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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929.

WATER CHARGES

Free Allowance Not Yet To Be Abolished

ECONOMY URGED

Tytam Tuk Temporary Catchwaters

At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, the Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C., Attorney General, announced that the water situation had so improved since the previous Council meeting, that it had been decided not to make the regulations abelishing the so-called free allowance.

THE CHINA MAIL,

BANKS CLOSED

SEQUEL TO VICE-PRESIDENT'S

DISAPPEARANCE

STATE ACTION

New York, Yesterday. The State Banking Department of New Jersey has ordered the closing of the Hobart Trust Com- pany of Passaic, New Jersey, with, two of its subsidiary banks, the Merchants' Bank of Passaic and the Service Trust Company of New Jersey, with total assets of five million dollare.

This decision recalls the

IN OTHER PLACES

CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN TO JAVA

A recent arrival in Shanghai on the "Empress of Russia" was Mrs. CP. B. Jackson, cousin of Mr. Tarleton, Director of the United States Line.

at Nanking has ordered an analy

The Public Health Department

sis of the Yangtsze river water to

see whether or not it is good for health,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

HONG KONG & KOWLOON WATER SUPPLIES

PEAK SUPPLY.

T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that commencing on SATURDAY,

mysterious disappearance of Mr. Four armed men obtained $84 27th. July; water will be turned on William Elliot, Vice-President of in a raid made on a Chinese dwell-daily in all Peak districts from

6-11 a.m. and 47 pm.

A series of questions was also asked by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., relative to the harbour pipe line and temporary catch-the Hobart Company, at the begining house in Alabaster Road,

waters at Tytam Tuk.

In moving the second reading of the. Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Waterworks Ordinance 1903," the Attorney General said:

The water situation has improved so much since this Council last met that it has been decided not to make at present the regulations abolishing the so-called free allowance. It may still be necessary to make these regulations abolishing the free allowance. That will depend on two things, Erstly, the rainfall and, secondly, the consumption.

It may be that if we get a very dry August--and the minimum rainfall in August is under four. inches we may have to reconsi- der the making of these regula- tions.. On the other hand, if we get a moderate rainfall but the consumption has risen consider- ably on account of the relaxation of the restrictions, it may still be necessary to consider making these regulations. It is, therefore, important that economy in the- use of water should still be exer- cised. Hon. members will, of course, understand That if it should be necessary

to make these regulations before the end of this current quarter, an event which one hopes will not take place, the new prices contained in the

re-

gulations, including the charge for the so-called free allowance, will apply to all water supplied by meter during the current quarter, that is if the regulations are made before the current quarter expires. This temporary proposal, which was dictated by the present emergency, is therefore suspended for the time being and may be abandoned al- together. On the other hand, the present emergency is not over though it is less urgent, and it may even last until the next summer rains. We must, therefore, con- template the possibility of the in- troduction of these regulations which have been thus suspended.

Could be Abolished

I am, however, authorised to say on behalf of the Government that if at any

future time, after the present emergency has ceased, any abolition of the free allowance is contemplated, an opportunity will be given to the Legislative Council to discuss the proposal before any actual abolition takes place.

The Colonial Secretary seconded; and the Bill was read a third time and passed.

Tytam Catebwaters The Hon. Sir Henry Pollock asked:

1.

2.

With reference to the statement made by the Hon. Colonial Secr- tary, at the last meeting of this Council, to the effect that

"In corinection with the Dragon's

Back

West catchwater, a temporary channel dealing with over 150 acres of the area to be drained by that catchwater is be- ing made and will be completed this month, and such temporary catchwater is nearly one mile in length and will have a maximum capacity of ten million gallons per

day

will the Government (in view of the extreme importance of collecting into Tytam Tuk Reser- voir as much rainwater as pos- sible during the present rainy season) consider the advisability of promptly constructing other temporary catchwaters" either from the Dragon's Back or Mount Parker or elsewhere which will drain

yet further and larger areas in ite neighbourhood into that Reservoir?

With reference

the fan. Colonial Secretary's statement at the

last

meeting of this. Council

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to the effect that "two. Engineers have already been asked for will the Government state what date those

two additional Engineers were asked for?

on

3. With reference to the following statements of His Excellency the Governor at the last meeting of this Council,

"We pronose also without delay to carry the pioe-line across the harbour, a single pine-line in the first place, because it is really in the nature of an experiment. We are not quite certain of the result bu Jesu

are alt we

hoping

ning of the month. Elliot reap- Shanghai. One of the occupants peared after three days, and said of the house attempted to follow that he had been kidnapped by the men, but they scattered and Chicago gunmen-Reuter's Ameri-escaped down different alleyways. can Service.

THEFTS IN KOWLOON

BUILDING

CONTRACTORS

SUPPLIES, HONG KONG

Such supplies on the Island of As the relations between China Hong Kong will be reconnected on and Japan have improved Mr.application. Uyemura, acting Japanese Consul- General at Shanghai, extended an WHARF SUPPLIES, HONG KONG. invitation to local Chinese journ-

Cameron-road, Kowloon, has reported residence..

Mrs. E. H. Othen, of No. 15,alists to an entertainment at his

to the Police that some time between ricon and 4 p.m., yesterday a thief en- tered the hall of the house and stole a "prani" valued at $40.

to

A pair of flannel trousers, valued at $18, were reported by Mr. A. Laughton, No. 11, Cameron-road; Kowloon, have beep stolen from the roof of the house, where they had been hung up to dry.

The engagement is announced of Mr. William Maxwell Denison, son of Mr. A. J. Denison, and Miss Gladys Elene Gatacre. Mr. A. J. Denison is a partner of Messrs. Comberbatch and Co., Colombo. He left Ceylon some years ago and resides al Casterhall Manor, Godalming, Surrey.

of

den emergencies. This risk course increases with the steady increase in the volume

of 'ship ping.

The Administration Board of the Greater Vancouver Water District is not altogether satisfied with its cross-harbour pipe-lines, and is considering the fonsibility of boring a pressure tunnel.

Details of the laying of a pipe line at Guayaquil, Ecuador, where conditions are similar to those of Hong Kong harbour have also been received and considered. The Peak Supply that it will be a complete ac- As announced in the "China cess. To construct two pipe-lines Mail" yesterday, it had been de will commit the Colony to an ex-cided to grant the Peak district an penditure which is unwarrantablei in view of the many doubts which eight hours a day supply as from to-morrow, instead of the present four hours a day. According to an advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue, the hours of supply will be from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

still hang over the scheme;" will the Government state (1) What

are the many doubts which still hang the scheme?

(HI)

over

Ts it

it not the fact that many pipe-lines have been successful Jy carried over the surface of

Building Supplies the bottom of Burrard Inlet, Water supplies to buildings Vancouver, at both the First under erection, as advertised else and Second Narrows? (ii) Will the Government communi- where in this issue, will be connect

cate promptly with the Muni-ed on application to the Water cipality of Vancouver, with the Authority. It is also announced

1.

I

What I have said, Sir, refers to the draft regulations which were published in the "Gazette." Though they are not to be procceded with at present, it is proposed to con- tinue the enactment of the Bill, should explain that there is much in the Bill which is of general importance and which is desirable; quite apart from any question of the present emergency or the

abolition of the free allowance. As a matter of fact the free allow- ance could be abolished by the Gov-| ernor in Council at the present mo ment even without, the amending Ordinance. One thing the Bill pro- poses to do is to bring the penal- ties for water offences up to more adequate standards. I think it is generally recognized that the pre- sent penalties are inadequate in many cases. It also recognises what has long been the basis of the practical calculation of excess consumption, what I call the "meter reader's quarter." It also makes

It possible in any future emergency to make regulations to carry out what perhaps I may be allowed to call the Hon. Dr. Tso's scheme dealing with the water supplies at the street fountains. So in many

respects the provisions of the ill

are desirable for general res s and I submit that the enactment of

It should be proceeded with. I beg

to move the second reading.

The Colonial Secretary second-

ed and the Bill was read a second time.

Amendment Approved Council went into Committee to consider the Bil clause by clause. The Attorney General I beg to move that clause 4 be omitted as was explained on the introduction of the Bill and that the succeeding clauses be renumbered, e

The Colonial Secretary seconded. The amendment was approved. The Attorney General

move sub-clause I of causA

amended to read by sections 2, 3,

and of the Ordinance

be

The Colonial Secretary seconded, The amendment was approved.

Council resum

the third reading of the Bill,

2.

view of ascertaining by wiet that no supplies to wharves on the methods that Municipality hasialand will be re-connected for the accomplished the laying of pipe-lines ACTOSS the said present.

Water boat supplies will, Narrows and whether those however, be available from the Lal- methods have been successful? chikok Dock on and after August 1. Colonial Secretary's Reply

Official Report ⠀⠀

The Colonial Secretary replied:

It is not considered economical

No wharf supplies on the Island

of Hong Kong will be reconnected for the present

WATER BOAT SUPPLIES, LAICHIKOK.

The appeal of Mendal Shornick, a Russian Jew, against a $500 fine imposed on him by the Provisional Court recently for assisting a fugi-

Sterling, was tive from justice by the name of

Such supplies will be available dismissed in the from the Laichikok Water. Boat Criminal Appeal Division of the Dock on and after 1st. August. Court, Shanghai. The police 1929. brought an unsuccessful counter- appeal to increase the punishment.

posed by Mr. A. J. Martin in the Fines totalling $7.50 were im-

British Police Court, Shanghai, on Mr. C. R. Judah for violations of traffic regulations. The defendant was fined $5 on a summons for parking his car in a prohibited area in Jinkee Road and $2.50 for 2 similar offence in Szechuan Road near Nanking Road.

HAROLD T. CREASY, Water Authority."

Public Works Department,

Hong Kong, 25th July, 1929,

FOR SALE.

JUST

stock of ARRIVED fresh HELY" brand Kippered Herrings (Norwegian), $1.00 5

tins The Patriotic. Trading Co., 18 Ice House Street (Phone C. 311).

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

At the Plenary Session of the C.E.C. at Nanking Mr. Tsau Yi-. tions providing for popular educa- tong introduced a set of regula-.

tion. His an is that within a THE Undersigned have received: short period the whole nation Instructions to sell by Public should be able to read ordinary writing in order that the question of political tutelage may be satis- factorily solved and the dream of autonomous government be realizat

ed.-Küo Wer

Mr. Goffredo Bovo, the Italian Consul, who for a number of years was in charge of Portuguese in- terests

Auction

ON

· TUESDAY, the 30th July, 1929- commencing at 11 am., No. 319, Nathan Road, Kowloon

(Ground Floor).

A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

On View from Monday, the 20th.

Terms:-Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS

Anctioneers. Hong Kong, 25th July; 1929. .*

in Bangkok, has had July, 1929. bis services recognised by the Lisbon Government, which has conferred upon him a Commander- ship in the Order of Christ. Mr. Boyo was in charge of the Portu guese Consulate from 1919 to the beginning of 1927.

FAMOUS FEUD

MRS. R.L.S.'s "GLAD. HENLEY IS DEAD"

New and interesting light on the An official report on water emer-feud that existed between Mrs. gency measures by the Director of Stevenson, wife of RLS, and

SHADOWS BEFORE.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL":

Social Functions To-day-Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel Dinner Dances, 3.30 p.m.

Entertainments To-day Queen's Theatre;

to construct further temporary Public Works, states that owing to W. E. Henley, the poet friend of channels in the vicinity of Dragon's the easing of the water situation the famous writer, is shed by the "Casanova, The Prince of ́Adven-} Back or Mt. Parker. The chan-

nel now under construction is re- it has been decided that the provi- following letter, now published for latively easy and economical sion of further wooden chlorinat- the first time.

owing to the proximity of the ing tanks for aallah supplies be al-

It was written by Mrs. Stevenson principal stream to Tytam Tuk Reservoir. Any other channels lowed to fall into abeyance. There to Sir Edmund Gosse after Henley's constructed as suggested would are several of such tanks ready on deati in 1903-and nine years after have to drain

Into the present hand and they can be installed at 'e death of her own husband in channel which has. a maximum short notice, if the situation Samos. The letter was among the capacity of 10 million gallons per changes for the worse. day.

Their

literary effects of Sir Edmund principal yield there- fore would be lost by overflow

Gosso recently sold at Sotheby's, and would not reach Tytam Tuk

November 26, 1903. A requisition for two Engineers

For House Cleansing For the purpose of utlising the water for house cleansing, the work

for the Waterworks Sub-Depart of drawing from the well in Happy

ment was addressed to the Secre- tary of State on March 22, 1929, and à request was made that the it is felt that the scheme will services of Mr. Henderson might afford a valuable supply for that

purpose officers

Valley is being proceeded with, as

be utilised in selecting the

The Judson,

Washington Square,

turers.

Theatre:

To-day — World Theatre; Square Crooks."-

Po-day- Star “Boxer Bride."

To-day — Majestic Theatre; "The Loves of Pharaoh."

July 27-Brillant Company of Versatile Stars, at Kowloon Cricket Clab, 9.15 p.m.

1997 - Lammert's Auction

July 30-At 319, Nathan Road, Kowloon, household furniture, 11

Home Mails To-morrow-Inward from Ameri- ca and ports (President Mon- Toe").

New York City, NY. "My Dear Friend,--This is just a miserable little hook dropped in- to space in the hope that I may draw it out to find that I have caught a letter from you. It is so long since I heard from you that you may have forgotten me by this Africa, Egypt and Europe vle Amounts of water handled by me. this office and placed in the tanks. And that old wallowing Marseilles ("Suwa Maru) 9.80

3,

(1) The pipe line is to be laid along the bed of the harbour. It will be exposed to the risk of anchors, and of ships inadvertently dropping their me chors in the proximity of the pipes even though the area along the Praya Wall are: prohibited anchorage. The effects of corrosion and abrasion have..

From Lai Chi Kok, 880 tons, still to be experienced: also the equal to 85, 120 Zallong. effect of typhoons upon the shore connections of the

Pipe line at ine at each end.

Statistles and Information The following statistics and in- formation have been issued by the Water Control Offices

Special joints are required and experience can show if the

From Tsin Wan, 910 tons, equal to 208,840 gallons.

From Steamers, Wang Mun

possible. No the heat gallons,

selected

The

best

behemoth, Henley, la dead. I pre tend no regrets. I was glad when I heard it. I wish he had died in the hospital Louis rescued him from

To-morrow Outward for Straits,

am

Land Sales

July 29 At P.W.D. Offices, four lots of Crown land, at Wong-nei- cheong, Wanchal Gap, Shamehulpo and Prince Edward Road, pm,

Whisky Allowance &c. 10,869 tons, equal to 2,434,656 "From the beginning he did * Louis all kinds of harm, Me, he Total 12,169 tons, equal to 2,723,- | hated more bitterly even than he laying the 616 gallons.

did you I always wondered why

Passengers who left the F.M.S. for The can only be discovered by No large quantities of water he hated you? Do you know? Home by the "Kashgar" Included

experience to

to be gained Lu laying the first pipe

were handled from ships in tran "He had any number of reasons Mr. Justice W. Burton, Mr. and (H) Numeruns submarine water sit, but the "Paul Beau" and for disliking me; and some of them Mrs J. E. Web Mrs. G. C. Col. pipe lines have been laid in vari "Charles Hardouin the e.. "Hat in a manner fastified. I put him clough, Mr. H. A Wenman, Mr. ferred to by Life member of the Douglas sa Co. brought & visited us and wouldn't allow him Major F. Smith

Including the place re-Ning," "Hal Ching," "Hai Yang of an allowance of whisky when he WG Spencer and Co. Sergt

couver authorities was obtained total of 1,790 tons of water which in the house when I was absent. I several months ago and carefuly W&B pumped direct into the tanks did a good many Infuriating studied but it was not consider the M. V. Fu Kwang" brought things.

ous places

(t) Information from the Van-

for Hong Kon

the

A collision occurred between -

Fork

the Duk

travelling

was ab

dam

ed necessary, in view of the ins in 6415 tons from the Canton Several times I stopped Louis

motorcycle combination and formation received, to alter

motor car in alter the River and Wang Mun giving him money that Louis need- details of the projected scheme

Brown Tanke cleaned during the week ed imself or still more

Adminis. bycoolies under the control perating that I fueant to grend on

Vin- of the Government Analyst were myself shown Nos. 8, 9 and 11 brick and No. 9 also refused to let Louis buy steel tank, near Douglas Wharf, a bronze replica of the buấf Hodin Reports of water taken from the did of Hedley, which looked to me tops at the tanks by Dr. Minett, more like the purtrált

texper tration Board of the couver Water

that the

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ment Bacteriologist, were ful dentist than anything- cis

You see I deserved things

ations with regard to With Kindless regard coasting vessels for the wife and family. Your almost ob- -

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