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CHEN MING SHU TAKES OVER.
MARSHAL LI TSAI HSIN'S ADVICE.
ONE REFORM AT A TIME,
(FROM, OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, December 20th.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 1928.
This Ordinance, Sir, is a copy
NEW ORDINANCES. almost exact copy-of the Eng
SIX PASS THE FIRST READING.
Hah Act. There are certain differ caces, but they are all either differ- ences which are suggested by the form of the English Act, or are expressly authorised or are obvious- ly necessary. For example, Clause! THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY 5 of the Bill gives greater freedom
SEA.
BUILDING REGULATIONS.
SHARP PUNISHMENT FOR STRAITS BANKNOTE
CRUELTY.
DOG THROWN FROM A VERANDAH,
CASE.
SEIZURE OF ALLEGED FORGERIES.
CARRIER COMMITTED. FOR TRIAL.
1,
A woman who threw her dog over a verandah in order to escape a summons for not taking out a license was severely "dressed down”
A Chinese shrof, from the Mer; yesterday by Mr. E. W. Hamiltoà
cantile Bank gave evidence as an at the Kowloon Magistracy.
Sergeant Jessop explaned that expert on forgeries before Major
to the shipowner in regard to goods carried by aca from the Colony to places in the provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangai or Macno That is suggested by a similar pro vision in the English Act which On the proposals of the Attorney-removes from the strict operation General Chen, Ming Shu formally General, seconded by the Colonial of the rules goods carried by ses from port in Great Britain or assumed the Chairmanship of the Secretary, six new ordinances were Northern Ireland to another port be paid a call at defendant's flat." Willson at the Central Magis- Kwangtung Provincial Government read a first time at the meeting of in Great Britain or North Ireland because be suspected her of not tak-tracy yesterday in the case in which yesterday morning, with imposing the Legislative Council yesterday or to a port in the Irish Free State. ing out the dog license. No heed a Chiness is charged with possession Again, article 10 of the Rules, gives the debtor the right to discharge was paid to his knock but on look ceremony at Government House, afternoon.
his debt in Hong Kong currencying through a crack in the door The event was attended by over 500
in accordance with the rate of ex he saw the woman take the dog to people including Marshal Li Tsai
In moving the first reading of an change prevailing on the day of Hsio, all the officials of the Canton Ordinance to amend the Larceny arrival of the ship at the port of the verandab and throw it into the regime and all military lenders of
1865, the Attorney-discharge of the goods concerned. street. Then the door was opened." While he was interviewing the note in the Previnen. Government Ordinance,
This has been inserted under the House was beautifully decorated General remarked that the object right of local legislaturce to insert woman the dog crept back into the with flowers. flags, banners and of the Bill was to bring the law such a rule, which right was given room with an injured leg. other appropriate designs, the in- terior walls of the offices had been on the subject' of larceny in Hong in the draft Convention agreed to
at the Conference at Brussels. white washed and the wood repaint-Kong into line with the later Eng- rd. The rooms were furnished with lish law on that subject. new Western style furniture.
At
the entrance of the Government House was hung a floral design with the following inscription in Chi- nese To Commemorate the In- auguration of Chairman Chen."
After the preliminary ceremony oath of office. The Central Govern. General Chen Ming Shu took the ment was represented by Marshal Li, who made a speech in which he warmly praised the new Chairman. "The Marshal went on to say:
No
LARCENY.
MAGISTRATES' POWERS.
The third substantial difference from the English Act is that junk, launch and motor-boat traffic is excluded from the operation of the Rules. It is obviously necessary to An Ordinance to amend the exclude this traffic because in the Magistrates Ordinance. 1890,
Was trade carried on by these vessels it the next Bill read. The principal is not the practice to issue Bills Bill. said the of Lading at all and they would Attorney-General, is to restore to upset the incidence of the trade in object of this the Magistrates the power of requestion. riewing their own decisions on their own initiative. They possessed that power in the original Magistratee Ordinance, No: 3 of 1800, but, i was taken away from them in the Amending Ordinance of last year. It is considered desirable to restore that power to them. A further section of the Bill dents with a
in the Objects and Reasons of the Bill.
BILLS OF LADING.
ences,
#
REGISTERED DESIGNS.
The woman said that the dog "got frightened" and jumped over the verandah..
Mr. Hamilton: You were actually seen to throw the dog over the verandah. I believe the sergeant's evidence. You are a liar. You are considerably worse than a liar; you are nothing but a beast. You are red, or one month's hard labour.
that
of 342 ten-dollar Straits Settlements notes alleged to be forgeries.
water.
the
the
Mr. Tam Cheung Hing, the wit mess, said that he had examined the 342 notes and found them all to be forgeries. In a genuine note the head of the Tiger " mark, the impression 10 dollars on the left side of the paper, and the picture appearing on face of the paper and on reverse were clearer than in the forged note. Further the whole body of the forged note looks rougher than the genuine one. ness added that he did not consider them to be good forgeries, but they were good enough to deceive the man in the street
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Wit-
on December 10th
Grimmitt
This seemed to make undesirable the principal Ordinance. That sec any attempt to secure uniformity tion provides that no new build-
A Chinese revenue oficer gave with trade carried on by ocean- ing may be occupied until the
Authorised architect has reported evidence of stopping the defendant going ships. THREE POINTS.
There are two other slight differ-to the Building Authority that the for search on the Tung On Wharf
to building complies with the Build- technical reference There are three points which I
certain local legislatior and the ing Ordinance and the owner has at about noon abduld like to emphasise to the new
necessary alteration of late-other-received from the Building Author Witness noticed that the man's 'Chairman from my past experience. First, the political situation in technical matter which is explained wise the Bill is a copy of the Eng-ity a certificate that the Ordinance girdle was bulging and on enquiry Kwangtung is getting more and
lish Act, and it is desirable that has been complied with. It seems it should be because one of the unreachable the Building was told that it was opium. The man was then taken to the office more stable and efforts should be
objects of the Bill is that the body Authority should have to give a
certificate that the Ordinance has and searched by Revenue Inspector exerted without delay to introduer
of legislation should be uniform of this subject throughout the Empire been complied with when it is the Grimmitt and he found four packets improvement and refouns. But all
business of the owner and archi- these political improvements and
The Attorney-General in moving
tect to see that the requirements of bank notes which he heard the industrial enterprises shot be
are complied with. Therefore it is officer say were forgeries.” brought about gradually and sys the first reading of an Ordinance tematically. A fixed procédure to amend the law with respect to
The Attorney-General, in moving proposed to require the architect
Revenue Inspector the carriage of goods by sea enid:- should be strictly followed.
This Bill when it becomes law will the first reading of an Ordinance to certify that the provisions of andre haste should be attempted, form part of what is intended to be to protect the registered proprietor the Ordinance have been complied stated that he made the man untie for this might upset the original purpose. Everything must be done an Empire-wide, and indeed world of any design registered in the with and to certify that the build-his belt and found" four small
This Billing is structurally safe." On re- by thought-out steps, one at a time. wide, body of legislation dealing United Kingdom, said:
was suggested by the Secretary of cerving that certificate the Build: brown paper packets tied to the certi bare skin with a black silk scarf. The ancients have well said. Do with the question of Bills of hot rush, for rushing gets you Lading. The reason for this body State for the Colonies who sent cut ing Authority may issue nowhere. The superior man recon- of legislation has arisen in this certain drafts of Bills which might ficate for the occupation of the "On opening one of the packets wit- structs his country for a century way. Take the case of English law be adopted to effect the desired building.
The form which appears an example. The ship-owner purpose.
Clause proposes to insert in ness found it to contain Straits 810 new notes. Witness was told by the man ahead. The fruits of his labour do 48
no legal that he was given the notes by a not begin to appear until the third na under very heavy obligations iz in this Bill received the approval the principal Ordinance year. I sincerely hope that Chair common law with regard to the of the Committee of the Hong section providing that man Chen will take to heart this goods which be carried. He was Kong General Chamber of Com- liability shall rest on the Govern
merce. The scheme of it is to give ment or any officer of the Governman named Leung Kee in the lavatory ment by reason of the fact that of the s.8. Sai On" and be offered maxim of the ancients, while at the liable for loss or damage in every helm of the Provincial Government can unless the loss or damage wain Hong Kong to a registered pro-
works.made with the prisoner to the Tak Secondly, I do hope that Chair incurred by Act of God, the King's Frietor of design in England burdings worke, other than to point the man ant. A visit was man Chep will tackle only one big enemies, an act or omission of the under the Patents and Designs Government buildings, or
The notes which be problem at a time in the reconstruc- shipper" or through some inherent Acts, the same rights with regard have been or may be erected and Wan teashop, but he failed to point tion of the Province. If one tries defect in the thing carried. He was to the registered design as if his carried out upon designs or plans out the man. to tackle everything at once, no-liable even if the goods were cam- rights in, the United Kingdom had approved by the Government, or had handed to the Superintenden: thing can be accomplished. Do one aged by reason of the improper been expressly extended to Hong any Government officer. In many of Imports and Experts were given cases building plans have to be back to witness by Mr. E. R. Dovey, thing at a time and finish it arst navigation of another ship, or if Kong. It does not provide for any before you take ap something else. they were destroyed by fire or were registration of designs out here, approved by the Building Author Government Analyst, and he took In many cases the Building them and the prisoner to the Direc taken from him by force. The but gives the proprietor the same ity. Ja so doing the chances for a successful administration will be ship-owner, however, was able to rights out here as in England with Authority must give his approval tor of Criminal Intelligence.
to particular materials and forms protect himself from these heavy respect to designs registered there.
of construction. It is intended to much greater.
liabilities by special terms in the
make it quite clear that "his con- sent and approval does not lay on contract of carriage. Accordingly the custom grew up of inserting
him or the Government any legal exceptions in "Bill of Lading.
liability regarding the errying out These terms, relieving the
of the work so approved, "Thirdly, the worst habit of any
of his ordinary legal Government organ is to make whole liability, became very numerous and sale changes in its staff when a new the diversity and forms of Bills head is inducted. This has been of Lading became very great.It
BAD HABIT OF CHANGING STAFFS.
owner
PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS.
The Attorney General moved the arst reading of an Ordinance to amend further the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903. He said: The classes of this Bil fall
."
&
PHARMACY AND POISONS BILL.
.:
After further evidence defendant was committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions.
HERBALIST AND WESTERN MEDICINE.
CHARGE AGAINST CHINESE PRACTITIONER.
-LEGAL ARGUMENTS,
true of the past, whether the was felt increasingly that more uni- into certain broad classifications. government be military or civil in formity was desirable. There was Claixes to 6. and 8 and 9 and 13 Ordinance to amend the Pharmacy In moving the first reading of n character. When a bunch of new also another consideration. Bills of relate to what I may call depart and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, the hands come in, they do not know Lading are documents of title and How to conduct business and con- they pass from hand to hand of mental or technical matters. As
an instance of a departmental mat Attorney General said The chiel soquently have to learn all over
persons acquiring under them the ter I might mention the provisions object of this Bill is to bring our again. By the time they are
The case against a Chinese her: tamiliar with their routine their rights and liabilities of the original which are inserted in order to give law into line with the English law chief is changed-and-they-have-to parties, and these later holders effect to the transference to the on the subject of the sale of poi
provisions which may be described is charged with practising medicize "ge-out with him. How can per- no control over the formation Sanitary Board of the licensing of sons, It also contains certain other balist, named Wong Sing Poon, whe for gain without, being registered, Eating Houses. As an instance of
as technical.
was continued before Mr. R. E inanent results be reaped with these
Resolutions. constant changes going on? In the original contract and therefore what I call technical matters I they had no means of ascertaining night refer to clause 8 which is cerely hope that Chairman Chen whether the contract in question intended to tighten up and im
On the proposal of the Colonial Lindsell at the Central Magistreey yesterday. The prosecution arose will not follow these had habite
of
hanks, consignees and others had
the past and will employ or dis sufficiently guarded their interests prove the procedure for the seizure Secretary, seconded by the Attor from the discovery on the defen-1
It was, therefore, felt that some and condemnation of unwholesome ney-General, permission was given dant's premises of certain drugs and their merits. I have found from rule should be laid down underfood. That is the first classifica to the
which ship-owners should be allan
charge subordinates" according to experience that this is the best policy to pursue."
ed to contract themselves out of The new Chairman then thanked their common law liabilities beyond the Marshal for his advice: Hea certain point
tion:
Hong Kong Tramways. equipment which are not part of -Ltd., to carry out construction the outfit of a native practitioner.
Mr. F. H. Loseby, for the defence, One clause stands in a classifica- work as recently advertised.
It was also decided, that the per-submitted that it was no oficace to tion by itself; that is clause 7. It
centage on the valuation of têne- has been found on enquiry that the The first propoen for dealing tale of food in the Hill Astrict, should be altered from ten to ten
ments payable as rates in Aplichau practice medicine although it was an offence to assume titles, which said he would carry it out, The Chairman then dwelt upon the with this problem was that it should in places kept for the purpose of and a hal: per cent. The Colonial had not been properly earned. He various reforms and improvements be dealt with by legislation. But the sale of food, is a matter which Secretary announced that public thought, the most the police could" which he wants to see carried out it was felt by a large body of, per-might be a source of danger unless water and publie lighting had been make of the case was that the de- The Chairman's speech was similar 80s that legislation dealing with the places in question were pro-
introduced into Aplichau and the or interfering with, commerce was perly controlled and supervised.increase in rates was in, accord. undesirable and to be avoided if Clause 7, therefore, proposes to ance with the usual scale. possible, and an attempt was made.make the sale of food in the Hill first of all, to reach the desired re-district, in any special place kept
to that delivered a few evening
go at his home in Tungshan which
has been reported in these columns.
nt
WILLS AND ESTATES.
Thorne.
Happy Christmas.
shali
fendant was practising for gain as a Chinese doctor but using non- Chinese methods.
Mr. Lindsall commenting on the different cases cited by the defend
member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade who vaccinated people be- cause such aid was purely voluntary and disinterested.
Arguing further on the air of the Ordinance, Mr. Loseby said that if successful it was strictly adhered to then Christian Scientists and mesmerista
ault by means of agreement. For that purpose, illegal except H.E. The Officer Administering ing solicitor, said that the chemist body of experts met at the Hague under licence and in accordance the Government, after announcing who attended to a customer sock- and in 1991 formulated a set of with the terms of such licence. that the Council would adjourning a cure for a cold, or the nurse rules known as the Hague rules. There are two clauses which deal until Thursday, December 27th, who attended a patient, was not Wills released recently by the It was hoped that these rules with the question of penalties, said: Before we separate 1 should practising for gain beyond what Supreme Court included that of the would be adopted voluntarily, but causes 1 and 19 Clause, 11 pro like to take the opportunity of he or she received as salary. Nel-
abin-owners did late Mr. Cabriton Thorne, who died although some
poses to increase from $100 to wishing members a very happy ther could they say the same of a I would also inform policeman who gave first-aid or a 8300 the penalty for blasting dur. Christmas. the Ridge, near Petersfield, adopt them and embody them in
Or without members of Council that this is Hampshire. He left estate in the their Bills of Lading, the adoptioning improper hours Colony amounting to $40,000 and
was by no means universal. Then taking proper precautions Clause the last occasion that net personalty at Home is valued
arose again the question of express 19 proposes to increase either from have the pleasure of the sexistance at £38,903. Re-sealing of the pro legislation on the subject, and an $100 or $200 to 81,000 the penal of Mr. Breakspear who has been bate of his will has been granted" international conference held at ties for material misrepresenta the official reporter of this Council to bir. D. V. Steavenson, attorner Brussels decided to recommend to tions in building notices, material for a good many years. I wish him of the widow Mrs. Nancy Staurt the respective governments repremierepresentations in building plans a very pleasant and
sented legislation in each country to and material divergencies from time at Home. Two Chinese Estates,
apply certain rules to outward Bills building plans which have been Those present at the Council were liable to be brought before the Letters of administration of the of Lading from the country in approved by the Building Author meeting were: HE. The Officex Court Li medicine was a science the Government, ir called for progressive research estate of the late Mr. Li Fung, alias question. The legislation has beenity. In three at least of these Administering L: Fung Tec, who died on August passed in England and in a great cases the offence is a matter which H.E. The General Officer Com and an ambitious Chinese might be 25th, at Canton, have been granted many Colonies and Protectorates might very well endanger human manding the Troops, the Colonial expected to do a little investigation the Attorney-General, on his own account and use such to Mr. John Fleming and Mr. A. and in Australia. The legislation fe. and I think Hon. Members Secretary, Ritchie, chartered accountants of was also introduced in the legie will agree that the new penalties the Colonial Treasurer, the Dirce methods as he thought might help the frm of Messrs. Lowe Bingham lature of the United States, but I are not excessive in view of that tor of Public Works, the Secretary him to make him proficient.
for Chinese Affairs, the Captain and Matthews. Deceased left pre-am not in a position to say whe- consideration.
In the last classification or group Superintendent of Police, the Hon perty in Hong Kong amounting to ther it was passed or not. Aus
tralin is the only Dominion which are two clauses, 10 and 14, which Sir Henry Pollock, the Hon. Sir $60,000.
Property to the value of 825,000 has passed the English Act but deal with the linhatics of building Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Mr. A was left by a Chinese accountant, Canada has adopted a somewhat owners, architects and the officers C. Hynes, the Hon. Dr. R. H. con Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. J. Owen named Wong Tung, who died in similar Act restricting the rights of the Government who are Hong Kong. Letters of administra widow, Mrs Li Tam 85
of the shipowner and New Zealand earned with passing building plans. Hughes, the Hon. Mr. B. D. F. has slanted somewhat similar legio-1 Game 10 ammends Section 204 of Beith and Mr. H. R. Butters
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His Worship, thought there was evidence that defendant had com- mitted in offence. The presence of certain things in his surgery was some corroboration of the argument that he was practising Western medicine. However, his Worship would adjourn the case to consider
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