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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND 1925,
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AMOY MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. |LARBOARD AND STARBOARD. "ANTAGONISM TO THE COUNCIL'S GOVERNMENT:"
ORIGIN OF THE TERMS. “
*INTIMATIONS
NOW IN THE PRESS:
question, recently asked in the BOWERN & CO., THE DIRECTORY NC. Daily News as to the origin of the above terme has elecited the following
The annual report of the Kulang Municipal Council for the year ended December 31st, 1992, contalus the follow-replice:.--- ing. paragraphs:-
"Bookworm" writes:-"Starboard”, is The year under review has been one of from Old Anglo-Saxon storbord, steer board, steurside, the steering paddle of great anxiety to the buncil.
an early Teutonic ship being worked on the right, the steersman having his back to the larboard.".
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A spirit of antagoulism to the Council's | government has been manifest through- out the year, and showed itself very pro minently in the Shop License Fees case, when a ultimatum, of which you are all well aware, was delivered to the Council. This resulted in the resignation of the Chairman, Mr. F. R. Smith.
"Larboard" from Middle English lade borde," the side of ship used for loading, which was consequently always moored to the art, when ship was in harbour. Larbeard" and its former equivalent in French "hard" are now superseded as sonating too like their opposites.
The many difficulties. encountered by If not deemed too contemptible, may the Council ultimately resulted in a res add a tiny mnemonic which I found very lution being placed before the Ratepayers useful in my younger days? It serves to in November last to the following effect: recall the colour of the ship's lights. "That, either, the Authorities from Port" in a red wine, now left litt end of whom the Counds! derives its powers to meals Red Light is on left side of a govern (that is, the Chiness Govern ship.),
ment and the Foreign Goverments "Skeew" writes:-The terms "Star- sigatory to the Laad Regulations), taki|board** ad "Larboard" arc -of immediate steps effectively to re-estab- | Saxon origin. derived from the lish the Council if its essential autho. word Berd," which means shielddr rity, or,
In the Viking ships each warrior That the Council be instructed to opposite to him, and above the apertura hung his shield on the side of the ship bake the accessary steps through the for his oan The Viking held the steer Consular Body to return the Faland, of oar, which was fastened to the rght-hand Kulasgau to the control of China and side of the stern (stern itself a contrac her Government, on condition that tion of steer nar). The right-hand side China shall assume all contracts and of the ship looking forward thus became liabilities binding on the Settlement at the steer side, and as "bord came to the time of taking over and under such mean the whole side where the shields ar other provisions as may be found, neets.] "hords."" were bung, the right side came HRY."
to be the steer bord" (starboard) side, and the lower or lurking side became lar board.
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„THE ROADS.
As much attention as possible has beak given to the ronds of the Settlement, but work has been hindered to a great extent by the shortage of labour.
In February the Council caused notices to be inserted in the Hongkong papers calling tor tenders for the laying of an experimental stretch of road surfacing, about 5,000 sq. yds, similar to that put down on the roads in the Peak dis trict of Hongkong. Only one tender was received and that was from a drm of con- tractors named Sin Hah & Co., Swatow;
As regards "port," the derivation öf the word seems uncertain (see article in Shipping acc Engineering dated 24/2/22), but it might possibly be derived From the word larboard, or ledebord lade, a load: aide. (loading side), and as the Viking ships, had this steer 037 fastened to the vessel on the starboard side, possibly all ships would have had to berth when in port, on the "port" (or larboard) side.
A Norwegian explains the Norwegian term "bugbord" by saying that when an old Viking used the long steering oar on the starboard (styrbord) quarter, he would turn his back (bag' in Norwegian) to "hagbord."
which was considered reasonably high Approximately $3′ (Mox.), per square yard of road surface, materials and in-, The inevitable joker wonders why bour included.
the Lords of the Admiralty chang However, in October an experimentaled Larboard to Port, they did not change stretch of road near the Police Substation Starboard to Peppermint 1 was treated with asphaltum at a cost of approx. 36 cents (Max.) per square yard of road surface, and it is hoped that rouds so treated "will stand the rains, and the fight local traffic. ·
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grave and agricultural land, and the Council considers that the small revenue, The approxmate road surfaces
under, derived from this source of taxation will" Municipal supervision are as follows:ut warrant the trouble and opposi
tids which will be met with at collection, ASSISTANT TO BECRETARY."
lat-Class Roads. 2nd Class Rends ard Class Reads
Square yards. .. 30,000
29,830** 29,700
It will be noticed in the works report that "Kay Boo San and North Roads have been re-metalled, and it is hoped that further work on them will open up the north-western portion of the Settle ment. At present the roads are in fairly good condition.
OVERCROWDING IN THE SETTLEMENT.
undoubtedly
The overcrowding in the Settlement is 猪 menace to the public health, and measures will sooner later have to be adopted controlling the number of people who can be allowed to reside bero,
ELECTRIC LIGHT,
The electric light supply although greatly improved is still not all that might be desired.
The attitude of Messrs. J. Richards &
The Council entered into an Agreement with Mr. G. E. Bass for a term of three years, which expires on the 30th January, 1925. Mr. Bass acts in the capacity of Assistant Secretary and Assistant Super- intendent of Police..
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and although several letters have been to the paying of a license fee on their THE KEY TO GROW RICE sent requesting them to expedite matters shops has been one of the most flagrant the base acknowledgmet of these letters cases of disputed authority in the annals seems, for some unknown reason, to suit their purpose for the time being.
CHINESE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
At a special meeting of ratepayers hald on Thursday, 2nd November, 1929, a regi lution was passed inviting the Chinese ratepayers of the Settlement to nominate an Advisory Committee, for the purpose of presenting to the Council the views of the Chinese, residents, and of assisting the Couzzil in the government of the Settle
mont.
The resolution also stipulated the con ditions governing this Committee,
The resolution was approved" by the Comanlar Body 08 the 6th November,
1929.
The members of the Advisory Commit
teo have since been elected by the Kulang)
Bu Citizens Asacciation, and their names.
of the Council's history. It was plain THE CHINA INDUSTRIES
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The attempts of such unprincipled penons to undermine the authority of the Con AUTHORISED CAPITAL $1,000,000,00 oil has had a very unsettling effect throughout the Settlement. The failure of the local Press to realise their public responsibilities has not improved matters, for they have frequently attacked the Council in a most disgraceful and unjusti fiable way, with no thought of the truc facts, but solely with the aim of cost- ing unrest and agitation.”
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