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DETAILS OF COLONY'S BUDGET.

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There is a reduction of three in the number of Students in Train ing. It is not however proposed that this should be a permanent de croase; The Clovernment has recent

trenchment Commission, but has hot at present been able to evolve any better scheme except at prohibitiva

cost.

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fence posts are badly corroded un- derground.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY OCTOBER

Bervices. Tho,

grants to local The four coaches which were To Chinese charities “Cánd capitals built. this year, and the four which have bon collected, under one sub are to be rebuilt next year

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1931

MURDERS AT

FEAST:

BRIDAL

ELEPHANT KILLS BRITISH

OFFICIAL

DETAILS OF FATE OF MR, DE COURCY IRELAND

Details have been received in,

The bride, the daughter of a rich Couroy-Ireland, Assistant Distrios

many a young farmer in the neigh from Mount Kilimanjaro. aho bad repulsed the advances of i bourbood

place yesterday all the inhabitants of the village camo to her happy father's House to celebrate the Levente

When the colebrations had reach

party

and bride

The Governor-General on July 17

tigation into the malarial distrlats of the Colony, but he has made cer- thin recommendations, the cost of which so far as the Public Works New Gaol In Visw

Department is concerned, is three

REJECTED SUITORS TAKE Jakha Then again theratia the Architec

is proposed to expend Just of 810,000 ear are twenty pad. The Secretary for Chinese years old. Provision was made in Affairs will supervise bhs allocation tatall Office, shelf of whom work half this sum next year. The was

TERRIBLE REVENGE to Shining Whul Station. The work posed to make any drastic alfara constant, whilst the latter depende were able to obtain the services of in a village near Czarnowitz in England of the circumstances in the 1931 Estimates for an extension of the voter though it is not pro is maintenance, and half construct and after a long delay, that we only with considerable difðulty tional The former is more or less. was however deferred in the in- tion in the present division.

Berlin, September a wedding teronta of economy, and it is not Provision has been made for an on the programme of extraordin. An experienced Malarinologist Now Roumania has just ended in & five-which Mr. Arnoldi Graham de Jy had the Student Training scheme 1932, The same applies to the x-morial and Affiliated Hospitals, bo nanced from loan, but however that we should implement the ro farmer was noted for her beauty Officer of Administration as Babati,

proposed to make any provision in increased grant to the Alice Mery works. Some of the Istler may that we have him a essential in fold tragedy and in

the interest of the Colony's health again in review as the result of tension to Yaumati Station Yard They do excellent work which is he proceeded with, or oven Boris suilt of his work, Anti-malarial for miles round. Time and again was killed by an elephant not far. they are finanood before they can certain recommendations of the Re- and the waiting "shelter, Fanling the Government feels that the it plan has be prepared and esti greatest importance to the Colony work is expensive, but it in of tho ously discussed, drawings and Miscellaneous Bervices. In each of the winter seasons

mates of the cost worked out, and on the intention of Corora- Pabllo Works Department.

this preliminary work falls on the ment so far as its resources per- At last when her wadding took and 19 was staying with Mr de 1923-24 to 1026-27 a geologist from

mit systematically to stamp out Architectural Office. And it may University Star Changes, the University of British-Colombia re-arrangement of the

I have already referred to the bet that alternativo schemes prac malaria from the Colony, both is

Courty-Ireland, who accompanied been reduced by three, Probationer Kong. Certain work has still to be estimates are printed. Honem- pared At the propont momenthe Tree his memoran-ed their height two of the rejected having raided the crops. ROTTE

Under British Staff, Masters have worked on the geology of Hong which Public Works Dept

Atically doubling the work of proli

land and mainland,

the Governor on his journey from minary calculation, have to be pre Loan Works. Balaried mistresses by four. Thoreing gone so far it would be foolish Crown Lands and Surveys Officesecution of a number of large work of the lot worke which are at gence, suddenly appeared at the ling the elephants dangerous. Masters by three and sterling done to complete the survey. Hav. borr

hiso observe that the Government has in view the ex dum has dealt with Ede hoanding suitors, who had long worn ven On his rotura he assisted in tack- complaints were made of elephants, Babati to Kikori, On the way is an Increase of one dollar-salaried to leave the little that remains in have been re-united after a separa among which we the Claol, which mistress The University Trained complete. The reason for the delay tion of ave years. As a result the it is, proposed to entamenos next rent pels carried on cdnor and opened fire on the wedding proceeding requiring adequate Teachers show an inerosae of six, in the complation of the work is that senior post of Superintendent of year from loan funds, and the fol vances from our surplus balances. two are for the Junior Technical the results of the field work col Crown Lands disappears. The lowing work for which it has not Details of works already in pro- In a trice both School, one replaces an Anglo- lected to date had to be worked post of Second Assistant Baporin-yet been poutble, to provide funds gress will be found in Appendix groom fell to the ground wounds Mr. de Courty-Ireland was Chinese master, and the remaining out, and the University authorities tendont hus also been abolished and new. Government Civil Hos VII and it only remains for me to edit and Wound known among his contemporaries as weapons and considerable experi thres are Students in Training in charge of the work considered it the number of European Land Bur-pital, a new "Mental Hospital and deal with the actual work which expected to graduate during the advisable to await the completion

The junious suitors then fired Formal resolutions authorizing the mother and a wedding guest, Kowloon, new block for the Kow In connection with the Shing distributed lessor works, Post Office for subsequent meeting of Council

16on Hospital and a new Central Mun Scheme it is proposed to British School, all of which have spend 3411,780 Of thrown much on this sub depart 8340,789 is for the Service ReservoLT Medios

mant without any corresponding which is being constructed befor this sum Expenses" under Other Charges Hon. Members to sub-head 12. I do

buildings, Gardens. I should add that on now rests with Hon. Members to I would invite the attention of

provision of funds for the actual round level in the Botanical tion of the estimates for 1033 It This is for doctors and opticians

This, Sir, complates my introduc bills in connection with medical not know if any of them have visit treatment of school children. Tod the Imperial Institute-it is well

into two branches Lighting to completion of this work, the part give them that careful scrutiny the thick bash, matter came before Finance Com Wurth a visit but if they have.

phones, tolegraphs, etc., and wire-stored so far as possible to its ori and I trust that this Council will District Officer, who was comped

The Electrical Office is divided mittes in March of this year. The am sure that they must have been

leas

of the Gardens affected will be re which we have learned to expect, Mr. Gordon Russell, Assistant: net cost of this service to Govers very much ashamed at the wretched

maintence work, and ja more, orginal state: 800,000 is for a gar find itself able to support Your near the village, about 20 minutes

The former is essentially. meat is only $9,565 per annum, or display made by the Hong Kong is doubtful whether it will be pos- Teax constant. The latter is part to the cross harbour pipe line, and afe now put forward for the good as if in a rage. He went to laves 39.50 per head, which the Gover- Court. I think that if Hong Kong sible to effect any appreciable rois maintenance, but also includes this expenditure will complete government of the Colony,

pipe line 'to connect this reservoir Excellency in the measures which later heard the elephant trumpeting ment considers reasonable in view fans a court at all it should look duction for sometime; certainly a certain amount of construction what is often spoken of as the Arst I now move the first reading of ed out the place in the dened thicket,

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after it, and, without indulging in not so long as development on the al work. Should the Colony resection of the Shing Mun Scheme: the bill intituled "An Ordinance to whore, after search, they found the By article so of the Code & build make it worthy of our Colony. For rate. Another minor alternation is expect an increase rather than a 80,000 will complete the hanger at six million six hundred and forty Life was extinct, his rifle was tigate and found natives who point anything lavish or extravagant, mainland continues at its present tain its wireless services we must

A regards the Aerodrome apply a sum not exceeding Twenty body of Mr, de Courey Ireland. of building a school or enlarging or to provide one panorama and eers of the Architectural and flo: Works Department. repairing an existing school. St. Hon. Members ngree to the inclu-ongineer to architect.

various minor improvements. If Buildings, Ordinance Offices from Mary's School in Kowloon is adding, sion of this sum, I propose to It is not unusual to regard the The Port Development Sub-de

fire a shot. The elephant was later loaded and with its anfely catali on, Survey of Harbour. to its existing building five class approach the two Chambers of Commount provided under Public partment is at present mainly oc

From this is it named the elephant rooms, a gymnasium and an asarm.

attacked him before he had time to $110,000. Were it not for the pra support in the matter of providing torior by which to judge the size Schome. On the conclusion of this the £100,000 promised by the Im bly hall at an estimated cost merca within view to enlisting their Works Extraordinary as the cricupied with the Vehicular Ferry 230,000 being the unpaid balance of

a. brave man without foar

An elephant was found on July bas near Babati Government

year. They will replace Anglo- of the War Office topographical Veyors reduced by one The Gon a new Infectious Diseases Hospit. We hope to carry out next year again, killing the girl's father and 10 destroying the crops in the Shan Chinese masters. Vernacular' mas-maps of the Colony before the oral Works Office has bean abolish'al," and in addition a number of work to proceed will be moved at In the general panic which onened Station. It was wounded and at-

ters and mistresses are reduced by three posts. There are other minor reductions not calling for special

coinment.

There is a new voto

the vaine of the work done.

ing grant, may be made by Govern

made their fate the work in the posed to complate the work in the winter of 1982-63, and provision is made for the expenditure to be in- curred in 1932.

ed, and its work

amongst the Architectural, Drain- age and Roads Offices. It is too early yet to say what reductions in staff will be possible as a ro mult. It remains to be seen how tra work that will necessarily be those thren offices fare with the ex: thrown on to them. As a vory large part of the work of the Drainage and Roads Offices is in connection with opening up and preparing new building areas, it

escaping.

tho wo murderers succeeded in tampted to return so the forest on Mount Unme, but was heado off by local natives. NO MARIA

alarm and anger and proceeded to the compound of the station in It returned, passing Mr. de Courcy-Ireland, and ran through

ment up to one half the actual coat the sum of £900 it will be possible. in the title of the executive off-decrease in this branch of the Pub-Kai Pak and 825,000 the road one thousand and seven hundred lying some distance away fully:

sent financial stringency the Govern ment would recommend à consider ally larger grant than the 810,000 provided in the Estimates, under sul bead 30. The other $1,000 is for repairs at the French Convent.

Kowloon-Canton Railway.

The two spare boilders which the Railway have for their class "B" locomotives are worn out. It is therefore necessary to purchase a new spare boiler before the two old ones are sent home for recondition ing The maintenance of the iron fencing round the locomotive yard At Hung Hom is in the nature of insurance against loss, by theft of the valuable stores which are kept there. It has been found that the

exhibits characteristic of the of the staff of the Public Works Colony,

Department. It is one of the face Whilst appreciating the value of tors, and an important one, but the Hong Kong Naturalist" from it is by no means the sole one. I the point of view of making a per- have already referred to the work menant record of the forn and that has to be done by the drain fauna of the Colony, Government age and Roads Officers in the pro considers that it should limit its paration of new areas. The Build contribution to £100. A somewhat ings Ordinance Office is concerned similar iters, which appears on the almost exclusively with private next page of the estimates, is the building, and the amount at pre gentleman, who had undertaken to over the general standard of build. "History of Hong Kong." The sent going on is very great, More do the work resigned his appoint of ing in the Colony is gradually bo- Reader in History at the University ing improved this inevitably of Hong Kong, The work is in abay means closer inspection of plane ance until fresh arrangements can and buildings by the Builditige be made, and the provision has been Ordinance Office Another office omitted from the Estimates meanwhich is closely bound up with while.

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work the staff will be examined in the light of the future programme of port works. A commencement has already been made with the hydrographic survey of the har bour: This work is being carried out by special temporary staff, which is shown as such in the Estimates. This survey will it is hoped show whether any extensive dredging work is necessary if the harbour key

of the Aerodrome until further The Hon. Col. Treasurer seconded which runs round the land side of and eighty-seven dollars to the

development is undertaken, and and the Bill was read a first time, the aerodrome. This will com-Public Service of the year 1932.

of the your plete the main construction work (Apilause.)

perial Government will then bo due to this Government.

Aberdeen Water Works,

Reservoir should be completed by The now dam for the Aberdeen the end of this month. Two pump ing stations, upper and lower, the pipe line. the reconstruction of Elliott Filter Bods and the East As Hou Members of the Coun-ready been completed, whilst the cil are aware major resumptions West Catchwater 1st section, with Catshwater First Section have al

in New Howloon are by no means a drainage, ored of approximately finished. When they are, it is Gov-250 nores, which is already under ernment's intention to place all construction, will be finished next the valuation work for Govern- year. The remodelling and streng ment under the Assessor in the thoning of the existing Paper Tronsury. Meanwhile the Value Works dam wil be commenced this tions and Resumptions Office must year and completed next year.it bb retained under the Public Works is proposed to make a start in Department S

The Waterworks (Maintenance) the West Catchwater 2nd section:

1032 with the two remaining items Office is, as its name implica, oc-and the East Catchwater and sco cupied solely with maintenance, tion. It is expected that these will which in a constant charge, indo ba finished in 1933 and the whole pendent of constructional werk, schéma will then be complete. except in so far as new water works Meanwhile it has for some weeks have on completion to he looked past been possible to utilize water after by the Maintenance Office..

Under Other Charges a reduc- this additional source of supply impounded by the new dam and tion of #15,000 or 60 per cent has has been found very valuable been affected in conveyance allow. anges. The other sub-heade have been closely scrutinised and only the minimum amounts possiblo in sorted. Sub-head 17 shows a Heavy increase, but this in for the Radio Telegraph Branch, one of the most profitable and most rapidly ex- panding of the Government's as sets

820,000 is provided for the com pletion next year of the second set of Rapid Gravity Filters which bring the total capacity of the Shing Mun filters to 10 million gallons per day. This second set of filters was originally regarded. as part of the second section of the Scheme, bus they were found W to be necessary in order to obtain None of the items under Speci. the full benefit of the first section al Expenditure calls for any speci and they were therefore proceeded al comment d

with an anticipation of the approv Public Works Recurrent.

al of the major works, The This vote has again been kept latter still await the approval of down to a low figure. It will limitiary investigations are in pro the Secretary of State, but pre- fear mean a lowering of the highgress and the senior partner of the standard at which the Colony's consulting engineers is duo in the roads have hitherto been maintain Colony in a few days to inspect the ed, whilst at the same time the minimam will be done to Govern proposed site of the new dam. No. ment buildings,

provision has been made for doms The question of effecting econo- the Secretary of State's approval, mancing the major works pending mies in street lighting is being considered, though I would assure which it is proposed to expend The Vehicular Ferry Fiers, on Honourable Members that it is not 8770,000 in 1932, should be completed proposed to reduce the lighting in by the end of that year. This the populous urban areas.

regised estimate for the total cost Public Works Extraordinary. i lakhs over the original.

catimate This is due to the drop in exchange, which has increased the cost of all steel and other materials obtained from home. It is hoped that it will be possible to advertise for tenders for the construction of the new ferry boats and for tunning of the service in the peat future.

The total for Public Works Ex traordinary is 82.172,045, or 2020.465 less than the approved Estimate for the current year, This is as much as the Government feels able to spare for major works of construction other than loan works Commitinents account for no less than $900,000 bit of the Kon, Members will, I feel-sure, total, and circumstances have com telnice, to see that provision has at pelled the Government to adopt a last been made for beginning the cautious policy as regards the com- dew Gaol. The sits, as Hon. Mem mencement of new works, which. Here are I think aware, has finally might involve commitments for the beer fixed at Wong Ma Kok on the future. It is unnecessary for me Stanley Peninsula. The scheme is to go into the details of Pab cstimated to coat #4,500,000 and will lie Works Extraordinary, they are take three years to complete. In fully dealt wita in the memoran order to obtain the best possible fum by the Director of Publie zdvice on the details of the scheme Works would: however Invite the Government is sending the the attention of How Members to Superintendent of Prisons to visit the provision for remming the long the gaols in Malaya and Shanghai, delayed work on the 100 foot road and on his return will be prepared between Causeway Bay and Ming for discuss the scheme with the Tuen Gardens, to the provision for Public Works Committee should new Magistrace for Romicon, Hon Members so desire The work much needed work to which I have casinged for 1632 comprises the already referred, and to the reconstruction of ad approach road vision of 150,000 for anti-fanlar 1 rb miles in length and the Tywork The Maleriologist Abas parstians of a site of by no means completed his fave] | noraL

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