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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1935.

H.E. THE GOVERNOR.-With regard to the next item, dealing with amending and consolidating the law relating to the construction of Buildings, it is proposed to postpone the second reading until three weeks from to-day.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ORDINANCE, 1935.

THE HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON moved the second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to further and protect the activities in Hong Kong of the St. John Ambulance Association and the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas and to incorporate the Director for the time being of the Ambulance Department of the order of St. John in Hong Kong and the Treasurer and Secretary for the time being of the Hong Kong Branch of the St. John Ambulance Association as Custodian Trustees". He said: When this Bill is in Committee I shall move in Clause 1 that the date be changed from 1934 to 1935.

HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL seconded, and the Bill was read a second time.

Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by

clause.

HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK.-Is St. John correct or should it be St. John's.

HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON.-St. John is correct.

Clause 1.

HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON.-I move that the date be changed from 1934 to 1935.

HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL seconded, and this was agreed to.

Clause 12.

HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK-In the marginal note would it not be correct to say "Savings of rights of the Crown and of other rights" instead of "for other rights".

The amendment was agreed to.

Upon Council resuming,

HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON reported that the Bill had passed through Committee with immaterial amendments, and moved the third reading.

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