THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910,
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
His Excellency Sir Henry y pre
■ided at the meeting of the Legialative' Council which was 'bold' this afternoon. .Thero also present -- Col, C. W, R., Joanin Hon. Mr A. M. Honor, acting Colonial
Soaretary.
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“THE FINEST SITE..
Mr Murray Stewart's Resolution
Defeated.
Ab this afternoon's meeting of the Leg islative Council Hon. Mr Murray Stewart moved: Thaty before putting up to auction the plot of Crown and situated to the north of the new Law Courts," the Government shall refer the proposed con- ditions of sale to this Council"
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was only the Government of the Colony, with the duo sanction of the Secretary of State, which could dedicate land to the public. He (the sponker) had no doubl but that Sir Henry Blake did entertain such & bopo, but it was impossible to identify Sir Henry Blake, who he wade that expression of a wisher Mr Chatham
was at least a probability of securing it, The Chokdal Members were solemnly warned against ruting for my resolution. They were bold they would be postpon ing to the Greek Kalenda wang, nesded public works. The inference was that the Government had something host so good as a firm offer in hand. The Standard Oil Co. was named as the applicant and it was generally assumed hat they were prepared to pay this price The community jumped to that for it. conclusion. For myself, I think that this The Hon. Mr Murray Stewart said was natural ander the alruumstances. It Hon. Mr C. McL Meaux, Acting
Your Excellency.-I rise to move that, be is now mid that the so-called application Colonial Treasurer.
Hen. Mr A. W. Enz, Registrar Gen-fore putting up to auction the plot of Crown was merely a request to know the price na Land situated to the north of the new Law which the Govemment would sell The Courts, the Government shall refer the price having been named, no intimation, proposed conditions of anlo to this Council.no hint even, was given that the Standard Excellenay mail the Etandard il Com Oil Co. was prepared to pay it. I smpany, whether frightened by the broad- crodibly informed that they are not sides of the honourable member, or by I havo the local the pan at a certain lady contributor prepared to pay it.
Hon M. W, Stana, Acting Attorney
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Hoa. Mr W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works
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Hon. Mr MuRRAT STEWART.
Hon. Mr E, OSDORNE.
Hon. Mr E. A. HEWITT.
Hon. Mr H. KISWICK
Mr C. CLAMENTI (Oletk of Council).
FROM THE SICKNTARY OF STATE,
Prior to the cominoncement of business, the Clerk of Councils read the cable from the Secretary of State thanking the Council for their massage of loyalty, the King's masnage to his people beyond the soas, and massages relative to the non-celebration of the King birthday and the period of mourning.
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Hon. Attorney General rasved the first reading of a Rifl entitled. An Ordinance to Authorize the appropriation of a suppis mentary sum of three hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-two cents, is defray the chargus of the year 1909.
Han. Colonial Treasurer seconded, and and the Bill was read a first time.
PHARMACY ORDINANCE;
Hon. Attomey Genaral moved the third Lending of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1908.
The Bill was rend a third time and
passed.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE ORDINANCE.
Ban. Attorney Genemi moved the third reading of the Bill entitled, An Ordinance to amend the Malicious Danage Ordin. acco, 1865.
The Bill was read a third time and tence,
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with the Government of the day. As to garded the statomcat of Sir Frederick Lugard, which had been quotes, that was quite intelligible. I referred to a con- siderable portion of the whole area which Sir Henry Blake expressed a wish to keep fear of buildings and to dedicate as a gar dop. The whole of Se Honry Blake's wish would not be fulfilled, but a portion of it would. Referring to the rosolation, His
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In doing so, I have no desire to promot of Controversy. The oract opposite is my aim. I desire to bring it to an end, at least for the time being I propose strico. I I could bare soon my way to achieve my aim and now. According to him the only had not pursued their enquiries in regard conditions which would to the plot. Therefore there was no 1- by asking questions, and thus have saved architectural the Council from the calamity of a speech. I make the purchase at that laureation of an immediate sale of the land. That should bare boen gind. I could not see business proposition." must allow of being so he thought honourable members my way bocaine matters of opinion met building ton stories high. I de noi would quite appreciate his position and urs at avery tarm and these are taboo in imagine that the Government contemplats quite understand him when he said it was ed of that fact by Your Ersellency when I the six lakhs of dollars, of which so much because, by accepting it he should bind gava uplico of my laat sorios of questions has been made, was after allà mars the Government for an indefinite period, on thia'subject: You cut off the tail of the subjective illusion sort of mirage. which it was obviously not competent for serice-the sting was in the tail--because When one comes to think of it there was him to do. At the same time he could An air of unreality about it freep the rat.aur members of the Council that if a an answer to it would have involved an expression of opinion. "Oddly enough, in Its purchasing power was magica. It was ale should be negotiated the Council would snoring the other questions, the Hon; to pay for publis works coating, ten times not be kept in ignorance of the principal ourable the Colonial Secretary expressed as much. It was like something out of the conditions upon which it was proped to what I venture to regard as a mero Arabian Nights. Many people had quite spat the lot up for auction (Applause In The desired to defend opinien, when he said that it was not good time spending it, as, & gambler conclusion,
Executive Council from the made the His Excellency the Administrator 2 formerly the intention of the Government spends his imaginary winnings
Well, the history of the Colony feel quite rich. With the charge of want of artistic taste. The hoo. nounced the appointment of the Hon Mr to keep the site. Kaswick to the place on the Public Works the past is capable of diverse interpreta fading of this financial comst disappears, member had referred to the design of the Committee rendered vacant by the resigcious. It all depends upon the historian's it may be thought, the need for further Law Courts: Ele (the speaker) advised point of view. From my point of view, I controversy. But it must not be forgotten him strongly to wait until that building was finished, when he ventured to say that seem to see that the Government did that the Governor has full power and z formerly intend to retain the site, but that perfect right to name any apset price hs it would be regarded by all unprejudiced recently, owing to the financial dificulties plcanes. There is no guarantee that he persone as the finest, or ons of the tincat most handsome buildings, in the into which we tave been thrust by latter will not so exertise it. If he finds that ho and day developments of the opium policy, cannot get 830 a fact he may decide to Colony.
"Ion. Miz Eowett and he held so brief for I fancy take $25 or even 820; in fact, there is no they have changed their minds. that, Sir Henry Blake, for one, would limit to his discretion in the matter at all, any body, but he wished to make one point support this interpretation of the facts. so far as I am aware. My resolution if clear. The only thing which frightened the In aiziety to peave continuity of policy, accepted would act as a check. In effect Standard Oil Company was the rapacity of appoal to Your Excellency to waive these the Treasury. The price was such that the Bon, the Colonisi Secretary thraw OVER Sir Henry Blake and the Hon. the Director particular powersin this particular case. The they could not as business men sdvise their of Public Works, whose categorical) only assurance which has so far been given employers to accept it. statement was reduced to the status of a refers to those artistic considerations mere ocho of the bupo expressed by his which I have bad the temerity to advance chief. Here I want to dot sa i. It was in this Council. The nasurance is that the in a debate in this Council in July 1903 public may rely upon the Governor in that the hope was expressed by Sir Henry Council to impose architectural conditions Blake that the ground in front of the Clas of sale which will preserve the beauty, would never be built spon. He would not dignity, and symmetry of Royal Square." Larg so described the ares where the late
trast I may be excused for caying that it King's statue now stards. He could not fills me with but little confidence. I desire Lavo referred to it thus because the ar
to speak with the greatest respect of the rasgoment for its reservation had already Executive Council. I intend no disrespect beer made. Already, at that time the in pointing out there is no antecedent Hongkong Bank had fulfiled their part probability that ita judgment on artistic of the agreement. Already their plat matters will always be just. I take it that had been railed in. The fact that only the qualification for membership of the now, seven years after, and now only Executive Council is administrative ability, as a result of strenuues curts on the and administrative ability deea not neces- part of the community are the railinga sarily carry with is architectural good taste. for the Government plot about to be ordered Not only, is there no reason to expect that from home, makes no diference to the the Governor in Council should display it, argument, which is concerned solely with there is the evidence of our senses, ap the other lot, indicated quite unmistakeably pealed to in many directions in the Colony, by Sir Henry Blake. To sell it as a Luild to prove the contrary. It is not necessary ing site clearly das interfere with the to go outside this controversy to Sud a case hope expres ed by him. This was expressly in paint. In one of the letter which I denied by His Excellency the Governor in had the honour to receive on the subject Be from the Flonourable the Colonial Secro- the last debate on the subject.
reason for went out of his way to say that the now pre-tary, it was drazord as posal did not interfere with the hope ex building on the eita in question that it pressed by his predecessor. That statement would to an aesthetic advantage to hide WAS received an gospel in certain quarters the unsightly roofs "the words are not Supreme Court this morning. Wong Fin and used with some argumentative offect mine the unsightly roofs " of the now Ng, compradors to Mesora MacDonald and by supporters of the Government in the Law Courts. passed the designs A sum of £8 fs. 11d. in aid of the vote, Press I controverted it to the best of my that building? Surely the question of Co., Auod A. A. Johnson to recover 81,000 Education, 4-Department of Director of ability and I am glad to have the support accepting them was rot solely damages for asmolt and false imprisonment Education, Other Charges, Victoria, British of the Hon. Colonial Socratary. His an- to the Honourable the Director of on February 26.
Public Works?
Plaintiff in his statement of claim stated swers to my tailless nosions imply that
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the hope expressed and echoed did refer to Council bad something to say.
that defendant wach master mariner employ: The King of Four Corners, by G.B. Bargin. the pict which the Government propose to imagine the members must have seen aned by the Shui Hing Stesmahip Co., Ld., Corporal Bam and other Stories, by "Q"
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Winston Churchill: sell. Thus the Hon. the Colonial Secretary elevation of the building. Even from and at the time of the alleged offence, was not only threw over Sir Henry Blake small elevation it should have been seen master of the s.2. Shot On. On February A Modern Chronicle, by and the Bon, the Director of Public that those mots were wrong; I cannot 26 plaintiff was travelling on board the Canadian Boru, by Mr Homphrey Ward. Works; he threw over also Sir Frederick imagine how anyone could help seeing it, steamer from Kongman to Hongkong when A Pilgrimage of Truth, by D. G. Bets. Lugard. This is a somewhat curious resolt and yet the Governor in Conrail apparently defendant, his servante or agent, wilfolly Tower of Ivory, by Gartrade Alberton. of an attempt to establish a claim to con- failed to. The Government's contention is detained him or caused him to be detained The Exiles of Waloo, by Barry Pain. tinuous and united opinion in the ranks of an admission of failure on the part of the for thirty minutes and gave him into the A Saint in Matti, by Carlton Dere. the Governm: at! No one quarrels with very body that we are invited implicitly
and disorderly conduct and caused him to defended. Everyone quarrel with reasons which nothing unsigally can spring up cu be taken by force to the Police Station. The Wild Heart, by H. E. Francis. chaugus of policy which can he reasonably trust to impose-conditions of sale under custody of a policeman on charges of adult A New Market Squire, by Edward E.
Goaldabary. that are obriously unconvincing. Only the plot in gestion. It is not wonderful that Later complainant appeared before s magis. The Tres of Bitter Fruit, by Cullen one of these having been laid bare by my the roofs of the Law Courts should be do trata and was twice remanded, the care
Eve in Earnest, by John Barnett first series of questions, and several more scribed as unsightly by independent critica, eventually being dismissed. remaining to be dealt with, I thought it But it is wonderful that the Government Defendant admitted that for thirty The Silent Barrier, by Louis Tracy might take rather a long time to achieve, responsible for the constraction of a build. minutes complaizant was detained and Wayward Anne, by Curtis Yorke. by the method of interpellation, the objecting which has so far cost saven lakhs and given inte custody but deafed that he was At the meeting of the Legislative Council, have in view, So I was driven back taken seven years to erect even years wrongfully detained and further that ho this afternoon, Hon. Mr Murray Stewart upon the old fashion-which has lately during which they have had the designs in charged complainant or caused him to be become the sogue at fiome of dealing.contemplation-should now calmly state charged with sassult and disorderly, con- asked the following questions:-
with the subject by resolution. In pro- that the effect promises to be so ugly that duct. Defendant admitted complainant posing the present one let me any, at the best thing to do is to hide if from was taken by force to the Police Station that I am still of opinion that the land the harbour vlow. This, indeed, is and alleged that complainant behaved lus in quastion should be reserved for public wonderful out of all whooping." Why disorderly manner.
Notwithstanding the defeat not have complained to Sir Aston Webb purposes. of my resolution afirming that opinion, long ago and had the root alterod
failure of this sort--not merely have become immensely strengthened in it. A
Hun. Attorney General moved the third rending of the Bill untitled, An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance, 1900,
Thu Bill was read a third time and passed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
At a weating of the Finance Committee presided over by the Colonial, Secretary, the following votes wars considered and passed:
SCCINE COCAT CLERA.
A sum of $600 in aid of the vote, Jelicial and Legal Departments, A-Supreme Court, Personal Emoluments, Additional 3rd Grade Clerk.
SCHOOL BOOTS,"
TAL. KO`LAND OFFICE.
A. suns of $300.06 in aid of the vets, Public Worita. Extraordinary Extension of Tai Po Land Office,
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A sem of 22.500 in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Waterworks Maintenance of Shau-ki-wan
CHARITABLE ALLOWANGE. able Services, Charitable Allowance to the A sum of £50 inaid of the vote: Charit family of the late Lance Sergeant A. Counsell.
OPIUM ORDINANCE HARDSHIP,
(1) Is it the case that on the 9th May the wife of the lately deceased Assistant Bingistrate of the Sun Un District, on her way through, to Tientsin with his body, was committed to prison in this Colony for seven weeks. For having in har posses sion a small quantity of cum dross, some anti-cpium pills and a little raw opiam, Taite, all told, about 8301
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I found His Excellency the Governor's admitted but advertised in so amaz argument evco less convincing on reflection ing a manner-should strengthen the cas than it seemed at the time. I found also in favour of my resolution. Autocratic (5) Is it the case that is Excellency the that I was not singular in so regarding it power thus ineffectually wielded should be
Mr Alabaster made an application to Officer Administering the Government, Contrary to bis expectation, it failed to placed on a broader base. They should be recognising the hardship created in this convert the sigantories of the original letter shared, as far as is practicable, with the striks ont certain parts of the statement of
The following will represent Kowloon instance by the operation of the Opium of protest. All but a very few signed the public. Architecture is the one art in claim, as it was a very ingenious way of second letter, etating that having consider- which everyone haaan interest. You need trying to get damages for malicious prose Ordinance, quished the sentence?
in not bother you head about printlig or Will the Government consider theed the reasons advanced in this Council in advisability of so amending the Opium support of the proposal to sell, they wore sculpture; gou need never see anything of cation under the guise of a claim for C.C. on their ground against Watsons, on Ordinance as to provide magisterial disors still opposed to it. The proposal to call them unless you please. But if you live in damages for false imprisonment. Having Saturday, in the lawn tornis league-
be given for it unless it was claimed as tionary powers or other moans whereby found indeed one deaghty champion town you cannot help seeing the build. been before magistrate no damages could Klimanek and Brewer; Green and Watson: Various makes in stock, including TANGIE & WORTHINGTON, bona file travellers through the Colony, in the Hou Mr. Osborne. sud the logs about you, and whether they are damages for malicious. prosecution such * Zedelius and Rose.
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Further argament ensued and his lord place on the Royal Mail Steam Packet 1. On the 9th May a woman named reckless person would oppoes the sale and as it is the man in the street" who
Company's liner Nile, while off Operta, of Tang Li Sz. was convicted (a) of unlawful after hearing the rossou advanced in has to sufar from unsightly ro.fsbether abip overruled the point.
KITSON LIGHT Mr Porter proceeded to tell the jury the Countess of Shannon. The Countess, possation of Tla. 8.9 of opium dross (under defence of it. In that cas Hongkong must on the Courts or on Blake Pict-or ather
parlous state." It is largely ran unfortunate renilta of mistakes. being that false impriment in law did not Urd. 23 of 1909, section: 36) and (b) of be lo a compound of opium (under Ord. 3 of 1909 leading British merchants, the managers making his voice heard in the choice of a
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Imprisonment was admitted, namely, that returned by the same boat to England, and Amounting to 8236,00 or in default to aeten members of the legal and medical profes-on our only public square. Werks imprisonmout with hard labour. sions signed the second letter of protest. said that the conditicus of Bale will,
policeman. It was also admitted that there The value of the subject matter of the It born in all some 10 signatures, and but in any case, have to be published in the the plaintiff was given into the charge of shortly left by the Nile for a trip to for the hustling tactics of the Gaverament, Gazelle and that this will provide upper was a restraint put upon pisiatif iberty Portugal, being sscompanied by her to charge was about $30.00.
This helped to bunity for public discussion. But one that insuch as when he sired in Hongkong little sons, one the present Earl, a boy of 2. In the circamnetances of the case, and would har horno more. ne it was understood that the defendant's sustain me in the belief that I had pot is done, I am afraid we shall be told that the gateway of the vasool was kept up and 13 years. Apparently she was good ship was leaving the next day, thus allow-gese out of my mind, as was amiably nothing more can be done, in the absence he was not allowed, with others, to depart health, but she suddenly expired before
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Hon Mr Wei Yak seconded.
There wito two imprisonments-being stterzoon by the Hon. Mr E Osborne: the dociun, have to face, fe ATD
His Excellency the Administrator in "Will the Government causs part of the powerless to prevent it.We must just! foresture at the Etern and Western ex- try to make the best terms, we can the course of his reply, stated that it was.
prolonged made suitable as puls le bathing places proposed by my resolution would at lesat to any individani or to dedicate to the plainant wan A well-to-do Chination and his father in the title in 1880, and was only Hod Director of Public Works replied as afford, a messure of pected on Thubile one square inch of the band of this was seized by his quote and pushed through found by his brother; after follows is not, prible to give conceive to be our need. Let is indieste Colony without the sanction of the the streets fallnged bygdering word search He returned to England bronted undertaking to reserve arese in the places the natine of it. No one is likely to forget Becretary of State. Thurators, whom the No one would be more forted: by that as a cowboy and bearded like the pard, bub European would be pitre decided House of Lords, to which he was entitled Indicated but should axy application be that $30 foot was mentioned as the upsetcolonial Beoretary aid that the Governor than Ubinsman and he did not suppos we believe he never took his saat in the He married Miss Nellis Thoropson in 1895, "received" "af" the firent to: utilize any price propose, Frums the way it was dealt (35e. Haury Bink-)ineraly axpressed a wick Bridanon Swaa olled, and the neueing 1 sa Bason Carleton of the United Kingdom, puition of the buses for bathing, it will be with it His Excellency the Governors when he referred to this sees being kept clear
peach the comindy inferred that there of baldings he was perletly corset
trémitien if the town to be reserved, and fender - the "aircumstances. The term not in the power of the Governŭr to kive) and given in obergs of thö. palice, Gas Wild West of 'America, when be incomeded he above monthly premium will secure::
considered.
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was adjourned.
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