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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1929.
GROWING BURDEN OF OFFICIALDOM.
BLAME PLACED ON PARLIAMENT.
£25,000 FOR THE LONDON LIBRARY.
WINDFALL FROM A MEMBER'S ESTATE.
An attack on Parliament for its The London Library will, it is appointment of "hordes of officials" understood, benefit to the extent of was made by Mr. H. G. Wedd about £25,000 by the will of Major (Langport), at the provincial meet-William Prevost, of Hawkhurst ing of the Law Society at Bourne (Kent), who died in June. mouth.
Major Prevost, who had been a member of the famous library for many years, left estate valued at £40,769, with nut personalty £1,706.
The Ministry of Health, he said, had ordained that every man who milked a cow should first wash his hands, and presumably inspectors After various legacieshe, be were appointed to enterce the or-queathed the residue dinance. A practical farmer had To the Trustees of the London told him that if the Milk and Dairies Library, St. James's-square, for Order of 1926 were strictly carried general purposes and benefit of out it would be impossible for any the staf farmer to produce a single gallon "It is a magnificent gift, and comes just at the right time." said Press representative. a member of the committee to a
for milk.
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The earliest and most striking example of the power of the ut Reial could be found in the al-
Part for Rebuilding. ministration of the Housing Act, has yet been reached as to how the "So far as I know, no decision 1919. Under that Act the cost of
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bukling went up to about £1,000y will be spent, but probably a house, and 208,000 houses were part of it will be devoted to the rebuilding fund. A contribution Built which were costing the tax to the staff superannuation fund payer 40 year per house. The local authority, in one case, had may also be considered."
The London Library possesses pointed out that it was absurd to 100,000 volumes, and is known to build a labourer's house at a cost scholars in all parts of the world. of £1,000, but the Ministry would
It owes its inception to Carlyle, hear no excuse.
who, because of the disadvantage In some counties under the Rat he experienced in not having ing Act, 1926, public, elementary books of reference at hand, start- schools were rated. Thus the ed an agitation which resulted in County Rating Office levied rates the foundation of the library in on the County Education Office pro- 1841. " perty, and the County Treasury Of fice paid the money out again to the County Education Office to make up for the increased cost of maintaining the school,
To such an extent had the custom of legislation by department grown: that in 1920 eighty-two Acts of
For reference purposes the library is invaluable.
During the war, Government de partments, and even the Cabinet. drew books from it without limit, one department having ofton 80 at at a time.
Parliament were passed and 2,478 RED REAR LIGHT FOR statutory rules and orders issued.
A Mussolini Wanted. "What is the remedy?" Mr. Wedd asked. "It is the House of Com- mans who is responsible, and its members must be called upon to
PEDESTRIANS.
· JUDGE'S IDEA TO STOP
STREET ACCIDENTS. "
grapple with their own creations. "There is a certain amount of. If only Mussolini could be invited sense in the suggestion that pedes
'to go through the Civil Service trians
Estimates when the next Budget streets on dark nights should have going about in unlighted was in course "of preparation, wel should no doubt see a change..
lights attached to their persons, with a ren red light."
"In default of this, we must wait This was said by Judge Harbert- to the next General Election, but Smith at Holt (Norfolk) County when it comes all parties must join Court when he dismissed a claim hands to see that no members shall for £03 damages made by a man who go to Westminster who has not, had been knocked down by a girl given a solemn pledge that the ex-motor-cyclist on a dark night. penses of the Civil Service shall "I am no lover of motor-cyclists,”. be thoroughly and practically re-he added, "but they are entitled to ticed."
the benefit of the doubt in "court
Sir Harry Pritchard. (London) of law, if doubt exista." said that there were two sides to the question. There had been a marked improvement in the milk) supply during recent years.
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Mr. R. W. Whitehead (Bourne.. mouth) said that the Act dealing with the Poor Law bad created an enormous amount of officialdom, and had taken from the "voiceless, voteloss, and friendless" occupants of the workhouses any personal. touch with those who had been appointed guardian of the poor.
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