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PUBLIC WORKS IN

HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG · DAILY PRESS,

The areas stated are those of the lots,

which in some cases extend further in- Bud than old high water mark and are.

FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE the sea

D.PW.'s REPORT."

WATERWORKS REVENUE,

furt Bert

YOUTHFUL GODOWN KEEPER'S ROBBERIES.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH,

GRUESOME DISCOVERY AT

SHAM SHUI PO.

therefore, not exclusively velaimed from BRANDY ANȚAMILLE (CONDENSED, CHINESE FOULLY DONE TO DEATH. In addition to the above, a jiktis pro į The questing of placing youths in pusi. The dead body of a young Chinese, who press was made with the works in con- nection with the reclamation of about 13tions of responsibility was raised at the had born foally done to death, was found acres of foreshore and sea-bed at the head!

Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, by Mr, an isolated spot on the reclamation, Lea Longinotto, who appeared for the at Sham Shui Po, by an Indian cinstablo defence, in a case in which the tendant,

of Kowloon Bay referral to in previous

years Reports. "

IMPROVEMENTS OF PUBLIC

STREETS.

!

a young Chinese, named, Leung Kin May, employdil as a godown kreper, was charg

Tuesday night. The constable stain- bled against something in the dark, and, flashing his lampyon "the prostritek form om the grad, he discovered that it was

(to deal mainly with resumptions for Fed with the theft of ten vases of condensink) the dead hedy of a young Chinese, aged

Street, Kowloon.

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about yeads.

gash on

There wer BURN FOLLA

the left side of the neck, which

The actual expenditure on public works in the Colony of Hongkong last year was $4,8,703, We supplement the extracts) given yesterday from the Report of the Director of Public Works by the following Agen suledepartment has been created j

information gleaned from the Re

Street improvement schemes. A schedule milk, the property of the American Milk is given of Some of these resumptions The revenue derived by the Government rilating to this widening of Wanchai Products Corporation. Charges of stent- last year from waterworks amounted to Road Queen's Road East, and Central, ne large quantities of any chamal wounds all over the body, and a deep $669,416.06. Roughly half this sum was Des Yeux Road Central. Bonham Strand, derived from the 2 per cent, rate, and the ner Peak uretor rund from Wanchai Paxta, wine, perfome, ince powder and has probably caused death. In the dead the other half from excess consumption. Gap to Victoria Rap, and Shanghai hair lotion, the property of A. P. Lapiceman's right hand was clasped a dagger. & Co. were aby preferred against the The ground round about showed evidence In addition to the Widening schemes

defendant, included in the schedule referred to plans

a ferge struggle having taken place. have been prepared and approved" for The thefts took place hotworn, July 15th. ¦ At distance from the body the enn- windening numerous other streets. 19 and August 23rd" at a glown, a stable discoveril, two blood-stained dag- The general policy adopted is to acquire Na 5. New Praya West, when the defet-gers lying on the ground, giving the im thesland required for withening purposes when rebuilding takes place. Queen's, daut was employed as godown kerper, i pression that the light was an uneven ore, Road Central and Des Voux Road Con- Mr. Tanginot to the Magistrate, and that the deceased had been attackëd oral are being dealt with in this way,

A list of the principal Streets for which (Mr. T. W. Ainsworth) that he pleaded by at least two men The dagger in the widening schemes have been approved guilty to the charges. There was no dis deceased's hand gave the impression that he thenight it was more'a case of "wank" before he received the fatal wound, but, paring that this boy took the goods, but he had engaged in a grue mortal somfat

than vice The defendant had told him

placed in his hand by one of his murder- on the other hand, it might have been

Lees before running away from the scene

•The figures, which include for the first time the districts.of Repulse Bay and Fanling show an increase in the revenue of the provibus yatae amounting to $80,085,983,

LAND SALES.

The nerente derived from Land Sales last year was #2.914.06.07, and the actual amount paid into the Treasury during the year was $1.604.007.55, or nearly six trokes the awaunt of the Estimate, which

to be the site of the old Post Offe and! was 8000,000. The difference is accounted

old Land Office sites, which were sold for: 81,502,510 bal of this amounts only $218,000 bail hoon puid in before the end ef 1921.

APPLICATIONS FOR LAND.

Queen's Road Central from. Hongkong during the year is given below:-

and Shanghai Bank vo Central Market (amended line). Queen's Road Central from Jubilee

Street to Bonham Strand. Bonham Strand, Catchick Street. Kowloon City Rud. Salisbury Road. Hankoa. Roztl.

QUARTERS FOR EUROPEAN

OFFICERS..

that the most of the liquor stolen was brandy and I must say." continued Me Tanginotti, his selection of brantly is of the murder. cather to his credit." He had got a very responsible jolz igr his age, looking after a gintown with a ton of valuable staff. Whether the firm was justified in giving such a responsible job to this tad was a matter för big Worship to devide,

The constable telephoned to the Sam- shuipo Station, and the Inspector-in- arge had the body removed to the Kow- toon mortuary."

So humerous says the Report; were the applications for land in the year, 1921-hy for greater than in any previous year-that die stuff was very "fully em ployal um the requisite surveys for saled plain, and on the preparation of Frase plans. In view of this pressure it was This cost if the rection of two blurks considered desirable to form 4 sub of four houses an Leighton Hill for division of the office, administered by the European officers is shown, as 8218,00 100, Principal Land Surveyor, and under the The contraer for the house below t direct charge offan Assistant Land Sur. Tanderage the Peak was let for veyor, for dealing with the Ordnance 2119,337735, All three houses were co Survey work only. In order to secure the pleted and berupied by December 20th necessary" assistance fomearrying us the They contain the following accommoda- details of this survey, Chinese youthe thon-Ground Bur: Dining, driving Went. having sufficien mathematical qualificar and sitting soms and a large ball with money out of it. He just Wanted to show o tion are being trained as Surveyors, kitchen, undry and servants of what a ne job he had. He was only This arrangement was nearly accomplish the back. First flame; four bedrooms,,

The motive for the murder is unknown, It is certain that it could not have been This tad, said Mr.." Longinosta, had

robbery, as money was foot in the many friends, Chinese Civil servants on bedecessed's forget. The body has not ben

id-istified.

to

"BUILDING FLANS. >

used to call "upon him, looking for a drink. That was how most of the Win

The defendant did not get any

ed by the end of the year and appeared; bath' rooms, and two dressing reways, 21 ta. 21 gars, according to Chinese

working satisfactorily.

There are also verandahson finth is reckoning. If he was sentenced ju in and a drying room, is provided over the

purisongent he would be made a criminal: kirchen.

it, on the other hatal, he was fined, the" for would be paid by his father

"

CRUELTY TO, FOWLS,

ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE

SECA, FIXED.

Mr. N. E. Smith, at the Magistracy, The year under review was, owing to The house erected to the East of R.B.I..

yesterday, fried a stall-huller $15 for the unpreendemed bom in the building 10. Dunedin nuder the supervision

cruelty to somie, fowls by not, providing trade, the busiest in the history of the jof Mr, John Duncan and from plans pure

them with water. The holder of the stall. Buildings Ordinance Office, and its out. pared by him was completed as a rotal, ding" could be ordered which was "standing feature was the very largy non-cost of just under 2000.

the youth reallyadeserved." "If your W, at the Saigingju Markit, complained Ber" of domestic buildings dealt with

Quarters for the Puise Judge. -This The following is a tabulated statement work was carried out under the charge is gives him a good talking to and a that in mitices had been posted up in the showing the dumber of buildings, etc. of Messrs. Denison. Ram and Gits with and whipping “Ms. feminatta said "imarket instructing tall Folders as to the for which plans were deposited, during Messrs. Ng Mow Hag as Coat racters, - Be, will probably leave the Court with regulations He said that it was unfair the year, the figures for 120 Ling given The building was completed and ovenpied

ZA MATTÚRLOH a bun without first letting him

in a parallel rolumn for purposes of cum- by its end of September, consisting of all sorts of goal resolutions. The der know what was required of him.

perisont

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Europian houses 130

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1921 zerease, creas,

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171

Alteraiion's and

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existing buikl

"ings.. ...2,101 2573

-474

Verandahs

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6-11

Balconies

217

20

Sunshade

Armits „Piers

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1787 198S

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The number of plans approved during the year was 2,304, di increase of 326 over 1020.

Certificates. The following certifientes (for new buildings were issuril:

1 under section is of Ordinaneri

!'

1900, for 75 domestic buildings

which wre Eurapean, and Chinese thwellings.

a bungalow of the jollosing actono- dant has had his punishment, fir during dation:Dining and drawing roomsy four the seven) "adjournmPats of the case the bedrooms and three bath rooms, a fairly farge ball and m enclosed verandah in has had hanging over, his head the horror (the centre,portion of the front. The of imprisonment." I am not arguing for usal serants nésummodation is provid- the sake of a fee." concladed My, fangi- ed at the back.

Homestead Site Houses-This work was notte, breause I get, nous. I am appear place under the charge of Messrs," ing vently as the friend of the defendant's Hartle, Adams and Wood. A contract

with Mergers Kigh On & fo for father, rather, than as “a solicitor. $177.8839.68 was, sigord on the 21st Aug. father is a most respetable man a con- for the Grection of a block of six fais tractor." and four detached houses. The work

In reply to the Magistrate.. Mr. Longi. ́was shortly afterwards commenced and by the end of the year a large amount, notte said his client was born in Hong

His

of its preparation had been done and kng. The complainants could afford to the foundations of the block of flats had lose this stuff," the solicitor added.

heen Ini.

The expenditure on these quarters to December 1st, 1921, was $228,551.57.

QUARTERS FOR SCAVENGING COOLIES.

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Mr. D. H. Blake, for the prosecution, said: I quite appreciate, and I am sure that my clients do, that the defendant is but a youth. He is, however, well-educate ed. and should have known better. He

may or may not have given away the wines and perfumes to his various friends.

bottle,"

as my friend put it, but he has a position of "great

A block af máldings in Hospital road, giving, accommodation for the scavenging cracking, a of coulis, aid six formen, together with

of the head" foreman's meters a small crust. He has broken that trust. He has

78 for 102 nan-domestic buildings. These figures show increases of 174 and 30 in the case of domestic" and "non-

buildings respectively. Jomestic

- IMPROVEMENTS OF PUBLIC

STREETS.

The policy of requiring houses, when undergoing re-estruction, to be built at

Mr. G. R. Sayer, of the Sanitary Board, wher we present in Court, said in reply to the Magistrate that he thought copies of the regulations were pasted up in all the markets.

Lispector Fisher, of the S.P.C.A., said that Dr. Gibson had explained to all stall holders before, that water must be pro- vided for fowls, and nidst be changed three times a day. When he visited the stail on a previous occasion, he found that the regulations were not complied with, and he had an order issued to the defendant, through the Sanitary Board, ruining him to keep the water cans constantly filled with glean water. When not lilled, but the defendant had them he visited the stall again, the cags were led when he saw him approaching. The Inspector added that the defendant ought to hate known well enough what wOB required of him, as he was a member of the Sucinty

Two stall holders of the Wanchai Market were fined $10 ench for silsilar effences,

THE RWANGTUNG SITUATION.

THE PROVINGIAL BANK NOTE BAROMETER.

The Canton Times, in a leading article, says:-**

A short while ago, the Provincial notes reached the high points just on the day took a steady rise toward normal and

of the inauguration. Since then the notes have been taking a downward course and there are plenty of prophesyings that the value will get as low as fifty per cent. This turn of events is largely caused by combination of factors which may not

9, detached building of two living rooms, also done away with 10 cases of condensed bath room, kitchen, etc., cost $153,007.01 milk, valued at about $200. I leave the

Quarters for kestyrnging coolies were. also ar progress of erection in Belcher after entirely in the bands of your Wor

ship. Street. Thèse will hate necompondation

I am not pressing for a heavy for 141 "enodies, S foremen and one head "penalty. !foreman, and-"in addition the building. Mr. Longinotto asked the Magistrate to (contains garpges for the Sanitary De express an opinion as whether employers

partment's motor vans. The total sti- were justified in employing.

a little bit mates are $135,000,

of boy as a godown keeper." It was MARRIED QUARTERS FOR POLICE not fair to the defendant that this tempta- a higher level where necesary in order the estimates for the erection of this This was the sort of thing that made tion should have been pht in his way to provide for the future Yaising of certain low-lying areas in Hongkong and The building was nearing completion all

building in Caine Road was 205,000. criminals. Kowlood has been continued. In some the end of the year and $2,312 had been!

Mr. Blake said that he was quite pre- "enses, arrangements are made with "owp-

pared to put a representative of the Firm ers whereby the ground floors of their expended.

in the witness-box to prove that the youth

people. It was no good saying that he was a strip of a boy. There were many be so easy to explain. Some factors like boys of that age in China" and Hongkong the attempts of various military generala TESTS OF MORTAR,

who had more responsible jobs,

to resign, the lingering scepticism of the A cartraet for Gardeners' quarters

The Magistrate said that as the defen- merchants and citizens, the presence of Attention was given to the testing of (providing for the accommodation of 3 dant had entered a plea of guilty he had so many soldiers in Canton, the incom- mortar, 73 samples being taken from married gardeners and a single ones) was no option but to send him to prison. "Inplete appointment and assumption of works in progress, but in no case was let, hut the amount is not stated. To view of the enormous amount of stuff office of both the military and civil off the mortar found to be below the nccept the end of the year $1,732 had been spent stolen he would send the defendant to cials, and the somewhat slow unfolding of ed standard.

on the building. The estimate for 1921; prison for six weeks' with hard fabour,

..

buses are retained at their former levels ADDITIONAL QUARTERS AT HAPPY was highly recommended by responsible

upon their giving an undertaking to raise

such flours when the raising of the street- is carried out

RECLAMATIONS"

The following is a statement of tho private/reclamations which were .com. pleted or in progress during the year

Bq. ft.

VALLEY."

On the two blocks of six terrace house (12 in all) at Happy Valley the total ex penditure was $151,887,

for $8,000.-

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

A tender amounting to 40,250.42 was and outbuildings and erecting a new block accepted for pulling down the old kitchen

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PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING BUILDING SITES.

the Governor's policy, are causing no small amount of concern and restless LAA to the community. When to these is added the pernicious spread of wild ramours of every sort, one can readily understand that the air is not all clear)

Be-

Area in comprising kitchen, and servants' quar- The road contouring the hillside in Wong yet. It is a peculiar phenomenon that the ters. For pulling down part of the old nichong, and Tai Hang Valleys (Exten- aftermath of war instead of smoothing all stables and outbuildings, erecting a new siop to Jardioe's Lookout Hill) forms things seems to complicate matters. 68.000 block comprising a garage, laundry and part of the project commedeed in. 1918 fore the Chibi-Fention war, the issue in custodian's quarters and forming a rex sites in the two valleys above mentioned. must be brought about by representa for the purpose of developing buildings the North was clear that reunification 165,000 carriage drive and entrance gates, 4

tender amounting to $50,449.21 was" for length of about half a mile of war the whole affair has become more A contract was let in September, 1091, tive national conference, but after the cepted.

In the great 20 foot road from the tunnel outlot to complicated than ever. Broadwood ridge, and substantial pro. European War, the question was quite

NEIL 20 mua 101, Lại Chi

Kok (in progress) Abordzen“ LL'e'81 to 88, "Aber- ·

deen (completed) · M.L. 277 and 281 (additions

to), North Point in pro RTCSB). K.LL 1353, To: Kwa Wan (com-

pleted) K.ML. 62 (additions to). To

Kwa Wan (completed)....... 139,150 Q.B.M.L1 (additions to),

134.200

87,110

Quarry Bay (in progress), 33,600 (1.Ez÷446,447-419 and 449,

Shaukiwan (in progress)...... 30,704 K.I.L. 1358, To Kwa Wan (in

progress)

52,71

THE HOSPITALS,

A contract for the new maternity block gress had been made by the close of the clear that the nations were fighting for at Victoria Hospital and extensions to the rear. In connection with this under the cause of humanity but after the close existing building was let for, the amount taking a traco was cut from Broadwood of the war, the complications have been of 8130,597

ridge to a point near Taitom. Gap, where such that to this very day they have been it is proposed that this road should ter- unable to disentangle. n like manner, minate, and a branch trace, to join Shua. The tiruggle in Hwangtung has bycoins kiwan Road at Quarry Bay, was also cut quite complicated after the cessation of The expenditure to December 31st, 1921, hostililies. We must therefore keep our had been $154,029.

minda steady and our hearts confident,

For the construction of an Outpatients Depsriment at the Government Civil Heapital a tender of 887,601 was accept ed.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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