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TYPHOON MAP

OF THE

CHINA SEA

The Landsman's

Handy Guide

to Locating the

Centre of a

TYPHOON

Price 40 Cents.

SALT WATER

THE CHINA MAIL,

SCHEME FOR CONSERVING BAIN WATER

ADVANTAGES OUTLINED

MONEY AND SHARES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

1/11/

1/11 3/16

-On London— Bank, wire Bank, on demand Bank, 30 days' 'ght Bank, 4 months sight 1/11 Credits, 4 months,

sight

A meeting of the Sanitary and Publicity Sub-Comittee of the Water Emergency Committee was held in the Board Room of Messra. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd. yesterday Documentary 4 months afternoon, for the purpose of decid-

sight ing whether the Committee should adopt the salt water scheme as prepared by Mr. Wong Kwong-tin.

Those present at the meeting were the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton (chairman), the Hon. Mr. J. P.

On Paris- on demand Credits, 4

2/- V

T.T. on London TT on Shanghai

.1/11 1/6 .8234

Banks

.$1235 n £125 n

H.K. Bank H.K. London Reg. Chartered Bank Mercantile A. & B Mercantile C.

.£19 b

.£32% n ‚£15% D

P. & O. Bank Bark of East Asin

$90 D

2/-

Insurances

1197%

months'

Canton Insurance Union Insurance North China Insurance

$630 n

.$326 b

.T160 b

sight

1272

Yangtze Insurano:

M$50 a

On Berlin-

On demand

Braga, the Hon. Dr. S. W. Ts'o, On New York- Messrs. H. E. Goldsmith, A. S. On demand

China Underwriters China Fire Insurance H.K. Fire Insurance

.SZ 8

$310 b

$770 ni

46%

Shipping

MacKichan, E. Cock, E. Butler, Credits, 60 days' sight 43% Wong Kwong-tin, P. 'D. Wilson, On Bombay....

Douglases

$27% n

H.K. Steamboats

.$24% 8

M. K. Lo, T. N. Chau, and B. Wylle. Wire

12934

H.K: Tugs & Lighters

The salt water scheme, as outlined On demand

129%

Indo-Chinas (Pref.)

.$47% b

by Mr. Wong Kwong-tin consisted On Calcutta-

Indo-Chinas (Def.)

.$70 n

of the laying of a sea water main] Wire

12934

with branches through the most con- On demand gested part of the city of Victoria On Singapore---- for fire extinguishing, fiushing of On sewers, street washing and many other purposes where sea water can On with advantage be used instead of

1293

Shell Transports (old) Shell Transports (new). Union Waterboats

.92/6 n

.$22 9

demand

8341⁄2

Mining

On Manila→→

Benguets

.$3.10 b

demand

94

Kailan Mining Ad.

.63/5 n

On Shanghai-

Langkats (comb.)

T15 n

fresh, thus conserving the fresh On demand water supply and assisting to re-80 day's sight (private lieve the distress occasioned during

224

Langkats (single)

.T94 b

Shanghai Explorations

..32 s

paper)

Shanghai Loans

T41⁄4 n

periods of water shortage.

On Yokohama--

Raubs

9934

Tronoh Mines

.$8% b .21/- b

the Gold Leaf, 100

fine

(Bank's

10.00 244

T175 a TS.. 8

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The advantages of such a scheme On demand could not be overstated Bearcity of fresh water which occurs at frequent intervals under the pre- sent arrangements and which will probably take some time yet to over-1

direct come does not only mean inconvenience and suffering to the

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unwashed unflushed streets and

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has been in use in towns in the Wong Kwong-tin's scheme and it United Kingdom for many years for was therefore impossible for him street washing, fushing, public to comment on it. Mr. Goldsmith bathe and fire purposes and as re-pointed out that Mr. Newhouse, in gards roads the salt in the water the preparation of the salt water tends to bind the dust and keep the scheme referred to, was assisted

by another sound engineer. surfaces moist.

t is used successfully on ships for all sanitary and other purposes and caat iron pipes have a life of from twenty to thirty years.

The question of utilising salt water had been examined by the D.P.W. but it was felt that until every other source was exhausted The time has now arrived for that a salt water scheme was not action be taken to desirable. Of course, a time might some drastic conserve the fresh water supply as, come when all other water resources

by all appearances, with Hong Kong had vanished or when it might and Kowloon growing at a rapid prove more economical to use sea rate, there will always be a ten-water. That time had not arrived dency for the fresh water supply to and if work we carried out now be on the short side.

it might interfere with work which would have to be carried out later if the necessity arose. The De- partment had examined all nullahs

Danger of Fire The danger of fire alone in the congested areas during the periods

When the time came for a salt water scheme, full consideration would be given to that proposed by Mr. Wong Kwong-tin.

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of drought is of sufficient import with the object of getting the ance to have some such scheme as maximum supply from this source that proposed brought into opera-for flushing purposes, etc. It had tion so that a copious supply of been realised that the utmost use water would always be available if had not been made of these sup- fire broke out, and he thought it was plies, and it was now proposed to more by luck than good management harness them. that nothing serious in the way of fires has not already taken place.

The filthy condition of the con- Victoria especially gested areas of the back streets are at present a

Referred to P. W. D. The Hon, Dr. S. W. Ts'o auggest- menace to the health of the com- munity and a Colony of the size and ed that the scheme should be con- importance of Hong Kong requires sidered by experts with a view to

unsatisfactory methods of cleansing At the conclusion of the diseus to bring it more into line with sion the chairman said the original modern ideas of what cleanliness proposal was to decide whether the should be.

meeting should adopt the scheme The eight inch main line is de- and recommend it to the Water signed in three sections, thus one Emergency Committee... section could be laid through the He had drafted out an amend area most requiring it, for ex-ment to the effect that the meeting periment, and the two remaining had considered the scheme and sections proceeded with later when desired it to be referred to the experience had been gained as to technical advisers of the Public the best procedure to adopt. For in- Works Department for report by stance with an 8" main laid from them, after which the committee. Shek Tong Taui to Eastern Street desired to further consider it. through Hill Road, part of Pok-| Mr. M. K. Lo seconded the amend-. fulam Road, part of High Street ent which was carried un- and Eastern Street with a pump animously. connected at each end, the length

The Chairman expressed thanks of piping being approximately 500 to Mr. Wong Kwong-tin and Mr. ft. the whole area enclosed by the Butler for the trouble. they had above streets could be supplied with taken in the preparation of the

salt water and tested out.

Eastern Street and. Hillier or Peel and Gilman Streets form sec- tion No. 2.

Hillier or Peel and Gilman and Wyndham or D'Aguilar Streets form section No, 3.1

What it will Cost

Mr. Wong stressed the necessity.

scheme.

BUS FATALITY

INQUEST ON CHINESE BOY IN KOWLOON

HEAD CRUSHED.

for such a system and pointed to Yesterday Mr T. S. Whyte-Smith the increasing population and in and a Coroner's jury held an inquest creasing water consumption. He on a 15-year-old Chinese boy who died from injuries received through being suggested that the salt water scheme knocked down by a Kowloon Motor should be examined from the public Bus Co.'s vehicle in Prince Edward- health viewpoint as well as that of road on July 27. Medical evidence conserving the Colony's fresh water given by Dr. J. E. Dovey was that Hupply.

death was due to multiple injuries and Mr. Butler said there was nothing laceration of the brain; the buy's head difficult in the adoption of the being badly crushed, prolably between

ved two objects, scheme. The estimated capital ex-

Pater Traffe Sergeant Scrim said penditure was $270,000, and it was that when he got to the scene of the ac- also estimated that a supply of one cident, the bus was in a ditch, together Do Not Desirable with an Austin. Seven owned by Mr. Mr. E. E. Goldsmith, Assistant G. G. N. Tinson, which was knocked Director of Public Works, said the over by the bus. Mr. Tinson pointed Hon. Mr. Creasy was unable to be out to witness the place where he had present. It had not been possible fallen out of als car after it was hit for the DP.W. tamine Mr. by the bus,

OLD TAYLOR

AGED BY TIME

The youth's body was lying in the road, with a basket beside it.

An adjournment was given until August 28 at 2.15 p.m.

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H.K. Lands Shanghai Lands Humphreys' Estates H.K. Realties HK. Territorials Prince's Buildings

.38.35 9 18/.35 98 .$591⁄4 b 60 s

.T150. b ..$13.60 b .$8.30 b

Public Utilities H.K. Tramways...18.70 b 184 sa Peak Trams (old) Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries

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Industrials

Chins Sugars... Malabon Sugars Canton Ices

Cements (comb.) Cements (old) Cements (new) H.K. Ropes (old) H.K. Ropes (new) United Asbestos

Stores, &c. Dairy Farmis Watsons

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BANK NOTES.

LOCAL CIRCULATION AND RESERVE

Returns of the average amount of Bank Notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended July certified by the 31, 1929, as Managers of the respective Banks

are as follow:-

Average: Specle Azount. In Roserve,

Banke Chartered Bank

of India, Australia and China $16,053,573 $6,300,000*. Hong Kong and

Shanghai

Banking Cor- poration... 48,159,090 84,000,000† Keresatile

Bank of In-

1,822,501 dia, Ltd

660,000$

Total $87,035,860 40,980,000 * In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents, valued at £1,255,700. In addition Securities deposit- ed with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at 52,990,442,

A

In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agenta valued at £180,000.

The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against theiz motoa in circulation, is published for gen- 'eral information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Or dinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911) -—~

Intest

Security

5%% Treasu

Bonds repay able at 100 in 1980

Amount mit, price.

£180,000 110012-100%)

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