TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1924.
THE BUDGET.
(Continued from pagë 8.).
course of time, before I leave, the *Colony, I may see the Chinese side adequately deve- loped.
THE CHINA MAIL.
The last point in the hon. mem- ber's speech I am afraid I cannot lagree with. The position of this Colony and the Strafts Settlements with regard to a Municipal Council is entirely different. Singapore is a portion only of the Straits Settle ments. It appears to me quite reasonable that municipal work of part of a Colony should be done by The hon. member made a rea municipal body for that purpose.
Not a Spendthrift
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Colonial Secretary was not serious when he said the completion of the typhoon buoyage would not be absolutely finished until July next year. I submit that the work should be carried out as early as possible.
My suggestion for the removal of the G. C. H. was not only in the Interests of the patients them- selves it would be-an' economic saving, because the price received for selling the present quarters. will amply compensate you for instituting the hospital further out, where conditions can easily be bettered.
Tree Planting.
The hon. member's remark that I sincerely hope permission to erect verandahs over Chown land is a thing to which every British subject has an inalion The hon. 'member referred to a able right, I am afraid I cannot In regard to the Botanical and Chinese officer of a medical instagree with. I have no objection to Forestry Department, the hon. tution. It is not proposed to make erecting verandahs over Grown member raises the question of any change. "The point is that the land, but if they do so the 'Crown planting more shrubs and trees. Itime of the medical officer who certainly has a claim to receive suppose I rafse this question about devotes his time to the Chinese something in return. once every six months myself, I institution is so fully taken up have always wished, not only to that he has no opportunity for plant certain spaces on the Peak ather things. What I should have with azaleas and, other plants of said is it is not necessary to make] attractive appearance, but also de- any addition to the staff of the sired to plant fir trees on the cutly- Medical Department, in that a full ing islands so that they may be time surgeon or officer may be put to some useful purpose, available. have invariably found that all such propositions are at once met by the argument that it is easy to dence to induce them to grow, but which I am in entire agreement another matter to hope that Pro. can assure the hon. member that vidence will induce the Chinese so far as I am concerned his warn population to refrain from cutting Ings were not required, as in the them down when they have reached course of a quarter of a century to increase very largely our force of have been accused of a great num. forestry inspectors and keep them ber of things ranging from almost constantly at work, I confess I look murder to want of sense, but I with some doubt upon the estab. have never been accused, at any lishment of any really large fire rate justly, of being a spendthrift wood reserve in the New Terri- with regard to official money, tories. I can only hope that in have not infrequently made my course of time the Chinese popula- self rather a trial to departments tion will abundon what appears to in enquiring whether certains be an ancestral idea that the pro-sums- should be expended. in per use of any growing thing' is to manner suggested. turn it into firewood. (Laughter), assure the hon. member that in my I think that that is all regarding opinion I do not think there is the speech of the hon. member money there that can be cut out representing the Chamber of Com-without disadvantage. I may say merce which I need dwell on at that while I entirely appreciate and share the hon, member's views,
plant fir trees and expect Provi- mark in regard to economy with Here, Hongkong and Kowloon more could be done in the way of
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The Colonial Secretary admitted: and you, Sir admitted, that much form the Colony, and if we had planting. What we are asking for municipality we should either have is that not much more could be no further use for the Public done but that much more can be Works Department, in which case done, and we hope that will be we are simply substituting a worse the case. The planting of flower- we should retain it and duplicate the Colony very much from the work, and inevitably there would ornamentation point alone: be a great amount of overlapping I differ, Sir, entirely from you and a great amount of unnecessary on the subject of the Military expense. No time would be saved Contribution and a great deal of money would whole situation, (I do not pretend be wasted.
ft to be the unofficial view though His Excellency's Term. I have good reason to believe it I should like if I may, to end is, this small island, Sir, is part with a short personal statement of the British Empire... We do not with regard to a remark I made in pretend to pay for protection. We my speech when introducing the have a right to ask for it. Budget, which, I observed, might Colony contributes in no smail very probably, be the last Budget I part and in different ways to the should perhaps put before the Coun- Home Government; its contribu- cil. As the hon, member represent tion is a great deal farger than its I find that the task of anybody, ing the Chamber of Commerce has area indicates, and its value to the studying and proposing economy' stated to-day, the Unofficial men- British Empire is infinitely greater The hon, member representing is not made easier by remarks bers of the Council paid me the than it is often given credit for. the Justices of the Peace dealt such as have been made this after-compliment which I value very We have a right, not only to ask, but to demand protection. We largely with the question of public
noon. There are three matters highly in suggesting to
perfectly willing to con- health. The typhold question has in the Budget which I thought Secretary of State that my term of
tribute our quota for upkeep, caused a very considerable amount might possibly not unreasonably office should be extended. of controversy and, to some extent, be attacked on the ground of you are aware, certain changes but to ask controversy on the wrong lines, undue expenditure. One was the have taken place in the Govern the whole defence, not only of this of death or re-marriage the pen- regret to say I have been unable great increase in the staff of the ment of Great Britain in the last Colony, but of the greater area sion passes to my children up to to obtain figures for this year, but Public Works Department. We few weeks, and the Secretary of which lies beyond us in China, is a the age of 21 in the case of a State very naturally and rightly burden which the British Govern- daughter, and 18 in the case of a I am under the impression that the have had two hon. members co said he was unable to provide a ment has no right to force upon us, boy. If any insurance compay is actual number of cases this year is gratulating themselves and the not much in excess of last year. Government on the fact that they possible successor in any way. and which we are not going to entitled to offer me similar terms, Unfortunately, it has been more are at last at one on this matter.
can only say that if His Majesty accept And for that reason I have I hope it will communicate, with me concentrated and has drawn public Another, the large increase of intimated his wish that I should again raised the question. I do feel without further delay. The view, consequence. The police, which the hon. member as remain here, it would give me that if the question was put as 1 which I know exists among mem fret is that in any country you sures us he recognises as essential great pleasure and nothing would have suggested to the British com-bers of the Civil Service, is that and their Municipal they consider, because they sub- always get a certain amount of for the Chinese community, and give me greater pleasure than to manities enteric during the hot season, and the last was the provision for large continue to work with this Council, Councils throughout China, they scribe, that the pension should be I am afraid that whatever steps sums of expenditure on the rail-as I have worked, harmoniously, would feel that it was reasonable sufficient to maintain the widow. that they should be asked to pay That is possibly a reasonable "are taken we cannot hope to way, which, at present, runs as far for the last five years, (Applause.)
for the right to call upon the forces. attitude if the contribution is suffi- rid the Colony of this dis-as the border. I confess that if
Unofficial Replies.
This is the natural garrison pointcient to provide for the pension. case any more than any other there was one item of the Budget
Hoa, Mr. Holyoak: I ask your from which forces go, and I do Of course, what these people criti country can hope to succeed in on which I had some doubt, it was Excellency's permission to reply feel, Sir, that the whole burden of cise and do not take the trouble to- doing so. The Sanitary Board has the desirability of expending to one or two points. I think the protection of the island and what consider is that the amount is the recently provided the new type of money on the railway.
I, how- Director of Public Works, lies beyond it, involving the whole minimum the Government consi- latrine with which they hope to ever, thought it desirable to hopein referring to the rapid of British interests in China, should ders it necessary a
man should tempt the coolic to inhabit mat for the best, and I trust that we filtration of water, really meant not lie entirely upon, Hongkong. provide. It does not prevent him sheds on the Peak, so that one may see a through service running the rapid passing of water
insuring himself elsewhere for a source of contamination may be this year; and I am glad to notice without filtration, which has -removed.
the hon, member representing the resulted in the complaints-made.
I am glad, Sir, to hear that you reasonable sum. The whole object The Director of Public Works Chamber of Commerce shares my What we are urging is the adoption will view with favour, if we of the fund was to provide for dealt with the question of malaria, view entirely. You will perceive, of a mechanical process which will support it, the vote for the Alice numerous sad cases which came We are doing as much as we can Gentlemen, when, in addition to filter water very rapidly and which Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals, before us, of people who neglected to drain nullahs and pools, but it this endorsement, which I myself experience has proved for over which has been suggested. I do and had not taken the slightest is a matter of intense difficulty thought excessive, hon. members year in this Colony. The last re
not think it could be quite fairly trouble to provide insurance for whenever any new country is urge us to make a considerable ad-
port given to me was that, from said that it is entirely a religious (their widows. It is a system in being developed, to prevent the dition to our expenditure by the January to June 1924, there had hospital. I know the work of the troduced in order that the widows spread of malaria owing to the increases granted for housing been filtered an average of 930 based generally on the broad should not be reduced to the work- hospital intimately, while it is and families of Civil Servants formation of pools. It is impos- allowances, the task of the habitual gallons per day, including Sundays, sible to fill up your hollows as you economist becomes more difficult and every filtered sample had been principal of religion because of its house owing to the carelessness of go along without bringing the
name and of the manner in which the husband. It was to make sure With regard to the hon. Mr. absolutely free. work to continuous standstill.
"came into being, there is no that the widow at least received The result is that in a rainy sea- Bird, I should like to say that I
hospital in this Colony administer something, and was not left entire- son like this year you have to entirely agree with him that the
ed on broader lines, and, no ly penniless as has been the case Hon. Mr. Holybak: Yes, 930 hospital that admits Chinese mere in some instance in the past. consider a aumber of pools about. of a street in which one happens to thousand gallons. They go on to freely or perhaps attains better ro-
best method of indicating the name
The question of the return on the The only satisfactory way of he is to put the name on a lamp. say they have touched one million suits. It is not that I'advocate it in contribution is one which only an dealing with them is to oil them, confess that the Colorial Secre- gallons per day on one or two preference to any other hospital, actuary can settle, and I confess is and that is being done wherever tary's alternative of marking it on occasions, and they have touched possible.
The hoa, member referred to a
the floor has never appealed to me two millions over 24 hours from but it is doing a work on behalf of entirely beyond me. The ques number of children admitted to
as a suitable means of dealing. January to June. What we are the Colony which is worthy of all tlon is whether because of the de- Victoria Hospital. Well, malaria with the bipeds whose eyes are urging is that the matter should the Government can give it. For crease in the value of money and higher rates of interest, the tables might be calculated on a somewhat with an adult is a misfortune, in usually glued to the ground. the case of a child it is a, blunder The hon. member, mentioned
His Excellency's Further Reply. higher rate. That is a matter the on its parents" part. We are be- the Port Development Department.
H.E. the Governor: I should like Secretary of State communicated ginning to realise that we do not In any case, what we have paid for know so much about malaria and is, not the actual plans drawn up by
to deal with the point of Widows' with us about. and Orphans' Pensions which the mosquitoes as we used to. The Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, but his anopheles is nocturnal in its habits, advice generally, and whether his
hon. member has raised. It is a system which is embodied in an it does not wander round biting plans are or are not adopted we
Ordinance, which says that in re- in the hours of the day when bave very valuable information
Commandeered.
turn for a certain payment, four children should be out, and 3 and advice, for which I may say mothers take care the children we are paying what appears to me My impression of the widows' per cent of an officer's salary a
and Orphans' Fund, Sir, as far as pepsion of a certain amount, vary come in at a reasonable hour for quite an adequate fee. children, and that their mosquito
my recollection goes back, is that ing according to age, will be avail.
The original fond these funds were to a very large able.
(Reuter's Service.) net is properly looked after, I
I am afraid I cannot agree with extent. commandeered by the wound up many years ago and think the number of cases ap- the hon. member's views about Government. I can use no other handed over to the Government, in pearing in the Victoria would be compensations and resumptions.expression. It is perfectly true return, the Government assuming
Rangoon, November 3. somewhat smaller. The question It appears to me to be not at all that Government servants were liability of pensions specified in
Adeinwuntha, a Buddhist monk of prevention of malaria cannot be unreasonable that when a man circulated, and that they agreed the new tables. The tables were and Nationalist, has been sent. dealt with solely by the Govern wishes to obtain something at the to the money being used by the draws up by the leading actuar tenced to a your's imprisonment ment. You must have popular expense of the community
he Government in a way that was in England and represented what for a serious speech mad" onfsille support. People do not realise should also endeavour to return to afterwards adopted, but I think it was at that time the best available the comut daring the trial of the that mosquitoes will breed, and it the community the expense of is quite clear, Sir, from all that I information with regard 10 Ottawapongyi case. is their business to see that there what generally amounts, to im have heard since, that they did not mortality, and I do not think any- are no breeding places in their provement to his own property understand. immediate neighbourhood. The I confess that my opinion is that
people who complain most bitterly
against the Government should take the trouble to see that mos quitoes are not breeding on their own particular premises.
Chinese Matters.
Road Widening.
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Hon. Mr. C. Montague Ede: 930 thousand gallons.
not be left for long consideration, that telegraphic request be made that the plant should be sent out, and that it should be installed as soon as the first arrives, so that you have an experimental process af work over a few months before the futher plant is installed at the other filter beds.
H. E. the Governor: I am afraid we spend far too much. We are they do not understand it now. constanly belog charged suns
Hon. Mr. Holyoak: I think their
Hospital Etc.
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that reason I have advocated an increase in the vote.
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body could question the accuracy of his calculations as showing an adequate pension for the contribu tipns received. I am unfortunately which certainly never appear to complaint is that if the funds re-exempt from membership of the be below the lowest market price, mained in their own administration Hongkong system, but I am very and certainly often above it when they would be receiving a higher glad to say I am entitled to the we take a strip of somebody's rate of interest than that credited benefits of a similar system on the
The hob, senior Chinese mem-premises to widen the road. The them to-day. That would have same table. in Ceylon. You will ber referred to various matters, widening of the road adds to the made a great difference to the excuse me quoting my own case, among them a grant to Hok Hol value of the property, and even if pensions of widows and orphans. but it is the one I know best library. I am glad to see this has it did not they should be prepared I suggest whether the time has joined the system at the age of met with the approval of the hon. 10 sacrifice something for the member, as I should be very benefit of the community. As for pleased to see this Colony become getting anything out of the com- as it ought, the centre of Chinese 'munity for nothing, I certainly culture, as it is of European think they should not be allowed culture, and I am hoping in the to do so.
come for a fresh valuation of the thirty-six, my wife being about whole fund to be made in the twenty-three. I paid a trifle over interests of Civil Servants. It is £5 a month, and in return for that nothing to do with me, but I am my wife is entitled to a pension of asking for justice on the part of £200 a year for all her life or until those in the Government service. her re-marriage, and in the event,
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