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Personalities of Old Hongkong

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1938.

AN UPROAR IN "THIS TURBULENT & QUARRELSOME LITTLE ISLAND"

Attorney-General Who Set Whole Colony By Its

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 Chisholm Anstey, whose brief and troubled carcer in the Colony fomented more ill-feeling than perhaps any other official. The cause of it all simmers down, it is said, to his unfortunate habit of "rabbing people the wrong way."

Mr. Caldwell; the Chief Thomas Chisholm Anstey was | General, born in London in 1816 and died Justice, John Walter Hulme; the

Treasurer, Colonial

Dr. W. in Bombay, on August 13, 1878. Bridges; the Superintendent of He was the second son of Thomas Police, Mr. Charles May; the Sheriff, Anstey, of Anstey Barton, Van Die Mr. W. H. Mitchell, and many others. man's Land, (Tasmania), and was Somerset- educated at Wellington,

shire and at the University College; London, where he embarked on the study of law.

SERIOUS CHARGES

T.

The animosity against the Gover- nor can be readily understood. The imputations against Mr. Caldwell for of

matter; were a different the Attorney-General brought 19 him-accusations charges against Catholicism, of Itoman

scandalous Low alleging that the Registrar-General secured the post of professor

only & and Jurisprudence at the College of was

After his call to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1839, Anstey, who had in the meantime become con- verted to

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MIL. T. ANSTEY

departure. It is said that the only one wha extended a hospitable hand

to him was an American.

Thus departed the man who had stirred up more hornet nests and had set off more fireworks than any other of his time.

The most charitable observation of him that can be made is this quota- tion from the local press at the Ume of his departure: "Far too capable, too restless, ton indefatigable a man for a small Colony like this."

H. G. Wells,

The Man Who Forgot

RADIO BROADCAST

Doreen Ma and George Lee

From the Studio

LONDON RELAYS Radio Programme

Broadcast by

Mr. H. G. Wells has just .D.W. or wavelengths of 848 kc.e's. learned with surprise that

he has unwittingly carried the letters "J.P." after his Įname for nearly 25 years.

9.52 m.c's. per second.

H.K.T.

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

12.30 Compositions of Weber.

...Str Der Frelschutz-Overture Thomas Beecham cond. the London Following the Lord Chan-Philharmonic Orchestra; Sonata No. cellor's suggestion that magis-3 In D. Joseph Szigell (Violin) de Magaloft trates, should retire when they accomp. by Nikita leave "

district, Folkestone (Plano); Concertatuck In F Miner for Piano and Orchestra,...Robert wondered whether it would lose Casadesus (Plano) and the Orchestre the illustrious name of H. G. Symphonique (of Paris) cond., by. Wells from its list of J.P.8.

THE NEXT MOVE

lives now

Eugene Bigot.

1.00 Time and Weather. 1.03 Musical Comedy.

'Bitter Sweet-Vocal Gema (Noel Mr. Wells, who

Coward)....Columbin Light Opera Regent's Park, London, Was ap Company: The Cat And The Fiddle' pointed a Folkestone magistrate in Selection (Harbach and Kern). 1007. He left the town before 1914 New Mayfair Orchestra; "The Du- barry-If I Am Dreaming (Leigh, Mulocker, arr. Mackeben)....Hed- die Nash (Tenor); 'Careless Rapture' Selection (Novello, Hessall)..... Geraldo and His Orchestra,

1.30 Reuter and Rugby

and Weather Forecast ments,

1.40

Gluttonous

and has not sat on the Bench since.

"Mr. Wells Is under the im- pression that he resigned as Folkestone magistrate years ago when he left tro town," hiy

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- secretary said In Sunday Chroni-

cle,

"If he finds he is su officially listed he will take Immediate steps to have his name removed."

Life In

The Get-Fat 50's

-By a doctor of 76

Press; Announce-

Songs by Luigi Fort (Tenor). Si Vous L'Aviez Compris (Denza); Ideate (Tosti); Ay, Ay, Ay (Perez and Freire).

1.50 New Light Symphony Or- chestra.

Liebestraume (Liszt); Kamennol- Ostrow-Op. 10, No. 22 (Rubinstein); Spanish Serenade (Bizet); Spanish Dance, No. 1 (Moszkowsky); Irish Rhapsody (Herbert).

2.13 Close Down. 6.00-7.00 Chinese Programme, 7.00 Dance Records, Fox-Trots-Accent On (from the film);

Youth

Car Of Dreams (from the Alm)....Jack Hylton and His Orchestra: Waltz-What A Quick-Step-We're Friends Again....Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra; Rumba-Bus- cando Millonaria; Tango-El Adios Del Boyere....Orquesta Tipica Ro berto Firpo: Slow Fox-Trot-When Budapest Was Young....Joc Loss and His Orchestra.

Dr. Leonard Williams, 76 years old, and author of Night; St. Peter and St. Paul in Bath. In protector of pirates but that he was addition to his professorial duties, he also the owner of a brothel, and was books on the art of living and obesity, declared at a New managed to put in a term in Parlia-heavily interested in the business of Health Club luncheon in London recently that if a man ment as the member for the borough prostitution in the Colony. None of had reached 50 without learning to keep fit he must be of Youghal in Cork County. Ireland. these charges, it may be said, were

proved and the case naturally broke a fool. down, but the resentment aroused by APPOINTED TO HONGKONG

In October, 1855, upon recom-the hurling of such a monstrous series of Sir William Moles-of foul accusations did not aid in mendation worth, then Secretary of State for making Anstey any more popular in was already community which the Colonies, Queen Victoria ap- pointed Anstey Attorney-General for seething with charges and counter- Hongkong and standing counsel for charges.

The rift with Chief Justice Hulme H. M. Plenipotentiary and Superin- tendent of Trade, the then Governor, arose out of the Attorney-General's

Sir John Bowring.

customary lack of tact: for at a dinner at Government House, he

"And he is usually the kind of fool who is bald-headed and

7.20 Closing Local Stock Quota-

Your

pot-bellied," Dr. Williams added bluntly, "a bibulous, glutton London Relay-Take Lonous, smoke-sucking beast, who deserves all he gets and more, of gout, high blood pressure, eczema and arthritis. He even deserves a nagging wife!"

(According to Who's Who Dr. Williams is unmarried.] Dr. Williams was much less critical

Shortly after the confirmation-of stated that the Chief Justice had of the plump, middle-aged-woman- for Hongkeng by the P. and 0.

The remarke was, of course, resented serving of pity than of censure, Steamer Cadiz and arrived in the by the Individual standered, who, for though there were a good many wo- Colony or January 30, 1856. On the that age of hard drinkers, was ex-men of the affluent classes who following day he was gazetted to a

tremely temperate, and Anstey's deserved all the abuse he had ad-

alter his dressed to the men. seat on the Legislative Council.

refusal to apologise No .sooner had he established himself in the Colony than he began statement created as serious a rift with the Chief Justice as had his

his appointment Anstey embarked exceeded the bounds of temperance. who, he said, was usually more de- |BIBLE FOR

to carry into practice his fatal pro-scorching" remark with the Gover-ed, clivity of "rubbing people the wrong mor 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 really not much excuse for what sub sequently occurred and what made the fin veritable tempest in

a colonial teapot.

In his favour it may be said that his position as Attorney-General was an extremely difficult one; for the Colony was literally rife with dis- Sir John Governor, order. The Bowring was too much a savant and too sure of "number one" to be of much assistance to a man of Anstey's impetuous temperament, and Anstey soon became the Governor's mont detested enemy,

RIFT. WITH GOVERNOR

PRIMITIVE

He referred to "the paint-bedien MAN

'cocktalling,'

bridge-playing.

mid-morning feeling. smoking,

who 50 often Professer Godfrey Phillips, who The charges against Dr. Bridges shapeless flounder,

the occupies the chair of Foreizu Missions were that this worthy had infringed disfigured race meetings and

at Belly Oak College, Birmingham, pon professional etiquette and had, front row of the stalls." in the dual position of Colonial Fear, always a bad counsellor, was and a group of his colleagues are Secretary and Oplum Monopolist, middle-aged woman's worst enemy, considering producing a new Bible embarked in some very "shady

sqauy, and women frightened themselves transactions. There was no doubt quite unnecessarily and prematurely anthology for use among "primitive" that there were peculiar "irregular into looks and habits

much older races. ties about the office of the Colonial than their real years. Secretary, and of all the accusations made by the Attorney-General, this most solidly was perhaps the founded.

Colonial The

Secretary subsequently resigned.

GRAFT AND CORRUPTION

of the

Choice".

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Yours Sincerely-The Orchestra.

7.55 Strau139. Immortal Strauss (A Medley of Strauss Waltzes)....Viennese Waltz Orchestra.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.05. London Relar-The Private Soldier'—-1.

A talk by Ian Hay. 8.20 Studio Recital by

George Ma

Y. Leo (Vocal) and Doreen

(Piano).

1. The Moon Got In My Eyes.... Dorcan Ma; 2. The First Time I Saw You....George Lee; 3. Harbour "The Old Testament as it stands is | Lights .George Lee; 4. Foolin' .Doreen Má; 5. More "Obesity in a middle-aged man, a very difcult book for primitive | Myself In 90 per cent of the cases, is due to man to understand,"

Professor Power To You....George Lee; 6. Whispers In The Dark ....George excessive Intake and insufficient Phillips said.

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

BLAMELESS WOMAN

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

"An anthology containing the most important passages from the mis- slonary point of view is what we have in mind,

8.45

Stadio Excerpla ..from French Without Tears.

V.10 Selections from 'Carmen' (Blzet).

The checkered history

"In women, obesity at middle age Colony at this period was nothing in 75 per cent. of the cases but a pot-pourri of the most sinister glandular matter about which not accusations of graft and corruption, enough is yet known. and it is needless to go into the de- tails of the charges brought by Mr. Anstey against the other offelate "In man, is safe to say that his fatness is due to self-indulgence, in It is rather amusing to see how whom he had duly "Investigated."

The furore created by Mr. Anstey woman it is certainly not.” Anstey himself started the breech which was shortly to widen into an at length became such that the loent

The first thing to remember about open rift leading to his suspension govemment could stand it no longer middle age was not to be frightened and on Aug. 7, 1850, the Executive from office.

arrival in the Counel! met and voted to suspend of it. Instead, one should learn to Shortly after his Colony, he was a guest at a meeting him. In his despatch to the Secre- relax, to be philosophical and to of the Royal Asiatle Society, which |tary of State, Sir John Bowring geve keep one's nervous system well un-not only to nativos but to English (Bass); La Fleur was presided over by Sir

a full list of the reasons for the rus-der control,

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Que Tu M'Avals

Act. 1-Overture (Pretude).... Milan Symphony Orchestra _cond, by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoll; See The Square......Sung by Ines Alfani Tellini, Aristide Baracchi and Chorus of La Scala, Milan with The Milan Symphony Orchestra: Itesta ut, Mio Tesor....Piero Pauli (Tenor) and Maria Carbone (Soprano) and A "STEPPING STONE" Members of La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan; Je Suis Escamillo.... "This, we feel, would be of value F. Anssenu (Tenor) and M. Journet students and to adult achool pupils." Jetes....Fernand Ansseau (Tenor). John

2,30 London Aclay-Tho News, pension of the 'unpopular Attorney- "It is as necessary to be parsl- Inquiries made by the Bowring. Bowring had just read General. This missive had its desired monious about food as it is essential Chronicle indicate that missionary (Soprano),

News 9.50 Songs by Lucienne Boyer paper purporting to be a translation

This Is The Kiss of Romance (from however, that counts of wee from the Colony which marked Dr. Williama later. Indy. It developed.

asilght upon

were being sarcastically commented "And when I say parsimonious of such an anthology. Here are some Darling (from Parish-Delettre); It's the Governor had rande

the Home Fress caused the use the word as meaning intelligent- opinions expressed: error and the paper was not trans-Secretary

A Thrill All Over Again (Unger. of State, Sir Edward ly, reasonably careful, and certainly inted by the Americas women, but

Delettre). China Inland Mission: An ocial Duiwer Lytton on Mar. 17, 1959 to not as lending any sanction to the by the wife of Dr. Gutxiaff, an inter-dismiss Mr. Anstey from office and semi-starvation regime

10.00 Gershwin-Khapsody in Blue. to which said: "We stand 100 per cent. for Government employ to order his recall to England. in

Played by the Boston Orchestra preter Anstey, instead of passing over the Mr. Anstey, however, did not wait some girls subject themselves for the Old Testament without

alter- conducted by Arthur Fiedler, Plano: mother- fear of developing their up and charged for the confirmation of the order middle-age spread." obvious error, got up

ation, and I have never heard any J. M. Sanroma. the Governor with something like a from

10.10 Variety. demand for anything else from our of State, but wilful attempt to impose upon the after his suspension by the Executive

1,400 intesionaries. Who shall say ment Service (M. Molzelwitsch).

Sketch-Mr. Penny On Govern- Society, Bowring noturally resented Council, he stayed on in Hongkong Mr. Lloyd George 15 avck- the insinuation and protested against until Jan. 30, 1850 when he left for whelmingly fit at 76. On March what shall be cut out of the Bible? Richard Goolden; Doris Gilmore: heathen Anthony Eustrel; Rani Waller; Glynn Mr. Ansley's uncalled for and en-home by the P. and

0 D. steamer will support the physical fitnes Why, I have known of tirely ungentlemanly

Chinese being converted through the Cruise (McLaren, Hulbert and Ray) Jones: Comedienne-The Sunshine Strong language was exchanged and Cadiz incidentally the ship on which crusade in a speech at Cardiff. and he arrived-on 12 months' leave of

genenloglent tables." when the Attorney-General refused absence.

Humpty Dumpty (Ray).....Clecly to alter his statements the incident

Courtneldge. He left the Colony in extremely became the casus belli for a whole bad health. Perhaps his many faux

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Fox-Trois-It's Been So Long (Alm tween the two men,

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The Great Ziegfeld') Goody-Goody months Mr. Anstey, moreover, was not the "from dyspepsia

..Benny Goodman and His Orches in an aggraveled Miss Aline E. Blower, business type of man who, when he had started chronic form ng to

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No Other One....Little Jack to stir up trouble, remained content. impaired his health and constitution," tule of Banking, has formulated the secretary of the Baptist Missionary Venetian: Moon (fim Invitation To

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Wlion foreign Lite and His Orchestra; Tango- Soon he was the centre of some of The local community, however, most important rule for writing Society: "There la no demand for an The Waita)....Geraldo and 11in the most disgraceful encounters showed ให departing Attorney-business letters as follows: "If you're English book of this nature, but a Gaucho, Tango Orchestra: Fox-Trots which have ever occurred in the General no civility of any kind, and writing good news, put it in the first book with a careful set of selected Everything Biops For Tend tolm Colony for he begon series of although it was well known that he paragrapli: If it's bad, bury the blow passages from the Bible would be 'Come out of the Pantry!); When The secusations not only against the had sold his bungalow, and was deep down in the letter and lead up fuseful in teaching Englirli to foreign Cukryfmall Started Crodning On Governor, but against the Registrar houseless for some days.bators this to it

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