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SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1926.
CHINESE MIDWIVES,
USE OF TITLES TO BE RESTRICTED.
ORDINANCE TO BE AMENDED.
The draft of Bill to amend tha Midwives Ordinance of 1010 published 11t thu "Government
Gazette."
PEAK TRAMS.“
&
MAXIMUM SPEED TO BE EXCEEDED,
"
THE MOTIVE POWER.
Draft of a Bill to amend the Peak Tramway Ordinance of 1898 is published in the Government "Gazette,"
The Objects and Reasons state:-
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.
SIAM UNWILLING TO GRÀNT PRIVILEGES TO CHINA.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Peking June 9 According to the report of Mr. Wong Yun-pao, Chinese Minister to Japan, who is in charge of the Sino- Siamese negotiations with the Stamose Minister in Tokyo for the conclusion of a now treaty of com- The Objects and Reasons state:-
merce and friendship between the 1. The principal object of this
two countries, owing to certain b is to prevent the age of titles, 1. The two main object of this obstacles in Bangkok, the parleys et, by uncertified Chinese mid- Bill are (1) to give the Governor have been auspended. But in view wives, which are calculated to de-in-Counel! power to allow the pre- of the fact that there are more ceive the publle and convey the sent statutory maximum speed of than one million Chinese people Impression that the midwife is pro- 10 miles an hour to be exceeded, who are engaged in various trades perly qualified. It haa been and (2) to make it quite clear and occupations, especially in rice thought advisable that the use of that electricity may be used as factories, in Slam, the Chinese Huch titles should be restricted, end the motive power on the tramway,government are naturally very the bill therefore, in clauses 2 (4) The opportunity is taken of mak-anxious to exchange Consuls with and 8. amends section 2 and 13 ofing certain other amendments the Bangkok regime prior to the the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, 80 alec na to provide that the title of wan yo shall be the only site which can be recognised as usable by an uncertified Chinese midwife."
2. The opportunity has also been taken to amend the Ordinance in several other respects where it appears to be necessary. Clause 2 1) and (2) alter the penalties for the wrongful use of titles implying Certification, and for uncertificated practice, to $250 in each case, in order to conform with the usual fine for summary offences. Clause 2 (3) repeals the provise to section 2 (2) of the Ordinance, which seems to be of little value. The terms of the section imply clearly that it was not intended to apply to emer- gency assistanes, and s. 12 of the
Ordinance provides that the Or dinance shall not apply to medical ed by clause 7 of the bill, so as to
practitioners. Section 12 la amend-
make this entirely unambiguous,"
conclusion of a formal treaty and 2. Clause (2) defines the term Mr. Wong has been ordered to company as meaning the Peak negotiato with the Siamese Minister Tramways Company Limited. In Tokyo to this effect. In this When the principal Ordinance connection, the Chinese Chamber was passed it was not possible to of Commerce at Bangkok has sent give the name of the company in a memorial to the government exactly.
stating that the Blamese authori- 3. It is not quite clear that see-ties" are unwilling to conclude a tion 13 of the present Ordinance new Treaty of Commerce, and given the Governor-in-Council' Friendship with China on the power to approve of the use of ground that owing to the absence electricity, as the motive power of of any treaty stipulations binding the tramway. The proposed new the Siamese government, the Chi section 18 gives this power.
Inese in Slam are being submitted also makes it clear that no ap- to various unreasonable restric paratus disapproved by the Gov-tions and limitations which do not error-in-Council may be used. affect the subjects of other coun This is no doubt implied in the present section:
tries in Slam and that a practis cally over seventy per cent of the 4. Two substantial alterations foreign and home trade of Siam la will be made by clause 4. One is in Chingas hands, the removal of tol give the Governor-in-Counci restrictions as well as heavy taxes power to allow the present state-will further enhance the prosperity tory maximum speed of 10 miles of the industrious Chinese Chinese an hour to be exceeded. The industry and diligence are feared 3 Clause 3 (1) substitutes other is to do away with the pre- by the idla Siamese whose whole "woman" for "person" in 3:3; the sent anomalous provision that no sale and retail business is chiefly use of the word "she" in the sec-rule or by-law made under the in Chinese hands,
"principal Ordinance can come into its publication in the "Gazette." operation until one month after Clause 4 also provides that the company's by-laws must be first approved by the Governor-in- Council....
tion shows that "won.an" was in. dended.
Clause 3 (2) requires a woman applying for certification to hold certain certificates, and not merely to produce. them. Clause 3., (3) provides that the holding of a certificate under the Midwives Act, 1902, shali Be a qualification for being certified in the Colony,
penalties have to be provided in the rules and by-laws, and no pro- vision is made for any case where through inadvertence a rule or by
6.Section 17 of the present 4. Section 4 of the present Or Ordinance provides, that any rule dinanes provides that the Board or by-law may impose a fine for "shall consist of the Principal Civil offences against the rule or by. Medical Offeer, the Superintendens law, not exceeding $10 for each of the Alice Memorial Maternity offence, or $6 a day for a con Hospital, the lady doctor attached tinuing offence. These maxima to the same, and three other per-seem much too small for some of sona to be nominated by the the possible offences, e.g., tres- Governor. The trouble about sec-passing on the tramway line, or tions in this form is that they some failure by the company to pro- times become inconvenient when vide servants to keep the line free circumstances change. For exam from obstructions" The proposed ple, the particular hospital men- new section makes the maximum tioned might close, or might be fines breaches of the rules $250 or amalgamated with another hospital, |$50 a day for a continuing offence. er it might happen that the superin- and the maximum fine
for tendent of that hospital might be breaches of the by-laws $100. An- only a subordinate to the superin-fother objection to the form of the tendent of the keneral group of present section 17 is that the Allee hospitals, or there might be more than one lady doctor attached to the hospital in question. Clause 4 of the bill "therefore, proposes to subsitute a sub-section law is not provided with a penalty. which will provide that the Board The proposed new form of the sec- shail consist of the Principal Civil Medical Offeer as chairman and ave other persona appointed by the Governor. The present intention is to continue to appoint to the Board the superintendent of the
6. Clause 6 of the Bill gives the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital Governor-in-Council and a lady doctor attached to that amend the Schedule which con- power to hospital. The present section makes the term of office of thetains the Table of Tolls. It is nominated members three years, amendment of the Schedule would hardly necessary to say that no and it gives no power to cancel any
be made without consultation with appointment. This might be in- convenient. It might be desirable, the company. At present there is and will be desirable under the newno power either to reduce or to in- sub-acetion, to have power to ap-crease the maximum tolls. point a medical practitioner for so long as he may continue to hold a particular appointment. The pro- posed new sub-section gives this power. It also gives the Governor power to cancel any appointment. This latter power might be used where an appointed member had
left the Colony,
6. Section 7 of the present Or- dinance provides that the secretary of the Board shall have the custody of the roll. It is considered that it would be more convenient if the Principal Civil Medical Officer had. the custody of the roll · Accord- ingly, the section is, amended by: clause 5 of the bill so as to provide that the Principal Clvl Medical Officer, or such person as he shall appoint, shall have the pustody of the roll.
6. Clause 5 repeals a. 11 of the Ordinance which provides that offences may be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Midwives, Board. This is unnecessary begause any person has the right to prosecute under the Ordinance, and if the object of the section WER that offences should be prosecuted by the secretary only, that is an object which should not have been limed at, and the acction has not achieved
it.
on provides a penalty for all rules and by-laws, but gives power: to reduce the maximum fines in the case of any particular rule | or by-law,
7. Clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10 in- crease to $100 the maximum fines under sections 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the principal Ordinance. The present maxima of $25 and $10 seem much too small for some of the offences, which include wilful
UY W HOLMES.
Mrs. Guy W. Holmes is standing joyally by her pastor-husband in the face of charges made by Antoinette Fortin, a tea room girl. Mrs. Holmes got 1,500 parishioners to sign peti- tion to the church jury to retain her husband in his pastorate.
ANOTHER SOVIET FAILURE.
RUSSIAN DEMANDS FLATLY
REFUSED. "
Mr. Rodney Gilbert writing from Pekin ander date of June 12 to the "N. C. D. News"
NEW YORK.
·HER ATTITUDE TOWARDS EUROPE.
Dr: Paul Einzig writes in the "Financial News."
banks here Would bring fresh. business, and would increase Now York's international importance. At the same time, we do not be-| Reve that they would nequire, much local business; even if they become incorporated and thus be- come entitled to accept deposits. When I arrived in New York As our activities abroad do not towards the middle of March, create any ill-feeling among the public opinion was under the in- banks of the countries where we fluence of the Geneva failure, and operate, similarly their penetra- ncial circles were inclined totion in the New York market be pessimistic about the prospecta would not interfere with their of fresh European borrowing in cordial relation with our banks," New York within the next few
STATEMENT BY MR. RAY MORRIS. months. It appears, however, Recent political events appear. that the unfavourable impressioned to have affected the foreign created by the League deadlock bond market only to a very slight and by other political events has extent. As Mr. Mitchell, prest- worn away much sooner than was dent of the National City Bank anticipated.
told me, they created a certain In the course of my inquiries I amount of reluctance among in- found that issuing houses are vestors to buy new foreign bonds, much more optimistic as to the but did not induce them, generally willingness of the public to absorb speaking,, to sell out their hold- fresh European loans.
ings.
This, however, does not mean that the amount of European' loans Roated in New York during 1926 will approach the figure for the previous year. In well-in- formed banking quarters, a de- cline is. anticipated, simply because most of the first-class borrowers have already met their requirements, while many recent applications are viewed with dis- favour on account of the unsatis- factory standing of the borrower.
On the whole, banking circles are optimistic as to the pro- spects of the foreign bond muar...! ket, especially as far as the Issues of first-class borrowers are concerned.
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Among others, Mr. Ray Morris, of the banking house Brown Brothers and Co., told me that he anticipates an appreciation of foreign bonds quoted in New York. "Countries with stable financial conditions," he said, STATEMENT BY MR. POTTER." "such as Great Britain, Sweden, This is the opinion expressed by Switzerland, and Holland, have Mr. William C. Potter, president ceased to borrow in New York. of the Guaranty Trust Co., who In fact, their securities told me that the adverse effect of gradually being repatriated. It the Geneva failure upon the at- is reasonable to assume that, as titude of the American investors a result, first-class European ought not to be over-estimated. securities will undergo an appre "I believe." he said, "that the clation within the next year or so. amount of European loans will be In my opinion there is no reason lower this year than was in 1926 why the prices of British, but not on account of a change in Swedish, etc., securities should the attitude of our investing pub-not reach the level of the corres- lic. They are willing to buy ponding classes of American sound European bonds, especially securities." in New York and the Eastern States,
"The reason why we are like. ly to lend to Europe less this year than last year is that those to whom we are willing to lend do not want to borrow, while we are unwilling to lend to many of those who do want to borrow."
"This applies to both Govern- ments, corporations; and indus- trial concerns. The decline of money rates in part of Europe in duces many borrowers to meet their requirements in the home market instead of coming to New York."
In reply to my question. Mr. Potter stated that he believes the French Government will be able, to raise a loan after the funding of its war debt.
AMERICAN BANKS ABROAD,
I asked him whether he expects
an expansion of American bank-
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COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED- IN THE MAIL."
Entertainments.
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June 26 Queen's Theatre: Lillian Gish in "Romola,"
June 26-Star Theatre; "Under Western Skies,"
June 26-World Theatre; The Cross Roads of New York."
June 28-Dinner dance in the roof garden of the Hongkong Hotel, 8 pm to midnight.
June 26-Imperial. Concert Party Showing at the Kowloon Cricket Club, 9.15 pm.
Sport.
July. 2-Exhibition of doubles tennis match at University in aid of St. Stephen's Gollege building fund. Auction.
June 30-Valuable Leasehold
MiscellaneDUA.
ing abroad in the near future. property at Macdonnell Road will. His reply was in the negative.be auctioned. at 3 p.m. by A. G. da "The existing branches of Amer- Rocha, Auctioneer. ican banks in foreign centres," he said, "are sufficient to meet our immediate requirements. Any further expansion is bound to be a slow and gradual process. The field is covered by British banks which have the benent of long experience.
"Apart from some excep- tional cases, no extension of the American bank branch system is anticipated for the time being."
June 26.-Open air soccer. dinner at Wong-Nel-Chung recreat- lon ground, by South China A. A. to celebrate the winning of champion- ship in both divisions of junior league.
Jun 28. Special sale of dress
goods, at Messrs, Whiteaway, Laid- law & Co., Ltd.
"The attitude of the police toward. dependent upon that of their dry enforcement is almost entirely. superiors."Judge J. A. Williams,
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,
It is reported from Mukden, Questioned as to the attitude of through Russian and Japanese the American banks towards the media, that the Soviet-Fengtien establishment of foreign banks in negotiations have resulted in the New York, Mr. Potter stated that complete rejection of all the for- most American bankers do not culture, no
"There are no boundary lines of social barriers of mer's suggestions. Comrade object to it, and would not resent scholarship. no political differences Serebriakoff asked for the recogit. "We are aware," he said, in intellectual life.”—Dr. James
that the establishment of foreign Shefield.
nition of the Unions in the rail- Way zone, for the institution of | Mixed Courts, in which Russian judges were to have the highest authority, implying a virtual re- obstruction of the company's ser- rights, and for the withdrawal of storation of extraterritorial vanta, destruction of the property Marshal Chang Tso-lin's demand of the company, acting in such a for Comrade Karakhan's recall. manner as to endanger the lives All the suggestions were flatly re- of persons travelling on the tram-fused, but Comrade Serebriakoff, way, and attempting to avoid pay who has gone to Vladivostok, will ment of the legal fare.
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TRAPPING A TELEPHONE FIEND.
Bombay, June 4-The latest in- atance of the telephone fiend was brought to light through a clever trap laid by the Polico... A Parsi Nurse, Miss Nuvajbai Framroze, used persistently to be rung up by ar unknown person, who request ed to be invited, stating that he was deeply in love..
remain in the Far East, hoping to arrange a conference for traffic adjustment between the Ussuri and the Chinese Eastern Rail- ways, excluding political issues.
EWALD SELPH HEADS...
ROTARY.
Ewald E. Selph is the president of the Manila Rotary Club for-the- ensuing year. HM. Cavender la the new vice-president and C. C. Mitchell was re-elected secretary. The new officers were presented to the club at its luncheon at the Manila hotel by William Shaw; out- going president...
When the nuisance became un- bearable, the Police were informed. The next time the person rang up Dr. W. A. Herre of the bureau the Nurse invited him. and, on ar of science gave an interesting talk rival, the culprit was seized. First
on Philippine fish, Illustrating his. he said he was a student, but later talk with specimens of the different admitted that he was a Head Con varieties. He emphasised the need stable working as telephone opera- of insuring a proper, flah, supply for tor in the Head Police Office. The the folanda and providing proper
"I live for and by and with the Nurse complained before the Magis-methods of curing Dr Herre is at theatre." Jane Cowl.
trate who ordered the issue of a present striving to give the lalands warrant for his arrest...
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Frank Comerford.
"I know of no more generous people than the people of Aber deen"Lord. Salvesen.
supply of fresh water fish, which will serve as a food in the interior regions. To this ond he imported carp last year from China and this year intends to bring another fresh water type.
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