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RULES REGARDING RE-INFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS.

FIRST READING OF THE NEW BILL!

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

HONG KONG SEAMEN'S UNION.

COMMENT ON RECENT RAID.

BY SHIPPING AND ENGINEERING.“

Anyone who has had any experi chce whatever of the activities of the Hong Kong branch of the Chi- nese Seamen's Union, and especiai- ly those who knew the branch first- in the shipping strike of 1922 and afterwards in the prolonged strike following the Shanghai May 30th affair witd the Shameen June 5th affair of 1945, will have learnt with piensure and approval of the de- inite closing by the Hong Kong offices of the union, remarks Shir Government of the Hong Kong |

and Engineering (Shanghai). While there is no doubt that in some quarters the action of the Hong Kong Government will e quoted as yet another example of!

A meeting of the Legislative elections. One class of persons Commeil was held in the Council exempt from jury service consists Chamber yesterday afternoon. H. E. of masters of schools ether than The Governor presided and there į Vernacular schools. It was found were also present II... The General as the last election that there was Ofteer Commanding the Troops | great difficulty in ascertaining (3lajor-Cieneral ̊C. C. Lund, CR, whether any particular school was C.3169.), the Colonial Secretaryja Vernacular school or not. There (Ion, Mi. W. T. Sundbarn, C. C.), is no statutory definition of the the Attorney-Genera) · (Hon), „Sir! term. There is a definition in the Imperialist" oppression, it is

suph Remy, K.C. C.RE), the Grant Code which has statutory Proluble that even among the Chi Coleiral Treasurer (Hon. Mr. Ceffect, but in all cases it relates rank and file of the seamen no less orse themselves, and along the to Grant schools. The proposat in Mel. Messer, 0.8.12.), Hon. Mr. E. The present Bill is that the question than anyone else, the elimination of B. Hallitas (Secretary for Chinese of what is or what is not a Ver the Hong Kong branch of th Affairs), Hou. Mr. 11. T: Jackman ular selum shall be decided favour. The Union in question is Union will be looked upon with the Director of mention who for (Director of Public Works),. Įlon.

the purposes

the Education De. not a trade union in the best sense Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, (Captain Superpartiment

already classifies

of the term: it is a red, bolshevis all

tie, tyrannical, unreasonable and intendent of Police), Hon. Sir Shou-schools into Vernacular or non-

Vernealar schools. Speaking reason

unreasoning aggrogation of com- son, Chow, Hon. Mr. D. G. 3. broadly a Vernacular school is a ministic extremists who banded Bernard, Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, school where the Chinese language themselves together in such a man- Hun. Mr. J. Qwen Hughes, Hon. is the principal medium of instrucner that for a long time they were tion. It was necessary to discoverable and still are to some extent Mr. W. E. L. Shenton and the some means of finding out which to dictate to Chinese seamen ex- Deputy Clerk of Councils (Mr. E. schools were Vernacular schools and W. Hamilton).

is perhaps the best that has been which were not and this proposal made for dealing with this difficulty. Re-Inforced Concrete Buildings. The second main subject of the Bill is reinforced concrete con- struction. This mode of construc. tion has been developed very large ly since the principal Ordinance was passed in 1903. That Ordiu-

Now Members.

Hon. Mr. A, C. Hynes, Hou, Mr. 3. Owen Hughes and Hon. Mr. W.

. L. Shenton, thrée new members who were attending Cbanest for the irst time, took the customary oath of allegiance.

Bills Passed.

actly what they should do without

red to do. The rank and file of Any thought or consideration as to what the seamen themselves prefer- the Union were held in a bondage as tyrannical as complete, and they bad to obey the behests of their dictators--whether they liked to or not, and whether they agreed or disagreed with the policy of their dictators.

During the 1922 strike the Hong, The Bi intituled An Ordinance | anec, did include · re-inforced non- Kong branch of the union became to amend the University Ordinance, rete buildings but it included them so subversive of law and order as to make its activities amount to 1911, and the Bill for the incorpora: only in a very vague and loose way tion of the President in Hong Kong and it does not give sufficient stark, undisguised sedition; and of the Basel Evangelical Missionary powers for dealing with that mode the Hong Kong Government, on Society were read a second and & of construction which, as I say, has that occasion, took the obvious step third time and passed...

beer very largely developed in re of closing down the Union. Since cent years. Here again there are then, it has been permitted to re- several amendments of deteil, at open (when is not exactly clear)? The Attorney-General then moved again there are two main altera

but instead of profiting from its the first reading of a Bill intituled tipus which this "Bill proposes to

former experience and restricting At Ordinance to amend the Puldieke in the principal Ord bounds, it has, during recent its activities within constitutional faith and Buildings Ordinance, The first is to give the Governor mouths, been more seditious than 100k In doing so he said: The in-Chuil power to make regula Bill deals with three subjects--tions covering the design instrumever, though perhaps more surs Sanitary Board elections, re-intion and situation of re-inforest and again it has attempted to fos

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condition of the permission has been broken and (c) where the use is unsanitary. In case these three clauses might not cover everything. there is further power given to order removal at the absolute dis cretion either of the Sanitary Board or of the Colonial Secretary. This chuse is inserted to make removal possible in cases which cannot now be foreseen. For example it might be found that in certain district the use of these conveniences was leading to very serious pollution, possibly of the water supply or possibly of some part of the bar bour, and it might conceivably be necessary, at all costs, to order removal. Of course, in every case HOTEL PROPRIETOR STABBED of that kind notice is given to the owner in time to permit him to removes the offence.

It is not at

Torced concrete buildings and cer-concrete buildings. This form of tain features of the water-carriage building is included in the Rill ter serious trouble in shipping system. The-Bill-ia-described and under the term exceptional builtcircles at Hong Kong, and has explained in such great detail in ings but the buildings with which made at least three abortive at the Objects and Reasons," in the Bill, to all intents and

tempts to bring about a general Furposes, ore detail than usual. I think, that deals, specifically are re-informed shipping strike in the Colony- propose, Sir, to refer only to curemecete buildings The intention part from the two successful oc- tain iain points The Objects isto introduce here the London- sions in 1922 and 1026, and the

wonder and Reasous" of the Bill have County Council's, reinforced con

is not that the Hong Kong afregily been published, in the crete regulations, but to introduce Government has definitely put a Daily Presés.

these regulations will require con-

stop to its activities, but that it has tolerated them for so long. First of all with regard to Sani-siderable time and care to adapt

The ion is no more popular tary Board elections it is common them to the circumstances of Hong

in Chinese commercial circles than knowledge that there was a great Kong and in the meantime, the i deal of discussion about the law will give the Building Authority foreign, and it is fairly certain relating to unitary Board elections power to use its discretion with that the action of Hong Kong will regard to such buildings. The inproval at Canton, where they ser after the election which took

meet with more or less general ap tut vection disclosed tention is that, in using that dis definitely to be taking measures to last year. various defects both in the Ordi-cretion. the Building Authority nance and in the Regulations, and should follow the London County the Seamen's Union is vermillion.

eliminate red"

activity. And the present Bill in the section Council as far as possible.

The second main amendment in Its headquarters and most of its which relates to Sanitary Board elections, proposes to deal with the this branch of the Bill is in conis doubtful whether the majority of funds nre now at Hankow, but it defects in the Ordinance. The etion with sectior,180 of the prin-

contained in cipal Ordinance. That sertion pro reasonable seamen will resent the Regulations are schedule attached to the Public vides that every domestic building loss of the money they have been Health and Buildings Ordinance greeted or reverected on inud leased forced to subscribe to the Union now that they have definitely been an it is proposed to amend those from the Crow before the com Regulations so as to deal with the incensent of the principal Ordin-freed from the bondage of its well

fed and mischief-making officials. defects in the Regulations also.

ance must be provided with open The raft Order-in-Council, which space equal in area to not less than - it is proposed to make when this third of the roofed-over area of Ordinance becomes law was publish the building. The effect of that ed in the Government Gazette at from the Crown before 1903 is re is when a building on land leased the same time as the Bill.

erected the owner has in practically all cases to provide an increased amount of open space, the object, The two main criticisms which of course, being to improve the were levelled against the present Bealth conditions of the Colony by alate of the law relating to Sanitary the provision of more light and air. Board elections were: (1) that There is no definition in the Ordin- there was no register of hames,ance of the term "re-erection" but no complete register of names of it has always been assumed, when persons entitled to vote. The elee a building has been sufficiently torate of the Sanitary Board con altered to make it in effect a new sists of two parts, the first part building, that it has been being those persons who are on the erected and the increased amount Jury List and the second part those of open space must be provided. persons who are exempt under the Now it is possible; by the adoption Jurors Ordinance from jury service. of the new methods of reinforced The persons exempt from jury sor concrete construction to alter a vier are described under various building very substantially, very heads in the Jutors Ordinance but materially and to make practically there is no list of them and the new building, and yet to alter result under the present law is that, it in such a way that it does not in the course of an election when become a new building under the great crowds of persons may attend definition of the principal Ordin, to vote. it is necessary, in the cuseance. It is, therefore, proposed of those persons who are entitled first of all in. this Bill to define to vote and are exempt from jury re-crection" as an alteration of service, to investigate their claims a building to such an extent as to and to come to some decision in make it technically a new building, the bustle of the moment. That is and secondly to provide in clause extremely inconvenient and the 10 of the Bill that re-erection for proposal of the present Bill is to purposes of Section 180 shail in- form a register of the actual names clude every altoration of a pre of persons who are entitled to vote viously existing building in such a. on the ground that they are exempt manner as to make the resulting from jury service. The obligation building, or any part thereof, an will be on each qualified perion to "exceptional builidog. Apply to have his name entered

Water Carriage System. the register. Putting it generally. that is the effect of one of

The third subject of the Bill is main amendments proposed by this the question of the removal of Bill on the subject of Sanitary water closets and urinals. At pre Board elections. There are various sent the power to remove is res amendments of detail but that is tricted in an inconvenient and in of the two main alterations. anot very logical, way.. The pro-- The other main amendment is posals in this Bill are to give clear concerned with the particular power to order removal (a) where classes of persons who are exempt the construction was unlawful and from jury service under the Jurors (b) where the maintenance is un- Ordinance and are therefore on lawful; for example where some titled to vote in the Sanitary Board (Continued on next Column.)

one

ro-

MURDER IN TIENTSIN.

TO DEATH.

PEKING, June End...

1A, CHATER ROAD.

expiring condition. He had coid- ently en stabbed. Mrs. Widler opened the window and blew a Police whistle and shouted for the police.

Police Arrive On the Scene.

the moment anticipated that that EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY. On the arrival of the police of the No. 1 Special, Administrative power will have to be used but it

Aren they found that Widler was is necessary to take the precaution.

dead. There were terrible wounds The Colonial Secretary seconded, the Attorney-General's proposal and

A shocking and mysterious mur-in his head and stomach but no trace of the weapon used could be the Bill was read a first time.

der occurred in the early hours of found despite the exhaustive gear- The report of the first reading of Wednesday morning in the Takuches of the detectives. the Bill to provide for the incor- Road at Tiantain,

The front door of the hotel was poration of the Directors of the

The victim was George Widler, but the back door was open. A Japanese Residents. Association in

discovered to be closed and locked. Hong Kong is given in another the proprietor of the hostelry bloodstain was found on this latter column.

The first reading of the Bill for the known as the Tientein Hotel, No. door and also another bloodstain authorisation of the appropriation 14, Taku Road, who had been living in the yard, so that it is considered of the supplementary

highly probable that the murderer suin of hero for 瘟 number of years. $1,083, 802.42 to defray the charges Widler, who was a Turkish dewlett, if he did not enter by this of the year 1920 was postponed and who was born at Constantino were missing and nothing in the route. No nomey or valuables until the next meeting of the ple, was 56 years of age. Council which will be held on Thursday, June 23rd,

hotel appears to have been inter-

He was it appears) in the habit fered with: Drawers, boxes, sup- of occupying a separate bedroom in boards were all intact and there FINANCE COMMITTEE.

the hotel to that of his wife and were no signs anywhere of an in-

truder or intruders. he retired to bed late on Tuesday

It is thought that Widier had Following the meeting of the night while his wife also went to Council, the Finance Committee sleep in her bedroom which ad- enemies and it is suggested that met to consider the passing of joins her husband's. About three revenge and not robbery was the This is votes amounting to 378,071 needed o'clock in the morning, it is stated, motive ford tot to supplement the 1927 estimutes. sho was aroused by hearing screams substantiated by the fact that no- The purposes for which the money from her husband's room and on thing had hoon removed from any is required were Riven in the making her way there she found part of the building nor had any Daily Press yesterday. All the Widler lying on the floor near the attempt been made to disturb any-

door bleeding profusely and in an thing.

votes were approved.