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HOARDING THOUSANDS OF

OF WATER

Thoughtlessness of

Servants.

APPEAL BY P.W.D.

CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL.

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The following statement on the water supply was issued this morning by the Hon. Director of Public Works (Hon. Mr. H. T.. Creasy);—

GALLONS WASTED

THROUGH DEFECTIVE TAPS

HON. MR. BRAGA DENOUNCES PUBLIC DISREGARD

LIMITS OF THE HARBOUR PIPE LINE.

FATAL FALL FROM U.S. AIRSHIP

Two Sailors Crash 200 Feet to Their Doom.

CRAFT CARRIED AWAY BY GUST OF WIND.

Breathless Crowds See

a Third Rescued.

San Diego, Yesterday.

Two sailors crashed to death

from a height of 200 feet after.

BRITISH

HIGH COST OF GENEVA.

League of Nations' Extravagance.

EXPENDITURE CRITICISED IN

BRITISH NOTE, Immediate Enquiry

Urged.

Geneva, Yesterday.

dangling fill their strength gave That the League of Nations must out from the landing ropes of the economise like its constituent mem-

Many houses standing on elevat- UNIVERSAL METERAGE FAVOURED giant U.S. Navy Airship Arkan, bers, is the burden of a British

ed ground failed to obtain a supply

of water, last evening between 5 and 8' p.m.

That thousands of gallons of water were being This was found on investigation wasted daily through defective taps in clubs, offices to be due to the thoughtless action and dwelling houses was emphasised by the Hon. of servants of houses at lower Mr. J. P. Braga, J.P., a Member of the Legislative tween those hours, large quantities Council, in an interview with a “China Mail” re of water for storage overnight in porter to-day.

levels who were drawing off, be

bath tubs and other utensils, and in some instances were even using

water for gardening, although the regular garden supplies had been

cut off.

Mr. Braga denounced the total disregard on the part of many residents of Hong Kong to comply with the Government's appeal to use water with discretion and in consideration of the needs of the others.

which was attempting to land after Memorandum drawing attention to the progressive increase of expendi- & 3,000 inile trans-continental

ture, probably due "to an exten- sion of activity to matters which,

night.

an

I ROAD TO

RECOVERY

WONDERFUL TRADE

IMPROVEMENT

EXPORTS RISE-IMPORTS

FALL

STOCKS HIGHER ON LONDON - MARKET.

WHOLESALE PRICES REDUCED

Trade and Financial returns, gradual signs of in a terrific wind 200 men tugged though of interest and importance, improvement on the Stock Exchange, and indica- at the ropes while the airship was are not of immediate necessary."

The Memorandamasks for

tions from the nation's leaders that Britain is trying to moor. A sudden gust immediate investigation of the re-emerging from her critical position have inspired shot the craft up, carrying the port to be submitted at the next fresh hopes among the British taxpayers, and there groundsmen all of whom dropped meeting of the Assembly.-Reuter,

are growing signs of optimism in England. off immediately except three, two of Small Expert Committee. whom were killed. "A third was swung wildly hither and thither

while the airship was drifting.

London, Yesterday.

a specifled réduction

*The cantion, and determined stand for econo- my, of Chancellor Neville Chamberlain caused a terchanges. Con- favourable read trary to expectations, the cost of living has not in- creased, and a reduction in wholesale prices is re- ported.

te Supporters of the new fiscal policy claim proof Sir Johin Simon said that the of the merits of Protection in the monthly trade British Government had made no

returns which show a substantial drop in imports Householders in ali districts,

Firemen were racing. beneath proposals for but more particularly оп

with nets stretched out to catch in expenditure on the League of and a marked increase in the value of exports. Middle and Upper Levels and

the third sailor, but he secured a Nations at the Council Meeting on Peak, are earnestly requested to He said:"As the community is total disregard of the inhabitants on footgrasp on a rope which the crew Monday, but had proposed that co-operate in the conservation and aware, there

1 special de- both sides of the harbour, to aboard eventually pulled up and small expert "Confittee should be equitable distribution of the water partment of the Government, co-operate with the Government rescued, the dangler, while then appointed to examine the whole supply by properly supervising which concerns itself with the in using their" water with sands of spectators gasped heir question of League expenditure with their servants: not merely by in-water supply for Hong Kong and discretion. and with considera-relief-Reuter's American Service. the help of a Supervisory Com

and mittee

to structing them not to waste water, Kowloon. This department is ex-tion for the needs of others.

the report to but by personally seeing that their tremely well served by a highly This disregard, he ventured to as-

Assembly in September-British technical staff, whose efficiency has sert, had almost reached a point of

Wireless Service, instructions are carried out.

been proved on more than one occa-selfishness where the comfort of the

individual was ion in the past."

individual's sole concern, with the result that water is not used as economically as it should be. It is the duty of every member of the vast community to see that wastage in any form what- ever is prevented.”

A satisfactory reduction in con- has already resulted sumption from the restrictions imposed yes terday.

The crux of the question, at the moment, as he could see it was the

FINAL SETTLEMENT OF REPARATIONS

TO REMOVE ANXIETY

*

IN EUROPE

EFFORTS TO INCREASE BRITISH

BUDGET FIGURES.

NEW AND DRASTIC REDUCTIONS

London, Yesterday.

In addressing the British Bankers' Association last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said that at the forthcoming Lausanne conference the primary subject of deli- beration must be an endeavour to arrive at a final and agreed settlement of Reparations and Allied problems.

that

Taps and Waste.

"It is a well known fact," he said, "that no tap can be constructed to be absolutely foolproof. In the clubs and the commercial buildings of the Colony, as well as residences, water runs to waste by thousands of gallona a day through defective taps, and everyone should see that this water waste is checked or minimised. Another very big misapprehension that f8 or less generally in the minds of many people is that with the completion of the trans-har-| [bour pipeline, Hong Kong has an inexhaustible supply of the precious fluid from the Shing Mun River.

more

PREMIER TO LEAVE NURSING HOME.

Reported To Be Making Good Progress.

London, Yesterday. The Prime Minister, who con- tinues to make good progress, will probably, leave the Nursing Home towards the end of next week.

An earlier message stated that Mr. Ramsay. MacDonald continued to make satisfactory progress.n British Wireless Service.

Mr. MacDonald last week underwent an operation оп his right eye, his left eye hay, been operated upon some time previously.

Teo great stress cannot be laid on IRISH FREE STATE'S the desirability of dissipating this erroneous idea.”

The first essential to be remem bered," he continued, "is that the (Continued on Page 5)

LOYANG NOT A

CENTRE

RES OF IMPORTANCE.

No Need for British Representation.

NEW TEA TAX.

Twopence More Than

Present Rate.

Dublin, Yesterday. The full rate of the new tea tax is sixpence per lb. The pre- ferential rate is fourpence per lb.

-Reuter,

CHECK FOR STERLING FLUCTUATIONS

HOME GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR

EXCHANGE EQUALISATION

DESIRE TO CO-OPERATE WITH EXPERT COMMERCIAL HOUSES.

POLICY OF THE FINANCE BILL

London, Yesterday.

SOVIET PILOT IN INDIA.

Armed Insurrection Advocated.

London, Yesterday.

"The Foreign Secretary, Sir John ¡Simon, stated in the House of Conf- mons today that an article in an organ of the Communist Interna- tional advocating armed insurrec Įtion in India, had been considered in connection with the Soviet's under- taking relative to propaganda,-

The British Government were of opinion that the Soviet Government and the Communist International could not be dissociated in these matters. He proposed speaking to the Soviet representative on the subject.

Major David J. Colville, M.P Secretary to the Overseas Trade De- partment, replying to question as to whether, in view of the recent préference given to Indian Tea, any [steps" were being taken to obtain from India a corresponding prefer

Mr. Winston Churchill's urgent plea for Inter-ence for Lancashire cotton goods, said that the question of various national action to arrest the fall in prices was re-treatment of United Kingdom goods ferred to by the Financial Secretary to the Trea on Importation into India "would be discussed at the Ottawa Confer sury, Major W. Elliott, M.P., in the House of ende British Wireless Service. Commons to-day, who said that while the Government could not promise yet another confer- ence in addition to the many already embarked upon," any attempt at friendly collaboration to

LEADERS STILL IN NANKING STOP PRESS work more and more along parallel lines to bring

The complete achievement of Budget, he felt that they might| that end would do more than any- yet have to anticipate savings of thing else to remove the load of a more drastic nature than those anxiety and doubt now. hanging possible by merely curbing de- like a dark cloud over the great partmental expenditure. er part of Europe.

Changes of Policy, Blow Dealing with Great Britain's

He could only reach the con- finances, Mr. Chamberlain em-clusion that to make the substan phasised that by economy and tial reductions in expenditure

London, Yesterday. increased taxation the Budget which would be necessary to give

"No need has arisen for British had been balanced and where effective rellef to the taxpayer diplomatic representation economies of £70,000,000 had would involve changes of the Loyang, atated Sir John Simion been anticipated last September, Nation's policy far beyond any the Foreign Secretary, in reply the revised estimate had increas thing yet contemplated to a question this morning in the ed that figure to $79,000,000, He did not say at this moment House of Commons,

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