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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th 1927.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

FOUR NEW BILLS.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION,

CHINESE EXTRADITION `·

ORDINANCE PASSED.

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A meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday after noon in the Council Chamber. H. E. the Officer Administering the Gov- ernment (Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern, C.M.G.) presided and among those present were H.E. the General Offeer-Commanding the Tramps "#Major-General-C.-C. - Luard, -C.B., C.M.G.), the Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax), the | Attorney-General (Hon, Sir J. H. Kemp), the Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Mr. C. Mel, Messer), Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North (Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackman (Acting Director of Public Works), Hon. Mr. W. E,"L. Shen- tor, Hon Afr. D. G. M. Bernard, Hon. Mr. R. H, Kotewall, Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes and Mr. E W, Hamilton (Deputy Clerk of Councils).

Naw Member,

Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North took the usual onth upon taking his scut an a member of the Council for the first

time.

The Jesuit Order And The

University."

He

The Attorney-General moved the first reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to provide for the in- corporation of the Procurator in Hong Kong of the English Assist ancy of the Jesuit Order." 4td: The English Assistancy of the Jesuit Order proposes to build a hostel to be attached to the Univer sity. To assist in that enterprise. the University have agreed to grant a sub-lease to the Jesuit Order of a portion of a site belonging to, the niversity at Fly Point Battery, In order to secure the advantages of perpetual succession it is props ed that the Procurator in Hong Kong of the English Assistaney of the Jesuit Order should be made a corporation sole. This Bill is in tended to effect that object.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.

Sinking Funds For Loans. The Attorney-General moved the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the General Lonn and Inscribed Stdek Ordin- arice, 1913." He said: This Ordin- ance will amend the General Loan Pad Inserioed Stock Ordinance, 1913, so as to make it possible to scontinue contributions to the sinking fund of any loan issued under that Ordinance when the xinking fund has become potentially full; that is to say, when it is quite clear that the fund, without any further contributions, will be sul- ficient to pay off the loan at the proper time. It is obviously un- necessary to go on contributing to sinking fund in these circum- stances, and it may sometimes be financially undesirable to do so. In ather cases it may be desirable to continue the contributions/in order

THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.

CURRENT NEWS ITEMS:

Mr. D. Trafford who was all Assistant Master at the School front August 1920 to December 1995 will rejoifthe Staff in April 1028 Mr. Trafford will teach Science, English and Mathematics.

THE UPPER YANGTSZE CONDITIONS.

WORSE THAN EVER.

SHIPS HELD TO RANSOM, BETWEEN ICHANG AND CHÚNGKING.

The following extracts from a Boys from the Diocesan Boys' letter from a foreigner at Chungking. School have been entered for the dated September 27th, are illuminat-[ Hong Kong University. Matriculn

ion Examination in December and ing, especially in view of news re- boys for the Junior Examina-ceived later that conditions have

become much worse there.

tion.

The

The new covered playground is writer' states-

The conditions under which ships well on its way to completion and will be of great use for general

Are running between Iehang and assemblies, physical drill, etc. Since the School moved to its tem- Chungking were never, worse. The bandits are strongly entrenched porary promises it has not had a place in which the whole School 40 miles about Iching and could meet together at one tinge.

they have been holding up ships. | The Rev. H. du T. Pyaer has demanding and receiving various supervised the making of an Altarums from a few hundred to 15 for the Chapel fittings have been hundred dollars per trip. purchased in England but the altar has been made locally, and the Chapel is now used for private devotions. When the fittings are complete, there will be celebrations of the Holy Communion during Term time!!

The Just Yangtze Rapid ship that came up left Ichang with 30 of the

sumed that only because the cap- bandita "on board, and it is pre-

in left Ichang very hurriedly at being chased, that the ship was their request, because they were allowed to pass the bandit district without being forced to pay money,

La Games the School has been very active recently-in Association

Not infrequently "bandits board Football, Cricket and Tannis. Games with the Troops have been the ships, either at Chungking or Ichang, and then hold up the ship. encouraged and the boys are bo Money and valuables are taken from put on their meetle. The School is the passengers and the crew, and divided into four Houses, Brown, then the ship is allowed to pro- House Games and Sports are being Blue, Yellow and Green Inter- arranged for November.

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The fourth and last payment School fees for the School year due on Tuesday, November. let. This is a good time for new boys to join the School.

local officials has adopted the cole of Bandit Prevention Guard, and for the sum of 2 per vessel under- takes to see that no bandits benru the vessel-while it is in part.

ceed. To overcome this one of the

General Yang Sen imposed a special" inspection tax at Pan- tou. and charged large ships 8:00 i8nspection fees, and smaller ones will have the effect, I think, of $200 For some unaccountable clarifying the provisions of the prin reason this imposition has been cipal Ordinance and of filling up abolished. Yang too is said to be gaps which at present exist. One short of funds, but this is hard to thing it makes quite clear is that understand, as his income for the there will be power of appeal to six weeks ending Sept mber 15th the Governor-in-Council from a from the special opinm tax at Wap- decision of the Medical Board to hsien was one and a half million. strike a practitioner off the register dollars. and it lays down the procedure to As a protest against the heavy be followed on any such appeal. taxation on the river above Chung- The Rill also proposes to transfer king merchant are holding on to the medical register from the their goods, with the result that- Colonial Secretary to the Principal only two or three out of a total Civil Medical Officer who appears of about 2 Chungking Suifu bonts to be the most suitable officer to are running. There does not seem keep that register. It also proposes to be a shortage of cargo for the to exempt the professors in the larger steamers going down to Faculty of Medicine at the Univer: Ichang, and freighta rates are Tis 3- sity of Hong Kong from the neces- per pical on downward cargo.- sity of registering as medical prac- North-China Daily Your. titioners.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. and the Bill was read a first time.

Bills Passed.

it had been paid.

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Ап Ordinance to amend the

The Directors of the General Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, and an Ordinance to amend Accident Fire and Life Assurance the Chinese Extradition Ordinance, Corporation, Ltd. (Perth (Scotland) 1888, were read a second and a and London) have declared an | interim dividend for the year ending third time and passed.

Certain amendments in the new December 31st, 1927, of 9 per cent. Liquors Consolidation Ordinance on the preference shares, and of were made in Committee. The At. per share on the ordinary torney General said the amend shares, both subject to income tax ments were proposed after there and payable on or after November had been considerable discussion. 1st, 1927. This is equivalent to an In its original form clause five. of increase of 1 per cent, in the divid the ordinance placed the onus on end-on-the-ordinary shares. the defence to "produce evidence that duty had been paid or that the defendant had reason to believe BRITISH AIRCRAFT BOUGHT

There was no

BY CHILE. obligation on the prosecution to. to pay off the loan as at early bring forward evidence

on these The Chilean Government has period as possible. Discretion is therefore given to the Government points at all: That was considered placed an order with the Fairey by this amending Bill to discon- by some persons to be too severe Aviation Company, of Hayes, Mid- tinue such contributions with the and drastic and under the amend- dlesex, for a number of naval air- ments proposed while the onus still craft, and is being supplied with approval of the Seeretary El

remained on the defendant to prove the latest Fairey 111F machines. State. Provision is also made to that duty had been paid or that he These are capable of being used resume..contributions if that should had reason to believe it had been either as land machines or, by become necessary. This Bill is re- commended to us, and was indeed paid, it would be a duty of the means of interchangeable floats, as prosecution to produce before the seaplanes, and they can be built drafted, by the Secretary of State.

Court any evidence which the as either two or three seaters. The Colonial Secretary seconded, Crown, might have tending to show Four of these machines, it will be and the Bill was read a first time.

that duty had not been paid or that recalled, were used by Air Com- Medical Registration. defendant had reason to believe it modore Samson in the completely The Attorney-General moved the bad not been paid. If it so hap- successful flight from Cairo to the Ordinance, to amend the Medical or possibly through some reason this severe and practical test, the Registration Ordinance, 1884." Heable mistake, the prosecution did Fairey 111F is also able to operate said: The Medical Registration not put forward that evidence as as a general purpose machine if Ordinance, 1894, is open to consider part of the case the onus would necessary. Napier, Lion engines able criticism. Its provisions are still be on the defendant and when are fitted, and the fact that the by no means clear on certain points he had called his evidence the pro- order was obtained in the face of and several matters which ought to secution would still be able to call keen foreign competition speaks be provided for are not provided in reply any evidence that they well for the quality of British air. But if craft and the reputation of the for. For example, one section gives might have on their side. the Colonial Secretary power to that new evidence, which might Fairey Aviation Company. strike practitioners off the register have been called as evidence in in certain circumstances. Another chief, appeared to the Court to be section appeare to direct that all such as to justify giving a further questions of striking off, the register opportunity to the defendant to should be decided by, the Medical give evidence then he would be Board. Again, one section appears allowed by the Court to give fur- to contend that an appeal should the evidence to reply to the evi- always lie with the Governor-in-dence called by the prosecution in Council from any decision to strike reply to his original evidence. It Air Commodore Samson, who led a practitioner off the register. An- was & very unusual and complicated the Air Force flight to Cape Town

END OF OCTOBER SALE first reading of a Bill intituled "An pened that through inadvertence, Cape and back, and, apart from

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striking off, gives no express power of appeal from that action. Again it is uncertain whether there is power to strike off the register an unqualified person who has obtain- ed registration by some fraudulent means unless he is first convicted' of that offence, and, of course, con- vietion may be impossible because the person in question may have left the Colony. Again, the Medical Board, though it has power under the principal Ordinance to recom- mend that a practitioner should be strack off the register, has no power

discussions which had taken place named the Captain. Kettle of the on this particular section of the Air Force owing to his dapperness Bill and he thought it would prob- and short rakish beard, will shortly ably work out well.

be retiring. Council then adjourned until next He was one of the English aerial Thursday, November 3rd.

pioneers and took a pilót's certi- Reference to the Indian Watchficate in 1911, He was the first to men's Bill and other matters dealt make a cross-country night fight with at the Legislative Council will and the first to make an ascent from be found elsewhere in this issue.

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a moving warship. He flew the first seaplane, served in the Dardanelles and France and brought down many German planes. The enemy feared him so much that a price of £1,000 to censure. It is obvious that in mittee followed the Legislative His whole life has been packed some cases striking off would be a Council meeting, the Colonial with thrills He is probably the too severe measure, but that some Secretary presiding."

only man with such a record for degree of censure is called for." The votes of supplementary ex he was an aerial pioneer, served. This Bill proposes to deal with all penditure totalling 85,300, details during the war, made daring flights these points and certain others, It of which were given in the Daily after the war, and has lived to

retire. (Continued on next Column.) Prese yesterday, were approved.

A meeting of the Finance Com-was laid on his head.

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