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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber, at 3.30 p... yesterday. There were present:- HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Sir REGINALD, EDWARD Szem, KCMG). H.E. MAJOR - GENERAL

MACAULAT KIRKPATRICK, K.C.S.I. (General Officer Commanding the Troops in Chinn). \ Hon.

CHE

The Honourable the ATTORNEY GENERAL id:The object of the Bill is to give the Governor in Council power to make byelaws for the maintenance of order and

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1921.

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK was understood to say that on the assurance he would accept the clause,

mitire without amendment.

FAMINE FUND BAZAAR. ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNITY.

The interest of the Chinese community

in Hongkong is centred this week in ́s bazaar being eld at the New Chinese The Hon. ArronNEY-GENERAL then moved School, Hollywood Road, in aid of the the third reading of the Bi

famine and war sufferers in China. All the social workers and business men have united to make the bazaar a success; already over $10,000 has been raised for "H. E. the GOVERNOR-The Bill pass the fund and an extension of the effort accordingly.

The meeting of the Council was then the conduct and safety of business at Holt's resumed, and the Attorney General repart Wharf. The Managers of the Wharf desired that the Bill had passed through Cer that these powers should be given, and I think they are also desirable in the general públic interest. Business of this kind- Sir' Groncz wharf and godown business-requires

K.C.B., peculiar kind and degree of control ver the public frequenting the premises and using them, and the general law does not provide sufficient control at present For example, is is offendo to trespass "on Hon. Mr. J. H. KE, K.C.. C.B.E. Private premises; and no offence to smoke in a godown. The Hongkong and Kowloon (Attorney-General).

"Mr. (LAND SEVERS, CG Colonial Secretary).

The Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded. and it was agreed to.

THE VOLUNTEER ORDINANCE The Hon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the

from a week, to ten days has been arranged. Everything for Male on the stalls is either the gift of firms in the Colony or the work of the scholars of the Chinese schools. Some reeedingly

people.

Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. MESSER. O.B.E. Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., obtain secund reading of the Bill", intituled Angood work has been done by the young

ed, a special ordinance for a similar pur- (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G. (Director pose in the year 1908. The reason why the power of making bye-laws is not given In the present case to the owners of the whart is that they are not a corporation

of Public Works).

Chinese Affairs).

Hon. Mr. 9. B. C. Rosa or

a legal entity. To avoid technical

Hon. Mr. E. A. Invisa

Education),

Hon. Mr. H. FL POLLOCK, K.C.

Hon. Mr. P. HORSON HOLYCAK.

Hon. Mr. E. V. D. PAR

Hon, Mr. EsU CHC-PAL.

Hon. Mr. JonN JOHNSTONE.

Bod. Mr. Ho Fook.

Mr. S. B. B. McELDERRY (Clerk of

Councils).

NEW MEMBERS.

difficulties, it was considered better to give the power of making bye-laws to the Governur in Council. The draft of the proposed bye-laws is based on those of the Kowloon Wharf und Hongkong and

| Godown Company and have been circulated- with the Bill. I beg, sir, to move the first reading.

Ordinance to amend the Volunker Ordi- nance 1820.

The bands of the Chinese Y.M.C.A., the Confucianist Society and the Lai Ho The Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded School have volunteered their services to the bazaar On the roof and elsewhere the motion and it was agreed to.

theatrical, musical and sporting enter

The The Hon ATTORNEY-GENERAL-I boy totamments are held at intervals. move that the Council do now go into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.

The Council went into Committee accord ingly.

concrete and iron structure of the school thas been quite transformed for the occa sion by means of flags and hunting and presents a gay, and attractive appearance, In a corner of one large hall, lest the purpose of the bazaar be forgotten on account of the prevailing air of festivity, a shrine is erected and priests hourly chant prayers for the repose of the souls of those who have died by privation. The Hop. COLONIAL SECRETARY-I beg 10 constitution alte the word the in-The schools taking part in the bazaar are:The Hongkong Girls' School of the fifth line of the new sub-section, Art, the Yeuk Chi, the Tao Sin, the Chun that it will read The General Oficer Wa and the Kwan Tak. On Wednesday,

Trops Commanding the

the Governor, after consulta approval of

arcend ite

The first reading wis ngreed to

1.2. Major General Sir G. M. KIRKE NIVERSITY ORDINASCE. PATRICK and Mr. S. B. C. Ross took the →customary oath of allegiance as frembers

of the Council and signed the register..

-MINUTES.

The Minutes of the proceedings of the

The Hon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL BAĞ-Sir, I beg to

the lasertion of the word

nese Affairs, representing the Governor, visited the exhibition, made a donation

The Hon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL moyed the second reading of the Bill intituled Anton with the Administrative Commandants to the funds, and purchased a pyrographic Ordinance to amend the University Ordake regulations respecting the constitu painting executed in his presence by Mias

tion, general government, discipline and Fung Min-fung.

An interesting side-show. is a

rance 1011.

roaze

Council hold on December 23rd, 1920 were The Hel. COLONIAL SECRETARY-1 beg to training of any volunteer corps, etc. This modelled on a strategic plan evolved by

confried and signed as cerrect.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

HIB EXCELLENCY: This being the first. meeting of the Council in the New Year it is necessars, in nerordance with practice, to appoint the standing committees of the Council. The Finance Coatittee, and the Public Works Committes are already pro wided for and there is only the standing Law Committer to appoint.

econd it

The second reading was agreed to. The HB ATTORNEY-GENERAL-1' beg to move: That the Council do now go into Committee to consider the Bill clause by

clause.

The Council went into Committee. Op Clause 23,

2.

is proposed in order to make it quite General Hung Ming the Chinese

dear that the power to make regulations includes the power to alter the constitution of the Corps.

under

The Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY-Is not this included

general govern- ment "*1

The Hop, ATTORNEY-GENERAL 1 think it is, but the word occurred in a former Ordinance and it ♬ proposed to be inserted now to make it quite clear that the omis sion in this Ordinance is not done inter tonally. ·

The Hon. M. POLLOCK-What is the

Napoleon. Hundreds of yards of matting are used for the walls of the maze; & prize is offered to those who reach the centre, but the demand, upon the prize fund is not great, owing to the intricacy of the eight-cornered puzzle," as it is called.

The bazaar is organised by a committee representing the Tong Wah Hospital, and the Confucianist Society, and is well worth a visit.

ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY

The Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK said: Sir, with regard to Clause 23, this is a some what special clause, and I understand from The Committers are constituted *s';

objects and reasons" that the the

REPORT FROM SHAUKIWAN follows:--

Finance Committee:The Honourable Governor feels bound to retain this general

According to a police report, an armed robbery was narrowly prevented at No. "the Colonial Secretary (Chairman), the power of supervision for a limited period,

units of the force!

22, Shaukiwan Weet, on Tuesday night. Honoarable the Colonia) Treasurer, the but I would point out that on the words word intended to cover, the formation of

H.E. the GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING The son of the principal tenant heard Director of Public Works, the Hon, Mr. of the clause apparently the Governor in Chu-pak, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Court, Council, Senate, or of the Finance I think it will be advisable to put in the robbers at about one am. and gavo B. E. Pollock, K., the Hon Mr. Lau Conseil may reverse any decision of the the Hon. Mr. Hy Feok, the Hon. Mr. Lommittee without any reference to those the word because as Hongkong Volunteers the alarth. The robbers took to their J. Jobnstone, the Hon. Mr. E. V. D. /bodies and without their being subgedegelop, new organisations may be wanted and the boy was wounded in the band

quently-informed. drafted, it seems to me to go rather far.

thick the H.E. THE GOVERNOR-I overner in Council may be trusted not to do these things, but the dificulty is one

Part

pred beefs, but one or two shots were Ered

by one of them

new component parts, and it wih give the Board the power to establish them with. aut any question.

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It is believed that at abent 10 p.m. three of the thieves secreted themselves? in the house-a-large one, occupied by Public Works Committee:-The Hon curable the Director of Public Works

H.E. the GovzaNor-The power of many tenint--and that when all wre establishing new bodies already exists, quiet they admitted their confederates The party is supposed to have numbered (Chairman), the Honourable the Colonial

Tel. 1741 of drafting. It seems difficult to include However, I see no possible objection tests in all and one had a revolver The Treasurer, the Hon. Mr H. E. Pollock,

tentats state that no property is "missing," KC the Hos. Mr. Lau Chu-pak, the

that some oriam was removed by the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, the Hon. Mords to the effect that it shall be the duty the insertion of the word

thieves. Ho Fuck, the Hon. Mr. J. Johnstone, the of the Governor in Council to inform the Clause 4 as amended was then put and but the police have reason to believe:

bodies concerned of their action. It is agreed to... tehnical point, is it rot, Mr. Pollock It

Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Parr

Standing Law Committee:-The Hoa ourable the Attorney-General (Chairman), the Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, the Men. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K. C., the Hon, Mr. Lan Chu-pak, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak

PUBLIC. FACILITIES FOR SEX-BATHING.

H.E. the GOVERNOR-Clause 4 as amend

is a purely temporary clause, and I trusted by the insertion of the word "constitu." will not be acted upon at all, and not exist tion" stands part of the Bill. for more than a year or two.

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK-I think it

should ny down that the bodies affected shall have some notice of what is intended. My objection is this! that the Governor in

The Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. Council quite properly sits in secret, and debates in secret, and unless the bodies Faffected have some opportunity of saying

asked: Wix the Government appoint a Committee consisting of the Colonial Sec-

Unofficial Member of this Council for the -purpose of inquiring into and reporting to this Council on

(1)The feasibility of providing ade grate Public facilities for sea-bath ing for the residents of (a) The Island of Hongkong; and (b)-Kowloos; and " -The question of supplying cheap and easy means of transport to the Pablo in connection, with such sex bathing. The Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY replied: Certainly.

-HOLT'S WHARF ORDINANCE.

The Hon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled An Ordi "nance to authorise the making of bye-laws in respect of Holt's-Wharf.

The Objects and Reasons" attached to the Bill state:-

1. The object of this Bill is to give the Governor in Council power to make by law for the maintenance of order ind safety in the conduct of the business car ried on at Holt's Wharf.

❤.

is done in a very secret fashion and, Possibly, without sufficient argument, and

debate.

H.E. THE GOVEÏNon-How do you pre pose to meat the position?

Un Clause 9,

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK said-Sir, în. regard to clause 5 and also clause 10, L should like to ask why it is thought desir able to withdraw the power afforded by the 1950 Ordinance to members of the Company of choosing their officers.

H.E. the GOVERNOR The change has

WAN INVESTITURE. THE O. BE. FOR MAJOR" CHRISTOPHER WILLSON.

In the Legislative Council Chamber, yes. terday afternoon, prior to the commence ment of the business of the Council, B.E. the Governor said he had the pleasant duty to perform of investing Major Christopher Willson (Acting Superinten- dent of Victoria Gaol) with the Military which, His Excellency said, had been award. ed to him for good services during the war.

Members of the Council reained atand perhaps the General Officer Commanding

H.E. the GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDINGng in their places during the investiture. will explain -

sad The principle of the election of off- cers had been tried on many occasions

aly recently, during the last three or four years, it has been tried in the Rus

down.

TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF

"..PUBLIC WORKS??? H.E the GOVERNOR-I must, therefore, take this opportunity of saving farewell to the Director of Public Works, who, I expect, will have left us before the Council meets again. The Hon. Mr. Holyoak, on a previous occasion, - pre- matarely expressed the opinion and wishes of the unofficial members of the the views that he so eloquently expressed, Council. I can only associate myself with and wish Mr. Chatham the best of health and prosperity in his retirement. In say

Applause.) ing so, I feel that I speak for all of you.--

The Hon. Mr. PoLtock-It would be easy etough to put in words to provide that repres atative-appoint d representatives Isian revolutionary armies and has again suppose it would have to be-of the Courts, broken down. It has invariably broken It is open to manifest objections Council, Senate or Finance Committeo should be invited to attend before the Exe with regard to the maintenance of dis entive Council. They would thus be able to cipline and therefore the establishment state the reasons for their decisions. It is of an efficient body capable of taking the rather a drastic power for the Governor field in the best possible manner. The in Council to be able to reverse a decision Army, and any part thereof, or any vphin arrived at by the previous body, without toer organisation, or whatever it might be the necessity of hearing the representatives called, is a busipes to manage. The reasons of that body. Possibly if they were heard against the election of officers in a mili the Governor in. Council might come to stary body apply with exactly the same force as they would against the election H.E. THE GOVERNOR-Of course, the of managers and officers in the manage Court, Council, Senate and Finance Comment of commercial undertakings,

On the Council resuming it was re-associated very mittee all contain representatives who are

different decision.

included in the Executive Council, so there ported that the Bill had passed through is no chance of your point being entirely committee with but one amendment in last sight of..

-The general low is not quite suitable

The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK--That is is, sir, For this purpose, and this was recognised. In the case of the Hongkong and Kowloon but it might so happen that those repre.

sentatives might not have been present at the particular meeting at which a par. ticular decision was arrived at.

Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., who were gracied

a special Ordinance for a similar purpose in 1908.

H.E. the GoVERNOR Of course, any- 3.The power of making bye-laws has been given in this case to the Governor thing may happen, but do you seriously in Council because the management of think it worth while altering the clause Holt's Wharf is not in the hands of a legal I can assure you that, as long as I am here, I shall not reverse a decision without entity, such as a company. 4-Clause 6s-formal.

conssiting the body comerned and I am 6.-A draft of the proposed bye-laws is sure Mr. Beyern, acting in my place,

would set in exactly the same way. published with the Bill.

section 4.

The Hon. Mr. CHATHAN-I thank your Excellency and the Council.

The Hon. The COLONIAL SECRETARY said:

I had no idea that His Excellency was going to speak on this subject, so I am hardly prepared, but I feel that, having been closely with Mr. Chatham as Director of Public Works, both as Colonial Secretary and as the Oficer, Administering the Government for a period of nearly-nine years, I can The Hon. ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mered the testify, most sincerely, to the wonderful public service he has rendered in Hong- kong in that position, and to the loss he third reading of the Bill.

The Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded will be to the Colony. His extraordinary detailed knowledge of everything that has and the motion was agreed to.

taken place over the long period he has been in this Colony and the value of his advice and judgment in all matters con- nected with public works cannot be over to rise in this Council and defend Mr. stated. I have had on several occasions Chatham's administration from charges which have been made on incorrect or insufficient information and I am glad to have this opportunity to testify to the extraordinary value of his services as a public servant (Applause.)

*THE ADJOURNMENT.

H.E. the GOVERNOR-As the only Bill. that has been read a first time that relating to Holt's Wharf and there is no immediacy about it, I propose, to adjourn the Council sine die, which is not not a very distant period, in this case. (Continued at foot of next colume.)

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