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"I regard them as my own children.” 59" The object of the Po Leung Kuk is the suppression of kidnapping and the protection of Chinese women and girls. The merits of the Society, which has been managed hitherto #by a Committee under the direction of the Government, are well known, and have met with the approval of the Imperial Government. Hitherto the Society has been compelled to › make use of the premises of the Tung Wah Hospital, but now in accordance with the bene- volence of Her Majesty, which embraces all alike, I have granted a piece of land on which to erect buildings, and on the completion of these, I have selected a sentence from the Book of Odes appropriate to the Society. Although I fam not versed in Chinese literature I think I › have chosen a suitable quotation, its meaning being that protection is accorded to all re- gardless of race, and my wish is that all those who may be in authority in this colony will be guided by this principle."
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
General for the translation. The tablet is must admire. I am sure that the fact of theaded
your Excellency having taken such an interest in the Society will encourage its members to renewed efforts. The Society may be now regarded as fairly established, and it is to be hoped the interest in it will become still greater. Although the evil, to cope with which the Society was established, has decreased owing to its efforts it still exists, and unless these efforts are continued I am afraid that the evil. may become a crying one. It therefore behoves all those interested in the good work not in any way to relax their efforts, but to endeavour with all their might to have the evil entirely eradicated. I am sorry that the men bers who took a prominent part in the es- tablishment of the Society are not present, bat it must be gratifying to them to know that their efforts are now recognised, and that they are having such excellent effects. I thank you very much again, gentlemen, and I will only say in conclusion that although the Society is now in a fairly prosperous condition it is still open to receive subscriptious without distine- tion of race, and those who feel inclined to help the Society can do nothing better than come foward with subscriptions. Again I thank you very much for the manner in which you have received the toast, and I trust your interest in the Society will not be confined to attending functions such as this, but that you will come forward with active assistance or with funds. The Committee and others who are engaged in the executive work will be glad to give any information desired and to show any member of the community of Hongkong over the premises.
The Government and the Po Leung Kuk will in this matter work hand -in...hand for the common good Of thst, gentlemen, I am perfectly well assured, and it only remains for me now to declare that the institution in now open, and reiterate the hope which I expressed when I laid the founda- tion stone--May its success in the future be even greater than its success in the past, and may it be a permanent blessing to the many Chinese women and girls who may come into this colony of Hongkong. I have great pleasure in declaring that this building is open and in wishing the work of the Po Leung Kuk Society every success.
Wine was then served and toasts proposed. Hon. Ho Kai proposed the toast of the Queen, which was loyally drunk.
Hon! Wei A Yuk-I beg to propose the health of His Excellency the Governor. His good qualities are well known to you and therefore there is no necessity for me to add anything more than to ask you to join me in drinking his very good health and prosperity.
This concluded the interesting proceedings and His Excellency the Governor was then
shown round the Home.
ARRIVAL OF THE WEST YORK-
SHIRE REGIMENT.
The chartered troopship Cephalonia, with the 1st Battalion of the Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment from Gibraltar, and other details, arrived on the 16th November. The following is her passenger list-
lost, however; and it is expected that a part of the cargo will be saved.
On the 16th November 138 Japanese who were on the Hemoji Maru when she went ashore on the Paracels were brought to Hongkong on board the Siegfried, which was chartered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. About half the men were seamen and the remainder were paɛ- sengers, and they will all be sent back to Japan. It is not expected that the stranded steamer will be saved. High seas have been running since she struck and it has been impossible for the Dock lands who were sent down to get to work. It is considered almost a certainty that the ship will become a total wreck. Happily no lives have been lost. The Siegfried leaves again for the stranded steamer, to bring away the captain, purser, and five men who stayed behind.
THE SHANGHAI AASON CASE,
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "DAILY PRESS."]
SHANGHAI, 16th November." Stephen Hart, charged with arson, has been acquitted.
JAPANESE IMPRISONED ON THE "CLINGTU.”
THE CAPTAIN SEVEĶELY CENSURED AND
HEAVILY FINED.Ą
At the Police Court on Saturday, before Hon. Commander W. C. H. Hastings, Captain Inues, master of the British steamship Chingtu, was summuuned for unlawfully imprisoning six Japanese women and two men on board his ship. The summons which was taken first was issued at the instance of Mochi Taka Taka and was worded in the following terms - That you..
on board the British steamship Chingtu, then in Victoria Harbour, in the waters of this colony, unlawfully and injuriously and against his will and without any legal war rant, authority, or justifiable cause whatsoever, did imprison and detain the complainant for a
space of time, to wit from about 7 a.m. on the 12th November, 1896, to 12.30 p.m. on the 13th.
Mr. A. B. Johnson (Crown Solicitor) pro- secut d and Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., appeared for the defendant. There was also present in court a representative of Messrs. Butterfield and Ewire. The agents of the vessel.
The Magistrate-Is the charge denied, Mr. Francis?
Mr. Francis-The charge is not, denied, your Worship, but it is justifed. I admit the fact darty were imjaisoned, and that they were detained on board the ship for so many hours.
This toast was also enthusiastically drank. -His Excellency, in reply, said-Mr. Wei A Yuk, I have to thank you very much for the
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Gordon, Major and Mrs. pleasant manner in which you have proposed Grant Dalton, Major and Mrs. Mills, Major and the toast of my health. I need not refer to Mrs. Cox and child, Capt. and Adjt. and Mrs. the first part, which had reference to my quali-Phillips, Captains Lush and Barry Brew, Capt. ties, because Mr. Wei A. Yuk said they were and Mrs. Carrey, Captains Frice and Garainer, well known; but I can assure you it has always Lients. Ryall and Tew, Lieut. and Qr. Master given me the greatest pleasure to do anything Smith and wife, Lients. Fellar, Howard, king, could in any colony I have been in for the Wood, Stewart, and Logan, Lieut. and Mrs. common good of the people, and this Society Bartrum, Lieuts. Spencer, Worsley, Isacke. was established for the good of all. This is, Crowley, and Gordon, surgeon-Major (nuning as you know, one of the last ceremonies I shall Surgeon Lient, Baker, burgeon Lient. and Mis.
ujoulana -- I pctcon your Worship, to take part in in Hongkong, as my term of office Prynne, Asst. Surgeon Chapanan, Capt. I reve-
Pet Nodi Tile The. le facts are will expire next year, and I may say that I lyan, Lieut. Swan, Lieut. and Gedir. Loppers,
ity thes: pour Vership. A panese named shall take away from Hongkong the pleasantest Inspector and Mrs. Henley and 3 chaïei, recollections of the terms on which I have been Mrs. Long and child, birs. Laugherue and #
Aceh Taka Taka arived lere on Thursday with the leading members of the Chinese com- children, Inspector Langford. Sergeant Majorening last by the Ching u. Laving gone on
htt at kche as and Mrs. Westcott aud 7 children, Kacimates
a stowaway. He and munity (Applause.)
and Mrs. Bentley and 4 children, Schoolmistress
others who were stowaways were discovered Grant and 3 children, Schoolmaster Molloy.
at Toechow by the officers of the ship, and were then taken below, and when they arrived 2nd Cl. Mr. Gr. Ashling, wife and children."
here he was ; ut in oa cabin and the door was The Regiment was disembarked in the after noon. The uniform is scarlet with
le chied, and he was kept there until about mid- day on Friday. From information which the facings.
Folice had received they went on board and he was let out of the cabin. I shall call him before
Mr. Ho Fook-I beg to propose "Success to the Po Leung Kuk Society," and I couple with this toast the name of Mr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart. We all know what the Po Leung Kak Society was established for, and there is no necessity for me to deliver a long speech. Mr. Lockhart has done his best to promote the interests of this Society, and we hopo it will continue to do the good work it has done in the past. We are glad to see amongst us Mr. Fung Ming Shan, who is one of the promoters of this Society. With these few remarks I ask you to drink “Success to the Society."
The toast was cordially responded to. Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart said-Your Excellency Mr. Ho Fook, and gentlemen, Ithank you very much indeed for the kind manner in which you have received the toast of the Po Leung Kuk Society. I trust that now we possession of a home that the work of Society, which has been fairly successful in ast, may be still more so in the future. The success in the past has not been due to Individual efforts, and least of all to umble efforts on my part. The suc- the Society has been due to the efforts of the members of the community, who, regardless of self- and self-interest, have devoted themselves to the work which everybody
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The Regiment was originally raised it Kent in 1685, and has seen service at Tournay, Corunna, Java, Waterloo, Bhurtpore, India, Sevastopol, New Zealand, and Afghanistan, 1879-80.
THE STRANDING OF THE
HIMEJI MARU.”
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The Nippon Yusen Kaisha have received additional telegraphic information with refer- ence to the stranding of the Himeji Maru, which goes to show that the vessel went ashore on the Paracels on the 1st November and on
the following day the second officer Mr. Mac- Garity, left in one of the ship's boats with six men and made for the mainland, which he reached on the 6th, and thence wired the Hongkong branch. On Monday the chief officer of the steamer, with eleven of the crew, also landed. Both of these gentlemen reported the steamer to be in a bad condition when they left her. She was lying on the shore flooded with water and all fires out. No lives were
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your Worship and he will tell you what passed, boarding-honses here who will state they went
and I shall also call two other witnesses from
on board with a view of taking him on shore and paying something for bis passage money, and the result was they did not come on shore, and they were k pt there until the Police went on board and they were released.
Mochi Taka Taka-I am an unemployed sea- mao. I arrived here on the morning of the 12th in the steamer Chingtu. I had, travelled by that steamer before. At the end of the month I worked my passage to Japan. On the present occasion I started from Kobe and went on board as a stowaway. At Foochow I was discovered on board by the first and second officers and a quartermaster. I was told to go on deck. I went on deck and saw the captain. I stood on deck for some hours and just before dark I and seven others were sent aft. I and another man were put in one third-class and the women in another. We stopped cabin.
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