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THE BUDGET.
AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR NEXT YEAR.
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATED AT $19,478,964.
TWO MILLIONS MORE THAN ESTIMATES
FOR 1928.
The Budget will be introduced at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday when the Colonial Secretary will sak that a sum not exceeding $19,478,964 may be provided to meet expenditure. during 1929.
Provision was made for an expenditure of 817,741,643 in 1997 and this year the estimated expenditure is $17,450,103. The in- increase as will be seen, therefore, is in the neighbourhood of two
millions
These figures do not include the amount of the Military Con tribution and Public Debt charges.. The total revenue of the Colony in 1927 was 21,344,338 and the expenditure $20,843,DES. This year, the total estimated revenue is $0.103,300 and the total estimated expenditure $22,183,045. So far the restaue is well above the estimate;
Below are given the chief heads of expenditure for 1929 com- pared with the estimates for the present year. Public Works Extra- ordinary are estimated to cost a million more in 1929 than in 1998. The cost of miscellaneous arrvices is up by over three lakhe. It is estimated that the Cadet Service will cost $40,000 more in 1929 than during this year and the Junior Clerical Service 100,000
ESTIMATED. EXPENDITURE.
more.
13,20
His Excellency the Governor Cadet Service
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Senior Clerical and Accounting Staf Junior Clerical Service
900,103
728,021
1938 101,328 325,606 187,573 621,867
Colonial Secretary's Department and
Legislature.
.41,198.
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
13,180
Treasury
16,100
47,055 11,947 8,978
Audit Department
48,761
45,098
District Office, North
23,200
23.076
District Office, South
13,252
11.144
Post Office
307,140
474.329
Imports and Exports Office
753,746
Harbour Department
782,139
£90,5-1
Royal Observatory ......
38,300
Fire Brigade
250,236
Supreme Court
143,043
36,556 217,924 149, 589
Attorney General
.22,713
33,798
Crown Solicitor's Office
33,088
..39,855
Official Receiver
10.375
9,571
Land Office
24,078
26,877
Magistracy, Hong Kong
2,28-1
Magistracy, Kowloon
2,132
Police Force
1,907,352
Prisons Department
Medical Department.
Sanitary Department
821,501
Botanical and Forestry Department
100,884
Education Department
1,259,827
2,250 2,050 2,012,117 545,384
526,591 070,350 • 881,058 645,425 *100,158 1,229,013
Public Works Department
1,840,907
Public Works, Recurrent
1,680,050
3,419,805
Kowloon-Canton Railway
811,044
103,358
2,467,184 *20,506 97,400
Miscellaneous Services in Charitable Services Pensions
1,946,743
103,566 847,000
921.494 04,824
Total
$10,478,964
833,979
817,450,103
Public Works, Extraordinary
Volunteer Defence Corps
OTHER BUSINESS.
1,164,258 1,610,100
In addition to the Budget, the business on the agenda of the Legislative Council for Thursday includes a resolution to be moved by the Colonial Secretary that the Chinese Recreation ground and Yaumati Public Square by exempted from assessment for rates notwithstanding occupation thereof, or of any portion" or partions thereof respectively for pecuniary profit.
Ordinances to amend the Larceny Ordinance, 1865 and the Magistrates Ordinance, 1600, are also down for the Erst reading, but in view of the unfortunate accident io Sir Henry Pollock, the Attorney-General, reported elsewhere in this issue, it possible that the introduction of these Bills may be postponed.
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HIRED GUNMEN AT SINGAPORE.
SUDDEN ENDING TO STROLL WITH STRANGERS.
SINGAPORE, Sept. 11th.
The part played by the hired assassin in Singapore crime was indicated by a shooting outrage which occurred yesterday.
SEPTEMBER 18th, 1928. ROUND THE POLICE | COURTS.
EXTRADITION CASE AGAINST A FRENCHMAN.
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AT CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.
Aa application was made by Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magia- tracy yesterday for a further ré mand in the extradition proceed. ings against a Frenchman named Jenn Francois Clément Moynier who is wanted by. the Inde-China authorities and is in custedy here.
Mr. Fitzroy said that the neces- sary requisition was expected to arrive last Sunday, afternoon, and it was a question of getting the papers and haring, translations made before proceeding with the
case.
Moynier was remanded until next Monday afternoon at 2.13.
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ANGRY R.S.P.C.A. MEETING.
nier was understood to protest LORD BANBURY SHOUTED against being remanded, and the reason for the decision was explain- ed to him.
SET FIRE TO A MAN'S LEGI
A Chinese youth from Shaukiwan was in Court for causing grievous -bodily harm to another youth by burning him.
DOWN.
WOMEN'S SCREAMS AND HISSES.
There were amazing scenes at an extraordinary general meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the Actel Cecil.
When Lord Banbury took the chair fashionably.. dressed women stood on their seats, waved their agenda papers, and screamed and
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A Yapping Dog.
This was received with further abouts and cries of "Get out, Lord Banbury!" the uproar being intensified by the yapping of a lap dog carried by a woman.
Mr. Stevens put the resolution himself.
When he declared it carried there were shouts to Lord Banbury of "Sit down, will you "
Lord Banbury stood surveying those present. A long line of people-women and men-formed up in front of the table and tried to shout him down when he picked up a typewritten paper and at- tempted to read it
could be seen moving, but not a For several minutes his lips
word could be heard of his speech even within a few feet of him.
"Who The Hell Are You?" Mr. Grain went on to the plat-
Detective Sergeant McEwen stat ed that at 3 am, on Saturday the defendant tied a piece of rag soaked in kerosene to the man's leg while asleep in Tai Shek Street
form and stood behind Lord Ban- bury's chair. Turning sharply "and then set fire to the rag. When hissed; men shouted, "Get off the round, Lord Banbury exclaimed,
arrested, the defendant claimed platform!"'; "fists
Who the hell are you, sir? Get were shaken at
out of the way!" that it was only a joke as the ecm him; and for ten minutes pande. A woman called out, How dare plaingat had on several occasions monium reigned. Then Lord Ban-you use the word Hell' when thrust burning paper under his toesbury, finding it impossible to make ladies are present You ought to
be ashamed of yourself!” while he was asleep.
Another exclaimed, "Look at him! Look at the man who uses the word 'Hell'i"
The defendant was remanded for one week, no bail being granted in view of the serious condition of the injured man who was in hospital.
OPIUM HIDDEN IN CLOGS.
himself heard above the din, left. the platform with his colleagues on the council and the chair was taken by Mr. H. W. Wallis Grain,
The meeting was, according to the agenda, a sequel to a meeting in May which was closed down "owing to noise and interruption" During a search by revenue and which was followed by pro- officers of the belongings of passen-ceedings in the High Court With gers disembarking at the Hoi On the approval of the judge it was Wharf from the s.s. Tai Hing decided to hold another extra- from Wüchow, six pairs of wooden ordinary general meeting. clogs were found in a sack carried
On the agenda were resolutiers by an innocent looking Chinese. which, if passed, would have had -Close examination-revealed thirty-the effect of introducing the right taels of opium hidden" in the hecis to vote by proxy and to elect mem of the clogs which had been hollow-bers to the council at the annual ed out for the purpose.
The owner of the clogs was brought before the Magistrate and fined 8800, or four months' hard labour.
MING YUEN WORKERS' .
CLAIM.
meeting by poll.
Supporters Cheers.
As Lord Banbury took the chair the cheere of his supporters were overwhelmed by the uproar created by his opponents
After some minutes, during which the noise continued, Lord Banbury laid down the document, which he had apparently finished reading) and, the hall re-echoing with cheers and counter-cheers, left the meeting, accompanied by the council.
Before they had reached the door
Afr. Wallis Grain took the chair, being supported by Lady Cory and Mra. Penn Gaskell.
"This is really our society!" ex- claimed Lady Cory.
Mr. Grain, addressing the meet- ing said, "I ask you to be calm and deal with this matter in a cool and dispassionate way."
#Bulls Of Bashan."
A Voice: After shouting like Bulls of Bashan for half an hour, you ask us to be calm 1
This was the signal for a fresh. outburst of theering and counter- cheering, during which there were cries of "You are not our chair- man."
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"Order Order!" shouted Lord Banbury at the top of his voice.
Eventually Mr. Grain declared "You are not our chairman!" that in view of the "overwhelming screamed a shrill feminine voice.
number" expressing a desire that The Hon. Stephen Coleridge he should remain in the chair, he
and in a loud voice ex- would carry on. jumped up claimed, You have no right to
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The claim brought by 28 former employees of the Ming Yuen
"Lord Banbury," he said, has gardens for recovery of $788.20 due be in the chair! It is an absolute again shown a lamentable lack of ly illegal proceeding! I propose
to them as,wages from Leung Sik that Mr. Wallis Grain take the good temper and tact to-day, by
Grain Grain!" came a chorus of voices.
Pan was settled out of Court.. At chair."
previous hearing, Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios, who appeared
Lord Banbury again called for for Leung, disclaimed liability as order, but his voice was scarcely his client was not a director of the heard in the increasing din.
Mr. Hubert Stephens went to
up gardens, and he put forward the the table and, standing immediate alternative defence that the com- plainants used up certain stocks 13 in front of Lord, Banbury, seconded Mr. Coleridge's resolu left behind by the old management ion. when the place closed down.
Mr. Remedios mentioned yester-shall not put that question. I am Lord Banbury said sharply; I; The victim, a Chinese of the coolie class was walking along Kim Keat day that a settlement had been not going to leave
reached between the parties. Mr. Road when he was hailed by Lindsell agreed to the summons. be. friend, a person he had not met
ing withdrawn. - for some time. À cap of cofice was suggested, and a shop indicated by the friend wag entored. There the friend introduced two other. men
MANILA, Sept. 14th Jose Bella Bautista, so far the only alleged fake lawyer to be tried here was to-day sentenced to. four years, nine months and 11 days imprisonment for falsification of the register of Philippine nt- torneys. The sentence was passed by Judge Anaclete Diaz of the court of first instance of Manila.and went away. Bautista was also fined P.300.
At the invitation of the two strangers the victim went for a them. stroll, walking between Pistols were suddenly produced and he fell, wounded in the face and thigh,
The bullets, fortunately, were of exceedingly small calibre, and neither wound is likely to prove serious. Both assailants got away,
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AT KOWLOON MAGISTRACY,
STOWAWAYS FROM SINGAPORE.
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giving me & dig here (indicating. his ribs) sad swearing at me."
Mr. Grain was again interrupt- ed by shouts of "We want to hear Lord Banbury," and a remark by a woman that they had not come to listen to personalities. Mr. Grain continued:
I submit that the unfortunate cause of the unpleasantness is to be found in the members of the society expressing in no uncer-. tain manner their disapproval of the arbitrary and autocratic ac tion of Lord Banbury. Lady Cory said that she came specially to beg the meeting to pass. a vote of censure on Lord Banbury for his leadership, which was lend-" ing the society to disaster. ("Hear, We are hear "and Shame.") driving to disaster as fast as we The boatswain of the ss. Dorry can," she added.
STABBING INCIDENT ON A SHIP.
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was brought before the Magistrate Lord Banbury, she said, had tall- a charge of wounding the ed the meeting at a time when Four Chinese appeared before assistant caterer of the vessel. The many people were on holiday, hop
defendant is alleged to have attacking that nobody would attend and Mr. W. Schiefeld at the Kowlooned the man with a table knife sad that he would get complete control. Magistracy for stowing away, on the sa. Fook Sang from Singapore, inflicted injuries to the left temple. She hoped they would not have to
An application was made by suffer much longer. Mr.. D. Lyon, of Messrs. Jardine,
Inspector Spear for remand as Matheson & Co., Ltd., owners of the the injured man was still in hos vessel, prosecuted.
Two of the defendants stated that pital, and also for defendant's bail of 8100 to be increased. The bail they gave a friend 85 and 810 res had been fixed at this sum as the pectively for their passages. The
Mra. Fenn Gaskell, said:
Lord Banbury simply wishes to "continue as a dictator. We have not got a council; we have mere- ly got a body of people who think they must stand by a poor old ...man who has worked so long.
The accused is 38 years old, mar- ried, and has nine children. He is a native of Imus, Cavite. He first took the bar examinations in 1913. Immediately after Bautista had finished testifying in his own be half, the court announced that the decision would be rendered, at the same time 'deaying the petition of the defense attorneys for six days' The refute his testimony, Fiscal others said that they had lost their police were not aware at the time beca time to file their briefs. In deny Guevara recalled Mr. Samson to tickets, one stating that he reported that the complainant had
Beriously injured. ing the petition the court stated denied that he bad informed vessel.
Mr. Sameon the loss to the compradore of the
The defendant was remanded for that the case against the accused Bautista that he passed the ex- was clear, and that it did not need
Inspector Spear informed his one-week on 8250 bail aminations. Mr. Samson also stat-Worship that the vessel left Singa- any briefs to help it arrive at a
ed that on the same day many bar- pore on September 9th and the de- "GREEN ISLAND” SACKS. decision. The appeal bond of the candidates had gone to see him, but fendants were found on the follow accused was fixed at P.5,000
he told them to see their grades on | Ing day among the deck passengers. On the stand Bautista declared typewritten sheets posted on the
The mistress of a sampan was His Worship intimated that the that on December 16th, 1927 he walls.
compradore was an important wit fined $30 for being in possession of went to the office of the clerk of the Bautista was jointly accused with nest, and as he was not available 29 empty encks bearing the mark extreme offence to the society supreme court to inquire about his Albing Candelaria, absconding, en- owing to the ship having already of the Green Island Cement Co., suggested that his pawars should. outcome-in-the-bar-examination ployed of the supreme court, of hay left port, the defendant who claim Ltd and regarding which she was be confined to the council chamber. Jeronime Samson, deputy clerk, in- ing falsified the register of attored to have reported the loss of his unable to give a satisfactory cz The Hon. Stephen Coleridge pro formed him that he passed, he said.
neys in order to permit the farmer ticket would have to be discharged. Planation. The woman's story was posed that further discussion of the On the same day be took his oath to obtain the certificate from the The others were fined 825 each, or that she bought the whole lot for resolutions should be postponed of offing he said
supreme court to practice law three weeks bard Ishoux fa
80 cents, But the value of each sack sine die. This was passed and the
meeting ended quietly...... vag stated to be 20-cents: (Continued at foot of next-column.) | Manila Timer.
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My manifesto was a plea for pence so that we could do the work for which generous people are giving money. This money is being squandered by Lord Banbury on meetings for proxies and polla (Cheers.)
Sir James Douglas, remarking that Lord Banbury had been "an
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