HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
LEGISLATIVE
GENERAL
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVES WAR REVENUE COMMITTEE'S
TAXATION REPORT
REPORT OF The Late Dr.
Why
Plans For Disposal Of DAYLIGHT
Proceeds Of Tax To Be
Made Public Soon
"
The Legislative Council, which met yesterday, with His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, presiding, unanimously approved the Report of the War Revenue Committee, appointed some time ago, to consider forms of taxation to secure a special contribution to the Imperial Government for war purposes.
The
Committee recommended the imposition of a Salaries. Tax," a Business Profits Tax, a Corporation Profits Tax and a Property Tax,
In rising to move the ap-carried yesterday in respect of war proval of the report, the Co- revenue. -lonial Secretary, the Hon Mr.
N. L. Smith, said:-
SAVING COMMITTEE
The report of the Daylight Saving Committee was tabled - in the Legislative Counell yesterday afternoon.
Tsai
GOVERNOR SENDS' MESSAGE OF · CONDOLENCE
The Governor of Hongkong, Sir Geoffry Northcote, has sent a message of condolence to the The Committee points out that family of Pr. Tsai Yuan-pet, Pre- Hongkong has already, in fact, a sident of the Academia Sinica and measure of daylight saving stand-{ State Councillor, who passed awAY ard time being 23 minutes in ad- here on March 5, through Sir Ro- vance of the time which should bert Kotewall, according to Mr. be observed..
Wang Yan-wa, Managing Direc-" The Committee considers that tor and Editor-in-Chief of the no useful purpose would be served | Commercial Press. within the terms of reference by
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farther extending daylight saving
OTHER MESSAGES
condolence in Hongkong, for the simple, rea-
Other messages "of "At the same time," said His Ex-son that there is little or
Dr: received include those from 130 cellency I hope and believe that daylight to save..
|HH. Kung, Vice-President of the It will be possible to make a clear The report in question has today statement of the Government's in-
The geection of further time Executive Xuan,, Mr. Sun Fo, Pre- been laid on the table of this Coun- tention with regard to the expen-sides not falling within the terms a Chi-tao, President of the Ex- tor recreation in the evening, be-sident of the Legislative Yuan, Mr. cil, but, in view of the urgency of diture, so far as the gift to His
amination Yuan.........
Chang Executive Yuan. Dr. Zen Hung- Chun, Secretary-General of, the
The Committee does not belleve it advisable, in
present circum-
the situation, it has already, three Majesty's Government is concern- of reference, could be answered weeks ago, been circulated to honed with such detalls as are pos- by an adjustment of office hours. burable members and, a day later sible regarding figures, and I also released to the Press; and the Gov-hope it will be possible to pass a ernment welcomes the generally resolution on that day voting a cer- favourable reception which it re- taip sum of money for the pur- ceived from the public.
pose."
It will be observed that today's agenda does not include legislative
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FISHERIES RESEARCH
In moving that the Council
stances to recommend the limita tion by statute of hours of em- ployment in factories.
CLOSURE OF SHOPS "We recommend, however,
Gen
chiun, General Executive of the Academia Sinica, and the Kto- mintang Central Executive and-Supervisory Committees.
Mr. „Tăni Wu-ch!, eldest, son „af | deceased, yesterday féft Kunming
action on the lines indicated in the gratefully accept a tree grant of largely as a social measure, thai by air for Chungking en route to
appendix to the report but it is, 1 understand, Your Excellency's in- tention that the Bin, question, with a few modifications, should be introduced in this Council at an early date.
It must, therefore, be clear that the approval of the re- port, which I shall shortly, propose, will in no way Pre- clade or prejudice the ordinary rights of debate when the Bill comes before the Coïnell.
GOVERNMENT'S THANKS
£8,000 from the Colonial Develop-shops ment Fund for the purpose of the establishment in the Colony of a Fisheries
Research Station the Colonial Secretary said:
with certain exceptions should be closed for the purposes of retail trade or business at 8 o'clock every evening.
Hongkong.
mittee was held yesterday and A meeting of the funeral .com-
It was decided to include Sir Ro- bert Kotewall,, Mr. Chang I-la. "In view of the strong views member of the People's Political held on the subject by the Chi-Council, Mr. Y.M. Chien, well- nese members of our Committee. known banker, Mr. OK, Yui, Shanghai,
On September, 28. 1938, this Government requested the Secre tary of State for the Colonies to make formal application on its behalf to the Colonial Develop ment Advisory Committee for a grant to cover the capital cost of opinion that for the majority of the establishment in the Colony of the population who live a hand-
we do not make any recommenda- former Mayor of tion regarding half-day or whole- and others in the committee.. day closing on Sunday. Our Chi- дезе members were also
a Fisheries Station and Experi-to-mouth existence the need
of
to
ENCOFFINING CEREMONY
The encaffining, ceremony was conducted this afternoon at the Brown, Jones and Company with
Mr. O. E. Yul, Mr. Yeh Kung- present were Gen. Wu Te-chen,
chao, and Sir Robert Kotewall.
I should like to take this op-mental Aquarium. portunity of expressing the thanks of the Government, and I think I of State replied that the Colonial
In February, 1933, the Secretary purchase foodstuffs ahead would large attendance. Among those may say of the whole Colony, to Development Advisory Committee all the members of the committee had recommended, and the Lords who signed the Report for the Commissioners of the time they gave to their arduous had approved, that a free grant task and for the patience with which: from a mass of conflicting views and opinions, they arrived at a conclusion that was virtually
unanimous.
I bave Your Excellency's au- thority to add that the intentions of Government for the disposal of the proceeds of the War Revenue Tax will be made, public in detall as soon after the acceptance of this motion by the Council as is possible.
THREE FORMS ·
At the present time I can say no more than that they will be "-devoted to three forms of expendi-
ture; these will be:-
FIRST, to cover the net cast of their own collection:
SECONDLY, to defray the abnormal expenditure forced on this Colony by the war with Germany, and
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THIRDLY, to make a sub- stantial gift to His Majesty's Government towards the pro- secution of that war.
. That contribution Is expected principally to take the form of locally built vessels to be present- ed to, the Royal Navy
Investigations into the cost of the two former and the most suit- able types of craft for the last are already far advanced, but for obylous reasons this would not be
Treasury
cause hardship." the report states. "We have, through our Chinese members and the Hon. Secretary
Wreaths presented included for Chinese Affairs, sornded
those from Generalissimo Chiang shopkeepers on the subject of clos: Kai-shek, Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice- not exceeding £10,000 from the g at 8 pm, and we understand President of the Executive Yuan. Colonial Development Fond should that this will be acceptable to Gen. Li Han-xun, Chairman of the be paid to this Government to the majority, and that there 13 Kwangtung Provincial Govern- meet the cost of the proposed no danger either of appreciable ment, Gen. Yu Han-mou, Pacifica- loss of trade or of reduction intion Commissioner of Kwangtung. the wages of workers.
Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mr. O. K. Yul
Station.
AN ENQUIRY,
On the outbreak of war an en-
"The Ноп. Commissioner of and other prominent leaders. quiry was addressed to the Secre- Police has represented to us that Dr. Zen Hung-chium is arriving tary of State asking whether, in such regulation may be dimcult here" tonight from Chungking to view of the necessity for the con- to enforce, but we consider that help in conducting the funeral servation of Government funds for its acceptability to the majority which will take place on Sunday. the effective prosecution of the will cause "shopkeepers them-
WAT,
the proposed grant might selves to see its observance.
still be expected to be avaliable. The report is signed by Messrs. MANILA HAT
The Secretary of State suggest-H. R. Butters., D. Kelvin-Stark.
ed in reply that the original ap- C, W. Jeffries, T. N. Chan, M. F. pilcation should be restricted so Key, J. Finnie, H. Y. Tso and R. as to exclude the aquarium section A Camidge. of the scheme, at any rate for the duration of the war,
It was considered, however, that it was
highly desirable that the Fisheries Station should be "constructed from the outset as a complete unit, and further, that the aquarium section was an essenTM tial component of the project as a whole.
REDUCED GRANT
The Finance Committee of this Council was thereupon consulted and agreed that the cost of the
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the moment for their announce ANNUAL REPORT
ment even were they complete.
I wish to express the hope and the belief that this motion will be accepted unanimously by tha Honourable Members of this Council and that that acceptance may be taken also as general ap- proval of the subsequent course of Government action which I have just outlined.
APPROVAL BY UNOFFICIALS
OF OFFICIAL
RECEIVER
RISE WITH SUN
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An appendix refers more fully to the subject of daylight saving.
From a daylight saving point of view it points out, the ideal 18 for
SHOP SUED.
COUNTER - CLAIM ALSO BROUGHT
The Manila Hat Shop figured in
all workers to rise with the sun a claim for $2,000 under a promis- and to retire as soon after thesory note and a counter-claim for seting of the sun as is convenient. $10,000 damages, which was heard An extra half-hour for daylight by the Chief Justice. Bir Atholl recreation would not benefit the MacGregor in the Supreme Court community as a whole....In Hong- yesterday.
The claim was brought by Henry kong there are few open spaces and recreation grounds, and most Chiu, of No. 35, Kimberley Road, of these are some distance from against Kavasi Hormusjee Ka- varana, trading under the name
the centre of the city.
The use of a time by Hongkong of the Manila Hat Shop, and different from that of Canton, Haroon Moosa Cassum, proprietor the Coast Ports, Shanghai and of the Drapery Emporium. - The the Philippines would cause some first defendant was sued as the
inconvenience to transport cor- drawer of the note and the second porations, bankers, merchants, as the guarantor .."
and the cable and wireless. com- -Mr. Percy. Chen, Instructed by panies. If the alteration is made M. Alfred A.. S. K. Lau, appeared in perpetuity the inconvenience for the plaintiff while the defen- According to the annual report will not be of much moment. The dants appeared in person, for 1939 of the Official Receiver and inconvenience will be accentuated
20 INSTALMENTS Registrar of Trade Marks and if the time is changed by less than Mr. Chen said that the promis- Patents, tabled in the Legislative one hour, and much accentuated sory note was signed on Aug, 18 Council yesterday afternoon, the 11 the change is made for a part last in connexion, with the trans- Colony had fewer bankruptcies last of the year only.
year.
Three receiving orders
were issued during the years, thei Estimated liabilities totalling $188,-
fer of the business known as the Manila Hat Shop. The money was NOLLE PROSEQUI to be repaid in 20 Instalments of $100 each. Writ was issued six ENTERED IN
days after the frat instalment fell PARKINSON CASE due, as no payment had beer made. The due date was Sept. 15. On the entry of a nolle prosequi Counter-claiming $10,000 for
charge of manslaughter against prevented him from doing bust- Lt. T. Parkinson, Quartermaster ofness by telling Mr. Lim, of the the HKV.D.C., who was recently Chinese Bazaar, not to do busi- committed for trial by Mr. E. Ed-ness with him, the first defendant Wards at the Central Court, has also alleged that plaintif had been dropped.
falled to render him an account.
The Senior Unofficial Member, 930. Estimated asseta, totalling the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, said: $186,500, almost covered abilities. --Your Izcellency the Unofficial in 1938, five orders were issued, Members of this Council are un estimated assets ($6,106) being less by the Attorney General, the damages, alleging that plaintiff had animously in favour of a substan-than one-third of estimated labill- Lial annual war gift for the ties ($22,686). defence of the Empire being made
EIGHT PETITIONS. by, this Colony, and they agree Eight petitions in bankruptcy that, for the duration of the war, were presented during the year ve taxation for that purpose shall be by creditors and, three by debtors. imposed upon the Unes which are of these two were dismissed, orie embodied in the War Revenue Bill, was adjourned, two were withdrawn It is held that Lt. Parkinson after he had taken over the busi- to the framing of which the War and in the remaining three cases has no case to answer and that ness. Revenue Committes has devoted Receiving Orders were made. In there is insufficient evidence to Second defendant pleaded novas much time and thought,
1938 there were ten petitions.
Justify placing the case before a tion, saying that, as the terms of The failures in 1939 included onie Jury:
the agreement, þad, been allered battery manufacturing company,
from he was exempted
the one import and export firm, one
Wa Cal-ting well-known guarantee on our
Anancier, who WAS His Excellency the Governor said tollet shop, one grocery, one Junk banker and
The hearing was, adjourned afne that when the Council met again on owner, one tailor shop and an em-abducted allegedly by Wang dia for Kavarana to call Mr. Lim March 14 It was hoped to move ployee of a commercial arm. No Ching-wer's agents last month. and to is his amdavit and all the first reading of the Bill to im- applications for discharge by bank was released on March 2, accord the necessary documents within 14 plement the motion which was rupts were presented.
ing to a Shanghai 'report.
Sir Henry Pollock's words were greeted with general ap- plause,
Mr.
days.
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