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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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I it had been the custom of the Council the past to ignore the regulations, he submit. ted it was time the custom was ab S. When the bill becomes law | olished, The Hon. "mamber þad those members of the Hongkong referred to the House of Com Defence Corps who were formerly mons. There were many things members of the Hongkong Volunteer the House of Commons they did not Force or Hongkong Volunteer Re follow and be thought wisely and he serve will rever: automatically to considered this one of them. Fave their former status and ranks in had experience of other Councils and those bodies, but the Ordinances there is no Colony where supple- relating to those two bodies will mentary questions are allowed with. require revision and it is proposed to out notice. Introduce legislation for that purpose as soon as possible.

4. Simultaneously with the coming into operation of this bill it is pro posed to issue a proclamation cancell- ing the calling out of the Volunteer Corps for actual military service and also a proclamation canceling the enrolment of the members of the Volunteer Reserve as members of the Volunteer Force, so that members of those two bodies will revert to their former peace status.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.

The following votes were recom mended by H. E. the Governor and came before the Finance Committee.

$3,000 in aid of the vote Public Works. Extraordinary, Hongkong. Miscellaneous, (24) Miscellaneous Works

$1.925 in ald of the vote Police and Prison Departments, A-Police, Other Charges, Iron Bunks.

$2,000 in aid of the vote Public Werks, Extraordinary, Hongkong.! Buildings, Latrines and Urinals: Erec tion of a Latrine in Duddell Street.

THE CHINA MAIL.

$4,000 in aid of the following XMAS TREE AT THE PEAR votes ---

Public Works Recurrent, Kow. loon

Water Works ----- (35) Maintenance of Water (36) Water Account, (Me

Works.........

****** $3,000.00)

1,000,00

ters, &c.),

Total

. $4,000.00

$3,800 in aid of the following

votes

Public Works, Recurrent, New Territories :-

Miscellaneous:- (45) Typhoon and Rain

storm Damages,... Water Works:- (46) Maintenance of Lak

chikok.....

Total.....

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Before Mr. R.,0. Hutchison this Never has the Peak Hotel present morning a Chinese was charged with edi a gayer appearance than it did breaking Into house No. 13 Con- yesterday when Santa Claus met naught Road West, and stealing a about 150 children who had beer, cash box containing money and gathered together at his invitation. jewellery, belonging to an accupier The Arst part of the afternoon was of a cubicle on the third floor devored to games and dancing, The The complainant. stated that at but a stage in the comer which pre-in bed he was awakened by an lounge had been cleared of everything am yesterday while he was asleep

santed a mysterious cyrtained front inmate who intimated that a burglar and aroused much speculation in the was in the house, and he was asked if he saw the burglar coming minds of the youngsters.

out of his cubicle. He A patient pianist played tune after up and switched on the light. $3,000 00 tone and the little ones paired off and He saw a basket containing. docu

one stepped and fox coded with skill ments and money beside the safe in It was sweet to see the the cubicle. He discovered the safe 800.00 efforts of the tiny ones who had not was unlocked. The key attached to yet mastered the art of stepping coc-tis girdle was found to be cut. He rais $3,800.00 rectly. One baby couple with as edan alarm, and all the inmates got up encircling each other pivotted around and a search of the premises was $477 in aid of the vote Police and at a pace and with a persistence that made. Witness was told that the Prison Departments, A. Police would have laid their elders flat upon burglar who was holding a

torch Other Charges, Launches and Boats: their backs.

West away through the back Repairs.

Boys who thought dancing effemin- of the flat. Witness and others $7,500 in aid of the vote Harbour are played on the roof garden, and the come to the rear cubicle and Master's Department, Special Expers tiniest of, tiny rots played games in saw some one lying on

16, Des Voeux Road.. a bed The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

diture. Purchase of Steam, Launched rooms and corners There was whose appearance was neknown to H.E. the General Officer Command-

"Blackhead".

plenty of space and plenty was needs them Witress suspected him to be ing: I suppose the G.O:C. may be

$294.45 in aid of the following ed to accommodate the large gather-the thief and he was detained and expected to say a few words on a

ings of mothers and fathers, not for searched. A pair of clippers and a Bill of the kind. The Bill itself is

Education, A.-Department of

getting the amahs. Every comer of 20s were found on a table beside nothing, but it is on the future I $700 in aid of the following Director of Education,

the main floor of the hote! resounded "he bed. Underneath the matting of wish to say a few words to this Com-votes mittee which His Excellency the Go-

laughter and music and the ecstatic the bed, were six silver dollars and $38.25 shrieks of joy, as various surprises gold buttons. The cash box was vernor has described. Ishallask per-

were provided.-

found at. che cubicle. mission to add one more member

There was great interest in the permission by a filend to occupy the Defendant said he was given. and that is a member to represent the men who have returned from

raffle for a baby doll in a bed and for 50.75 a camera.

cubicle, He had no knowledge active service. With such a repre

Each girl and boy was of the the theft. was a commotion sentative Committee we skal be

asked to take a piece of paper, and in the house and he got up with 73.84 able to produce-the Bill will be

one happy child won the prize in each others to ascertain the cause. An simple enough, the regulations are

hour after he was accused. important-regulations which will be satisfactory. The regulations of the old Defence Corps were drawn with great care and were taken from

5. These proclamations will take effect from and after the 31st day of December, 1919.

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The Bill was read a first time and passed.

the ferritorial Force regulations.

They have been found very suitable and I am sure they will be well suited to any volunteer corps what ever. At present all I am at fiberty to say is that I shall recommend that the number of drills be con- siderably reduced and the number of days in camps. I cannot conclude without once more thanking the old Defence Corps for their magnificent

services: and I trust that on the first parade of the new corps I shall see most of the same faces again with -many more young members who have joined the Colony since the

$1,320 in aid of the vote Police and Prison Departments, A.-Police, Other Charges Launches and Boats: Repairs..

$5,000 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong f Water Works, (29) Miscellaneous votes:- Water Works.

Medical Department :-

Civil Hospital, Other Charges:--

$600.00 Fuel and Light ..................

Office of Health Officer of Fort, Other Charges: Launch: Stores.............

100.00

Total......... $700,00

$240,000 on account of Miscellane- ous Services, Special Allowance or Salaries.

$700 in aid of the vote Charitable Services, Other Charitable Allo $69,250 in aid of the following votes.

wances.

Miscellaneous Services:- New Government Offices: Electric Fans and Light...$ 2,400.00 Lifts Maintenance .......

350.00

Printing and Binding:- Miscellaneous Papers... Ordinances, Regulations,

and Reports. Stationery Transport of Government

"Servants,

8,000.00

500.00 18,000:00

40,000:00:

.$ €9,250.00

Other Charges. Incidental Expenses......

Ellis Kadoorie School! →

Prizes *** *** ******

Kowloon British School: Incidental Expenses......

Victoria British School:- Incidental Expenses.....

101.61

Total...... ..$299.45 $200 in aid of the vote Crown Soli- citor's Office, Other Charges Extra Legal Expenses.

Works, Recurrent, Hongkong. Buid $2,600 in aid of the vote Public ings (1) Maintenance of Buildings

$500 in aid of the vote Public Works, Establishment, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

$13,700 in aid of the following votes→

Kowloon Canton Railway: Locomotive, Carriage, and Wagon Expenses, Other Charges.

Coal

.........$13,000.00 Fanling Branch Line, Other Charges

Coal

7C0.00

class.

Tea was served in the verandah of the dining room, and then dancing was resumed until 5,15, when the

chairs. It was a lovely sight to see children were a marshalled into the dining room and placed upon rows of the expectant faces looking towards the beautiful monster tree, which was so big that fancy had run rict in the her tinsel gleamed and glittered and decoration. Lanterns, balloons and

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Court said he was refresenting the Mc Leo d'Almada who was in friend of the defendant in question who said he was not acquainted with the defendant.

His Worship adjurned the case:

until to-morrow.

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

showed up a lovely display of toys and [By Arrangement with the Rah Tae gifts.

Age and sex had been considered in the classification and every child got a suitable present. With a sound of stamping and tinkling of bells. Santa Claus, entered from an im provised corridor of bunting, and after Total...........$13,700.00 addressing a few words to the cheer ing children proceeded to dole out the be trained men and will not want any laneous Services, Purchase of the Department, Special Expenditure, E/Were 150 gifts on that tree, and many! $4.745 in aid of the vote Sanitary gifts. It took a long time for there recruits drill at all but there are a perstructure of house No. 195,humation at the Kai Lung Wanting hands helped Mrs. Blair to

Sheung Shui, for the occupation of age

Indian Police.

war.

Many who have returned, about the age of 21 or 22 will really

certain number of young. men who have

reached the

of 20 since the armistice and these the men we should like to get in

Total...

$300 in aid of the vote Miscel

Cemetery..

$500 on account of Charitable $75 in aid of the vote Colonial are the the. We am quite sure they Services, Charitable Grant to Leungcretary's Department, Other Char

will not ang back when they see their seniors joining. I wish success to the new Corps (Applause).

general regulations but it had

been the practice in the past and was also well known in the House of Commons, for members to

Yung-

$27.500 in aid of the vote Public Works Extraordinary, Hongkong. Communications, (13) Roads: (e) Tytam Gap to Shaukiwan, Improving existing road.

votes

Total.

ges, Incidental Expenses, -

Works, Recurrent, Hongkong. Water $800 in aid of the vote. Public Works, (22) Water Account, (Meters,

&e).

be allowed to ask questions arising Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong Miscellaneous, Additions and Alter out of answers to previous questions of which notice had been given. He was not speaking without some ex perience of the Legislative Council in this Colony. When he made these re marks, he first took his seat on the Council as acting Attorney General as far ago as February 1896- $1,750 in aid of the vote Police- 1896, over 23 years ago and and Prison Departments, A. Police, since then for two-thirds of his time Other Charges, Furniture, Repairs, in the Colony he had been either and Renewals.

cur them from the tree and give them to Santa Claus to distribute. Several young ladies were roped in for the task and were presented with

lovely and when Captain Basil Taylour charming gifts at the conclusion.

The delight of the children was asked them to give three cheers for Father Xmas the response was all that could be desired.

Yat Pol

IS THIS AN ACT OF WAR?

SHANGHAI, Dec. 22. General Li Hau Ki of Fukien reports that the Japanese Consul has imposed the following conditions as preliminary to the withdrawal of the Japanese warships from Chinese

waters: "

(1) Guaranteed protection of Japan-

ese immigrants. (2) Suppression of the boycott. (3) Chinese forces to be withdrawn. The Japanese Minister tells the

Foreign Minister that nothing can completed. yet be done. His enquiry is not yet

opened.

The peace conference is to be re-

General Feng Kuo Chang, the ex-

has died of i president, is very ill with pneumonia. An unconfirmed report says that be

REFUSING DUTY.

Police

The Bill was read a second time. went through Committee without

$1,200 in aid of the vote Putke amendment and was finally passed.

Works, Exraordinary, Hongkong. $500 in aid of the vote Botanical Miscellaneous, (24) Miscellaneous Xmas tree to return to the lounge Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock said before and Forestry

As the children passed from the the Council adjourned he would like Charges, Brushwood Clearing.

Department, Other

Works. to rise on a point of order. His

$250 in aid of the following Works, Recurrent, Kowloon, Misce them, each child was presented with $4,000 in aid of the vote Public where further entertainment awaited Excellency made an observation with regard to the practice of this Council in regard to notice being given of Other Charges

Imports and Exports Department,laneous, (34) Typoon and Rainstorm a box of sweets, and then all were

Damages.

arranged facing the stage in eage: EUROPEAN CONSTABLE CHARGED. questions. He did not for one Electric Fans and Light......$ 150.00

$3,500 in aid of the vote Public anticipation and curiosity as to what moment dispute that it was so hy Launch: Repairs. 100.00 Drainage, (34) Miscellaneous Drain this point Mr. Dick Hancock asked the ing. Dennis Lavender, a Police con-

Works, Extraordinary, Kowloon, the drawn curtains concealed. At

Before Mr. J. R. Wood this morn- $250.00 age Works.

children if they realized that Santa stable attached to No. 7 $900 in aid of the vote Public Claus alone could not have given Station, was charged with refusing to $1,200 in aid of the vote. Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong them the good time they had bad, and go on patrol duty at 12 midnight on

spoke of the unselfish and hard work Monday. Buildings, (8) Taitan Tuk Pumping ations to Shaukiwan Police Station.

Mrs. Blair had devoted to the party. Station, Additional Quarters for

$3,000 in aid of the vote Police that it had been necessary to plan and C.S.P., prosecuting, said defendant The Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Chinese Staff,

and Prison Departments, C.-rison work for weeks beforehand and that was ordered to attend & delaulter's Other Charges, Subsistence of Prin addition to being grateful to her, parade yesterday for being absent the hoped the children would grow up from duty on Saturday right and with $2,750.50 in aid of the vote Miss unselfish and capable as she is. being drunk. He Aned him $5 and cellaneous Services, Furniture forThen he called for three cheers and a made an order that his special duty "Lysholt," The Peak --

tiger, for Mrs. Blair. Furniture ...........

at the Chinese theatres be cancelled," Valuers' Fee

$2,675.50 The curtains before the stage were as he considered him to be unft to 75.00 now, drawn back and revealed a perform duty of that kind. At 6 p.m. magician's lair, where two clever yesterday he received a telephone $2,750.50 young conjurers entertained a most message from Inspector Macdonald enthusiastic and ewed audience for who intimated that defendant ap- half an hour; and after this the party proached him in the charge room at broke up, and tired and excited the No. 7 Station, and refused to go on little ones clutched their treasures in duty. He told the Inspector to in- their arms and went home to live it forar defendant that refusing duty was $4,000 in aid of the vote Public all again in dreams.

☐ serious matter, and unless he per- Works, Extraordinary, Hongkang, After dinner an impromptu dance formed his duty in the usual manner Communications, (13) Roads: (for grown ups was kept up till mid- he would be brought before the Magis- Road contouring Mt. Gough from night.

At midnight, the defendant; Findlay Road to Gough Hill Road,

again appeared before the Inspector," and absolutely declined to go on for duty. Defendant was then charged.

Defendant when charged this morn-

$2,986.37 in aid of the vote Kow. loon-Canton Railway, Specia! Ex-soners... penditure, Grinding Machine for Workshop.

an official or unofficial member of $775 in aid of the following the Council. He quite realised that votes:- some supplementary questions might

Folice and Prison Departments,

50.00 250.00

be difficult to answer without notice C.--Prison, Other Charges: but he did, not think that Clothing for Prisoners$ 200.00 could be said with regard to his Executioner's Fees question. It would be easy for the Incidental Expenses com Government to answer straight out Materials for Repairs and and at once whether the authorities

Renewals..... had communicated with the Secretary Photography of State upon this alleged offer to the police recruits when they left home that their pay would be increased

on

their

200.00 75.00

Total............$775 00

arrived $40,000 in aid of the vote Public He thought it would be an easy Works, Recurrent, Hongkong, Water question to answer and in asking Works, (19) Maintenance of City and this question he thought he was Hill District. following not only with the practice $205 in aid of the vote Medical but the Council and the well known Department, B-Hospitals and Asy practice at home which was accepted lams, Other Charges, Incidental by the House of Commons.

Expenses.

His Excellency replied that with $12,660 in aid of the vote Police regard to practice he confessed he and Prison Departments, A.-Police, was speaking from Enowledge Other Charges, Passages, and Bonuses of the regulations as they stood. in lieu of Passages.

Total

$6,000 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, Communications, (13) Roads: (g) Lugard Road Extension."

The financial minutes were all ac

cepted.

On the Council resuming His Ex.

tráte.

cellency expressed thanks to Mr. Rat the Criminal Sessions yesterdaring said: "I wish to say that as I was

Tse Shui Shing who was charged G. Shewan who is retiring, for his with murdering a woman at Cheang special duty. I was not fit to go on. nd considered in a At condition to do services.

Hon. Mr. Shewan in reply said he Chau was found guilty by the jury patrol duty felt he had reached the age when he and sentenced to death. should give way to a younger man.

Before announcing the adjourn. ment His Excellency expressed the season's compliments to hon. mem. Spend your Evenings in a

berg.

WALLA" Launch,

His Worship: Your explanation does not improve your position at air It seems to me that you have been WALLA seriously

insubordinate to your superiors. I sentence you to ope month's hard labour.

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