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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1927.
LOCAL LAWS.
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to make the resulting structure a new building within the meaning of paragraph (39) of section 6 of the Ordinance the domestic build- ing in question is to be deemed to Foreign Functionaries.
have been-erected. This will be 10. One class of persons is inexpressly 14ovided in the new sub- this Ordinance omitted from the section ada. by section 10 of this list of persons entitled to regis-Ordinance. That sub-section also tration in the second part of the provides that re-erection shall in register, i... "salaried function-clude every alteration which aries of foreign Governments not makes the resulting building an carrying on business." It is obxceptional building. vious that such functionaries should be excluded from liability to jury service, but it is thought that they would not desire to be; included in the Sanitary Board electorate.
MINOR CHANGES.
Substituting the Source of Permission:
I
The new
11. A new sub-section is added
19. The third object of this to section 8 of the principal Ordin- Ordinance is to make some minor ance. This sub-section makes per- amendments relating to water sonation ut Sanitary Board closets and water-flushed urinals. elections an offence, and it also This subject is dealt with in sec- makes it an offence for any per- tion 9. son to procure his registration on
20. In the first place it is not the second part of the register by right that the time of the means of any false representa- tion. The penalty provided is a Governor in Council should be tine not exceeding $600 or Impri-taken up with a matter which, sonment for any term not exceed within limits, has become largely ing three months or both fine and matter of routine. imprisonment. In England per-section 162 therefore substitutes sonation at parliamentary
the. permission of the Colonial municipal elections is a felony Secretary for the consent of the punishable by imprisonment for Governor in Council, Government any term not exceeding two years control is retained because, while with hard labour; see 35 and 30 the Board is fully competent to Vict. e. 33, s 24.
weigh sanitary conditions, it is often not in possession of the data necessary for dealing with other considerations which sometimes involved e.g., questions of drainage and water supply.
Difference Explained.
NEW DEFINITION,
Local Reinforced Concrete Buildings.
or
are
12. The rules for Sanitary
21. In the second place, the Board elections contained in only cases in which the removal, Schedule C to the principal Ordin-Jof water closets or urinals may ances are being revised. A draft clearly be ordered under the prin- Order in Council is published with cipal Ordinance are the follow this draft Ordinance.
13. Reinforced concrete con- struction has been developed largely since the passing of the principal Ordinance. The second object of this Ordinance is to deal with is relation to the questions of public safety and public health.
14. Section 3 of this Ordinance makes a few minor alterations in paragraph (8) of section 6 of the principal Ordinance. Some of these alterations are made for the sake of greater uniformity withi the new definition of exceptional building, which is referred to in the following paragraph.
Development in Recent Years.
15. Section 4 of this Ordinance amends the definition of excep tional building in paragraph (25) of section 6 of the principal Or dinance.
definition.
ing
►
(a) When they are a nuisance
within the meaning of sec tion 20 of the principal Or- dinance.
CHINA NEWS.
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A military escort rode on the cow- catcher on aandbags in front of the of the boiler and sat on the roofs engine, hung on to rails at the sides of the coaches.
Blood and Dirt.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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MYTHICAL SPIES.
FRENCH SCOTLAND YARD STORY,
SPOOFING THE DETECTIVES.
BISHOP OF LONDON.
RETURN HOME FROM WORLD TOUR.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
London, May 6.
Two Dutchmen, named Vander- The rear of the train compriseded before the
meul and Van der Bliss, who
appear- open cattle trucks in which neglect- Court charged with swindling, are A. F. Winnington Ingram) had Paris Correctional The Bishop of London (Dr. ed wounded lay in dirt and squalor. certainly no common swindlers. Only a few were bandaged and these
much to say regarding Australia Their audacity was such that: with Althy cotton wool.
they selected the affices of the on his return from his world Surete General (the French "Scot-tour, when he was accorded a Squatting at the doors of the Innd Yard") to carry out their ex- rousing reception, covered coaches. were the not ploit, piquant story of which was Interviewed while journeying seriously wounded while inside one told to the Court, writes a Parts from Dover to London Dr.j cought glimpses of bloody backs correspondent to the "Daily Chroni-Ingram said "Immigration dif-
limbs of the seriously wounded cle."
ficulties? Quite true, some of lying unattended in their own filth
One day in February last they our people don't feel very com- on the bare floor.
called at the offices of the Surete Arrival at Hankow brings no re-
General at the Ministry of Interior. fortable in Australia. It is true, lief for the sufferers, for they aru They assured the official who receive too, that Australians refer to ei them that they were warm British settlers 13 'Pommies,' compelled to lie in the train still friends of France.
Then there are a few Bolshevistic unattended
Tale Told to the Police. Then they related, that while want interference from an island agitators who declare they do not taying at Utrecht a few days be 12,000 miles away, but they are fore coming to Paris they had made not representative of Australia as
until accommodation
General Chang Hua-hui who, as commander of the 12th division (under General Li Chai-sm of Canton) advanced to Hankow with Chiang Kai-shek but is now he second or third highest officer In the Hankow Army.
the acquaintance of two German
spies who were going to Metz to a whole. There is no fear that get important information concern-Australia will become Amer- ing the French Army,
icanised or wish to break away
They knew that the two spies from the Empire," were going afterwards to Mau- beuge.
If you wish to send an inspector
"At the same time we must be careful not to rub Australia the
to Maubeuge with us," anid Vander wrong way. They have their muel, who alone of the two men difficulties as we have ours. We could speak French, "You will be must respect their susceptibili- able to arrest the two German ties. Personally, I chaffed them sples."
about the word 'Pommie,' and They apparently convinced the reminded them that they were officials of the Surete General, who nearly all 'Pommies' or descend- Instructed an Inspector to accom-ants of 'Pommies'. They took pany the two Dutchmen to Mau- beuge. They were to take the mid- my remarks in good part. Then night train.
I pointed out that if they want a Dinner with the Inspector. White Australia they must have The Inspector Invited his com- white settlers or someone else panions to dinner at the cost of the may step in. Already there are Surete General, and handed the Italians, Germans, Greeks and two men 1,000 francs, for which others. It would be a. dog-in-the- they signed a. receipt.
to turn up.
When the inspector went to the manger policy to keep them out, stution to meet the two men as had but the predominant portion of been arranged the Dutchmen failed the population must be kept (b) When (i) they were in ex-
British. I am
sure if we steer istence at the commence-
They were arrested a few days clear of misunderstanding we ment of the principal Or-
later when they were about to take shall come to a happy solution of dinance and (i) have,can be found in the already over-
a train for Amsterdam.
the immigration problem." without the permission of crowded foreign hospitals
Excess of Hospitality. By way of explanation Vander.
The Bishop was greatly im- the Board or the consent pestilential warda hurriedly im-moul stated to the Court that if pressed with church attendances. of the Governor in Coun-provised in the unhealthy native they missed the train for Maubeuge in Australia. New Zealand and cil, a communication with city.
it was simply because the inspector America, despite alluring coun- a public sewer or private All wounds are septic and many had given them too good a dinner. ter-attractions. drain.
are rotting. There is a dreadful "As for the supposed German (c) When they are, in the lack of medicos and medical auppies." remarked the Judge. "they Ingram said "I visited the naval Referring to Singapore, Dr. Most of the American and only existed in your imagination as base site, and am convinced that opinion of the Board and plies.
or In
of the Governor in Conn-British doctors whose help would means to swindle the Surete Gen if we are to keep the Empire to-
eil, in an insanitary con-China, driven out by the frenzied ve been invaluable have now left
anti-foreign mobs.-Reuter,
dition.
EARLIER MESSAGES.
Shanghai General Lodges A Protest.
for
crai.
been remarkably pursuasive, as Australia and New Zealand, we "But in any case you must have gether, and particularly, to keep usually officials of the Surete Gen- must have this big naval base. I ern are not credulous persona."
did not find the Japanese upset Vandermeul was sentenced to six about it." months' imprisonment, and his ac- complice to four months.
His Lordship concluded, "I re- turn more than ever convinced that Christianity is the greatest force for good in the world to-
£20,000 FOR THE POOR day."
CANADIAN BEQUEST TO ENGLISH PEOPLE.
A former Foreigner
Boycott Threats.
district.
London (Ontario)
in
17 YEARS' SILENCE.
Other cases where there should The principal change be a clear power to remove in the definition is that buildings readily suggest themselves, eg., made wholly or partly of rein- where there has been a breach of forced concrete are specifically a condition of the permission. referred to. They are included where the well from which the in the present definition under water supply was drawn has the words every building of dried up, where a pump has be glass, iron or other material not come defective, or where both
Shanghai, June 10. provided for in this Ordinance," Parties intended originally that General Pei Chung-hsi, Com- but it seems desirable to refer there should be a power of re-mander-in-Chief of the National- expressly to this particular form vocation. Accordingly, sub-sce- ist. forces in Shanghai has of construction which has, come tion (3) of the new section 162 addressed a letter to the local into prominence in recent years, gives a magistrate power to or Commissioner It is also provided in the new de- der removal (a) where the con- Affairs requesting him to protest who died recently in the United Staple Hill Police Court, Bristol, jeweller, named Peter Birtwistle. During the hearing of a case at unlawful, (b) to the British Consul against states, has left £20,000 to the poor it was mentioned by a wife who finition that the term exceptional struction was building shall include every part where the maintenance is unlaw- British aeroplanes flying over of Colne, Lancs, where he was born. was applying for a separation of every building which is an ex-ful, eg, in breach of a condi- Chinese territory. He adds "if For some years (says Reuter) it order, that her husband had not ceptional
building within the tion, and (c) where the use is any further flights take place I has been his practice to aand eums spoken to their daughter, who meaning of the first part of the insanitary. It is also possible will order my men to fire and in of money at Christmas to Colne for lived with them, for seventeen
that removal might be necessary the event of anything untoward distribution among the poor of the years. "Exceptional" Structures, on some ground not specified in taking place we certainly cannot
Pater Birtwistle was born
The Magistrates decided that 16. Sections 97 and 98 of the sub-section (3). Accordingly, be blamed."-Reuter,
Colne, about 70 years ago, a poor during the next six weeks the principal Ordinance are unsatis-sub-sections (4) and (5) give an
boy of humble parents. His school-husband and wife should try and factory. In the first place see-absolute power of removal.
ing. was so often the ease in live together, and see if they tion 07 gives the Building Au-
Cost of Removal.
Shanghai, June 10. There has been some talk dur-when a youth his reading was im-get the past.
those days, was slight but even could "bury the hatchet" and for- thority a wide discretion with re-
22. There are other minor
ing the past few days of a de- mense. gard to every exceptional build-
alterations:-
"By hard study under most try daughter and shook hands with The father then spoke to his ing, while 98 gives him discretion | (a) In section 162 of the prin- eision of the local Kuomintang to with regard to a particular class
cipal Ordinance it is only and to commence
renew the anti-British boycotting circumstances," a friend stated her of exceptional building.
boycott "Birtwistle continued to make his, Again
construction that is aagainst the Japanese, but local mark at school, and ultimately, by section 97 seems to consider only!
offence. The new section
studying almost day and night, he representatives of the Nanking obtained a post as a master in one the question of the safety of the
makes maintenance also an Government deny that the move of the day schools. public. though it is obvious that]
offence. That necessitates ment is serious, at least, as far the safety of a building might
the distinction drawn in as the British are concerned, and long, for within a few years he had
"However, he did not be of little importance to the sub-sections (1) and (2) disclaim official connection there public at large but of great im-
between construction be-with. portance to the persons using the|
fore the commencement of building, e.g., the employees in a factory. Accordingly, section 7 of this Ordinance substitutes for section 97 of the principal Ordin- ance a section which gives the Building Authority discretion in the approval of the design, con- struction and situation, of every exceptional building. The refer ence to situation is meant, for instance, to give the Building Au- thority power to refuse to allow a highly inflammable building to be erected in dangerous proximity to other buildings.
+
A
the amending Ordinance their terror with the British Threats of boycott have lost construction after owing to the fact that there is
and
date.
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remain
Shadows Before,
migrated to Canada. It is about COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED 60 years now since be went.
His Great Sympathy. forgotten him, but he forgot none "Most of his acquaintances have
IN THE "MAIL."
of his old friends, and for the poor "Lights of Old Broadway." pathy.
(b) The old section 162 applies now practically no British trade of Colne he had the greatest sym
to boycott.-Reuter.
only where there is connec
tion with a sewer or drain. The new section will take
Shanghai Defences.
Shanghai, June 10. effect in cases where the The removal of all barbed wire discharge is into a sump.
barricades inside the Settlement (c). Provision is made in sub-started to-day, following a resolu
section (8) for recovering tion passed at a meeting of the the cost of removal where Municipal Council. it has to be done by the Building Authority.
FRENCH PLANS.
A PROPOSAL TO OUTLAW WARFARE.
"Not long after he had gone to Canada it was stated that he had and a few years later had started gone into the jewellery business.;
Jan his own account.
He visited his old town at long intervals, and the last time he was.
in Colns was in 1921,"
This does not affect the outer
The Town Clerk of Colne said that the exact amount of Mr. Birtwistle's barriers separating the Settle- ment from Chinese territory, at least £20.000.
legacy was not known, but it was which are only "removable at
poor
"He has done much for the
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11- World Theatre; "The Fall of Troy," Part I, showing the Abduction of Helen."
June
June 11-Star Theatre; "Contra- band."
June 11-Tea Dance, Cafe Res tourant Parisien, 4.30 p.m..
June 11-Isako's Circus, New Re- clamation Ground, Praya East, Wanchai, 0.16 p.m.; Matinet, 4 p.m. June 12-14-World Theatre; "The Destruction of Troy."
Sports.
June 11-Opening game of the
the discretion of the military, au- here" said the Town Clerk. "but Hong Kong Baseball Assen., Happy thorities."
he did everything quietly.
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The internal barriers in the year he cant something for them, June 25-Fifth extra race meet- French concession are also being gradually removed. Reuter.
Building Authority's Discretion.
17. Section 8 of this Ordin-' ance enacts a new section 98 which gives the Governor in Coun- cil power to make regulations gov- erring the design. construction. and situation of exceptional buildings generally. The present
Peking, June 10. situation is that under thle power
The half-yearly interest on the London County Council Rein-by
M. Briand in hie publie Hukuang bonds due on June 15, forced Concrete Regulations will peeches for the past few months has not yet been paid but it is
Paris, June 10. The tentative proposals mooted
Hukuang Bonds,
in favour of a Franco-American understood that the Finance Min-
but so that the fact should not be ing of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, advertised he sent it to friends to Happy Valley. give away in secret.
....
Lammerts' Auctions,
The present legacy has been left June 15-At Godown No. 7, to the Council to deal with, and it Lower. The H.K. & K. Wharf & will be used to erect cottage homes Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, 41 to be named after him.”
bales glazed white printing paper, 1a.m.
Mr. Birtwistle, was unmarried.
be introduced here with the heces-pact outlawing warfare have found Istry has sanctioned the payment. EXILE FOR A GRAND MASTER hold furniture will be sold at 58A,}}
June 16-A quantity of house Nathan Road, Kowloon, by Messrs. Lammert Brow.. 10.30 am.
Meeting.
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sary modifications, so soon as their way into diplomatic channele. Hence it is expected that the tima can be found to adapt them M. Briand is gratified that the re throughout in detail. Until that ception given to his proposals ir obligation will be met near the Signor Domizio Torrigiani, is done the Building Authority America has initiated conversa date due. This would make the former Grand Master of Free- June. 14-Meeting of creditors of proposes to use his discretion tone with the United States: Am-Ioan payments a year in arrears masons; has been arrested in Karanjla & Co., Ltd. (in voluntary. Under the new section 97 in ac-bassador ashligton up are not secured on the Salt tax known destination, following a cordance with the London County in the present indicate that the Have not been met for the past sentence of five years' exile pro-
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•Council Regulations, so far as White House. while doubting the two years-Reuter.
Miscellaneous. possible.
June 11-Orchestral and Dance nounced by a special commission. Selections by the Cameo Orchestra nazessity of implementing the
It was stated in the Zamboni at Lane Crawford's Restaurant, trial that Signor Torrigiani, 4 during and after dinner. motive power behind persons John's Cathedral Hall, 8.30 p.m. tireless anti-Fascist, was the June 24Whlet Drive at St. accused in the trial of attempting June 28-Lantern lecture by Dr.
the meaning of the word "re-erec of 1014, is in nowise disposed to re-
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tion' in section 180 of the printect the opening of official negotia-Admiral Stotz, the new, French
Shanghai, June 10. cipal Ordinance, but it has always tions provided the scope of the pro- Commander-in-Chief in the Tar been assumed that when posed pact well defined before. Fast, has arrived. Reuter, to assassinate Signor Mussolial Osma, at St. Peter's Club, 8.80 D.. domestic building is altered so as hand Reuter,
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