HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
89620
2ND DECEMBER, 1915.
PRESENT:---
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G.
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HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL VENTRIS (General Officer Commanding the Troops).
HON. MR. CLAUD SEVERN (Colonial Secretary).
HON. MR. J. H. KEMP (Attorney- General).
HON. MR. A. M. THOMSON (Colonial Treasurer).
HON. MR. E. R. HALLIFAX (Secre- tary for Chinese Affairs).
HON. MR. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G. (Director of Public Works).
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and he assisted the Government and the Board on which he served with his very ripe experience and a very large measure of administrative capacity. He never spared himself, he had the courage of his own opinions, and he was, in everything he advocated, and in everything he did as a member of the bodies I have mentioned.
actuated entirely by disinterested motives. He, therefore, rightly and justly earned the esteem and respect of the public and of the members of the Government with In whom he was brought into contact. one other respect which I have not allu lei to he set a bright example to men much younger than himself in the Colony. Soon after the outbreak of war he en- rolled himself as a member
the of Volunteer Reserve, and it was only
HON. MR. C. McI. MESSER (Captain shortly before his death that he was Superintendent of Police).
HON. MR. WEI YUK, C.M.G. HON. MR. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. HON. MR. D. LANDALE.
HON. MR. E. SHELLIM.
HON. MR. LAU CHU PAK.
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MR. A. G. M. FLETCHER (Clerk of Councils).
Minutes
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The Late Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G.
HIS EXCELLENCY Since the last meeting this Council has suffered a very severe loss in the untimely death of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., who for over nine years was a member of this Coun- cil. For the same period he was a member of the Executive Council, for twelve years he was a member of the Sanitary Board, for a period of eleven years a member of the Medical Board, and for over two years a member of the Licensing Board. Now these responsibilities cast upon the deceased member very onerous duties, but he per formed these with very exceptional energy,
induced on medical advice to cease the lesser activities of "D" Company in the Reserves. I have seen the hon. member on a field day when it was evident that he was straining his heart by the arduous work he was doing,, and I should not be surprised if the service he so patriotically rendered for the Reserves may in some measure have shortened his life. I can only say that ! wish many younger and able men in this Colony could be fired by his splend example and do their duty by the Colony as he did his. I would ask you, therefore to adopt the following resolution:-"The Council deplores the loss it has suffered by the untimely death of the late Mr E. A Hewett, C.M.G., and desires to record its deep appreciation of his valuable ervic to the Council and to the Colony."
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HON. MR. POLLOCK-Your Excel- lenev, on behalf of the unofficial members of this Council I desire to say that the resolution which has been moved,
entirely associate ouselves
and with the words which have fallen Excellency in praise of our departed colleague. Of all
all the unofficial members of this Council I think, perhaps, I may claim personally to have been most closely associated with the deceased upon various occasions in this
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