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No. 28,231 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937

$5,000,000 P W D

HEATED DEBATE AT COUNCIL

MEDICAL SESSION.

16452

PRICE $3.00 Per Month

Fort DUNLOP

The Tyre Incomparable

LOAN RETIREMENT URGED TO ASSIST ECONOMY

GENERALLY NEGOTIATION

Segregation Of Lepers APPROVES BUDGET

Opposed By Doctor

STORM OF PROTEST.

(From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, To-day.

The assertion that the segragation of lepers, in the present circumstances, was both old-fashioned and. harmful to the patient, pre- cipitated a heated debate in the closing stages of the China Medical Conference here to-day.

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AVIATION DEVELOPMENT

NEEDED IN COLONY

"

SIR HENRY POLLOCK ASKS

FOR HASTE ON DAM-

WITH JAPAN

IMPOSSIBEE

Chinese Leader Says Suggestion Absurd.

CHINA MUST ACT ALONE.

[From Our Own Corresponden

Canton, To-day

Further condemnation of the Lytton Commission's Report and the view that China alone, by

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO-DAY DISCUSSED THE her self-determination holds, the 1933 BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR HONG KONG, TOTALLING key to the settlement of her quarrel with Japan, is contained Dr. Hasselmann, head of the $27.585,142, APPLAUDING THE POLICY OF AN ECONOMY in the statement issued by Mr. Philippines Science Bureau, pre- CONTAINED IN IT. THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS FROM IN- Hu Han-min, senior member of

the Kuomintang sented a thesis that, under the DIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR VARIOUS AD- With such political leaders as present system of treatment, the segregation of lepers was not DITIONAL PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPMENTS, NOTABLY IN Mr. Sun Fo and D W W. Yen only unnecessary but harmful KOWLOON, AND SIR HENRY POLLOCK POINTED OUT THE Mr. Hu has associated himself in and uld-fashioned.

a moment depend upon outside His argument brought a storm ADVISABILITY OF RETIRING THE 6 PER CENT. $5,000,000 rging that China should not for of protest from delegates gather- PUBLIC WORKS LOAN AND BORROWING LOCALLY AT 4 intervention in her campaign to ed at the session. Such a theory OR 4 PER CENT INSTEAD OF AT THE PRESENT RATE OF regain her lost territories in the

northeast. was impossible, they said. But

Mr. Chui Kwang-shou, meni One of the most progressive suggestions was contained in ber of the Cantory Executive Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton's address, in which he urged upon the Committee, was selected by his Council the necessity of guarding Hong Kong's future by prepar- ing for the development of aviation and commercial air routes, which were inevitable.

Dr. Hasselmann stoutly defended, INTEREST. his contention. The progress

made in treating the disease, he declared, made it no longer con- tagious.

COURT DECIDES

SHANGHAI CLASH

WAS REAL WAR

Ruling. Affects Many Charter Disputes.

[From Our Own Correspondent.)

1: Shanghai, To-day. The First District Court has delivered its judgment in the reccnt teat case of such vital Importance to shipping and chartering companies.

The judgment,' recognises that the recent Sino-Japanese clash here was, according to legal definition, “a war,” and that in consequence shipping firms which broke their char- ters because of the risk in- volved in carrying them out, were not liable.

Numerous lawauita will pro- bably be decided by this deci slon, if it stands.

in the test case a prominënt exporting" house sued to re- cover $10,000, which was made as down payment on a charter" contract. The charter was broken. The company sought -recovery of it. $10,000. It was.

not upheld.

BRITAIN URGED

TO VINDICATE

PACT OF PEACE League Covenant Needs Strong Backing.

A LABOUR RESOLUTION.

London,“To-day.

colleagues to go to Hong Kong and, to obtain from Mr. Hu bis comment upon the Lytton Re Mr. Hur according to the Canton emissary, declares that the Lytton

writing,” and, simply, ruļus the

Generally speaking, Sir Henry to the Hon. Colonial Treasurer Report is an "Unnecessary place of Pollock, who voiced the senti for having once again presented ments of the Unofficial Members, us with an illuminating and in-standing which the Commission had

before its issne. If

teresting Memorandum upon the Nations adepts the Repo approved the estimatas Parti- financial position of the Colony, it will be because if bysak cularly he said he was gratified We should Hire however, to en- helpless to whome plan to erect additional quire of that Official whether it

hospital accommodation in Kow-will not be possible to effect a Negotiation Impossible.

considerable saving of revenue The Report

ambiguous,

can never

point is too absurd to consider:

Continued on Page 13.)

SCHEME TO STEADY TEA PRICES.

KEEPING COOL ON THE RIVER THAMES AT SUNET

A family luncheon, party revelling in the sunshine.

FMS CHIEF JUSTICE RESICKS

London Report of Sir L. Elphinstone.

London, To-day.

Sir Lancelot Elphinstone, Chief Justice in the Federal Malay States, has resigned, according to the "- London "Daily Telegraph."----Renter.

FUKIEN TO ORGANISI AIR FORCE

POLICE BUSY

WITH RIOTERS

IN SHANGHAI

Chinese Are Demanding Insurance For Loss.

EFFECT OF CHAPEL WAR.

£Prom Our Own Correspondent.]

Comp

Shanghai,

of

PROGRESS AT

ANGLOIRISH

CONVERSATION

Further Dacussian Set For Ort 14.

THE ANNUITIES MÕELAN

Landun

A Communique" signed by Secretary for the Dominion | Mr. G. H. Thomas, and the

dent of the Irish Fies tive Council MITEN was Jasned this?

at the Domk

Simon

tives of

the

made |tween the

In the

tention

other

United

held by

cover

- Handreds of Chinese have been (From Our Own Correspondent).

demfómstrafing and attempting® Centon, To-day Intimidate Britial; American, Ger

cepted Fukien will organise an Air Force, here to pay their claims on millions àially received

proposal for It has been definitely decided that man and Chinese Insurance Armstions and Mr. De Valera which, it is expected, will work in of dollars worth of property don

collaborations with the 19th Route damage, aufered during the Shang-

As indicated Army in the anticipated civil war- hat Sino-Japanese hostilities. The

que the fare with the disgruntled Provin- insurance companies refuse to pay ciál Army,

these losses, because of the fact. © Colonel Yeung Koon. Yu, former- they were not covered by "war risk” ly with the Canton Government Fly premiums

loon, the gaol, and a British by paying off our percent. Pub-Mr. Hu believes, for in the Public School, for which enter-lic Works Loan of $5,000,000 and first place. China prises amounts are included in reborrowing locally at from four recognise the existence of Man the estimates.

to four and a half per cent.

chukuo. The privilege of gov "We much appreciate the ernment in the northeast provinces Sir Henry did urge, however, Memorandum of the Hor. Direc-is China's, and has been usurped. that the Council was sound by tor of Public Works on Public Negotiation with Japan on such duty to take some action which Works Extraordinaryon would hasten the implementation "The Hon. Colonial Secretary, of plans for the construction of early in his speech, refers to the the Shing Mun Valley Dem. In

Government having made a this connection he suggested selection of Works to be unclad that the Council should send aed in the Estimates for 1988 message to the engineers in from a preliminary list. several charge, of the plans for the pro-times as long" We may add

ding ing Corps, left for Fukien yester In no instancs have the demon= | Instalments ject pointing out to them the that it would be of assistance to necessity for speedy develop Unofficial Members if the Gov-

Amerstam Seeks Today, accompanied by seven of his strations been really ugly and police

crack flying officers, and these, with ha not been called irpon to use they are not ment.

ernment would let us have a peep

Aid Industry, the large funds at their disposal, great force in dealing with them, year these pa behind the Official curtain" at

will organise the fighting air wing but they have been a nuisance. £5,000,000, whereof those Innocents which have been

London, To-day, of the army.

They, remsin upon the premises of 000 relate to ann massacred in the process of A draft scheme for to marketing cently sent an envoy to General. Tsal the offices open and until they close. Special duties were The Fukien Overseas Chinese re-insurance, companies from the time under the Land Purch whittling down the Estimates, and planting restriction >>was ap and we hope that this suggestion proved at a meeting of the Associa

there before office hours, certain Irish exporta may be borne in mind before Estion for Tea Culture of the Dtuch timates for future years are pre- East Indies, according to the cor sented:S

respondent of the Financial Times" "We are glad to find that, so far The Association is meeting possible, the Estimates for next Amsterdam to discuss ways unanimous views of my Un-year show the cost of the Staff of means for improving the cond official colleagues and myself on each Department under the head of the Industry Reuter the Government programme for ing of that Department, though we quite appreciate the point which 1988 he declared

FOREST has been made by the The Estimates contain Hittle Secretary as to such classin contentious matter, and we are not being absolutely up to da satisfied that the finances of the owing g to the circumstances which Colony, in spite of the tempor- he mentions. Ary depression, are in a sound

Sir Henry Pollock's

Speech.

Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., open ed the discussion on estimates, and said:-7.

**The speech, which I am about to deliver, represents the

"In view of the Lytton Report condition

Why More Cadútu!

the British Government should-For the sake of convenience We are surprised that even al- do everything in its power to of reference, the points made by lowing for the forthcoming patire vindicate the authority of the the Hon. Colonial Secretary, in menta from the Civil der Covenant of the League and the Kisable and comprehensive necessary to send out

Kellogg Briand Pact," dec

resolution carried by the

Farty Conference.:

to-day, and which also

speech, at the last Meeting of having regard to the

this Council, are del

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promise of funds with

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