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DAY BY DAY.
HEALTH IS THE MOST VALU-
ABLE PROPERTY IN THE WORLD,
Financially, the resant Boy Scouts Jambores resulted in a loss of $116.43.
Yesterday's health return shows four cases of small-pox and two of plague (all Chinese).
The capture of Shiuhing city. on the West River, by Dr. Sun's forces is reported, but not yet confirmed.
ROUND THE TOWN. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Ordinance to provide for police
(By "Gadabout.") There's a man in Sydney who's been hit by a real fire brain wave. He used to be a newspaperman, which probably accounts for it. He's bought ferry boat. Ha's had it overhauled and decorated. The top deak he's bad replaced by a dancing floor, and down below he's had a kitchen, rigged up. He's added a jazz band, a chef, ad few waiters to the crew, and now he's running the outfit A floating dancing palace. Calling at the various wharves,
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supervision of certain personE
The Objects and Ressona state: New Bills Passed.
-The Police Supervision Ordin- ance, 1922, Ordinance No. 4 of Council was held in the Council vision of certain criminals by A mesting of the Legislative 192, provided for police appar Chamber this afternoon.
order of a magistrate, a judge or
H.E. the Governor, (Sir Edward the Governor in Council. On re- Stubbs, K.C.H.G.) presided and consideration it has been decided there were also present
to restrict the measure to the onse of orders by a magistrate. The present bill re-enacts the former Ordinance with the omission of such portions as related to orders by a judge ar by the Governor in Council,
Cal. C. W. Davy, C.M.G. The Hon. Mr. A. G. M.Fletcher, C.M.Q. Colonial Secretary. Attorney-General
The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp,
The Hon. Mr. T L Perkins, Director of Public Works.
The Hon. Mr. C. Mol. Messer,
K. C..
Emigrants' Fees.
The not receipts of the British the jazz bost picks up ber comple-Colonial Treasurer, section of the Kowloon-Cantonment of merrymakers, moves into
First reading was given to The Hon. Mr. E. A. Irving. Bill intituled An Ordinance to Railway last year were $145,idstream, and the fun begins Director of Education. 15140, Specifications on Applic- $73,999.71 for the previous year. Chinese lanterns provide the The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, countries.
authorise the imposition of fees The wonderful old moon, the this comparing with lights of the town, and a few Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
The Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, for the issue of certificates to tion to
Chinese proceeding to foreign. A private watchman, named fashionable Sydney, so it's said. ¡illumination. It's the rage of MUSTARD & Comored to the Government Civil in Hongkong tickled with the Dala Singh, was yesterday te Sounds good, anyway. Anybody Hospital, where he later died, idea? We'll watch the small ads. the result of an overdose of columns for a second-hand ferry. opiam he took apparently in an endeavour to commit suicide.
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HONGKONG, 10th May, 1923.
ANOTHER VENTURE?
near future. The operations in this province will have a direct effect on the situation in Canton, and for that reason they will be closely followed. It is believed in some quarters that if the,
two months.
sires
Bankok's Quarantine Measures.
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The object of this B is to The Hon. Mr. E. D. V. Parr. extend the principle of the Chinese The Hon. Mr. A. G. Stephen. Certiãostes (Feea) Ordinance, The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak. 1898, to the case of Chinese per- The Hon. Mr. R. B. Kotewall. sone, other than labourers, pro- Mr. S. B. McElderry, Clerk cflceeding to any foreign country. Councils.
Thepresent Ordinance applies only to the case of persons proceeding or to places in the possession of the to the United States of America United States of America. It всегоз tha more
convenient course to proceed by way of re- re-enactment rather
New Member,
oath upon taking his seat on the Mr. R. H. Kotewall took the Council for the first time,
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roads
See they're going to revive the Tang Shao-yi, former Premier interport rifle matches. The first of China, who has been in retire-contest since 1914 is taking taking ment for some years, has just place this year-probably at the paid a visit to Dr. Sun in Canton. end of this month. Shanghai, He came down to Hongkong last Hongkong, Singapore and Penang
The Late Mr. Ng Hon-tsz. night by the ss. Fatehan, being are all out for becours. We ought
His Excellency referred to thepeal and bound, it is said, for Shanghai.
to see some good scores. Since the loss the Council, the Chinese than by way of amendment The last meeting there's been a fine community and the Colony gener-fee is made $50 in all cases, in- It is reported in Canton that enough opportunity to get in a bit ally had sustained by the death cluding the case of the Philippine Eng Hok-fong. the former Salt of practice. The list of interport of the late Mr. Ng. Hon.tsz. He Islands. Commissioner, has declined to
avents seems to get longer avery had not been long member of It will have been seen from our hand over office to the new suc Jongg interport one of these days, y doce good work for bis year. Woll be having our Ms the Council, but he had previous-
Arms and Ammunition, Amoy correspondent's letter yes-
cessor appointed by Dr. Sun, on
The council approved the first VALJEANterday that the military activities $250,000 to the Government. Dr. for the supremacy of the Fat presentative. His Excellency pro-and Ammunition Ordinance, 1900. the ground that be bas advanced suppose. Really, this striving community and showed signs reading of a Bill intituled "An of being a very valuable re- Ordinance to amend the Arms in Fukien province are now Sun has ordered him to obey in-has almost unlimited possibilities. posed that the clerk be instructed coming to a head, with a pros-structions, stating that the ad- Polo, golf, swimming, cricket, to express to their late member's state:The Arms and Ammuni- The Objects And Reasons pect of more fighting in the Fance will be made good within rowing, and all that kind of thing,/ family their sincere sympathy.
tion Ordinance, 1900, was mizend- we're getting to look upon as &
The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollocked by Ordinance No. 8 of 1919, HONGKONG VESSELS. they choose something with a
matter of course. But why don't spoke on behalf of the unofficiale, chiefly with the object of enabl
The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewalling the magistrates to commit greater following? What associated himself with the offenders against the Ordinance want is something to rouse the sentiments expressed by His for trial before the Suprema enthusiasm of the whole Colony. Excellency and the senior Court. The object of thia We want to take our neighbours unofficial member. I ascribe Ordinanco is to make a number The Hon. Colonial Secretary on at sports we all go in for. To his success to his high character of consequential amendments in supporters of Dr. Sua succeed in has received the following tele-make a real success of anything and good sense, his transparent the principal Ordinance which Fukien he will be in a position to gram from the British Consul you want to get at what interests honesty, simplicity of nature,ppear
to have been omitted strengthen his hold in Kwang- General at Bankok:-
the man is the street. How well-balanced mind, and loyalty from the amending Ordinance Quarantine imposed on tung and possibly later on pro-rivals from Hongkong by Siamese or what's the matter with inter-
ar-about raising a razzle-dazzle team, to friends," said Mr. Kote wall. of 1919. The first, section 8, has the effect of extending cees against Wu Pei-fu and his Authorities for small-por. Vessels port fives-and-two's?
Financial Votes.
to trials at the Supreme Court allied.
detained at river mouth and pas-1
The financial votes recommend the presumption authorised by We are hoping, however, that
sengers and crew vaccinated."
ed by H. E. the Governor and that section, and the second, in Sammer time began at Home referred to the finance Committee secton 15 (2), extends to the this talk of another Northern occupies the
about a couple of weeks ago, included the following:- position of secording to the papers which
Supreme Court a certain power Expedition, which is very per-party to a friendly treaty with came out by the last mail.
$6,000 on account of Police of forfeiture now only open to sistent just now, is ill-founded. the nation it insults at almost often struck me that it wouldn't one new Boiler for No. 1 Police förmity with the provisions of It's Department, special expenditure, the magistrate and is in con- We know that there aID
avery opportunity. It is difficult be a bad idea to try summer time Launch. men to gauge the mentality. of the in Hoogkong. We miss the best
eaction 29 of the Ordinance, The who are urging Dr. Sun to em- Soviet Government, as it is im- part of the
$1,150 in aid of the vote remainder are minor amend- bark on such a scheme, but it possible to believe that its policy present system. Why not start special expenditure, new motor 28.
day under our Harbour Master's Department, ments previously made in section is to be trusted that their advice that very simple explanation of the clock on an hour and a half resure Office.
is dictated by a group of madmen. work in the cool of the day? Put boat for Government Marine Sur- The Bill later went through all will be very promptly turned all that has happened bas un-or so, and we'll come over on the
its stages and was passed. down. The last venture of fortunately to be put aside. One ferry at seven o'clock (real time) Works, Extraordinary. Hong-
$10,000 on account of Publici
The Y.M.C.A.. like order ended in failure, and is faced by the problem af n-each merry mom, feeling fit for kong.-Improvement to
ravelling the meaning of a policy anything. It would mesh pack- necessitated by the extension of Pollock, the first reading of a Bill we cannot see that any useful that aims at friendship with the ing up at office every day about tramway track around Happy intituled An Ordinance to provide On the motion of the Hon. Mr. purpose is going to be served by other nations of the world, yet three o'clock or half-past, and Valley. seeking unification at the point gives them cause for resentment think of the daylight that would
for the incorporation of the Direc $33,000 03 account of Public tors of the Young Men's Christian of the sword. There is plenty of on repeated occasions; that de- give Us for tennis and golf Works, extraordinary, mast, Association of Hongkong. scope for Dr. Sun and his assoc-status, yet exhibits incompetence, bed at, say, tea-thirty
recognition of national and whatnot. We'd all be in building, machinery, and cables
The object of this Bill is to in- esch for directional installation at Corporate the Directors of the istes in and around Canton. They brutality and vindictive persecut-night. Early to bed and early Cape D'Aguilar. have another opportunity given for the trust of others when un- the electricity that would be laneous Services, War Memorial able them to hold immovable pro-
ion of its subjects: and hopes to rise, that's the idea.
Young Men's Christian Associs- Think of
$200,000 on account of Miscel- tion of Hongkong in order to en- them of making Kwangtung able to keep to its solemnly-un-saved, think of the gas that would Nursing Home. model province. If they succeed in dertaken contracts. It is an be saved-wby, there's no end toj
perty in perpetual succession. The this, their position in any even enigma that time alone might the advantages we'd get. France Brigade, special expenditure, one obvious. The Bill follows the $14,500 o Account of Fire advantages of incorporation are tual negotiations for unification
is going and better than the Uld motor pump. will be all the stronger.
Country. They're going to put
general form of incorporation $46,809 on account of the fol-Ordinances. The appointment of the clock on half-an-hour per-lowing From what we can hear, Mayor call the recent reductions in would suit us even better.
The facetiously-inclined might asaeatly. Something like that Harbour View for Police Training internal management, such as the votes-Alterations todirectors, and all matters of Sun Fo is once more doing really steamship passenger fares an could play our games after office houses on Marine Lot No. 381 for of the directors and the machinery We School, $16.000: conversion of majority required for any decision excellent work in municipal epidemic of its kind. Those who all the year round if we put on use, as matters. though for a consider-travel will count it
A Central Fire Station, for the alteration of the constitu blessing. the old ticker an hour or so for all $3,500; vaccination Shed, Wes: tion, are left to be decided in able time much of this must Only a year ago the charges made time. It would never be dark Point $5,500; Royal Observatory, accordance with the constitution
by steamship necessarily be catching up the passages had reached a point out the winter.
companies for before about six o'clock, even in Seismograph Room, and Gas of the association for the time lesway until the Municipality is of reach of the poor man, and a don't catch early trains to Fanling Station, additional barrack room,
You people who Service, $6,000; Water Police being. able to recommence where it left heavy drain on the resources of or train horses at Happy Valley, $10,000; levelling off site of Kow.
Departure of D.P.W. off when the Sun Yat-sen regime There was aconsiderable agitation day one of these fine mornings
those only moderately well off. just you tumble out at break of loon Inland Lot No. 630, $5,800.
Before the meeting terminated was last ousted. We want to smongst those temporary exiles and see how you like it.
$11,000 on accoast of Public the excellent work done by the His Excellency paid a tribute to see steady progress made in this in Eastern lands who saw their
Works, Extraordinary, Hong Hoo, Mr. T. L. Perkins, Direc kong, conversion of shed at direction, and we believe it can be savings going principally on the cost of transport of wives and
of Public Works,, who achieved, provided energy is not families during Home leave. The Home it's customary to fire e
and Exports Department and dissipated on foolish military ad-greatest protest was made in day. The Government are out to gun at certain times during the
construction of temporary cattle
time that meeting. ventures which may easily have India, and was backed up by the save the shekles, and they've de
isolation ahed, south of Inland Press. Eventually Lord Inchespecided to cut it out.
Lot 954. a boomerang effect.
$3,200 in aid of the voto Charit visited the country on what was scribe commenting on it, remarks subsistence of lunatics.
A London partly a tour of enquiry, and that in the opinion of the War
able Services, transport Britain's Note to Russia.
promised to do what be could. Office, there are better ways of The British lion has been ment of a substantial reduction in Of course, we've got to have moved resolution imposing cer- Later, there came the announce spending a sixpence than banging
Tobacco Duties. roused by the Russian bear for P. and O. fares, and by now the nine o'clock gun in Hongkong tain readjustments fo the scale The Hon. Colonial Secretary These unique whiskies are the have previously pointed out. it line has followed suit. There was about the saluting? Surely some 11th. on cigars, tobacco, cigarettes
a considerable time, but, as we practically every other passenger because of the shipping, but what of duties payable as from May ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL. very finest procurable in Scotland retaliate effectively.
has been practically impossible to a time, without doubt, when of that could be knocked on the and snuff. and from their great age are an
way left to our Government to to make higher freight ad pass-blazing away is necessary every The only operating coste had so increased as head these hard times. If all this
There is a tradition of the oXİS- abow its disapproval has now enger charges imperative. At one time a foreign man-of-way comes
The resolution was passed.
tence of an African animal of been taken, with the despatch of period it seemed that even the into part, surely some other me-moved a resolution altering the in London, it appears that the
Restaurant Licences."
great size and ferocity that white absolutely heathful stimulant.
a strongly-worded Note to the bigber freights would not enable thod of greeting could be establiscale of fees payable for Chinese creature lives in Lava CAVOS near The Hon. Colonial Secretary cussion before the African Society men have not seen. From a die- Soviet, setting out the grey-the shipping companies to pay shed amongst our own ships. It restaurant licences. Connoisseurs
ances Britain bas to complain their way, owing to want of cargo would be interesting to know how scale ranges from $250 per annum,tral East Africa, and that the of And demanding tain rights, failing which the suffered considerably. Now with in Hongkong harbour during the miser is under $500, to $3,000 Their accounts are said to agree cer- Several lines have certainly many sixpences are banged away where the valuation of the pre-natives are able to describe it. The new the volcano Ngorongoro in Ceas. trade agreement must come to improved business all round, there an end. As the Note states, are hopes of renewed prosperity. the British Government desires Seamen's wages have recently
course of a year. an end to an anomalous situa come down, and several other ід which the Soviet items of shipping expenditure. stands condemned of outrages have decreased. The reduction in people visited the London Zool against Britishers and deliber-passenger fares follows quitel during leat year, ate affronts to Britain, Jet'naturally,
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The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock spoke on behalf of the unofficial members.
The Hon. Mr. Perkins suitably replied.
Council was then adjourued until this day three weeks.
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The resolution was adopted.
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