FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1930.
'Phone 20022
FOR.
CLASSIFIED - ADVERTISING
Twenty-dve Words thres inser-- tlons prepaid $1, Every addi- tional word four cents for three Insertions...
All replies under this heading must be called 'for.
TO LET
TO LET-No. 13, 18, 20, 23, Shou- son Hill Road, Deep Water Bay. Apply Mr. Ng Kam-chung, e/o Nan Yang Bros. Tob. Co., Ltd., 165, Des Voeux Road, Central.
MISCELLANEOUS
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed. "China"
Once, No. 3A, Wyndham St. phone 20090
Mail" Tele-
TUITION GIVEN
HOME TUITION.
WESTOVER-STEVENAGE, Within an hour from London.
In healthy
neighbourhood. SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A few Boarders received in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention.
Particulars aply to:
MISS BUTH CULLEY
For
(Camb. Higher Local), Cumb. Teachers' Diploma). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER,
(National Frodel Higher Certificato).
ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE BEAUTE
For the hest Permanent Finger & Marcel Waves. Hair Cutting and Manicure for Ladies & Gentlemen. Pedder Bldg. 1st Boor. Room 5 Tel. 25169. Opposite entrance B.K. Hotel~~
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameras. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel. No. 23459. 28A, Des Voeux Road C Hong Kong.
Special offer of 50%
dacount on:-. EMBROIDERED SILK SHAWLS, KIMONOS & HOURI
CEATS AT, KASHMIR SILK STORE.
Opposite Queen's Theatre This genuine offer will last till 4th October 1930.
COASTWISE
ALGIE" BENNETT.
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings on the China Coast
PRICE $1.00.
Now on pale at BREWERS
Hotel Strathcona
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA Make this Hotel your headquar tera while visiting Victoria, B.C. Ideally situated and within easy access to all the famous Beauty 8pota in and around Canada's Island Resort.
The Hotel where personal service makes your stay enjoyable,
RATES MODERATE. . '
CLAREMONT
PRIVATE HOTEL. Austin Road, Kowloon. (Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from férry by bus.)
Suites of rooms (single and double), hot and cold water system, a medern sanitation, private bathrooms attached.
EXCLUSIVE TABLE entirely under European management.
Hotel has a aplondid aspect, in one of the nest locations in Kowloon, away from noise, yot casily accessible. Terms very moderate. Reser- vations by letter or cable.
CLAREMONT Tels.: 57389 57385 (Private). Telegraphic Add.: "Fern" H.K. Our motto la "SERVICE."
THE CHINA MAIL.
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
121
G
R.
HONG KONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE:
THE INSTITUTE will re-open TUESDAY, October 7
Entry Forms and copies of Pros- pectus may be obtained at the Education Department or at the Central British School.
Q.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
PART
of the Sale by Public Auction
MORE MONEY WANTED. FOR HONG KONG!
World-Wide Trade Depression Blamed.
DEFICIT FOR 1931.
Twenty-Three Lakhs to Cover Deficit.
In introducing the Budget for 1981 yesterday afternoon, the Hon. Colonial Secretary said that the Government has had to take account of a number of factors which were new.
The amount required was twenty-three-million-three hundred and sixty-five thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars. The to be held on MONDAY, the estimated expenditure for the coming year was $29,787,855 6th day of October, 1930, at
9 p.m., at the Offices of the estimated revenue at $27,488,759, which would show a deficit Public Works Department, by $2,290,096.
Order of His Excellency the Gov-
ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land
Street, at Tung Chai Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 with the option of years, renewal at a Grown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Maidsty the King, for one further term of
75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Lot No. 8
4djolting
Inland Lat
Locality.
G.
Bunday
Mesurements,
1.
3.
W.
1t.
I
It
ft, bout
AR per
•
salepian, 15,403 §
R.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
to be held 6th day of
On
the
HEAVIER TAXATION.
In presenting the Budget, the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.B.E., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, said:-
and
of
another influence on the polley of the Government while framing the Estimates. It is natural that the major part of the work of the Com- mission should be a consideration of the personnel, and confusion might well have resulted if the same work had been tackled from opposite
Sir, I rise by Your Excellency's command to move the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to spply a sum not exceeding twenty three million three hundred and sides. Obvious reductions of course
sixty-five thousand three hundred the Government was ready to make, and thirty-five dollars to the Publiend wherever possible recruiting Service of the year 1981."
In preparing the Budget which in now before the Council the Govern- ment has had to take account of a
were
arrangements already made havs been cancelled and development by any reasonable which could means be postponed has been sus rended with a consequential redue- tion of the extra staff that would have been required.
number of factors which are new First and foremost must be ranked the world-wide trade depression the
But the special effort at retrench effects of which it is impossible to
ment of personnel now required It has taken just over ten евсаре.
needs close and prolonged study, years for the full effect of the enormous wastage of material, the with a perspective not limited to the destruction of millions of the world's inside of Government offices: and best producera, and above all the the Retrenchment Commission as well & CONDITIONS | almost complete stagnation for four constituted is particularly PARTICULA Public Auction and a half years of productive in- qualified for this work, and can be
MONDAY, the dustry, which
the chief depended upon to do it thoroughly. October, 1930, at economic features of the Great War. Questions of personnel have there
fore largely been left over for the Offices of the to make themselves felt. Public Works Department, by fairly recently the War's legacy of time: but new appointments have en teen avoided, and limited contracts capital and Order of His Excellency the Gov- living ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land credit produced something like, are not being extended to permanent But it is now service, wherever it has been pos- at Prince Edward Road, in the prosperity.
the world is at sible to follow this line. And mean. Kong, for clear that Colony of Hong
with last having to face, hard economie while close touch is being maintain-. years, renewal at acts and to make good by a genera! ed with the Retrenchment Commis a Crown Rent to be fixed by the decrease in the standard of living aion. HE Undersigned have received Surveyor of His Majesty the King. for its years of living on an 'over-
Anction
LAMMERT BROS. 3 p.m., at
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS,"
- Public Auctions
&
term
75 of the option of
on
Until
Tinstructions to sell by Public for one further term of 76 years draft. Hong Kong was as little
ON
TUESDAY, October 7, 1930, commencing at 9.30 a.m., (Interval between 12, noon and 2 p.m.) at
Royal Army Ordnance Depot, Queen's Road East
and
Royal Engineers' Yard, Wellington Barracks.
The following Government Stores:
Ground Sheets, Tentage, Oils, Brass, Copper, Gunmetal, Wrought Iron, Steel, Zinc, Blankets, Mos- quito Netting. Brasa Cylinders, Drums, Khaki Drill Clothing,. etc. other Ordnance Engineer and Stores.
Cataloguca can be obtained from Ar- the Chief Foreman's Office, senal Yard, Queen's Road East, or from the Auctioneer.
on
TERMS OF SALE:--Cash delivery. All faults and errors of descriptions at purchasers' risk on the fall of the hammer. All Lote to be cleared within seven days.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, October 1) 1930.
Just Received
Fresh Supply of Reliable and Tested Flower and Vegetable Seeds
of
Mesare Sutton & Sons, Reading
The opportunity of serving you will be a pleasure and your commands will have our best attention.
GRACA & CO.
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.O. Box No. 620 HONG KONG.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO. LTD.
claimed The folli
| -No, el hale. -
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Registry No.
Locality.
the
Beandery Menenrementa,
ft. about
¿1⁄2 | Ammual BentelĮ
per le plan 40,000 340,
FOOL PROOF
TROUBLE PROOF
SHEAFFERS
PENS AND PENCILS
Sole Distributors: THE SUN CO., LTD.
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY
CROOK, OBE, MA
Upest Price.
affected by the war na sny place in the world and it appears that the Colony has been up to the present less affected by the universal de- pression than most places. But it would none the less be idle to sup pose that we are or can be perman- ently untouched by that depression. To this world depression must be added the more direct effect on the Colony of the very disheartening continuation of the Civil War in. China, A.new rearrangement of to be party leaders seems emerging, but a sound basis for lasting peace has yet to be found.
Adverse Exchange. Locally the framing of the Budget for 1981 has been seriously' in- fluenced by three considerations. In the first place the unprecedented fall in the exchange rate of the dollar. has caused a situation which by it- self would necessitate a very drastie increase in the provision to be made for sterling commitments, including of course the salaries of all officers
now
paid on a sterling basla. In the. Budget for 1980 the exchange rate of 1/10 was adopted. In the Bud- get which is now before the Council it will be observed that the rate has been put at 1/4, after much con- sideration of the uncertain factors which will control the prevailing rate for 1981. Even where a sterl ing figure remaida unaltered the increase in dollars of 87 per cent. which a drop of 8d. in exchange involves would be a sufficiently dis- quieting situation for any Govern- ment to face in a single financia? year.
Revised Salaries.
The second factor to be consider. ed is the revised scales of salaries which are now in force as a result of the recommendations of the recent Salaries Commission. These were fully debated by this Council in June Inst and it is unnecessary for me to make further comment thereon. While leaving salaries s settled Government has however not up a very influential and energeti Retrenchment Commission to In vestigate not only how far the per donne in Justilled by the volume of work performed but also to what extent economies may be effected in other directions:
Refrenchrian
mmittee.
the Re Commission constituted
QUALITY PRINTING
are
3
I should like to dispel at this stage Contribution. It should be mention- any quea that the duty of retrenched that the alteration in salaries ment is in any way the prerogative resulting from the Salaries Report of a commission specially appointed affects both years equally. for this purpose. Every year the Emaliest details of each Depart ment's estimates are scrutinised with the greatest care before they are allowed to be included in the Budget and any items which in the light of past expenditure appear ex- cussive are reduced. Nor do I think I am wrong in saying that every head of a Department considers it hia primary duty to give the tax- payer the best valua for his money conslsent with efficiency.
The copies of the Estimates in the hande of hon. now members
very fully do.
and, and annotated, tailed leaving salaries on one side, few departures except in the direction of savings from the 1930 Estimates will be found. There are, however, a fow details which will require fur- ther explanation to which I will shortly refer. But first I would draw attention to the summaries which are now, as requested by the Unofficial members last year, added to each departmental estimate show-'
of each department. ing as near as may be the total cost Gubernatorial Furniture, Head 1. H.E. the Governor con-
Scrutiny Superlative. At the same time It la only is should expand when revenue natural that Government activities coming in well. And in hard times like the present the urgent necessity of balancing the Budget calls-for-tains an addition of $2,580 under to duplicate certain articles which at something more than the ordinary the sub-head "Furniture" In order processes of scrutiny. For this rea- sor said in thia Council on June 19, veyed between Mountain Lodge and son the Government, as my predeces present have to be frequently con will be delighted if the recommenda- Government House. This method is tions of the present. Retrenchment entirely uneconomical and the ex- Commission make it possible to penditure now asked for may be affect any considerable economies in expected to justify itself in a short the business of running the Govern time by saving constant transport ment,
The total expenditure for 1931 is estimated at the figure of $29,787,- 256 which exceeds the total in the Bill now before the Council by the sum of $6,422,620, this being the the 1981 revue estimated amount of the Military Contribution on ($4.784,290) and the charges'on ac- The revenge total is $27,488,759 and count of public debt ($1,638,230). it therefore appears that the Budget has been prepared with the pos- sibility of having to face a deficit of $2,299,096 at the close of the coming year. Not too favourable a position admittedly, but in all the circum- stances not one that ared occasion alarm. It will be remembered that for the current year the estimated deficit amounted to approximately four and a half millions
Balances Too Low.
re-
Appendix A. attached to the Treasurer's memorandum on venue shows that our surplus balance at the end of the current year is estimated at $5,425,351. While our
coste.
•
One New Cadet, ». Head 2. Cadet, Service shows a disproportionate increase over 1980 owing first to the accidental fact that a larger number than usual of normal two) are expected to pass Unpassed Cadets (six as against a their final examinations during 1981, recommendation of the Salaris and, secondly, to the increase on the..
I poata from five to seven. One Commission, of the number of Clans retirement is anticipated; and one forthcoming competitive examina- raw Cadet has been asked for in the
advertised vacancy when the Re- tion as it was too late to cancel the trenchment Commission had begun its work. Hon, members, will, in the
Head 8, Senior Clerical and
case of these, and other steriing. salaries, bear, in mind that the 1930 figures as printed under the various heads were considerably supplement- ed from the Miscellaneous Services, vate, "High. Cost of Living Allow ance." which, no longer appears in the 1931 Estimates. balances can stand the strain of the Accounting Star shows as regards estimated defelt for 1981, they are the graded staff no change in the being reduced to too low a figure. total number of posts. But a refer- It is hoped, however, that as a ence to the Personal Emoluments result of the Eetrenchment Commis-sub-head of the Imports and Exports sion's work and of a possible revival Office (Head 12), and of the Supreme in trade of which there are already Court (Head 10) will show a reduc slight signs, the deficit next yeartion of two-pasts against that re, may prove less than is shown in the duction, however, two additional Estimates. It will be noted that the posts of stenographer who are, total expenditure for 1981 exceeds urgently rebufréd have been inserted the revised estimate for the current for approval: heads of year by a sum of $1,484,358 in spite petrenchment on other mother of the drastic cute to which refer- matter; an hon. members will have ence will be made later. The value occasion to notice when I come to of these cuts is more than counter deal with Public Works Recurrent balanced by the lower value of the and Public Works Extraordinary dollar (1/4 as against 1/10) and the increase of $900,000 in the Military especially,
Junior Clerks.
Head 4. Junior Clerical Service similarly shows the same figures as in 1980, but eight poata of Com-
(Continued on Page 10.) puters to the Royal Observatory
The sign of
PHILIPS RADIO
PHILIPS RADIO
T
THE _name 'PHILIPS, on each power radio valve you use-each unit-each battery charger-cach speaker is your guarantee of ex- cellence and now, to symbolise the quality of each radio product we sell, a badge has been designed.
Wherever you see this badge you'il know it's Philipe-it's the sign of
BETTER SPEAKERS
BETTER TRANSFORMERS
ER CHARGERS BETTER CONDENSERS
BETTER VALVES
BET
BETTER POWER UNITS :
BETTER FICK-UPS-
BETTER ACCESSORIES BETTER RADIO
by Philps generous gustanice.
SOLE, AGENTS FOR SOUTH CHINAS
PHILIPS RADIO
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.
HONG KONG
ANDER
ONEMUSIC CO
LEADING CHINESE STOREA