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HỒNG KONG BALLY PRESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1935.

THE SHING MUN DAM SANITARY BOARD

Mr. Gifford Hull Speaks On

The Progress Made

Mr. G. B, Giford" Hull, principal engineer la charge of the building of the Shing Mun Dam, gave a very interesting talk at the Rotary Tiffin, held on the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday,, his subject being "The Progress of the Shing Mun Dam."

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In the course of, his talk, the speaker "recalled that Mr. Paterson asked him in 1932, when the scheme would be com- pleted, and he replied that he estimated that the programme would take until the autumn of 1935.

He was now glad to say that soon they would have 400,000,- 600 gallons or more of water at Shing Mun, and that the word "restriction" would be a thing of the past. This of course would depend on weather conditions, for if a typhoon visited Hong Kong, the resulting rains attending it would wash down tons of rocks and slit, which would then have to be removed.

MEETING

All Applications Refused

At the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary "Board held at Post Office Building yesterday after noon, applications for licences for a bake-house; and three eating houses were refused by the Board,

FULL COURT APPEAL

Magistrate's Order Questioned

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., brought an application for habeas corpus

· proceedings before the Full Court Tong Wan Kiu allas Tong Chan yesterday morning, un behalf of Mung, challenging the validity of his client's detention. The appll-

Justice R: E. Lindsell and cation Was heard before Mr. Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden, the fugitive being alleged to have embezzled Those present at the meeting Canton, of which he was

money from a pawn shop in the managing partner,

on the grounds of their unsuit- ability for their respective Dur pses, while an application for per mission to add the. Arst floor and delete a ground floor, was also refused.

were:

Mr W. J. Garrie, President Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson; Vice-

President

Mr. Jenkins criticised the ac- tion of the First Magistrate, Mr. W. Schofeld in making a commit- Dr. G. W. Pope, M.O.H, Messrs.

LCF. Bellamy, Wong Kwong,der on evidence that had not been tal order against a fugitive offen- Tin. Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto. subjected to cross examination. Dr. Li Shu Fan, Mr. C. J. Roe (Secretary) and Mr. Im Ping Tseung (Assistant Secretary), The agenda before the meeting was as follows: Application for a bake-house

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dation and make it up before the rain" commenced. It seemed very likely that they could commence with half of the foundation, but It seemed more than likely that if they tackled the whole of the job they could finish it in the time they had at their disposal, but that the rain which would follow almost immediately would bring down tons of rock and silt in it's wake, would not have any good! effects on the foundation, 80 12 was finally decided that, the work Application for an eating house be divided into two parts,

In introducing the speaker, the onwards it was the dry season. President Professor Foster said ¦ The question then occured - whe- that he had an apology to make ther they could in the dry season again, as the speaker he had ask-take down the whole of the foun- ed to give a talk, was delayed in Manila by the serious floods that had taken place there: He had asked Mr. Gifford Hull to address. the Club at very short notice, and was very grateful indeed that he had agreed to do so. They were ali familiar with the

work Mr. Hull was engaged in, but asked their indulgence as the speaker was suffering from a temperature.

Addressing the gathering, Mr., Gifford Hull said that he wished to give a resume of the progress since he addressed them the last time. In March, 1933 they had Before they could get to the bed then to study and determine a of the river, 8,000 tons of rock had site for the dam, and finally to be removed..

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The foundation particular design to fit in with was then filled in by band and a the site. A study of the nature tunnel driven. This work was of the rocks was at once ¡made, { completed Ave days before the and 100 holes were dug to enable ¦ floods came in March 1934. This this to be done. In July 1933, had a great effect on the work, they decided on a site, the select- as the wet weather which ed place being below a 40 feet'menced in" April divided the work, waterfall, which was probably and enabled them to construct Amilar to all present. The dam | the dam as high as they desired. was to be constructed across the They therefore were able to build, Lorge.

during the wet season which last- On one side a barrier of rocked until October. up till 150 feet. was available which was hard and

ANXIETY DISPENSED water proof while on the other

The next stage was commenced side, the rock was decomposed but during the dry season of 1934-35 nevertheless sound. A dam of and they exerted every effort to course, could be constructed of a have the front; fled in. They number of different types. Their worked day and night in an effort were two, however, selected for to All in the front dam, and from the present job, and of these two the experience gained during the one was finally chosen, which was wet season, when 1000 not of the ordinary accepted rock had been brought down, by standard. It was proposed that February the work was completed the dam should rise to a height | above all future flood levels, and of about 300 feet, while to the added the speaker, they could now south there as a considerable put away all anxiety from this amount of rock to be shifted. As they removed about 40,000 i 'cubic yards it could easily be seen that the undertaking Was cult.

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192, Reclamation Street, ground floor. Application for an eating house licence at No. 118, Queen's Road East, ground floor, Application for an eating house licence at No. 189, Lockhart

•Road, ground floor.

licence at No. 1, Connaught Road West, ground floor. Application for permission to add the Arst floor of No. 329, and to delete the ground floor of No. 327, Reclamation Street' from the bake-house licence for Nos. 327 and 329, Recla- mation Street, ground floors.

BAD TIMES In stating that an application should be granted for a bake house at No. 192 Reclamation street, ground floor Dr. Shu Fan addressed the meeting at length stating that in addition to the flooring. the walls were also cemented, up to a height of 7 feet, as was required in the regulations. He said that the meeting not boycott the premises because it was old, and if the premises in question were good enough for the Board to have granted a 11- cence for fruit preserving to be carried on there, and taking into consideration the points he had enumerated, he' would strongly re- commend the granting of a licence for the purpose they now desired. Times were bad, and this also must be considered.

must

Seconding Dr. Li Shu Fan's re- the commendation, Mr, Wong Kwong of Tin said that he was entirely in 170 feet. agreement with the points raised by the former. In addition he wished to bring to the notice of those present, that there was a scavenging lane at the rear of the premises

NO RESTRICTIONS: Since then "dull" ork had been proceeding apace, until dam had risen to а height WALL OF CONCRETE

about from 180 feet to The base consisted primarily of The question to be asked now, is a wall of concrete, which in itself what should they do with it? They was not sufficiently stable to re- were now in the closing stages sist the rush of water, sc 1,000,000 of the wet weather, but if they tons of hand packed rock was could guess when the last typhoor. "Iald on the ground for this pur- Is coming they could close the

pose. To allow for any cracks tunnel and trap all the water. licence, the President said that

In opposing the granting of a

Mr. Jenkin was instructed by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, Sor, while MÉ. J. A... Fraser, Assistant -At- torney General, instructed by Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith appeared for the Crown,

Opening his case, Mr. Jenki. sald the argument Involved * matter of extreme gravity because it concerned the admissibility of all evidence before the Court, his proposition being that, subject to statutory exceptions, of which there were a number, the Court would not look at any evidence at all which had not been sublected

tö cross-examination.

FORMAL REMANDS

The fugit.ve was brought before the First Magistrate, Mr. W. Scho- field, on sundry dates. From time to time there were formal remands until May 15, when evidence com- menced to be taken. The Magis-' trate took a certain amount of formal ev.dence and also the evidence of one Wong Plu-sang, who was a witness of very great importarice. In fact, without him there was

evidence no

at al against the fugitive. He was the only witness of any real value. The cross-examination of this witness was reserved by the sollel- tor for the fugitive, Mr. F., X. d'Almada, Sur.

The next sitting was on May 16, and on that occasion Mr. d'Almada was unfortunately un- able to be present, as he was 11. He sent up his son, who was a soliciter in his firm, to watch on his behalf and to take notes of the evidencè so as not to delay the proceedings.

Mr. d'Almada.

Jnr asked leave to reserve <ross-- examination and this was noted

THE "POTSDAM”

Slight Mishap At Berthing

A slight mishap occured when the new Norddeutscher Lloyd 18,- 000 ton liner "Potsdam” berthed at die Kowloon Wharf yesterday morning, after taking three quar- ers of an hour to get alongside.

running and the vessel began to swing swifdy on her beam end to wards the whart. Despite the ef- forts of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.'s tug. Kowloon, to turn her bow in, the giant liner crashed v.olently against the wharf and bucked several plates amidships.

There was a very strong tide

I is extremely "fortunate that" the damage was above the water- line as de "Potsdam" is six days behind her schedule. She will now be able to sail to-day for Shanghai, when she is expected to return to the Colony on her way back in September.

Exquisitely furnished and so well laid out that roominess in the so- c.al halls and the cabins is imme- diately noticeable, the Potsdam is certainly one of the best appoint- ed luxury liners yet to touch Hong Kong.

AMENITIES PROVIDED Internal appointments in this 18,000 ton express floating palace include paintings on motives from he Falace of San Souci and there is a particularly good 12-foot paint- Ing of the Garrison Church at Potsdam, which was a gift, to the ship oy the people of Potsdam

Amenities include a spacious aper air swimming pool, "special chuld-- ren's playroom and a ladies' room corresponding to the smoking Th

Capable of a speed of 21 knots, the Peisdam la 627-It long with a 3-ft beam. She draws 28-ft when fully laden and has a crew of 265 There are five decks, accommoda- tion for 187 first class passengers and as many in the tourist class 'cabins.

The passengers include Mgr. Pr.nz Georg von Hayers, в пер- hew of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria, and Countess Ingeborg von Bernstorf, a niece of Count von Bernstorf, who was Gerrian ambassador to Washington,

LATEST EQUIPMENTS - The social hall, which is the Principal public room for the first- class passengers, is situated... in front of the hall on the main promenade deck. It measures some 250 square yards in extent. and is no less than 14 feet 9 inches high.

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The Po.adam has all the very latest equipment and appliances.

by the Magistrate in the deposi-for fire fighting, and by subdivid- tions.

ing the electrical installation and The third sitting was on Satur- the use of fireproof materials in day, May 18, and Mr. d'Almada, the construction of the ship, the Snr., turned up, as also did Mr. greatest possible degree of safety Lockhart -Smith, the assistant from fire has been provided for. Crown Solicitor. The case was

There is, in addition, a carbon down to be heard late in the

dioxide fire extinguishing installa- morning, and when it came up, Mr. tion, working in conjunction with d'Almada after waiting for some an optical and acoustical alsını time, asked the Magistrate to ad-system of smoke detectors for the Journ the case, as he was not well hose, bëggage rooma, malis rooms, enough to go on. The Magistrate provision rooms and paint and" granted the request and noted it. lamp rooms, as well as for all other

places where stores are kept. The next sitting was on May 23.

CAPT. ARNDT. Mr. d'Almada, having then re-

Captain Richard Arndt, who is However, when they scheme is

covered, appeared at the hearing in command of the Potsdam, has completed, 400,000,000 gallons or

and requested to examine the seen War service under Captain more of water would be available vote the application was defeat-witnesses. He asked for Wong Paul Koenig of submarine. U- The truss black is not of a very for every day use, and by thated by 4 to 2: high quality, but all they needed time the speaker hoped that the was a series of buttresses on the word "restriction". would be a iront side of the block which if thing of the past (Applause). any leakages were to occur-the

and twisting of the "truss block", a sand wedge had been introduc- ed as a cushion to take up the new position, even if the rock wedge moved. Concrete is not a very stable material as it can be made strong. or weak, waterproof cr otherwise.

However this was something that no mortal man could ascertal with any degree of certainty, so that this course could not be adopted.

SPEAKER THANKED A

the premises were totally inade quate. The kitchen accommodation was stall, and the ventilation was very bad, while the walls were not in a good condition. Artificial light had also to be used during the day time. When placed to the

WITNESS MISSING

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Plu-sang, the most important wit-Deutschland fame. All the other applications were ness, whose cross-examination had In 1924, he was promoted to refused) but in respect of the last been reserved, and was told that Captain. Since 1925 he has com- one, that of asking for permission that man was no longer in the manded the 'm.v. Fulds on the Far to add to the first floor of No. 329, Colony but was in Canton. Mr. East route and has proved one of d'Almada then proceeded to cross-the most popular skippers on the half of the gathering present, Mr. the ground floor No. 327 from the examine the other witnesses, but run. On the express Ilner Potsdam L W. Amps. OBE, said that it bake-house for Nos. 327 and 329, at no time during the hearing of Captain Arndt has a crew of 265 was a privilege for him to do 89. ground floor, the President stated the proceedings and up to the hands, under his charge.. Mr. Hull had given a very inter- that the application should be re- commitial by the Magistrate did esting talk, which they all "had | fused, but be left open for recon-he cross-examine Wong Plu-sang. enjoyed. Mr. Hull had taken up aderation until legal stairway at

Continuing. Mr. Jenkin sub-

the circumstances, he contended that the committal order should be quashed.

speaker sald he hoped that there Rising to express thanks on be-Reclamation Street, and to delete would not be any they could easily be tackled. There is al- ways a rise in temperature when cement" is mixed with water, and the temperature recorded has at times been as lugh as 72 degrees Ferenheit, which was enough, as his life's study one branch of the rear of the premises be re-mitted that the Magistrate was after the heat has gone, to cause engineering, namely the construc- moved to meet the requirements Wrong in taking into account sti shrinkage and cracks, but the tion of dams, which be (Mr. or the board. He therefore re-all the evidence of Wong Plu-sang, dam was so contructed that all

Amps) thought to be the most commended that this course be which had not been cross- the cracks will take place only at interesting branch of engineering. taken. The meeting the certain heights.

It called, for the most part, for journed. When visitors went to the scene the quality in a man who follows of these operations, the speaker it up, for he was a pioneer tra- always noticed that they were velling into parts of uncharted not clear how the water was taken country," to start and carry On en a week-end he had spent at Magistrate. away. Firstly in the proximity of work calmly in places, for the Mr. Hull's residence there, which the tunnel there was a diversion] most part, where no work had was very pleasent, The aurround- his arguments, counsel said that this, but he wished to add that

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beautiful spot, and be remember

tunnel 20 feet in diameter which been done before. Work of this allowed the water to flow away sort, must excite the admiration while another tunnel was con- of all, and when they had heard structed for the same purpose. In of the ne organisation, skill and addition to the two tunnels, a experience that Mr. Hull had just shaft had been made from a givput before them, who were ordine concluded the speaker, might one en level rising vertical in an ma-ary laymen, they were astonished sonary tower, and up this verti- at the speed and success of his cal tunnel there is a pipe to the (Mr. Hull's) wonderful enterprise

THE FUTURE

examined.

He went on to say that he found it extremely dimeult to follow why

evidence which was not evidence have been considered by the at all, in the legal sense, should

strate

Referring to the second point of

ings were ideal, the temperature. the reason given by the Magis splendid at all times, and when trate in finding that there was a the work is completed there will prima facie case, as stated in the be a lake that must surely add to depositions, was: "In an extradi the beauty of the spot. Some one tion case even less evidence is needed than in a committal case day have something to suggest to justify committal If there is how, this may be developed a doubt, the prosecution must have He had very great pleasure in the benefit of it, and I am satis- proposing... a vote of thanks for fed that I have no alternative in ent heights there were horizontal One aspect of the work which the very interesting talk

this case but to commit the pipes to carry the water up the Mr. Hull, bad, not touched, upon among the rucate that were in- fugitiva pipes to the catch water and this and, which he was most interest troduced by members of the Club, away from the scene of opera-ed was about, the future develop were: Lt. Col MH. Logan OBE, tions,

Ement of the area in question at MC, Eng. Capt. Hugill, RM DIVIDING THE WORK Arte Ankafter Shing Man after the work is com- Mests. J Ralston, A HỊ Valkman, Construction commenced in No-pleted and Mr Hull

e. H H Higham, D. F. Davies, vember 1933, as from this month He recalled that 18 was very and Senior Laborinho,

diversion" tunnel, while at difer-

Mr. A. Fraser, assistant At- torney General, argued that even assuming that the Magstrate had thisdirected himself, he must have

come to the same conclusion, áà he had done. Mr. Jenkin, he raid, bad opened his arguments by stressing the gravity of the pre- sent case. He entirely agreed with

the State as well. Counsel sub- thier case involved an obligation to

mitted that there had been ample opportunity for cross-examination. The witness, Wong Plu-sang, had been in Court three times, and

the failure to cross-examine htm was entirely due to the fugitive

himself.

Bubmitting then that it their Lordships decided in favo of the fugitive in this open to same that the přibia

MAGISTRATE CRITICISED Mr. Jenkin submitted that Magistrate had ed himself by

of the doubt to iristead of to his client.

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