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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929.

HENDERSON SCHEME

Sir Henry Pollock's Plea For Completion

LONG DEBATE IN COUNCIL

THE

CHINA MAIL,

1925, from the Secretary of Stats the barrels, and make all the ad- for the Colonies to the Governor-justments necessary, for a chargo With reference to the Shing Mun of $16.50 inclusive, and readjust Scheme second section, I agree the the rain pipes at any time requir details being worked out immediately, ed. as it is obvious that this will be re- quired before long, in any case."

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Before this water system is put into vogue if the water is collect-

SALE-Different kinda The Shing Mun Scheme secended from a flat roof it would be well FOR section consists of several parts to have this thoroughly scrubbed CORN, BEAN, TOMATO, etc. and involves the building of nine with bamboo brooms as flat roofs supply, quick delivery on

used. Apply to The Ghing Land Developing Unofficials, Resolution Carried After Amendment dams in all and the construction of are inclined to become mildewed Safe means of manure, no night soll

various entehwaters, and I rather and sooted up.

Agriculture Corpora gather from Mr. Henderson's re-

Bamboo Substitute

tion, 0, Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. The advantage of canyas hose is, Agents, Koviacn Store. Tel. K. 259, Kowloon. SANG LEE, Tel. C. 192, In the form originally proposed, the resolution standing in the marks on the Order of Construc-

Hong Kong. name of the senior Unofficial member, Sir Henry Pollock, K.C.,tion in his Report of the 8th April of course, that not being a fixture 1924, that we shall obtain useful it can be taken out of one barrel LL.D., was opposed at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Coun-results most speedily in connection and put in another without any with this scheme by constructing trouble. My experience is that two cil by the Government spokesman;

catcbwaters draining areas A, B, barrels should be put in position Opportunity was taken to go very fully into the whole question C, D and E on the Southern slopes for each rain pipe."

I suggest that a similar saving of the Colony's water supply and construction activities during the of Taimoshan and by building

Dams Nos. 3 and 4.

of water could be effected in next few years. Ultimately, Sir Henry accepted the suggestion given

There can be no difficulty in Chinese houses,, and that possibly by H.E. the Governor. Sir Henry's resolution, as it stood on the financing this Shing Mun scheme the cost of the scheme could be! as the Secretary of State, some cheapened by substituting a bam- agenda, was as follows:--

years since, sanctioned a loan for boo-pipe for the canvas hose men- tioned by Mr. Sutherland. At all that purpose.

Second Harbour Pipe? events it seems to be worth while Doubtless a second pipe-line to bring this plan for saving not across the Harbour would form a only water but the cost and labour necessary corollary to the second of getting it to the notice of the section of the Shing Mun Scheme Chinese Community. and, if we can build two pipe-lines at the same time much more cheap- ly, in proportion, than we can build: sider whether it would not be het- ter to get on with the laying of the second pipe-line now,

"In the opinion of this Council it is imperative in the interests of this Colony, that att the permanent mensures to increase the water sup- ply which are referred to in the Report of Mr. R. M. Henderson, dated the 20th February 1928 (other than those which have al-

After a debate lasting an hour, the resolution was carried as amend-

ed, thus:-

"In the opinion of this Council it is imperative in the interests of this Colony that permanent measures to

ready been completed) he proceed. creuse the water supply of this one, it seems worth while to con-

soon as Colony should be pressed on with

the utmost despatch."

ed with and completed as possible"

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"To cope with the increased con-led this motion has travelled some-

consistent annua! pro-what outside the scope of the mo-THE Undersigned have received Sir Henry Pollock addressed the details given on page eleven of Smption a

gramme of main-laying and distribu-

instructions from The Special Sessional Paper No. 4 of 1928, con- tion improvement is necessary both onion, intended to deal with ner Council as follows:-

My object in making this Motionsists of over a dozen items, name- the Island and the Mainland. Balance-manent measures, in putting be- Manager, The Instone Banking tanks at North Point and Kowloon fore us so temporary and make-Corporation, Ltd. (in Liquidation), is to endeavour by comment of a ly

City are becoming urgent necessities." shift an arrangement as that to sell by Public Auction constructive character to help to Upper Dam

$900,000

130,000 In connection with the above which he described in the latter secure for this Colony as speedily East Catchwaters

255,000 statements of Mr. Henderson, I part of his speech. The Govern- as possible satisfactory perman-West Catchwaters

should be giad if the Director of ment is in general sympathy with ent water supply, by which term I Supply Pipe to

270,000 mean an adequate water supply Pumping Station to complete throughout the year free from any Rising fina restrictions.even in the dry season. Of late years we have got far too prone to be satisfied with a curtail ed supply in certain districts through the rider mains, but I think that we ought to make up our minds that this Colony of ours ought to have a satisfactory per- manent water supply in the sense which I have just defined.

New Filters Existing dam alteration Lower dam Pipe Line Bennett's Hil Catchwater, Alteration to Pokfulam

Banking Corporation, Ltd.,

(in Liquidation), No. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central A Quantity of OFFICE FURNITURE

190,000 Public Works could inform us whe- the objects of the mover in bring- at

ther such a consistent annual pro- ing to public notice the import- 70,000 180,000 gramme of main-laying and dis-ance of getting on as quickly as 100,000 tribution improvement has been possible with permanent measures 30,000 drawn up, and, if so, what it is and for increasing the water supply of

whether it is being carried out. this Colony. But the Government! Also whether balance-tanks at cannot accept the motion as Comprising: 497,000 North Point and Kowloon City are stands, for it is cast in such wide Desks, Steel Filing Cabinets, being put in hand, and, if not, why terms that it would commit thisTypewriters, Table Fans, Cabinets, Council and the Government to a Armchairs, Copying Press, Table Speeding Up

programme of work which has not Lamps, Clocks, Adding Machines, There is added a note that the

Generally, in connection with the been adequately examined, which Tables, etc., etc., estimated time to construct all the question of speeding up the provid- has not been submitted to, much

Reservoir, Access Road Resumptions Salvage

Time Needed

not.

in Hong Kong as regards trade above is three years, i.e. from 1928 ing of the Colony with a satisfae-less received the sanetion of thei

We have been through bad times

during the past four years, but I venture yet once again to re-affirm

my faith in the future of this Colony, which, as you, Sir, fully de monstrated in the interesting Financial Review of Hong Kong which you gave in this Council on the 1st September 1927, persista in expanding, in spite of temporary setbacks; and, as we know, fresh building sites on Crown land are continually being bought at Goy- erament auction, whilst the number of large ocean-going vessels coming into our Harbour is increasing.

Additions to City

Now water is one of the necessi- ties of life, and we must have it in sufficient quantity; and, in con- sidering the question of increasing our water-supply on the mainland, in order to supply the needs of Hong Kong Island, we must bear

to 1931 and that the estimated pro-tory permanent water-supply. Secretary of State." duction is 2.12 million gallons per should like to point out that a pre-

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Mr. Sauthorn also said that by In connection with this Aberdeen employing. (if necessary) the

Sessional Papers, Scheme, which is also dealt with in services of a non-Government En-honourable members would find

reference to Sessional Paper 10 of 1927, I would gineer temporarily in order to sup-that the second section of the draw attention to the fact that it plement a shortage (if any) in the Shing Mun scheme was a project is of especial importance to the re- Government Staff, as was done in which was still under investiga- POINT OF ORDER" sidents in the rider-main districts the case of Mr. Lawrence Gibbs

tion. He hoped that Sir Henry

to say, would be satisfied that the Government was carrying out as quickly as possible the more im- portant section of the work refer- red to in Mr. Henderson's report and would see his way not to press his motion to a division.

He would like to associate him- self with the kind references

at West Point that all the items of (then of Denison, Ram & Gibbs) Pollock, after hearing what he had this Scheme should be pushed who was retained by the Govern- through to completion as soon as ment in connection with the con- possible, and even in a shorter struction of the big reservoir at lime, if possible, than that allotted Kowloon. by Mr. Henderson.

I do not, of course, pretend to be Catchment Areas

able to judge whether such outside Other important works are the engineering assistance is or is not increase of the catchment areas of desirable so as to enable the Gov- Tytam Tuk Reservoir and in his ferment to push on more speedily Report on the third paragraph of with some or any of their perman- page 10 of Sessional Paper 4 of ent water-measures, but I hope that the question of employing such out- 1928, Mr. Henderson says:-

"As Fytam Tuk Reservoir is at side assistance will be taken into consideration by Your present short of Catchment Area, careful would propose the construction in mind the large Praya East Re-Mount Pattinger, Mount Parker, Ty-

tam Tuk Bart clamation, which we may reason-

and Dragons Back ally hope to see covered with East catchwaters, all of which would

drain into that Reservoir." houses, in a few years time.

And whilst I am on the subject of new buildings in this Colony, I would express the hope that the Government

give every reasonable assistance to building

will

contractors in obtaining water for

the carrying on of their building work. No doubt contractors can do

a great deal for themselves by the sinking of wells, but I am not clear that that kind of relief complete- 3 solves the difficulty, seeing that brackish water is not suitable for every kind of building work.

Mr. Purves Praised

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

PROCEDURE

SIR H. POLLOCK'S PROTEST

Two rather unusual incidents-on a point of order-occurred at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday.

Immediately on the Council

assembling, the Hon. Sir Henry Pol- lock, K.C., LL.D. (senior Unofficial

member) said:-

which Sir Henry had made to the work of the Public Works Depart- ment and the Water Engineers in particular. He said that no one of Excellency.

knew better than he, that the Water Engineers had spared no Nearby Resources

meeting I desire to take this opportunity pains to cope with the difficulties of congratulating the Public Works of the present crisis.

Aberdeen Scheme

I believe that the Director of Department проп the pipe-line Public Works has some good news scheme which it is carrying out for

In regard to the detailed state

"Sir, I rise to a point of order. Some of my Unofficial colleagues re- reived their first intimation of the of this Council holding of the when they opened their paper yeater- day morning and saw that there was to be a meeting this afternoon, and that the important question of water That, to be brought forward. Sir, is very unsatisfactory, a and it is accordance with wo in the Stand- I wish to express the

was

in net, as you know,

the procedure laid down

cult

to tell us with reference to the the Increase of the water-supply ment by Sir Henry, Mr. Soathorn Dragons Back catchwater, which which can be handled at the Pier said that Sir Henry was, of course, understand is being strenuously at Sham Tseng, opposite Capsui aware from statements which had the proceeded with, but I would ven-moon, and I understand that the been made both by him (Mring Orders. ture to express the hope that he Government is exploring the pos- Southorn) and by the Director of hope that such a procedure will not will be able also to give us some sibility of connecting yet further Public Works (the Hon. Mr. H. T. be followed in future but that if aver assurance with regard to promptly streams in that neighbourhood with Creasy, C.B.E.) in the Council that there is any reason why it is diffi

to send round the full Orders of proceeding with the other catch that Pier. These resources which the Aberdeen scheme was already the Day to members for the full waters recommended by

in Mare much nearer to us than those being proceeded with and that period mentioned the Standing the Clerk of Councils Henderson, more especially as that in the Canton River or at Wang-water from that source would be Orders, that Officer, lower down on the same moon should form very valuable available in the spring of 1931 should send out at least to the Un- official members a notice to the effect page of his Report informs us, if auxiliaries to our water-supply. He did not follow the trend of Sir that on such a day there will be a I have read him aright, that his In conclusion I should ke to Heary's reference to specific items meeting of the Legislative Council."

Every H.. the Governor (Sir Cecil Before dealing in detail with Mr. proposals for both Hong Kong and mention to the Council a system for of the Aberdeen scheme. R. M. Henderson's Report of the Kowloon, other than the second enabling every householder in this large scheme consisted of a num-Clementi, K.C.M.G., who presided) 20th February 1928, I should like, section of the Shing Man Scheme, Colony to convert his own house ber of items but the engineers replied

"I regret that there should have if 1 may be permitted to do so, to will only bring the total supply of into an effective catchwater for could hardly be expected to as-

been this delay in notifying hon. express, appreciation of the hard the Colony up to 16.53 million rain-water, to be used for washing sign specific dates for the complo members of the date of this meeting. I understand that it was due to the work put in by him and his able gallons per day ie, only up to the and flushing purposes.

Mr. Sutherland's Scheme

Sir Henry had referred to the fact that the Orders of the Day took Assistant, Mr. Purves; the results estimated requirements of the of which are embodied in Mr. Colony in 1982, Mr. Henderson

This system has kindly been sent catchwaters which were intended an unusually long time in printing Henderson's Report of the 8th adds:"With the addition of the to me by Mr. Robert Sutherland, to improve the supply to Tytam Of course, it is the wish of the Gov crnment to give as long notice as pos- April 1924, (included in Sessional alters proposed under the Aberdeen who informs me that he has found tu These items were not posible of all meetings and every care Paper 4 of 1929), and in his Report Scheme the filtering capacity of the that it has effected a marvellous ceeded with owing to lack of will be taken to do so in future," extracts from which are included in Colony would approximately equal saving in the case of his own house staff, the engineers being engag

requirements."

"All Possible Speed"

tion of such items

Questions & Speeches ed at the time with bigger and

Shortly afterwards, the Hon. Mr. more profitable schemes..

J. P. Braga (Unofficial member for Kowloon), with had given notice of Kowloon Byewash He was not unaware that the a number of questions relating to Public Works Committee gave Kowloon Tong, was informed that "A very easy method of collect special prominence to the import the replies were not yet ready. ing rain water can be arranged ance of this work, and those mem Hon Mr. Braga "Arising out of by simply removing a section of hers who were in the Council then the Colonial Secretary's reply 1 the down-take water pipe from would no doubt remember that he should like to bring your Excellency's the roof, and adjusting a short had explained in October last that notice the urgency of this Kowloon canvas hose which conveys the the matter had not been overlook. Tong question water into barrels. I have tried but it could not be proceeded this method for months past and with owing to the fact that end I have found it of great economy

The Colonial

at the Peak...... Sessional Paper 10 of 1927, and in

His memorandum to me which His Report of the 20th February 1028, which is included in Sessional Obviously, therefore, in view of was written primarily for the use Paper 4 of 1928;

the fact that the second section of of Peak residents, rende us to Bearing in mind our present the Shing Mun Scheme must take low scrious water-abortage and the some years to complete, it is de very grava Inconveniences and sirable that it should be commenced heavy cost of the purely make-shift next year, if possible; and I notice measures to which the Colony has from page 89 of the Hong Kong been subjected during the last few Hansard for 1928; that my Honour months, I think that few will disable friend, Sir Show-son Chow,

(Hon Mr. pute the expediency of pushing on speaking on behalf of all the Un-

Southern, C.M.G.)"On a vigorously with our permanent official Members in the Budget de-

Sir, no speeches can bate of last year, stated that the

gineers were fully occupied with The Governor.-"Only_supple- measures of water-supply. A

Unofficial Members unaniziously

HE. Due for Completion

present water schemes.

mentary questions can be asked. The earliest of such measures supported the proposal that the

When in February this year, it may say that the replies to the hon. now due for completion is the ripe second section of the Shing Mun line across the Harbour, and, In Scheme should be pushed on with flushing tank and hot water tank was decided to proceed with the member's questions will, it is hoped,

Kowloon Byewash scheme, It was be given next week. view of the different dates of com- all possible speed,

on the roof. By this means the possible for the engineers to pletion of that line which have in that view of the Unofficial been rumoured, I hope that the Members I respectfully concur, is purely for cooking and drink proceed at the same time with The night air service between Honourable Tirector of Public and, in this connection it is disap- ing purposes

the catchwater. The catchwaters Brussels and London is to begin Works will inform us presently pointing to learn from the state-

What It Costs had been under consideration since on what date that line is to ment of the Director of Public If the intention is to suggest this 1921 but, owing to their unecono- be completed. Other dates which Works, reade in this Council on the method to other residents at the mical nature, they had been de- ferred from time to time in favour 20th ultim that "Considerable Peak and elsewhere, I have 30 it would also

sary be estimate from a firm, who will sup- of more profitable schemes. of this

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Jength canvas hose 10 feet each had referred to special Including binding to the down-take which is being carried out in cons pipe removal of the pipe, ete at nection with the Dragon Back

[ per length. They will deliver

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