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HONGKONG
SHING MUN DELAY
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.
WILH. WILHELMSEN. The NORWEGIAN, AFRICA and AUSTRALIA LINE.
The Metorship,
bere, urge Your Excellency to CONSIGNEES NOTICE. convey to the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies our protest against the (Continued from Page *.)
delnya which have taken place in commence- the Honourable Sir Shou-son Chow, the santioning of the speaking on behalf of himself and ment of this most vital and neces-
Colony, the other two Chinese members, scheme for the welfare of this after pointing out the hardships
This dam must, in our oplaton, then suffered by the poorer classes of Chinese, said:"Sir, we cannot take precedence over every other
public work. afford a recurrence of that most distressing condition. It must ho provented with all the means and energy at the command of the Government. All the permanent schemes should be decided upon and pressed on with the greatest possible apred, without a single day's avoidable delay."
to
Fo-
Mr. Kotewall's Speech. In acconding the motion, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall said:-I beg to second the motion. The ground is so well covered by the Honourable Scalor Unofficial member that vory little remains for me to say.
Inexplicable.
at
“TENERIFFA”. having arrived from Norway via aigneon of cargo are hereby notified that all goods are being landed ports on the 19th May, 1032, con- non-hazardous, their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous godowns of the Hongkong and Kow loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whenco delivery may be obtained. Goods not cleared by the 26th May, All broken, chafed and damaged to be left in the 1982, will be subject to rent. godown where they will be examined packages on the 28th May, 1932, at 10a.m. by our Surveyors, Meants, Anderson & Ashe.
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In oll
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will be admitted Na claima
applica- and/or notified unless
for survey mado in writing tion within seven days after landing of gooda are taken delivery of.
Claims will not be recoverable the goods or in any caso before the unless complete accounts are sent in within fourteen days of final
No Fire Insurance will be effected charge of vessel.
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THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO',. ANTWERP, LONDON
And STRAITS.
There can be no question that Equally emphatic were the the most pressing problem now con- marks of the Honourable Sir Shou-fronting the Colony is our water
clement son Chow on the 20th October, 1930 supply. Representing as I do tho
preponderant Hansard 1930 p.199), in (nec speaking for all the Unofcial population, I urge with Members Jointly.
phasis that not another avoidable delay in commencing Early History.
be should Finally, it was decided to place the second section of the Shing the work in the hands of an Mun scheme
of consulting en-mitted, in view of the great eminent Arras Kineers in England, Sir Alexander hardship entailed on the poorer Binnie, Son and Deaenn, and, in classes whenever a restriction on January of last year, Mr. Gourleny the water supply is imposed. of that firm paid a visit of trapec- tion to this Colony, and in the
Time and again during the lasted by autumn Mr. Binnie came out here, with the result that, on the 10th three years have the unofficial mem- December last year, (See Hansard bers of this Council pressed on the 1931 at page 209) His Excellency Government the imperative need the present Governor stated in of pushing on with the work; and
as follows: "Theit fa Inexplicable why in face this Council position with regard to the second these strong representations and of section is that the scheme has been the equally strong opinion express the Consulting ed by His Excellency the Governor, Honourable submitted
quoted by the Engineers, and two members of the as firm have been out here and have Senior Unofficial Member, the See The Steamship, approved of it. The question was retary of State should have held up referred to the Secretary of State this most gasential and urgent I should like to repeat here, what in the first instance and it was held undertaking. over temporarily for that report.
the the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow and I He expressed some views on
could have said on previous occasions, subject as to whether we afford the total cost. It is a very that the people will not grudge any expensive scheme, but I strongly expenditure in the form of interest
No claims will be admitted after pointed out, in a despatch which and sinking fund in respect of loans included a reference to the Gaol, raised for providing waterworks that not only was it an essential which would obviate, at least for the Goods have left the Godowns, and All claims against the steamer work, vital to the "Colony, but that some years, the necessity for res-all Goods remaining undelivered after I considered our financial position trictions on the water supply, with the 23rd May, will be subject to rent. must be presented to the Undersign ed on or before the 6th June or they was amply good enough to permit all their attending hardships and
will not be recuginred. of the scheme being proceeded with inconvenience. at once. In the telegram in which the Secretary of State approved of the Gaol being paid for out of loan funds, he merely stated, with re-ernment, the Colonial Secretary gard to the second section of the said:-The Government can readily
To comply with the General Bonded Shing-Man acheme, that we must accept the motion of the Senior wait a little until he had seen the Unofficial Member, and, in fact, has
ulready anticipated it by desputch- Warehouse Regulations consignees Consulting Engineers' Report.
if the ing a telegrum to the Secretary of must have a Revenue Officer in atten- assume, therefore, that,
State on 11th May setting out the dance when damaged duttable goods
the are examined. second report is favourable,
still shall be allowed to proceed with present water shortage and consequent restrictions 48 it."
further reason for presaing on at once with the Gorge Valley Resigned by, servoir at Shing-Mun.
vonue
Absurd Suggestion.
We
it
"BENREOCH" Consignces of Cargo are hereby risk Into the their nt
hazardous informed that all Goods are being and/or extra. hazardous landed Gedowns of The Hongkong and Kow- and/or from the wharvos de- loon Wharf & Godawn Co., Ltd... livery may be obtained.
whence
Reply by Government.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Replying on behalf of the Gov-Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 21st May at 10 am, by Messra. God- dard and Douglas.
With reference to those remarks
Governor,
A short history of the more re- uf H. E. the
to Auggest cent negotiations in connexion with seems to me absurd that this Colony, whose actual re- the Shing-Mun Scheme will, I hope,
for
1931 exceeded the servo to antisfy Honourable Mem than bers that there has been no undue estimated revenue by more three and a half millions of dollars, delay in pressing on with it. cannot afford to pay for auch vital necessity as water, which is far more necessary to this Colony and its expansion than even a new Grol.
1 A dam of this height, storing water to a depth of 200 feet, falls into the category of the World's large engineering problems, and
extreme eircumspection. The ser- Since then, we must assume, in every step taken demands the most the absence of any news to the convices of an English firm. Messrs. trary, that the report of Mr. Hinnie Sit Alexander Binnie. 3on and was favourable to the construction Deacon, with a very wide specializ of the new dam as an engineering cd experience in this kind of work, feat; and yet here. we are, still were, therefore, enlisted-and on
the
19th January, 1931, Mr. Gourley, a waiting for the assent of
Our pro- Secretary of State to
and its inspect the site selected posals for the financing of work partner in the firm, came out to decinred by the possibilities. The data were bot which unanimous vote of this Council, then suficient for him to return a Offcial as well as Unofficial, on the Gral 7inion, and more exploration 18th July, 1929, to be work requir work was called for. ing to be "pressed on with
tmost cespatch."
WDS
the
Scheme Reported Sound. On October 8th, 1931, Mr. Binnle Difficult to Be Pallent.
the and It as difcult to be patient in the of the same firm came to inspect the
reantime, been opened up,
scheme face of auch delay on the part of the foundations, which had, in Home Authorities in sanctioning finally reported that the
as proposed was a sound one.
The not unimportant question of the necessary expenditure on such an urgent and pressing need as a pure water-supply, especially bear-finance remained, and the Secretary ing in mind the fact that, if wenf State required figures which commenced work upon the second would justify Hongkong in ineur acction of the Shing-Mun scheme ring the necessary loan-and it this to-morrow, it would probably take must not be forgotten that from two to three years before we work was not the only one on the should obtain even a partial in-loan list, though it is much the crease of our water-supply by the targest and the most important con- partial construction of the big dam. templated. The year 1931 was a From the middle of 1928 down difficult financial one, but very fuil to the middle of 1929, as was point-ngures, containing all available in- ed out by the late Governor (Seo formation, were sent to the Secret- Hansard 1929 at p.134) the rain-ary of State on 30th March, 1932, fall was only about 38 inches. From in support of the Government'e the 1st October last until the middlo view that finance need no longer of May this year the rainfall was stand in the way and that the work only about 15 inches. I quote could and should be undertaken at these figures merely for the pur once.
pose of, emphasising the point that
we are always liabla to a recurront
.
water shortage in thla Colony ifi
Opportunity Welcomed.
We hope we have now satisfied tho
we have a dry autumn followed by the Secretary of State
on
a dry winter and spring, and that engineering features of the scheme the our only salvation Iles in the and the ability of the Colony to promptest pushing on with the big finance it; and nothing has been or
will be left undone to show Shing-Mun dam.
great urgency. Government, in- deed, welcomes this further oppor
despatching another (Continued on Pago 11.).
Protest at Delays. ·
In conclusion, I do most strongly, tunity for on behalf of the Unofficial Mem-
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