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UNOFFICIALS'

China" Mail

·犬英九月十九號·禮拜四日 中華民國已巳年八月十七日

No. 27288 HONG KONG

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929,

CRITICISMS

DEBATE IN COUNCIL

"UNINSPIRING AND DISAPPOINTING

1930 APPROPRIATION BILL

Finances Satisfactory

SPEECH BY THE HON. W. L. SHENTON

Your Excellency-I have listened with great interest to the Honour- able Colonial Secretary's review of The Colony's finances. Hong Kong.

CHINESE LEADERS FOR SOUTH

SUN FO'S PARTY

GENERAL CHAN MING-SHU : LEAVING SHANGHAI

SAILING ON SATURDAY

Mrs. Liao

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The clising rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/10 13/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

tired

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PERHAPS ITS EYES!

Let us examine your eyes to see if hoy are the reason for that tired feeling.

LAZARUS

Hong Kong's Only Buropean Optician. 13, Queen's Road, Central, Telephone Mr. Cooper C. 2203 for appointment.

TARIFF HOLIDAY

CONSIDERATION FOR YOUNG

RIVALRY OF

SHIPS

COUNTRIES

INDIA TO REFRAIN

WAR OPTIONAL CLAUSE

HATE AND FEAR

Geneva, Vesterday. THE MEANING OF DISARMAMENT

In the coure of a disussion on the "Tarif holiday" resolution of

PROPOSALS

the Second Committee, the spokes- AVERT GREAT EXPENDITURE

men of the British Dominions em- Shanghai, To-dny. phasised that the younger countries Chung-hoi (Homust be entitled to impose tariffs in

BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS

SIGN TO-MORROW

MODEL TREATY

Geneva, Yesterday.

It was announced to-day that re- presentatives of Great Britain and the Dominions will sign the optional clause of the statute of the New York, Yesterday. permanent Gourt of International President Hoover, broadcasting Justice to-morrow.

The Third Committee adopted the ful left for Hong Kong by the 8.s.dustries.

White House, Washington, describ-resolution of Viscount Cecil regard- Sir Geoffrey Corbett (India), saided the disarmament negotiationsing a model treaty for strengthen- Wanted---A Forward Policy In Material Works Baxt, has, as it were, completed its

annual stock-taking and is now able world tour.

that India was unable to support as:

ing the means of preventing war. to take a review of the past, con- Mr. Sun Fo arid and family, Gen-ar rasoiution or participate in any sider its present financial position,eral Chan Ming-shu, 3. Wo Teh-conference which would bad her to and enter into arrangements for its chon. Mr. Teng Yen ua (Com-refin from, increasing her cus- missioner of Reconstraction.toms duties for a perfod of years.---

VARIETY OF VIEWS & PLEAS FOR KOWLOON

Whilst bestowing praise where it is merited, the Unofficial members of the Legislative Council were frankly and fully critical to-day in the debate on the Budget for next year,

the great emporium of the FarHsiang-yen) and Mrs. Chang Fai-order to protect their growing in-from the Presidential study at

President Polk yesterday far a

lpture.

A surplus of $7,712,265 18sets Kwangtung), and Mr. Chi-wu.(Com-Reuter. wer liabilities is on the face of it a missioner of Finance, Kwangtang) ost satisfactory position and one leave for Canton on Saturday by nich any Board of Directors would the 9.s. "President Jefferson-Reu go before their shareholders with ter

mixed feelings of pride and con-

idence.

On the spur of the moment I have

Sir Henry Pollock, who is the nominee of the non-Official Justices of the Peace and has for long been the sénior member on the so- called representative side of the Council, confessed that he and hisimilar feelings, but will they stand colleagues found the Appropriation Bil for 1930, which came up for its second reading to-day, "som what uninspiring and dis- appointing."

earching inquiries--can we go bé- lore the taxpayers of the Colony and say: "The finances of the Colony have in the past been ad-i

ministered to the best advantage."

or is the Colony rallier in the posi-

Capital appears to have been made out of a phrase used by the Government spokesman at the first reading a fortnight ago, of a forward policy in services rather than in materialld his wares, apent works." This has given cause for dissatisfaction.

As the leader of the Chinese members. Sir Shou-son Chow also contributed usefully to the discussion, speaking on behalf of himself,

Dr. Kotewall and Dr. Tso.

i8

wares fo

UNPOPULAR LEVY

BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL

DOUBLE PAYMENT

Shanghai, To-day.

A message from Chefoo states on of one who has year by year that Shantung Provisional Govern-

most of his ment, having closed the goods.. profits, and kept the balance, but tax office has opened a new or-

without sufficient

doganisation named the Shantung future successful trading-in other local goods consolidation levy. words, has the Government in the past 80 operated the Colony's finances as to keep up with the

apital expenditure which we shall faced with large

have difficulty in meeting our stock in trade or some of it either out of date or beyond repair.

2* are we now

One of the members nominated by H.E. the Governor in Mr.imes and the progress of the Colony Shenton added to the Unofficials' views by a discourse on subjects with which he is particularly conversant. Mr. Braga, as the mem- ber for Kowloon, pleaded for the mainland's wants and struck the only note of dissension on his side in that, in a multiplicity of mat- ters, he did not agree with his colleagues on the Saikung-road scheme.

Observations of the merchants, through the medium of Mr. Beith, as the member representing the Chamber el Commerce, were included in Sir Henry Pollock's speech, as were the remarks of Mr. Hynes, another member nominated by the Government.

Sir Henry Pollock

¡

Chinese Views

SENIOR UNOFFICIAL SPEAKS ! SPEECH BY SIR SHOU-SON

FOR COLLEAGUES

CHOW

Local business is atea standstill. merchants refusing to ship or take delivery of goods. It is under- stood that this new levy on many old goods tax, also it must be paid instances is much higher than the

again when the goods are tran- shipped to. or received from the hinterland. Mupinghsion and

WANG CHING-WO

May Become National Government Head

Shanghai, To-day. The North China, "Daily Newa" learns that Wang Ching- wei has arrived at Hong Kong and is expected in Shanghai in three or four weeks' time. The paper states that with his re- turn interesting political deve- lopments are expected as it is reported that he will become head of the National Govern- ment.

(The information that Wang Ching-wei is in thig Colony is inaccurate, although he is be- lieved to be either on the point of leaving France or else on his way out to the Far East. --Ed: "Chini Mail")

MR. MACDONALD STAYS

SANDRINGHAM

"Proposals which will preserve Viscount Cecil invited the Coun- our national defences yet relieve ci to request the committes on arbi- the backs of the toilers from thetration and security to consider gigantic expenditures and, the the drafting of the general conven- world from the hate and fear. tion on the lines of a treaty which which flows from the rivalry of could be referred to the Govern- building warships." Prepared meats for their consideration prior ness must not exceed the barest to the next Assembly-Recter. necessity for defence or it be- comes a threat to aggressions."

Submarine Problem

Washington, Yesterday. The State Department states that there will be no joint British-Ameri- ean invitations.

The present belief here is that the submarine will furnish one of the most vexing questions at the conference, while note is taken of the complication if Italy insista on parity for any Continental Power.

Five Power Conference It is learned that Mr. Kamsay MacDonald will son issue invita tions to the United States, France, Japan and Italy to attend the Five Power Naval Conference in Janu- Jary. Reuter's America Service.

No Action Yet

London, Later. It is officially stated in London that no invitations have yet been. sent to the French, Italian, sand

Japanese Government to participate

in the five Powers naval confer- AT fence. No decision has yet been taken as to the date or place of the meeting. Reuter.

A Ticklish Problem

Fushanksien are both exerant PREMIER AND KING On a careful retrospect of the from the inside levy. Merchants position I am convinced that the are strongly protesting through matter is one for most serious con- their Chambers of Commece.- sideration-in fact, I go so far as Reuter. to say that to bring our stock in

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rade up-to-date will require the

Kowloon's Member

MR. BRAGA OF MUNICIPAL TOPICS

SECRET DIPLOMACY

JAPAN TO MEDIATE IN SINO- RUSSIAN DISPUTE?

MOVE NOT APPROVED

It is

Your Excellency,My remarks

Canton, Yesterday. Your Excellency-As the Senior

Sir-The views I am expressing, on the Budget will be limited al- Unofficial Member, I have been with the exception of one given by most exclusively to matters con-

rumoured that the Sino- asked by my Unofficial colleagues to way of personal explanation, arcerning Kowloon. They are not Russian Conference will be trans- make the main speech dealing with the joint views of the three Chinese Intended to dilate upon the mumer-fered to Tokyo. Colour is given the Estimates for 1980 on behalf of members. The honourable seniorous subjects involving heavy ex- to the rumour from the report that Unofficial member having so fully penditure making up the. Budget the Japanese Minister of Foreign and ably represented the collective for 1930. That ground has been Affairs had arranged a meeting be- and Russian opinion of the Unofficial members, very fully and very ably covered tween the Chinese

all the Unofficial Members; after which jome of my Honourable friends will, in due course, as is customary, make certain observa- tions of their own.

In the matter of the Saikung-road only my Honourable friend Mr. Braga does not see eye to eye with the rest of us, and he will doubtless indicate, in due course, his reasons for that dissent.

it only remains for me to touch by the Honourable Senior Unoff Ministers. It is said that the For- upon a few points affecting the icial Member As the unofficial eign Diplomatic body expresses Chinese principally.

spokesman on this occasion. It is doubts, while on the other hand it

In the Estimates of revenus, we matters of so-called municipal in- does not regard with approval any desire to call attention to the interest with which I am at the such move, saying that the United crease of $400,000 in the item moment principally concerned.

Tobacco Duties over the approv-

Conspicuous among the mis-Was secretly apposed by a third

nation-Canton News Agency.

of

as

States had offered to mediate, but

ISHBEL GOES TOO

London, Yesterday.

THEFT OF BRASS

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald- motor-) An unemployed Chinese code was ed to Sandringham to-day to visit this morning at the Kowloon Magis the King. The Premier, who was tracy before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith accompanied by his daughter. Miss charged with the theft of a quantity of Isbbel MacDonald, will stay over

The

brass valued at 50 cents from

the

the night at Sandringham, return Royal Naval Dockyard oil compound in

Kowloon. ing to London to-morrow.

Sergt. Jackson, R.N.Y. Police, stated Prince of Wales is at present with to his Worship that the defendant had the King and Queen at Sandring the brass concealed on his parsen when ham--British Wireless Service. searched

DRUG TRAFFIC

DELEGATES AGREE TO LIMITATION

NON-GOVERNMENT CONTROL

Geneva, Yesterday. Ar animated debate on the drugs trade by the Fifth Committee of the League to-day revealed

a complete change in the method of combating the trafie by the abandonment of Govern rent control in favour of imitation of

CHINESE MINISTER manufacture.

REPRESENTATIVE LEAVES FOR ENGLAND

·MR. ALFTED SZE

ed Estimates for 1929. We assume sions from the list of Public that the increase is due to the new Works Extraordinary-which the At the outset, Sir, we have to scale of duties introduced in Honourable Colonial Secretary in confess that we find the Budget for February last under the Tobacco his Budget speech described 1930 somewhat uninspiring and dis- Amendment Ordinance of 1929; and that very popular vote to which appointing.

we hope though we are by no members of the public are inclin- In his remarks on the first Read-means sanguine that the anticid to turn first to see whether ing of the Appropriate Bill for pated revenue will be realised. Re- their own favourbe schemes have 1930, the Honourable Colonial Secre- presentations have been made to been included any reference us by the Chinese General Chamber to the Kowloon Tong market. tary admitted in effect that the Government had not adopted a for-Chinese tobacco trade, that under the Senior

Commerce on behalf of the This omission has been alluded to

Shanghai, Yesterday. ward policy in material works, and the amended scale of duties 75

Unofficial Member Mr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese this is obviously so when one comes

this afternoon. Permit me, Sir, Minister to Britain, left this | cents per pound is now imposed on to consider some of the Colory's tabacco, irrespective of the quality include the Kowloon Tong market for Marseilles-Reuter,

to point out that the faflure to afternoon on the "Kitano Maru" pressing needs

still await and that consequently the lower- fulfilment.

grade Chinese tobacco cannot stand in the list of public works may be.

[He is due in Hong Kong to-. One of the foremost of such needs the competition of the higher regarded as a slight on and scant morrow and will be entertained at is a new Government Civil Hospital. grades tobacco, resulting in smug who have the honour of represen- Chinese.]

consideration for the gentlemen tea by a number of prominent Civil Hospital And Asylum gling of the former on an extensive Our Government Civil Hospital is scale. The effect of this would be hopelessly out of date. It goes back a loss of legitimate trade in the Kowloon Tong was forcefully. lower-grade tobacco, with the foss to the early days of the Colony and of revenue to the Government. In

Dur

which

tation

on. the Sanitary Board. Moreover, provision for a market

urged in this Council in a speech la st year by the Hon. Sheriton.

Mr.

A HARD CASE

Lo Kwan Chak (10), received sen- tence of six months' jeil, with hard labour, at the Kowloon Magistracy Hope was raised that Kowloon this morning for the larceny of a

"Vanished Away"

an entirely new structure is one of order to conteract this adverse fac- most pressing needs. It is tor we suggest that the Superinten- difficult to keep clean and is un- dent of Imports and Exports may hygienic according to modern, ideas. make a thorough investigation into It is also at times very overcrowded. the matter in cooperation with the Tong residents would soon be quantity of valuable Chinese medi There is no isolation block the Chinese General Chamber of Com-given their market when reference eine from a shop at 145, Wosung. maternity wing is inadequate the merce who would, I am sure, be was made to the subject by the street. The value of the stolen drug X-ray room is damp and unsuitably found only too willing to astist in Colonial Secretary in his Budget was estimated at $28. located.

every, way they could.-

speech last year. This is what Det. Insp. Fallon surprised his In his speech on the Budget for

the official spokeiman said: "In Worship by telling him that the de- 1928 (see "Hong Kong Hansard". Turning now to the Estimates of New Kowloon, market extensions fendant had just been cut of jail for 1928, at page 74) the Hour Expenditure, we express gratifica- hold a prominent place. Shamshui- the day before, having served six able Mr. E. R. Hallifax, then acting tion at the provision of 850,000 for po, Kowloon City and Kowloon months. There were other convic- Colonial Secretary, after stating a Harbour Dispensary Launch, Tong all receiving an allocation." tious registered against the de-. that expenditure for a new Govern The boon to the large boat-popula-And the result is like unto the fendant. He received 10 strokes in ment Civil Hospital must be facedtion must be inertimable, particu- answer of St. James-It is even 1927 for stealing, and five months

larly in the treatment of com- vapour that appeareth for a for attempted burglary in 1928.

Harbour Dispensary Lunch

$100 OPIUM FIND

In the ear future, said that ex municable diseases. It is matter little time and then vanktheth penditure for beginning the Govern of common knowledge that the boat way." The Estimates Sub-Com- ment Civil Hospital at least will, I people are either indifferent tomittee of the Sanitary Board, on expect, be asked in the Estimates medical treatment, or unable to which I was privileged to serve for 1980" and it is very disappoint leave their craft and go ashore for this year, recommended to the A Chinese together with a Chinese ing to the Unofficial Members to see treatment, in tees in which im- Government the erection of a married woman, were fined $100 that no provision for the long mediate medical attention is an public market within the Kowloon each, with the option of one month's promised up-to-date Hospital is con-urgent necessity The floating Tong Estate. Later, at a meeting hard labour, by Mr. T. S. Whyte -tained in the Estimates now being population come into the scheme of of the Full Board on July 23, Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy

things to a far greater extent than 1929, a mótión vas unanimously today for having prepared

adopted approving the proposal. quantity of opium in the first floor

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of 905, Canton-road.

“presented to 115.

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(Continued on Page 7.)

All the speakers strongly favoured initarion, whilst some advocated limit ation coupled with rationing-Reuter

"LAND OF SOVIET "

AEROPLANE ARRIVES AT

PETROPAVLOVSK -

Moscow, Yesterday. The aeroplant "Land of the Soviets" has arrived at Petropavloval.---Reater.

1929 rainfall ..62.68 inches Average

72.41 inches Deficit

9.78 înches

RAIN LATER

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: An anti-cyclone has develop-

ed over N. China.

The typhoon is situated about. 400 miles ESE. of Hong Kong. moving W. W.N.W.VA

Fresh to strong north-east winds will prevail over the N. Chins Sea and cyclonic gales may be expected between the Macclesfield bank and the coast of Indo-China. **Forecast N, E winds,

fresh, clouds: rain later%

The American. Consul- General has received the telo aram quoted below from Manila Obervatory: A - Manila 1045 a.m. Sept. 19. Typhoon in about 116 degrees Long, E, and 16 degrees Lat N. moving W

Manila 11.40 am Typhoon in about 127 degrees Long. E. and 20 degrees Lat. N direc-- tion unknown_

The defendant was fined $5 or, in de- fault, was ordered to serve 10 days' im- prisonment.

Free State Signed Representatives of Great Britain aud the Dominions, except the Irish Free State, will to-morrow after- neen at Geneva sign the optional clause of the statute of the Hague Court. The Irish Free State has already signed.

Victims of Aggression After а long debate the Third Committee of the League

Assembly of Nationa

decid- edi to postpone to next year the further consideration of of the convention for draft financial assistance to states menac- ed by aggression.--British Wireless Service.

the

SOVIET ACTION

EXPOSITION OF VICE- COMMISSAR DISMISSED

PROMINENT RIGHT WINGER

Moscow, Yesterday. The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union has dismissed the exposition of Vice Commissar of Finance Frumkin, who lately was prominently, identified with the right wing movement of the Com- munist Party-Reuter.

For stealing a quantity of copper nails from a derelict sampan lying on the Tai Wan Bathing Beach, two Chinese lada, one 15 and the other 14 years of age, were cautioned by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning, His Worship told the two offenders that although the boat was left alone it was not there for people to steal things from!

ANNUAL BUDGET DEBATE

Estimated at 241⁄2 milion dollars above that for the present year, the amount in the 1080 Appropriation Ordinance is set down by the Government at $22,051,479. This does not, of course, include provision for the Colony's military contribution nor for local public debt service. The debate takes place, as usual, in the second reading, which was held to-day. Spokesmen for the public in the Unofficial members announced their views to which the adminis-.

ration replied. The Budget is made up as follows

1930 Expenditure

His Excellency the Governor,

Audit Department,

Harbour Department,

Air Services,

Royal Observatory,

Fire Brigade,

$

103,617

Cadet Service,

302,594

Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff, Junior Clerical Service,

242,077

753,895

Colenial Secretary's Department & Legislature,

46,909

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.

15,382

Treasury,

16,529

49,996

District Office, North

23,424

District Office, South,

13,410

Post Office,

Vireless Telegraph Services,

308,895 120,70%

Imports and Exports Office,

866,436

996,343

203,080

-87,103

380,565

Supreme Court,

-153.370

Attorney General,

34.720

Crown Solicitor's Office,

31,918

Officia! Receiver

13.825

Land

Offce,

25,144

Magistracy. Hong Kong,

2,289

3.118

vi

2,159,285

585,684

1,209,611

Sanitary Department,

791,563

Botanical and Forestry Department Education Department Public Works Department

107,490

1,349,691

1,654,477

1,787,650

ks. Extraordinary,

3,840,750

1,234.879

107,813

25,433 1,351,995

106,704

Magistracy, Kowloon, Police Force,

Prisons Department, Medical Department,

Public Works, Recurrent, Public Works,

Kowloon-Canton Kañvay, Volunteer Defence Corps. Royal Naval Volunteer Reser ve Miscellaneous Services, Charitahin Services, Pensions,

-Total

The attendance in the Legislative Council on this occasion. comprited:—

H.E.the Governor (Sir Cecil) Clementi, K.C.M.G.},

H.. the General Officer Command- fing.. the Troops (Major General J.-W.

Sandilands, CB, C.M.G. D.S.0.).

The Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. WT. Southorn, C.M.G.),

FAND

913,000

$22,031,479

Hon. Mr. T. H, King (Captain Super- Intendent of Police),

Hon. Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N. retired (Harbour Master).

Hon. Dr. &. R. Wellington (Director of Medical and Sanitary Services), Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow,

Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewell, C.M.G.,

Hon

The Attorney General Hon. Sir LID, Hynes,

Joseph Kemp, CBE, LC.),

The Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North),

The Colonial Treasurer (Hon." "Mr. M. J. Breen),

Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E. | (Director of Public Works),

Hon. Mr. WEL Shenton,... Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga,

Ean. Dr. S. W. Tso, OBE, LL.D. Hon. Mr. B E F. Beith, The Deputy Clera of Councils (M E. I. Wynne-Jones).