HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A mesting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held on May 27th in the Council
Chomber.
The following were present:- HIS EXCELLONOT THE GOVERNOR, SIK LUGARD FERDERICK
'DEALTRY JOHN K.C.M.G., C.B, D.S.O.
H. E. COLONEL DARLING, RE. (General Offlour Commanding)..
Hon. Mr. F. K. MAY, C.M.G., (Colonial Soorotary).
Sir HENRY BERKELEY, KC, (Acting At- torney-General).
Hoa. Mr.A.M. THousox(Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Mr. of Public Works),
Mr. P. N. H. JONES (Acting Director
Hon. Mr. A. W. BEEWIN (Registrar General). Hon. Mr. F. J. BADELEY (Capt Superinten- dent of Police),
Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, K.C., C.M.G.
Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT.
Hon. Mr. E. OSBORNE.
Han My, KV. J GRÉBEON
Hou. Mr. Ws Yux, C.M.G.
Mr. C. CLEMENTI (Clerk of Counails).
MINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were rou and confirmed.
PAFELS.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the fable
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 28TH, 1909.
The COLONIAL SECRETART-Quite so. Hon. Mr. GEESION-I do not press the point The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENEK LL—I move that the clause stand part of the bill.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY Reconded and the certain limit. motion was agreed to.
On Council resuming. The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL, with the permission of the Council, moved that the bill -be read a third time.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the bill was road a third time and passod.
PEAK TRAMWAY ORDINANCE.
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not propose to proceed with the next order of the day, the motion that Council go into com mitteo on the Bill untitled an Ordinance for authorising the construs tion of atramway within the colony of Hongkong. It will stand over.
HIS EXCELLENCY-Tho Connell standa adjourned until further notice.
FINANCE.COM HITT EE.··
A meeting of the Finance Committed way Colonial Secretary presiding then held, the The following vote was passed,
APPROPRIATION BILJ Hon. Mr. HawETT-On page 9, the last entry but one, Indian Police remittances $11,000 over the estimate. The explanation is
rontes were (1) a tunnel ander the Gardena (2) The CHAIRMAN- This Government : over-
a line on the surface of Glenesly Ravino (8) a issued onlsidiary coin, and it has either got to line on high trestles in the Ravine (4) a wide The entting through the Public Gardens. The go on re-issuing or take some action. notion it is taking is, not re-issuing up to a fourth, which was the first scheme proposed, is that now before you. It is the very worst of them all from the point of view of damage to the Gardens and in my capacity de Superintend ent of the Botanical and Forestry Department I have felt it to be my imperative duty from the Best to protest against it.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE—I don't want to enter on the old controversy, but I want to point out that the Colony is losing $164,000 annually by by this Chinese coin.
The CHAIRMANI don't think it is fair to way it is losing it annually. It lost it in the year 19.6.
The COLONIAL TREASURER-My hon friend on the right is taking a new attitude to the one he took two years ago. He was then temporising; now, he is very, very fixed in his views. If he had been fixed at that time we might have done more good.
HOD. Mr. OSBORNE-I am of the same attitude now as I was then.
The CHAIRMAN-I would point out that the loss this year will not be so large, as there will not be the item "anissued coin to soll" and it does not necessarily follow that if we have very large payments into the Treasury
the whole of it will be redeemed.
The COLONIAL TREASURE-It mast be. We have to write it off.
The CHAIRMAX-I am referring to sutual redemption. There are two items, the notnal write off the discount..
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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
London, May 4.
"QUEER DAYS." Those are queer days, my masters. The days of topsey terveydom, of despotism turned to constitutionalism, of public site of hysteris, of Socialism rampant of patchwork Budgets.
the following papers: Minute on the Peak more remitters and lower exchange." Does 1088 on sale and, the writing-off. Wa must year to are more or less crowded all the Exchange motor cars were being offered in
Tramway by the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, and Report by the Director of the Observatory for the year 1918
FINANCIAL.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governer, laid on the table
and moved its adoption.
that
mean that the Governmont remit the money for the Indian police at a fixed rate of exchange, and take the loss themselves?
The CHAIRMAN-Yes, the police have the privilege of remitting half of their pay at the privileged rate of 44 cents to the rupee. The Government bears the loss on exchange. That
Hon. Mr. HEWETT-We are losing about 14 per cent on subsidiary coins pakl back into the Treasury. Is that no?
The CHAIRMAN-TOX.
Hon. Mr. HEWE-This loss is not sarily because the Colony is fooded with
THERE IS SKILL AND
THOROUGHNESS
OF CONSTRUCTION
IN ALL
PIANOS
WE IMPORT
BUILT THROUGHOUT FOR
THIS CLIMATE.
again the same people under different names. ROBINSON PIANO Thus the taxes are on large incomes, increased
CO. LTD. death duties, land, hoary motor care and liquor
be covering the may
SLIC individuals,
My position has throughout been supported by the conviction that the promoters, in their The British Badget and the Dutch baby have anxiety to secure the concession of a second been monopolising attention for many days, route to the Peak have overlooked or at any They are still loading themes of discussion and rate not adequately considered the limited as to the Budget it is likely to hold sway for the number of those whom the tramway is intended to benefit compared with intense maes of what whole of the session, for it irritates so many may be called the intelligent middle classes of soctions of society in so many little ways that in a special degree if the traza were run Perhaps the item that leads to most chalf and Chinese and Portuguese who would suffer there is sure to be a long and acid debate over it. in this way through one of the most im
comment is the abatement of £10 on the income portant sections of the Public Gardens. In order to bring this aspect of the esse more of the man of £500 a year for income tax prominently before you I would ask you purposes for every child he hus under sixteen. STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY to remember in the first place that our city It works out to 7/0 por child--the price of a dog
the is, in consequence of the great demand on limited amount of ground available for building license--and now there are curious ratepayers purposes, unusually devoid of public open writing to the papers to say thoir income is
that spaces or even of private gardens and access to the open country on either side of £200 a year, there is no income tax on the first SUPERIOR VALUE E160 a year, they have five children and thers. Victoria cannot, be gained except through fore the Government owes thein seven and subarbs densely crowded by the poorer classer of Chinese, so that the public Gardens, situated sixponce. What they want to know is whether as they are in the centre of the residential dis. the Government will oredit them with a dog triot, form priceless possession to the residents of the city of Victoris, by whom licenso on the strength of it? On the Stock
round. In widition to this the Gurdeur exchange for babies, But as Mr. Austen indeed are very small, some thirteen nerea only Chainberludo pointed out immediately after the in all, and nộ further ground is available for extending them in any direction, nor Chancellor sat down after his four and a half 18 there any probability that there ever will be. hours' speach, the Budget is remarkable for the It is doubtless in consequence of these con- fact that it is proposed to tax over, and over siderations that Government after Goiorumeu! has resisted all temptations to part with any of neces-this area for building purposes, for which its value must be very high. The city is yearly the report of the Finance Committee (No. 4) is a condition of the service of the Indian police. Chinese coins, bat because for a great number growing in size and importance, the Gardens are licenses. Think of how many of thage headings
certainly more popular than they were five yeara
[36 Hon, Mr. HEWETT-And therefore the lower of years this Colony has issued more than it ago and they may at any time again become the As the Daily Telegraph dubs it. it is a "penal Budget" on the rich. Protty, rough Bat the more favourable the rate of oxchange, can absorb, and it is now coming back to the favourite resort of the English community also,
as they used to be. Colony.
But apart from the general question of the too, don't you think, on the man who has great Straits, and be declared that the death rate the more they remit.
The COLONIAL TREASURER-It is due to encroachment by which some 50,000 square feet ed for years in some insalubrious corner of the among the coolies was enormously beyond what Hon. Mr. JEWETT-Then on page 10-ather
it ought to be. We have over-issued, and at the out of this small area will be made absolutely Empire, driving the piles that make British THE COLONIAL SECRETARY moved the second miscellaneous services-$57,000 odd. I think, both reasona,
weless to the frequenters of the Gardens reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance-to-Sir, that all those items are so absolutely unlike,samo time the Chinese gry dooding our Colony would desire to emphasise the detrimont which commerce strong, and has returned home with authorise the appropriation of a supplementary that that amount should be divided up, and wo
with foreign coin.
would be caused to the beauty and sectu his hard-earned next-egg to find himself taxed Hon. Mr. OSBO NE-A number of businesssion of the Gardens by this particular kind of for above other men of less endeavour? How- sum of $512,200.34 to defray the charges of the ought to be shown how much comes under ond
item. I do not think such a large sum ought men met together to Usonss it, and came to encroachment. The noise made by a cablo
tramway must be well known now to every over these are matters that will be fought and carry out his plans for a Far Eastern trip, duties different conclusions, to be lumped together.
But the point I want resident, the rattling of the wheels over which fought and fought again, for the Opposition has have already been assigned to him when he does to make is that the Government are losing the cables ran can be heard far from the prosent appointed special sub-committees to tackle reach England. I believe he will set in an a considorable enn every year by this state line and it is through the part of the Gerdons,
Defence, on the same lines that Admiral Sig it is proposed to run these trams. It woukl detailed and persistent opposition. But as
Arthur Wilson acts in respect to the Fleet of affairs, and it is to be hoped that they most remote at prosent from noisy roads, that each of the proposals and deal out to them advisory capacity to the Committee of Imperial ta bring morcover be difficult to imagine anything election tactics, the Budget should be a good Before that happens Canada hopes to secure a will take all the means they can
detrimental to the bounty of the one for the Government. It is a frank home to the Chinese Government what this more
Gardens then a straight cutting 10 foot wide and unblushing bid for working-class votes visit from Lord Kitchener, the Dominion Go- unlimited over-issue means to this Colony.
vernment being most unxions to get his adzion The by offering them the plunder from the rich The COLONIAL TREASURE-If JOD had succeeded by a line of trestles carrying the
metals on which the cars wouki run. only stuck to my majority report we would be Gardens are widely famed for their beauty, and man's hen roost. Incidentally there is another on their general defences, both military-and in a different position now. We don't want to are frequently and justly spoken of as the body of men who have my sympathy-the tos unrel depend on the Chinese. Government at all, but prettiest for their size of all the fine Botanic and sagar merchants who worked like galley
Gardeus for which our Colonies are famous. to take stops on our own account,
As a botanist I specially deplore and most slaves getting their goods out of bond in fear The CHAIRMAN-I can assure you that His earnestly protest against the proposal that this that the taxes on those commodities would bo Excellency has brought it to the notice of the cutting should pass through and utterly destroy increased, whereas there was no change at all. Chinese Authorities, and tried to point out the one of the best collections of palms and other Already we are being called upon to pay mero pines.
trons in the world. More than 100 fine, error of their ways. The Chinese Government grown palus,some of them inagnificent specimens, for our whisky and our tobacco, a fact that will are marked on the plan before you for destruc tend to irritate a larger number of people than are very foolish in this matter.
tion, besides numerous smaller trees and shrabs
the Chadband advisers of the present Govern. HOD. Mr. Gansson-On page 14 there is an of grest acientito value. Not one of them can "not yet completed" How much has been anil age, and even if their removal were possible there would be no space available spent on it f
for their reception. I would ask you to consider the patient labour and the skill, sup. ported by liberal funds from the Govern ment during the last 40 years, which have resulted in the soumulation of this splendid
The COLONIAL, TOGAHEBER seconded and the motion was agreed to.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
year 1908,
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded and the motion was agreed to.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved that the bill be referred to the Finnes Committee.
The COLONIAL TREASURER-My hon. friend on the right will know already that the vote of The COLONIAL TREASUREE scounded and the 14,791 has nothing whatever to do with the loss on exchange. That leaves about $23,000. motion was agreed to.
The less on exchange confl be only ascertained when the accounts were made up in March last. Hou. Mr. HEWET-Then I think we ought to be shown, how much the Emigration Depot cost, how much Mr. Hallifax received-which I think was a very correct yo te to make-and how much the compensation to owners of houses damaged in the typhoon amounted to $57,000 is a large sum of money..
OIVAL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, The ACTING ATTORNEY GENERE moved the third reading of the Bill optitled an Ordiannes to amond the Code of Civil
Procedure.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS, ORDINANCE
AMENUMENT.
The CHAIRMAN-The $11,791 was for com- pensation to owners for houses daranged by the typhoon.
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well
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL mored that the Council resolve itself into committes to further consider the Bill entitled an Ordinance
The CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE to amend the Public Health and Buildings The amount to Mr. Hallifax was about $3,000. item, $50,000 for floating fire engine. It says be transplanted in consequence of their size mert dreamt.
Ordinance, 1903-1908.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the motion was agreed to.
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL-The Bill was left in committee to further consider clause 225 which has reference to the method of serving notices. That clause is now before the committee,
Hon, Mr. HEWITT-The point raísol, zené Excellency, was that notices should not be served on the owner. I am not quite sere whether that is provided in this clause as it stands at present. It speaks alternatively of notices being served on the tenant. The point we want to make quite clear is that if the owner or his authorised agent are in the colony eithor of them should be served if necessary by a registered letter. Only in the last extremity should the notice be served on the tonant, that is failing knowledge of the whereabouts of the owner or his agent. It is a legal mutter and I am not quite sure if that is arranged for in this clause. The
ATT IKNEY-GENERAL—ThS ACTI G point is covered by this clause.
The CHAIEMAN-Yes, and the depot se a matter of fact cost 83,000. The $3,000 for Mr. Halifax is in that $11,791.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE-With regard to sub- sidiary colus $164,000 practical expenditure, how much of that is redemption, and how muol is depreciation ?
The CHAIRMAN--$114,000 was the actual loss on the sale of the coin that was sold.
Hon. Mr. OssoRSE-And $32,000 was spent on the redemption of coins ?
The CHAIRMAN-Thero was an amount of $535,000 collected and paid into the Treasury, and aut re-issued.
Hon. Mr. OBORNE-Bo the Government's loss on ainali coin is about $32,000.
The CHAIRMAN-There was another item of $274,000 of new coin in the lank which had never beon issued. That came to a total of over oight lakhs which we shipped home and sold.
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The CHAIRMAN-There was a delay about the fire font. It was arpasted that it would be parchased in the year 1908.
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REJDICINGS IN HOLLAND,
As to the Dutch baby, there is no mensuring the delight of the nation, even though the baby is a princess instead of a prince.. It had so long been accepted that the hope for a chill was
LORD KITCHEN'E.
I understand that although Lord Kitchener declined an important office at home in order to
AMERICAN TRADE IN THE EAST.
I hear from an Americancial that negocia tions are proceeding in Washington fur closer trade relations between Formosa and the Philip.
Fresident Taft returned to America after his tour in the East with a pocketful of ideas as to the expansion of American trade, and he is proceeding as fast as may be to pat
them into execution.
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THE SALE OF CHAMPAGNE;'. I have just been talking to a largo wine merchant in the City and he has pointed out to me some remarkable figures relating to the sale. of champagne by one or two of the landing.
Hon. Mr. GBESSON-It does not follow that collection. There was hardly a tropical botanio vain, that the arrival of Littlo Juliana Wilkel. auctioneers in London lately. Over four
the work has been stopped?-
this year.
The CHAIBMAN~No, we are to get the float Han. Mr. GRESSO-As to this military con tribution on page 28, what is the explanation of that?
The CHAIRMAN-There was an excess of $64,000. That was ane to the Ordinary revenue of 1907 having exceeded the estimated revenge by about three faklis.
The COLONIAL THE SORER-I would point out that the matter does not come under the bill under discussion.
garden in the seventies that did not either by miza has set all the Dutch people chirping that direct gift or with the generons assistance of the prince will come got to keep them still free the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kow send us con-
from German rule. I may add, that the Prince tribations. The difficulty of getting small trees in a living state from distant countries is very Consort, from being a most unpopular man, has great and each tree thus obtained is often developed into a porsonge rivalling his wife in established only after several failures. Such a
Casting off his German aloofness that hampered him at first, series as we posses is therefore a lasting the hearts of the nation. monument of past enterprise as well as a scientific possession of priceless value of which he is going about among the agricultarists and not only the Colony but the English botanical other sections of the Dutch people anıt ja ex world may be justly proud.
hibiting the liveliest interest in their pursuits,
THE SITUATION IN TURKEY,
The downfall of Allui Hamil and the eleration of the aged and inoffensive Mohammed to the throns of the Ommans is less a change
hundred dozens of the finest champagnes, and sherrios, and thousands of cigars, all of the very pick of the dates, have been offered at Christie's during the week from collars of wealthy men with great country houses. The reading of the
ridile seems to be not only that there is less drinking in society nowadays than ever before, but also that there are no longer the great houss parties that need to obtalu for weeks at a time. So much entertaining is now done at the fashion- able restatirants that the cellars of these lordly There are I think some very special grounds anch as I have detailed above why our small
country houses are immensely overstocked. Gardens and this particular part of them should
THE BAT NUISANCE. not be thus intruded upon, but so much light is
The legislators at Westminster are taking a thrown upon the general question of encroach meat upon open spaces in large towns by the
tion. It has been proved that the rat naistes Hon Mr. HEWETT That was the 5,000,000 | anticipated, and had to make good the percen- wholesome principles and practice, well establish than it seems. It is largely the alteration of leaf out of your book of Hongkong administra. one clique for another and I shall be surprised is increasing enormously in our big cities and ed during during the last half contury in such that I would also invite your attention to the
unless the post is dealt with on general and the loss on small coin paid into the Government 33, the St. Block, come under this bill-legislation and to the decisions of the highest among them within a few months, over the
effective lines. There is a London society called. $165,000 for the purchase of theSt. Enoch. ~ courts in London upon the subject and I am division of the spoils. It is a mistako to convinced that 'in 'them will be found opinions The CHAIRMAN-Yes,
Laccentuating the contentions that I am ealan ppose that. Abdul has an immense pile the Incorporated Society for the Destruction of donavouring to express in support of my views it
pieces shipped home.
Hon: Mr. OSBORNE Does redemption mean
Departments?
Hon. Mr. HEWETT-It does not authorise
The COLONIAL TREASUKER-No, the loss on the Inspector or whoever it may be to morely leave the notice with the toasut: Ho should-small.coin sold as bullion. serve it upon the owner or his authorised agent, The COLONIAL SECRETARY-It must be served on the owner,
The ACTING ATT LEY-GENERAL--Or his authorised agent, and where they cannot bo found, on the tenant. I think that covers the point.
Hon. Mr. KEWETT That meets my -objection.
Hou Mr. OSORNE-Might I ask what-is the object of baying up these coine?
The COLONIAL TREASURER--They are paid in and not re-issued.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE-Then that $32,000 ze presents the total loss of the Government on coins paid in during the last year?
The COLONIAL TREASURE The $164.000 represents the total loss. A certain amount of Hon, Mr. GRESSON--I was under theirpres that, something like $70,000, represente the 'sion that all actions were delivered by ramount which was written off for depreciation. gistered letter. There was to be no question of sarsing on the premises at all.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE - The point that I want to make is this: that every business in this Colony is losing a large sum of money by having to receive those snall coine, and in almost all public companies Accounts you will ace "lose on What I want to get at is, subsidiary 'cona. HIS EXCELLENT-If the address is not how much the Government are losing on their known you cannot serve by letter.
Hon. Mr. HEWETT-It is only to be served on the premises in the event of the owner or authorised agent not being resident in the solony.
Hon. Mr. GRESSON-I thought it was agreed that in order to avoid any mistake the service ahould be by registered letter,
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL-It is provided that the notice to be given the owner or his agent is to be left at his play of business or residence within the colony, and if
it is not known then it is to be served at his last Enown address. 4.
Hon Mr. GRESSON-If you leave a notice anybody may accept it. It does not follow that it will recotre attention. If it gous by registered latter it will be signed for by somebody in authority.
subsidiary coins bought in.
The COLONIAL TREASULER-There is the actual figure, 8164,674.72 last year.
The CHAIRMEN-And out of that, $114,000 represents the loss on coins shipped home and sold as-bullion
The CHASHMAN-It depends on the amount we receive and do not re-issue. We estimated
The CAIEMAN-We received more than we
tage on the increase.
Hou, Mr. GRESSON-Does the item on page cases in England by English public opinion, if there are not divisions and quarrellingsgauitary inspectors predict sarions happenings
|==HOL Mr. GREGON What
with the St. Enoch?
The CHAIRMAN-Sho is employed dredging
out the trench for the breakwater.
Hou. Mr. GRESBoy-She is actually at work? for The CHAIRMAN-Yes, and has been some months.
special vote was Jusked for certain work at Government Hones,
The CHAIRMANA vote was taken for this item. There were no fans at all in Government House.
to
be
estowed way
in British soenrities. He
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two, have feathered their rest
!
Such an encroachment would I believe be found used to have a good deal, but the valores Vermin and it is at the instance of that organisation that Sir Charles Maclaren, Bir the dead Jha Branner, Mr. Muaro Ferguson, Mr. utterly opposed to the spirit and letter of that have been feeding English law as well as to the true spirit of social body of Turkish despotism for the past
Claude Hay, Sir Gilbert Parker, and Mr. T. C. progress which animates our home parliament.
Warner have introduced the Bill, similar to the in dealing with these and like matters in year or
Hongkong one, arming local authorities with England.
powers to cope with rats. It is clear that the rodents have no party influence, for the support- ers of the Bill are found on both sides of tho Horse and in all sections of opinion.
yeurs dedicated to public use and have been
THE ANGLO-BIAMĖSE TREATY.
warmly out of his treasury, and now what The principle at least of the Common Acte he has left is invested mainly in Germany and of 1866 and 1876 will I believe be respected
the United States. This change of investments Hon. Mr. HEWETT-On the same page there here, by which lande over which there are any is an item for installation of electric faas at public rights are secured from encroachment, has been partly diteated by the sympathy shown Government House, 34,000. I suppose that is and I feel sure that the application of the prin- by Great Britain to the Young Turks. The in addition to the 85,000 or $6,00 ⋅ for which aciple to those Gardens which have been for 40 horse sent by King Edwerd as a present to largely used during the whole of that period Abdul on the adoption of a constitution was be appreciated. To show the great publie sent too late after all. It is held up at Marsoillos interest felt and the strong public opinion exis. and at present the authorities are in a quandary ancroachment on open spaces I would refer to in one subject, of the prevention of as to what shall be done with it. Perhaps in the existence and activity of the "Commous! the end Mohammed will have lit, for is it not
of London which has written "to him that hath shall be given? for its object tho upon all lands dedicated to the use of the
There was a big gathering of Straits Bettle public. There is also the ativo and succesA-
THE WEIGHT MOTHERS. faletropolitan Public -ardens Association" ments officials and others at Victoria sta
The famous American brethren, Wilbur and formed by the Earl of Meath in 1882 for the ton on Thursday to bid farewell to Sir special object of opening Metropolitan Garden John. Anderson, the Governor, and Miss Orville Wright, are in London and will be on this side of the Channel for a few days in and preserving them from encroachment. Similar organizations flourish in most of the Anderson, on their return to Singapore after conference with the War Office, which it ap- for its dilatoriness larger towns of England as well as in many of vacation. The dinner given to the Go- f pears, would like to make the Colonies.
.
The bill was then put to the vote, and pussed. Preservation Boevention of encroachment
THE PEAK TRAMWAY BILL.
MINUTE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.
THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS DINNER.
There is anticipation here that the treaty with Siere will result immediately not only in considerable orders for railway material for positions for Englishmen on the lines and British firms but also numerous departmental, elsewhere in the country. There are in England at this time several men who have first hand "knowledge of Sium, and they are confident that the result of developing the country will agreably surprise all who take part in it.
The following minute was laid before the fon. Mr. Oz20RE-Then are we to antici. Legislative Council yesterday by command of
As I have been instructed to submit this sermor at the Ritz Hotel was a great success by getting the British rights of the Wright here in June and special machinas pato-o-loss of $164,000 every rear roughly? His Excellency the-crarnor
minate without delay I am unable to give any also. Though there was no attempt to gloss aeroplanes ears to conduct, some norisi uotailed reference to the proceedings of these over the depression through which the colony aro being built for them on the grounds of the The COLONIAL TREASURER-The issue is Hen. Colonial Secretary,
In scordance with instructions. I submit the Societies or to the speeches made during the has passed, there was optimism for the future, Bociety of Aeronauts at Sheppey, so wo will limited. It night, stop some day, but we don't
following notes on the proposed now cable debates in the House of Contions on the Acts
mon. The present trip to oze shores is to know when.
tramway to the Peak districts. It is now referred to, but in them could doubtless be found and both for Penang and Singapore there seems have an additional summer attraction for sports. six years since the question of allowing a new many cogent arguments in support of eenton- to be great future advantages from the recent onable them to be banqueted and to receive the cable tramway from the town to the Peaktion. These arguments I submit apply with
French interviewers have toiled to extract to be constructed partly through the Public special force to the case of our out with treaty with Siam, with the railway activity that medal of the Aeronautical Society. They are a Gardens began to be considered by the Govern- and scientifically valuable gardens and when will spring from it. As to opium the Straits most taciturn pair, these two. Westerners mont; during that time four distinct proposi- the unsightliness and noisiness of this particular government has boon assured by the Emporial information from them in vain, did a colleague ho Hon. Mr. OsgRNE-So the ratepayers are
tions have been put forward in the endeavour kind of entroschmeat is considered I am con- authorities that there is no intention of pressing of mind fared little better yesterday when using roughly $164,000 by having the place to devise a compromise by which as little fident that the feeling of the community will them induly; what is needed is that all reason essayed the task. All that they would permit flooded with this Chinese coin ?
datonge as possible should be dous to the very recoil from this irroparable injury....
Able speed should be achieved in the themselves to say was, that Great Britain has The CHAIRMAN-You are opening up the beautiful surroundings of the Publio Gardens
restriction of the traffic. In his spooch to the been slow and has allowed herself to get so far behind other nations in the competition with whole question now.
and Glenealy Ravine, while on the other hand a Hon. Mr. OSBORNE-That is my reason for convenient ronte might be provided for the
gathering, the Governor laid great stress on the heavier-than-air machines, that there is necessity HIS EXCELLENCY-But it would have been bringing it up. I want to bring it home to the construction of the line. The four alternative l
necessity of conserving the labour supply of the for bustling. legally served.
people what they are losing.
The COLONIAL TREASURER-Not norily The addresses may refuse to take delivery. The may say I will not take it. Take it Away.
for a loss of $36,000, bat we had to exceed it
considerably.
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8. T. DUNN, Superintendent, Botanical and
Forestry Department.
26th May, 1909.