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LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

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certain provisions which to nis) Convention No.45 of 1907 forbids mind were trivial. He quoted Con-any belligerent to erect in neu- ditions 5 and 6, Regulation 14, Retral territory any radio, tele

graphic apparatus that communi- gulation 2 and Regulation B.

In respect of Regulation 2, Mr. cates information to military and Lo said: "This legislates that the naval sources outside that neutral,

and it is specially in- Licenses will not allow a set to be territory, worked by any other person, even cumbent on this Government to a member of his household, and see that its neutral attitude is that the licence shall be carried not compromised by any secret by the person working it I suplicit sets of that nature. pose that an honoured guest work- "The third reason affects ing a set is an offence and a pub

tbls Colony as a fortress, I lic officer can exercise his powers:

do not want to go “into any In connection thereto.

methods of detection, but it must be obvions to everybody that there are mich things as... telegraphic sets which gulde ships on their course, and it is highly important that in the event of war no secret" illicit sel can be set up which can be of any possible use in guiding enemy ships.

WHAT IS THE LIMIT

As I have tried to point dit, a public officer authorised by the Postmaster-General cap arrest a person that he suspects to have contravened any of these regulu- tions. I can quite anticipate the leamed Attorney-General's retort that you must expect the officer to exercise his discretion in respect of those powers. That is not the question. The question is what is

new one. It is copied almost the lamit, the extent, or those word for word not only from the

actually conferred-not one of to what extent they would Dangerous Druga Ordinance of 1935 but from all previous Dan- be. exercised.

gerous Drug Ordinances"

powers

The next point that ought to be borne in mind by this Council

"As" to the form which this amendment takes, the form is not

QUESTION OF POWERS Regarding the question

the Attorney-General

is Section 32 (2) which seems, to my mind, to contain quite clearly powers. that the Postmaster-General or said: "I have already pointed out any deputy appointed by hilm is to that there may be financial and interests behind these be the prosecutor under this Or-political

illicit sets and thesa big interests. dinance.

"Now, Str, car we ask ourselves are quite capable of locking a set this question: what were the pro- behind doors and dismantling it, visions which the present provi- if need be."

"There has been already one sions are to amend? The present section which is to be repealed is case in which the few hours that section 31. Section 31 (1) says were necessary to obtain a search this: If the Magistrate is satished warrant, under existing section by Information on oath that there 31, were sufficient to enable who 's ground for beller that a radio ever had the set in question to receiving station is being main-get away. tained, he can issue a warrant.

"It is highly important that whoever acts should act trims-

TRIVIAL CHARACTER Surely when the Postmaster-diately and whoever acts must act General applies for the warrant with knowledge."

Continuing, the Attorney-Gen-

trom the Magistrate, the Magis-

WATER SUPPLY RESTRICTION NECESSARY

Capacity Not Sufficient To Meet Demand

Due to the large increase in population in the last two years, which has been - › esti- mated as being between 50 per cant and 100 per cent, and to the consequent abnormal increase in consumption of water, the trunk mains and Alters are of insufficient capa- city to meet the demand now being made.

FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, 30th JUNE 1838, 9.30 AM.

GENERAL HOLIDAY

to: 10.00) KIL

Cn Saturday, 1st July, the General Post Office and Kowloo Central Post Office will be open from 8.00 am: Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 9:00 am.. and the other" Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.

There will be one collection from the pillar-bores as on Sun- days and one delivery of Registered, and Ordinary Correspondence A 10.00 ..

The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tal Po and. Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.00 am.

The Money Order Omes will be entirely closed.

Parcel Post Service to Swstow and suspended.

Foochow

Registered and Ordinary mall & Parcels (not Insured) will be na repted for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit.

Letters and Postcards for Euroga (except Great Britain and Elry ad South Amerien are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscri

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It is accordingly necessary to restrict the hours of supply. In order to reduce the Inca verilence tö a minimum a trial is first being made by introducing on alternate nights the period of restriction to the 6 hours between 10 p.m. and These will also apply on am. alternate nights on the Island and Air Mall by "Imperial Airways, Service"-London date the Mainland.

Thus, on the Island the water will be shut off at 10 p.m. com- mencing on Saturday, July 1, an each of the odd numbered days of the month until 4 am on the following ever numbered days,,

On the Mainland, water will be shut off at 10 p.m. commencing on Sunday, July 2 on the even numbered days of the month

numbered days... until 4 a.m. on the following odd

The provision of new construc- tion to minimise the deficiencies has already been authorized, and it is anticipated that the position will be much improved by the beginning of the 1940 Summer

MARCUS SHOW |

SUCCESS

Packed Houses At Queen's Theatre

Direct 24th June. Shazizhai

Haiphong. Pakhot, Holhow - and

Fort Bayard. Tientsin Straits and Europe via Negapatam (Papers etc.,)--London date,

1st June.

Canada, UB.A., Honolulu, Japan &

Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., date 10th June), Shanghai Shanghat

Japan. Wenchow

Imperial •

Airways Flane m/v Nanking...

Soochow Yunnan

Hakone Maru.

Emp. of Japan.. Behar

30th June. 30th June

30th June 30th June

30th June

30th June

30th Juna

Conte

Biancamano.

1st July

Alipore........

Txt July

Ningha

1st July

Talynan

2nd July

Jean Dupuis

2nd July

Nagato Maru.

2nd July

Anhui.

2nd July

2nd July

tad Jaly

Tiisadane..

2nd July

BumBets....

and July

Memnon....

Bud July

Direct Service"-London date: Imperial 28th June.

Airways Plane.

3rd July

Canton Maru.

3rd July

Formosa. *******

Tientsin

Hupeh.....

July

Calcutta and Straits.

Yuensang.

Fed July

Sirogane Marti.

Haiphong and Fort Bayard Japan. Shanghai and Amoy

Straits.

Saigon.

Japan

Shanghai and Amoy

Straits

Straits and Manila

Laos

Achilles

Ale Mail by "Imperial Airways | pilt

prate must consider how far the eral stated that he had been in- information on cath entities him formed by the Postmaster-General to issue that warrant. There is that the latter contemplated the nothing adjudicating upon the authorisation for the purposes of 12 nature of the information at the Ordinance, when necessary. men, all of whom

THE MARCUS SHOW, whose Canton. stake. The information may be of only four

here has been eagerly Shanghai, Amoy and Swatow. Szechuan... of the most trivial character but were inspectors or sub-inspectors there is no check and the harm is 94% wireless, and as such, expert | awaited, staged a very sticčeníful | Shanghai -

done..

who would be able to tell whether "The powers to be conferred on certain parts of machinery were,

season

yesterday, when full houses greet- Australia and Manila.. opening at the Queen's Theatre Calcutta and Straits.

Ixion

Taima. Nellore........

the Postmaster-General are very in fact a wireless set dismantleded the company at both perform- Air Mall by "Air France Direct} Air France

hole who had seen the show on fbe last tour a few yeam gore cognized some" old friends among the principala, especially, Ben Mc Atep, Les Sechrist, Ha Cha San, Lullan McCoy and Dorothy Condy. The company, however, has been reinforced by a large number of other able entertatima.

Service" Parls date, 28th June Buez Straits and Europe is

(Papers etc.)London date, 8th June and London Parcels-Lon- don date, 1st June. Java and Manila..... Baigon........ Straits...

Plane

Corfu.......... Tjitjalengka Felix-Roussel.. Asphallon..

extraordinary powers and what-In conclusion he submitted that ever reasons were put forward be-it was absolutely necessary tint. fore the Executive Connell before the law should be strengthened the Executive-we here must see proposed.

GOVERNOR'S REMARKS what were the objects and reasons put forward,

His Emellency: "I cannot add "If I may say so, I have never anyth to what the learned come across objects so imperfectly Attorney General has said except stated or reasons so inadequately to emphasize the point that If is extremely desirable, from the given as set out here."

Mr. Lo then quoted some of point of view of the safety of the

RAPID-FIRE. KEVUE-

U. 8. A, Honolulu and Japan-- these, incorporating in his remarks Colony, that this Ordinance should

(San Francisco date. 10th June). Pres. Garfield... "Broadway Vanities" is first and some extracts from English Acts, be approved in the form in which including the Dangerous Drug Act has been drafted."

foremost, a rapid-fire revue, U. B. A., Honolulu and Japan-

(Baa Francisco date. 16th June) Pres. Pierce.. wherein Following the taking of a diri-

dances, comedy acts, of 1920. But, he aald, there was no suggestion that any of the new sion, on the request of Mr. L, specialties and girl shows succeed Japan and Shanghai.

one another without pause. It amendments were based on that His Excellency announced

Act.

that

the motion had been carried by 18 votes to 1,

When, in council, Clause 2 of the Ordinance was read out by the Deputy Clerk of Councils. Mr. Lo asked whether

the

Attorney- General would accept some words at the end of the clause that he thought would clarify the object of a search; namely, "in respect of transmitting apparatus.”

Ale, Mail by "Pan American Air

ways Direct Service” San Fran- cisco date, 28th June..

must be ranked as one of the best | Strafta stage presentations which Hong Japan and Shanghai

Straits. kong has seen for many years.

Beautiful girls who are the Japan. frame and background of the Japan and Shanghai Marcus Show add spice and colour to the various scenes.

Lavishly mounted, the show was well produced and was a hit from the very start

1

Continuing, the nonourable member said he hoped it would be appreciated that his objec- tidas were not in any way directed against the post of Postmaster-General, either The past, present or future. present occupier of the post had been on the Bench in Hongkong and Kowloon with great ability and dignity. "But I do submit, most earnest-

Attorney-General replied GREEKS EXPELLED ly, that this Legislature cannot pass the Ordinance which passes that he could not accept that,

An expulsion order was "made in the hands of the Postmaster-because although

against two Greek drcus artists, General the impossible position of that the intention of those powers Spirdon Minesco, 44, and stephen having to be prosecutor and judge was to look for those particular Stanesco, 33, charged with breach Shanghai and Japan.

sets. if the officer conducting thef passport regulations, before Haiphong. at the same time."

must search found anything else illicit Mr. R. Edwards at Central Magis- Swatow.

The

"For these reasons, I Cppose the second reading of the it would Bill and I regret that 1-feel the matter so strongly that I shall ask Your Excellency for a division in

this case."

NOT ACCEPTED

be had said

be his duty to take proper action in respect thereof.

After a slight pause, the Hon. Mr. Lo said: "I have nothing to add; merely my suggestion......

Pan American 7- Airways Flane

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4th

-5th Jul

5th July

6th July

| Africa Maru.

Chenonceaux..

10th July

OUTWARD MAILS

REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed, 15 minutselendi than the time given below mless otherwise stated, and whene are advertised to close at or before 9 am registered and par are closed at 6 p.m. on the previous day.

tracy yesterday. Det-8gt. P. H Manila [Loughlin prosecuted.

FRIDAY

and Australia,

New Zealand Via Brisbane--due Bris- bane, 17th July.

Defendants lived in Shanghai Rabaul for the last 10 years. They came to the Colony with the deliberate His Excellency: Li you wish to intenian of securing a Chinese

ATTORNEY GENERAL move any amendment......

REPLIES

In the course of his reply, the Attorney-General said that what

Mr. Lo: "If Government won't accept it is a waste of time. use wasting time."

VAGRANCY CASE

Iran,

and France (Paris and Northern

Per

Hakone Maru. Canton......

Klangchow...

Emp. of Japan..

GPO

Pacools

Bog,

Ord.

passport.

Air Mail for Indo-Chins,

Ord

No

Victor Lak 38, ship's engineer, appeared before Mr. R. Edwards

Provinces only) by the "Air Charged with vagrancy at Des

France Airways Direct Service" | Air France Voeux Road Centrut on June 28,ue Paris 7th July.

SATURDAX

they had to deal with principally MRS, F. E. LAWRENCE

in regard to this Ordinance were transmission sets. There were

PROGRESSING

at Central Magistracy yesterday. Air Mail for “KLM. Airways Direct

Defendant said that he missed

Bervice" due Amsterdam, 11th July,

several reasons, one aspect of Mrs. F. E. Lawrence, the Euro- the ship which sailed on Wednesday. which were commercial and con- pean lady hurt in the Castle Feak bound for Singapore. He went to Papers only for Straits and (Parcels

and Papers only for Calcutta)... lawa.. tractuel reasons. The monopoly Road bus accident on Tuesday is the ship's agents, who informed

Helikon,... telecommunications in the progressing favourably, following him that he could have his ticket Saigon.

............... Van Heute operation at the Kowloon on advance, provided that he sold

Amoy M Colony was vested in Government an and its licensees. Government Hospital, where she was rushed his belongings to pay for the Fort Bayard, Hollow, Pakhol and

....Kingyuan Haiphong had granted a monopoly, or a after emergency treatment had ticket later.

Manila and (Papers only for virtual monopoly, to Cable and been applied to her mangled arm Wireless under a recent scheme, by Mr. Ingils, of the Hume Fipe

Ceylon, India and Egypt) and Cente- Naples due Naples, 24th July, and Government had to prevent Company, who saw the accident. any large Institution from run- Five Chinese passengers, none

SUNDAY ning its own private and secret or whom were as seriously injured as Mrs. Lawrence, were also sent receiving set.

Gen- to the hospital for treatment,

All the occupants of the bur

eptionally tunate

Attor "Secondly," the eral werit on, there is an national aspect which part touches upon the present

in the Colony which

in an area of hostility ligerency Act of the

as they did.”

The case was adjourned for 24 hours, during which period he will be given the opportunity to leave the Colony, or face the charge at the expiration of the 24 hours,

Swatow

to the bus clothes, fou

The body of a Chinese aged about

male. black

MONDAY

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it would have plunged whart

embakment into the sea the Pubil Mortuary

Biancamano;

summan.

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