April 8 1871
gnificant channels.
for its
a costly
fer on the people would amply repay the cost, an enlightened administration be spread over a long term of years. work ought not to prove too stupen- task for the people who built the reat Wall of China and excavated the Grand Canal, but it is to be feared that the nergy and perseverance that marked the noient rulers of the Chinese Empire have departed never to return. The reign of the
Can Do” has been firmly established. Central Kingdom, and any work patching, repair, or cheap renewal not to be hoped for from an administra- whose main object is personal en- richment from the public treasury.
INSULTS TO WOMEN IN HÒNG-
KONGA
Amongst Chinese cities Canton bears the most evil reputation for the insulting be- haviour of the lower orders towards females who dare to walk abroad. Elsewhere in China, and even in towns and villages not very
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far from Canton, it is possible for a female to pass through the streets without incurring any very serious risk of annoyance, but in Canton the conduct of the crowd such that women of the better class seldom or never venture out ex- cept in closed chairs. But bad as is the state of things in this respect at Canton the Chinese say that in this British colony of Hongkong it is still worse. Whether this comparison is fully justified by the facts we cannot say, but certainly the treatment to which women are exposed in the streets of this colony is abominable. Instances of it must, we think, have come under the observation of most residents. Could nothing be done to stop the behaviour complained of? We have heard it suggested that a proclamation by the Registrar-General, backed up by a little energetic action on the part of the police and district watchmen, would go a long way to modify the evil, if not practically to eradicate it. A few pro- secutions at the Police Court, coupled with the Registrar General's proclamation, would make the Chinese public understand that women are not to be insulted with impunity and they would modify their conduct accordingly, so that a Chinese lady would be able to appear in the streets with almost as little risk of insult as European ladies. The latter are by no means exempt, but the insults being expressed in a language they do not understand pass for the most part unnoticed. It is, however, chieff, as regards Chinese females that the polies amuse themselves by indulging in the filthy observations to which their language so readily lends itself, and when a cafe opportunity offers they carry the annoyance further by trying to damage their victims, clothes. We commend the matter to the attention of the Registrar General and the Captain Superintendent of Police.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT
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The following day the
RIOTS AT SHANGHAI
THE VOLUNTEER AND FIREMEN CALLED OUT.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DALLY PRESS, Shanghai, 5th April, 2.14 p.m. Wheelbarrow-men rioting. Policemen and others have been assaulted. One barrowman is reported to have been killed.
The Volunteers and Firemen have been called out and Bluejackets landed.
[The cause of the disturbance is presumbly the raising of the licence fee for wheelbarrows. Complaints have been made of the obstruction caused in the streets by this class of traffic, and the object of raising the licence fee is to reduce the number of barrows plying in the Settlement.]
THE COUNCIL VACILLATING.
SUPREME COURT
1st April.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
BEFORE SIE John CarringTON (CHIEF.
USTICE.
PORTUGUESH OLERES AND THEIR DEBTE
M. H. Baptista, a in the Ordnance Store Department, applied for a recei in bankruptcy:
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "DAILY PRESS."]tioner and said-I ask your Lordship
Shanghai, 6th April, 9.46 p.m. Shanghai is still guarded day and night by Volunteers and Bluejackets.
The forces are considered insufficient. The Council, advised by the Consuls, has decided to postpone the increase in the tax on wheelbarrows for three months. The public is indignant.
THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE.
Shanghai, 3rd April.
The increase of the wheelbarrow tax seems likely to cause some amount of trouble. Owing to the imposition of the extra tax all the licensed coolies in the Settlement have gone on strike. On Thursday afternoon a number of the strikers congregated in the neighbourhood of the Peking Road bridge and started to smash passing 'ricshas and wheelbarrows. On the ap- pearance of the police they fled, but seven men were arrested and brought up at the Mixed Court yesterday morning, where they were given five days' imprisonment each.
A disturbance of a much more serious nature occurred on the Bund yesterday afternoon. A large mob of coolies had congregated near the Club, and attacked a passing handcart with the object of removing the wheels. A foreign constable on duty interfered, when the mob attacked him and succeeded in wresting his truncheon from him; in the struggle his helmet was also lost. He managed to get away from them and ran into the Club to telephone to the police station for assistance, and on his emerging from the Club the mob again attacked him, and had it not been for some gentlemen who ran out of the Club to his assistance he would have been very badly handled. On the appearance of a reinforce ment of police the mob disappeared, but two arrests were made and the prisoners will be brought up at the Mixed Court. Extra police have been detailed for duty both on the French and English sides.—N, C." Daily News.
THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
÷ FURTHER SPANISH :SUCCESSES.
We have been favoured by Senor de Navarro, Spanish Consul, with a copy of the following telegram from the Secretary of the Covernor General of the Philippines :-
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MANILA, 3rd April, 1897, 3.46 p.m. In successive victories Noveleta, Cavite Viejo, and Bincayan have been captured by our army. The rebels suffered great loss. It is seen that they are greatly demoralised by the moral effect caused by the extraordinary
ccess of the campaign.
Presentations for success
be- amnesty are considerable, Quietness is ginning and especially in the capital everything is as usual.
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Messrs. Warner Barnen & Co., in their circular, dated Manila, 29th March, say Imus, the prin fortification and head.
the insurgent was taken
25th, by the Spanish tro
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Mr. C. D. Wilkinson appeared for the
a.receiving order under the provisions of 8 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance. is 23 years of age and is employed as the Ordnance Store Department. The for his making this application to your is in consequence of his having been by a man also employed in the Ordnance Store Department to become security to a very extent.
His Lordship-Security on a loan of money. Mr, Wilkinson-Yes, your. Lordship. The debts really amount to a very small sum in comparison with most bankruptcies. The total amount due from my client in respect of debts incurred by himself alone is under $500; the debts incurred by him on behalf of this other man and one or two other friends of his amount to $2,000 odd. Judgment has been obtained against him in respect, not of his own debts, but of those debts incurred by him on behalf of his friends, and orders have been made against him for monthly payments, which he is quite unable to pay out of his salary. An execution has been issued against him and he is in daily fear of arrest. For that comes before the Court, and he is prepared to suggest a scheme of arrangement by which he shall set aside a portion of his salary until the whole of his debts are paid.
reason he
His Lordship What is his salary ?.......... Mr. Wilkinson-$60 a month. He is pre- pared to set aside $25 a month.
His Lordship Why is a man in that position so foolish P
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Mr. Wilkinson-I cannot say; it is an extra- ordinary thing. There is another case and both are young men in the same office, other petitioner in bankruptcy being twenty-one years of age. It is a most extraordinary thing. They were influenced by a man much their senior and in receipt of a salary of $175 a month. There is not the slightest doubt that all these debts were incurred without the peti tioner receiving any money, because I have a letter here from the man for whom he became security. He certified on his oath that the petitioners Baptista and a young man named Barnes took no share of the money advs
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M.H. Baptista was then called. Hesaid I 23 years of age and am a clerk in the Ordnance Store Department. My salary is $60 I have no private means of any kind. I have no means to pay my debts, My debts wer incurred though Mr. Allinson, of the O Store Department, for whom I became for the sum of roughly spe total amount of my liabilities is been paying money on behalf o and I am not able to continue I have paid over $70 for him.” Jads obtained only this year aga account of this debt. It
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$60 a month.
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