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THE - HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2012. 1926,

NEW LEGISLATIVE

PROPOSALS.

PROMISSORY OATHS.

AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE PROPOSED,

DRAFT of the BILL, ``

The draft of a Bill intituled an Ordi- nauce to amend: the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1860, which it is proposed to introduce into the Legislative Council shortly, ia published in the Government Gazette Promissory Ostas Amendment Ordinance, 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the

2 Sub-section (1) of section 9 of the amended as follows:- Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869, is

(FROM, OUR" CHINIIR CORRESPONDENT:]

Upon the departure of the principal lenders of the Kuomintang for Wuchang and Hankow, «Mr. Koo Ying. Fang, a 1996. member of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee, will be in charge of local party affairs, while General Li Tsa Hsin is in charge of al! military affairs. The so-called Left Wing of the Kuomintang in Canton are feeling,some- what uneasy over this arrangement as} these two men are not in any way friend!! ly to Soviet influence.

Under the pretext that one of their fenders at Swatow, Mr. Yang Sher Yun, has been arrested by political opponents and that the Kuomintang Police and

(a) The following words are inserted between the ward Councils and the wordahall" in the first line thereof :-

"and the Deputy Clerk of Councils."

(b) The following words and signs are

insorted between the word

THE INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE.

NEW POWERS OF THE HARBQUR MASTER.

The Government Gazette also contains the draft of a Bill intituled an Ordinance to amend the Interpretation Ordinance,

1911.

The Objects and Reasons state that the Bill makes three amendments in the Ordinances

LOCAL WEDDINGS.

READ FLEMING,

CEREMONY AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

At St. John's Cathedral on Saturday a pretty wedding took place the partion being Mr. Robert Lythgoe Read, of Mess"Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Clause 9 adds to section 25 of the Shanghai, son of the late Mr. E. W. Read Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, a sub and Mrs. Read, Stoney Corner, Kent, and section which provides that in an ap- Miss Jean Vallance Fleming of 105, The pointment to An affes it shall not be dividual but that the appointment may Fleming. Coates, Penicuick, Scotland. necessary to name any particular in Peak, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John

be of the holder of some other office in The Cathedral had been decorated for the name of that office. The sub-section the occasion by Lady Pollock, and Mrs. goes on to provide that upon an appoint- į ment being made in that form the person J. R. Wood.. The Hev. H. Copley Moyle who is from time to time, for the time officiated, and the service was fully choral, being, performing the duties of the latter M. F. Mason, L.R.A.M., being at the office shall be deemed to have been ap-

pointed to the former office. A parti-organ.

cular provision to this effect was inserted The bride, who' was given away by Mr. recently in the Marriage Amendment John Fleming (brather) of Mesare. Lowe, Ordinance, 1996. Under that particular Cour-provision it will be possible to appoint Bingham & Matthews, wore a dress of the Land Officer "to be" Registrar of crêpe Jeanette, trimmed with silver lace Marriages, and that one appointment in Grecian style, the train and illusion will be sufficient for so long as the Land- Office remains the Registry of Marriages, veil being made to match. She carried a Without, this power it would be necessary bouquet of pink and white roses. to make a fresh appointment whenever A new Land Officer or acting Land Officer were appointed. Clause of the Bill proposes to make a general provision for this class of case. It is possible that tha express provision in the Marriage Amendment Ordinance was not strictly

cils and the word "in" in the third line thereof :- "(or Deputy Clerk of Councils)."" Military have been unable to effect hia 3 Part II of the Schedule to the Pro- rescue. the Kuomintang Communists missory Oaths Ordinance, 1800, is amend dominating the Labour Unions in Canton ed by the substitution of The Marine have been protesting against the recent Magistrates' for The Marine Magis- Kuomintang order forbidding union trate." pickets to carry arms without licence. Their claim is that such an order should not have been issued whilst the military could not afford the workers protection

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Objects and Reasons.

1. Clause 2 is a technical amendment rendered necessary by the decision to appoint a Deputy Clerk of Councils to

The bridesmaid was Miss Catherine Shaw, who was attired in coral liberty satin, with a brown velvet mirror picture hat, and carried a bouquet of pink roses.

Carrie, Me and Airs. A. Ritchie, Mr. and

Mas W. J. E. Mackenzie, the matron of honour, wore cinnamon lace over satin, with a black crinoline hat; she carried a In an encounter between the Police Alieve the pressure on the Assistant necessary, and it is possible that the bouquet of chrysanthemums. and the members of the Comb-makers Colonial Secretary, who is also Clerk of section 93 of the Interpretation Ordi- and Master John Wood who wore tunie general subsection now to be added to The pages were Master Jim Mackenzie Union at Tai-tak-loo, Canton, on Decem. ber 18th, the Felice arrested three work. Councils The latention is that the Denance, 1011, is also strictly not necessary, suits of white silk, Whilst Mr. R. K

puty Clerk of Councils shall act as Clerk but it has been thought better to deal Hepburn was best man." era. Several men were wounded.

It is said that the Canton Police, dur- to the Legislative Council, but he might with the matter expressly go są to avoid Amongst those in the Cathedral were: ing the week ending December 18th, dis-casion be required to act as Clerk any doubts being raised: No doubt Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.

to the Executive Council, and it is there- covered on no less than six occasions that fore convenient that he should take the action (1) of section 25 of the Inter-C. G. Alabaster, Mr. and Mrs W. J. the extremists of the Labour Unions were oath required from the Clerk to the Pretation Ordinance, 1911, refers to re- preparing to clash with the local autho Executive Council.

ferences in Ordinances...

Mrs. H. R. M. Cleland and" Messrs. W. rities. In each case the arms discovered 2. The Magistrates Amendment Ordi- New Clerk of Legislative Council. Dickson, George Sellers, T. S. White- at the union quarters concerned were connance, 1928, provided for two marine In order to reduce the pressure of work smith, C. D. Purdue, and A. P. Greaves. fiscated.

magistrates, instead of one as formerly on the Assistant Colonial Secretary, it

Boys of the 5th Hong Kong pack of According to the Canton Gazette Clause 3 of this bill makes a consequential is proposed that, while retaining his Wolf Cabs, with which the bride has been meeting of executive members of the amendment which has been awaiting a duties as Clerk to the Executive Council, associated for some time, formed a guard Canton Workers Delegation was held a convenient opportunity. At present the he should be relieved of his duties as of bonear outside the Cathedral after the few days ago to discuss the resolutions Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Ordi- Clerk to the Legislative Council. There ceremony recently passed by the Central Political nance, requires only "The Marine Magis-is at present a technical obstacle in the

The bride entered the Cathedral to the Council, relative to workers' dispute and trate to take the judicial oath. Clause way of this being done, in that the strains of Lohengrin's Bridal March, Men incidents of infringement of the law. It will make the Schedule read The Ordinances generally contemplate only delsohn's Wedding March being played in said a decision was reached to send Marine Magistrates." Another

conse-ane clerk for both Ccandila Clause 3 of 35 the bridal party left the Cathedral A a letter to the Government explaining quential amendment still remains to be the Bill meets this dificulty by providing peal of bells chimed from the tower ai that the various measures to be taken by made, ie, in section 2 (f) of the Mer- in effect, for a Deputy Clerk of Councils. the bridal car left the compound. the Government concern actions which chant Shipping Ordinance; 1899.

The intention is to appoint a Deputy

A reception was afterward given at No. the workers themselves deplore but which

Clerk of Councils who will act as Clerk 105, The Peak, where the decorations have been the outcome of difficult circum-

were the work of Mrs. Lynn Franklin. to the Legislative Council stances. The workers expressed their

The boneymoon is being spent at Hang- willingness to conform with the measures

chow, the bride's travelling dress being outlined in the resolution, an the condi

of bois de rose, crêpe de Chine, trimmed tion that their union organizations should

with mole fur. She wore a mole hat and be safeguarded and their just demands

shoes to match. for increase of wages should not be jeopardized. The Government is asked to give the workers' unions proper protec tion, in order that the unions may be effective in their struggle for better con- ditions and that the Government regula, tions may be carried out.

In daylight on December 17th, robbers in Canton City shot down one policeman and 'looted a home in Wongsha at the western end of the Canton Bund. The Police have now decided to have, an armed motor-car patrol along the Bund and principal streets of the City.

An exodus of the wealthier class of re- sidents is taking place in Fatahan, owing to the frequent factional, disputes.

The anti-Christian students in Canton are to hold an anti-Christian demonstra tion on Christmas Day, paying parti- cular attention to Tungshan where there are a large number of Christian hemes and schools. The anti-Christian students

NEW APPOINTMENTS.

MADE BY H.E. THE GOVERNOR.

The following new appointments, made by H.E, the Governor," appear in the current issue of the Government Gazette: Mr, Edward Lewis Agassiz to be Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, with effect from December 6thr

Mr. Edward Irvine Wynne-Jones to be District Officer in the Southern District of the New Territories.

Mr. Walter Schoñeld to act as Second Police Magistrate, with effect from December 13th.

FORD-LEE.

.. Harbour Master's Powers. Sub-sections (3) and (5) of section 22, of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1889, give the Harbour Master certain powers over merchant ships, including, inter alia, power to allot berths, and power to give special directions for typhoon weather. It appears, however, Another wedding celebrated at. St. that these powers apply only when the John's Cathedral on Saturday WAI merchant ship in question is in a port of that of Mr. George Stephen Ford, the Colony, and, therefore, so far as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ford, to port of Victoria is concerned, they do not "Miss Grace Daphne Lee, daughter of Mr. extend beyond the harbour limits. Table and Mrs. F. T. Lee, Robinson Road. The W in the Schedule to the Merchant Rev. H. Copley Moyle performed the Shipping Ordinance, 1800, makes Victoria ceremony. Harbour a port of the Colony, and section 30 B. (7) of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, gives the boundaries of the Harbour of Victoria. Broadly speak President of the Pilotage Board, in the down, exclude everything east of a Mr. Charles James Thompson to be ing, those boundaries, as at present laid

Place of the Assistant Harbour Master, straight line drawn from North Point Mr. P. Brown was the "besk, man.' until further notice, with effect from to Kowloon City, and they also exclude The bride's dress was of charmenst December 15th.

a large part of the area between. Stone satin trimmed with orange blossom and Subedar (acting Subedar Major) cutters Island and the mainland. It has French lace. Her bouquet was of white Dhanna Singh, 5/2nd Punjab Regiment, been found in practice that ships and roses and maiden hair fern. The maid of to be one of II.E. the Governor's Honor charing to the eastward of the eastern honour wore a dress of apricot satin,

Aides-de-Camp,

to with gold lace flowers.

Private Alistair Mackenzie to be Second Lieutenant in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. with effect from Decem- bor 14th.

The bride, who was given away by her father, was attended by her sister, Miss Stella Lee, as maid of honour, and by Miss Maisie Kotewall and Miss Cissie

acting as page. Leung, as bridesmaids. Heary Bathsam

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the invasion of Western culture,

Finance.

The pro-Bolshevist elements in Canton state that the Kuomintang have received another remittanes Irom Russia, and that from this a sum of $2,000,000 will be sent to Shanghai to induce the Northern Chinese Navy there to turn in favour of the South.

Khan, Sirdar Bahadur, with effect from December 14th..

OBITUARY.

P.W.D. OFFICIAL DIES IN ENGLAND.

MR. G. H. HASKETT.

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Large numbers of complaints are con- tinually being received from the interior regarding the forced sale of Kuomia Nows has been received of the death tang war bonds, but until the civil at Home of Mr. George Heary Baskett, war stops it will be impossible to lessen A.1.8.A., Superintendent of Accounts and the financial burden the Cantonese have Stores in the Public Works Department. to bear.

Mr. Haskett passed away on the 8th inst. Mr. T. Y. Soong has taken exception Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Haskett to the recent attempt of the military proceeded Home on leave early this year, leaders of the Party to interfere with and was due back in Hong Kong at the public finance. In deference to his with end of this month. He recently under add following General Chiang Kai Bhek's went an operation for tonsilitis in z intervention, the nine supervisors ap-ursing home in Birmingham, but never pointed by the militarists recently to recovered consciousness, a clot of blood inspect the accounts of the tax bureau forming on the brain. are to be withdrawn.

In addition to the compulsory redue. tion of 25 per cent. in farm rentals forced on landlords in favour of the farm tenants in Kwangtung, the Kuo mintang will further help the workers and by fixing the maximum interest to be charged on loans at 20 per cent, as nually. Whether or not this will apply to the pawnbrokers has not been de finitely announced.

The late Mr. Haskett was 42 years.

of

age. He had been twice carried, and he caves, besides his widow (who is a daugh- tez of the Rev. Charles Bone, a former Wesleyan minister in Hong Kong), a little" daughter by his first wife.

"Mr. Haskett joined the P.W.D. in May, 1913, as Inspector of Stores. Later he became acting Superintendent of Ac- counts and was for a time Accountant at the Colonial Treasury. He was appoint The pawn-brokers ed Superintendent of Accounts and Stores are charging their customers interest at in 1994. At one time, he was Hon. Secre- 38. per cent. per annum.....

Dealers in firewood in Canton, through targ of the Civil Service Cricket Club, and was also a member of the Volantears.

their guild, the Firewood Tung Chi Tong, The deceased, took an active part in the have issued a statement explaining why work at the Wanchai Wesleyan Church.. they have been forced to advance the and some years ago was Secretary to the price of this commodity. According to Quarterly Meeting, the complaints of the Guild, there are more than 25 pirate and troop stations between Linkong and Wongaha on the

Kilitary.

North River each demanding a protec By the occupation of the provinces of tion fee from every firewood junk in Hunan, Hupeh, Kiangsi and Fukien and transit, making a total payment of some the affiliation of the provinces of Bze- $300 a trip with cargo and $170 without chuan and Kweichow, the Kuomintang is cargo, without counting the cost of the claiming the command of more than firewood itzell. Since last August, the 840,000 troops, price of firewood from the interior has To meet the Ankuochun, or National advanced by more than 300 per cent. At Tranquilization Army under Chang Tao present a Chinese junk load of 10,000 Lin coming south, General Chiang Kai bundles of firewood has to pay something Shek has ordered all available, troops like $800, to get to Canton and 2470 to from Kwangtong to be transferred to the 8500 goes in paying for protection and Hunan Hupeh sector and has requested in tribute to pirates and bandits. General Li Tsai Hain to recruit addi.

tional men for Canton defence.

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bound to obey orders issued by the Har-frills, and carried gold baskets of pink bour Master under section 22 (5) of the roses with maiden hair fern. The bride's Merchant Shipping Ordinance, some mother's dreea was of green and gold times fail in typhoon weather to raise brocaded satin.

PRETTY CHINESE WEDDING.

steam or take other necessary precautions. A reception was held at No. D, Robin- Such ships sometimes drag their anchors son Read. down to the westward into the harbour The boneymoon is being spent at Re- limits and thus constitute Very grave pulse Bay, Shanghai and Japan. The danger to ships within the harbour limits bride's travelling dress was of Bilge moto- which have taken all precautions in cüine trimmed with red, braids and gold

our Master. For this purpose, if for accordance with the orders: the Har leather, with hat to match. no other, it is essential that the authority of the Harbour Master should extend to. the natural boundary of the harbour on the eastward,e, to Lyemun Pass. The definition in this Bill extends the harbour to Lyemun Pass on the eastward, and also includes the stea north of Btone cutters Island above referred to. This amendment is desirable also for the pur Shipping Ordinance, which gives the poses of section 39 (18) of the Merchant Harbour Master certain powers over junks, lighters, cargo boats and wall

craft.

Results on Shipping.

HAM-TEN.

The

Mr. William G. C. Ham, third son of the At St. Stephen's Church on Saturday late Mr. C. M. Ham and Ara Ham, of Melbourne, Australia, was married to Mias Edith-Ten; the only daughter of Mr. and Rev. Lee Kan Yan officiated. Mrs. Charles Ten, of Melbourne

The bride, who was given away by Mr. James Ng, wore French ivory charmeuse, richly embroidered with sprays of silver beads, pearls, and rhinestones. The train, suspended from the shoulders, WAS similarly embroidered and lined with embroider- ivory georgette. She wore

diadem of ed tulle veil arranged with pearls and orange blossom. She carried a shower bouquet of white chrysanthe- mums and pale pink roses.

It should be noticed that the following results will also flow from the proposed amendment of the harbour limits:-

(a) Vessels affected by the Quarantine Regulations in Table Lin the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, if arriving in

The bridesmaid, 'Misa. Cue A. L. Gooey.. Hong Kong between 6 p.m. and s am, will have to anchor outside of Australia, wore a simple frock of salmon pink charmense and silver lace Lyemun Fass

with side draperies of georgette ; ber head

(6) Under Regulation 7 of Table M. in

the Schedule to the Merchant Ship-bandeaux were of silver tissue with posy ping Ordinance, 1820, vessels ex-

at side, and she carried a bouquet of ceeding 60 tons will have to reduce shaded pink roses. their speed to a knots upon enter ing Lyemun Pass from the east,

ADJUNCT LICENCE FOR CAFE

PARISIEN.

DRINKS WITH MEALS AT NOON AND EVENING,

Mits Kae Lan, the flower girl, wore a green frock of georgette with inlet panela of finy Trills Anished with, hand-made. Rowers and silver ribbons. There were

ilver ribbon bands on her hair with hand-made poses at the sides. She dar- ried a basket of pink rose-buda".

All the dresses were made by Madame. Flint

Mr. Charles E. Wong was best man." After the ceremony reception was held on the Hong Hong Hotel Roof Garden,

The Café Parision which was refused a Publican's Licence Without Bar," at the Licensing Board Meeting on Decern ber 3rd, has now been granted an Adjunct The bridesmaids and fower girl were Licence.

presented with silver purses by the brides The establishment can now serve groom. drinks with meals at noon and in the A banquet was held at the To Yuen evening.

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