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GENERAL

FINANCE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER $579,960 IN SUPPLEMENTARY VOTES

Increased Expenditure For Volunteer Forces, Public

Works And A.R.P.-

At a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legis- lative Council to be held to-morrow afternoon, immediate- ly after the ordinary meeting of the Council, Supplemen- tary. Votes totalling $579,960 will come up for considera-

tion.

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Since the outbreak of war in Europe the expenses in connexion with the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps and the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force have increased to such an extent that several votes under the head of Defence are requested.

The largest vote is for $120,000 for the HK.N.V.F. for pay, and allowances on mobilisation. Another sum of i-

LEGISLATIVE

$50,200 is requested for camp COUNCIL MEETS

expenses for the Volunteer Corps owing to the increase! in the strength and addition-i al days in Camp.

Also under the Volunteer" Nefence Cords, are votes for $2,500 for cookers and utensils, $20,000 for uniforms, ..$1,600 for Armoured Car and Motor Machine Gun Section and a number of other small items. The Volunteer Defence Corps expenditure asked for in these -yobes total over $75,000,

AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS Three votes. totalling $13,000,

TOMORROW

Bill To Amend Promissory Oaths Ordinance

A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council will be held to-morrow In the Council chamber at 2.30 p.m. with Els Excellency the Governor presiding.

The business for the day in- are requested for the Air Raid cludes a resolution to be moved Precautions, also under the head by the Hon. the Attorney General ot Defence.. I" Is pointed out as follows: that there is an increas-

ed demand by the general

Resolved. bursuant to section 3

public for A. R. P.. lectures and of the Public Omcers (Changes of Style) Ordinance. 1937, that the instruction and the amount is required for hire of halls, lectur-style of the office of "Govern- ers' fees, publications, purchase and erection of kiren, etc.

"A vote of $6,800 for Volun- teer Brigade expenses is re- "quested in view of the urgent necessity to recruit more auxiliary firemen.

ment Marine Burveyor" be changed to that of "Principal Surveyor of Ships" for all purposes and that the necessary, addition be made to the Schedule to the sald Or- dinance.

NEW BILLS

The Attorney General will move the First reading of-

A Hill to amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869. ·

MEDICAL DÉPARTMENT Three votes, totaling $52.500, are requested for the Medical Department, or cleansing mate- rials for hospitals, fuel and light Towing to the Increase of price of fuel oil and coke, the introduction the of Deep X-Ray Therapy and the of expansion of the Medical Depart- ment) and medicines and instrü- ments due to the likely increases in prices on account of the war.

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The Attorney General will move Second and Third readings

A Bill to amend fürther" the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933.”

A Bill to provide for the main- tenance. of reserve stocks of commodities which would be The number of draft bills and essential for the vital needs of -ordinances in the Government the community during war or Gazette which have had to be other public emergency; for the printed since the outbreak of war registration of imports of such in Europe has been greater than commodities and for purposes anticipated and a vote for $3,000 incidental to or connected with is requested to meet the extra the måtters aforesaid. expenditure.

POLICE FORCE

The work of the Special Branch

PROMISSORY OATHS

The Ordinance to amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance pro-

of the Police Force has recently vides that paths of members of

increased and a sum of $7,000 is requested to meet expenditure to the end of the year,

PUBLIC WORKS

the Executive and Legislative iCouncils should be tendered by the Governor or other officer law- fully presiding at the Council. Votes totaling $40.620 "are re- quested for the Public Works De-

The oaths of Judges will be ten- partment in connexion with water dered by the Governor; the oaths works, buildings and improve- Magistrates by a Judge and the menta, communications, mainten- oaths of Justices of the Peace by ance of praya walls and piers, and a Mag'strate. dredging foreshores.

Under Public Works Extraor- dinary votes totalling over $202,000 are desired for build- Ing hospital huts for refugee camps in the Colony, convér- sion of P. W. D. garages into offres, additional office, sccom- modation at Kal Tak Aero- drome," compensation and re- suraptions, extention of the H. K. V. D. C. garage at the ⠀ Kowloon-Canton Hallway, and also for an airing court at the Mental Hospital.

21 DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS

URBAN COUNCIL MEETING

Five Applications Refused

The Urban Council, which met yesterday afternoon, refused five applications for restaurant, food factory, food shop and offensive

trade licences as well as an appli-

cation for permission to use the basement garage at No. 109 Holly- wood, Road for habitation.

LAST WEEK

It was also decided to erect six- Eighty-one deaths, from tuber- culosis, out of a total of 154 cases latrines in the Kowloon City area (one imported), occurred in the and one at Ah Kung Ngam village. Colony for the week ending Oct. It was, stated that the Medical 21, according to the returns furn- authorities had recommended that Ished by the Health Department latrines be urgently constructed Other returns include 19 deaths in Kowloon City as there was at from dysentery, out of a total of present no adequate accommoda- 58 cases, 5 deaths from enteric tion in that district.

fever, out of a total of 13 cases, 2 The following were present at deaths from cholera, out of a total the meeting:-Mr. W. J. Carrie of 11 cases, 2 deaths from diph- (chairman), Dr. T. Walter Ware theria, out of a total of 5 cases, (vice-chairman); Hon. Mr. A. B. and one death from cerebro-spinal Parves, Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, fever.

Hon Mr. T. H. King, Hon. Mr. Li Twenty-two cases of tubercu- Tse-fong, Dr. R. An để Castro losis, 11 cases of dysentery and Basto, Mr. A. el Arculll, Dr. 8. "N. one case of enteric fever were Chau, Mr. B. Wong Tape, Mr. Tang notined to the Health authorities 8hlu-kin, Mr. O, J. Roe (Betretary) on Oct. 23. There were no cases and Mr. Im Ping-tseung (Assistant“ of cholera notified that day. Secretary).

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