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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, -1049.

MUNICIPIAL COUNCIL'S FEASIBILITY DOUBTED

Extension of unofficial representation by elected

members on the Legislative Council is, in the opinion of the General Committed of the, Kowloon Residents' Association, more toasible than the Government's proposad Municipal The subject was discussed at the recent monthly meeting of the Committee. Views by mem- bers had been previously recorded.

Council.

The General Committee un- [cil proposal was welcome as animously agreed that while evidence of the intention to the original Municipal Coun- give larger measure of self-

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government to the people of Hong Kong, a study of the Municipal Council blueprint has led the members to doubt the feasibility of its successful introduction.

This doubt is based on the pre-i sent state of civic mentality omong generally. The the

electorate

steel lighter. Nearing completion at Cheungshawan now is an 80-ton sectional Phoenix (soon in foreground), believed to be the first of its kind for the carriage of dangerqua cargo in local waters, by way of refitting and installation of up-to-date re-fighting apparatus- ("China Mail Photo)

Easter Dance

A SHIP TO CARRY

On Saturday DANGEROUS CARGO

A demonstration to show the Are retardant properties of Albi "R" Fire Retardant Paint

believes that t10 will take place at 3 p.m. today Committee

desired result can best be obtained at the reclamation opposite the

by an extension of unofficial re- Tramway Depot, North Point.

presentation of elected members Albi "R" 13 a fire retardant

on the legislative Council.

A special Easter dance will be coating designed for application

hell on Saturday by the Ladies' to protect by

cr brush. spray

According to the Committee, Inquest Are combu

combustible surfaces

races the principle et elected members Committee of the KCC.

friends like wood, plywood. wallboards to the Urban Council, in practice than 200 members and and ure insulation board.

attend. Ex before the war, should be re-in-are expected to the coating swells | troduced.

Special decorations will be an posed to Bre.

to develop an insulating mat

The Committee also considered important feature and arrange- whose function is twofold: 11 pre- that the development of the ments have also been made for and several ap- vents the spread of are beyond Urban Counell into a Municipal cabaret items, the

point of

of origin and consider Council, which is agreed to be propriate novelties, ably retards the penetration and the ultimate object, would then Dancing will be to the Embassy trai ssion of heat to and follow in natural sequence as the Sexlet's music from p.m. to through the coated surface.

education of the community in general in Municipal matters pro- gresies.

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Plain wool coated with ceats of Albi "R", will it is claim- ed, withstand a flame of 1,600 to 1,800 der Farenheit (800-1,008 deg. Centigrade) for 30 to minutes, depending on the type the wood, and the thickness of without igniting the untreated backside of the exposed panel,

The local agents for this pro- duct are Thoresen and Company Limited. The distributors, H C Patterson and Company will hold the demonstration today,

two small wooden houses have ten buit for the demonstration, They are to be set on Bre to show that the treated one will not burn, while the unpainted hutse will eventually be a total destruction.

Street Fire Alarm System

Installation of public fire alorms in the streets of the eily

The has been started. work is being carried out by Cable and Wireless, Limited.

It is planned to construct 18 Are alarias atidifferent points in the Central District first. Later,

21 will be erectext in Eastern Dis- trict 1 in Western District.

A total of 50 alarms has been planned for the Island and a fur- ther 50 for Kowloon.

wing to technical difficulties, The intaliation of the alarms on the Island is expected to take six months to complete.

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Work on installing alarms on

Mainland

cannot start until the completion of the new Central Fire Station in Kowloon.

One of the fire alarms in the

be an elty wit

Pedder Street, near the Queen's Road Central, junction. The

The standard there has úlso been set up.

Owning to neglect and lack of maintenance during the recupation, the street are alarms formerly installed were found to be useless at the end of the war,

a.m.

(By Our Harbour Reportar) More The Colony will soo by the end of this month a specially-fitted craft for the carriage of dan- gerous cargo in local waters which now is undergoing its final touching up at Choung-

Mem-

The booking list is still open at the clubhouse, but will bo Among the other matters din- ciosed on Friday evening. cussed by the General Committee her's who have not yet mude were Government's proposals for table reservations are urged to

clearance the

and control of do so without further relay. squatter sites and the erection

The dance is expected to be of a Central Fire Station

Ja one of the biggest attractions the Kowloog.

ciub has staged this year.

The draft report of the Con- mittee for 1048 was approved for publication.

Mr. Heywood To Attend Meteorological Meet

Mr. G. S. P. Heywood, Director of the Royal Ob

servatory, Hong Kong, will represent the Colony at the Far East Meteorological Con- ference to be hold in Manila from May 10 to 13. The Philippine Government will be the host nation.

shawan.

Believed to be the first of its kind in Hong Kong

Lion

are

in the way of refitting and installation of modern fire-fighting equipment, it is a 80- ton Phoenix-type steel lighter, consisting of six Army sectional pontoons, This will be the latest addi- to the 72-craft lighter Godowns. ot Kowloon fleet which is maintaining a large number of lighters, equippen with ordinary fire-fighting ap- paratus for transporting dan gerous goods in the harbour.

The Introduction of this craft will considerably reduce the cost of handling mall quantities of this type of cargo.

It is understood that more will be constructed depending on the successful operation of this one and also on present requirements,

The appearance of this type of lighter, however, is not new to the Harbour circles.

different weather services. typhoon warning systems of dangerous goods in port. They

needs will not be sacrificed in the desire to attain uniformity.

The steel hatches operate on bluges and the holds

alr tight.

The water space in between, it- zelf provides a unique protection egalist any spread of fire in the event of an outbreak.

Separated thus, each hold can store

Reminders

Today

Kowloon Rotary Club tuncheon, talk on "Wings aver Mexico and Guatemala" by Mr. J. G. O'Donnell, Peninsula Hotal, 13.30 p.m.

Y's Men's Club meeting, Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45 p.m. British Council woolly flm show. talk on "Farm in Three by Mr. T. G. Helena May

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Institute, 5.30 p.m.

HK Reform Club fourth public Gripps. IIK

meeting. The

Hotel, 6.30 p.m.

RAF Association fortnightly un-

cheon, Jacobean Room, HIK Hotel, 12.45 pm, Demonstration of Albi "R". Fire Retardant Falsit, Reclamation site opposite Tramway De- pot, North Point, 3 p.m.

Coming Events;

51,

John's Litany,

TOMORROW

7.30 o.m.

Cuthedral:

Matins,

Ante - Communion,

St. Andrew's Church: Moming

Prayer Bn.m.;

and

Lilaay Holy Communion. 10 am.

Mass Catholic

Cathedral: Presanctifed 8 a.m.; Way of the Cross, 3.30 p.m.; Margaret's Church 3 p.m.

NW AIRLINES SURVEY FLIGHT

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A Northwest Airlines plane, "The Tokyo" arrived here yes- terday from Tokyo surveying of a new alr route from Hong Kong to America.

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The fight from Tokyo was

nine made in

hours and a different kind of dangerous | minutes, with a three and ort- goods. Besides, being constantly half hour stopover at Okinawa. immersed in water, the heat f jessoned considerably, unlike in other types of one-piece (cargo lighters.

A steel fire-proof deck house will be constructed on the after end to accomodate from four to

six crew.

Refiting work on this Phoenix early this month. ghter began with the end of the month as the dendling.

"But we have practically made it within three weeks,' a yard official stated yesterday.

Stamp Duty Increase

Mr. D. J. King, Vice-President of the Orient region for the air- line, was one of the passengers. He told the press that the com- pany hoped to have lis inaugural Mght into Hong Kong around May 1.

This new service will follow the "Great Circle" route, by way af Tokyo and Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle. It will only take 35 hours from Hong Kong to Seattle. 30 bours to San Francisco, and 46 hours 10 New York And Washington. D. C.

At first, there will be only one fight a

a week. Later on this

way increase, to two flights, and eventually, three.

Mr. King said that North West also considering Altlines are duty

from the Budge

opening service

Hong Kong to Seoul, Korea, with con- nections to other points.

Twenty-five of these Phoenix barges, as they are

commonly called, have already been solt locally by the Government on be In addition to Hong Kong, typhoon warning systems to ports, half of the Ministry of Transport. representatives from Japon, shipping and aircraft, and of at- Seven of these are at present be-f

anding used by the Tuy Kee Com- China, the Philippines, Siam, talning greater uniformity

or stores co-operation between pany, which carries and Indo-China are expected closer to participate in the center-

Local are equipped with fire extingui- ence. Meteorological officers of the Royal Navy, American

shers and sand, but have none of the modern fittings of the special Navy, and the American Air

craft now nearing completion ot Force in the West Pacific area

at the Wing On Shing Shipyard, Cheung-shawan. are also expected to attend.

Invitations to participate in the conference are to be sent was developed

as a result of many ironeport. Several sectional creased from 10 to 15 cents, an the Reverend Fr. Cherzi,

would be bolted 12); years of experience, and it is un- | pontoons

to- a new duty of HK$1 each is im- the well-know meterorologist of likely that any drastic alterations gether to form one steel lighter. pesed on import and export de-

Ziknwel observatory at will be suggested. There is, how the whole vessel could be dis-clarations. tho Shanghui, the Reverend Fr. Selga and the Reverend Fr. Depermans, ever, the possibility of introduc-mantlet into one pontoon, as each

formerly of the Manila Observa- tory.

and

The meeting will review the various systems of visual storm signals, including the local storm algani code In use in Hong Kong

Philippines. and the

This code

Increases in stamp recommended in were incorporated in the Stamp Amendment Ordinance 1049 which passed its first reading This type of craft was develop-in Legislative Council yesterday. ed during the last war for easy Sttmp3 cn receipts are in-

Ing an additional signal for warns the other. Ing small craft of the likelihood of strong winds.

winds

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Air Company Official Here

ed here by a CPA (Cathay Pacific Airways) plane, from Singapore yesterday.

Mr. Akers come up to discuss business with CPA and other air- line in Hong Kong, and

Mr. R. H. Akers, Singapore Manager for Australian Na- The new impositions come intrtional Airways Limited, arriv effect from May 1, 1040.

Other Bills which passed their Measuring 60 feet in length with first reading yesterday were

An Ordinance to amend and The growing needs of shipping

beam of 20 feet and a depth of Last summer a questionnaire en aviation render it more than storm wurning procedures was eight feet six inches, the complet consolidhte the law relating to the

Watch Force. ever necessary that there should circulated to shipping companies ed lighter weighs approximately District

to provide for co-operation between and airlines by

Kong deadweight tons. It various weather centres which frog Bilbaos ay the Horns users four holds for similar contune the incorporation of the resident will return to Singapore in a few

cargo. it was Information was contained its the of

In Hong Kong of the Chiria issue typhoon warnings,

Peniel days. officially stated yesterday.

replies

which were received.

Special fire-fighting précautions Missionary Society; and The subject was brought up at

An Ordinance to authorise the The opinions of these with large to suit local conditions have been

al stake are the recent meeting in Delhi of the

always taken. The steel deck has up-to-making of by-laws by the North and any further sug- date insulation material under it Point Wharves Limited.

The Ordinance to establish the the International Meteorological gestions for the improvement of to prevent the local summer heat

but Organization, keeping the Revenue Department possible to deal with it adequately be welcome; these should be ad- peine alde and outside, which is second and third reading with- not typhoon warning services would from penetrating into the holds. office of Registrar General, passed The 'burge has Are-proofing into law yesterday when it passed

SMUGGLING

Smuggling cigarettes and to- bacco Into the colony by train is

in constant vigilance along the rollway track leading to`town.

Smugglers, to avoid duty, throw their articles along the tracks in town precincts. These are col- lected by their accomplices unless, us is mostly the case, the Revenue seize them and the goods first.

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NEW OFFICER FOR FIRE BRIGADE

A new Station' cimeer, Mr. W. K. Shipway, ins arilved in the Colony to join the Hong Kong Fire Brigade, the "China Mall" leaned yesterday.

Mr. Shipway has been assigned to the Kowloon Pre Station for duty faniliy is expected to sirive here later in the year.

He joined the National Fire Service in 1942.

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