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A TINKERING POLICY NOT GOOD ENOUGH."

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE HSIN WAH TRAGEDY.

NEW ORDINANCES PASS FIRST READINGS.

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga commented upon Kowloon's present educational resources during question time at yesterday's meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council which im. mediately followed the monthly meeting of the Council proper. He urged the need for the Government to adopt a more liberal and progressive policy with regard to the erection of schools.

Other questions put by the Hon. Mr. Braga relating to the Amount of revenue collected by the Treasury in connection with stock and share transactions were answered by the Colonial Treasurer

The Colonial Secretary replied to the Hon. Sir Henry E. Pollock's question as to the action intended to be taken by the Government in connection with the recommendations of the Coroner's Jury at the Hsin Wah Inquiry. NEW MEMBER SWORN-IN-

"An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873."

The Attorney General, the Hon. Sir F. H, Kemp, Kt., K.C., C.B.E.. One of the first duties under-moved the first reading of: taken by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council was the swearing-in of a new member Dr. Arthur R. Wellington, the Director of Sanitary and Medical Services.

THE HSIN WAH.

An Ordinance to amend the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1991."

"An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the taxation, of to

bacco.

An Ordinance to amend the Watchmen Ordinance, 1928.”

"An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law with respect to

unclaimed balances.”

The amendment to the Supreme Court Ordinance 1873 gives the Governor

power to appoint a tem- porary judge in any case in which be considers it desirable. At pre- sent an extra jedge can only be appointed on a vacancy arising by death or otherwise, in the case of Fillness or temporary absence, or for the purpose of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912 (90)

original Ordinance, where experi- ence has proved that the existing wording was not sufficiently clear er required amendment. Clause makes – it indumbent upon an ex- porter claiming a drawback on ex- ported tobacco to sign a declaration to the effect that the tobacco in respect of which drawback is being claimed has been actually shipped for export and is not intended to be relanded in the Colony, and stating the game of the person who, upon exportation will be entitled to receive the drawback thereon

Not Out to Stop Competition. The Superintendent is given authority to estimate the amount of tobacco on any manufacturer's Heensed premises at the commçnce". ment of the Ordinance, and to classify it as unmanufactured to bacco or as manufactured tobacco. In the case of such manufactured tobacco, he will also estimate the weight of unmanufactured tobacco from which the manufactured to bacco was produced, and the duty will be payable on the weight so estimated. Paragraph. (a) of sub- section 3 of section 8 of the prin cipal Ordinance is repealed because exported tobacco will no longer bo exempt from duty but will instead be entitled to a drawback. Through tobacco is not made absolutely exempt from duty as it might be, but if it is duly handled in ac cordance with the principal Ordi nance the effect of section 11 of this Ordinance will be that the duty will never become payable. Sub-section (4) of section of the principal Ordinance is repealed because it provided for the rate of duty to be paid on tobacco manufactured in the Colony in bond.

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Clause 9 of this Ordinance repeals section 6 of the principal Ordinance as having been now rendered un- necessary by the provisions of Ordinance No. 9 of 1997 where the Governor has power conferred In reply to a question put by the

upon him to impose or alter duties, Hon Sir Henry E. Pollock, K.C.,

ste, in anticipation either of the passing of a bill or of a resolution asking what action the Government

of the Legislative Council. intended to take in connection

The Attorney General said the with the recommendations of the

Government way attempting to check the prac- Coroner's Jury at the Esin Wah

tics of the sale of cigarettes at a Inquiry, the Hot Mr. W.

less in order to kill competition or new brand. The Southern, C.M.G, replied that the

to establish a Government was merely interested present system of communications,

There is now no power to appoint from the point of view of Revenue, by telephone, telegraph and wireless

a judge owing to pressure of judi-Tobacco of higher value should telegraphy with Waglan and other cial work or if a judge has had pay a higher tax but when a tobacco similar stations is under examinato undertake special duties. The of high value was sold at a lower tion with & view to the more Governor can under the proposed price, then a lower duty was paid and the revenue suffered. The New ordinance, appoint a temporary rapid and accurate transmission of judge in these circumstances or end Ordinance would do much to prev the appointment at his discretion.

eat this The Ordinance passed its first reading without comment:

The Now Bankruptcy Ordinance.

The amendment to the Bank ruptcy Ordinance brings the law of the Colony into line in two respects with the English Anand provides that when a bankrupt comes up for his discharge the court shall take into consideration a report of the Official Receiver on the bankrupt': conduct and affairs, including his conduct during the bankruptcy pro- ceedings, and (b), that the Official Receiver's report shall be prima

messages.

So far as can be ascertained no other ships keeping W/T watch were in the immediate vicinity of the Hain Wah at the time of the disaster, so that on this occasion broadcasting, would have mrved. no useful purpose. Government, how ever, agrees that, in other cases broadcasting might be of great assistance to ships in distress and steps are being taken to ensure that news received of disasters, other than that broadcast by other shore stations or ships, will be broadcast in the future."

The Colonial Secretary went on to fall authority to deal directly and say that the Harbour Master has promptly in such cases. On this occasion prompt action was taken

The new duty is a flat one and is fixed at $1.50 per pound for cigars, 75 cents for cigarettes, and 75 cents for pipe tobacco.

The New Ordinance also deals with the problem of the raw tobacco already fa the Colony. Under the aid system, it was not required to pay duty until the tobieco was manufactured or taken out of bond Duty will now have to be paid im mediately..

The Ordinance passed the first reading.

The amendment to the Watch

facie evidence, of the statements men's Ordinance places watchmen therein contained. The amendments engaged by the Air Force in the bankruptcies are made applicable to pending same category as those employed by The reading was passed without the Admiralty and War Depart discussion.

The amendment passed the first reading without comment.

in that so soom as the message was In explanation of the Ordinance received stating that the Hsin Wah to amend the taxation of tobacco, was nground, arrangements were the Attorney General said there. made immediately to send out the

were four classes of cigars, 4 classes tug "Taikoo" to the ship's assist of cigarettes, and 4 classes of pipe ance. Foliec. launches are built tobacco to be considered, and cach specially for Police Work and it class bore a different duty. is not considered'expedient to alter their design to that of deep sea craft The Officers in charge of these launches are competent in the bandling of their launches.

The main" "object" "of the new Ordinance is to adopt in the cense of tobacco manufactured in Hong Kong the principle of taxation at the source. It is on this principle that the duty is collected in Great

It would ho possible to keep the Rescue Tug Kausing continuous-Britain on tobacco manufactured ly under steam at half an hour's there: Henceforward, therefore, to- notic but this would incur an bacco will no longer be manufactur- additional expense of approximate ed in bond but there will be a fat ly $30,000 annually. The Hair Wah, rate on the imported raw leaf used. carrying W/T but not in work in manufacture. The same rule of ing order, grounded on a clear at rate as introduced in the case night on an island on which there of all manufactured tobacco import- was a First Order Light burning ed, in place of the present system brightly. A repetition of this of division. into numerous classes disaster is so improbable that it as according to value for the purposes not considered that this extra re of taxation. current expenditure would be justi-It has proved, in practice, im- fied, he concluded.

possible to control adequately the namerous factories, many of them SHAREBROKERS AND STAMP working on a small scale, which

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Unclaimed Balances. Reading the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1929," the Attorney General said that the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1885, Ordi- nance No. of 1835, provides for the transfer to the general revenue of the Colony of the following:-

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The other case, belore Mr. E, W. Hamilton, was in connection with. the armed robbery at No. 78, High Street, in the Western District, on. the morning of February 7th, when a gang stole jewellery and other property worth - 81,060.

Seven Chinese, including a woman, were the defendants, but the prosecution agreed with Mr. A. el Arcali defending one of the men that there was no evidence against him and he was discharged.."

Two gangs, each of six men and women, were alleged to be con- cerned in two armed robberies which took place just before Chi- nese New Year, and proceedings against the persons under arrest opened at the Central Magistracy

Mr, T. Murphy (A.S.P.), outlin- yesterday. The women were domes tic servants and ate alleged to haveing the case for the prosecution, assisted the men in carrying out the robberies.

said that five or six men gained" access to the floor by sending one man ahead to knock at the door and call out, the name of an amaă. As a servant opened the door the robbers rushed in and bound and gagged the inmates

The tenant of the house was away in Shanghai, and in the house were his wife and other members of his house, all of whom were women and girls. The robbers had no difficulty in overpowering them and helped themselves to money and jewellery after securing the keys from the absent merchant's wife.

A pathetic feature of the raid at No. 10; Castic Road, where the robbers secured a haul of $42,000 in money and jewellery, was that the chief victim, a very elderly Chinese lady died some days after the incident, apparently from the shock she received at the time of the hold up.

Another unusual feature of the case was that one of the suspects, against whom there was no evi dence, was subsequently brought up handcuffs belonging to the Govern on a charge of damaging a pair of

An amah who was absent from ment. The first defendant in the the house at the time of the robbery case, Ho San, was the prisoner who was suspected and she was arrested escaped from police custody in upon her retura two days later. Taumati with the handcuffs on His After making full investigations the was recaptured later in a village police were convinced that if she near the border and he was then in bad supplied information to the the company of the other man who robbers she had done so innocent- was stated to have broken the hand.ly: cuffs to set the man free.

Describing the arrest of the de- At the opening of the Castle fendants, Mr. Murphy said that the Bond case before Major C. Willson, police visited a house in Shanghai the prosecuting officer, Detective Street where two men were found, Inspector Shannon, asked for the one of them being a person who was discharge of three of the men, one, in the habit of calling on the amah of them being the man who was employed by the victims of the rob- charged with damaging Government belly property, as he had no evidence to offer against them. The remaining defendants were three men and the woman who were concerned in charges arising out of the armed robbery and conspiracy to commit

a crime.

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Four fully loaded revolvers, spare rounds of ammunition, wire for binding victims, and walnuts for use as gags were some of the exhibita produced by Mr. Murphy in Court: "Robbers Make Serious Threats,

Evidence of "the visit of the. robbers to the house was given by.. Outlining his case, Inspector the married woman. She said that Shannon described the operations she noticed two revolvers and two of a gang of five men who gained daggers in the men's hands. One easy access to the house through of them suggested gagging her with the grill door and proceeded to a walnut, and in, spite of her pro- (a) All sums of money, which, at hold up one of the two omahs who tests that she would remain silent the commencement of the happened to be on the ground floor they did this and tied a towel over The robbers then her mouth. They then tied her Ordinance, had remained un-at the time. claimed in the Treasury ter went to the second floor where they wrists and ankles with wire, marka at least five years.

tied up the old woman and her of which were still visible.

On two occasions, witness said, (b) All sums of money, other than daughter-in-law who were robbed of

balances of intestates estates, their jewellery. They next took she was freed, once to find the keys which after the commencement the key of the safe from the old and the next time to open the safe woman and took jewellery and when the robbers failed to do so. After she had been thrown on the money worth 842,000.

of the Ordinance remain un- claimed in the Treasury for at least five years: (c) Under certain conditions, the balances of intestates estates administered by the Official Administrator conditio (d) Under certain "conditions, sums of money, other than balances of intestates estates, which remain unclaimed in the Supreme Court for at least five years.

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receive raw-leaf and pay duty only on such of their manufactured pro-- ducts as they declare for local con- sumption. It has also proved ex- To enable sums under class (e), tremely difficult to assign to their the balances of intestates estates, to proper classes the numerous brands be transferred, oeftain advertise of cigars and cigarettes which are ments are necessary, except where now on the market.

| the funds of the estate are less than

Continuing, the Inspector said settee and a blanket drawn over her that the incident was reported to head, she heard one of the robbers the police at 3.20 p.m. in January suggest that they should kill her 31st, about half an hour after the in order to destroy evidence which robbery, and when the police enter might lead to their arrest. One of ed they found the inmates in the robbers squeezed her nose to. very excited condition. The bed see if she was breathing. Shortly curtain had been torn up to secure after she heard a threat that they the victims and for use as gags would set fire to the house. Wit Boxes which had contained jewelness, however, remained motionless, lery were strewn about the floor and and later the robbers left. the place was in general disorder.

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Mr. Murphy mentioned that the In reply to a series of questions as to the amount of revenue collect

prosecution was depending on this ed by the Treasury on account of

witness along to prove the robbery, stamp duties, in connection with share transactions, the Colonial

Another woman victim, who had now gone to the country, had failed Treasurer (the Hon Mr. C. Mel.

320 in value, and these advertise picion. On information received to identify any of the defendants.

The case was adjourned. Messer, C.B.E.) said that separate: Cigarettes Sold at a Loss, answers could not be given to ques

There is also the problem of the ments have to state that the funds later a charge was framed against

remaining from the estate will be her tions concerning stamp duties paid cigarette deliberately sold at a loss transferred to the general revenue

Two pairs of earrings and a me on sharebrokers' memos for cash in order to kill competition or to it no claim is made within five gold coins were the only articles transactions or sharebrokers' con establish a new brand, be continued years from the death of the deceased. of stolen property recovered by the tract notes for forward transactions, and frequent alterations in the No provision is made to meet eases police.

Taking these two factors combin- quality of the goods sold, without in which the necessary advertise

After plans of the premises and ed, $160,302 was collected for the corresponding alteration in the meats are not made, or in which photographs of the grill doorway year 1924: 882,792 and $5,876 repre- price.

administration is not obtained, had been put in as evidence, the sented the revenues from this Once the manufacturer has to pay within five years from the death Magistrate adjourned the case to source in the first and second half, duty on his raw material as soon of the intestate. Such cases have enable him to visit the place. respectively, of the year 1923; as he imports it or draws it from occurred, and there would appear THE HANDCUFF INCIDENT: 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. 815,923 represented the total for the bond, a system of paying drawbacks to be no machinery whereby due ad-

The discharged prisoner, Pungstration programme. year 1928; 811,140 for the year 1997, on such of his product as he exports vertisement can now be made, so Fan, was then charged with malic and $27,370 for the year 1928...... must be concurrently introduced, that the money, if unclaimed, may fously damaging a pair of bandcuffs port

Separately for each month from and this will be done by regulations be transferrod to the general re- January to April inclusive, of last made under the terms of the prin venue of the Colony. year the figures were:-January,cipal Ordinance as amended by this

Ordinance, R

Further, no provision is roade for $4,050 February, 82,880; March,

The amount of drawback to be the transfer to the general revenue and April 82,050,000 84,553;

returned on caport is calculated on of sums which remain unclaimed in The revenue for January 1929 was the average, amount of raw material the hands of some officer other than $1,870,

which has been consumed in making the Treasurer. The object of the The report of the Finance Com the various kinds of manufactured present Ordinance is to meet these mittee No. 1 dated January 24th, tobacco. Opportunity has also been points. 1929 was adopted without comment. taken to alter some parts of the

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