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fifty years ago, careful observers prophecied that in another gen- eration the fantastic junk would be a musuem curiosity, so clumsy

did it

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1930.

Members of the Kowloon Cricket CHANGES IN COLONY VEHICULAR FERRY

Club made a presentation to Mr. B. Petheram last night in the club house, and paid him a tribute for the work he had dona for the Club.

ALTERED PLANS.

Mr. Petharam is leaving the Colony Why North Point Sea

.to-morrow,

The opening ceremony of the South China Motor-Shipbuilding and Repairing Works, Ltd., will be performed by the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., on Mon day, September 16, at 3.30 p.ms, a the company's ahipyard at To Kwa Wan.

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Accidentally falling down the stairs of 676 Canton Road at about 9.15 p.m. yesterday, Lam Yee-yung (12), a servant girl employed on the second floor of the house, sustained injuries which necessitated her re- moval to the Kwong Wah Hospital, where she is being detained treatment.

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Charged at Kowloon to-day, Chinese pleaded guilty to having failed to pay the duty on 400 packets of cigarettes, which he atat ed he obtained from a friend at the Kowloon Railway Station. Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith impased a fine of $10, and ordered the cigarettes to be confiscated.

Wall Is Unfinished.

THE CIRCULAR ROAD.

The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council met in the Council Chamber yesterday after noon, ta consider. a vote of $300,000 as Government contribu- tion towards the cost of building

the aca wall on Marine Lots Nos. 430 and 481, North Point,

SERVICE.

Scheme Postponed for Consideration.

OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED.

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Council held in the Council Chamber At a meeting of the Legislative yesterday afternoon, which presided over by H. E. the Governor, Sir William Peel, K.B.E, C.M.G.. the scheme in connection with the operation of a vehicular ferry ser vice across the harbour was post- poned at the request of the Unofficial members.

The Hen. Dr. Kotewall said he would abstain from voting because of his Interest in the Company The Colonial Secretary stated: concerned.

In view of an expressed wish on the to know whether the reclamation towed further time to consider the Hon. Mr. Braga: I should like part of Unofficial members.to be al scheme for berthing Dcoan scheme in all its bearings, I ask steamers has been abandoned or leave to postpons the resolution not, and if it has been abandoned standing in my name which deals whether it is on the advice of the, with the proposed vehicles ferry ser Harbour Master or the Harbour vice across the harbour. Master and the Harbour Board. If no such advice has been taken,

The Council agreed. can the Committee be informed

Eating Houses, why it is that the scheme in Its of eating houses from the office o! In order to transfer the licensing original form has been abandoned, the Colonial Treasurer to the Sani- and apparently a gift of $300,000 tary Board, the Colonial Secretary is to be made to the Crown Lossee said: of Marine Lots 430 and 431.

Government's Altered Policy,

"Until recently the licensing of The Colonial Secretary:

eating houses was in the hands of At the Colonial Treasurer. A Chinese woman named Slu Tip- the time this arrangement was found more convenient to transfer It was sung (23), spinster, living on the made there was no Harbour Board this duty to the Sanitary Board, second floor of 7. Yu Chow Street, in existence. Also, at the time which was given power to make By Kowloon, was alleged to have com- that the arrangement was made laws. The by-laws now before the mitted suicide yesterday by swallow with Mr. Kwik they were spacious Council for approval have been so ing a dose of opium. She was taken times and we were expecting to made by the Board. to the Kowloon Hospital at 12.30 develop very rapidly in other parts-move "That the By-laws made p.m., and died at 1.05 o'clock with- of the Colony as well as at North by the Sanitary Board under sec Point. Mr. Kwik had arranged an tion 16 of the Public Health and out regaining consciousness.

his own lot to build a wall on the Buildings Ordinance, 1908, on silt, which necessitated plers run- April 15, 1930, be adopted.” Yesterday afternoon, Li Sau-chur. After he began his work and earri⚫ ning out for the berthing of ships. (19), fiving in an unnumbered house ed it on, nearly to completion, the at the back of the Tung Lok Thea-Government seem tre, Nathan Road, Kowloon, was continuation of this development had in mind the the taken to the Kwong Wah Hospital on Mr. Kwik's property and fur were suffering from Adaline poisoning. ther eastward and intended to then becoming popular. ́

She was stated to have taken a dose make a perpendicular seawall But in mistake for medicine. Her con- that ships could lie alongside, and through centuries of experience, dition is reported to be very serious. to unify the scheme They pay-every port, intet, lake and river of

approached Mr. Kwik to alter his China had developed its own)

seawall to come into linė. Mr. peculiar craft best suited to its

For the theft of a jacket on hoard Kwik saw the advantages to him if the Government carried out the the steamship Tanda, lying in mid- own particular waters, currents, stream, a Chinese was to-day sent complete scheme, and he was pre- and needs. The practical to jail for a month by Mr. T. S. pared to do it under the conditions it provides for the periodical

you see in this minute-the pleaded foreign importations and decided, that he was employed as a substitute the scheme cost him a good deal fitness. I would like to draw at- advance of a loan of $600,000-but examination of pilots as to their capacity and as to their physical that for some purposes they had tective-Sergeant P. Kellett intimated re

dish-washer on the Tanda, bat De

The circumstances of the tention to sub-section 5 of clause but little to learn from the that he had no right to be on board. Colony have altered and the Gov-a which provides that in future Westerners.

grament are no longer in a post-licensed pilots shall be British fion to carry on immediately with subjects, but this provision is not the continuation of this perpen to apply to holders of existing the modern oil burner displaced A stone-breaker named Fung Yea dicular seawall,

Mr. Kwik has licences or the ancient Chinese junk, and (50), employed at the Chu On certain advantages out of having exempted by Your Excellency. I to persons specially this mainly because the new boats ed yesterday afternoon through something by the lack of the con- to the provisions on page eight of Quarry at Kowloon Chai, was kill- altered bis design, but he has lost should like to draw attention also are quicker than the sailing being buried under, a fall of earth. tinuation of this wall by the Gov: the print which enacts that where vessels. So recently as 1922, Cap-Rescue work was promptly under ernment, and this new tain Ward proved the seaworthi- taken by the Police and Fire. Bri- ment is considered to be a fair ad; night the dues will be doubled. I pilotage services are rendered at Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 5, 1930.ness of the junk by taking an man was dug out it was found

gade, but when the unfortunate justment between the two parties. move the Arst reading..

Hon. Sir Shou-son Chor: I Amoy fishing vessel, weighing that life was already extinct.

would like to explain that owing to the change of policy on the part of the Government it cost Mr.

instead of the piers. Kwik over a million dollara extra to make the perpendicular wall

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mariners of China examined the Whyte-Smith.

Only on long sea voyages has

Accused

and the resolution was agreed to.

The Attorney-General seconded,

first reading of "A Bill to provide The Attorney General moved the

Pilotage Law.

for and regulate the employment of Pilots." He said: The object law up to date. Many of its pro- 10 of this Bill is to bring our pilotage visions are taken from those of the British Pilotage Act, 1913. It will not make pilotage in this Colony compulsory but will go far

arrange

The Chairman: Yes, I think that

is correct.

The vote was then approved.

to provide furniture and house ac- Another Scheme Abandoned. Arising out of a vote of $1,600

FATE OF THE JUNK. about 25 tons and measuring 70 feet over all, across the Pacific Ocean from China to Vancouver steamer Tjikarang, a Chinese, at this Employed as a coolle on the Dutch The junk is so valuable an Although the ancient craft now close of work, took 16 lb of white economic factor, in the inter-port seldom make adventurous voyages Augar. When charged before Mr. trade of this Colony that the to distant shores, the Chinese junk T. S. Whyte-Smith this morning, he question of the substitution of is still of immense value to mer pleaded that he took the sugar be- faster methods of water transport chants and a considerable source $5 or seven days' jail was imposed, cause he wanted a little. A fine of is one of more than passing in- of livelihood to thousands of and Inspector R. H. E. Marks incommodation for staff and wireless terest What we owe to the junk Chinese whose mode of living has timated that the augar would be telegraph machines at Fanling, it would be very difficult to com- earned for them the romantic distributed among the poor. pute in actual figures, but it can-sobriquet of "sea gypsies." There not be illogical to state that if are boate for cargo, for fishing, for these primitive vessels were referries, for pleasure parties, and moved, by some means, from the for homes. Their variety is sentenced a Chinese, who had a pre- was correct in presuming that that China Sea, the effect on trade legion, and all are picturesque in vious conviction in January for tree first section had been definitely would be considerable. Millions design and decoration and prae cutting, to four months hard labour abandoned. of dollars worth of plece goods tical in daily use. It would be a 30, from 177, Fortland Street. for the theft of clothing, valued at and manufactured articles come sod day for China were the edict factor. H. E parts stated the down every year from Canton and to go forth from Nanking or the accused, admitted to a Chinese the Northern ports by junks, and Peking that henceforth no more detective-sergeant that he entered as the other votes before the meet- a cessation of this traffic would junks were to roam the China the back lane.

the house by an open window from en use a serious dislocation, - seas, yet so much of the though in time the shipping com- "modernisation" of that country

panies would adjust themselves to

the contingency. Thus, the

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rumour that the junk may depart from these seas is disquieting, yet, in spite of the competition. offered by modern steamboats, the junk still easily holds its own. At Dairen, one of the most en- terprising parts on the Chizia coast, special wharves have to be provided for these funks. The main wharves are reserved ex- clusively for steamers, but thou sands of junks also put into hai hours

port Chefoo

the Hon. Mr. Braga pointed out that the expenditure was to be met from savings under the first At the Kowloon Police Court this section of the Kowloon City to Ma morning, Mr.T. S: Whyte-Smith Yau Tong Road. He asked if he

Proceeding with that work at pre- sent at all.

The vote was approved, as well

Hon. Mr. Creasy: We are not

ing.

a high, atate of officiency because to ensure that it is maintained in

and the Bill was rend a first time. The Colonial Secretary seconded The Fire Brigade. ....... The the second reading of "A Bill to amend the Fire Brigade Ordinance, Attorney-General moved

this Bill is to improve the dia- 1928." He said: The object of

cipline in the Force by applying to it provisions which already exist: in certain of His Majesty's Forces.

and the Bill was read I move the second reading.' · ··

time

The Colonial Secretary seconded a second The Bill subsequently passed its remaining stages without amend-

Council was adjourned sine die.

Ten Years Ago.

ment.

(From the "China Mall," September 5, 1920.]

To-day's dollar is worth 472d.

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The case in which H. C.. Best claimed wages and damages from W. G. Humphreys and Co., came to a conclusion in a rather unusual manner in the Summary Court this

to be both uneconomic When six Chinese were yesterday SPORTSMAN TO WED. morning. Judgment had been re

The Royal

that owing to an accidental fracture of the winding gear, the tim will not be hoisted, until, the neces wary repairs are completed.

A new class for beginners in the be commenced shortly in the Largu- study of Cantonese colloquial is to

age School conducted under the aus

afternoon charged before Mr. T. 8. Whyte-Smith with disorderly con- duct by fighting in Pilkem Street, Yaumatt, Detective-Sergeant Fitches Withdrew the charge against three of the men and, elected to use them witnesses for the prosecution. 400 charge against the other thres was amended to one-of causing griev

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CEREMONY IN COLONY "ON SEPTEMBER 25;

Shanghai, August 31.

served by Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, but on Saturday fresh evidence was taken in Chambers, in consa quence of which plaintiff consent ed to judgment."

The plaintiff's claim was for $760 being as to $250 arrears of salary from May 1 to 15, 1919, and

Ten Years Hence.

St. John's Cathedral, Hong $500 being one month's salary in harm with Intent to Kong, will be the racene of allen of notice.

ire that three com pretty wedding on September 25 when Percy H. Lloyd, the well- known local Rugger" and "soccer". player of Messrs. Anderson, Meyer and Co will marry Miss Maitle Omary

Mr. C. H.. Miles, who fa dues tal fancy

of the Hong Kong General leave the Colony shortly, was given The honeym Chamber of Commerce Particulars a farewell by the Kowloon Football Hong may be obtained from the Acting Club last night. For five years he

The

has been prominent in local football of Mr. circles, and last season was Kow- Paisley, wille

la on her waX, Scotland.

[From the "China": Mall,”- Bontember 5, 1940.J

A mote-la on foot for the A.D.G spent in and the Philharmonic Society to Fjoin forces in a grand dramatic the daughter musicale in aid of local charities of about Christmas, and the best talent venta avaliablevis Floyd-wire it

gon's outside left. Mr. JMcKelvie, are Mr. and Mrs Rhy

the team's captain expressed regret Ebby Vale, MonmouthshireG WATER at Me Miles's departure, and pro Wales,

sented him with a patent razor and After the honeymoon the couple teen

choque, on behalf of the members, will settle in Shanghai and plan ment, the

Miles, who came to Hong Kong to set up house on rue Rutard. has been

eye, has recently Married life, aaya Mr. Lloyd, and will not interfere with his sport

vings activities;

auccess.

ployment in fütü employées drawing mor per month.