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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

جنسية

THE HONGKONG DAILY

THE PENALTY OF STOCKS, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second A meeting of the Legislative Council reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to regulate the imposition of the penalty

of stocks.

The Cotostat. SECRETARY seconded, and the motion was carried.

The Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by slause. The Bill was passed in Committee without

was held in the Council Chamber, yester day. There were present:-- HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Sir

REGINALD EDWARD STUBUS, KUJEN "HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER COMAND 130 THE TROOPS (Liegt. General Sir GEORGE MONTAGUE KIRKPATRICE amendment, K.O.B., K.O..I.)

CLAUD Fun." Mr.

(Colonial Secretary). Hon. Mr J. H. KEMP, K.C., C.BE.

(Attorney-General).

SEVERN C.M.G.

On the Council resuming,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading."

The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, the third reading was carried and the Bill Hon. Mr. C. McI. MESSER. O.B.E. passed into law accordingly,

(Colonial Treasurer).

Hon. Mr. E. R HALLIVAN, O.B.E.

(Secretary for Chinese Affairs). Hon. Mr. E. A. IRVING (Director of

Education).

Hop. Mr. T L PERKINS (Director of

Public Works),

Hon. Mr. Lad “Chu-pax. Hon. Mr. A. G. STEPHES,

Hon. Mr. H. W. BIRD."

Hon. Mr. A. O. Lavo.

Hon, Mr. CHOU SEU SON.

'CONSIDERATION OF BILL POSTPONED." The second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to restrict the taking of legal proceedings in respect of certain acts"and matters done during the war and matters done during the war and to provide in certain cases remedies in substitution therefor was not proceeded with at this meeting."

THE ADJOURNMENT,"

H.E. THE GOVERNOR: Gentlemen, we shall need one more meeting to wind up the business of the year and it is pro-

night at 2.30 p.m.

Mr. S. B. B. MCELDERRY (Clerk of posed that we adjourn to this day, fort-

Councils)

ABSENT.

Hon. Mr. H. E. Potiocz, K.C.

DECORATIONS PRESENTED.-

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee followed, the CoLONIAL SECRETARY presid

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MOTOR AMBULANCES.

H.E. the Governor recommended the of the rote Police, Special Expenditure, Council to vote a sum of 84,980 in aid Motor Ambulance.

PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 1941.

The CHAIRMAN: I will ask the Director of Public Works to be good enough to explain these votes to the Committee

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: The first item is for widening and improving the Taipo Road between the 3rd and th milestones The vote for the year was $13,000. There was a sum 85,711 in the previous year's estimates which it was not Then it possible to expend that year. was found that this work did not cover the whole road up to the Waterworks and a certain amount was authorised later on. The work is nearly completed to that point. It was found that an abnormal amount of rock, all the way, brought the cost of out of all proportion to what one usually expoets. There has generally been very soft filling. Of the supple mentary vote of 820,700, nearly 30,000 has been voted already and 8.000 has been authorised, so the actual excess is only $6,000,

The CHAIRMAN: Over $8,000 was voted. in 1920.

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WOEXS: As regards the pier at Cheung Chau, the estimated expenditure before was $15,000, but certain extra work increased this by $2.500. The whole pier was very shallow and we had to dredge a channel up to it.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

* TO ANIMALS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ** BONGKONG

DAILY PEKIN."]. $18,-1 am afraid that more people wish to see me die a lingering death than I had supposed. But really, air, what blood-thirsty and abusive people your animal-lovers are. Just because I expressed my appreciation of Member Unly's original amusing letter they call me aa obaoxious person, they express a wish that I may be boiled-a death I particularly dislike they state that I a in my dotage, and finally accuse me of some awful disability known as "falling short of serc and yellow humour"-eri- dently & horrid complaint.

Why should Member Only" be so angry because I laugh with him-not at him, 04 my honour at his description of the poor dumb buffalo suffering on his way to slaughter to feed US1. He is not the only one who has been torn between the desire to maintain his sensibility, desires. A far nobler character "than whilst gratifying his wore material I am afraid we shall have to continually Member Only"I refer to the Carpen- dredge there. All this brought up the total cost to 891.000; the vote was $15,000 ter-has been described under somewhat You will recall similar conditions. and there is an excess of $8,100.

The Hon

Mr. Lasa: What kind of a bow with many tears and much mental tribulation he sorted out those of the pier is it!

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: A largest size, holding his pocket handker reinforced concrete pier. The approach chief "-if you remember, sir-before his

streaming eyes"; and the is very shallow.

satiety that subsequently possessed him did not for a moment interfere, with his expressions of solicitude that the oystera should enjoy their walk home sgain- during the process of their digestion. Yours, finally and conclusively.

The Hon Mr. LANG: What is the depth t

The Curias: Six or seven feet at low water. A big launch can hardly get in at low water.

The Hon. Mr. Lasa; Ia this for leng. thening the present pier!

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: No, for dredging up to it.

The Hon. Mr. LANG: How is the dredg- ingdons 1

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: Wo could not get our own dredger there so we had Chinese dredging.

The Hon. Mr. LANG: Hand appli ancest

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ENQUIRER. Hongkong, November 15th, 1991.

THE LEAGUE OF FELLO W SHIP AND SERVICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG_

DAILY PRESS."]

H.E. THE GOVERNOR: Before proceeding :-- ing to the business of the meeting I have, on behalf of H.M. the King, to present to Capt. B. D. Crawford Morgan the badge of an Officer of the Military Divi sion of the Most Excellent Order of the

The CHAIRMAN: This refers to the One motor British Empire At the request of the second motor ambulance.

ambulance was bought out of the money Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty handed over by the Red Cross at home have also to present the Royal Naval another ambulance was to be purchased Reserve officers' decoration to Paymaster- by the Colony and a sum of $7.000 WAS Lieut Commander Chas. P. Marcel-

provided in this year's estimates The gentlemen named were duly invest-cost of this ambulance has been, in ster- ed with the decorations by His Excellency.ling, £1,000-taking the total of one bill with the Crown Agents of £1,370 and The minutes of the last meeting of the another of £199. The total in dollars is Council were approved and signed by the $11,988.17. The estimate was $7,500 and dredging affect the stability of the pier? be also a training school.in useful ei President.

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MINUTES.

THE CENSUS.

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The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table Sessional Paper No. 15 of 1921. Report of the Census of the Colony, 1921.

FINANCE.

Th: COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table Financial Minutes 134 to 136, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee. K

The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 15), and moved that it be adopted.

The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.

QUESTION.

The following question stood in the name of the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.0.

When will the final Report on the Census, which was taken last spring, be published?

H.E. THE GOVERNOR: The answer to the question standing in the name of the Hon. Mr. Pollock is that the Report has been laid to-day.

THE RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT

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owing to the fall in exchange the amount in dollars has been greater by the amount asked for in the minute 4,989. The cost of the ambulance was not known exactly; when the estimate was made it was thought $7,000 would be enough.

The vote was approved.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND LIGHTING, The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $10,900 in aid of the following votes →→

Public Works, Recurrent :-

Hongkong Communications:

(6) Maintenance of Roads:

and Bridges outside city: 28,000.00 (7) Improvements to Roads

1,500.00 and Bridges outside city. Lighting:

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(10) Gas Lighting, City and

Suburbs and Hill Dis trict ........ (11) Electric Lighting, City,-

Hill District and Shau kiwan

Total

-1,200.00

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: The usual Chinese scoops. We cannot spare our dredger and it is not easy to get it

there.

-In justice to the above League, and for the benefit of those who were not present at last Monday's meeting, I "desire to poin. out that the following programme of future work was then Fayrested by me, namely

The Hon. Mr. Lang: Would any exten- sion of the pier make any difference?"

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC Works: No, The ormation of an-Industrial Institute for boys and girls, to serve the The Hon. Mr. BiaD: How will this purpose of a Reformatory for Boys and to the shoal is such a long distance out.

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: The

piles are deep enough to take all The CHAIRMAN: It is a very good dredging that will be done. The vote was approved.

COMPANY REPORT.”

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Playments for both boys and girls

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2-The Formation of an International Club for the purpose of bringing the dif pier.ferent races in the Colony closer together. 3.-The education of children, at cinema theatre in various useful subjects.

4.-The formation of a local branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

CHINESE ENGINEERING AND

MINING CO., LTD.

The annual general meeting of the share holders of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Go., Ltd. was held in London on December 12th, 1991, when the Direc tors' report and statement of accounts for the year ended June 30th, 1921, were submitted.

EXTRACT FROM DIRECTORS' RIPORT. The net result of the year's transactions 200.00 shows a balance to the credit of profit and loss account of £513,463, made up as follows:- Proportion of Kailan Mining

Administration's profits interest in Europe Agency fees

Bundry receipts Balance brought forward' (after deducting £400,000 payments in full on 400,000 shares alloted as fully paid and £4:110 Sundries...

Total

$10,000.00

The CHAIRMAN: The excess on the maintenance of roads and bridges outside the City is due to the heavy cost of main- taining the section of Pokfulam Road between No. 16 bridge and Aberdeen that is, on the other side of the Dairy Farm-also in Victoria Road. It is a new picce of road and the surfacing was not of the permanent nature of other parts of the road. Among other things there was some heavy traffic caused by a 'bus service and beavy vehicles new travelling between Repulse Bay and Hongkong. That would not have injured Expenses in Europe .......

Directors' fees the road had it been of a permanent nature. A considerable sum was spent in Exchange repairing both the portion of Pokfulum Income-tax Road and parts of Victoria Road. That Loss on sales of Govern

ment stocks accounts for $3,000.

£564,724 72,221 4,000 594

37,785 £078,234

The Committee, which was appointed ut last Monday's meeting, will shortly be convened for the purpose of appointing special committees to deal with the above four subjects-Yours faithfully,

H. E. POLLOCK, Princes Buildings, 16th, December, 1821.

VOLLEY BALL SEASON CLOSES.

POLICE TO ENTER THE OPEN LEAGUE.

Speaking yesterday at the distribution of prizes to the Volley Ball League win- ners for the past season, the Chairman of the League announced that for next sea- son's Police team would compete in the open League Competition in the open League during the past two or three sea sons bad dwindled away until ouly the two "old rivals-St. Pauls, and Queen's College were left to fight for the shield. "Prior to the distribution of prizen an exhibition." game was played on the Y.M.C.A. volley ball ground between the woners of the Senior League and the winners of the Junior League. The Juniors (Queen's College) much the smaller boys, put up a good light, but whilst they were quite equal to their more befty opponents (St. Paul's) in lifting the ball they lacked strength in the volley ahot and were outplayed. The match was watched by crowds of school boys, who 185,791 cheered lustily, whenever their respectiva

favourites scored a point. £313,463 The winners' during the past season

DEDUCT.

£16,073 4,200

*10,260

!

112,316

11,944

5,000

OF COURT JUDGMENTS., The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, the first reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to facilitate the reciprocal enforcement of judgments and awards in the Colony of Hongkong and in other parts of His Majesty's dominions and in certain other territories. He said:-In 1918, the Lord Chancellor appointed a Committee to con sider, inter alia, the best means of pro viding for the reciprocal enforcement of "judgments obtained in different parts of His Majesty's Dominions and abroad. One result of that Committee's report was the passing of a group of sections which formed Part II. of the Administra tion of Justice Act, 1920. Those sections provide for the enforcement in the United Kingdom of judgments obtained Colonies and Dominions to which the Act, by Order in Council, had been made

The third item represents the cost of to apply. An Order in Council applying. the Act to a particular Colony or Domin- lighting additional gas lamps erected ion is for made until Colony or Demin during the year New districts have ion makes reciprocal provision for enforc-developed and additional lights have been- ing United Kingdom judgments. This provided. The same applica in the case Bill is intended to provide that reciprocal of electric light. provision here, namely, to give power to The Hon, Mr. BIRD: What portion of

aforce,,

in the Colony, the judgments of the Hill District, Sir, are they going to Courts in the United Kingdom. When light by electricity, with that item of this Bill has been passed into law an 32001 Is it the Hill District and Shau- Order in Council will be made by by His Kiwan for the 82001 Majesty the King applying the Act to Hongkong.

Provision is also made for extending the Ordinance to judgments obtained in other parts of H.M. Domin ions beside the United Kingdom. I beg to move the first reading.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the motion was agreed to,

The Bill was accordingly read a first

No. 2 is required to meet the cost of Donation Famine Relief

Funda certain dangerous. building walls at points on the road between Stanley and Saiwan Gap, especially between Tytam Reservoir and Tytam Gap where the road was quite unprotected and there is a high bank. The work is now under construc- tion. It will not be possible to complete should be appropriated as follows: the whole of the walls and other means Interim dividend 10. per of protection this year, but of the amount. asked for 8300 is for the current year.

time..

AMENDMENT OF THE RENTS

› ORDINANCE.

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The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend further the Rents Ordinance,

· 1921-

The COLONIAL, SECRETARY seconded, and the motion was carried.

The Council then went into Committee. to consider the Bill clause by clduse. The Bill was passed in Committee without amendment

On the Council resuming,

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The Arronstr.GENERAL moved the third reading.

The COLONIAL SEDENTARY seconded, the third reading was carried and the Bill. -gussed into law, accordingly,

The CHAIRMAN referred the hon. mem- bar to the Director of Public Works who said he had not the details of the lamps with him; it was for one or two special lights.

I think "Hill District" CHAIRMAN: in this case probably refers to one or two special lamps which were asked for. When the minute came to the Government there was no mention of the Hill District,

only the City District.

The

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK:: It

District

Leaving a net balance of" which, the Directors recommend,

cent. (free of income- tax) paid on May 23rd, 1921, absorbed Fina! dividend 19

per

$140.000

cent (free of income- tax) making 9 per scot. for the year...... 188,000 Expenses in connection

with increase of capital 25,656 Reserve for excess profits

duty

192,304

26,600- 9,133

Corporation-profits tax,

estimated at in Directors percentage...... Balance carried forward... 31,

were:-

SENIOR LEAGUE ~(Silver Shield).

St. Paul's College.

Queen's College (runners up). JUNIOR LEAGUE-(Silver Cup). (1) Queen's College. (2) St. Paul's College. (3) Ellia Kadocrie

Sie School.

(4) Ying Wah College

(5) baigingpuz-School..

(6) Diocesan School.

(7) Wanchai School,

BHALL BOYS' LEAGUE-(Silver Cup).

(1) Ellis Kadoorie School.

(2) Queen's College...

(a) St. Paul's.

(4) Ying Wah College.

(3) Saiyingpun School.

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The trophies were presented to the win- ning teams by Mr. E. D. C.. Wolfe, Cap 513,463 tain Superintendent of Police. In call

Fing upon Mr. Wolfe to make the presenta E

tion, the President of the Volley Ball League said that the twelfth season had just_boen-brought to a conclusion --He mentioned that very shortly they were to. have a new entrant in the open League, a Police team and expressed the hope that the time would soon come when some of the trophies would be captured by the Police. He concluded by thanked Mr. Go Sik Wai for the valuable work done. by him as secretary, during the season.

ALLEGED FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.

Detective Inspector J. Grant acked Mr. is-included-in-the-same-voto-athe Citydsell, at the Magistracy, Sesterday, for a remand in the case of a Chinese who had been arrested earlier in the day. The Dian is charged with altering a 85 note to represent that it was for the sum of $100, and also with having in his pose sion several other forged notes,

The vote was approved...

TAIPO ROAD AND CERUNG GIAO PHẠM The Governor recommended the Council to vote à suin of $26,800 in aid of the following votes Public Works, Extraordinary:-

New Territories Communications:

(77) Bonds (8) Taipo Road, im- Widening and

proving road between

Mr. Wolfe said that it gave him great with the gaze of volley ball that a little pleasure to attend. He was sò alruck while ago he stopped and watched h Mr Lindsell suggested that the first tournament played on the Y.M.C.A. charge be included in the second. His ground and neglected his patrol duty for Worship also pointed out that the English a short time to witness the struggle writing on the notes had not been altered, Judging from the exhibition game be had seen played that afternoon, it would be only the figures

Inspector Grant agreed that the man some years before the Police could even 6,100.00 could pass then only to every ignorant hope to win.

Chinese. $20,000.00 The Chinese was rimanded until this

aftergoon.

3rd and 8th milestones... $80,700.00 Miscellaneous:

(89) Pier at Cheung Chau

Total

prizes were then distributed and cheers for the winning teams, Mr. Wolfe and the President closed the proceed

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