HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933
COLONY'S FINANCES IN ATTEMPTED MURDER
1932
REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPENDITURE BY
MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS
BEARING UP AGAINST THE DEPRESSION
The Colonial Treasurer, the Hon. Mr. E. Taylor, in his report on the finances. of the Colony for the year 1932, states that the revenue for the year amounted to $33,549,718 and the expenditure Revenue therefore excooded expenditure by was $32,050,283, $1,499,433. The approved estimated revenue for the year was $33,991,510 while the revised gure was $33,152,674, a decrease of $838,836. The approved estimate of expenditure for the year was shown as $34,981,581 Including the sum of 1,000,000 from surplus balances, and the revised estimate amounted to $32,887,500 or $837,217 Bove the actual expenditure.
The following statement shows the revenue and expenditure for each of the years of the last decade:-
Defcit.
Year.
1923
1024
1925
Revenue. Expenditure. Surplus. 24,783,783 21,371,005 3,211,858 24,209,840
26,796,428 23,244,366 23,208,818
1090
21,131,682
23,524,716
2,516,788 5,029, 152 2,303,131
1927
21,344,530 20,845,005
400,471
1028
24,068,300 21,230,942 3,738,157
1020
1930
1931
: 1032
23,354,475 31,083,257 1,571,218 27,818,473 28,119,816 33,146,724 31,160,774 1,985,950 33,549,716 38,050,983 1,499,433
Revenue.
Included in the total revenue for the year of $33,549,718 wore two abnormal credits, viz., $222,873 and $239,704. The first of these items is
ro-imbursement from loan account in respect of the salaries of officers employed on loan works. These salaries were in the first instance
301,173
Admiralty for surren- der of the Naval Arsenal Yard and Kellett Island
1,000,000 Ordinary Expenditure for the
year
OF JOURNALIST
Outrage in Lyndhurst Terrace
CHICKEN-CARRIER CHARGED
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CHRISTIANITY COUNCIL
(From Our Own Correspondent)
SUNKIANG, May 4 The National Christian Council The recent shooting outrage in of China is holding it second bien- Lyndhurst Torrace in which a Chi- nial meetings, and the ninth most- nese nowspaper proprietor had aing since its organization, in the most fortunate escape from death compound of the Southern Me had its sequel at Central Magistrsay thodist Mission at Sunkiang, China. The first session of this Biennial yesterday when Chan Hee, 28, de scribed as a chicken carrier was Meeting began on the evening of charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones May 3, 1933. At that time
Southern Methodist Church and the with attempted murder.
schools connected therewith gave a public reception and welcome to the members of the Council. Later that name evening, the various commit tees needed to carry on the work of this Biennial Meeting were ap pointed.
Mr. J. A. Fraser, assistant At torney General, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. M. K. Lo
defended.
-
A Big Organization.
the
UNMUZZLED DOGS
OWNERS FINED $5 EACH
Quite a number of dog owners appeared before Mr. MacLaren at Contrat Police for having failed to muzzle their dogs. Each offender was fined $8. Some of the defen- dants
were also summoned for keeping dogs without a licence, and on this count they were cautioned,
On the muzzling summonses, Mrs. Shoesmith, & B Block Kennedy Road, Alice Lim, 1, Sugar Street, Mrs. H. To, 47, Conduit Road, Mr. Esmail, 16, Man Chong Fong, Mrs. Salmond, 13, Tin Lok Lano and Mr. A. B. Hamson, 4, Leighton Hill Road, were fined $5 each.
One Chinese woman entered the excuse that the mussies were taken off to enable the dogs to have their meal. Hie-Worship replied that was the general excuse, and ad vised defendant to tie something to the dog's collar when it was being fed.
BODY FOUND IN HARBOUR EX-POLICEMAN COMMITS
SUICIDE..
Outlining the facts of the case, Mr. Fraser said: "The accused is charged with the attempted murder by shooting of Lo Wai Kaung on the evening of April 18. Mr. Lo is
Of the approximately one hun the proprietor of the Tin Nam Tot
Suspicions of foul play were Po, a Chinese newspaper, at 2,dred members of the National Christian Council of Chins some-
raised yesterday when the body of Hollywood Road. The scene of the
an elderly Chinese was found fost shooting was outside No. 19, Lynd. what over two-thirds are present at hurst Terrace. The house of Detec. this Biennial Meeting. Among them ing in the water off the foreshore are representatives from the South, tive Inspector Chu Heung is at No. 26 on the opposite side of the road, West and North of China as well at Causeway Bay. Investigations, as other parts, The membership of however, showed that the man had committed suicide. The body was the shooting, there were present the Council represents at the pre that of a man of about 3 years sent moment seventeen major church of age. A rope circled the waist, organizations and seven national and one end was made fast to a Christian organizations which toge-capston preventing the body from ther comprise about seventy per floating away. The body WAY cent of the membership of the Christian Movement in China.
two houses away. At the time of 1.S.C. 1 and Mr. Ng Tak Wing, one of the chief actors in the case. Shortly before 7.45 p.m. Mr. Lo left his premises and walked down As he ap Iyndhurst Terrace, proached No. 10 he heard footsteps. hehind and turned round, As he hd 20 A shot was fined at him wounding him on the left shoulder. Immediately on hearing the shot, he ran across the pavement into No. 19, Inside the shop at the time were three fokis, and one of 69.83 them was attending to two ladies.
Five Shots Fired
was $39,082,423 against 829,- 75,843 in the preceding year show ing an increase of 8290,580.
Only, five heads of Expenditure were exceeded:-
Secretariat for Chinese
Affairs
Post Office
.३
9,003,03
due to transit charges. being paid in gold. Defence (b) Military
Contributions
202,672.47 Miscellaneous Services. 128,462.05
Government servants plissages required $87,734 more than-es- timated. Expenses in connection with the anti-Japanese riots in the previous year cost $30,738.
charged against expenditure to safe- guard the pension rights of the officers concerned From the date of the passing of the new Peasion Ordinance, 24th June, 1932, the salaries are being charged against the respective loan works on which the officers are employed, The second item represents the appre ciation which has taken place in the market value of the sterling fands invested on account of surplus bal- ances. These funds were written down on 31st December, 1931, by £10,005 98. 11d. or $144,098. The rise in trustee stocks during the year brought up the value of £16,790 68. 3. or $238,794 and "this ambunt. had to be written on to revenue in order to show the stocks in the balance sheet at the market price ruling on 31st December, 1939, To obtain a fair comparison of the normal revenue for 1932 with that of 1931 tipes two amounts shoulding to $451,828.28 and, by 31st, De- vember, only eight Icans amount- he deducted when the figures would ing to $782,761.60 were outstanding. he $33,088,010 for 1932 and $33,148, of the original issue of 315,033,582 724 for 1931. The former figure
One shat was fired outside in the street. Four other shots were fired unmediately after that. The shots were from a revolver which would be produced, and they sounded like crackers at the time.
When the
wean ran into the shop and as the second shot was fired, the three fekis took cover. The man ran round the corner, behind a ladder, elimbed over the joke who had al ready concealed himself there, and hid himself in the recess in the Public Works Recurrent 378,81900s. The four other shots were fred either just outside or just in- Trade Loan Account..
side the shop.
During the course of the year, further reductions in the amount of
as outstanding were made by the redemption of eleven loans amount-
A Long Chase,
The man who fired the shots threw the revolver, dowa and ran
.
He
identified as that of Chang Kiu. formerly of the police. force. Of the membership of the Coun- had retired on pension. Since re- cil, about thirty per cent are in tirement, he had been employed in administrative positions and about the Hong Kong Electric Company. twenty-two per cent come from in- The body was found in close pro- stitutions, most of the rest direct-ximity to the offices of the Com
pany at North Point. ly representing churches.
It was also disclosed by relatives This Biennial Meeting was open-that deceased had been in straiten, ed by Bishop C. P. Wang, of the ed circumstances and was very de! Methodist Episcopal Church, Pei- pressed. ping, who is chairman of the Coun- cil: The following slogan has been 24 prominently placed in the meeting
HAPPY EVENT Let obstacles be stepping AT LOCAL STABLES tones, not stumbling blocks."
room:
The Crisis and Christian Duty.
Wild Life Foals on Monday
OF MOTHER
"Messrs Wuang and Li's Wild Life, a pony known to all racegoers se one of the best to have raced in Hong Kong, during the past year, foaled on fonday at the Jockey Olub stables.
Apart from a small amount of routine business, the chief subject of discussion on Thursday, May 4, 1933, was that of the present crisis | BRILLIANT RACING CAREER in China and the relation of the Christian Movement thereto. Dr. C. Y. Cheng, Genera! Secretary of the National Christian Council, and Mr. L. Chen of the Kincheng Banking Corporation, Shanghai, were the principal speakers at the morning session, Their speeches were followed by a live discussion.
The "youngster is a promising Both spesches and discussions were marked by a note of realism and looking dark chestnut and it is the frankness, in dealing with the pro- hope of everyone who has seen him blems at present confronting China. that he will grow up and race in The difficulty China has in formu- the Colony. He is the son of Navy It will be recalled that Gold Mine, lating a definite policy vis-a-vis its Hall present national situation
also belonging to Mr. Li Tee Fong, foal recognized that with regard to ed in Hong Kong last year, but the most of the foreign powers Chins little one was very weak and could Inot stand up for, a week Eventual- ly, he was sent to Macao, but the enjoys satisfactory, relationships.
climate proved, too much for him. The little foal of Wild Life, how ever, is a strong looking customer.. and is the first foal born in Hong Kong from local race ponies."
compares with $33,162,674. which 07, the sup of $14,775,818.17 has by Mr. Ng and LS.C, 142, who blew frankly recognized. It
Public Debt.
was the revised estimate of revenue now been accounted for-- for 1932. If allowance therefore is made for these credits the normal revenues for 1932 of $33,088,049 would compare with the expenditure for 1832 of $32,050,283
The inscribed Stock Loans of 1803 and 1906 amounted to £1,485,733 and the Sinking Fund stood at £839,761 as against £781,447 at the
end of 1931.
was
Was
in
ut of the shop. He was observed Mr. Ng Tak Wing who had turn ed round at the sound of the shoot ing. He was pursued up the street a whistle at the same time. The nan ran along Lyndhurst Terrace and turned to the right closely fol- iewed by Mr. Ng and the constable,
In the afternoon, the delegates of He turned round Gage Street, and this Biennial Meeting were divided turned to the right to Chuk Hing into four groups, one of which used Lane. The constable followed him the English language alone, one the The largest individual item of re
while Mr. Ng went along Cage Chinese language, and two of which venue is derived from the assess The Public Works Loan (Ortin Street with a view to intercepting were bi-lingual. This arrangement Wild Life, it will be recalled, wan ment tax, the sum of 16,332,038ance No. 14 of 1997) amounted to him. Mr. Ng was met at the corner"
was made with a view to facilitat second to Liberty Bay in the Derby of 1982 Since then she has won being collected. This represent 18.8 -1,027,000, $3,000,000 of this loan of Gage Street by another Chinese ing discussion and understanding.
constable. who had apparently per cont. of the total revenue or was issued locally at par on Novemheard of the shooting and was com
All these four groupe discussed many races, but had the misfortune to run up against Liberty "Bay. 10.7 per cent. of the revenue exclu- ber ist, 1927. The second issue was ing up at the time. These two maw at length, the present crisis
undoubtedly the best race pony in sive of land sales,
made on November 1st, 1928, at the man come out from Chuk Hing China and the relation of Chris Hong Kong, every time she has premium of 3 per cent-Bonds to Lane and ran into Gutzlaff Street. tiane thereto. On the basis of a
started in any of the classic. the nominal value of $1,927,000 be- Al, the corner of the Street the series of questions, effort was made Navy Hall is a very strong pony ing allotted. The Sluking. Fund man took off his jacket and threw to define the causes of the crisis, and quite a good one this year. His amounted to £125,792 as against it away The constable picked up the remedies being offered, and to recent performances mark him as £98,036 at the end of 1931.
the jacket, while Mr. Ng continued determine which of these the chase. The man turned into sound; and what Christians, a pont of some quality; It would General,
Wellington Street and then down dividuals or groups, could do in The receipts from "Opium Sales" Graham Street.
He then turned face of the present crisis. At the fell considerably short of the left into Queen's Road and then close of the afternoon no conclu- estimate, the deficit amounting to down Peel Street. He turned right in had been reached. $685,774. This source of revenue into Wellington Street again. All continues to decline, and although this time he was being closely pur- the estimate for 1923- has been re-sted by Mr Ng and on the way up
1939 it is quite probable that there tr No 19 Lyndhurst, Toneet,
Mr. Ng. He was then taken baci will be a further shortfall in '1933 of-$500,000.
In the following table the actual revenue for the year 1932 is given for 1931 and 1932 (000 omitted). ·
1931. 1912.
8 8,906 8,597
Duties Port and Harbour
Dues Licences, etc. Court Fees, etc.. Post Office ....
I
813. 311
15,700 18,503
2,151
2,990 2,035 1,984
*
Kowloon-Canton
Railway 1,900 1,995 duced by $600,000 compared with Staveley Street he was caught by
Interest
Rent of Government
Property
1,432
Miscellaneous
231
1,587 313 867
Total (exclusive of
Land Sales) 29,982
Land Sales, Premia
on New Leases). 3,184
39,179
1,370
The receipts from Estate duties were much higher than usual, many more items having been dealt with, and in addition three large estetes
brought in $406,142.
were
seem that the little foal has plenty of "breed" about him, and if he survives his infancy, his progress on the local turf will no doubt be followed with great interest.
POSTAL CENSORSHIP IN JAPAN?
PLAN TO BE LAID BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON
THOUGHT"
At the close of the morning ser- vice appreciative reference WAS made to the late Dr. T. H. Hodg rin, who passed away quite re- served the National Christian Conn. esntly and who long and faithfully cil and the best interests of the Chinese people. In addition, re ferenog was made to the sympathe tic attitude of missionaries, in Tokyo Mr. Kuno Director of general, to the critical issues now the Postal Affairs Bureau of the disturbing the life of the Chinese Department of Communications, has drawn up a plan for the com
In the meantime Inspector Chu toung, had come down from his house and gone into the shop where he picked up the revolver. The so eased was taken to Central Police Station, and a police officer was left to look after the shop. The people and found the wounded man behind suite of the exceedingly cretion of postal matters. The dra officer made a serch of the premises. In spite of the exceedingly critic trol of ideas through the pote ces under which this Biennial Meetplan will be laid before the Com searched and no arms were founding is ing held, the delegates show mittee on "Thought Measures
a good spirit and a determination shortly to find out how to play their part. According to this plan, a stript Vas Christians therein. (
tically ceased at the end of 1931. Remittances from abroad prae
rates the stairs, The songsod, was Total 33,148 31,649 Bankers fixed deposit
throughout the year were about
on bins,
Mark os Finger.
per cent for renewals of year With the exception of Duties, money. No interest was paid ex Post Office" and "Land Sales" copt in special cases on new short each Head of Revenue showed an money. There is still a very large On his being taken back to the increase over the Estimates for amount of surplus hands in the Central Police Station, it was ob served that he had a mark on his 1832. In regard to "Duties" this Colony available for investment. was to be expected as liquor and Trade was stagnant, but statis left hand, The assistance of Mr. Branson the Government Abalpur, tobacco duties were reckoned on the tics of the Imports dod Exports was called in and he examined an basis of $1-1, whereas the average Trade do not reveal such an unsatis mark and took away certain of the d rate throughout the year was over factory position as might have been matter, found on it The Tale of imagined taking into consideratiot his examination would be given la. 3d...
Expenditure,
the large contraction in interiter Yout of the bullet which national trade. Hong Kong mer-were fired were recovered from the with shop The expenditure for the year chants were overstocked with piece amounted to $32,050,283 against an goods bought when the dollar was estimate of $34,881,681 a decrease low and now find themselves unsblé 6E $2,931,378. The total sum of to dispose of these resulting in $32,050,283 is made up as follows: number of bankruptcies
Ordinary Expenditure. $29,082,423 Extraordinary Expendi
ture Public Works Part payment to the
1,907,800
National Cash Registers Were 20 stalled in thei Trosaurs din-May: hand written receipts, discontinu except for deposits.
not know
inspection is to be enforced, under the Postal Law, of parcels of books and printed matter leaving and ar riving in this country, Books and and that the socused printed matter which are deemed pportunity to bé pre-objectionable on inspection are to periment has been he referred to the Home Office im
the results will mediately. In view, however, of being put in as evidence the fact that it has often happened. I can only say that in the past that delay in the Home to. When charged Office's directions or replies has in non the accused simply terfered with prompt and effectual #Baid. have already confessed action, proper steps are to be taken Pesterday, I have nothing to promote closer and quicker co operation between the Home Office said Mr. Fraser say. Chester Woods caution. After evidence had been given by and the Department of Communi sed and ho made a state several witnesses including the com cations. which is in your Worship's slainant limsel, in support of Mr. It is also proposed that the tele- sjon. At the last hearing it rantement, the case was grams, leaving and reaching this infimated that it was desired adjourned until Friday afternoon. country should be subjected make an experiment with the Mr. Lo reserved his cross-examinsstrict censorship under the
inued as foot, of neat Column) zion.
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