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senger transport; deprives local, transport for the London Passen- authorities of control in reger Transport ares, and for that spect of their various under-purpose, while avoiding the provi- takings: takes the property of alon of unnecessary and wasteful private owners out of their competitive services. to take from control: gives them no option time to time such steps as they of sale; vests in the Minister consider necesary for extending of Transport bureaucratic pow-
and Improving the facilities for ers; and constitutes him, and passenger transport In that area not a judicial tribunal, the in such manner as to provide most court of appeal in such im- efficiently and conveniently for the portant matters as the provi- needs thereof. Further, that it sion or withèrawal of traffic shall be the duty of the Board to services and facilities.
conduct their undertaking in such
However, on that day (March 23rd. 1931) the Commons gave the Bill a Second reading by 271 votes to 224. Then on October 27th came the General Election and the Labour Government fell
Three weeks prior to this there had been much legal argument as to whether "the B could constitutionally, be carried over to the next Session of Parlament.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1934.
TO-DAY'S RADIO NEWS FROM CHINA
PROGRAMME
(Continued from Page 4)
3. My Heart is Like a Binging
Bird-Parry.
4. Tune thy Strings O Gipsy-
Dvorak."
6. Fairy Pipers-Brewer. 9.25 to 9.30 p.m.-La Source Ballet (arr. Winterbottom). — The Band of "H.M. Coldstream Guards conducted by Lt. Evans (a) Danse des Echarpesd (b) Scene d'Amour
(c) Variation
(d) Danse Circassienne:
London 1 p.m. Stock and Com
0.35 to 10.15 p.m.-.
modity quotations.
IN CHUNGKING
Two Young Women Nearly Starve
TIENTSIN MINT
To Be Re-opened
Shanghai Aug. 29. Preparations are in progress for the reopening chungking Aug. Ra
of the Tientsin Though the summer here has
Mint in the Native City, which has not been as hot as in some other
not been used for over six years. parts of China, we have hád, a- An official of the Mint declared very long dry spell, which has last week that the proposal for trying. Our highest | reupening came as a sequel to the temperature was approximatsiy "recent visit in Tientsin of Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance. It will be recalled that during s brief stop there, Dr. Kung inspect- ed the machinery and premises at the Mint.
been
very
manner, and to, fx such fares and 8.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins. 101 degrees indoors, and this last- charges as to secure that the re- venues, shall be sufficient to defray all charges which are required to be defrayed out of the revenues of the Board.
In other words the Board. is a fares, can build tube railways, and law unto itself. It can raise its although it cannot exactly please itself whethen it runs trams, buses of its area can-If it thinks t or trolley vehicles in any portion
reduce exšting transport facilities In the wording of the Act it may where found to be unremunerative. "do or cause" to be done all other things necessary for the conven-i undertaking." Yet the members of tent and "efficient working of their
the Board have no constituents to
Mr. McDonald, in the House of Commons on October 8th, said the Government was under the impres- sion that there was a real desire that the Bill should remain alive until the next Session. On the same day in the House of Lards the Earl of Lucan said the Bill was not strictly a public one, but a hy- brid measure. There was no pre- cedent for carrying over a hybrid Bill.
That was in 1903 when Mr. Balfour had
resolution passed carrying over the Port of London Authority BUI
True the Board is required, an- Lord "anworth objected and said that so far as
nually, 'at such date and in such he knew there was no statute form as the Minister of Transport which enabled a public Bill to be may prescribe" to make to him a carried over to another Parlia-report dealing generally with the
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placate and no body of share- holders to whom from time to time they must render an' account of their stewardship.
From The Studio A Plano Recital by Harold Scott. 10.15 to 10.30 p.m----
Light Orchestral Music Pique Dame-Overture (Suppe). -Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth
Municipal Orchestra. Aisha (Lindsay). Phantom Bridge (Myddleton-
The London Palladium Orches-
tra
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10.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby mid-day Press news, further London stock and com- modity quotations, followed by New York opening quotations. 10.40 p.m.-Close down.
DAVENTRY PROGRAMME
7 p.m. Time Signal from Big Ben. Quentin Maclean at the or- gan of the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London.
ed three or four days only, but we had several weeks of over ninety degrees previously, and we found this hot enough to prevent us from being very energetic.
A break came on the evening of August 11 with a high cool wind. accompanied by a thunderstorin, but no rain fell, so the cooling process was not very effective or lasting. However the tempera- ture stayed in the eighties for a few days, so gave us a chance to recuperate a little before the next spell of heat, which has arrived. accompanied by à hot, shrivelling wind.
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All vegetation is dried up and
the effects of drought, and many, parched, even trees are showing I fear, are likely to die where there is not a great depth of solt. The rice harvest has started and threshing 19 in progress in the
the crop seems to be a fair one valley. As far as one can judge.
and August. in spite of the lack of rain in July
mont. An Act of Parliament, he operations of the Board during the 7.45 p.m.. The Western Stüdio Or- 'sort on
added, was necessary to carry over preceding year and containing such the impeachment of Warren Hast-detailed information with regard Ings from one Parliament to an to the proceedings and policy of other.
Eventually, both Houses the Board as may properly be
chestra, and vocalist, from Cardin studio. (Time Signal from Greenwich at 1200).
decided that the Bill should be given without detriment to the in- 9-9.30 p.m., The Trocadero Cinema ( tourists visiting Mt, Omei, but we
carried over u its then form to the next Parliament.
On December 16th, 1931, the "Times" reported that a memorial had been presented to Mr. Bald- win signed, by 139 Unionist Mem- bers who were opposed to proceed- ing with Mr. Herbert Morrison's B. This mentorial was not very convincing. Paragraph 4. for in stance. was to the effect "that:-
terests of the Board. Further, such report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
Monopolistic Franchise
Orchestra. directed by Alfred van Dam, relayed from the Troxy Cinema, London.
BERLIN PROGRAMME pm., Dja Announcement (Ger-
man, English) German Folk Song Programme-Forecast
English) Letter Box
(German.
He intimated to Mr. Li Jun- hauan Director of the Mint, that It was a pity to see all the ma- chinery and other equipment be ing left unused. He further gave Instructions that an estimate be made as to the cost for necessary repairs to the machinery,
Inspection Made
During the past weks, inspec- tions were invited. A number of Tientain foreign firms interested in the work of repairing the ma- chinery visited the premises and
coet. These estimates are DOW made rough estimates as to the
under consideration by officials of the Mint and will Inter be referred to the Ministry of Finance. Nan- king, for approval.
activities of
In the meantime the Mint remain at a standstill. Its monthly expenditures amount to around 81,000, which in- cludes the director's and his secre-
twenty armed guards to watch the tary's salaries, wages "the the
premises, and the servante, and other sundry expenses.
Loan Difficulty Settled
In connection with the loan of over $200.000 which the Mint had obtained from a certain Tientada. Japanese concern, and for which the Japanese authorities last year threatened to seize the premises if the money was not returned, the official declared that a settlement has been reached through the Peking Political Council.
Letters from the summer го- Mt. Omet report a very gool summer there, with very heavy rains and plenty of mist We have not, heard of very many did hear of two young ladies from Shanghai who visited the moun- tain and who nearly starved · front lack of food, having taken none It will, however, be obvious that | 8
with them, and being unable to the conditions' under which the
obtain any on the way up the Board is working are in the high-
mountain. In a previous letter I est degree flexible and are such
warned those who contemplated that it would have been" impossible
the trip to take food with them. to grant to a private company. In
as very few foreigners find the framing a monopolistic franchise, 9.15 p.m., Working Songs from
Chinese food, available, at temples "When the National Govern- for private enterprise an abund- different Trades, Choir and In-
palatable enough to be able to ment was first, formed it was ance of dreadful possibilities must
strumental Quarret of the Ber- them. However it to be hoped debt for about $3,000,000.
eat suffolent of it to sustain The Mint, however, is still in stated that Bills of a contre- he contemplated with the result In Choral Society. versial nature would not be that cast-iron stipulations and 9.45 p.m., News Bulletin (English) the Ladles concerned were, alim-acording to the official, proceeded with. This Bill, hide-bound regulations must be 10 p.m., Ouverture in G Minor
ming enthusiasts, so the few days easily settled through the Ministry. which is of a highly controverlaid down. These restrictions, and and Symphony Nt. 4 in E flat
of fasting might serve, as well as "at Finance. The matter will not alal nature, was, however, car-Emitatons rob the undertaking of
a carefully thought gut slimming affect the proposed reopening of rled over to the new Parka-elasticity of management and that
diet! ment."
freedom rapidly to fall into line Paragraph stated that:-
"The Bill admittedly sets
6 of the memorial with and conform to changes in traffic and transport circumstances up which Inevitably occur over a term of years and even from day to day.
a cast-iron monopoly, whereas from the evidence before the Committee it la clear that I have been looking through a healthy competition between paper I read before the Institute omnibuses, tramways, tubes of Engineers and Shipbuilders in and underground railways has April, 1927, and in that paper I resulted in great improve-pointed out that the great trouble herits, cheap fares, and in in-in connection with London traffic creased efficiency of London was the absolute recessity of fur- travelling services.
Not A Bad BUI
ther underground'railways on the one hand and the existence of un- regulated and uneconomic bus
Now both these paragraphs are competition on the other. To use very weak. In the first placa al-a Ministry of Transport expression though the Bt was controversial it was the "irregular incursions of it was not necessarily a bad Bill. irresponsible carriers" which con- It was, in fact, a very good Bill, tributed most largely to the Lon and quite apart from the fact that don traffic chaos.
London may now secure the ad-
it had already cost the Country
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Major (The Romantic) by An- ton Bruckner (born September 4, 1924). Conductor: Werner Richter-Reichhelm
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River Level Low
11.15 pan., News Bulletin (German) The river has fallen to quite a 11.30 p.m., Longing for Far and low level during the past week, Near. In the German Charac- and rocks are beginning to show ter
up in the channel. A week or two ago the Yangtze Rapids &a Chi Chuan struck a rock near Kwelfu, and is now a total loss, the river having risen after she struck, flooding the holds. She sant after having been buoyed up by a couple of junks for several days.
11.45 p.r. Light Music 12.15. a... News Bulletin (English) 12.30 a.m., Dja close down (German.
English)
Sit
control
of all the London transport agencies End that is a London Transport dictator. I go further and say that there is a man who possesses the skill, experience, character and temperament which such an appointment would demand. That man is Lord Ashfield"
the place.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
This
can be
Between Northern And Southern Kiangsu
Nanking, Aug, 27. We have had a few changes in'. the personnel of the gunboats in niarine cable between Tsingkang With the installation of a sub-
part. Lt. Cmdr. Jones has arrived and Kiangyih, respectively on the to take command of the U. S. 8. northern and southern banks of Panay, in place of Lt.-Cmdr. the Yangtze River, it is announced Berkey who left two weeks ago by the Klangsu Long Distance Commander O'Connel of HMS,Telephone Service Bureau, under. Gannet, who has been over two
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Naval Occasions
£40,000 in counsels' fees and sun-ditional tube connections and un-ly, the London passenger trans-
To-day Lord Ashfields, virtual-years on the river, left for home the Ministry of Communications, dry other expenditure, it was a derground facilities which are es-
this week. being relieved by Com- that long-distante telephone ser- clear as daylight to people like sential If the streets up above are
port dictator.
mander James, who arrived direct vice between northern and south. Herbert Morrison. Lord Ashfield not to be choked, and those who and-a-half thousand million pas- His. vehicles carry about three-
from England."
ern Klangau will be inaugurated and Frank Pick (who were in purchase stock in the LP.T. Board
to-morrow,--" possession of all the facts and will do so knowing that, a reason-employees and the motto he has
Kuo Min. sengers a year, he has over 70,000 figures) that something drastic had able, equilibrium will be possible adopted for the Board is "Strong to be done quickly to safeguard of attainment between the various for Service." the economic integrity of London passenger transport agencies, in passenger transport finance and London and that, consequently, an that it was highly desirable to pro- orderly, programme of progressive those of the 9,000,000 people with. gratefully avail ourselves of the development can be planned which in the London Traffic Area, who
ceed with the Bill whether it was
controversial or not.
In paragraph 6 the signatories to the memorial tripped up badly It was precisely this so-called "healthy competition" which was
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It will be to Lord Ashfield that
to show moving pictures for the The American.gunboat continues
entertainment of the residents each Friday night, and we all very
privilege. The Saturday timin parties given by the offfeera" of the British gunbostaare also very
will permit of the new Board ap-look to see that this motto is justi
travel by tube. tram or buk will portioning capital expenditure toned and that the high standard popular, and there is always the best advantage.
TANG LUNG KWONG RETURNS
Canton, Bept: £ Following the success of his
If streets could be widened in of emciency set by the Under- large turnout of residents of all campaign for the extermination of the cause of all the trouble and proportion to the increase in trafic, ground and the London General nationalities to enjoy the hospita- the bandits of Koo Tal, Genera
underground railways might be Omnibus Company (as we knew lity extended
Tang Lung Kwong, Commander of it can be said that the raison unnecessary but in London, New them) is maintained and they
All the residents who can do so, the 4th Division Army, has return-" d'etre of the London Passenger York, Paris and Berlin etc. à large will not look in vain.
are living on the hills in theired here to make a personal report Transport Act was primarily the portion of the city traffic must be
If this is sociaism as advocated bungalows, and are likely to stay to General Chan Chai Tong, Com- elimination of uneconomic com- diverted, underground.
in Great Britain we may entertain there till the heat has abated.
mander-in-Chief of the 1st Division pettion which was extremely un- healthy and whch had it con- those who invest their capital in
This is extremely expensive and less apprehension for the future | Those who have tennis courts Army, and to receive further in-
then we darkly imagined. In have pleasant gatherings in the
structions for pacification men- tinued would have have dried up these necessary enterprises must fact it is socialism with its tez-way of tennis parties, where the the stream of new money, so neces-be protected against the "irregu-rors exorcized,
sures.******* less fortunate manage to get in sary for the financing of addi-lar incursions of irresponsible car- 4 vote of thanks was proposed
a bit of exercise.
Nam Wah Tat P.. tional underground electric rali-rters" on the street level. Prior to by Rotarian R. D. Walker, who
Bo far as we have heard, there ways in the London area. July 1st last year the London Gen said that he had istened with bas been no serious outbreak of
It consequently followed that
eral Omnibus Company had about great interest to the speech of Mr. sickness amongst the poorer caning the death. Therefore, the memorial of these die-hard 60 companies competing against it. Bellamy The London Passenger classes and beggars, from the ef- Chinese, knowing their own people conversatives who refused to put
Transport Board was one of the fets of the heat. The callousness so well, leave matters to take their economic before politics was ignor-"
biggest enterprise in transpost in of the average Chinese regarding own course, and life saving acts. ed and the Bill--with certain Happily, however, this is all now the world. He had had the pri- the sufferings of their less for to the relatives of those concern- amendments-recieved the Royal a thing of the past and I am a vilege of going over the whole of tunate fellows is shown in the way ed. Royal Assent and became an Act little gratified to find that in the the works of the Board and he in which poor people, obviously The foreign residents of Chung- of Parliament on April 13th last paper to which I referred and was amazed at the wonderful suffering from serious, illness, are king have been very much tron- which I read about ""1 years ago things that the Board had placed left to die on the streets, without bled this summer by robberies, Section 3. of the Act lays it down I ended my remarks on the Log-in their workshops, which were anyone offering apatance of any several houses having been proken that it shall be the duty of the don traffic problem with these both big and modern
kind. We presume this must be into, and in more than one in duty of the Board, so to exercise words:
On behalf of the Rotary Club due to the fact that if assistance stance the thief has returned to their power as to secure the pro- "There in my oplaton, only he expressed appreciation and is given and the gutterer should the same home where & previous vision of an adequate and properly one alternative to unined thanks to Mr. Bellamy for his ad-tie, relatives are sure to turn attempt at burglary, has bee co-ordinated system of passenger management and co-ordinated, drea.
to accuse the good Samaritan of frustrated
year.
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