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WATER SLIA

The whole question of the local method or water distributions involved In the petition, whien

sented to the Government.

NAVAL DICTATORSHIP The Very Slee!

MUST CEASE

...

wero

A SPOT OFMUSIC

By Eddie Kellyquaver.

WHAT with or Philhar- monics an A.D.C's.. min-spitting on theihands and getting ready f the forth- coming season, le think it'e- about time fors to issue a clarion call or yo.

Why not a fusic Week for Hongkong

Why is MusiWeak? Be-. cause it's alays in bars. (Roars of appluse).

Chinese property owners have pre- By Lt. Commander Kenneth Edwards R.N. (Retd.)

THE demand for a stronger, size and cost of cruisers general, they are bound to receive United States Navy made by doubled, and the maximum sizu a sympathetic hearing, Tano issue has been brought to a head by mr. Swanson, Secretary for the allowed became at once the economic pressure, the tendency to Navy, in his annual report. wasimum size for such ships. lower rentais, the existence of prelaced by the statement that the many empty flats, with excess United States could no longer

The colossal size and cost of water consumption varying attard to give a teua in Disarma- Having brought about a positionment, since other Powers were capital ships are also the outcome of this Dictatorship. Both at whore charges for such excess can not following_suit,

Washington and in our proposals, sumption are undouofeary out of

Now, the measure of Naval Die-to the Disarmament Conference all proportion to property revenus. armament the three major Geneva we urged that capital ships. There is clearly something radi- cally wrong when, as in no case Navics is shown by the following should be limited, either to 25,000 figures: Since 1914 the British tops mounting 12 inch guns or to quoted, a landlord is required toWavy has been reduced by 47 per 22,000 tens mounting 11 inch guns, pay to Government in rates and excess water charges nearly 73% ent. In ships and 35 per cent, in depending upon whether the maxi of his gross rent revenue. This personnel. The United States Navy mum gun calibro for cruisers was to caso may exaggerate the situation has been increased by 20 per cent. bo 8 inches or 6 inches. Thess pro. on average but it shows vividly in ships and 60 per cent. in men. posals, which, if accepted, would

You really jant to know reduced by one third tho The Japanese Navy has been in- have how the anomalies of the local orcased by 37 per cent, in ships and cost and power of fighting ships why is musi weak? It's wator supply system can operate 74 per cent. in men. The infer and so produced a concrete con- against the individual.

ence is obvious. The Secretary of tribution towards D.tarmament, the conductor that cause it. the United States Navy is awayed were countered by the United Batening on he music in- by anxiety regarding Japanese States, with her roverence for size-

in all things. Our proposals,dustry. Chief complaint, of course, is naval activity

which, if backed by our old time Competitive armaments.appear, prestige, would have been accept- centred upon the inequity of the system in the provision it makes, there ore, to be the .asare the ed, word promptly shelved. Thus, or falls to make, for consumers in gulf between the theoretical aims at American Dictatorship, the bat: tonoments. "Free" allowances of of Disarmament and its practical!

tons, mounting 6 inches guns and water are not based upon the num-results. The Naval Treatles of tleship standard remains at 15,000 ber of consumers but upon the Washington and London have, costing £7,000,000 per ship, rateable value of the properties. indeed, been responsible for al Thus it may so happen, and does, Naval "Dictatorship," which is, in that a household of five or six per- practice If not in intention, des- of the sons may be allowed as much free tractive to the recurity water as a tenement in which fifty British Empire.

Hygienic or sixty people reaide. necessities do not enter into off- cial calculations. Admittedly, the

TENEMENT CONSUMERS

Look at althe unemploy-

ed musicans at Home, too. Poor fellows with hardly a stitch to their backs, and the Another example of Naval Dle-only way they can get a bit of (Angry tatorships was the manner in beef is to ornet. which the United States naked the murmurs. other signatories to the Washing- ton Treaty for leave to break that

Someone olce said that a Treaty with regard to the recon-country withat music was un-- There is always something of struction of capital ships. Tho task of placing the system of dis- Dictatorship in matters naval, in Washington Tranty specifically civilized. tribution on a fairer basis, accord- that one nation, by building ships stated that no capital ship was to Therefore, it's up to the ing to needs, presents a well-nigh or a certain size and power, die be altered except in the strengthen-public to bar, its savage breast insoluble problem. Nothing short tates to the rest of the word using of deck armour and the fit-

RAIE DA COSTA

Night and Day (from "Gay Divorce")

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RAY NOBLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Weep ho more; my baby (V.R.) Fox Trot Dinner at Eight (V.R.) Fox Trot

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934.

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Thanks (Film "Too much Harmony") Foxtrot 8-6413 Goodnight, little girl of my dreams-Waltz

JACK JACKSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

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Poor Old Flo-Foxtrot

Down a long, long road-Foxtrot Did my heart beat-Foxtrot

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The greatest epicures of our the times, who have put up all best epice, so far, have been fond of music..

From New York Lindberg lute undermine Paris: Consider Sutcliffe's baton.

Earl Jellicoe, hvho during the

en ships costing £7,000,000 apiece,

The reforms, both social and in- 1ganisation of a sound water un-and we had to follow suit or risk it is impossible for us to replace

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We know that the Y.M.C.A. Choir is doing its best to foster a love of music, in order to teach us to sing "God Save The King" with passionate fervour at the conclusion of

·Helena Moy·, concerts, '; and gaaps of relief on emerging will be emitted in a much more musical, manner than here24,

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eest that perhaps some improvement might be effected in some of our songs.

For instance:

|_ Clementina," etc,

"Clementina,

of a reconsideration of Govern-size and power of warships capting of anti-torpedo bulges. The and have it gothed with a jewish anent policy can effect an improveable of meeting all comers on a United States were anxious to in-harp solo. He don't want to harp ment.

ship for ship tas.s. But in the crease the elevation of their guns. on this but let it bassoon (HAS). daya before Disarmament such The other signatories agreed, and Or, as the gherkin said to the Dictatorship existed only where this reconstruction of the Ameri-onion, "Picello, what have I done?".

concerned. Such can battle fleet is being carried (Shrieks of "Want Germany was The Hongkong system is con-

was the power and prestige of the out at a cost of some £37,000,000. Bach!). F demned by nearly all experts on

British Navy that other nations Japan replied to this Distatorship Water Supply, although it is prob-built only to their actual require by including similar reconstruc able that the peculiar local condi- ilons are paralleled in few placesments, secure in the knowledge tion of capital ships in her new

that the two-Power British Navy programme. elsewhere and that the criticisms stood for the preservation of peace The London Naval Treaty of. offered in general might be modi-and the protection of the weak. Expectations that President fed in a particular Instanco. It is But now all that is changed. Dis. 1930 increased Naval Dictatorship. Roosevelt might lay his cards on argued, very rightly, that water armament has produced parity, British sen power and prestige being a human necesalty should the sail in which Naval Dictator- the table, when he addressed not be paid for according to meter ship flourishes the world over. than anything since the pacifism Congress, have not been realised. record in the same manner as g4 And it in the British Empire, now In a lengthy utterance, he said or electricity. The method prob-shorn of the prestige which is the very little to indicate the pos- ably affects reductions in the prerogative of strength, which is War found 127 cruisers insulli- sible nature of his plans for the quantity of water used and the knuckling under to this Dictator- clent, stated in the House of Lords

consumer pays for the leakage or ship at every turn.

that 70 cruisera must be consider- future. Disappointment has

waste he permits to take place as

ed our "irreducible minimum." been expressed at this fact, but well as the water he uses. The sya- A glance at the history of the In the London Treaty a maximum calm consideration will suggest tem, however, does not assist in Disarmament

of 50 cruisers was dictated to us. that he probably had good and the detection of the leakage. som-how this Naval Dictatorship was Nor was this the full measure of adequate reasons for maintain times onormous, which inevitably formed, and how its existence pro- the disaster of this Treaty. Our ing this attitude of reserve. occurs between the reservoir and duces the armament race which delegates actually acquicsced in Thus the whole of the it was the whole object of Con- the inclusion of a special clause Past experience in American the moter.

conferences and Treaties to prevent to the effect that the British Em- politics does not encourage the mains, joints, and ferrules

It was. at Washington in 1922 pire should replace only a propor- revealing of future-intentions necting the service pipes with mains and the greater parts of the There are always big interests service pipes are still exposed to that the weakness of our negotiation of our ahulte cruisors: on the look-out for pointers, leakage without any compensating tors brought this Dictatorship in- This proviso does not apply to the some of which are not above return to the Water Authority. If to being. The British Empire other "High Contracting Parties," turning these to their own ad- the official object is the conserva- needs cruisers beyond the require- and means that we, alone among vantage and thus possibly frus- tion of available. supplies, there is ments of any other nation, and the nations, are hound to include trating the ends aimed at. In a huge field to be covered without our experts cons.dered that 7,000 no less than 28 per cent. of obso- the circumstances, President Interfering with consumer sup- ton ships mounting 6 inch guna lete and worn out ships In our

would be sufficiently powerful.fadequate cruiser fleet. But we allowed oursives to bu Roosevelt can hardly be blamed plies.

Much better would be, "Coma to Again, the London Treaty pro- for displaying caution and large- WORST. EVIL

over-ruled by nations without colonial empires and by no means claimed a capital ship building dinner! Come to dinnert Saveloys ly contenting himself with lay ing claim to some measure of The worst evil of the system, so dependent upon overseas trade "holiday" until 1937. By that fried potates, Steak and much- year no fewer than 12 of our 15 rooms, Johnny-Walker, black-coffee, ourselves. The 10,000 ton capital ships will have passed the a quart of Alkopps, etc... success in the plans which he however, is the circumstance that 48

8 inch guns agreed age limit of 20 years. Let us finish this thing ap- has already put into operation.. it treats water as an article of cruiser mounting What he may have up his sleeve commerce to be paid for according made its appearance. Other Since Naval Dictatorship insista

propriately:

Moe-meo-mec-mee-moo-meecacos! he feels disinclined to reveal. to the quantity taken. In the or-tions started bullding these ships, dertaking free use is encouraged, great material Inferi rity. Naval

DOH RAY ME FAH SO. LAY dustrial, which he has put in and it is only the leakage or peca Dictatorship had raised its head,hese ahips within years of them train have as yet hardly had a sional improper employment of and we followed meekly where it passing the age limit. The build- chance of justifying themselves, water that the Water Authority was neither our wish nor to ouring "holiday" has placed us in a TEE DOH KÀY UM TOO PHUT

(Continued on 'Page 4.) Actually, the Great Experiment socks to suppress, The objection to advantage to go. Moreover, so far truly appalling position, and one, AM WHOA! is at present in the transition the insanitary effect of the meter from producing Disarmament, the stage; it is too early in the day payment system has been sought to to pass judgment. The partial be met by providing a fixed limited control of industry and finance quantity of water, assumed to be sufficient, based on the rateable is apparently to continue, but value of the property. It fails to there is no indication of any in: operate satisfactorily because of tention of extending the move housing congestion in many parts ment into anything approach of the city of which no account is

Clearly if the ing government dictatorship. taken. Whether the situation can be water payments are high-and adequately met by these half. since a revenue of $2,000,000 from

is expected this source and-half measures remains to be year, little more need be said Been. There is a school of the limit must be too low. thought which holds

good that There is obviously very nothing short of absolute ground for the plea in the government control of Chinese petition that the free al- industry

lowance should be substantially and finance

can

increased. Were it doubled as is produce satisfactory results.

suggested, however, it would be Time will tell whether they are dificult within reason to support right. In any ovent, President the furthor plen for n reduction in Roosevelt is under no delusions the charges for continued excess. regarding the deep-seated char- acter of the problems which he CAPITAL OUTLAY has undertaken, to solve. Ho

The trouble here is that the professes ability, none the less, Government has been obsessed by to bring in a new and batter or considerations of capital outlay, derbased on the foundations apparently forgotting that it is already laid down, and to effect impossible to develop the ro a much-needed balancing of the sources of the Colony, attract use Federal Budget. Sectional in-ful citizens; without water. If terests may be disappointed over the community as a whole-refused Mr. Roosevelt's disinclination to pay excess charges to-morrow, Government would still be obliged either to reveal his full intento provide, water. Yet attempts tions or to make big promises have been made to hypnotise the for the future, but Congress does community into the belief hot scom disposed to give him only that, naturally, the cost of chance to develop his policies reservoir construction and so on. along lines which he deems, wiso must finally be met by the com- and prudent. Tho least that munity, the amount being spread the politicians can do is to sea over a number of years, but that

Government is entitled to a ro that the President is given a fair turn on capital outlay which is chance of making: good. 2/ absurd.

excess

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