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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

16, 1938.

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Personalities of Old Hongkong

AN UPROAR IN "THIS TURBULENT & QUARRELSOME LITTLE ISLAND"

Attorney-General Who Set Whole Colony By Its Ears

By T. Paul Gregory

HONGKONG during the late 'fifties of the last century

was alluded to on more than one occasion as a

"turbulent and quarrelsome little island."

This criticism was at that time peculiarly appro- priate; for the Colony was a veritable hot-bed of strife, discontent, and sullen vituperation-sparing no one in its devastating and baleful thoroughness from the Governor to the occupant of the most minor post in official employ.

The cause of all this dissent could be laid at the doors of one individual-a man who was the Attorney-General of the Colony for nearly three years-until he was suspended from his office and requested to return home.

This was Thomas Chisliolm Anstey, whose brief and troubled career in the Colony fomented more ill-feeling than perhaps any other official. The cause of it all simmers down, it is sald, to his unfortunate habit of "rubbing people the wrong way.”

MR. T. ANSTEY

H. G. Wells, The Man Who Forgot

Mr. H. G. Wells has just learned with surprise that he has unwittingly carried

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Doreen Ma and George Lee

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LONDON RELAYS

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the letters "J.P" after his B.W. on wavelengths of 845 kc's. name for nearly 25 years.

6.00-7.00 Chinese Programme, 7.00 Dance Records. Fox-Trots-Accent On

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the Alm); Car Of Dreams

Following the Lord Chan- cellor's suggestion that magis from the film)....Jack Hylton and trates should retire when they tis Orchestra; Waltz-What A lenve fi district, Folkestone Night; Quick-Step-We're Friends and Its wondered whether it would lose Again....Victor Silvester

Rumba-Bus- the illustrious ramt of H. G.

Ballroom Orchestra: cando Millonaria; Tango El Adlos Wells from its list of J.P.s.

Del Boyere....Orquesta Tipica Ro- berta Firpo: Slow Fox-Trot-When Budapest Was Young....Joe Loss

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Your London Relay Take

Mr. Well, who now lives at and ls Orchestra.

7.20 Regent's Park, London, departure, it is said that the only pointed a Folkestone magistrale Intlond one who extended a hospitable hand. 1997. He left the town before 1014) to him was an American.

and has not sat on the Bench since.

"Mr. Wells 1s under the im- pression that he resigned as Folkestone magistrate years ago when he left the town." bis secretary said in Sunday Chroni- cic.

Thus departed the man who had stirred up more hornet nests and bud set off more Breworks than ony other of his time,

The most charitable observation of him that can be made is this quota- tlon from the local press at the time of his departure: "Far too capable,

IL

"If he finds he is still officially

to have his name removed."

A Workly Entertainment Feature Presented by William MacLurg; 'In- troduction' The Orchestra: 'Under City Lights': A brief glimpse In song ato London Cabaret; Tales of Ben | Bigg-7: A series of Commercial Ruinours, written by Laurl Wylic: in somit imu melody: The Spinner of The Bangalorey Man': Wanderings

Yours Sincerely'-The Orchestra.

7.55 Strauss, Immortal Strauss (A Medley of Strausa Wullzes)....Viennese Weltz Orchestra.

Thomas Chisholm Anstey was | General, Mr. Caldwell; the Chief too restless, too Indefatigable a man listed he will take immediate steps Death' Episode 7: 'Mr. Sitant Strikes' born in London in 1816 and died Justice. John Walter Hulme; the for a small Colony like this." in Bombay, on August 13, 1873. Colonial

He was the second son of Thomas Anstey, of Ansley-Barton, Van Die man's Land, (Tasmania), and won educated at Wellington, Somerset- shire and at the University College. London, where he embarked on the

study of law,

After his call to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1839, Anstey, who

Treasurer,

T Dr. W.

of Superintendent Bridges: the Pallee. Mr. Charles May; the Sheriff,; Mr. W. II. Mitchell, and many others.

the

SERIOUS CHARGES

The unimosity against the Gover- nor can be readily understood. The

Mr. Caldwell! Amputations against were of a different matter; for Attorney-General broupit 19 hud in the meantime become con- charges against him-accusations

10 Ramon

nature most scantiulous verted secured the post of professor of Law alleging that the Registrar General

not only il friend and Jurisprudence at the College of was

Catholicism, of

managed to put in a term in Parlia-

ment as the member for the borough of Youghal in Cork County, Ireland. APPOINTED TO HONGKONG

the

and

In

Gluttonous Life

The Get-Fat 50's

-By a doctor of 76

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.05 London Relay The Private Soldier-1.

A talk by Ian Hay,

8.20 Studio-Recital

Y. Leg (Vocal) (Piano).

and

by George

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COLUMBIA RECORDS LX550-Otello Duet Act 1

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Erl King. LX031-Concerto No. 1 in C

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LX470--Concertstuck in F Minor....

Doreen Ma

LX471-

1. The Moon Got In My Eyes.... Doreen Ma; 2. The First Time I Saw You....George Lee: 3. Harbour Lights

.George Lee; 4. Fablin' Myself Doreen MI; 5. More Power To You ....George Lee; 5.

Lee.

Dr. Leonard Williams, 76 years old, and author of St. Peter and St. Paui in Bath. In protector of pirates but that he was addition to his professorial duties, he also the owner of n brothel, and was books on the art of living and obesity, declared at a New heavily interested in the business of Health Club luncheon in London recently that if a man prostitution the Colony. None of These charges, it may be said, were had reached 50 without learning to keep fit he must be Whispers In The Dark ....George proved and the case naturally broke a fool.. down, but the resentment aroused by the hurling of such a monstrous series of foul secusations did not aid in taking Anstey muy more popular in a community which Was already seething with charges and counter- chargez

In October. 1055. upon recom- mendation of Sir William Moles worth, then Secretary of State for

Queen Victoria the Colonics, pointed Anstey Attorney-General for Hongkong and standing counsel for H. M. Plenipotentiary and Superin- tendent of Trade, the then Governor, Sir John Bowring.

Shortly after the confirmation of his appointment Ansley embarked for Hongkong by the P. and O. Steamer Cadiz and arrived in the

"And he is usually the kind of fool who is bald-headed and pot-bellied," Dr. Williams added blantly, "a blbulous, glut- tonous, smoke-sucking beast, who deserves all he gets and more. of gout, high blood pressure, eczema and arthritis. He even deserves a nagging wife!”

The rift with Chief Justice, Hulme arose out of the Attorney-General's

[According to Who's Who Dr. Williams is unmarried.] customary lack of tuct; for at a Government House. he

Dr. Willians was much less critical dinner at

Justice had

of the plump, middle-aged woman, stated that "the Chief

cewho, he said, was usually more de- exceeded the bounds of temperance."

of censure, The remark was, of course, resented serving of pity than by the individual standered, who, for

though there were a good many wo- offluent classes who

Colony on January 30, 1850. On the at age of hard drinkers, was ex-men of the following Bay he was gazetted to n tremely temperate, and Anstey's deserved all the abuse he had ad-

seat on the Legislative Council.

No sooner had he established himself in the Colony than he began to carry into practice his fatal pro- clivity of "rubbing people the wrong

way.

Perhaps this regrettable trait might have been due to his independent spirit and proud disdain of those who were then in the positions of au- thority in the Colony; but there is

refusal to apologise

קסי

alter his dressed to the men. statement crented us serlous a rift

scorching" remark with the Govered,

BIBLE FOR PRIMITIVE

with the Chief Justice as lad his He referred to "the paint-bediz MAN

nor.

'cocktailing."

mid-morning feeling, sincking,

who The charges against Dr. Bridges shapeless flounder,

so often were that this worthy had Infringed disfigured race meetings and the upon professional cliquette and had, front row of the stalls"

In the dual position of Coloniai

8.45 Studio Excerpts ..from 'French Without Tears".

9.10 Selections from 'Carmen' (Bizet).

Act, 1-Overture (Prelude). Milan Symphony Orchestra cond. by Square ......Sung by Incs Altani Cav. Lorenzo Molajoll; See The

Tellini, Aristide Baracchi and Chorus of La Scalo, Milan with The Milan Symphony Orchestra;- RestaQui, Mio Tesor... Piero Paul (Tenor) and Maria Carbone (Soprano) and Members of La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan: Je Suis Escamillo.. F. Ansseau (Tenor) and M. Journet (Boss); La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee....Fernand Ansseau (Tenor). 9.30 London Relay The News. 9.50 Songs by Lucienno Boyer (Soprano).

This is The Kiss of Romance (from Parish-Delettre); Dancing With My Durling (from Parish-Delettre); It's A Thrill All Over Again (Unger- Delettre).

10.00 Gershwin--Rhapsody in Blue. Played by the Boston Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler, Plano:

M. Sanroma. 10.16 Variety.

Professor Godfrey Philips, who occupies the obair of Foreign Missions at Selly Oak College, Birmingham, Fear, always a bad counsellor, was and a group of his colleagues are and Oplum Monopolist, middle-aged woman's worst enemy, considering producing a Secretary embarked in some very "shady"

new Bible really not much excuse for what subtransactions. There was no doubt and women frightened themselves sequently occurred and what made tra

the that there were pecullar "irregulari- quite unnecessarily and prematurely anthology for ase among "primitive"!

older races. ties" about the office of the Colonial into looks and habits much

Sketch-Mr. Penny. On Govern "The Old Testament as it stands isment Service (M. Moise!witsch).... Secretary, and of all the accusations than their real years. made by the Attorney-General, this "Obesity in a middle-aged man, a very dificult book for primitive Anthony Eustrel; Rani Waller; Glynn Richard Goolden; Doris Gilmore; one was perhaps the most solidly

In 90 per cent of the cases, is due to man to understand." Professor Jones; Comedienne--The Sunshine Colonial Secretary excessive intake and insufficient Philips said. founded. The subsequently resigned.

output in the way of exercise and otherwise." declared Dr. Williams.

him a veritable tempest in colonial teapot.

In his favour It may be said that his position as Attorney-General was for the an extremely difficult one; Colony was iterally rife with dis- order. The Governor,

Sir Bowring was too much a savant and

John

GRAFT AND CORRUPTION too sure of "number one" to be of The checkered history of the much assistance to a man of Anstey's impetuous temperament, and Anstey soon became

the Governor's most detested enemy.

RIFT WITH GOVERNOR

It is rather amusing to see how Anstey himself started the breech which was shortly to widen inlo on open rift leading to his suspension from office.

translation

"In women, obesity at middle age

Colony at this period was nothing in 75 per cent, of the cases is 2 but n pot-pourri of the most sinister glandular mutter about which nut accusations of graft and corruption, enough is yet known.

and it is needless to go into the de- talis of the charges brought by Mc.

at length became such that the local

***** | Secretary of State, Sir Edward

BLAMELESS. WOMAN

"I have a great deal of evidence from missionaries to fiat effect, and consequently the idea is to produce. samething more easily understand. able as a preparatory document to the Bible proper,

"An anthology containing the important passages from the sionary point of view is what we have in mind.

STEPPING STONE"

Cruise (McLaren, Hulbert and Ray) Courineidge. Humpty

(Ray).....Cleely

10.30 Dance Muslo, Fox-Trois-It's Been So Long (alm The Great Ziegfeld') Goody-Goody

Benny Goodman and His Orches tra; No Other One....Little Jack Little and His Orchestra; Tango- most Venetian Moon (fra Invitation. To mis-The Waltz')....Geraldo and Ills Everything Stops For Tea (alm Gaucho Tango Orchestra; Fox-Trots 'Come out of the Pantry'); When The Guardsman Started Crooning On Parade.. Jack Hylton's Orchestre: Slow Fox-Trot-Star Bust Covered Bundle: Fox-Trot-My

Shadow's Where My Sweetheart Used To Be.. ..Joe Loss and His Orchestra; Waltz

Jack Jackson and His Orchestra, -Salling Home With The Tide; Fox- Trot-In A Little English fan...

11.00 Close Down.

Anstey against the other omelnis "In man, it in safe to say that his whom he had duly "investigated." fatness is due to self-indulgence, in

The furare created by Mr. Anstey woman it is certainly not." government could stand it no one middle age was not to be frightened The Arst thing to remember about and on Aug. 7, 1858, the Executive Council met and voted to suspend of it. Instead, one should learn to Shortly after his arrival in the him. In his despatch to the Secre-relax, to be philosophileal and 10 "This, we feel, would be of value Colony, he was a guest at a mechi tary of Sinte, Sir John Bowring gave keep one's nervous system well un-not only to natives but to English of the Royal Asiatic Society, which

students and to adult school pupils." was presided over by Sir Johna full list of the reasons for the sis-der control.

pension of the unpopular Attorney-

"It is as necessary to be pursi- Bowring. Bowring had just rend

end a General. This missive had its desired monious about food as it is essentiel Chronicle indicate that missionary Inquiries made by the News paper purporting to be of a Blamese poem by an American counts of woe from the Colony which marked Dr. Williams later."

cricon effect, and together with other ne to be prodigal with fresh air," re-

opinion is divided on the usefulness lady. I developed, however, that

were being sarcastically commented

"And when I say parsimonious Iof such an anthology. Here are some the Governor hnd made a slight error and the paper was not trans-/ upon in the Home Press caused the use the word as meaning Intelligent- Jopinions expressed: inted by the American woman, but Dulwer Lytton on Mar, 17, 1039 to not as lending any sanction to the | 17. reasonably careful, and certainly by the wife of Dr. Gutzlaff, an interdismiss Mr. Anstey from office and semi-starvation régime

Chints Inland Mission: An official which anid: "We stand 100 per cent. for proter

Government In

employ to order his recail to England.

Mr. Anstey, however, did not wait fear of developing their mothers' ation, and I have never heard any rome girls subject themselves for the Old Testament without alter- Anstey, Instead of passing over obvious error, got up and charged

confirmation of the order middle-age spread." wilful attempt to impose upon the after his suspension by the Executive Society. Bowring naturally resented

Council, he stayed on in Hongkong Mr. Lloyd George the insinuation and protested against until Jan. 30. 1860 when he left for whelmingly fit at 76. On March Mr. Anstey's uncalled for and en-home by the P. and O. steamer be will support the physical fitnes tirely ungentlemanly assertion. Strong language was exchanged and he arrived on 12 months' leave of

Cadiz incidentally the ship on which crusade In ́à speech at Cardiff. when the Attomey-General refused

absence. to alter his statements the Incident He left the Colony in extremely became the casus belil for a whole bad health. Perhaps his many faux series of further disagreements be-par.may have been partly due to his tween the two men.

liness, as he had suffered for months

the Governor with something like a for the

from the Secretary

the

of State, but

10

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demand for anything elsfrom our 1,400 missionaries. Who hail say

What shall be cut out of the Bible? Why, I have known of a

heathen Chinese' being converted through the genealogical tables."

CONSTITUTIONAL ACTS OF EIRE

London Feb. 15. The Secretary of State for the Dominions was questions House of Commons to-day about the in the recent Anglo-Irish discussions.

He was asked if the constitutional Dr. Robert Kilgour, of the British constitution and by acts passed in position established by the new Elro and Foreign Bible Society, said: "If the former Free Blato parliament at It proposes to make the anthology a stepping stone to the Bible proper Edward VIII had been discussed, the time of the Abdication of King Mr. Anstey, moreover, was not the "from dyspepsia in an aggravated Mias

the idea is all to the good.” Aline E. Hower, busintes type of man who, when he had started chronic form ns to have seriously letter expert for the American Insti-

Mr. MacDonald The Rev. C. E. Wilson, foreign negative

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tule of Banking, has formulated the secretary of the Baptist Missionary The local community, however, most important rule for writing Society: There is no demand for an MacDonald said the United Kingdom Answering a further question Mr. the mort disgraceful encounters showed the departing Attorney business letters as follows: "If you're English book of this nature, but an Government, and accepted Eire or the which have ever occurred in the Generat no civility of any kind, and walling stood now, put it in the first book with corectum est et devraient ratlle Colony for he began a series of Although it was well known that he paragraph; It bad, bury the blow pages from the Blewald. De states to now you winderton Accusations not only against the had sold his bungalow, and was deep down in the letter and load un awful in teaching kuulatWS Governor, but against the Begistrar houseless for und darabeceroch 10 MARSSTAN

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