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ESTABLISHED 1857

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933.

Kowloon Supplement

HONG KONG, MARCH 27, 1933.

GOOD GOVERNMENT

A positive sign of good govern ment is the contentment of the community. There will always be the dissenters-even the Golden Ages have had theirs-but those rare epochs in which the people worked hard and did not complain, thereby gaining prosperity for their land and themselves, were conspicu ons by the perfection of the poli tical machine, Grievances did not arise because the needs of the com- munity were studied and ways and

means

PROSPECTS OF KOWLOON'S

IRON MINE

VALUABLE ORE DEPOSITS READY

TO BE WORKED

(Continued).

The total quantity of ore present gration has been effected in situ. | in the mine at Ma On Shan has The distance between the two out- never been determined (owing to crops is about 300 feet and the the water problem) except at the quality of both is good, averaging enterops, where a width of about over 60 per cent. Fe. Between these 100 feet of mineralisation has been outcrops a shaft has been sunk ant revealed. But the fact that the the ore dug out at a depth of about shafts sunk out of alignment en 25 feet. Further East of the second countered the ore at depths depend-outcrop another shaft has been ing upon the thickness of over sunk, and this also intersected the burden without trouble, suggests are formation. These workings that the width at any point includ-point strongly to the conclusion were found to accomplished in the present workings is not that the ore body is continuous be everything that was necessary for much less than that showing on the tween these points, a distance of their welfare. A system of govern surface. Furthermore, the investi- 500 feet, and indicate in all prob ment which, in pursuing a hard and Millea and Weld over a much long-ore has been penetrated to a depth gations carried out by Mesara. Me ability a mach greater length. The fast, unchanging policy, ignores the er period shows a far larger deposit. of twenty feet but owing to the so-called rights and privileges of it is safe to conclude that there; large amount of water encountered its citizens and remains indifferent is some years' work ahead.

at a comparatively shallow depth, it was found inadvisable to con- to their pleas, is bound to create

tinue sinking under the circumstan- dissatisfaction. The ideal form of

ces, as little progress could be made government does not exist even

with the facilities available. to-day, when democratic and revolu. tionary systems have been tried and found wanting in benevolence, but in the West political franchise has to some extent given the people's voice in the affairs of their coun-

ore.

The Outcrops.

holes

Ora

Such

would be required, and, to perform shafts closely spaced such work, either a core drill for the former, or a pumping and ven tilating plant for the latter would be necessitatod. At the same cont. roughly, work on a commercial scale could be begun with a very good chance of success. Henco it has been found expedient to uder. take the latter method, since the ore body, while not proved, at least shows a good quantity of commer. cial ore that could be easily work td, and with a ready market for ita disposal

Geology and Topography. The country approached from the West side is hilly, rising steeply from the sea to a height of several feet and slowly increasing in height

Iron Ore Deposits. until culminating in Ma On Shan,

Magmatic deposits of iron. upwards of 2,000 feet high, about one and a half miles from the fore- and it would not be surprising to are generally erratic in character, shore on the East side of Tide Cove, find that the one at Me On Shan The country rock da granitic in was true to type. Although all tho try. For reasons of State, it is not character, and is intraded in the ore showing at the outcrops is of vicinity of the mine by a basic rock, good quality, it is quite probably possible for the inhabitants of dioritic in appearance, that has that there will be plenty of low Colonics to enjoy the same measure

produced much alteration of the grade ore "present, as well as of political freedom, hence one often rocks near the contact. Serpentine, patches of barrea rock included in biotite and garnet are common; and the ore mass, an official told a finds that they are assigned as few scattered inclusions of metamorphos Daily Press representative. rights as possibly, A colonialed sedimentaries, mostly quartzite may be expected, though selective and shale, abound. The ore bodier dining and cagional hand-pick- government is not unlike a State in appear to have been formed by ing should overcome the difficulty. mininture, with its more or less per magnetic segregation in both the In order thoroughly to prospect manent, officials and its worshin acid and basie rooks at or near the the mine a large number of bore contact in varying quantities, of tradition. Colonial governments These have been subsequently enrich are notoriously self-willed, storalyed by further invasions of iron obeying a policy that conforms with bearing colutions so that replace ment of other minerals in the par- pre-determined, fixed ideas and

ent rocks has been so complete in, principles even if these latter beplaces as to constitute almost pur out-of-date, as they frequently are. Occasionally a bold and original ad- administrator strikes out on progres sive lines, shocking his seniors by his ruthless indifference to red tape; but it is known that such methods aru not encouraged by the Colonial Office, and their instigators, like Lord Lloyd, usually get more kicks than thunka. Circumstances alter cases, and it is not reasonable to expect from a colonial government the same privileges as one could de- mand from a State Parliament-for- the former defers to no electoraté and a system of bureaucracy must prevail. Again, it is often consider ed that indirect taxation scarcely entitles the residents of a colony to a voice in affairs of government; did we pay income tax and various rates our rights would be consider ably greater. A colonial govern- ment is little more than a machine td maintain the existing order, to collect revenues and to follow the inflexible course set by past gov- ernments, leaving undone every- thing that is not absolutely, eason- tial and enduring anomalice which Lt. Fuller, b. Lay irritate but do not harm the com- Lt.Cdr. Robertson; not out munity. Thus the policy which the

At present two outcrops of ore have been uncovered, one of which consists of hard magnetite while the other is residual, soft and friable, and with a more basic gangue than that of the first outerop mentioned, Apparently, replacement has been more complete here, and disinte

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NAVY ". DIOCESAN BOYS”.

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At King's Park, on Saturday the Navy beat the Diocesan Boys School by Il runs.

Scores:

...

Navy, Capt. Drew, c. Luard, b

- Bargent

Hong Kong Government pursues C. E. A. Turner, st. Zimmern,

b Sargent with such care, excludes the per- formance of those things which E. R. A. Reppington, c Zim- would add to the pleasure and hap

mern, b Hulse

piness of the community. Strictly Lt.Cdr. Nave, b Sargent adhering to that which must be

done, such as the improvement of Lt. Whitfield, b Lay

roads, it declines to provide Lt. Robertson, st. Zimmern, b facilities for public enjoyment as

Sargent

wall as those amenities which add A. B. Cotton, st. Zimmern, to our comfort. Kowloon, is an outstanding example of such neglect

and our condition is made the worse E. A Bowl by the 'fast that, though we possess

:

3

*Lay

Frith

(to be continued.)

10 0

2

tbowled 1 wida ball. *bowled 1 no ball.

D.B.8.

Mr. D. Luard, b Lt. Robertson E. Frith, run out

A. J. Hulae, e Turner, Lt. Robertson

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Mr. C. B. B. Sargent, c Nave, b Lt. Robertson

17 A. Zimmern, 1.b.w., b Cotton

105 W. A. Rapley, o Draw, b Cotton

J. Prettyjohn, c Whitfield, b.Lt.

Robertson

R. Broadbridge, st. Lt.Cdr. -

Robertson, b Lt. Robertson

1

28 1

B. Lay, not out

19 Lui Kwaito, run

Cecil Los b Ro

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Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Extras

Total (for B

dec.

Ld. 8to Dyball did not bat. BOWLING ANALYBIS.

more often as nuisance, and scent attention is paid to its pleas and petitions. In fact, we should tHulse

Sargent (Untinued on previous columa.)

Rowley Lt. Hobertson Cotton Dyball

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D. MR W. Fuller Drewe

on Page 1)

An enjoyable entertainment en few, if any civil rights, and that a self-elected body of public opinion titled "Splashes" was given at the the reforms for which they have to express the views of the ! European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, on Saturday night by the Invicto

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