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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1931.

“ONE HOUSE, ONE WELL, ONE PUMP

Haid:-

SANITARY BOARD REQUIREMENTS.

Motion Lost on Casting Vote. ·

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Addressing the Sanitary Board : a great deal before it would ven. yesterday afternoon Mr. M. K. Loture to differ from any unanimous opinion of that Select Committee on the merits of any particular case.

Owing to indisposition, I was unable to be present at the meeting of this Board held on July 7. But from the minutes of that meeting I have been able to visualise what took place.

Amongst the business to

be transacted at that meeting was an application for permission to instal

But if that Committee were

should

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Governor In Council, and the

powers of the Board in relation to any breach of any of the conditions of the permit extend not only to the owner, but jo the occupier, of the premises in which such water closet or urinal exists, and the powers of the Magistrate' to order removal are equally extensive,

CATS PRANKS AT

THE ZOO. The al

He May Do Some

· Harin,

ILLEGAL ARREST ADMITTED.

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gethor with Sung Man-cho and· Li Sam. The warrant was clear, and

As I have atatad, we do not know BEWARE OF POOR LITTLE PUSSY | 1 think the law was absolutely |

the reason for the rule "one house, one well, one pump," but. I can see some good reasons for not having such a rule. For instance, a man wishes to construct a row of houses to be retained as an investment. The

I love little pussy,

Her coat is so warm;. And if you but stroke her, She'll do you no harm.

clear, as to what should be done with the person arrested on such warrant. He must be taken before Magistrate at the earliest sitting of the Court, the exception being that if he was arrested on a: Satur- Don't as you value your well-day he could be kept until Monday; being, enter the odoriferous small and even if arrested without a war- cats house at the Zoo singing this rant he must be taken before the old-time jingle.

Nursery rhyme.

Court and some charge made against him.

to allow a so-called rule of general development scheme of the whole application to decide conclusivel property may lend itself admirably whether a particular application to the construction of one central

The keeper can stand much, but should or should not be granted, well in a convenient site to supply

not that. then I feel that, as a representative the necessary water for all the

For twenty years he has suffer-

Undoubtedly Miegal. of the public. I should know the houses for flushing purposes, and

the combined polecat-serval- "There was no qucation that reasons and rational justification from the point of view of manage cd certsin water closets at Nas. 1 to 8. for

ment such an arrangement may be kinkajou-ocelot odour and thrived the Police made the arrest of that rule. And I

conducive to efficiency and economy in the midst thereof.

this maa Assuming they Minden Avenue, Kowloon. That imagine the Floord as

No, it is Rot scents, eau de were arresting him application had been refused by, whole la

on that in a similar position. Hince una man can be appointed to After all it should not be difficult! look after the whole. Installation. Cologne, skunk, or civet that bother warrant which they held, for the for experts to explain to laymen In such a case, unless there are him, but a pair of cats that look possession of seditious literature, in in now-technical language

a proposal like monster British Toms with spite of the fact, that It had not the reasons against such

browny-grey spotted coata, and been examined. When the matter reason for any particular require from the point of view of public

unreason rings of colour on their tafls.

came to be examined, so far as the ment in such a matter, as that con-health, it seems rather evrning water closets.

able that we should spoil such a

They are Satun and Beelzebub, Police were concerned, it was not What are, then, the reasons for general scheme of development fishing cats from South-enat Asin, found to be seditious, and nothing. the rale? We do not, and cannot, and insist on the extra expenditure and that describes them.

and no copy, of anything seditious, as having been found on the pre- any Court. know until the Select Committee, of Pony house, one well and one!

mises has ever, been placed before

the Select Committee appointed to deal with appliestions for water ,closets on the ground that it was proposed to have only one central well to feed the closets in the row of houses, and not to have "one house, one well, one pump."

The formula one house, one been, sanctified into a definite rule well, one pump" appears to have

which the Select Committee felt ported to the Board, Without in itself hannd to follow,' and non- any way anticipating such a re- compliance with which was treated port, 1 may perhaps be permitted by the Select Committee as an con-; to state what I understand vague, clusive ground for refusing an ap; ly as some of the reasons. plication.

A Future Difficulty.. The origin of this rule, and the It is said that although one well} rational basis upon which it rests, and one pump for one

of have never been clear to me. Whenhouses may be unobjectionable so the papers In connection with the long as all the houses are owned Minden Avenue application came by one person; the objection, will before me. I ventured to minute to the effect that 'I did not propose to, differ from the unanimous views of the Select Committee on the merits of that particular ense, but that I had never understood the reason,

Mr.

Fishermen are generally peaceful if this motion is carried, has re-pur Hall is away at. present and Izaak Walton. Not these feline animals who smoke and live on hope

and as his opinion and expresshermen. sion on the present motion would have no effect on this meeting. 1 feel that perhaps my colleagues my like to know what Mr. Hall thinks. I called on him and showed him my remarks and in return received the following letter.

row

Mr. Sayer. Interrupted, stating that he felt doubtful that the letter could be read, and ruled against it.

Fundamentally Sound,

arise at once, as soon as the housen are separately sold, because of the divided responsibility which will arise under different ownerships, and that there is no practical ex- pedition to insure that the licence ficient to convince the members of

Mr. Lo: I think I have said qut-

When in the Far East Satan and Beelzebub lived. on live fish, which they caught by dabbling about in the shallows.

It can be taken therefore, that the matter found was not seditious, There has been no suggestion made that it was. The man was there- fore arrested on the warrant for be Now they have only one arabitjoning in possession of seditious litera- -to feed on their keeper.

ture, which in fact he was nat. The arrest therefore turned out to be illegal. There is no question about that."

When he first entered the cago of Satan that beast crouched in a

corner and showed his fangs.

"Poor puss, then," said the keeper ingratiatingly.

"

A whirlwind with claws and teeth struck him suddenly in the chest,

"Never in all my years with the

said the keeper.

Governor's Position.. Mr. Fitzroy went on to say that the man was then taken to Central Police Station, and there detained"

11th, and for the very first time, an Children Carried Off.

application was made to the Gov- Satan and Beelzebub belong to aernor for a warrant of Deportation. properly issued tribe that does not limit its dict. The warrant was

for his so-called rule, and that 1 shall be in force only whilst the this Board that the object of this eats had I been treated like that." from June 6 to June 12. On the

reserved fuil liberty to review and reconsider the whole questfon when it was brought up as a general question.

kind are of

motion is

fundamentally sound, houses are owned by one person. and should be supported, and I Difficulties of this course legal rather than technical, therefore move accordingly the and as a lawyer 1 may perhaps be motion standing in my name: allowed to venture an opinion in the hope that it may be of some argistance to the Select Committee.

Two Distinct Objects. The Minden Avenue application having been refused by the Select Committee, it came before this

The permit to construct water Board on July 7 for confirmation closets contains four usual condi or reversal of that refusal.; The tons, and may include any number Vice-President moved that the apof special conditions that may be pheation be refused. You, Sir, necessary. I cannot see that there moved by way of an amendment a is any objection in law to insert motion expressed in such a way as

a special condition to the effect to carry out two distinct objects, that the permit shall only hold namely:-

good as long as all the houses are owned by one person and that it shall be revoked upon the sale of any of the houses; further It can

(a) That the "rule" might be ro-examined, first by the Select Committee itself, and, with the

to fish. One has been known to by the Governor on the day it was kill a tame leopard. They will at- asked for. "I shall say that tack calves, and are reported to without, any doubt the man, from have broken into a native dwelling June 6-12, was in illegal custody, and carried off infants.

and was under wrongful arrest,

That the Select Committee of the Board appointed to exercise the powers and functions of the Board under section 162 of the Health and Bulldinga Publie

When the keeper has to clean out Ordinance be invited to examine Satan's and Beelzebub's quarters into the existing practice relat he advances gingerly with a net. on ing to the requirement of one the end of a pole. Cat-netting ia houre, one wall, one pump and a great game. You swoop at Satan to report to the Board what and he streaks to the opposite cor- are the grounds for this re- ner. Swoop again and---

quirement and whether and under what conditions it is possible and

desimble to relax them."

*The Governor is no party to that, and knows nothing whatever about it. The warrant helding the man for enquiry in De- portation proceedings was issued on the 11th, and on the 12th, the man, still being in Police custody, That was a near one, that was.and still under arrest, was taken You ducked just in time.

possession of under that warrant. If netting is a failure the hose He was then removed to Victoria

Jail. on through the bara.

Deportation Ordinance gives GS Your Lordships will

In seconding, Mr. T. N. Chau is turned benefit of the advice and recombe stipulated that a letter from the said that the motion was aub Satan and Beelzebub don't mind. power. mendation of that Select Com Board to the applicant setting outstantially the same mittee, by the Board as a whole, such a special condition shall be was proposed before and defeated. registered by the applicant in the He had seconded that motion, and Land Office against all the houses, now he was supporting this one.

and,

(b) That pending such re-

exumination, the consideration of the particular application be ad- journed.

so that any purchaser of any of the

'as one that If somebody pitched a handful of know, to move a person from one sprats in with the water they custody to another.

and Section 3A gives the Governor would think it providential, "dream of home and going to mother..power to issue a warrant under And mother is welcome to them certain circumstances, and also

The Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy and

houses will find, on making the Dr. W. V. M. Koch both spoke as far as I am concerned.V. R. gives authority to, transfer any i The Vice-President's motion for usual search in the Land Office, briefly against the motion, which.in Daily Express,

water that the licence for the closets will not be available on the

the refusal of the particular ap- plication was carried, and your Motion was defeated, by a majority, sale of any of the houses.

Sir, no one appreciates more keenly than do that a member of:

Powers of Board, Perhaps I may also be allowed

10 section 9 of Ordinance No. 6 of

when put .to "the meeting, was defeated by the casting vote of the Chairman.

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Mr. Wong Kwong-tin declined to vete, so that the Board was divided thus: In farcur-Mr. M., K. Lo.'

CHARGES OF SWINDLING.

"Boy Wizard Of Wall Street."

this Board should loyally abide by to draw the attention of the Board Mr. T, N. Chau and Dr. R. A. de the considered views of the majority of the Board, however 1927, which repeals the old sections Cratre Beato; Against-the Hon. much such views might differ from 162 and 162 (a) of the Public Mr. H. T. Cransy, Dr. G. Pope, and Lee Harrison, "the boy wizard of his own. In the ordinary courau Health and Buildings Ordinance Dr. W. V. M. Koch.

of events, therefore, I should not! 1903, and substitutes therefore a

feel justified in introducing a

new section 162.

Sub-section 1

The spectacular career of Robert

Wall Street" (he is now 88), ended in the General Sessions Court, New York, when he pleaded guilty. Dr. Alfred Clifford D.D. of to swindling Miss Selma Boyd of Motion which, so far as it relates provides that no person shall main Cliftor, Bishop of Lucknow, 1893- £5,000 in a stock transaction.

on any 1910, who left £7,625, with, net

Harrison, whose remarkable to the question of re-examining tain or allow to remain

operations in Wall Street during the so-called rule is practically premises owned or occupied by him personalty £6,651. gave £1,000 to word for word the same as the any water, closet or urinal unless the Bishop of Lucknow upon trust the great, boom earned for him a Motion which you moved on the 7th constructed with the permission of for the benefit of the building fund,nation-wide reputation and a host) inst., and which was defeated. But the Board and the consent of the All Sainba' Cathedral, Allahabad.

I cannot help feeling that if the

members had understood perhaps exact Import more clearly tile

and implication of your motion, It would not have been defeated. In Introducing my motion this after noon, I therefore rely upon my col- a fellow leagues Indulgence to member who feels strongly that this important question of prin ciple should be further debated upon, and who is given the credit of bringing up this matter diain- terestedly with no axe to grind,

I desire to make my position par fectly plain.

Merely Seeks Advice: This motion like the defeated motion does not commit

the Board to any particular low on the question of this so-called 'rulc, but merely seeks to obtain advice and Information In regard to it This motion-like the defeated- motion does not imply the

Mounties' Monument

Pioneer cays in the Canadian West, were re- enllod on August 1. when notables from all parts of Brita Columbià' 'and' the' Prairies gathered at Fort Steele,

Othe Colambis Valley line of the Canadian Pacife Rall way, to attend the formal ying of a cairn, erect

Historie Sites and

slightest diminution of that confionuments Board, to

plete confidence which this Board an

ses in Its Select Com-

rightly

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tion:

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commemorate the first. Royal, North West Mount- pica, od-Police fart in. British

Columbia. It was built in 1887 by Superintendent "Sam" Steele, Select Committee com aftarivards Major-General Bir Samuel Benfeld Steele, K.G.M.G., the persons of the Vice-C Powell, and the men of "n" Division, and war an im M.V.0.) with Iponector Z. T. Wood and C. A. Huot, Bur- geon F fedical Officer jodortant factor in securing and maintaining the peace of the new- des- hal y lyž developor territory. The history of the Mounties ls du eple and should if we their work in countetion with the construction of the line of the Board would hesitate the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Coast, is oriu of its most sties

ring pages.

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