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COLONY'S BUDGET FOR 1934

Twenty-Seven Million Dollars -Last Year's Figure.

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HEAVIEST ITEMS, POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS

The principal business at to-morrow's meeting of the" Legislative Council will be the Colonial Secretary's pre- sentation of the Budget for 1934, amounting to twenty- seven million dollars. This is practically the same as the figure presented in last year's budget.

At the Finance Committee Meeting supplementary estimates totalling $169,000 will be presented.

A number of other bills, including the abolition of im- prisonment for, debt to money lenders, will be read for the first time.

DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE

The details of expenditure are as Lugard Road, Those at Kowloon Follows:

H.E. the Governor.........

Colonial Secretary's. De-

partment and Legis

Inture

Air Services

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will be one between Tong Mi Road, 179,304 | Canton Road and Arran Street,

and the other at Shantung and Sui Yee Streets. The cost of preparing 314,300 them in estimated as follows

Blake Gardens Wanchai

Secretariat for Chinese

Affairs

168,767

Treasury

294,518

Audit Department

120,866

District Office, North ...

60.844

District Office. "South

45.176

Post Office

.501,637

Wireless Telegraph Ser-

vires

Imports and

Exports:

Office

Harbour Department.

178,174

483,093 1,189,362 187,238

Royal Observatory

Fire Brigade

Supreme Court

Crown Solicitor's Office....

Official Receiver

35, 492

Land Office

70,261

Magistracy, Hong Kong

71,512

Magistracy, Kowloon

34,593

Police Force

3,093,460

Prisons Department

998,500

Medical Department

1,745,580

Sanitary Department

1,179,304

Botanical and Forestry.

-138,421

Attorney General

Tong Mi Road "Shantung: Street

$10,000

5,500

3,000 3,480

Total....891,980

"The present temporary play-. ground as Wanchai will be closed, as soon as the new one is ready. - POST OFFICE AND WIRELESS.

70,856 Private Boxes. Supply 357,570 and 6xing 238,005

9,000.00 The supply of private Fost Office 68,600 Boxes has become insufficient to 73,313

Kowloon-Canton

Railway 1,142,781

Corpart 173, 173

Department

Education Department... 2,007,363

Volunteer Defence

Miscellaneous Services... 1,598,270

Charitable Services:

Pullic Works Depart

"Public Works, Recurrent 1,600,650

Public Works Extra-

ordinary...

Government House and

City Development 100,000

Pensions

ment

Total.

201,041

2,090,000

2,718,748

3,591,950

$27,029,235

THE AGENDA

Mrs. A. ML Soares leading in

The full agenda of the meeting is Sadko. one of the winners on Satur

as follows:-

day. Her son, Mr. FM. L. Soares

The Colonial Secretary to move-is the jockey.

That the Report of the Finance: Photo by Leica. Committee (No. 8), dated 31st August, 1933, be adopted. The Colonial Secretary to move the first reading of-

"A Bill to apply a sum not exceeding twenty-seven million and twenty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-five dollars to the public service of the year

1934.

The Attorney General to move the Grst reading of-

meet the demand and it is proposed

to take into use eleven spare sets now held in store.

$3,250.00

Rent of offices for Radio

telegrapha. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Special Expenditure.

Microscopes.........................

$884.00

KOWLOON WATERWORKS 70, Back Lane Service Pipes. "A Bill to amend further the On account of the continged deve❘ Dangerous Goods Ordinance,lopment of the Kowloon district, .1873,"

and the consequent demand for "A Bill to amend the Indus metered services the amountpro. trial and Reformatory Schools vided in this year's estimate in-in- Ordinance, 1932."

sufficient to meet the antisipated *A,Bill to amend the law with expediture to the end of the year, respect to transactions with 83,000 is requested. money-lenders.".

Maintenance of Water "A Bill to amend the Juvenile dworksALE $18,000,00 Offenders Ordinance, 1932...... The increased expenditure is prin. "A Bill to amend the law re-sipally due to the expansion of the lating to the jurisdiction of distribution services, consequent Magistrates in Bankruptoy Of. upon the rapid development of the fences."

produs Kowloon Peninsula, to the increas "A Bill for the establishmented cost of filtration and chlorina... and administration of a Mercah- tion and to the maintenance tile Marine Assistant Fund in charges on the recent large-addi- Hong Kong.”

tions to the waterworks reservoirs and plant,

Supplementary

Estimates

Following the meeting of the Legislative Council the Finance

NEW TERRITORIES. Maintenance of Taipo

Waterworks

10.00

Tsun Wan Police Station,

-Additional Alters...

tions un...58 4,975.00) It is proposed to carry out on Committes will consider the follow. tensións to Taun Wan Police Sta ing supplementary estimates for the tion to provide additional, call act current year, totalling 168,000commodation, ultrale jen

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRA- --Certain alterations and additions ORDINARY. Sare also necessary to the quarters of the officer in charge to provide of Children's Playing an additional room. Grounds 54821,900.00) Police Force Trafie br The Children's Playground Ass Lighta ciation which was formed in May, }. Trafe ights at the junction of 1933, has stated that it is prepared Pokfulam, Bad Bonham Raso, junes

Hong Kong, Preparation

A$14,080,00

to equip with the necessary apparation of Poklutain and Queen's Road tus, and to, maintain," "wo' play-} West, Lonn grounds in Hong Kong and two in Ferry,

ire renewa

Kowloon provided that Government at the junction of Chine, Upper will first pao thêm into proper of- Albert and ázbuthnot Bos

det. 2227 qüire alterat

The Hong Kong playgrounds will instal

be one at Blake) Gardens and the

other on-toe Wanchai Heclamation, sod

bounded by Hennessey - Road,

Brian Boad, Johnston Road and maled cost of 4

sproposed to

HONG KONG DAILY PRES WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER

SIKH SUED FOR MAINTENANCE

Trials Of A Chinese

Wife

WOULD NOT PROCEED

TO INDIA

A Chinese woman who was mar ried to a Sikh sued her husband at the Summary Court yesterday for $80 maintenance for June, July and August of this year: The de- fendant was Bhagat Singh, of 472 Lockhart Road. It was alleged that trouble arose when the Sikh returned from India with Sikh wife.

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The parties were married ne cording to the Sikh ritual in March, 1030, after living together for a number of years. Last-year defendant went to India, provid ing for plaintiff during his ab sence. He returned, however, with an Indian" wife. The three lived together for about three months when, according to the plaintiff she! was asked to leave. She went to 178, Jafle Road, Wanchai, and, up to June last received $90 a month maintenance from her husband.

appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. A. Mr. H. Lo, of Mesars. Lo and Lo, el Arculli represented defendant.

Plaintiff said in the course of her evidence, that after the separa tion, she and her husband continued to visit each other.

In reply to Mr. Areulli ahe denied that the marriage took place on condition, that she went to India and that she was aware that a Sikh whose wife was childless was entitled to marry again. Had she known that she would not have married him,

The Jadge: Even if à husband has the right to marry again, it cannot in an English Colony, re lieve him of supporting his first wife.

Plaintiff denied that she took away money and goods belonging to defendant when she left" bim.

Mr. Lo said his case depended on the plaintiff as he could not subpoena the Indian wife or 35 amah who was, in the same house because they would naturally not be favourable to his client.

A scene of the crowd at the Race Course when the second half of the season was opened. Photo by Leica,"

ITALY'S PROGRESS

REVIEWED

Consul General In Hong Kong Addresses Rotary Club

SOME ADVANTAGES OF ITALIAN

FASCISM

Mr. A. Bianconi, Consul General for Italy in Hong Kong gave an extremely interesting talk at the Rotary Club yesterday on The Industrial Development of Italy in the last ten years. The speaker painted a picture in bright colours of the progress made in Italian.com. merce and industries, not omitting the advance made in the fields of aviation and engineering.

Mr. T. B. Wilson presided.

STATE PLANNING OF INDUSTRY

pelling factories to pursue their activities by giving them credit and by reducing the working hours and the introduction of an alternative system which gives employment" to the largest number of workmen,

Mr. Aroulli for defendant" said Mr. Bianconi said in part:- that plaintiff knew that her husband Italy in spite of the new acqui could marry again but that when sitions on a northern border and he did so she was upset and want in Africa, is, still a comparatively ed to leave. She was also told when small country with its 300,000 she married that she could hot ex-square miles, & few colonies anda pect maintenance from her husband thick population of 4 million" Ita Special laws have empowered the unless she lived in the same house. lians at home and 10 million Government to reduce the number Defendant. in the witness-box; abroad. Unfortunately good part of concerns and compel them to declared that a Sikh was privileged of the Italian territory was unsui form a trust whenever it is likely. to take another wife "under almost table for cultivation. Agriculture to bring advantage, Besides, the any circumstances. The wife had though employing the majority of opening of new factories can be no right to leave her husband even Italians was not along scientific forbidden as soon as it is proved if she was badly treated. He did lines so that from this point of view that their existence would be de- not want plaintiff to leave him the balance of trade was unfavour-trimental to the national economy. and was willing to take her back able. now. When she left she took $300 and some furniture with her but. he had not paid her maintenance. On the other side the compara

His Lordship said he was satiatively young Italian industry was fied that defendant wanter his wife working on very unstable grounds. to go or he would not have allowed No coat is available in Italy and her to take his money and furnito iron is supplied by the native ture with her. He did not believe soil. " that he had asked her to return but believed plaintiff's story.

Judgment for plaintiff

costs.

with

$14,000 and a vote for this sum is requested.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Upkeep of Hospital

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INDUSTRY IN ITALY,

Finally in some branches of the industry the Government selects the firms which have shown them salves able to export in. the foreign markets and gives them alone the faculty of sending abroad their produce.

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. Despite efforts no eordination What we have done since 1997 to whatever existed between agricul-dafand our industry against the ture and industry, which were often crisis, other peoples are doing now hostile towards each other under under the spur of the circum the indifferent eye of the Liberal stances Government. Richard Baget in its book: Italiana of to day described at the end of the 19th century the backwardness of Italy which was unable to find its way between Northern and Sonthera civilian To show this I will make a 10m

prehensive review of the principol

I cannot deny that Italy has mif fered to a large extent from the world crisis but the point is that it was able to go galantly through. the heavy depression

Equipment etc 1,500.00 Owing to the expansion of the Medical Department the expendition, ture on upkeep of Hospital equip We may say now that in the last | Italian industries. Italy, though ment has increased and it is esti- ten years not only a national poli- | asking iron and coal, has created mated that an additional $1,500 tical unity but also a complete har like Switzerland, an important will be required to cover further mony in the Italian economy has expenditure for this year,

been achieved. As a matter of fact, Transport

.....$450.00 Fascism had at the beginning no The expansion of the department doctrine or fixed principal but in- and increase of staff has necessitended, according to the true Itas tated more transportation and to fiản traditions to take its lessons meet further expenditure for this from facts and experience." So was year it is estimated that a further created" the corporative system 8450 will be required.

equally distant from Manchester PRISONS DEPARTMENT. and Moscow, which want to avoid Subsistence of prisoners 800,000.00 strikes, reconcile classes and achieves Owing to the great increase in unity in the industrial field. The the number of prisoners" the principle of liberty has been re- amount provided in the current spected on the condition that the year's Estimates for subsistence of activities of the indiv Prisoners has proved insufficient. arrayed against the GOVERNMENT BUNGALOW, fiation. The system Government: Bungalow

"gether 13 corporations Fanling

2,835,000.00|| prefenting employses an Provision made in Esti

2n-case-bi disagreement makes

250,000.00) maiter" related to m

conditions, the to a specia Court and of Corp Council

The provision made in the Esti mates is insufficient to meet the ex penditure to the end of the year due to the work proceeding more rapidly than anticipated" NAME

"A Supplimentary Vote for $35,000 is accordingly requested, makrist MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. Blue Book

£16.00

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