THE HONGKONG... TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1934.
THIS DOG BUSINESS
(Continued from Pago 1.), the peninsula of Kaulung which was coded to Great Britain by the Emperor of China on the 24th day of October, 1800.
complete absence of Regulations In the infected area of the New Territories.
THE ONE REGULATION. "The New Territories" means the tion--that of moving dogs from the But stay Thera is one regula- additional territories lodsed to Great Britain by the Emperor of New Territories to Kowloon. How China under the Convention dated 18 this enforced?-and remember in
Police eyes
it covers movement the 9th day of June, 1898.
USELESS.
+
until
"New Kowloon" means that por- from an Infected to a clean area. from 1927, when these tion of the New Territories which
were first Is delineated and shown upon
promulgated, plan marked "New Kowloon" signed there has been a rables scare (with a couple of weeks ago, whether by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor the regulations thus in force) or not, (with the regulations con- and deposited in the Land OMeo.
sequently in abeyance) overybody from the very highest has taken his dogs to
to and from the Nohy Ter- An extraordinary lucid and en-ritories by car, without let or lightening definition that last!! hindrance by the Police. Even now Does the neting I.G.. expect all that the police have intimated that dog-owners to besiege the Land they intend to stop this practice, I Office to view this plan? I can, in have heard on reasonably good any case, save them the trouble, authority, that several police officers This so-called plan la merely an out-have permits from the C.V.S. to line map giving the coast line of the take their dogs out of the Ter- peninsula and not a single physical ritories as often as they like within feature of the whole district! It the period (an extended one) of is therefore utterly useless for the the permits. The C.V.S. flatly re- purpose of defining whether any fuses to give such permits to Riven point is on one or other side civilians, but I fall to see how a of the boundary and might just as police officer is more likely to pre- well not exist. How, under these vent his dog being infected while circumstances, the neting I.G.P. in the New Territories than anyone not £ expects the public to obey hla Re else. So although this is gulations (even if one admitted technical breach of the regulation, their doubtful legality) is beyond it is a constructive one, my comprehension. There is not even an indication of the boundary
on the main roads or hill paths,
WATCH FOR CAR OWNERS. Again, such summonses ns were
Summer puts a stop to this.
and this
But it does seem a
OBITUARY
LATE MRS, P. E. F. STONE
pity to stop the Hunt!
BRITISH EXPORTS TO DENMARK
SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
A large number of mourners were present at the funeral of the late Mrs. P.E.F. Stone last evening at the Protestont Cemolery. The
London, May 8. Rev. J. R. Higgs, Vicar of St. question regarding the Anglo- services were performed by the
Replying to a While it would be most interest recently taken out, and subsequent-Andrew's Church, Kowloon.
Parliamentary ing to obtain an authoritative legally dropped, were all against car The chief ruling on the point at isstte, as a
mourners were Mr. came into operation Inst June, the Danish trade agreement, which layman, and one unversed in the owners, that is people presumably w. E. Stone (son) and Mrs. Stone Secretary for Overseas Trade, | intricacies of the law, it has often hear of a farmer or villager being daughter-in-law) and Miss N. Colonel Colville, said in the nine j
able to pay a fine. Que has yet to occurred to me that the whole of the
Stone (daughter). Othera present Regulations made under the Ordin-summoned for this offence. In included Messrs. R. G. Craig, 1 months ending 31st March. British
are ultra virea and therefore any case, such action as has been Revie, J. Proven,
Keith, ance
W. Ford, exports to Denmark amounted to been confined to the R. Lapsley, B. H. Church,
£9,220,000, compared with £7,981,- J. G. illegal. To my non-technical mind, taken has
roads. While it Regulations made under any ordin-motor
is, of Ozorto, V. M. Hast, W.
last year, ance should, to be legal, conform to brought from
feasible for dogs courge,
the more distant two requirements-(a) they must be framed to ensure the objects of parts of the New Territories to the covering Ordinance and (1) Kowloon, other things being equal. they must be executed in the spirit is most likely that such move- of the covering Ordinance. In my ments would originate from farms opinion the Rables Regulations fail or villages adjacent to the bound on both counte Let 132 considerary. Now the normal means of the pros and cons.
and this.
MORE
POWER
draw at
RADIO BROADCAST
TO-DAY'S BROADCÁST.
SELECTIONS BY THE MUSIC MAKERS
Front ZE
to be E. Hoare, and K. J. Hedler A/000 in the corresponding period | Concert.
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Ісая.
PACIFIC SERVICE.
From ZBW on a wavelength of
4.30-7.30 pm. Chinese Programme. 6-8.15 p.m. Children's - Studio 7.30-10.30 p.m. European Pro-
7.30-8 p.m. An Operatie Pro- Overture "Prince Igor" (Borodin).
Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Albert Costos. Vocal Dues "Pagliacel" (Why have
you taught me?) (Leoncavallo). Rosetta Pampasíni and Gino Vanelli, Fantasia-The Bartered Bride"
(Smetana arr, Fetena).
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Clemens Schmasticb: Song "La Boheme" Your Tiny
Hand is Frozen (Puccini),
The adverse trade figure, he gramme. In addition to those from the family, dowers were sent by added, was still about £20,000,000, "Freddie," "Bill and Marge, but was decreasing-British Wire-gramme. "Mother and The Twina,"" Dr. and Mrs. Balean, Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Bell, Mrs. Capell and family, Mr. and Mrs. N, H. Church, Mr. communication from each points and Mra. E. Cock, Mr. and Mrs. W. to Kowloon are not the motor Ford, Mrs. and Miss Harris-Gill, ronds; they are the hill-paths, of Mr. and Mrs. R. J., Goodman, Mr. which there are considerable and Mrs. V. M. Grayburn, Mr. We are primarily concerned with number. On some of the more im- Mrs. V. M. Hast,
and and Mrs. G. two arens-Kowloon, which is "portant of these, e.g.
Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Customs
Hedley, N. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. H.
TREATMENT OF AREAS.
Ik
ALTERATIONS IN STATES. LINE'S SCHEDULE
The States Steamship Company's
clean area, and the New Territories,Puss, there are at times almost a Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, Mr: and loent office makes the following an- the Police view is proved by Mr. constant stream of people pussing
15 and fro. Are these paths Mrs. W. J. Ratter and Mary, Mr.nouncement in connection with their
refer to cases of rables having Regulation? Are the points where and Mrs. W. Ritchie. Mey: passenger
of a
TC-
INTERESTING POINT,
Mrs. A. F. J. Sonres
a contaminated area. That this is Wulfe's orders of March 1st, which patrolled to prevent evasion of this and Mrs. J. M. V. Remedios, Mr. ans-Pacific passenger and cargo
D. service. occurred in the New Territories but
In 110
the re-arrangement of the J. T. debouch into the Kowloon Sawyer, Dr. and Mrs. are silent as to any having been dis-lain guarded? The answer
schedule, anilings from to and Mrs, Stenchman, covered in. Kowloon and Indeed,
and Portland, Oregon will be on Tuesdays: Mrs. C. J. Triggs, Muate Pupils of instead of Wednesdays and arrivals both these questions in emphatical the Diocesan Girls' School, Staff of in Hongkong will be on Fridays in- this is backed by complete absencely. "No!" I guarantee that
any such reference in the press, farmor could bring half a dozen the Diocesan Girls' School. Typists stend of Saturdays. Sallings cast- How are the regulations framed meet this situation? First of dogs at a time over one of these of the Hongkong and Whampoa bound will bo at 1.00 a.m. on Satur of paths into Kowloon and the police of the Hongkong and Whampoa the General Lee, due here. May 26, Dock Co., Ltd. and European Staff days instead of 1.00 a. on Sundaya. in Kowloon, all dogs are all,
This now achodule commences with gistered, must wear collars with would never know of it.
Dock Co., Ltd. identification numbers, while their
westbound, returning from Manila owners' names and addresses are
and salling.castbound Juno 2. Sho In this connection also, I would at Kowloon of Mrs. A. P. J. Pershing, three weeks later, then the The death occurred yesterday will be followed by the General registered yearly and licence fees paid. This, of course, is apart again point out that a female dox. Soares, widow of a former Por-General Sherman: two weeks later, from the Regulations but has an travelling widely, would as likely tuguese resident, whom some of and thereafter every three weeks as important. bearing on them. The use these paths as any other. But the older hands will remember. Regulations themselves are strict-possibly this would not be all doge must be muzzled or on a technical breach of the order, as perty broker and owner and one of Mr. A. F. J. Soares was a pro. lead, and the Police have discretion the animals would not in the the pioneers in the development to shoot strays.
words of the order "be brought from the New Territories" but gure thirty years ago. He died of Kowloon. He was a popular Let as now turn to the New Ter- would move under their own power.in 1910, leaving Mrs. Soares with ritories-the contaminated
To diverge for a moment. This we find? Firstly, no raises an interesting point. If one A. M. L. Sonres (well-known mer-Geneva What do
a small family. Her son, -registration of dogs
took dogs in a
car to the New owners, no identifying collar
A Territorica and then on one's re- chant and racing man) and daugh. Berlin.
Helsingfors. number, no licence fees paid. As
turn, Just before arriving at the ter Mrs. Alves (wife of Chev. J. M. Oslo.. for Regulations under this ordin- boundary (wherever it is) stopped Alves are well-known. ance, within the
Territories New
the car, and allowed the dogs to they do not crist! It is possible
ren.
their of
or
**
for an infected, but not obvioulk over the boundary, would one years of age."
rulid, dog,
to travel the whole
The funeral will pas be guilty of a breach of the order?
Of course, one would of the spirit Monument at 5.30 to-day.
and breadth of the 400 square of the order, but since this is dis-
of miles the New Territories with- out let or hindrance, and, in this regarded by the Police, who are great on technicalities, I suggest technical offence would have been committed!
connection, it must be remembered that female dogs in a certain state de travel long distances. The only restriction applied to these
dogs is
FOR THE REVENUE.
tinual.
Heddle Nash (Tenor). 8 p.ta. Local Time and Weather
8.03-1.35 p.m.
Report.
Quintet in E Flat (Schumann Op. 44)
for Pianoforte and Strings.
Osnip Gabrilowitsch (Pianoforte) and the Flonzaley Quartet. 1st MovementABegro Brillante. 2nd Movement-In modo d'uno
Marcia. 3rd Mavenient-Scherzo molto
vivace. 4th MovementAllegro ma non
troppo. 8,35-0 p.m. Light Orchestral Music. Petite Suite De Concert (8. Coleridge
Taylor).
Marche Joyeuse (Chabrier-Hinricha). Now Queen's Hall Light Orchestra.
New Light Symphony Orchestra. La Siesta (Barcarolle) (Norton.
arr. Lettor), The Palladium Orchesten conducted by Richard Green.
9-9.30 p.m. From the Studio.. Selections by the Music Makers, 9.30-10 p.m. Musical Comedy. Vocal Gems-"Peggy Ann"
(Rodgers),
Light Opera Company. Selection-"The Love Raco"
(Clarke).
New Mayfair Orchestra. Vocal Gena"Whoopes" (Kahn).
Light Opera Company. Selection "Mother of Pearl"
(0. Straus):
New Mayfair Orchestra.
Vocal Gems "No No None.to"
(Youmana).
Light Opera Company. 47.6716 Vocal Geros "Rose Marie" (Frim!).
Light Opern Company.
EXCHANGE RATES
Mr. Paris..
May 7. :77.7/32 .15.724
May 8 77.9/32
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Fox Trot-The Sun is Round the
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Struck heavily In the side by an
Athens The Inte Mrs. Soares was 77 Milan,
Buenos Aires the Shanghai
Now York. Amsterdam, Miss Booth Tucker
Vienna London, May 8.
Prague. The Salvation Army has lost an- Madrid other pioneer in the death of Com- Bucharest. missioner Mary Booth Tucker, Brussels..
Hongkong. the age of 70. She was a meziber
Stockholm. a highly placed English family, Copenhagen. of the Now Territories. I submit, 1 claim, Sir, that what I have who were dismayed by her decision Lishon.. Sir, that on the grounds of badaubmitted proves conclusively that when a young girl to join the Dombay. framing, the Regulations do not the regulations are neither framed Salvationists.
Rio...... conform to my first condition and nor executed in the spirit of the the Salvation Army, Commissioner Montevideo During her long nasociation with Yokohama. therefore on that account are ultra Ordinance they are utilised in Booth Tucker, held many respon-ontreal
fact as
Belgrade A meann of obtaining ible posts in the organisation, Silver (spot).. revenue and for no other purpose, which involved activities fu many Silver (forward).19% POLICE METHODS.
except, perhaps, to vex Hla
countries. Reuter Spacial. Turning now to the execution of Majesty's leges. the regulations. In Kowloon these
that they must not be conveyed out
vires.
:
In dealing with the steps taken
are strictly enforced- dog can. (or rather neglected) to prevent
not, put its unmuzzled nose or lead-dogs being moved from the New Yet, if Mr. King's reading of the
and
War Loan...
1
.10-10.30 p.m. Dance Music, Fox Trot-Don't Blame Me.
Fox Trot Here You Come with Love.
1/6.3/121 Fox Trot-Sweet Lorraine,
Fox Trot--Doin' The Updown 1/2 Fox Trot-You're Gonna Loso
Lowdown.
Your Gal. Fox Trot-Ocean of Time 5.09";
19% Fox Trat-Faint Harmony.
(Mr. Whittington"). 10.3/10
Waltz--Unless. 100
99%
less neck outside its home, but a Territories into Kowloon, I have regulations is to be deemed correct, empty earth truck at the Aberdeen Waiting Policeman pounces on it, used the term "Kowloon" loosely,
a summons and fine auto to cover both New Kowloon and it is an offence to take a dog for teservoir works, a workmen, Wan matically follow.. In obtaining Kowloon proper.
car ride to, say, Castle Peak, be- Moon, is now lying at the Government Auch convictions, the police in-
I have already remarked that but no offence at all to take one for
cause of the risk (1) of infection, Civil Hospital in a critical condition. variably rely on technical broaches the only existing map showing the
walk among these villages
a
unc
of
to-morrow, owing to the Feast of the The offices of the French Consulate at Alexandra Building will be closed Ascension.
10.80 p.m. Ragby Mid-Day Preza News.
10.35 p.m. Close Down.
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WAR DEBTS
DEFINITION OF “DEFAULTERS”
New York, May 8.
was on the Statute Book token payments must cease, ho said. It was absurd for a country with a balanced budget to offer such pay- monta. The
rubbor restriction
пет
The position of countries offer mensures have acted as a stiffen- ing only token War debt payments ing to the American attitude, for public opinion feels that the con- to America in Juno is the subject trol of production la designed to of the Regulations they never try northern boundary of New Kow- New Kowloon. This position is
the Board of Trade, Mr. Burgin,
of an excited controversy in the increase prices and extract from The Parliamentary Secretary of
United States to-day. to prove that dog was savage, leon is for all practical purposes entirely untenable and demons
America money with which to pay attempted to bite anyone, or any useless. However, while one en-trably absurd,
The British and French Am War debta. thing which would indicate that not tell with any degree of cer
Informed the Commons to-day that
bassadors at Washington visited they were upholding the spirit of tainty where the boundary ls, it in 1927 lays it down that its purpose the Asconalon, to-morrow the local tion of the trade situation between
On the other hand the New the State Department yesterday; York Times says it would be Finally, the Doga Ordinance of
the Government is proceeding as the Ordinance. Again, if one ven- apparent that New Kowloon, as is "for regulating the licensing, offices of the French Consulate-
On the occasion of the Feast of rapidly as possible with considora,
which was unable to answer better to repeal the Johnson Act. tures into any of the tenement delimited, most contain a large aren control and importation of dogs." General in Alexandra Building
plicitly the questions of the dip The measure is described as: areas of Kowloon,
lomata. not in of non-urban country whore vil- While admittedly the word "con- be closed for the day.
According to the ruling of At-stupid, futile and mischievous It quently occs unmuzzled wonka
on the pavement outside in the rest of the New Territory. the regulations made
lages, farms, etc., exist as they do trol" has
torney-General Cummings, these that it can browbeat debtors Into is most unlikely, the paper addo, wide connotation, since
countries making token payments paying and will morely cause con- shop, or
or searching the gutter. But
under the Now, no attempt his boen made ordinance deal, simost wholly, with ono never hears of a prosecution of by the Police, either in the past or movements of dogs from one part
will not be considered defaulters fusion and ill feeling.. the owners of such animals.
and consequently will not be put
Russian circles in London say present, to treat these villages and of the Colony to another, surely, if The wedding of Dr. T. Z. Bau, of the
on America's credit "black lat." the Jolinson Act will make it im- farma in any way differently from this was the spirit of the ordinance, those north of the boundary, as, fax words to that effect would havo
The following forthcoming mar-
The Johnson Act deprives all do- possible for the Soviet to obtain Kwong Wah Hospital, and Miss ringes aro announced:-Mr. Ng Hong-faulting nations of further credit credits in America and Russian Kwan You Hing will be solemn, clerk, of 60, South Wall Road, as dogs are concerned.
been inserted in the ordinance It) nised at the Hop Yat Church, No. Kowloon City, and Mien Goh Ching- self. I maintain the ordinance 2 Bonham Road, at 3 p.m. On stang, of 67, South Wall Road, Kow. was mainly concerned with in
Saturday, May 12, 1984. No loon City: Mr. Clementino Antonio formal invitations are: being Almario, clerk, of 20, Ship Street, Isaned, but all friends will be and Miss Margaret Tho, of the samo cordially welcome to the ceremony addrons; Mr. Wong Ka-tungs clerk, at the Church and afterwards to of 1, Fottinger Stroot, and Miss Lau the reception in the Roof Garden, fo-wan, teacher, of 80, Fok Wing Hongkong Hotel.
Street, Shamsulpo.
Ong
is driven to the conclusion that the whom the police prose- 100 pooplo cute for breaches of these Regula
only
tions aro thoge
ablo to pay fine- and by that vary token, the dogs concerned are least likely to con-
UNTENABLE POSITION.
tract rables, being the pole of Пока may be seen by anyone,portation and never contemplated owners able and willing to look without muzzles, lends or collars, the division of the Colony into after them! Contrast this rigid roaming around and just as likely arbitrary spheres, on appifcation of the Regulations in to be contaminated as any north dirit of the I.G.P. ' the clean area of Kowloon with the of this wonderful boundary line.
the ipse
"CITIZEN."
ANNOUNCEMENT.
from America. The controversy orders must consequently be divert is over tho
definition of "deal to Britain. faulters."
Nothing is known in London of Senator Johnson, author of the renewed War debt negotiatione. Act, said that the measure waa It is generally expected that an- designed as a move against other token payment will be offer Britain, when he spoke in the ad to America in Junor-Our Own Sonate last night. Since the Act Correspondent,,
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