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COLONY'S PROBLEMS.

{Continued From Poge 5.)

CHINESE VIEWS.

MR. HOT SHOU-SON'S SPEECH.

The Hon. Mr. Chon Show.com |

said:-Sir-I wish to amplify the re marks of the senior unofficial member en certain points which intimately concern the Chinese Community, and also to touch upon one or two mat ters affecting the Chinese stone, which have not been dealt with by him.

When the ordinacce regulating child labour was introduced in this Council at the end of last month, I urgerl that greater facilities should be given for the education of the young children of the labouring class, so that they may be looked after when their partate ste sat earning their living. The Chinese have been much gratified with the sympathetic attitude of the

ant subject in this Council, and since then the situation has become worre know that it is no eaay matter to detect arms aurreptitiously introduced into the Colony, but the Fublic ex pest to see better results, even though the Force may have to be further in creased for the purpose.

POLICE SUGGESTIONS.

In supporting the recommendation of the senior unofficial member for in creasing the strength of the European Contingent for the search of arme, and for bringing the palice force up

THE CHINA MAIL.

PUBLICANS LICENCES.

NEW SOALE OF FEES.

I can fud ao mention of any sum This building is like an old frosk set aside to provido a play ground fór which has long since been ont the Children at the Peak, the neces-grown by the child. The material

1 Ans thread-bare.

bean Bity for euch will be more in evidence is when motorr start to use the new road, patched and darned. There

At this afternoon's meeting of the is no 'bem to let down and the fabric will not stand the addition Legislative Council, the Colonial of a flouace. The situation mastba Secretary moved the faced and the child must have a new gown.

PEAR MOTOR GARAGES.

I take great exception to the decis ion notified by you, Sir, in your speech to roluse applications to erect private garages on Crown land at the Peak. Let us have the public garager This is no longer a matter for by all means but that is no reston tu private enterprise. That was possible refuse private applications. Take the in 1866, when the present building case of the owner driver who drives was erected. It has now become a, his wife home late on wet matter for the Government. night; le bas then to take the car to the garage and walk back again to bis, house in the pouring rain, a truly pleasant prospect. I trust, Sir, that those whose applications for private garages have been turned down will be notified that the matter is to be reopened.

BUILDING CUSTO AND THE GUILDS.

I referred last year to the cost of building and the remarks made then are

supported by my Chinese colleagues to-day who agree that the mis-management of guilds in largely responsible for the lack of workmen and I fully endorse the sentiments Dow expressed by my colleaga's. I spoke of the fees which hava to be paid by now workera in order to join the guilds, presumably with the

MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.

There is ample room on the site to erect a block of municipal buildiga as well as a detached theatre.

The municipal buildings should contain a museum and library, suites of dancing rooms and a banqueting hall. Above these could be acrom- modated the Ockonial Secretariat, Council Chamber etc., and above that again the Public Works Department, The location of these officials on the town level weald be a buon to the community.

This Colony should bare a museum of exceptional interest and I tee no reason why we should not possess such a one.

Bet aaide. It is

A

matter

The theatre has long since been a

This problem has got to be fare, subject of scars and deti:ion. to a greater standard of efficiency, 1 object of keeping new men out of the know that I have the whole Chinese Colony. This may appear sound Sir. It is no shelving the matter community behind me. The reur policy to the guild alficiale bat and whilst the Colony is prosperous ganization of the Detective Sub-doubt it being so. The pressure of the necessary money should be Department under a deputy superin.rising wages will undoubtedly act as a

the stimulna to the use of labour eaving that concerns the whele community | in acep tendent is right direction, and I venture davices and the adoption of economíand I nek. Sir, that the matter be to express the view, which I hold cial methods. Generally speaking it taken up seriously at o:co. strongly, that the number of Chinee may be said that while the artificial detectives abould be increased. What restriction of the supply of workmen ever may be said of the Chinese as in a trade may raise wages for a time of the equilibriom re:tere secret service meu, the fact remains it calls into play forces tending that they cannot be dispensed with to

B

CHEUNG ORAU NEEDS.

It apprare that the neede of the Cheung Chau inhabitants have again

Notwithstanding the piracy in 1912, been ignored in this year's Budget.

Tollowing

resolution under the provisions ot section 33 of the Liquors Consolidat. ion Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911-

Resolved that the scale of feca payable for Publitan's Licences as specified in the Second Schedule to the Liquore Consolidation Ordinsace, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, ball, with effect from the let December, 1022, be repealed, and that the following scale shall be substituted therefor

the H Pablitan's lic, poet- (a) In Victoria and District (as defined by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance,

When the ratable value of the 1903):- premises is

"

Under $ 10 000 Under $ 20 000 Under $ 30,000

Under $ 50 000

..

$1,000

5 2,000

$ 3,000

$5,000

$50,000 and over...... $8,000, (b) Elsewbore in the Colony the publican's licence feen shall be at hall the above rates.

The resolution was carried un

animoly

COLONY'S FINANCES.

FOLICE DEPARTMENT VOTE.

Government towards this matter, and in this Colony for the detection of demand and supply by diminish the recommendation of the jury after tive Council meeting, the Finance

I take this opportunity to express our grateful thanks to Your Excellency.

the

ing demand.

DELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.

to

I beg to offer some suggestions to the Government and to contractors as to methods whereby building cost could be reduced.

the Tai O tragedy in 1917, and ib repressatations cf the Residents Association there is still only one European police officer on the idand reduced. Another European should and the force at his disposal has been

ba added to the force, station being constructed to apperimedate two.

All the roads on the upper levels have been made by the Residents' Association. I shall be glad to know when the Government is going to take over this work.

It is alwasa crime. Now that they are placede remembered that the effect of cal

lective bargaining is not in the long under the immediate supervision of a deputy superintendent who. I pre-

run one sided. Combinations of work WATER BHORTAGE HARDSHIPS,

understands

Chine My Chinese colleague and I desire aume, to bring to the notice of the Govern language, and if their conditions of men beget counter combinations of ment the great bardships which the service were improved, as I think employers. poorer classes of the Chiness have they should be, they ought to become undergone during the recent water useful instroments for the detection shortage. At a meeting of the and prevention of crime. It is only Sanitary Board at the beginning of fair to say that there are not lacking Angust last, I moved a resolution that among the Chinese detectives, meo

Contructing out to separate trades the old well in the Colony be re. who are ready to face danger in the opened, but that motion was rejected execution of their duty, as many in other words subcontracting-admi-

The pier is too short and should be 19 not adapted to building where upon the opposition of the Medical Court casca bave revealed. In order rable as it is for the best class of work Officer of health on the ground that to give our police greater encourage

cheapness and rapidity of construc-extended. If there is any diffulty in wells are liable to contamination and ment, the Government should com

eight aparate let it be extended in wood, thereby to become a source of danger pensate adequately the family of any ion are essential. Eight separate carrying it out in etona or concrete

CITY BEFUSE. to the community. Notwithstanding man who may lose his life in the tradesmen this apprehension, I still urge that the discharge of his duty. I am sure that profits and one trade waiting upon old wells ba re-opened and new ones this and other suggestions of th.the other seven, and if contractors sunk, in view of the very great hard unofficial members relative to the who have written the circular letter ships caused to the poor people, es police, will commend themselve to to employers and others would try and pecially now that the rainy season is the Government, particularly to our eliminate the sub-contractor I feel I would ask the Government to over, and our reservoirs are fer from energetic and over-worked Captain sure lower rates would prevail. baing full. The Government could Superintendent of Police.

provide greater facilities to the coa Best satisfy itsell that a well is not

tractors so that they can have their contaminated by sewage or other

own building yards and set up labour matters before allowing is to be re

saving devices there, such a sawing opened, and can also bring all wella

and planing machices etc. under strict control. As I said at thu Sanitary Board meeting when moving the resolution, the Chinese do not drink water that has not been boileri, and they could be warned to

SUPPLY OF RICE.

HON. MR. BIRD'S SPEECH,

SOLVING THE COLONY'S WATER PROBLEMS.

meane

BUILDING YARD WANTED.

The limited area in which tho Chi- nese contractor has to work and the Sir, I wish to fully endorse the re- absence of any building yard is large marks made by the Senior Unofficially responsible for the high coat of

UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS.

it.

The community suffer." o great the city refuse deal from damped in the Sta.off Kau I Chau aatiquated and objectionable method Island by the Sanitary Dept. This of dealing with the raluse of the city has been referred to many times be fore and it is high time the question of incinerators for disposing of the gar bage were taken up.

FERRY SERVICE CRITICIZED.

The ferry service is wholly in adequate and is no longer even sale It can safely be said that in no other place in the world would between one

Following this afternoon's Legisla Committee considered a recommends-

tion by the Acting Governor to vote a sum of $13,920 in aid of the follow. ing vote:

Police Department, other charges:--- Disinfectants,

.S 220 Furniture Repairs and

Renewals,......

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1929.

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The bride, who had been living. in Shanghai for some mouths since' coming out from home, was given away by Mr. Duncan Tollan, Her wedding dress was of white charmcuse trimmed with silver lace, and she car- and two hundred passengers beollow-ried a beautiful shower bouquet of use well water for washing purpose 1ember and join in the congratula building. For instanze in a steel ed to be carried with less appliances white flowers. only. Blure water is used for washing tions to the Government on the Bud.frame structure when the steel arrives for saving life, or in a greater state of Miss Annie Tollen was inattendepre than drinking, and so the wells. if get which is now before us. The from England the contrac or has to personal dissomlott. The launches as bridesmaid. She wore a pretty hat opened, should considerably relieve remarks I now propose to make may pay for storage of atas in a godown now in use are not suitable for ferry of white ratin and lace with bat to the heavy drain upon our existing or may not have the approval of myotil he is ready to use it because he work anywhere.

The Government must be prepared limited supply from the reservoirs. I

has no where clo colleagues.

to pist wish it to be understood that my aug-

Last year I urged the necessity of Natursly in allows for such con- to help pioceore both by preferential treatment and providing satisfactory gestion is merely an expedient to les laying a pipe across the Harbour to tingencies in his talder Bea the kardebips on the people, and bring water from the Maioland, and Let the Government set aside some mesos of transport: I can cea in the not a substitution for any permanent I am glad to see under the heading of of the intended reclamation at future the development of the Islands scheme for increasing the water sup water works that money is to be speat Konaely Town or North Fiat so that of Lamma and Chun: Hue and I ran

After the ceremory a reception was ply which is acessary for our in next year on the Shia: Mun Valley building materials can be acdel see them covered with residences, and creased and increasing population. scheme and at Shek Lai Pai. This is there from junke and brought to the why should there not be a reclama held at the Hongkong Hotel where

the first milestone on the road toite or as acar as possible by motor tion on the cast side of Chung Hue the usual toasts were honoured.

Later Mr. and Mrs. Pasto left by Last year, speaking up a the draft carrying out this important work lorry. The contractors are ready to with wharves and godowns where, estimates for 1922, the late Mr. Lau

This year has shown us that the lease such groned only they cannot owing to the depth of water, steamers trois for the boneymoon which will be Chu-pair mentioned a certain scheme constant water supply for the Colony obtain it. It is for the Government and junks can lie and discharge their epent in Canton and MacKO.

carzo Bat in order that those da for reclaiming a tract of submerged has still, to be solved and is this to see that it is made available.

velopments may take place good and partially Lubmerged land in a connection 1 would advocate attempte

ferry service is essential and if the certain part of the New Territories being mada in various places in the

Unate 85ary restrictions прод for the purpose of growing paddy that Colony to obtain water by means of

beilding abould յր removed. Government will start by organising should rullice to meet all local boring. I understand that there are Boilers here are restricted to the UK and, if Bec.asry, subsidising a proper demands for five or six months in the engineers in the Colony with boring of old fashioned materiale and cannot ferry servies to Cheung Chau, it would year, thus readering Hongkong as tools at the prosent moment and a take advantage of the great strides courage the developments of these depend.nt upon outside sources for it is not a costly matter let us make which bave been made in construc. other Islands. the supply of rice. The last general the attempt whilst the opportunity tional matters in the last twenty

trike in this Colony has proved the offers, who knows but that we may wisdom of his suggestion. I think strike valuable springs at various All local bye laws should be Senior Unoffici:Member on the sound liminary organising work having beef terpisohorean "thing" in Hongkong that, penfiting by the experience places that would be a godsend to gained from that strike, the Govora the poorer classes when the stats of reviewed every ten years at least to policy of forming new roads and completed, the canvassing for men this winter, according to Miss Aileen The strike at

see what improvements can be made making new reclamations to open up bers will be started early Last week. Woods, the well-known dancing Chaokochwang and Linsi mine il ment should encourage as much as our reservoice necessitates a possible the enltivation in the New stricted, supply and involves the the direction of giving greater fresh districts, for it is only in this Mr. Wong Kwong tia is the moving teacher. Miss Woods has just retorn developing more seriously through the Territories of rice and vegetables and carriage of water from the street to edom for new developments and manner that we can spread out our epirit in the releme al ho hoa ed from San Francisco where she put

La particular the laws ever growing population. It bus lieen gathered around him a mmber of in several months studying the latest strikers rioting. Up to the piesent

brea affected, the establishment of poultry farms, so many tenements.

relating to the height of bui'dings amply proved that wherever new influential Chinese gentlemm to help ballroom steps besides Besthetic the firemen an engineen have not It is leated locally that forcigo roads have been built the availabilaucch the scheme. It now remains exercisen in physical culture so that Hongkong may not depend to

Miss Woods explained to a China lots have been readily applied for and for the Chia se public to do its part

aro taken.- the extent it now does, upon the out.

when developed tave been bought by becoming members, to make the Mail report or yesterday that in lives will be endangered unless The troubles in Southern Chine and resold, thereby, bringing revenue scheme a succes,

After the mem- France everybody still dances the protrelive measures hydrants for their water supply it were responsible for the difficulty in to the Colony. For "where the new worship campaign an Executive will tango but it is not a bit popular in Beuler. the remarks of the senior ukofficial must be remembered that were there obtaining bricks during this year; the road and the new reclamation is, bo appointed to canvass for sabece p. America or England. People seem to ranmber in regard to labour guilds Do waste of water there would be no price of cam has risen 30 per cat there will the property bitkera betions. The orphanags is being in need to carry it, and if through the and the size of the bricks has been gathered fogether," and new stituted principally for young Chinese and unions. While we armpithize

will continue to be destitutes, and will provide all forme with the legitimate supirations of the Tang Wah Hospital nod District reduced. Cannot the Gavernment

Watchmen's Committees this fact start its own brick factory in the attract.d to tha Colony Go of vocational training labourer for the betterment of it could be impressed on the lower cluse New Territory? there is amplo sail of foug 19 the Government Con living conditions, wo ba aliosed to trade upon the cre ulite observation, are the worst offeakers, a would azem that it should be a property and in this connection (radorse that unscrupulous perzone should not / Chinese, who, I know from perecnal' suitable quality obtainable and offer them security of life and pro- and ignorance of the simple labourers. great deal of unnecessary discomfort fitable undertaking. The Government all that has been said by my In my slow, such legislation reissug. might be avoided. My Chiasso makes its own paving slabs, why not call. agues on the necessity for an Asembly bas appointed a committee with a few extra steps added. It is masie with oral instruction. This is! gested by the scriol 40offisial member colleague bas ndvocated the reopening its own bricka?"

of wells and although I understand the

Bile for its food supply.

LABOUR GUILDS.

My Chinese culeag to and I endorse

consider

fa tor the real gud of the beast and law-abiding working men.

Stricter measures should be adopted for preventing the smuggling of a and arounition into the Colcay believe that about threw yeater ago Mr. Ho Fook spoke upon this impart.

JeBra

:

inventions.

a':ould be amended.

- GOVERNMENT BRICK FACTORY?

WATER WASTAGE. Whilst there must be sympathy for thore who have to rely on the edirret

CITY HALL ROCK"

NEW DANCES EXPLAINED. The Chinese scheme which was mooted about six months ago to The foxtrot-tango and a Blower establish an orptsoage in Honskong more gliding style of waltz will be the į I fully agree with you. Sir. sad the bar made good headway, and the pre-

NEW ROADS SOUND POLICY.

flif conscious about its intricacies

FEARS FOR SAFETY OF FOREIGNERS:-

PEKING, October 25,

the Tangeban} `

and a big effort is being made now to one-step and the toddle have both jutroduce something which will be an died natural deaths.

Mise Woods intends this winter to acceptable compromise betwein the to go and the jazz steps of the foxtrot, giva lessons in physical culture and It is felt that the foxtrot tango mente abe has brought back with her from this need. "It is just foxtrot, America a novel set of Victor The Kwangtung Provincial Miss Woods assured the pres man gramophone cords which combine

efficient polios force.

to audit the hole circulation of the very easy and it danod to feriret something new for Hongkong though in America it has been taken up very The Praga East Reclamation is a Provincial Bank of Kwantung, the music a little slower than usual." Modical Officer of Health to ba I ses no men lon in your speech, Sir, triking answer to the prieitists, Calon Government's fuaerial agent, Regarding the new style wallz seriously for amb time. There is no asid that it is drudgery about it and at a means of oppord th such antion it would of any attempt to deal with the City Land is now being sold thers at such and a committed to rupervise the Bliss Woods combat there would be little 11all prablem, and I should like to price that if the interest on the spending of the proposed £2,000 000 more like the old-fashioned waltz acquiring the suppleness of body and that Cassel but not en, last and has more of hostalaces of earrings without danger so doing arteg to the fapt know what has happened to the repurchase money he added by the 1010. Reports that the Chinese always boil water port of the Commision appointed to me the land can be built on, it will Agtrement negotiations have been gliding effect about it. The two step nobody can dance really well it less

ravlved aro denlod in Canton. wolts has disappeared and the reckoned to be invaluable. betprgueing it.

chiqnits lato the matter

be worth $10 per foot

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