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Will the Government, state the reason which led them to go back on the promise or understanding thas Private Medical Practitioners, would be allow. ed to attend their own cases in the Kowloon Hospital?"

2 It was understood, when the Victoria Hospital was built by Public Subscrip- tions nsa Memorial" of Queen Vic- toria's Jubilee, that Private Medical Practitioners were to be allowed to treat their own cases there.

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THE BATTLE OF THE CHURCHES.

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WE are not surprised that the threat against the old churches in the City of London has aroused a storm of con- troversy in England. The question in- volved is one of great interest to Church people wherever they may be; and wo believe there are many readers in Hong kong who would learn with regret that any of these asered shrines had been destroyed-in-a-singular-circumstance that the threat has come not from out side the Church, but from within. cently the National Assembly of the Church of England, framed a Bill for Parliament, entitled the Union of Bene- fices and Disposal of Churches (Hetro pelis) Measure, and with the help of the Bishops in the House of Lords this Bill was given a second reading. The Lords then sent it to the House of Commons for their approval, and if the Commons agreed, the only thing wanting to turn the Bill into an Act of Parliament, was the Royal assent."

London.

The quarantine restrictions imposed against arrivals from Saigon è account of cholera fave been renoved.

The return of notifiable diseases, for th-24-hours-ended the 25th inat men- tichs to Chinese cases of enteric fever

A scavenging coolie was sentenced to two meaths-hard-labour, at the Central Magistracy yesterday, for 'loitering on the verandah of No. 7, Fat Hing Street,

In our report of the wedding of Mr. Handley Pegg yesterday, we incorrectly stated that Mr. Pegg was the Executive Engineer in charge of the Roads Office of the P.WD. This post is held by Mr. P. Douglas Wilson.

Will the Government state the rea son that led them to go hack on their promise!

The COLONIAL SECRETARY read the fol lowing replies :'

2.

of Hansard for 1925.

1. Government is not aware that any

such promise

made.

The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given to the late Hon. Mr. F. H. Holyoak on December 9th, 1925, which will be found on page 116 I have not been able to trace any such promise and 1 shall be obliged if the Honourable Member will be so good as to furnish me with details which will enable me to trace it. Hon. Dr. Koca: I will bring up the question again at a later date after I have made the necessary enquiries,

At the meeting of the Council on December 29th the late Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak asked:

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Will the Government revert to its original intention of allowing private medical practitioners to visit and treat their own patients in the Kowloon hospital should they so desire? The Govefrment's answer was:

"The Government is not prepared to

There reconsider this matter. originally a proposal that a part of the Kowloon Hospital should be act aside as a Nursing Home, to be run on the lines of the Peak Hospital, but it was decided that the difficulties of management and discipline rendered such an arrangement impracticable. A private practitioner can inform the Medical cer in charge of any circum- stances in connection with a case, and, if the Medical Officer or the patient so desires, he can be called in 'in con- sultation."

BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY -DEPARTMENT.

REPORT #FOR. 1926.

SERIOUS HILL FIRES.

The report of the Botanical and Forestry Department for the year 1925 was presented at the meeting of the Legis- letive Council yesterday."

The report deals exhaustively-with-the- various gardens, parks and grounds of the Colony.

It states—

The opening ceremony in. connection With the exception of the fourth- with the Wing On Company's new five-quarter when only 5.24 inches of rain stores godown at. No. 186, Connaught fell the weather was generally favourable Road West, is to take place to-morrow to both gardening and forestry opera- (Saturday) morning at eleven o'clock, tions; only a very small number of flower- Tea will he served from 11 a.m. until ing treea in outlying district died owing

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The total rainfall for the year was 95:28 inches us against 105.51 inches in 1924. Particulars of rainfall are given in Table I.

The many friends of Mrs. Barton, wife of Mr. L.A. Barton, of the Hongkong Treasury, will be interested to hear that she has succeeded in passing the London Typhoon signals were hoisted six times Callege of Music examination for piano- during the year and the usual precau playing. She has been made an Associate tions were taken on each occasion to and has received the College diploma.prevent damage to pot plants and plant houses in the Gardens; fortunately no A Chinese shroff in the employ of the bad storma were experienced and the Nanying Tobacco Co., pleaded guilty, at damage was very slight

During the year the total number of the Central Magistracy, to a charge of stealing 70 bales of glassine paper. The trees, shrubs-and other plants sold was defendant was remanded until September 1475, of which 909 were the ordinary" 2ud, as Mr. D.. L. Strellett, who prose-Maiden-fair ferns. cuted, said there was a possibility of ant specimens collected in Hainan to further charges being brought against the number of 228 received from Canton Christian College and 139 received from accused."

the Arnold Arboretuni were mounted during the year.

A claim by à Chinese motor driver for $1,000 against the Hongkong and Kow- on Taxicab Company for alleged breach of contract, was to have been heard at the Buminary Court yesterday, but Mr., W. B. Hind, who represented plaintiff, in timated that the claim had been with drawn. Mr. L. D. Turner appeared for the Taxicab Company.

HAPPY VALLEY,

STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.

HON. MR. D. G. M. BERNARD'S QUERY

At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, the Hon. Mr. DI G. M. BERNARD asked:

NORWEGIAN VESSEL

PIRATED.

LOOT TAKEN TO BIAS BAY.

EUROPEAN LADY PASSENGER THREATENED.

RINGS FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM HER FINGERS.

(FROM OUR SWATOW CORRESPONDENT. ]

. In view of the devastation at Happy Valley caused by the recent rainstormi will the Government state what steps are being taken to prevent a recur rence of this? I refer especially to the spot on Stubbs Road where a shoot has just been re-erected for dumping earth. This spot formed the subject of an enquiry on August 4th last year and Happy Valley has now. been damaged twice from this quar- knives took forcible possession of the

Swarow, August 24th. The Norwegian äs. Sandviken Jeft Canton for Swatow at 0a.m. on 21st instant with about 120 passengers and general cargo. At about 7.13 p.m. of the same day when South of Hongkong about 40 pirates armed, with revolvers and.

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4. What action has the Government ship, their first act being to cut the wire- taken in regard to the recommenda- less. The pirates boarded the vessel as tions made by the Jury at the on- passengers in Canton. The Captain wa

farced to proceed to Blas Bay. Armed quiry of August 4th, 1925 (Note: The recommendations referred pirates took possession of the bridge and to in the second query were made by the engine room and the, Captain with only jury following the enquiry into the death a track chart and to knowledge of Bins of a coolic who was killed through the Bay was told to go at full speed. Armed collapse of a retaining wall at Happy pirates in the engine room drove the Valley during the 1925 flood. Among the stokers to maintain steam at high pree, riders added to the jury's verdict were:

1. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance in so far as it covers the development of sites and construction of retaining walls needs inmediate amendment, Such amendment as re- gards retaining walls must caforce the drawing up of a proper and complete sot of specification of materials t accompany each submitted plan and further that not only should each termining wall be judged individually upon its own merits, but that the final authorisation for construction should rest solely in the bands of the Direc tor of Public Works.

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2. There should be more co-ordination and co operation between the Build ing Authority, the Drainage Engineer and the Executive Engineer in charge

sure and the Captain was thus placed in an unenviable position, having to navigate, at the highest possible speed, waters unknown to him and of which he had no chart.

When the vessel arrived near Teang Chau the pirates allowed the Captain to slow down and finally the ship was stopped. They would not allow an a chor to be dropped, nor would they let the engines he moved after they had once stopped; consequently the vessel drifted great danger of being

and was in stranded.

The pirates looted every scrap of money- and jewellery that could be found on the persons and in the cabins of the. Captain, ship's officers, crew, one Euro-

of Roads than appears to exist at pre-pean lady passenger, and all the Chinese, scot.

passengers.

A small amount of cargo was taken out 3. Regarding development of sites and

for the prevention of land slides dur of the ship'e hold at Tsang Chau where ing such development, we are of the junk came alongside the ship. The opinion the question of drainage is European lady passenger was wearing most vital and in consequence each some tight-fitting rings which were for- such development plan must be sub-cibly removed from her fingers. The mitted to the Drainage Engineer for pirates, in their impatience, threatened"

to cut off ber fingers, but were persuaded by the Captain to wait until the rings could be got off otherwise. The pirates released the ship at 6 a.m. on the 22nd and she proceeded on her voyage to Swatow, arriving here at 9 p.m. the same day with crew and passengers all safe.

his approval before work is started and that responsibility for such ap proved drainage during development shall rest solely with the architect in charge.)

The COLONIAL SECRETARY read the fol lowing replies to Mr. Bernard's ques-

tions:

3. Certain additional large open nuljahs are heing constructed which, it is hoped, will prevent a recurrence of the devastation at Happy Valley, With regard to the spot on Stubbe Rond referred to the damage to Happy Valley from this. quarter on the occasion" in question was negli gible. The reconstruction of the shoot for damping-is-necessary to expedite the completion of the open dump which cannot be left in its present unfinished state. The deposit of silt that flowed over the Happy Valley on this occasion was caused by the bursting of a covered nullah run ning under a neighbouring dump from the same property. The damage to the bulah was caused by boulders from the hill-side, and it is hoped that the risk of similar damage to Happy Valley will be obviated in future when the additional nullah construction already referred to has teen completed.

The total loss in cash, personal-effects, ship's stores and cargo is about $50,000. The amusing" part of the piracy-if there is an amusing side to it is that this weasel was chartered-by-what-is known locally as the "Bolaby. Co." oz. "Soviet Trading Co." which latter nome- time ago opened offices in Canton and Swatow.

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MR. SIM KYE LIM.

This British born subject is stillin_the_ Strike Committee's gaol, and presumably be will stay there since no effort worth talking about has been made by H.M. Government to get him out. Meanwhile the Strikers are hooting with delight at the discomfiture of the hated British and have gone as far as to suggest that Mr. Sim Kye Lim was only captured in order to show the Strikers and Unions how little the British Consul could do.

GEORGE HSU JEN. This arch-Communist, who recently aë- companied Feng Yu Hsiang to Moscow, passed through here the other day en 4. The precautions taken by Government route to Canton. With him on the 8.8. include the recommendations of the Long Ilwe wore about a dozen Russian Jury as regarda reconstruction made military officers and their families, said on August the 6th, 1025, The other to-be proceeding to "Canton to stiffen recommendations have been complied up Chang Kal Shek's revolutionary with as far as practicable, except as farmy. The local extremists called on regards the amendment of the Public these mercenaries and fêted them during Health and Buildings. Ordinance, the ship's stay in port. which is still under consideration.

GOING HOME.

So you are going back to England, Away to the West Countree, You will never regret the parting With this spot in the China Sea

A large number of specimens of the local flora were collected in Hongkong and the New Territories and added to the present collections to supplement those species which are represented by I'm not so sure, old optimist only very old, and in some cases, incom-But that on & Summer's day,

You'll long when you bathe in an English plete dried specimens.

On the roadsides of Hongkong, Kow- loon and the New Territories shade and Bowering trees to the number of 2,594 were planted.

Two

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For the beach at Repulse Bay.

When the nights of an English winter Keep you 'prisoned by the Arc,------- You'll long for old nights in this East-

land, And you'll almost choke with desire.

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"An alleged bag snatcher was arrested in Aberdeen on Wednesday night. It was thought that he-was-the-miscreant. who had been busy on the Peak and It must have been somewhat starting Upper Levels during the past few days,

new fire barriers were made to the Fathers of the Church to discover but the European ladies concerned have during the year, one at Taipo Forestry that their proposals were unacceptable to been identified by an amah, as a man other, in the vicinity of the Wireless When you long for a scene of splendour,

failed to identify bim. He has, however, Reserves, 1,450 feet in length and an-

Station at Care D'Aguilar, 3,852 feet You'll dream of that old delight the laity, not merely in Loudon but who attempted to rob her.

in length. throughout the country. The idea of Home mail (letters only, dated London, Hill fires were numerous and serious The glow of the moon in the Harbour- conferring powers upon the Bishop of July 20th), sent via Negapatam, arrived during the year, the total number dealt The glow of the Peak in the night,

here yesterday morning by the with being 68, as ngainst 18 during the London-the prime mover in this matter iluun. The steamer landed a total of previous year, of these 11 occurred in the When you golf on the greens of England,

What memories the past will bring, BOOK FOR THE GLOBE TROTTER -and other right reverend ecclesiastics 133 bugs of letters, 20 of which were from first quarter, four in the second, three Then you'll long for another Sunday

the United Kingdom, and the remainder in the third, and 50 in the fourth. The to. cuable them, if so disponet, to de- from the Straits The Home paper mail most serious are was in the pine plants. On the old course at Fanling. FOR HONGKONG TO GANTON

inolish the ancient churches created re- of the same date an rid the same route istions above the Bhek O Road, where not So you are going back to England,

destroyed. sentincnt: There are 32. City churches. due to arrive by the Jeypore on Sunday less than 10,000 young trees were totallyTo. the country where you belong;

But you're only going back, comrade, The total number of persons arrested To dream till you die, of Hongkong, A second man has been arrested in nine of which were built before the Great

connection with the assault made upon and charged by forestry guards, who ex- Fire, and 32 of which were built by Siran Indian constable in Waterloo Road perienced great trouble during the early CHRISTOPHER WREN. One of the argu- recently. On his appearance before Mr. days of the strike through raids being

A confiscation order was made, at the JHB. Nihill, at the Kowloon Magis made on plantations, etc., was 433, as ments of the promoters of the Bill is that tracy yesterday, on a charge of attempted compared with 440 in 1024, and 400 in Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, in con- if some of these buildings were demolish-highway-robbery and nasuult, the accused 1023. Of these 376 were fined, 23 cat-retion with seven revolvers and five was remanded till next Wednesday, when tioned, 7 received strokes with a light automatics, all of which were fully Messrs. KELLY & WALSH, Lid

ed and the sites sold for business pur the inan at present on remand will cane, 22 had their bail estreated and loaded, seized by revenue officers at No. "Messrs. BREW & Co.

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-THIEVES BUSY.

CHEQUE SNATCHED FROM" A CHINESE

TELEGRAPH COMPANY VICTIMISED,

The following reports of thefts were contained in Police reports Issued "yen- terday:

A Chinese shopkeeper, who was walk- ing in Wing Lok Street, suddenly found a cheque which he carried in hit pocket snatched away by a man who made his escape in the direction of the Western Market. The cheque was on a Chinego bank in favour of another man for €678.78.

A rolled gold wrist watch,, valued at $48, which a saloon steward of the 6.5. Empress of Canada left in a box which be kept under bis head as a pillow; was found to have disappeared while he was asleep..

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to have taken from May Road, Bowen Rond and Garden Road, 600 feet of telegraph cabin valued at $400 the pro- perty of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Сотраду,