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THE SLAVE TRADE CONVENTION
U.S. RATIFIES
ANNOUNCEMENT ISSUED FROM STATE DEPARTMENT
TRAFFIC STILL ACTIVE
Washington, Yesterday.
The Senate has ratified the
convention, signed at Geneva In September, 1926, to suppress the Blave trade.
Mr. F. B. Kellogy (State Depart- ment Secretary) has issued a state ment declaring that certain terri- tories in Africa still have slave traffic and that the Convention is designed to suppress it and to pre- vert compulsory hbour from developing into conditions analogous to slavery-Reuter's American Ser
FINANCE VOTES
COMMITTEE TO SANCTION $85,820
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
HURRICANE- SWEEPS. THE STATES
FOUR AFFECTED
RESCUE
His Excellency the Governor has DOCTORS AND NURSES TO THE presented for the consideration of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council to-morrow the items of supplementary expenditure set out below:--
EMERGENCY HOSPITALS.
New York, Yesterday. Casualties are reported on the
Public Works, Extraordinary- Hong Kong, Buildings, New Porch (track of the hurricane which swept to C.S.O. Building $1,000.
the States of Tennessee, Miasis- sippi, Louisiana and Texas. Special
A vote of $2,500 was approved on trains are taking doctors and nurses December 20, 1928, to meet the cost to the devastated areas and emer- of a motor approach and porch to gency hospitals have been improvis the Western Entrance of the C.S.O. ed to accommodate the injured. building.
Reutér's American Service.
There was Insufficient time. to complete the work before the end of the year and a revote of the amount unexpended, viz. $1,000 is requested. England, together with other in- The above has been provided for cliental works to complete the by Special Warrant.
Public Works, Extraordinary: Public Works,, Extraordinary, HEALTH & LABOUR. Kowloon, Buildings, Conversion of Kowloon, Port Works, Filling in
vice.
INCREASING COST OF THE MINISTRIES
JOINT ESTIMATES
London, Yesterday, The increasing coat of social legislation is revealed by the joint estimates of the Ministries of Health and Labour of £79,056,000, an increase of 52,417,000, of which housing grants account for £400,000, unemployment for £265,000, old age pensions for £1,300,000, and emigra- tion for £49,000.-Reuter.,
£
SIBERIAN EXPRESS
WRECKED IN COLLISION WITH GOODS TRAIN
CASUALTIES SLIGHT
Harbin, Yesterday. News has just been received of a train smash on the trans-Siberian Railway, though fortunately the casualties do not appear to have been serious.
Park Side for School purposes and furnishing $9,000.
À vote of $18,000 was approved in November, 1928 to meet the cost of the above mentioned work.
scheme,
Tidal Flats and cutting down Hill between Tai Kok Taul and Fuk Teun Heung $10,000.
A sum of $75,000 was provided In the 1928 Estimates.
com-
The work was practically plated by the end of the year, but
There was insufficient time to complete the work before the end of the year and a revote of the the contract provides for a main- amount unexpended, viz. $9,000 is tenance period of six months. requested.
The above has been provided for by Special Warrant.
Education:-Special Expenditure, of Advisory Contribution to cost
on Education in the Committee Colonies $2,100..
An Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies has been! constituted as from January 1,1 1929, under the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.
A re-vote of $10,000 is therefore requested to cover the "Retention Money" which is to be paid at the end of the maintenance period.
to
1928 Estimates $75,000. Approximate Expenditure December 31, 1928, $65,000.
Unspent Balance $10,000.
Medical & Sanitary Votes Medical Department:-Rent of ablution centre $2,040. -
it is proposed to retain No. 5, Cross-street, Wanchal, as an' ablu- tion centre for a further period of
month.
The annual cost of the committee, estimated at not less than £4,000 will be defrayed by contributions twelve months, at a rent of $170 per from the funds of the Dependencies.
· No provision is made in the The contribution from Hong, Estimates and a supplementary vote Kong has been assessed at £210. Supplementary provision
of covering the rent for the current $2,100 is requested to meet this year is requested.
Sanitary Department:-Burial of expenditure.
infected bodies $2,000.
Fire Fighting Publle Works, Extraordinary: $500. Hong Kong, Miscellaneous, Victoria
It seems that the mishap occurred on Sunday evening, the Moscow express (on its way to Moscow) crashing into a stationary goods Gaol, fire fighting appliances buried by Government has recently train lying in the station at $3,780. Horhonte.
Provision made in Estimates
The number of infected bodies
increased with the incidence of A sum of $6,400 was provided for small-pox. Several passengers received minor this work in the 1928 Estimates $376 has already been expended hurts, but there were no serious but as the work was commenced In respect of work done during the
late in the year, it was not possible second half of December, 1928 to complete it before December 31, and only $2,620.80 was expended.
casualties.
The express was wrecked and the passengers travelled by special train from Horbonte to Manchull in order to catch their connection.-Reuter.
UNEMPLOYED
STILL A SERIOUS' PROBLEM AT HOME
London, Yesterday.'
Post Office:-Rent of Branch Office, Kowloon City $4207
A re-vota of $4,600 is there- The premises for new Kowloon requested to meet the cost of a City branch post office were rented Merryweather.stationary motor from November 1, 1928. This vote driven rotary pressure augmentor is required to meet the rent for the pumping set. to be obtained from current year for which no provision England, together with other In-had been made in the Estimates. cidental works to complete the The above is to be partly met scheme.
from savings under rent of Branch Public Works, Extraordinary-Offices, Shamshulpo and Aberdeen. The total number of unemployed New Kowloon, Miscellaneous, Lai
Castle Peak Road in Great Britain on February 18 Chi Kok Gaol, fire fighting appll- Public Works, Extraordinary:—- was 1,458,000. This was 115,495ances $4,600.
New Kowloon, communications, more than the week before and A sum of $5,600 was provided widening Castle Peak-road to 60 321,818 more than a year ago. The for this work in the Estimates but increase over the previous week was as the work was commenced late in spread over the whole country and the year, it was not possible to is no doubt accounted for by stop complete it before December 31, pages due to frost and snow and only $1,003,89 was expended. British Wireless Service.
fore requested to meet cost of Marryweather stationary driven rotary pressure augmentor pumping eet, to be obtained from
The new five-storey building of the Shanghai Provisional Court is nearing completion and will be ready next month.
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feet width and filling in areas at Cheung Sha Wan $30,000.
$20,000 was provided by Supple- mentary Vote for this work in 1928, of which, owing to delay in com- mencement, only $2,200 was ex- motor pended.
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No provision was made in the Supplementary Vote or in the 1929 Estimates for surfacing the road. This is estimated to cost $18,500 and it is considered desirable to carry out the work this year.
An additional supply of $80,000 covering the revote and the cost of surfacing is requested."
Wireless Telegraphy
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A vote of $91,440 was approved In August last to meet the cost of
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- The Hon. Sidney Feel, responding expressed the opinion that difficult as the Committee's problems were, they were not mors intricate than those before the Statutory - Come
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