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· CANTON 'BUSMEN'S
CUMSHAW.
-ON STRIKE FOR MONTH'S WAGES.
GOVERNMENT INTERVENES.
SERVICE MAINTAINED AT
CRAWLING SPEED...
FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]
CANTON, January 2ad. Owing to the refusal of their em. ployers to grant an extra month's
CANTON GOES TO "THE PICTURES."
DECLINE" OF NATIVE DRAMA.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1929.
THE SMALL-POX
EPIDEMIC.
HOW CASES CAN BE NURSED AT HOME,'
BIG LOSSES OF THEATRICAL SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
COMPANIES,
HONG KONG BOY" SCOUTS.
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COMMISSIONER'S SPEECH.
THREE-DAY FULL WATER SUPPLY.
FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR PREPARATION.
To enable the Chinese to have a The Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, Com missioner, said that it was his general house-cleaning before the Arising out of questions put by plonaing duty to propose the election/Chinese New Year, the Government) [FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.! Dr. W. V. M. Koch at the fort of the officers and council for the two days before the Chinese New is giving a full water supply for the
nightly meeting of the Sanitary Board yesterday, a recent state- ment made by Dr. G. W. Pope at
"that"
cases of small-pox could be nursed at home was confirmed.
present year.
He wished to add his thanks to
Year and also on the New Year
CANTON, January 22nd. Nearly all theatrical "companies in
those alreay expressed for all the day itself, was the good news con
veyed by Mr G. R. Sayér at the Canton, Hong Kong, Macao, Fat the Central Magistracy to the effect help they had received. Some
Sanitary Board meeting sesterday. This announcement was made fol
shan and other centres in Kwang- tung last money last year. Their
people seemed to think that each It will be remembered that Dr. Boys Scouts' Association was a drivers are contemplating a general the drama is losing its hold on the prosecuted Chinese" for failing wideness of their brotherhood heng in. He said: "In view of wages this month, the Canton 'bus business has greatly declined and Pope made, this statement when he local affair, but in illustration of the lowing a suggestion by Mr. Wong the approaching Chinese New Year, would mention that every Scout was
when there is a general increase in
strike, Trouble arose last Thurs.
people. "The only company which
day when the drivers were told that made any money last year was the pox, and in confirming it, the Pre provided, with a passport in two house cleansing, will the head of
under no condition could their de mands he met. The proprietors of the bus companies explained that this was due to business depression and competition among the many companies which have been started of late. Formerly there were only two bus companies in Canton, hut there are now over a dozen and the Municipality is operating several "lines in competition with the private
enterprises,
On top of this each private com- pany has to pay a daily tax of from 0 to 825, the extra, amount depending upon the original agree. ment with the authorities. Earmer-
ly between 87 and 813 per day had to be paid Then, all members of the Mechanics l'aion and all mili. tary officers get their rides free Furthermore each bus can carry only so many passengers and a $3 ine is imposed on each bus for each excess of the proper
person In number.
famous Kwan Tin Lok Opera Com pany, which cleared a net prefit of $20,000. The Tai Law Tin Opera Company just cleared expenses and hal.an insignificant crédit balance. All the rest sustained heavy losses, The Yan Shau Nin Opera Company lost $80,000 the Ko Shing Lok Opera Company, $00.000; the Sun King Cheung Opera Company, 820,000; and the Sun Chun Wah Opera Company, 2000, All these onera companies are well-known in Canton and Hong Kong.
Modern Films And Old Plays. The reasons for the general de- pression are numerous. In the first place the cost of tickets ranging from about three-dollars plus 11 per ernt. Government tax, downwards is more than the average person said afford: secondly, no new features are introduced and the plays are to people now-a-days old, trite, and out of unte. No effort has been made to bring about a renaissance or an improvement in the native opera.
finion that the Chinese drama is Many critics are of the expable of being greatly improved and capturing its lost prestige. Finally, the movies," with ali their fascination and reality."aro rapidly taking the place of the native play. Cinemas have become the rage in Canton-and may be seen for 30 cents or lesa With the big decline of the native opera. advent of the movies"
came the
People, especially the younger ones, prefer the "movies." True lovers of the native theatre say that un- as great improvements are made, all the companies will go into bank-
SLOW" MARCH. But to all these explanations the 'bus drivers turard admf ear. The proprietors finally agreed to pay ten days extra wags but the drivers refused the offer and agreed to strike oa. Friday nurning.
The matter was then brought to the notice of the Municipal Bureau of Public Utilities which at once forbade the strike. The drivers went back to work after several hours of idleness hot procinimed ruptcy. The native drama cannot their grievance by driving the
compete against - mation. pictures.
'buses at about 4 or 5 miles an This is proved by number of cinema
houses that have been and are being
Two or three.
years ago there were hardly any cinema houses, but now there are
-hour, which is causing great incon-
venience to traffic Moreover, they built in Canton. refuse to move when a bus is full of passengers, but wait until 5 or 6 cara are also packed. Then they slowly move out in a train. busmen are not popular in Canton. but claim that they are bringing pressure to bear upon both Govern ment and proprietors.
The
until the
went
about 15, all doing good business,
electric supply wrong. In addition three more new ones are being built. On the other hand there were formerly six opera houses in Canton, but now there are
only two. The other four have found the "movie" business" ore profitable and have become cinema
houses..
The Canton 'Bus Companies may that these rather childish tacticas have cut down their business by one-half. Formerly each 'bus was making twenty trips a day, but now
No Scope In Provinces, it is only, making ten. The pro- Another reason for the losses bas prietors are again eecking. Goveru been piracy and brigandage, which iment aid to force the drivers to be has restricted them to large cities. have.
Unless this is done. they Formerly a great number of com point out, the revenue of the Gdy-panies depended upon the rural ernment as well as of the Companies population in the interior of Kwang- will be affected, and traffic will be tung. But in recent years, only a held up.
few companies have risked going to the villages.
FUTILE CONFERENCE.
H
The Municipal Burenu called an. other meeting yesterday of the pro- prietors and Urion representativen. But neither side would yield" an inch. Finally, however, the drivers modified tileir original demand and said that those who had been" in the service for more than one year should receive an extra month's pay, while those whose service was Tess than one year but more than
According to the Kwangtung Labour Caions Federation, the number of unemployed actors and musicians at the present time is
over 200,
TRAMWAY SCRIP CASE.
PORTUGUESE CHARGED AT
MAGISTRACY.
six months should receive an extra THIRD MAN TO BE ARRESTED. half month's pay, and those whoso service is less than six months
should receive only an extra two R. M. Gutierrez, a middle aged and a half day's pay." But this man, appeared before Major C proposal was rejected by the pre-Willson at the Central Magistracy prietors. There the matter remains yesterday on a charge of aiding and and the public has to suffer.
COLOUR OF KWANGTUNG SHIPS.
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BLACK" AND GREY. BANNED.
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)
abetting in the uttering of a document purporting to be scrip for 500 shares of the Hong Kong Trunways, Ltd.
When the two Chinese who were arrested at an earlier date" were, charged before the Magistrate on Monday, one of them stated that the document was banded to him by a man of Portuguese nationality. The charges against these men will be opened this afternoon.
Mr. Leo d'Ainada, Sen., who ap peared for Gutierrez, entered a ples of not guilty. He stated that he
week's remand and bail of 89,000.
CANTON, Jan. 22nd. The Kwangtung Navigation Ásso-, ciation pamed a resolution at its dast meeting proscribing the use of black and grey for all river steam-understood that the police required ers in the province. With the ex- ception of these two, all other A remand for one week was grant colours may be "employed. Vessels now sporting either of these two colours must be repainted. The ban on the black colour is that this is the conventional colour for pirate ships! Although piracy is of rare occurrence nowadays, it is wise, according to the Kwangtung Navigation Aalociation, not to use black paint !
ed, and bail of $2,000 was allowed.
Mr. T. Murphy, Assistant Super- intendent of Police, was in charge of the case.
UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S
HOSTEL.
The ban on grey is because all The Hon. Joint Treasurers of the Chinese warships are painted this Organising Committee beg to color for camouflage purposes, acknowledge with thanks the follow- But there is absolutely un reasoning donation - why merchant vessels, should adopt- Mrs. J. M. Alves... 81,000... anthin, selont-whúsbiyankarabera Esa cubagsiptione fex, difend looked upon as unlucky and porten one bed-room study in the proposed tous.
Hostei.
to notify that his child had small-
sident of the Sanitary Board said that in the event of a case being allowed to be uursed at home, the Medical Oficer of Health always applied Section 16 of the Ordinance of 1923, which compels allan vaccinated persons in the immediate neighbourhood to be at once yas cipated, under pain of being detain
ed in quarantine:
Some interesting" figures were given showing the course of the epidemic. There were 38 cases in October, of which 17 were damped. The figures went up to 177 cases in November, of which 70 were dump stage was in December, when the figures went up to 509, of which no fewer than 24 were dumped,
ed and seven concealed. The worst-
ing in his name, Dr. Koch said that Before asking the questions stand- he regretted that Dr." Pope was not present, because it was the latter's remarks that he had asked for.
Mr. C. R. Sayer (President) said that he had been authorised by Dr. Pope to answer the questions:-
Dr. Koch's Questions And The .
Replies."
standing in his name, which, with Dr. Koch, then asked the questions the answers were as follows:-
(i) Will the Medical Officer of Health, D. Pupa, say whether the statement attributed to him in a recent prosecution for
failure to notify a case of Small- pox is correct, namely that such' cases may be treated in their own houses provided the contacts are vaccinated and the case not ficd?
Yea.
languages, so that they could be known all over the world for what they were and it was impossible for other people to pass themselves off as Scouts in order to get specially qheap travelling facilities.
the Sanitary Department kindly arrange to give extra facilities, particularly to the cecupants of upper storeys for obtaining water,"
Mr, Sayer: I understand the member to refer to the practice by which the occupants. of tenement houses undertake a special glennaing of their premises in preparation for the New Year, and not to the ordi-
Deep Sea Scouts, The formation of the Deep Sea Scouts also made a world link. Young men who had been Scouts could on joining the Navy or Mer. cantile Marine join the Deep Sea cleansing undertaken by the Board, which is customarily defer Scouts and find friends at whatever ed during the New Year holidays, port they might touch, if there I have referred to the Government were a Scouts' Association there. the practicability of allowing a Merchant Service had met some of füller supply during this period. Some time ago a young cadet in the the Sea Scouts of this Colony, and and am authorised to say that a had given them a lot of help. He full supply will be allowed for the (the Commissioner) had written to the Commissioner of the Cadets two days before the Chinese New Old District at Home, congratulat-Year and for Chinese New Year ing him on the excellent type of
day itself, young man he turned out and asking him to send news of the
happened that at a school prize lad's welfare to his parents. It so
giving in that district the head- master read Mr. Waldegrave's letter aloud, and the cadet's mother and sister who were in the audience had their first news of how he was
doing in a foreign land in this
manner.
Election Of Odcars.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year on the pro- position of Mr. Waldegrave.
President, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, CM.G.
Vice-President, Mr. H. R. B. Han
(if.) If this be so, what, if any, precautions are taken as regards the people in the immediate neigh-cock. bourhood? Are they compulsorily vaccinated?
The Medical Officer of Health applies Section 18 of Ordinance of 1923-that is to say he requires the unvaccinated to be vaccinated forthwith under pain of being de- tained in quarantine.
(ii) It was stated that the Sanitary Board permitted "such procedure-vide Question i. If this is so, when and under what circumstances was the Board is fluenced to allow this f
"By its resolution dated October 15th. 1918. The circumstances. which dietated this resolution. were, no doubt, the occurrence of neevere epidemic of small-pox presenting similar features to the present epidemic.
(iv.) In such cases can the Medical Oficer of Health satisfy himself that danger of spread can bo averted especially in crowded localities and tenement houses, and can efficient and proper mears of isolation be adopted among the poorer classes in the community 1. I am advised that efficient and proper isolation in a tenement house is quite impossible, any while person remaining there
Commissioner, Rev. G. T. Walde
grave,
Assistant Commissioner, Mr. C. H. Blason.
Assistant Commissioner, Lt. Col. T. A. Robertson.
Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. S. Mit
chell
Hon. Treasurer,"Mr. T. W. Chau. (The above a-officio).
COLONY'S FREE BATH
HOUSES."
OVER ONE MILLION. USED
THEM IN 1928.
That 1.14.77 persons had made use of the free bath houses in the Colony was one of the answers of the President of the Sanitary Board to questions put by Mr. Wong Kwong Tin on this subject.
of the Sanitary Department kindly Mr. Wong asked: Will the Head
(1) The number of public bath supply the following information
houses in existence, (9). "theis locality and the hours of service.
Replying, Mr. Saver said that there are four bath houses, and another one is being constructed at Boundary Street, Shamshuipo, and will be completed in about a month. Those in existence now are in Second Street, Saiyingpun, Found Lane, Tai Ping Shan, Cross Lane, or had already left, with the addiWanchai, and Pakhoi Street, Yau tion" of
The Council as existing at pre- sent-minus those who are leaving
Commodore Hill."
District Rover Leader C. Champ
kin.
The Hon, Sir Shou-son Chow. Mr. T. H. King.
The Hon: Sir Henry Pollock. District Cubmaster W. H. Smith. District Scoutmaster A. White.
The representative of the Tung wa Hospital Committee.
The representative of the South China Athletic Association.
Mr. B. Wylie.
The election of the above officers was seconded by Lieut. Col. T. A. Robertson, and passed unanimously,
Vote Of Thanks To His Excellency.
suffering from small-pex presents Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., propos a grave danger to contact directed a vote of thanks to His Excel and indirect to those who have lency the Chief Scout for having not rendered themselves immune apared the time to come and preside by vaccination.
at the meeting. (Applause.)
(v.) In the case of a foreigner suffering from small-pox is com. pulsory removal to an isolation hospital insinted upon?
In the few cases-three-in which a European has contracted the disease the Medical Officer of Health has had prompt notifica. tion and the patient has been im- mediately removed to an isolation hospital
(vi.) Are the nurses and staff in the Kennedy Town Hospital strictly isolated and forbidden to leave the compound except for a walk along Jubilee Road, and also forbidden to mix with the com- munity. If so, why is such strict isolation insisted upon in their case?
The director of Medical and Sanitary Services authorises me to reply yes! In order to avoid the risk of carrying infection from their patients.
(vii.) How many cases have been dumped, and how many con- cealed cases discovered? Can a statement be given of the cases dumped weekly compared with the
cases notified t
The following were the figures: October, 1928.-Dumped 17, con cealed nit, notified 21. Total 38.
November, 1928-Dumped 70, concealed 7, notified, 100. Total 177. December, 1928-Dumped 249, concealed 13, notified 240. Total 692.1
mati.
The hours of service are 7 a.. to noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the one named first. In the second, 7 sm to noon and 2 to 7 p.m. In the third one the hours are from 7a.m. to noon and 4 to 7 p.m. In the last one the hours are from 6 a.m. to noon nad 2 to 7 p.m.
Mr. Wong Kwong Tin Is hot water supplied 1-Yes,
The fee, if any, for admission f Free.
Mr. Wong Kwong Tin: Has the attention of the public, particularly the labouring class, been drawn to the existence of such convenience 1 These bath houses are well known. I am not aware of “aay
special notices having been issued. at 1.114.277 persons used the baths during the year 1928.
His Excellency replied: "It has SEA AND BRACKISH WATER been a great pleasure to come here, gentlemen." (Applause.)
FRAUD OR HIS OWN
MONEY.
CHARGE INVOLVING 88,000,
FOR FLUSHING.
ONLY SMALL QUANTITY OF MAIN WATER USED.
"
Many comments have been level- led against the Public Works De- partment by the man in the street because, in these days of water Before Major C. Willson at the scarcity, it was thought that main Central Magistracy yesterday, a water has been used for flashing Chinese named Wong Yuen, alias drains and gutters. This is not so, Wong Hop, was charged with as was explained at the Bacitary fraudulently converting to his own Board meeting yesterday, in reply use a sum of $8,000 entrusted to him to a question by Mr. Wong Kwong by Ma Trun Wal to convey to the Tin.
Mr. Wong Kwong Tin said: "In Bank of Canton to redeem a draft.
The defeudant denied the charge view of the scarcity of water, will stating that the firm for which he the Head of the Sanitary Depart worked owed him the money. He ment kindly arrange to utilise sea added that he could produce a water for the purpose of washing count books to prove his statement. drains and gutters, the cleansing Mr. F. H. Loseby, of Messrs. of which must frequently be attend- Russ & Company, prosecuting, men
ed to in order to prevent offensive tinned that the 88,000 had been re- smells being emitted." covered from the defendant's safe
in which was found a sum of
350,000 in cash.
Hearing of the case"was fixed for Monday afternoon.
The reply of the Board was: It is assumed the member refers to the Island of Hong Kong, Sea water has long been used for this purpose. Approximately 50 per cent. of the Bushing is done with sea water, 25 per cent, with brackish water (drawn from a well at West. Those present at the meeting ern Market) and 25 per cent, with were Mr. G. R. Sayer (President), nullah water, & small quantity of Mr. J. Watson (Secretary), Dr. W. main water is used in the East end V. M. Koch, the Hon. Mr. J..Pof the town, and none in the Braga, the Hon: Dr. S. W. Tso, the Centre and Western districts. AD Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, the Hon. side channels are thoroughly wash- ́| My HTC BE DE BI IZ BOWE wreky out 1 chiude Ho, Mr Wong Kwong Tin, and Dr.in and below: Queen's Road, west of
Garden Road, twice a week.
January, up to 17th, 1929.
petconcealed notified 205. Total 380. (Oostinued at foot of next column.)LA, Fawcett (MOH).
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