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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
7th July, 1927.
PRESENT:-
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (SIR CECIL CLEMENTI, K.C.M.G.).
HON. COLONEL B. N. SERGISON-BROOKE, C.M.G., D.S.o.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (HON. MR. W. T. SOUTHORN, C.M.G.). THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (HON. SIR JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, KT., K.C., C.B.E.).
THE COLONIAL TREASURER (HON. MR. C. McI. MESSER, O.B.E.). HON. MR. E. R. HALLIFAX, C.M.G., C.B.E. (Secretary for Chinese Affairs).
HON. MR. H. T. JACKMAN (Acting Director of Public Works). HON. MR. E. D. C. WOLFE (Captain Superintendent of Police). HON. SIR SHOU-SON CHOW, Kт.
HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.
HON. MR. D. G. M. BERNARD.
HON. MR. A. C. HYNES.
HON. MR. J. OWEN HUGHES.
HON. MR. W. E. L. SHENTON.
MR. E. W. HAMILTON (Deputy Clerk of Councils).
NEW MEMBER.
Colonel B. N. SERGISON-BROOKE, C.M.G., D.S.O., commanding the 15th Infantry Brigade, who was acting on behalf of H.E. the General Officer Commanding the Troops, took the oath of allegiance upon taking his seat in the Council.
MINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed.
PAPER.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. The Governor, laid upon the table Rules made under section 16 (1) of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, on 30th June, 1927.
ILLEGAL STRIKES AND LOCK OUTS.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of the Bill intituled, "An Ordinance to declare and amend the law relating to illegal strikes and lock-outs, to amend the law relating to intimidation
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