'The Press in Hongkong does not have an easy time, judging from fitful glimpses of its relations with' other institutions in the Colony, Not to Tong ago a journal there had to stand up with quiet firmness to a most fantastic and il-conceived effort at dictation from a suddenly but hastily composed combination of local Arms who Were temporarily bitten with the idea of laying down the Jaw on world-politics, The challenge was courageously met and it Is to bbe hoped the lesson was learnt. This journal's Hongkong correspondent has casually referred to an official speech which seemed to show that instruction on the functions of the Press would not be amiss for The Peak, Evidently official
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