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THURSDAY.
DAY BY DAY,
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THE SUREST WAY TO PLEASE IS TO FORGET ONE'S SELF AND It must be rather discouraging THINK ONLY to amateurs like the Deputy Moncrief. Organist of St. John's Cathedral, and the vocalists who from time
The communicable diseases
OCTOBER 30, 1919.
TO-DAY'S BUDGET DEBATE.
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inflicting much hardship on the Chinese. At the second reading of the Budget Bill last year, this to time assist him. that the notified yesterday were one fatal question was raised, and His congregations which gather at the periodical organ recitals case each of enteric and cerebro-Excellency the Officer Adminis
tering the Government said that are 50 small.
Tuesday
the restrictions were war mea there was a mere handful
sures. Now that the war has ended, these vexatious restric- tions should end also.
spinal fever.
The raffle for a goose in aid of a destitute family in Aberdeen, Scotland, arranged by Mrs. Frost, was won by Ticket No. 36.
of people present, though the programme presented was worthy of a much larger gathering- Possibly the hour at which these recitals are held-6.15 p.m.-may hare something to do with the The marriage arranged between matter. Most peoples' con- Commander Frederic Bennett, venience would probably be suited | R.N., of HMS, Hawkins, son of if the recitals took place say at Six Courteney Bennett late 5.15 or 3.30, for many business H.B.M. Consul-General af New people find it awkward to fill in York) and Lady Bennett, and the time between leaving office Mary, elder daughter of the Hon. and 6.15 p.m.
Henry sad Mrs Hannen, of The Hall, West Farleigh, Kent, takes place at St. John's Cathedral at 2.30 p.ru. to-morrow.
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As to the programme, it was pleasingly varied. Mr. White played better than I have heard him for a very long time, his
With reference to the report
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time for a certain work will be MR. SHEWAN'S SPEECH. all that is required to complete The Hon. Mr. R. G. Shewan its In any case, no business men said that whilst he had not origin- would like to approve of an ally intended to wake a speech undertaking without knowing on the figures before the Council, what its total estimated cost is, the speech of the Hon. Mr. Lau even though approximately. Chu-pak had revived certain We are glad that at last memories of old days. He quite
with his the mortuary on Hill Road is to agreed
remarks be removed to a more isolated about the education of little site. It is at present hemmed in children. He had long had the on all sides by residential quarters, idea that something should be and the news of its proposed done for the urchins and waifs of removal has been received with the streets that they should be satisfaction by the people living fed and given some education. in the neighbourhood. I hope But he was not at all sure that We desire to comment upon that the work may be completed that should be done by the Gor- the present system of searching before the next hot season sets in.ernment. In England one con- passengers leaving or arriving in In connection with Item 19; stantly saw everywhere houses this Colony by Revenue Officers Miscellaneous Drainage Works with the inscription "Supported and by the Police. This question we call attention to the increase be Voluntary Contribution" was raised by the unofficial mem in the number of mosquitoes in and he thought that public-spirited bera in this Council in 1916, and some parts of the Island. The men like Mr. Lau Chu-pak and although some improvement has cause may be found in the stag-bis Chinese colleagues might since been effected, we feel nant water, retained in manholes easily see to that matter. At any that much more can still be done. after rains or after flushing oper-rate he would like to see many Now that the European Police ations, which serve as breeding more institutions than there Contingent is to be substantially places of these insects.
were at present supported by augmented, we hope that more
We should like to avail our-voluntary contributions. With re- European supervision of the selves of this opportunity to call gard to the smuggling of opium- search work on the wharves may once more to your Excellency's that was a doubtful question and. be exercised.
attention to the necessity for a he thought that that was more of The unofficial members will high-power commercial wireless a Chinese question.. He was con-
vote of unhesitatingly
For the telegraph station. which we fident that there were some rich inserted under Miscel should like erected as soon as capitalists behind the smuggling Capt. Lewingdon from the Sansum
laneous Services Nambo: to the Hok Canton, we
for special possible. I would also ask that business and the Hon. Mr. Lau understand that Capt. Lewingdon allowances on salaries; but they a site in a fairly accessible Chu-pak and his friends could did not refuse to transfer but that are of the opinion that if the locality be set apart for a golf-link give some very valuable informı- he simply wanted time to make allowances were to be made retro for the use of the Portuguese and ation to the Government on that spective in the case of officers in Asiatic Communities. Repre-point. At any rate they were arrangements. He is now leave and will join the Hok Can receipt of sterling salar or ex- sentations have been made to my much more likely to find out these ton on her return from. Kwong-change compensation, the other Chinese colleague and myself by things than foreigners.
civil servants should be similarly several Portuguese gentlemen as regard to the question of rice he chauwan.
treated, as they have suffered in well as by the Chinese as to the did not think that Mr. Lan Chu- common with their senior officers want of such a place of recreation pak should be very hard on the Mrs. Rowlands, living at No. 25, Nathan Road, Kowloon, from the high cost of living. for them, and I am pleased to Government.. They had to do
In the Police Estimates, the reports that en the 28th at 3
state that their request has the their best with the crisis, and they
of p.m., whilst her amah was in the addition of 4 European Lance support
my unofficial | were not like Joseph, able to tell seven years before what was kitchen, she beard a knock at the Sergaents, 15 European Const colleagues.
A: the second reading of going to happen. There was only door and a man said that he ables and 32 Chinese Constables,
Budget Bill last
matter year, one
that he really had a letter for her. The amabo bring the Force up to pre-war
Landale meant to refer to. He had the opened the door, and she saw strength, and in conformity with the Honourable Mr. four or five men standing on the support of the unofficial members unofficial members that the Public vant's Salary Commission and he...
present day needs, has the warm suggested behalf of the honour to serve on the Civil Ser- landing. One of them seized
of this Council.
Works Committee should be en- was rather surprised to find on bold of her, but she called out
The unofficial menibers beg larged so as to comprise all the his return that no official an- "Thieves" and the men all made their escape. No arrests have to associate themselves with the unofficial members of the Council: ncuncement had been made on the remarks made by your Excellency | We do not know whether this subject. He presumed that the An interesting article on British been made.
at the last meeting in reference suggestion has escaped attention delay bad occurred in London for music appeared in a morning contemporary." the other day The Chinese ressel Chik to the good work done by the or not, but in view of the increas- the Governor stated on April 10 wherein some of the best known Shang, which arrived in port this members of the Force and by the ing magnitude of our public works. last that the recommendations of we again press it to the notice of the Commission had then already British composers were mention- morning, had a bit of an experi-Police Reserve during the war.
In the Sanitary Department, the Government, ed. The author of the article fence. On the 12th instant her
been forwarded to England. No appears to be pretty well con- rudder post was broken by the additional Sanitary Inspectors crease
we are glad to see that two As regards the permanant in- doubt there was some good and in the emoluments of sufficient reason for the delay. versant with the subject, but I strong north-east monsoon.
will be appointed so as to relieve Government servants, the un-He was not going to trouble the was rather surprised that he left when anchoring in the
the Police Inspectors at Kowloon | official members will gladly vote Government with unnecessary out the name of Field, who is bour of Hoi Над. The
City and Shamshuipe of sanitary for whatever additional amount questions, but the matter was one considered, by some, to be the assistance of the Chinese tran-
that was vital to hundreds of English Chopin.
sport ship Kwanghai was called, duties. We consider that the that may be considered neces- and the latter towed her out past practice of putting police officers sary. For my part, I should also families in this Colony and the at Home the Hainan head and channel. in out-stations on all kinds of like to see the pes, of the lower Government officers Field has written some exquisite
fiddling while Rome. "Nocturnes" but
The Chik Shang then returned to extra duties, such as the collect- grades of the Service, such as the were rarely one
the burning. As for comes across copies of his works Hongkong by steaming alone ion of revenues and the perform Asiatic Police and Revenue was
ance of sanitary inspectors' | Officers, somewhat raised.
recommendations he thought in the amateur repertoire. Indeed, with moderate sea and weather.
duties, should as far as possible Should the estimated balance that he might
with- if the amateur pianist is asked to
be done away with.
in favour of revenue be out revealing any secrets, that play a Field nocturne the enquirer
Speaking as a repesentative of turned into a deficit, as it is most they approached the matter is met, with austares-of-blank
the Chinese, I think that the likely to be, by the additional determined not to lay themselves ignorance. Yet ask for a selectica from one of a hundred foreign composers and you get what you ask for.
Franck's Pastorale being alto- regarding the transference gether delightful. In the Marche Pontifical (de la Tombelle) he gave us some idea of the capabil ities of the Cathedral organ, rendering the piece with much freshness and vigour. Mrs. O. Kong Sing has a sweet voice, not of great power, and her contribution from All communications intended for publication should be address-Gaul's "Holy City" ("Eye Hath
Not
seen "*)
Was pleasing. Hermann Lohr's duet "The Day is Done" was sung by this lady cannot say that the voices blend- effort was Liza Lehmann's "Who Loves not Knowledge?" from "In Memoriam." It was rather above him. He has a voice rather more suited to 'rollicking sea songs than compositions of this type.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919.
HOUSE-OWNING AND RENT CONTROL,
Decidedly germane to this question is the fact that residents of this Colony are, generally speaking, not the mere "birds of passage" that they used to be in the good old days. They are more and more becoming colonists in the true sense of that word-permanent residents who have come to settle down here for a good stretch of
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I suppose administration of the lime-expenditure necessary for pay-open to any charges of extrava- he used the money
wasbing regulations is not ment of increased salaries, and bygance.or of over generosity. They toffee, for be
above criticism. Complaints the expected heavy loss in the meant to be economical of more or less wealthy parents. bave resched ne from time Government's rice transac-and as conservative with the Had be not been perhaps he
to time that lime-washing done tions,
would bave the Colony's money as they could would still be selling French one's own contractor often accrued balances Ask any musical enthusiast of farewells for seven and sixpence failed to be passed by the Sani- Colony to fall back upon. If bound
of the possibly be. but he was British nationality to name ten
to say that сл One of the means of solving the high rent problem, which affects British composers, off hand, and and, like Marie Hali. "basking" tary Inspector in charge, even necessary, we could resort to e enquiring into the matter they such a large proportion of the residents of Hongkong at the present 1 guarantee there will be fail in the streets of London until when done twice or three times; short-term loan to pay for our found that the case for the redress time, is for people to become owners of their own residences. That in ninety-nine cases out of a bun-
some successful foreign genius while the work executed by works-of-development, many of of civil servants grievances was is very simply stated, but the fact has to be faced that the advice 'dred. But ask the same question took an interest in him. such as, in many instances, to be incapable of fulfilment. These as to twenty foreign composers.
certain privileged contractors which, as Your Excellency said, overwhelmingly strong.
They are days when the average person in this Colony finds that it takes and the pass will be ninety-nine
invariably received better treat would be remunerative.
had suffered long, silently and Just fancy, if us" necessary for ment. Such being the case, the
from Speaking of the Government stoically
the him all his time to pay his way, much less to save sufficient mones per cent. Funny, isn't it?
fluctu- a Czecho-Slovak to provide funds Chinese prefer to to enable him to purchase his own house. At Home, people are
have the action in dealing with the ations of exchange, the high better placed than they are here in this regard, for there are
ort of his own pocket before one of work done by the Sanitary De- rice situation. I venture the cents of houses and the general innumerable facilities, in the way of building societies, co-operative
England's greatest violinists partment, and to pay for it opinion that the monetary loss increase in the cost of living in If British musicians are to take was able to take her rightful according to a reasonable scale that may result from it will the Colony and they had been institutions and the like, available to those who have a rooted their rightful place in the mus-place on the concert platform of charges to be published. objection to paying away in rental charges during the course of a cial world there must be State
be more than compensated by put off from time to time with the so- few years sufficient money to buy their houses over and over again. aid. It must not be left to the Italicise it, please. Mr. Editor, ular
The provision for 10 Vernac- the good it has done, It prevent mean shifts such as If such organisations existed in Hongkong, there would be less generosity of the Clara Butts, the for the case of Marie Hall is one Education Estimates in com- broken out from assuming uglier obviously only designed to deprive Pupil Teachers in the ed the incipient riots that had called duty pay, which was heard about high rents and little cause for the pleas for Government Kubeliks and the Squires who. of the most potent examples of nection intervention to protect householders.
with a scheme all credit to them, do help genu- the Britisher's neglect of British training young students for the steadying influence
for proportions: it had a decidedly civil servants of the pension that On the should have been paid to them. ine talent financially when it is
posts of vernacular masters minds of the whole Community: That duty pay had resulted in specially brought under their
has the warm support of the and, though the Government the fact that there were many "Enquirer"--I have previous Chinese. The scheme not only might
have foreseen men compelled to remain here work and 80 injure Is replied to the query. (1) I am will ensure a steady supply of it, it helped to bring down prices and In Germany and Austria a boy sorry, but it appears that your vernacular teachers, but should, very quickly.
Hed not the their health when they should be time at any rate. Conditions nowadays are such that few of us or girl had only to prove that informant does not know what he if properly worked, produce, in Government bought. such a large at
Home recuperating their can hope to amass, as Old China Hands were wont to do, sufficient latent talent existed and the path is talking about. wealth to enable us to retire with a competency within a few years. was made easy.
The word course of time, a class of better quantity of rice, and become the strength. What he thought of the And the present state of the Old Country, with the prospect of little inbora genius in these musical term (and a
Consequently* Enharmonic" is a technical qualified men for this important people's grocers, as it were, the duty pay could better be illustrat- continued high cost of living, only serves to convert this tendency countries went begging for want mentary one).
very ele- work.
prices of the commodity woulded by a story. Mr. Shewan then tell of how an means 3 into a certainty for most of us. According to information which we of proper tuition and training. In charge in
With regard to the proposed most probably have remained on went on to have gathered, the local Government is considering the question of England (I speak of some years note.
but not ingrant of $10,000 to the Confucian their high levels much longer than American Colonel Mosely, who, Consul here some years. advancing money to persons desirous of building blocks of flats or age and
illustration. Society, which, I hope, is an they did; and the public would was bungalowe, and if such a plan is put into operation the advances to thick conditions are
I have no reason take, for instance. F natural; annual subsidy, I am glad that the have had to pay them anyhow. ago used to use strong words
whole alter (I am sorry, but I have not the efforts of the Society and of a few The will be accompanied by a regulation governing the amount of rented
therefore regarding a certain M. Peter if now) to be charged. That is so much to the good, but it does not cover pupil
promising necessary type at my disposal Chinese gentlemen to give the resolves itself into this: the Smith and he was warned that he for tuition for key signatures) the next children of the poor at least Government, as representatives would be prosecuted for libel. To the individual who would like to build just one house for himself as say the Royal Academy of note, to the right, the black one, an elementary education in their of the people allectively, paid this the Colonel replied. "Libel and who may not happen to possess the necessary cash. On the Music he or she was told that is F sharp. That note is also Gown language, have at last receiv-high prices for the rice, which Peter Smith? The word is not question of rent control, we understand that the Government does acceptance as a pupil could not be fat and that is what is termed not consider justified in attempting legislation towards this end, and entertained unless whole time
ed the support of the Government. otherwise people individually coined that could libel "Peter that landlords say that there is no profiteering at present going on say given to study. Obviously, There
"an enharmonic change." (2) On behalf of the Society and of would have had to pay. As to whe-Smith. That was how he (Mr. in rental charges. These latter could not, then, object to fair anti-that
As no special sig- the entire Chinese Community. ther the handling of the buying Shewan) felt about the man who debars the por profiteering legislation, since they have nothing to hide. However, offspring, who might develop into the term
man's nificance in my adaptation of I beg to thank the Government and selling part has been done in a invented duty pay. Perhaps Mr. what Hongkong cannot or will not do. others accomplish. for wean Elgar or a Purcell, from being (3) You can get an instruction
business-like manner or not, I Messer would say that they had nom de plume. for this substantial grant. a
The unofficial members endorse prefer to defer judgment until to make the best of it-it was know how the authorities at Home have controlled rents with no able, in later years, to take book from any of the local music Your Excellency's remarks as to the whole matter is closed, and a better than nothing. But men in little success during the past few years, basing the rates on pre-wer advantage of The Gift." standards. In the United States, too, even at this moment legisla
stores. (3) You must have a qual excellent work done during the statement of the transactions is high places should protect their tion is taking place on this subject. We will end these comments
ified teacher, but I think you are war by the members of the laid before this Council, as un- followers and should not take with a word or two about the latest American plan.
It is the British way, all over. too old to start learning music. Defence Corps, and to the valu-doubtedly it will be. I should add advantages in that way. If he A model Bill has just been drawn up for the District ofvient to the banking account.
The training of talent is subser- (5) Sight reading, at an advanced able services rendered by Major that the views. I have expressed were not in the Legislative. Columbia as an example to other States. This Bill declares that
stage, is more or jess & Morgan as its first Administrative are shared by my unofficial Council and speaking before His rental property has become a matter of a public interest, due to
that
Governor, he colleagues. gift. Granted
Excellency the you Commandant. conditions arising of the war, and a commission of three is set up
have the natural adaptability That is why we had foreigners for sight reading, it would Extraordinary
Turning to "Public Works, In conclusion, we desire to would say that they should not Te notice offer the Government our con- try to do a dirty trick. He did which has the right to fix a "fair and reasonable rental for all holding the majority of the take you about five years hard that many items show neith-gratulations upon the progress of not think that he could enlarge property. The proposal to limit profits to tea per cent. was rejected, lucrative positions of Professors study and practice before you er the original nor the the Colony as evidenced by the on that side of the matter, but on the ground that it might discourage building. The one sure of the various faculties in our would be able to play moderately revised estimates of the works in figures in the draft Estimates and referring again to the Commiss encouragement to building the receipe of exemption of taxation on only too few conservatories of simple song accompaniments at hand or contemplated. To give a in the Financial Statements be-ion he said that they intended improvements-was not given any recognition by the framers of the music. The case of Wilhelna sight. (6), No, I am not taking few items of more or less fore us. It speaks highly of the that everyone who wished should Bill, but there is one radical and sensible feature to the Bill-the Backhaus serves as an example. pupils. You could not get a bet magnitude, we cite Nos. 5, 7, 8, administration, especially to the go before them and state his or tenant is given free legal aid if the landlord appeals from a decision
ter teacher than Professor Dan-11, 12, 16 (K), 16 (1), 16 (s), 17, 23, | work of Sir Henry May, and of her case. They examined per I wonder how many British enberg. The rest remains with 49, 50, 68 (b) and 69: (a). Unless the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn who sonally every applicant and in enthusiasts know yourself, but early taition is an this information is given, it is not for about a year administered the ino instance did they recommend Elgar ́ ́sold ́ ́ the indispensable factor. I am sorry possible to tell whether or not Government with ability and any expenditure or any increase rights of "Salut d' Amour" for if I have discouraged you
the sum inserted for the first' success.
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of the rent commissioners. The Bill is a step in the right direction
in that it declares legally what has been known for long past-that musical rental property is of vital public interest. As to whether it will that stop profiteering-that's the proof of the pudding yet to come.
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