee--Fox- Medley....The Bailyhooligans. 1.30 Reuter

Ruby Press; Announce- Weather Forecast and

Sir John Jackson Smule was, tion of these unfortunate victims-- born in England in the year the Po Leung Kuk, 1806, and died at his residence It is also to Judge Smale that we coulies who realised too late how they activities was treater than the sti-Thur Hills (Connor and Lisbona)... in Sussex-place, Regent's Park, owe the genesis of the mut-trail had been tricked by these fiends who perd attached to the governmental August 13, 1881. He was edu-legislation intended to ameliorate the, profited from the sale of human flesh. post.

lot of the pei-uul, or so-called "slave At length, in 1874, the

In Sir John Smale's cuse it must cated at Manchester College," in our

Judge Powers finally moved to outlaw this have Colony, The

been bandsomely remunern- Armly upposed to

shameful traffic. Great credit for York and, in 1828, entered as was

slavery

to the live: for he was the legal adviser of world its final abolition was die form, and the student of the Inner Temple.

the entire Parsee community, and we may well render its gratitude to him efforts of Sir John Smale, who, for his ceaseless efforts in suppressing single-handed, had been fighting the can glean, an inkling of how highly

he was regarded from the presenta the infamous coolie trade which is invidious trade from the Bench for ton of a costly service of plate which such an unfortunate interlude in the years-freeing any kidnapped coolles relationship of the so-called "Chris- who had managed to escape from the We have referred to above. tian" nations of the West with those ships in transit to the American of the East.

His legal studies procured for him the privilege of acting as a soliciter and he was admitted as a draughtsman below the Bar until the Easter term in 1842, when he was called to the Bar

cery.

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Lest readers do not comprehend |

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1.10 Variety. Orchestra-Espana-Waltz (Wald- (Willy teufel); Castanet-Waltz

mont-British Symphony.

2.15 Close Down.

0.00-7.00 Chinese Programme. 7.00 Dance Music.. Fax-Trot-Silvery

And

Moon Sands: Quick-Step You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming.... Henry Jacques and His Correct The local Press of that day seized nance Tempo Orchestru; Tangos-Se upon the occasions with grateful Lo Llevaron; La Punalada.....Or olacrity and we have many accounts questa Tipica Francisco Canaro; Fox- of Sir John's unreasonable outbursts Trot-Manhattan Holiday ....Jack of splenette censure upon those who Harris and His Orchestra,

7.15 he displeased him. One of the most

London Relay-Take Your

Von Ceczy Richariz)....Barnabas SENILITY SETS IN

und His Orchestra: Vocal-Whispers

Dark In The

(lm Artists and During the last year of Sir Jolu's Models'); 1 Wil Pray (Nichols).*** His judgments on this subject were stay in the Colony he became some-

(Soprano): Pinno Frances Day petulant Hir

Fox-Trot; Day Mine Alone-Slow by the Honourable Society of the what is meant, let me hasten to ex-us momentous locally as that of the what irascible and

.Gerry Inner Temple, and commenced plain that from the fifties to the car famous "Dred Scott" decision in the eccentric conduct was not confined to in--Day Oul-Quickstep to practice in the Court of Chan-ventie of thee by unscrupulous resulted in the emancipation tram has home life, but was openly mini-Moore: Vocal-In Your Eyes I Can (Niederberger-Ilei- fortunes were made by from fested in Court and soon attained the Read Romance individuals in the supplying of ronage of scores of unwilling vieneme of tudricousness. Tha Supreme, I am Yours Alone (Wilczinski

Court became crowded with specta-van Chinese labour for the guano pits of time.

Aaken).....Joseph Schmidt From 1840 to 1817 he was a re

Peru, and the sugar Courts of the Vice-

plantations of

Judge Smule was always very torsome day but in the actions tion. Louis Levy and His Gau- interested of course in the (Tenor); Orchestra-Firefly Selec- porter in the Chancellors Knights-Bruce, Parker Cuba.

highly regarded by the non European of the Chief Justice. and Stuart-a trio of eminent Eng-

This trade was carried on at Macao community and on April, 1866, when the curly Victorian Fish Jurists of

to a certain extent, here in he went home on twelve months' Sir John became the buffoon of

leave the Parsee community got up the moment and his sessions period,

In 1860, Judge Smale was appoint Hongkong Heartless crimps were

into the Chinese villages of an address and testinontal

filled with those who wanted Attorney-General for Hongkong Kwangtung to inveigle the simple sent to him, and as a further ex-witness the spectacle of a Chief and in 1866 he was raised to the country-folk into the idea of going pression of their regard, joined with Justice hauling some of his sub- Gulden dignity of the Chief Justice of the abroad with the specious lure that the Moslem merchants in subseribing ordinates over the coals". Supreme Court upon the decease of vast fortunes could be wrested from the sum of $1,500 to be expended on

In his predecessor. Judge Adams.

labour there

incredibly magnificent service of silver plate of short time. 1874, he received the honour

and a set of Canton Chinaware. Knighthol by patent from - Queen With such ball thousands were

Str Jolin was delighted at the Jured to Macao and Indured to sell Sir John J. Smale arrived in Hong-themselves into servitude for varying splendid presents (the duty on which

£70,) and order to pay for their alone amounted to kong on Monday, April 22, 1801, by

periods in

elusive letler the F. and O. steamer Columblan.passage. The conditions of recruiting replied in an

of disgusting of these seenes was when Choice-Presented by William Mac-

apparently | Lurg. He was accompanied by his clerks and the barbarous treatment and thanks, Those who may wonder at the petulant old

Re-

introduction - The Orchestra; Mr. George Proctor, and was stated nameless, indignities which these poor the reason for such lavish gifts, may took a sudden dislike to the to take the place of Mr. Adams, the deluded victims endured became be reminded that, at that time. Court gistrar, M. Henry Frederick Gib-Under City Lights': A brief glimpse retleing Chief Justice of the Supreme notorious.

officials in the Colony were quite | Bons, a young man who had justin soug at a London Cabaret; Tales Court. Until that worthy departed

this period ethically permitted to carry on come out from England. Sir John of Ben Bigg No. 6: A series of Com- John served ns were filled with lurid wecounts of private practice of law in addition went out of his way to openly mercial Rumours written by Lauri the kidnappings, seductions and to their offelal duties. Quite often humillate this official in open Court, Wylie; The Bangalorey Man': Wan- On June 14, he was further ap-wholesale massacres of disaffected the income from such extra-official and Gibbons, being apparently a nanderings in song and melody: The resented being Spinner nt Death' Episode 6:-The pointed a member of the Legislative

of spirit, naturally taken to task and "sussed back". Houseboat on the Broads: 'Yours Counell, his appointment being con-

Sincerely The Orchestra.

7.45 The local press said of Sir John on one occasion: "In the Criminal Court he (Sir John) has shown him- self lecturer of the first water; It: Is to be hoped that for yesterday I performance he will call himself to task and rate himself as he so well knows how to rate others."

Victoria,

for home,

Sir

Attorney-General.

firmed by notification ont

10 of the following year.

Junuary

STICKLER FOR FORM

The newspapers of

:

Greed

A Man, Ages

Fear A Woman

DOCTOR

FLAYS GLUTTONS

IN GET-FAT FIFTIES

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On Sir John's first appearance as Attorney-General he proved that he was going to be a stickler for the forms and customs observed in the Courts at home, which, if we are to believe contemporary accounts, were Tot as yet established here, He created a stir from the very first; for he appeared in Court arrayed in the customary horse-hair wig of an Eng- Ish jurist. "Wigs were now men- tioned in the records for the first time." says a contemporary account, and even the Chief Justice (Judge IF

[F a man reaches 50 without learning to keep fit he must Adams) was "in favour of their be

be a fool, declared Dr. Leonard Williams, 76 years ing worn and the Court being held with tho ceremony and solemnity old, and author of books on the art of living and obesity, nttendant upon an English tribunal,"

During his long sojourn of over at a luncheon in London. twenty-two years in the Colony. fifteen of which were spent on the Dench-Sir John Smale delivered decisions on thousands of enses, and

was especially concerned with what

"And he is usually the kind of fool who is bald-headed and pot-bellied." Dr. Williams added bluntly, "Elbulous,

deserves all he gluttonous, smoke-sucking braxt, who

gets

and more, of gout, high blood pressure, eczema and arthritis, te even deserves a nagging wife!"

in

TRUY

London Relay A Theme and A Song' This week: Whistling

Songs,

The Boy. The Girl, and the Trlo with Josef Marais and His Band. The

William Programme presented by

MacLurg.

7.55 Dance Record, Waltz-Sympathy (lm 'Firefly!) EXHIBITIONS OF ILL-TEMPER

....Roy Fox and His Orchestra. 11- these exhibitions of

9.00 Locni Time Signal, Weather "Ind

been private." states Report and Announcements. temper Norton-Kyshe in his "History of the 8.03 Studio Albert A. Barton Laws and Courts of Hongkong," "they (Barlione) accompanied by Nura might well have been passed over in Kanis (Piano), silence, but when, as in the present 1. The Gay Highway (Frederiek instance, they emanated from the Drummand); 2. There is a Ladye highest judicial seat in the Colony (Winifred Bury): 3.0 Flower Divine and (Haydn Wood); 4. I travel the Rond fram whence wisdom, justice.

it became, us (Pat Thayer); 5. Tally Ho! (Franco dignity should flow. very properly remarked, a matter for Leonl): 0. Bless the Children (Ed- public indignation, and compassion ward Nichol).

Eltore Studio Recital by pity for the man, and dija and

Pellegati ('Cello) accompanied by approval of the Judge."

Lindsay A. Lafford (Piano),

Sonata in A Major (Boccherini);

B Minor (Coltermana). Concerto is

9.00 Relay of the Band of 2nd Bu. The Royal Welch Fusiliers from the Peninsula Hotel. Farewell Concert.

11.00 Close Down.

On April 0, 1881, Sir John who had left previously resigned his office, for home on retirement. Before his

he termed the "three evils" of Hong- Dr. Williams was much less critical in 75 per cent. of the cases keng-oplum, brothels, and slavery. of the plump, middle-aged woman, glandular matter about which not departure, he was feted by his local Upon the first, it must be said that who, he said, was usually more de-enough is yet known,

there

were

BLAMELESS WOMAN

admirers, who had gathered to the number of 70 or 80 at St. Andrew's he did ute except venting openly serving of pity than of censure,

Hall to express their appreciation of his indignation at the system then in though

An a good many

the Colony. "In man, it is safe to say that his, his services to vogue of permitting the drug to be women of the affluent classes, who

private deserved all the abuse he had al- fatness is due to self-indulgence, In Address signed by 123 members of the community was read to the de- woman It is certainly not." dressed to the men.

parting jurist. It said in part;

Imported and denli in by Arme.

Upon the latter two, however, he did much reul service, and his ful- minations from the Bench did much to curb the flugrant evil of supplying the brothels of the Colony with un- willing victims recruited by every means of subtle arlißer from the hinterland of Chinn,

GENESIS OF PO LEUNG KUK

ilis concern for these "sisters and daughters of men" was genuine and through his recommendations a num-

ber of the public-minded citizens of the Colony got together and exteb- lished that Institution Intended for the work of rescue and re-habilita-

control.

under you must ever tilention. We;

And

He referred to "the paint-bediz- The first thing to remember about

"In looking back over the many ened, cacktajling.' bridge-playing | middle age was not to be frightened { midmorning female, amoking of it. Instead, one should learn to years of your laborious career there feel assured. shapeless Neander, who so often relax, to be philosophical and to keep is one muiler which we

with disfigured race meetings and the one's nervous system well

special pride and front row of the stalls." Fear, always a bad counsellor, was! "It is as necessary to be paralmo- allude to the attitude you have: middle-aged woman's worst enemy. nlous about food as it is essential to firmly maintained towards slavery in thu and women frightened themselven be prodigal with fresh air," remarked whatever form disguised,

nefarious trade In women and quile unnecessarily and prematurely Dr. Williams later.

"And when I say parsimonious 1 children, too often for the into looks and habits much older than their real years.

use the word as menning inteligently, nefarious of purposes, so long carried Obesity In a mhldlo-aged man. reasonably careful, and certainly nut on in the Colony. The fruition of In 90 per cent of the cases, in due as lending any sanction to the semi-your work is not yet complete, but to excomvo intake and insufficient starvation regime to which some girls the polley you have done so much output in the way of exercise and subject themselves for tour of de- to Inaugurate and enrry out will

bo otherwise," declared Dr. Williams, veloping their mothers' middle-age | never

cease to

honourably "In women, obesity at middle age' sprend,'"

associated with your name."

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