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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1933.

A Letter from Kiangsi

HOW THE CANTONESE ARE MAKING

ROADS

REDS WHO BEHAVED BETTER THAN GOVERNMENT TROCPS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE

ANOTHER LAKH WANTED

་་

$150.

At to-morrow's meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legis lative Council the following items of supplementary expenditure amount ing to just under a lakh will be sub- mittoxi Magistracy, Hong Kong:-1, Personal Emoluments. Sar lary for a female escort for women prisoners at Magis- tracy, Hong Kong135 Kanchow, Jan. 24-This is the side, money, but by leading the Magistracy, Kowloon:-1, Per- last day of the Lunar year, and people of the district by their own

Sonal Entoluments. Female while we have passed over thirty labour, and by their own money, escort odd such years in this land, the ad to make a move ir the right direc

for prisoners at rent of this time is still something tion. It will of course be objected Public Works Extraordinary:

tracy, Kowloon to thrill most people. A year or by some, that most of these works more ago the Government when have been done by lavy, that is

Hong Kong, Water Works. they had nothing more important true, but there is no other way

Reconstruction of Bowen to occupy their time with, spent which could place the burden Bo

Road Conduit East of quite a lot of hot air on discus- evenly, and which would give the

Stubbs

..$2,000 sions about the abolition of this old people an interest in these com tion for Contract No. 30 of 1931 The sum of $2,000 due as reten- Lunar calendar, in fact for one or inunications, it would be the essen more years. the Lunar-Solar calence of wrong-doing to apply the Conduit East of Stubbs Road" was "Reconstruction of Bowen Rond dars have been forbidden, but judge funds of another Province to the not released in 1932, and the funds ing by what we see, the people bave communications of this one. I provided in that year's Estimates no more thought of abolishing it, few words the people have been than they have of doing some of the led well, and they have followed Other ridiculous things suggested. loyally, and the result will be a been made in the current year's No provision for this service has Some of us have been long enough blessing to all classes for all suc-estimates and a rovote of $2,000 to in this land to remember the great ceeding generations. amount of time, talk, and printers

meet the payment is accordingly re- quested. ink, wasted on the propor cut of

the clothes required of members of Parliament then meeting in Pei- ping, but that ceased. Then after a number of years there suddenly appeared a real new cut invented in Kwangtung. This took-on with A vengence, and certain very sincere though mis-guided officials publie ly announced that any one who had anything to talk over with the au thorities must appear in that kind of suit, else he could not be ad. mitted into the presence of this great man, again a few years pass ed and all those who had to pro- vide themselves with these suits, caine somehow to be ashamed of them, and where they are just now it would be useless to guess,

lapred.

Remand Home for Young Offenders, Public Works Extraordinary:

certain, repairs, alterations and ad- ditions, as set out below and esti- mated to cost $54,500, are necessary before they can be used for the purposes intended. The concurrence of Finance Committee to the execu tion of this work was giver last wholly within this year the taking December, but as expendiure falls | of a formal, vote was postponed until now.

Recollecting that it is just a year to-day (Lunar) since this city Kan- chew was surrounded by the Red armies, and what a year that Las been. What are bandits made of? Hong Kong, Buildings, Of that we have had some examples. Romand Home for Ju- After a very hard fight all the way venile Offenders

$54,500 to our relief, the troops actually The Juvenile Courts Committee arrived. They were everywhere of 1931 recommended, and the Gor around the country on the Weat ornment accepted the recommenda side of the river; the villages were tion, that the Belilios Reformintary full of them, and all welcomed should be taken over by Govern- them with open arms. But alas it ment as a remand home for juvenile mbbers had come, every house ined possession of the premises, but was soon seen that thousands of offenders. Government has obtain that area was entered and all the food stuffs &c. taken; "We want to buy rice" But when they took what they wanted they never gave any money, and poor old widows who had, only a fow measures of Advent of the Cantonese, the staff-of-life were left without With the advent of the Cantonese believe that the officers were not anything. We are quite ready to into these districts, all this etiquet aware of this, and also it is pro- to seems to have evaporated, and bably true that these buyers did they are far more anxious to sea reckon all these food stuffs as the Man, and are not at all bought and paid for, but there enamoured with what clothes ador- ought to bo a way by which auch nes him, can be produce the goods, doings could be found out and is the important question, they suitably punished, and which would scem to be out to do something, protect the very poor. Those same and if only they can be given space poor people had been protected by enough, it looks as if they will in the Reds during that month of time work wonders for China." I scigo. Again there was a big mid- With improvements they are bandits occupied that school. One die school outside the city, and the forcing the hands of the clock in of their officers visited it, and put these parts, and all look forward to the soon coming day when this UP a notice that the students and

A sum of $8,000 was approved in district will be in touch with the touched, an pain of being shot, and No. 11 Item No. 50 of 1932) for the their belongings wore not to be 1032 (Finance Committee Message outside world. and when the many to their honour be it said nothing The work was not carried out Inst products thereof will more readily

construction of two. sailing barges. ear and a revote of the above sum is requested.

reach the coast. No one can object was touched all those weeks. On to the roadway being made through the seventh of March the relief the the Southern Province. whole place has been for genera the walls, and in a very short time The troops passed out of the city under tions in the hands of those who have never taken one step in mil took prisoner every Red in and leniums to improve the communi- around that school. But, we are entions, and what was nover at- tempted in all those long years has every article belonging to those sorry to report, every thread and now been just about completed in still less than one year.

People and the Roads.

hoys disappeared in those hours. Where 1111 It is not to be won- dered at, that even now you meet Let it be noted that these things some who say, the Reds are not so have not been done by using out- bad.

WUCHOW NOTES

Alterations and additiona to buildings and gen- eral renovation ........$30,000 Boundary wall

20,000 Paths in compound ........ 1,,000 Furniture

3,500

Total $54,500

Sanitary Department: Special Expenditure: 2 Sailing Barges

The Incinerators. Public Works Extraordinary:

.88,00)

Construction of Timber Jetty at Shaukiwan$5,000

despite alterations, not proved a Experimental incinerators for dia

success and there have been fra posing of Shaukiwan refuse bave,

quent complaints about the smoke possible to revert to the system pre- emitted from them, It would ba viously in use, namely to transport the refuse by motor lorry all the way to Whitfield dust chute and thence by barges to be dumped at sea. The only other feasible method is to load the refuse on sailing barges at Shaukiwan. and thence to dump it at a reclamation area on the mainland. The capital and run-

New Year and Business, officers of the 15th Army are starting costs of this method are only

Optimism

(From Our Own Correspondent)

ing a scheme of training for older slightly greater than in the case students of the universities and of transporting the material to schools. It is expected that if this Whitfield. It involves the erection movement materialises it may have of timber jetty with dust chute abig effect upon the whole future had approach at Shaukiwan at a of the country...

revised estimated cost of 80,000. General Wong Shiu Hung's Return, WUCHOW, Feb. 10. General Wong Shiu Hung wa Although business in 1932 was expected back in Kwangsi for decidedly bad every one feels much China New Year. He was unable more hopeful in the immediate fu to arrive by then, being detained ture, and since the New Year there at an important conference in Can- has been a general feeling that the ton. General Pei Raang Hai who tide has turned. Yesterday being came down from Nanking to meet the 16th of the first moon, lunar him at Wuchow went straight calendar, all native banks and big through to Samshiu. business shops were opened, and there was a brisk cannonade of crackers, to bring good luck!

The authorities are trying to start a now system of self government.

Two Accidents.

A Supplementary Vote of 88,000 was taken in October, 1939, but it work last year. was not possible to commence the Hong Kong Water Works.

Free connection. in Rider Main Area

$30,000 of Legislative Council of August 18,

In accordance with the Resolution. 1832, all ineters applied for within the rider main area between August 18 and October 31, 1932, are being connected to applicants services freo of charge,

The New Year festivities were Approximately $2,000 meters were rather marred by a sad tragedy. fixed up to the end of December Two young girls one aged 8 and last, and there are still some 4,000 the other 3 were playing together applications outstanding.. A "head man" is appointed for in the verandah of a house in Kan It is estimated that a, further sum every ten families, or houses, and Fong Road when, in the course of of 830,000 will be required to com- these mest periodically under the childish tussle they fell over the plate this service and a vote for this chairmanship of one of the magis- verandah. One was instantly kill amount la requested.. trates. This system has been started and the other very seriously in The total figure amounts ed in Wuchow and is to be injured.

$99,812.00. augurated in all districts through- out the province.

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A few days earlier a somewhat. similar fatality occurred, when a Anti-Japanese Sentiments, man who was watching a funeral Anti-Japanese feeling is run slipped and fell to the ground be procession from the roof of a house ing very high and there is a rigiding instantly killed. boycott of Japanese goods. Quite a large sum of money has been raised locally and sent to the Volunteers in the North, Thore: An entertainment is being given were great rejoicinge when the news to-night at the Sailors and Soldiers! Was received that the League of Na Home, Wanchai, by Ronnie Traction tions was refusing to recognise and his Cheero Band assisted by Manchukuo

party of eight girls. The party in question is, we understand, appenr- troupe, but not yet

Campm

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Hong Kong Women's Guild and Ministering. Children League

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