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OUR FUTURE: AN OPTIMIST'S VIEW
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG XÔNG DAILY PRESS."]
St.-, Stanley Baldwin bas expressed his belief that. World' Conditions are about to take a turn for the better.
There is little enough that Hong Kong can do to help. Govern ment consistently takes the short view and even then is hampered by the Colonial Office which "not un- aturally takes a eritient view of local proposals.
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LOCAL DAIRY REGULATIONS
STRICTER CONTROL
SOUGHT
At this afternoon's meeting of the Sanitary Board the Medical Officer of Health, pursuant to notice, will
move:-
1. That By-law No. 3 of the Dairy By-laws be amended to read as follows:-
No person shall use a dairy for any other purpose without the prision of the Board."
That the Hoard approves the introduction at the following addition to the By-laws governing Dairies:-
No person who is suffering from or is a carrier of an infectious or contagions disease shall be em ployed in a-dairy."
The President, pursuant to notice,
will mover-
If Mr. Baldwin's aptītaism in justified I think Hong Kong should contribute every sent, not in its "That the Board approves the own interest only but also in the introduction of the following by interest of Great Britain, in the laws by way of addition to the interest of the civilised world on existing By-laws or to the existing which we live and of China in-laws as amended by the pre. particular without whose trade we posats of which the Medical Officer should starve.
of Health has given notice:--
By contributing every cent i menu we should as a "community, put in haid and urg forward every scheme of capital expeliture Bo which we are committed and re organise ourselvea by further ex- penditure so that we may become a more effretive unit in the world
The present time is opportune for many reasons.
The Permanent Uader Serretary to the Colonies is about to visit us: if the Colmy uses its opportunities well it may be able to teach him the impurtane of Hong Kong as a port and as a financial and trade Centre: an importance out of all proporting to the figures shown in ire statistica which are them- Selver staggering when it is 'remen- bereit that Hong Kong by name is
i. The registered proprietor of Dairy shall, upon applying for registration or re-registration, in- form the Board of the sources of his milk supply; and in the event of any source of supply being changed at any time, shall forth- of the with ioform the Board change.
il. The registered proprietor | shall not have in his Dairy any milk derived otherwise than from a Dairy registered under these By-lawa except with the written permission of the Board.
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THE REV. H. V. KOOP
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, December 6, 1932.
BRUTAL MURDER AT HONG KONG-CANTON GUANG IN SAI SHA
· KENNEDY TOWN
FOUR MEN CHARGED AT CENTRAL COURT
V
CROWN PROSECUTOR'S OPENING ADDRESS
AIR SERVICE
ISLANDS
WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT'S TO BE EXPLOITED FOR USE |
AS FERTILIZER
SUGGESTION
for
gutano
1150
in It
Canton-On his arrival Front Canton. The Reconstruction Hong Kong Mr. K. B. Vaidya, Bureau is drafting plans head of the firm of Messrs. Amrithal Ojha & Co., Ltd., of Hong the exploitation of the Kong, when interviewed by a repre- found in gront abundance in
Sha Islands for Before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the stative of the Canton Gaselle,! Sai Central Police Court yesterday, four predicted the possibility of a Hong men appeared on a charge of mur-Kong Canton Air Service on a com- the manufacture of fertilizers. der. Lam. Ka Shck is charged | marcial scale. with procuring the murder of Lam Pak Hong, while Lam Fuk Lang, Chan Kau and Lam Yat are charged with murdering the deceased at Jubilee Road, Pokfulam on Septem: her 27,
Mr. P. M. Hodgson appeared on behalf of the first defendant and Me, d'Almada, shr., on behalf of the remaining three defendants,
First Defendant a Well-to-do Man.
The ense for the prosecution was Fonducted by Mr. J. A. Fraser, Crown Prosecutor, who in his open adress, said that the first de fendant was a well-to-do business man with interests in Hong Kong and the country! Lain Kam Shek was related to Lam Fuk Lung and Lam Yat, but not to Chan Kay, and Lam Pak Hong, the murdered man, was his adopted son.
Son a Source of Worty. About twelve years ago, the first accused, took a concubine A son was born and was adopted by the secused, who, about three years ago, opened an eating house in Hong Kong where he employed his The son did no Son (deceased). work however, and was a constant source of worry to his father. In August, 1931, the first accused open ed a tailer's shop when La Pak Bong again lived at his father's ex-
·ponse.
The Crown Prosecutor went on to Ey that the deceased man was an idler and at one time threatened the first netused's concubine and her aon with bodily harm.
probably less well known in Eng-APPOINTMENT TO LIVERPOOL Town at 12.20 am, when, in the
and the ny). Timbuctoo, or Jerica. He may learn how vital Hong Kong is not only to British trade is also to the world trade
PARISH.
with China. Presuming he has Our readers will be interested to followed the speeches at Ottawa heknow says St. John's Review, that will know his leader's view that this the Roy, II. V. Koop has been ap is no time for a purely local view pointed, at the recommendation of but that every contribution to the Bishop of Liverpool, to be world, trade is a contribution to Vicar of St. Paul's. Princes Park, British trade and this in spite of Liverpool. The parish of St. Paul's the recent agreementa
which is an important one of near ly 7,000 people, will make big de mands on Mr. Koop's capacities, but I am sure that he will be rqual to them, and will do good work there. We wish him all success, and
'I referred onplier to the fact that Government always took the short view. The result is that, as one of our Elder Statesmen proudly re- marked, we are a quarter of a
Finding of Murdered Man. On September 27 a lamp lighter was going his rounds at Kennedy vicinity of lanp 607 he notice the body of a Chinese male lying on the ground. He made no mention of the matter to anyone as he was very frightened.
car
At 0.45 m. in the morning, Mr. James Huntor was proceeding along Jubilee Road in his motor when he noticed the bode, and im mediately reported the matter to No. 7 Police Station. Sergeant Konnair investigated the matter and Found that the body bad three large opta wounds in the face and two stab' wounds in the body. A rope was tied round the neck of the dead iman and a large blood-stained scissors were found near the head. The body was then taken to the mortuary, where Dr. Begby conduct- ed an examination, and found that death was due to multiple injuries, hair found on the stone were iden- tical with the hair of the deceased man.
is östimated that a sum of only Mr. Vaidya said that the round about $20,000 will be required for trip between Hong Kong and Can the setting up of the necessary plant ton can be completed in one hour!
to manufacture such fertilizers Iti and 15 minutes with about 10 minutes stay at Canton. Thus, it will be possible thus to produce, the service is scheduled to fly every about 300 tons of fertiliser every two hours, only three planes need be under commission, starting From month, nettirig roughly a profit of $7,000, allowing a generous differ ence between the prices for the local The question of cost, of course, has to be considered. But this ser-manufacture and those for imported vice has to be a part and parcel fertilizers, As this commodity is of a larger scheme for Air Service one of the most important imports | to other stations, thus reducing the overhead and other charges, said at the present time, the develop Mr. Vaidya,
6.00 a.m. and closing at 6.00 p.m.
KWANGSI TIN
ment of this industry is to be highly Steps are therefore Railways and Boats Not Affected,commended,
being taken for the early execution Asked whether the service will of the present plans, affect the income of the Kowloon- Canton railway and steamers, Mr. Vaidya declared it would not, The Air-fare for Canton cannot be less than ten dollars per hond and rire erat, The mainstay of any railway organization and steamship eam. punies is the third class traffic con- TANG TSAK YU MAY START tinued Mr. Vaidya. The people who
MINING OPERATIONS. travel 3rd class aru. most unlikely to take advantage of the air service except perhaps in caacs of emer geney and therefore the revenues of the. K.C.B, or steamers would not be affected,
Canton-Mr.
to
Tang Tsak Yo, who the veteran Party leader has recently carried out exten sive experiments on the prospects tin mining in Kwangal This scheme must be included in of
han decided province, and the service from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Hong Kong-Manila, Hona start operations in Ho Haien, is Kong Singapore and Hong Kong understood to be ready to proceed Saigon, in order make it paying with this enterprise. Mr. Tang't It is not difficult to accomplish this son has bean ontrasted by the scheme Mr. Vaidya 'told our repre- veteran leader to make purchases sentative, and some of hie Friends of machinery and equipment for had already approached hire in the mining from Malaya, and it is matter for discussion. Mr. Vaidyn understood that these have now is optimistic of the ultimato succees been completely bought and are With their boing shipped here. of the scheme.
arrival, Mr. Tang will proceed to Kwangsi to start work on the tin mines there.
It is possible that for the first three years, says Mr. Vaidya, the scheme may not be profitable an account of initial costs and fear of aerial travel. But the regularity of service and the avernoy devices against accidents will inspire con- idence, and a larger number of people will patronise aerial travel.
Hong Kong the Best Centre. It is, however, a question for the various Governmenta, concerned, as they may probably have to be directly interested in the scheme; mail subsidios.
CANTON CUSTOMS
OFFICIAL
SUED BY A GLASS, MERCHANT.
century whind the times and are will pray that God will give him stone, together with a pair of besides patronising this service by Mr. Li Tung, Manager of the Hoi
the necessary equipment of bly; mind, and spirit
proud of it! He was quite ser
Our institutions are in mont instraces run an early Victorian ideas, very often on ideas even less advanced and Sometimes primitive. . Our hospitals
our dreamed of but never saw, a credit prisons... tr sanitary and water balance. sydems, our administration of justice, government itself are-shall
Mr.
Hong Kong acems to be the best centre for loading a company to carry out this project is interesting to know what of these government concerned is going to take the lead,
Cantos.-The Deputy Commis sioner of Canton is defendant in a civil suit for $3,800 damage filed by.
On Customs Agents on Liten Hsing Road at the Cunton District Court. la a lengthy petition the plaintiff states that defendant unjustly de damaged him to the extent of the aforementioned sum.
oven taxation and something Gladstone hemorrhage and shock. Brands of Vaidyn's belief. And it would be tained his goods and consequently
leave it adjectives and say mere- ly that they, among other local institutions, require complete over haul.
I have no hesitation in anying that if there is one place in the world where money could he spent and spent well at the present time. it is long Kong Any mowy pro- perly spent mast in this instance benefit not only the sperder" but also the world. The money, how ever, must be well spent, spent optimistically and with the long
view.
Where is the money to come Thanks to Government's
· Frun 7 Mid-Victorian ideas we have s Gladstonian Budget, a Gladstonian
(foorivied on nexs Column.)
Movements of Accused Men.
Who is to do the spending? A] glance at the Blue Book suggests impending retirements on a large
The Crown Prosecutor then gave seale,. The rest of the Empire must contain many well-trained men, a detailed account of the movements with large ideas, well tried and of the second, third, and fourth de well known to the Colonin! Office, fendants prior th, and after the date still in the prime of life (even in on which the murder was committed, the tropical sense) and quite cap- and related the circumstances sur aule, of controlling and leavening rounding their individual arrests.
When arrested and charged, the up our local team. If the gaps in our personnel were well filled, if accused men Lam Fuk Lung, Chan the Captain were a man of inspira Kau, and Lam Yat each made state tion and genius and above all hadments in which the first defendant the confidence of the Colonial Office, Lam Kam Shek was implicated. there seeme
Sometime in October the plain- That the above services are in-
tiff imported 133 cases of gloss, evitable in the immediate future. and the people in the Far East says the petition, but owing to an should be prepared for it is nother oversight on the part his staff the prediction of Me. Vaidya. The re-figure was given us 200 in the de- claration paper. The error, how- cent report of the extension of the
ever, was immediately corrected but London-Karachi service to Sings the customs officials subsequently pore is a pointer. The Government imposed a fine of H.K. 81,000, other- of India is interested in this pro-wise the entire shipment would be j jeet. Similarly, governments in this confiscated. part of the world may be called upon ta link likewise. Of course, diplomatic and political considera tione may have to given due weight,
"forace the possibility of an early inauguration of a Far East Aerial Service company or thing like that, in the very near future. The time is opportune and the field for aerial activities may The hearing of the caro was ad- 1 now be investigated for action in the journed until to-day at 2.30 p.m. matter." concludes Mr. Vaidya.
Mr. Hodgson submitted that there was no case against his dient (first defendant) as outlined by the pro- secution, and he felt inclined to ask the Magistrate to discharge him
no reason why we should not have a city of which w were proud and prosperity which might make us the envy of the world, and at the same time contribute our queta towards world now. (Laughter.) recovery. I am, sir,
OPTIMIST.
Bono-
The petition points out that the shipment cost only. Canton $3,000, while the fine is H.E, $1,600. Plain- tiff considers the decision of the customs as unfair and unreasonable, and savouring of autocratic high- handedness. The court is requested to uphold privato rights and order the defendant to pay $3,800 for damage sustained consequent on the alleged unfair action.
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