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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927.

tinues to interfere in the affaire CORRESPONDENCE. of China, she does so at her own risk Bolshevism is. a menace to

THE PUBLIC.

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the pence of the world-a men- THE ELECTRIC' COMPANY AND ace far greater than any agrres- sive attitude that Germany might Fadopt towards France--and one which should occupy the atten- tion of the Powers with the least possible delay,

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DISCUSSION AT SANITARY BOARD.

**MENACE TO. HEALTH"

To the Editor of the" "China MaiL")- Str-Re Messrs. Hop Sing v. The Hong kong Electric Company Limited.

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GOOD MUSIC.

Yesterday's Delightful Recital

TREAT AT THE CITY HALL

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The music-loving public of the In view of the publicity given to Colony are certainly indebted to. the above proceedings, we are in Mr. Harry Ore for the very de- atructed by the Plaintiffs to supple-

ment your report by a statement, asghtful redital given at the "City. te their position, and as to the roa-Hall yesterday afternoon. sons which led them to commence The hall was almost completely proceedings.

Alled, the distinguished audience

The meter, was

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suddenly, and including Lady Clementi, Sir Mr. J. P. Braga's questions were without notice, removed from the Joseph and Lady Kemp, and considered at the Sanitary Board premises. On the 26th February, many other prominent residents. yesterday relative to the construc- 1926, and it was not until the 2nd Mr. Ore, who bore the, major tion of a cesspool by Chinese March, at an interview between portion of the entertainment on squatters in Kowloon Tong, the the Plaintiffs' Manager and are his able shoulders, also accom- desirability or otherwise of allow-presentative of the Company, that

Ing such settlers to remain there the Company's reasons for the re-panied three artistes who made a and the need for measures to be moval were vouchsafed. The Com-welcome addition to the recital taken at Kowloon Tong with regard any alleged that the meter had proper

been tampered with, with the result. Mr. Li Chor-chi is a baritone to treatment of stagnant pools..

that they had been defrauded, of no inean merit. Perhaps a Mr. N. L. Smith, President, re-whilst the Plaintiffs consistently little nervous at first, but never- plied as follows:

dented any tampering.

theless well at ease with himself, asthis songs and his audience as

The permits upon which occupa- tion of the land in question has terminable upon 2 months notice of the Company's accusation.

The Pinintiffs realised that, the accused, they could hardly be

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been permitted are for 12 months competent judges of the merits/soon as he felt his wall.

Mr. Li, who sang in French, The Suntary Board was consulted the same time the Plaintiffs also has, 1 understand, spent many before these permits were granted felt, and felt strongly, that, as the years in Saigon, and speaks the and neither the MOH nor the accusers, the Company should not language fluently--obviously a GV.S. saw any objection to the arrogate to themselves the fune-great advantage to anyone at- pant. The applications made notions of a judge to pass judgment tempting such numbers as Gluck's mention of cess-pools. The M.O.H on the Plaintiffs alleged misdeeds. "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice," and was of opinion that dry-cultivation The Paintiff's contended throughout Weber's "Strophes de les Filles, an this aren would be preferable that the merits shoud be adjicient- from the point of view of neigh-ed apow by an impartial tribunal, des Baux." Mr. Li is a singer of whom I and I think most, bouring residents, to the land being Le, the Supreme Court. left in its natural state.

Abating A Nuisance.

The use of human excreta

The Plaintiffs were advised from people present yesterday after- the beginning that, difficulties, noon, would like to hear more.

Mrs. R. Sanger has a pleasant practically insuperable, existed in agricultural and has been fully their way of foreing an investiga- sorpano voice with perfect elocu- considered by the Board in the past tion into the merits by the Court tion, and the encore which the und in 1906 the Board adopted the against the will of the Company enthusiastic audience demanded. Report of a sub-committee appoint there was in fact no express con- was unquestionably well-earned, ed to consider this question, which trust between the parties and to in- Report recommended that the prac-duce the Court to imply a contract although the present writer pre- tice should not be prohibited but from the circumstances, and telferred the singer in her English What more delight. that nuisances occasioned near imply as one of the terms of such numbers. houses or highways should be dealt contract the condition that reason-fut than Paladile's sougron with under Section 26 of the Or. able notice had to be given fao na "Psyche," sung with ease by an dinance is they arose. The M.O.H. to compel the Company to justify artiste who puts her whole being is of opinion that the cuss-pocle their sudden termination of the con- into her work

A New Violinist.

now in question are noisome within tract without notice, and thus to the meaning of 26 (5), of the Crlet in the merits), was practically dinance having consideration to impossible to succeed on the ques

Perhaps the piece de resistance their position, and proposes to take tion of libel, the Plaintiffs would of the programme, apart from Mr. Ore's interpretation 01 action. if the Board agree, to abate have to prove express matice

soon as the Count held that the! suggest that Britain

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་་ a privileged communication, and, in dies," was Mr. C de la Cruz If the prohibition of the use of the absence of such evidence, the rendering of Wieniavsky's what the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen offensive manure as indicated above merits, again, could not be gone into fantasy on Gounod's "Faust." used to call a semi-colony state. prove make impossible the by the Court..

to

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cord of steady, good rule, us we provided no nuisance arises such as current consumed by you from ber

March 1926, to February 1926, 08

say, can

the payments We

This avas. Mr. de la Cruz' first In July 1926 the Britain is only too anxious to see agricultural activities of these per-

Company, appearance in the Colony and the mittees, their removal to some more

talmost boisterous reception that China put on her feet, and if the distant site where there will be no through their Solicitors, wrote

was accorded at the Nationalist Governmens, by a re-objection raised will presumably the Plaintiffs. demanding the sum he

of $209.92, "being the price for conclusion of his first num- follow automatically.. Otherwise,

indicated that as far his audience was concern-- prove that it is the would normally be abated in pre-after allowing for

ed, he has certainly come to stable, permanent government ximity to residential areas it does sirendy made by you.

not appear necessary, unleas instructed to inform you that un-stay. Wieniavsky's fantasy has the country requires, we have no Board ball decide otherwise, for a leas this amount is paid, to our been described as a masterpiece doubt it will certainly receive re-request to be made to the Govern- clients, or to us on their behalf of technique. It was certainly Meanwhile, ment for the removal of these within the course of this week legal handled in a masterly manner by cognition as such.

permittees.

proceedings will be taken against the young artist who made his you for the recovery thereof without debut before the Hong Kong further notice."

public yesterday, afternoon, for

the

Water Samples. On the question of water samples which Mr. Braga suggested should

are

Needless to say, the audience

Kreisler's "Caprice Viennois"—a

looking to the disturbed state of China, the presence of avowed enemies of Britain in the country be taken from stagnant pools on The Plaintiffs gave a cordial and Mr. de la Cruz handled hig in.. for the undisguised purpose of Crown land in this neighbourhood, pressing invitation to the Company strument with the skill of a great

the M.O.H. replied that he did not to commence their threatened pro-artist. making mischief, and the uncer-consider it necessary to take more ceedings, hoping thereby that "the tain military and political outlook, samples at present. He was fully matter would be thrashed out in

to the platform amid prolonged not to mention, too, the lesson of satisfied that all Kowloon pools Court," but nothing more came of clamoured for more. Returing

which might he regarded as poten. this threat.. recent events at Hankow, Britain tin breeding places for mosquito On August 7th we wrote to the applause, the viclinist offered can hardly be blamed for taking larvae were oiled weekly under the Company's Solicitors as follows:

supervision of Officers of what are only common-sense pre-Department cautions for protecting the lives and interests of her nationals, which have been openly menaced in one part of the country, and might as easily be menaced in another part. That is the tion to-day in a nutshelb

Moscow's Meddling.

the

answer

Mr. J. P. Braga thanked the Pre- sident for the very full

iven to his questions and also Dr. Pope who had visited the district with him.

"still maintain" said Mr. Brags, that the condition of the squatters' posi-settlement complained of by resi dents of Kowloon Tong is such as to be a menace to the public health of ne district. I therefore give notice of the following resolution at the next meeting of the Board:

This is not the first occasion upon which we have discussed

Hong Kong. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1927. Moscow's interference with ex-settlement to the new and growing

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"With reference to our letter number calling for the utmost to you of the 23rd alt, and to power of memorisation. Unfor- our subsequent conversations tunately, time would not permit with you on the telephone, when a second encore. on the Arst occasion you inform

Mr. Ore's. Contribution. eas that you would take your As already stated, Mr. Harry clients' instructions as to com- Ore contributed the major por- mencing proceedings, and on the tion of the work, revealing him- second occasion you informed us self once again as a pianist of that you had no instructions to

considerable merit.. proceed we are instructed to ex-E

Very wisely, Mr. Ore selected press our clients' keen regrat and disappointment at the attitude a programme which gave him your clients have taken up in this every opportunity for demon- matter.

strating his ability and perfect "You must appreciate that mastery of his instrument. The there are various difficulties in splendid bass movement. of our clients' way as to commencing his opening number "Gavotte proceedings. Your clients are Variee" (Rameau) Beethoven's public utility Company. TheyBagatelle" and Mozart's make a grave allegation against Turkish March," with which our clients, and our clients re-

pudiate the accusation, and are trio he opened the programme, only too anxious that the matterinut him on thoroughly good should be thrushed out in Court.terms with his audience.

Naturally Scriabin's "Nocturne If your cilents do not intend to proceed in the face of their letter for the Left Hand" received a of the 20th ult, although invited

and pressed by our clients to do great reception-as, indeed, is al- So in order to enable our ellents Ways done when rendered by an to clear themselves, we are at a artiste of Mr. Ore's calibre, but loss to understand why your letter perhaps Mr. Ore was in his hap- was written at sil, unless it was piest mood when passing from written in the nature of a bluff, one to another of Schumann's six We repeat therefore our clients'

symphonic studies. invitation to you to commence proceedings."

That in the opinion of this board the close proximity of a squatters' ternal matters, and so long as her residential district of Kowloon Tong is préjudicial to the public health, CHINA AND BRITAIN. mischief-making continues, it

and in the interests of the residents last. certainly will not be the

of the distrlet the permits granted! Mr. Eugene Chen, the Nation- Surely the time has come when to the squatters should be revoked alist Foreign Minister, in his lat-some concerted action should be at as early a date as practicable.

Squatters Defended. taken by the Powers concerned? est official statement, published America, quite wisely most people Mr. Wong Kwong-tim waid hel locally to-day, asserts that Great think, has steadfastly refused to thought that before anything was Britain or any other Power has recognise the Soviet. The Bridone they should not look at the matter only from the sanitary point nothing to fear when China, "un-tish Labour Premier, however, of view. A lot of the farmers were lost, na'time in offering a welcome poor and became British subjects der Nationalist leadership and hand to Moscow by concluding a when Great Britain took over the rule, recovers her lost indeper-one-sided Trade Agreement with-New Territories. As far as he re- dence." So far as Nationalist in a few weeks of assuming office. membered proclamations were is It seems to us that not only Bri-sued by the Government at that time that the farmers would not be leadership and rule are concern-tain, but all the European Powers interfered with in their livelihood.

A delightful ninety minutes ed, until the Nationalist Govern-have tolerated Russian interfer-

The majority wore farmers and

this, leaving one the wish that: ment can point to a record of ence with external matters quite vegetable growers and during the No answer was given to this with our much boosted artistic and music-loving community, steady good government, we must long enough. As far as the Bri- crisis of the strike they helped the pitter.

In these circumstances the Plain-artistes such as those who enter- take Mr. Chen's word for its in- tigh Empire is concerned, the Colony a good deal with their pro- mischievous machinations of duce. He did not think it was a tentions. But so far as a strong Moscow are to be found in India, good policy for the policy of the tifs felt that they had no alterna-tained us yesterdy cannot be per- Government to turn these poor far- tive but to commence proceedings, suaded to come forward more Independent China is concerned we Egypt and South Africa, to say mors out without suitable land be however remote might be their often. cordially agres with him. Friend- nothing of the Mother Country ing found for them.

itself. As regards other coun- The question required the caraful From a demonstration given in ship with the Powers is ao ob- tries, France, Belgium and Ger- consideration of all concerned, not Court it was shown how easy It viously in the interest of China many have been attacked, whilst only by the Sanitary Board but by would be to tamper with the meter,

but in view of the course which emerges from the case is this that that a responsible government the Balkans have also been the the Government.

Debate Next Meeting. the case took-which was of course the Company claimed, and it was scene of a violent propaganda The President said. Mr. Wong not unanticipated by the Plaintiffs hold that, as a matter of law, they cannot be imagined adopting any campaign. Surely every sober-Kong-tin was slightly out of order-there was no necessity for the were entitled to claim that (in the other course. Especially is this minded man and woman, of what- because the debate would be taken Company to give evidence at all that absence of any express contract to true of Britain. The Chinese and soever nationality, is entitled to at the next meeting. There would the meter was in fact tampered the contrary), they had absolutely ask of his or her Government, then be an opportunity for members with. The merits therefore were unfettered powers as to cutting off the British have more in common "Is nothing going to be done to of the Board to express their views. not before the Chief Justice and the supply of any customer without possibly than any two other na-curt this menace?" If Soviet Dealing with another Item on the there was no adjudication on them notice. This le entirely contrary to agenda the President "sald that the by His Lordship. Had it been the rights of consumers in England; tions. The trade that China and Russia is going to be allowed to days of house cleaning had, for the necessary to go into the merits, the who, by Statute, are entitled to a Britain have done with

each foster and finance these occur present, been reduced from five to Plaintiffs felt that, in spite of the supply from a monopolistic concern rences, can that country really four days a week. Owing to the case for tampering which the Com- of electricity on complying with rea other in the past is trifling com- expect any civilised country to pressure of work or the Inspects any could put up, they could ad-sonable conditions. It is for the pared with the trade they can do have anything to do with her his was the only way until more vance, what in their view are Hong Kong Legislature to say whe with each other when the Re- There can, we

other when the

think, be spuctors were obtained. cogent reasons for showing that ther the people living in the Colony Those present at the mosing were there was in fact no tampering sure" or "caprice" of the Company. should be at the mercy of the pla- only one public finally secures a stable, per-

way of dealing

Mr. N. L. Smith (President), Dr. them or with their knowledge with

Soviet Russia, and Pope (M. O. H.), Mr. JP Braga, privity. TROR

Yours, etc

VERY manent government. Hence that is to make her under Dr. S. C. Ho, Mr. Wong Kwong in The Interesting poilt from the

A LO AND LO mere moonshine to stand quite clearly that if she con and Mr. D. Davies (secretary) view of the general public, which Hong Kong, January 26, 1927

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ehance of success.

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