Bias Bay continues to he a menace to shipping. A junk master tates that few days ago, two gunks, one his own were sailing one After another for a certain destination, "The one behind was seized ent of the Chinese language in Canton, After that he ras transferred to the New Territories, being _engaged in Land Office Work.
Two years later he became Registrar of the Land Court, and at the close of the ye:
he was made acting Second Police Magistrate.
In 1902 he took the post of Secretary of the Squatters' Board and in September he passed his examination in Cantonese.
Later on he was appointed at different periods as Assistant Secretary of the Sanitary Board, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Acting First Police Magistrate, and Oficial Receiver in Bankruptey. In 1013, he acted as Puisne Judge and ili the following year he took over the duties of Attorney-General, receiving the substantive appointment, to that post in 1915.
The new recipient of the knight. hood was made a ¢. 8, E. in 1918, and the same year saw him raised to the rank of King's Counsel. Sir, Joseph has proved himself a very! capable public servant and a eared ~eby.a. pirate craft in the guise of al ful and painstaking lawyer. During! Gahing junk, and four pirates came the negotiations to settle the strike on board, "The pirated junk was/and boycott directed against Hong-taken off by these marauders, kong from Canton, Sir Joseph Kemp, The other junk made its escape took a leading part. and her master reported to th police that he thought that his born and brought up in Hongkong. The Hon, Dr. ks H. Kotewall ailing companion had been taken to During his 40 years of residence Bins Bay. the Colony, he has hada varied the crew of the pirated junk was feereer and taken part in numerous quently released and managed festivities, After he graduated return to Hongkong. They from Diocesan School, he entered stated that the seized junk was Government Service and was attach-"taken in the direction of Macao. The cal_at different times to the Poli value of the loot taken is estimated'
Department, the Colonial Secretary at $1,275, Ofice, and First Clerk to the Magi The str, Hang On was also pirated trace, While in the last named] pear Bins Bay. She maintains -a, position, he had the unique distineregular run between Hontkong,|tion of being made a Justice of Canton and Swatow, The vessel the Peace. was fully loaded with ear ko andi" carried 46 passengers on board. The: pirates boarded hor and rose at a given signal. They obtained com-anand of the ship and began to loot her, A loss of over $10,000 was sustained, The booty was transfer a junk which sailed near the ship from the shore.
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