1921-10-28 — Page 8

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

WIDOWE' AND ORPHANS BILL.

FIRST READING PASSED.

MARRIAGES MUST BE APPROVED,

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In the Legislative Council rester day afternoon,

The Attorney-General moved the first reading of a Bill intituled an Ordinance to smend the Widows and Orphans' Pensions Ordinances, 1908 and 1921,

of Police.

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THE CHINA MAIL

ADJOURNMENT.

Paragraph (b) of clause 3 provided, lord, but also to order him to pay Ordinance to amend further the quarters be connected direct with the that the fee to be paid to examiter back to the tenant any rent in excess Public Health and Buildings Ordinez-hange at Kowloon. He has pozé for final examination might be fixed revered by means of the illegal disance, 1905. There had been so many into the cost and the Director of by regulation by the Goremor in tress; also damages not exceeding amendments to the Bill proposed, the Public Works agrees that the proposal Council. It also provided that the $250. This clause also applies to Attorney General aid, that it was is a good one. $300 is included for a fees payable to examiners were to be cases where a landlord demanded or better to withdraw it and begin again larger switchboard. At the same time, paid by the candidate or candidates extracted rent in excess of the stanwith a fresh draft to be read a fint he recommends the laying of under- The intention was to fix the fee at dard rent, under threat of issning time at a later meeting.

ground cable to the standards in $100 for sach of the three examiners. | such illegal distress warrant.

Kowloon Station vand. The wire is Clause 6 was another class aimed Clause provided new sanctions for the offence of acting as a barrister or at evasion. It provided that it should

in a very bad condition. The cost of that is $178, making up the estimate slicitor without qualification. The be a criminal offence punishable by a It was decided to adopt His Ex- of $475. $200 which had to be recovered in any act whatsoever mali fide to induce should adjourn to next Thursday in present sanction was a penalty of fine of $1,000 for any person to decellency's suggestion that the Council civil action against the offending a lessee to give up possession. That order to dispose of the minor items an party. The cause proposed to make bad been inserted because certain the paper, leaving the subsequent that sanction a fine of $1,000 re- landlorda had gone so far as to remove meating clear for the Supply Bill. coverable on summary conviction windows in wet weather, and even

staircases, to drive the tenants out.

FINANCE COMMITTEE, before a Magistrate.

After the Colonial secretary had seconded the Bill passed the first reading.

RENTS ORDINANCE.

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VOTIS EXPLAINED.

Claused 8, 9 and 10 were partly de- claratory and partly intended amplifying : nd pursuing the policy of the principal Ordinance. Clanse 8 Following the meeting of the Legit provided that notice to quit given by flative Council, the Finance Committee a lessee should not affect the right of net to consider financial votes recom- any sub-lessee to remain on in his ended by H.E. the Governor.

wn part of the horse, unless he joined

Clause 10 provided that when the lessee went out, any sub tenant who held from him would become the tenant of the landlord icom whom the lessee held on the same terms as the original lessee but, of course, at the standard rent.

PUBLIC WORKS.

Chairman: The

Tote is

PATH AT HUNG-OM. $2,500 on account of Public Works

25%.

Approved.

NEW ECOYS.. $1,430 in aid of the vote Harbour

Department, A.-Harbour Office. other charges, purchase of buoys and moorings.

The Chairman; This is required to complete the purchase of six new buoys and moorings. The estimate was $89.003 but the entire cost is $94,430; the buoys include two A class and four B clam.

Approved.

SICHER COSTS. $3,120 in aid of the following yotes :--

Medical Department, other Chat-

Res

Lunatic Asylum:~~~ Provisions ke..

Victoria Hospital --

$1,500.00

600.00 1,000.00

2,000.00 20:00

$5,120.00

Provisions, &c....

Gwen ment labomtory: Aupar to. de... Bb und journals.....

Total.

The Chairman: This is due, as to

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He explained that the object of this Bill was to include within the scheme of the Widows' and Orphans Pansion Fund, throughout the whole of their service, certain officers who, under the present scheme, only came under the obligation to e atribute to the Fund at a later stage in their service. The rasson was that it was the contributious during bachelorhood PROPOSED AMENDMENTS EXPLAINED, which counted most in the calmula- tions of pensions payable to widows

Moving the Erst reading of the in or confirmed the notice to quit.$3,000 in aid of the vote Public and orphans, and it was proposed to Rents Ordinance Amendment Bill the That was believed to be simply Werks, recurrent, New Territories, bring these particular offers under Attorney General indicated that some declaretoy when the Bill was drafted, Buildings, (37) maintenance of build- the scheme of the Fuad in order of the amendments proposed in the and that is now conirmed by thengs. to ensure that pensions which might Bill aimed at preventing evasions of Court. It had been held in a recent! The become payable to their was the law by certain classes of landlord case that the law as stated in this $15,000. The reasons for requiring a orphans might be much positie.he Loped they were in the minority law was in fact, the existing law; but further $3,000 are the high percent Fuel and ligat The person who at present cane-who seemed to be determined to to make the matter perfectly clear he "se of the contract rate above schedule rates and the abnormal under the scheme of the Fund were: evade the provisions of the thought it well to retain this clause in

amount of repairs required in connee- (1) all persons in the permanentem-

Ordinance if they possibly could. ¦ the Bill. ployment of the Government, and (2) Iwn of the Bill's clauses dealt with Clause 9 provided that an ejectment tion with the upkeep of Taipo and, European pulice officers of the ruk that section of the Ordinance which order against a lessee was not to affect Aa Tau Police Stations. of Sergeant or any higher rank, or provided that a landlord might give the right of any sub-lessee to remain Approved. any other Europein members of the notice to quit to his 'enant, and might on in his part of the premises. police force whose marriage is ap recover possession if he intended bona proved by the Captain Superintendent Aide to pull down the premises or

traordinary, Kowloon, communica The Bill proped to reconstruct them to such an extent as

tions, roads, path 10 feet wide to the the Lunatic Asylum, to a large in- extend the scheme of the Fund to

to make them technically a new

orth of Hunghem Inland Lot No. crease of patients and the high cost tose Europe va officers who at present building. It appears that certain

The Chairman: In connection with increased cost of milk and extras and of provisions; Victoria Hospital: the were outside it and to other svarte landlords have been trying to read ths Section in a manner which is not of the Government who were put

the recent extension granted to the installation of gayers. At the Govern- members of the Police Force but were banc fide: in other word they had The Colonial Secretary having Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., ment Laboratories the cost of ap- appointed for agreinents forheen ving, or contemplating giving seconded, the Bill was read a fist the Company, under one of the lease paraens was considerably more. The terms of years exceeding two reata

notice to quit when they, had had no time and subsequently, at the

conditions, has to form half of the catalogues from which the estimates were found to be The Bill would not apply to officers real intention at ali of reconstracting tion of the Attorney General was foot road. In order to facilitate were made out appointed or reappointed after the or pulling down. bat to do nothing at explained that one or two additional the Company's operations in remor out-of-date. Ordinance came into force bat at all to the building if only the tenant p ints had cropped up since the Firing the soil from a large partion of option was given to officers at present would agree to pay increased rent. was draitel, it was referred to the the road, it is necessary that an out NEW SITE FOR QUEEN'S COCL in Government service, who would

Standing Law Committee.

let should be provided over Crown $160,000 in aid of the vote Pub land. This track is to be made of Works, extraordinary, Hongkong, have come under the scheme had they

acict width o allow for double Public Health and Buildings Or been appointed after the commence

line of trucks. The tender for dinance, 1903, (36) compensation and ment of the Ordinance, to come into less given or confirmed by leave of. the Fard. Power was given to the the Court. A landlord intending to

Imaking this track is $2,160 and One of two Bills introduced by the le contingencies.

2500 is asked for to cover all pos Governor in Council to exclude Frum give such notice must show the Court the operation of the Widows and

Hon. Mr. Pollock was intituled an the road tender of the Dock Company I may say that Orphans Pensions Ordinance angiven was bone fide, and on the Ordinance to extend for a farther considered a very reasonable one.

application to the Court to give period the powers granted by the Mer The Hon. Mr. Bird: Is the Dock notice the tenant, of course, would cantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, Company going to make use of the have the opportunity of being beard. 1911 to the Mercantile Bank of India, md as well?

The Chairman: The vote is $10,000 The clause applied also to notices Ltd, to make, issue, re-issue and

and the expenditure up to July 29 him a lot of pain. We decided to $500 in aid of the vote Botanical which had already been before the get the best; I believe they are The Chainman: Just for getting and Forestry Department, other Council, was $7,980.63. Since then entirely satisfactory; very light and already given before the commence circulate notes in the Colony. meut of the Ordinance; they would not be valid unless confirmed by the explained that the present power of They cannot get to the sea with their

Moving the first reading Mr. Pollock at the material; it is their stuff,

The Director of Public Work, Charges, maintenance of gardens and the estimated cost of further damage very strong. Court on application made on the the Bank to make, issue, re-issue and material unless they go over this since of gardens and grounds has been Recurrent, New Territories, the Fote The Chairman: The vote mainten- than the estimate. On Public Works incurred is $18,500 or $8,500 more same grounds as application for leave circulate notes in the Colony, which piece of land of war This track will nearly exhausted. A supplementary is $15,000 and the spenditure to to give notice.

was granted by Ordinance in the year for a portion of the road of which rote of $500 is required for the re- July 29 is $7,573. The estimated 1911, would expire in the normal the Dock Company's read will be a maining two months of the year. It cost of further damage is $18,000. course on the 28th December of this year. It was proposed by clause 2 of the Bill to extend that period of ex- piry till the 13th August, 1929, after which date the Bank would cease to issue or re-issue notes but should re- decra any Lotes which it should have previously issued or re-issued.

officers who were appointed to work of a special or temporary character.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill then passed the 5rst read ing.

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

ORDINANCE.

AN AMENDING BILL

The next Bill presented by the Attorney General was intituled an Urdinance to amend further the Legal Practitioners Ordinance. 1871.

In moving the first rending he said that the Bill proposed to make certain alterations in the law relating to the preliminary and final examinations which have to be passed by solicitors' clerks who are articled here It also alightly altered the sanctions pr vided for acting without qual fication as banister or solicitor

Clause † provided that no notice given under that paragraph of the principal Ordiaane should be valid

grounds fur believing that the notice

Clanse 3 was anothe: attempt to strengthen the paragraph in the in terests of the tenant. It was hoped that tring down the landlord to a specific writing of his intentions would be some additional safeguard to the tenanta.

·Clause 4 gave power to transfer an action from the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the Original! Jurisdiction. Under the principal Ordinance all actions under that Odinance had to be tried in Sum- mary Jurisdiction, the object, of course Loing to ensure a speedy hear

anderstond the standard of the Hong; at Jurisdiction

sugges.

MERCANTILE BANK NOTE ISSUE.

Hon. Mr. Ho Fook seconded, and the Bill passed the first reading.

ST. JOSEPIT'S COLLEGE.

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continuation.

Approved.

SANTEARY DEPARTMENT.

potes:-~~

Approved.

resumptions.

The Chairman: This item is for the Hill-the site of the fature Queen's purchase of Inland Lot 358, Caroline

College.

Approved

GARDENS AND GROUNDS.

grounds.

THORLICKS MAITED MILK C Slouch Burks Eng

(34) Typhoon and rain-

storm damages ......$8,500.00. New Territories, miscellaneous (45) Typhoon and raip-

atorm damages....

Total...

NEW KOWLOON,

3 000.00

$11.500.00

ARTIFICIAL LEGS.

$760 on account of Kowloon-Canton Railway, special expenditure, artificial lege

The Chairman: The $160 was fot obtaining the very best artificial legs that can be got. If a man lost both his legs on the railway the legs he got were very unsatisfactory and gave

Approved.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC WORKS, $10,000 in aid of the vote Public Works, extraordinary, miscellaneous, (35) miscellaneous works.

is partly due to the relaying of the

Approved. tennis court at

The Chairman: I circulated this the Gorarnment

rote to the Finance Committee. The Quarters at Tipo, $250, also turf $6,500 in aid of the following laying and removing black soil and Works, extraordinary, New Territo cover all the expenditure of a 300,000 in aid of the vote Public Proposal is to take a Tote of $10,000 disintegrated granite at Government tories, communications, roads, 77 (f) ons works up to the end of the year. number of small sums for miscellane- other House.

general works. Approved.

The Chairman: This sum of $50,000 By the time the proposal was circu- lated, the vote was exceeded by nearly is arrived at as follows: The Depart $1,000. Since then one of the mem- $9,000 in aid of the vote Public ment of Public Works forwarded for bers of the Committee expressed the Works, Extraordinary, New Terri approval an additional programme of view that they would like to know torics, miscellaneous, (86) miscel-road work amounting to $30,550. what all the items were. Up to now the laneous works.

The estimated expenditure under the teens amount to $1,883; they include:

Sanitary

Department: ebarges:-

Launches, steam barges, and ligh. ters -

Repairs...

$4,200.00 Stores,

2,300.00

Tutal $8,500.00

NEW TERRITORIES.

The Chairman: This vote has programme now submitted is $58,790 converting a latrine at the Harbour The Chairman: in concretion with already been before members. Taskerbung, and channelling numbers Office, a safe and stand for the the first item: repairs to Sanitary vote was $14,000 and the real reason of streets

New Kowloon, mostly D.P. office in which to keep vain- Board steam launches and lighters, that made the expenditure consider. Kowloon City and some in Samable documents, ceiling fans at reports that the ably higher than the vote was the shuipo; also scavenging. lanes and warder's mess-room, the Chairman shortage in this vote is due to the Hongkong Harbour approach lights slab ravings to footways make up a alteration soon, Victoria Gaol, eat for quarterly overhauling. 530,803. Then there are red warning total of $70,000. A supplemental security of the annu. If for be Prior to the sinking of S.D. 1 in July, signs $240, small works connected rate of $50,000 is required. The

would like to reduce this vote, it could South $237, fire whole of this is caused by the rapid be cut down to $5,000 and I could 1920, this was done only at intervals with the D.O.

Te Hon. Mr. Bird: Is that work

time.

Clause 2 proposed to make the ing and to reduce costs. It sometimes

The other Bill fathered by Mr. Hongkong University Matriculation might happen. however, that two Follock was one intituled an Ordinance Exxmization one of the Exauins actions might be pending at the same for the incorporation of the Christian tions which was to be a ground time in the two divisions of the Brothers

School, for exemption from the preliminary Supreme Court, one in the Summary French as "L'Institut des Freres des examination. Most of tur Matejrula Jurisdiction, brought under the Rents Ecoles Chretiennes and known in tion examinations in England were Grdi ance, and one in the Original Hongkong as St. Joseph's College, grounds of exemption there, and. Le Jurisdiction which must be tried in Certain property belonging to tn.s because of the College, Mr. Pollock explained, was kong Laiversity Matriculation was as amount involved. These two actions now vested in an individual who was of six months. The cost of maintenalartis Laichikok $550; motor garage, development of Samakuipo and circulate votes required from time to high as in England and there seemed wight refer to the same premises and absent from the Colony and who didance is larger cwing to their length of Taipo (this is for the ambulance that portion of Kowloon City Reclamation no reason why the Matriculation ex raise the same facts, and it might be not intend to return. That, was service. The number of defects fund has gone out to the New Territory)

is constantly increasing. in regard $1,500; approach road Samshui police done by contract or measured up and much will the unused balance bet

The Hon. Mr. Holyoak: How amin on should not be a pro end of very inconvenient to have two actions very inconvenient matter for the exemption here. The clause also brought separately in different courts. College and the object of this Bill to the new boiler of 8.D. I the in-station $400 fans, warder's quarters, paid for by schedrile rate] pruviied that any examination bat

The Chairman: Just over $7,000. The Director of Pable Works: By Cut it down to $5,000; that may Clause 5 in one of the clauses aimeri te incorporate St. Joseph's of creased cost of skilled labour contri- Laichikok $700; removing and re- would in England be a ground for at evasion. It appeared that certain lege so that the property that buted towards the deficiency. As erecting boat house $200. There is schedule rate. The slabs are supplied cover every thing. exemption from the preliminary ex landlords were in the habit of issuing acquired for this purpose might be regards stores, the shortage of the vote an allowance for contingencies and from our own quarries. The amount weinit.n there should be a round distress warrants for rent in excess of

due to the quarterly overhaul.-Ap-small unapproved items amounting to of it is owing to the very abnormal

The role was reduced to $5,000 and for optio 1to the preliminary the standard rent, no doubt relying the Bill was read a first time.

Hon. Mr. Bird seconded, and proved.

$4,087. It hon. members wish that amount of building. It is a vote that

approved. examination here, and a ground for or the tenant being too ignorant or

can be cut down and a farther votek eps up with the building.

(Continued on Page 10.) exepin wi hout te need for ton poor to take proper proceedings to

$175 on account of Kowloon Can-brought forward later.

The Hon. Mr. Bird: I presume the special order by the Chief question the legaley of the distress.

to Railway, special expenditure, "Justi 21

neces a 5.The clause proposed to make it an

switch board. Lighting, etc. Clouse 3 delt with the solicitor's of nce to issue such distress warrants

The Chairman: On the motion of the Attorney is being laid to Hunghon and the A telephone cable final examination. Parauaph (u) of an proposed to give the Magistrate General it was decided to discharge the manager of the Railway recommends that ection corrected anubrious draft on the summons being heard power Last item on the agenda paper the that the exchange at the locomotive ing enor in the Ordinance of 1871. not only to fine the offending land-second redding of a Bill intituled,ansard be abolished and the store and

present

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OLD DAD?

vested in it.

A BILL WITHDRAWN.

was

is

BRINGING

CERTAINLY. DADDY-

NO PLACE

LIKE HOME-

3;2 14

RAILWAY YOTE.

AH! AFTER ALL THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE IT-

UP

The Chairman suggested a reduction by $3,000 and this was agreed to.

TYPHOON AND RAINSTORM DAMAGE.

votes:

$11,500 in aid of the following

Public Works, recurrent :- Kowloon, miscellaneous:--

FATHER.

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all the measuring is checked by CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM.

Europeans?

The Director of Public Works: It'PERE is sorbing so good for is checked two ways; not only lameness, cramps of the muscles bruis muscular rheumatism, sprains, checked off the plane but gone over, and like injuries as Chamberlain's Fain by European overseers,

Balm. It will effect a cure in less time than any other treatment For sale by Approved.

all Chemists and storakospera.

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