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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

PROPOSALS FOR AIR RAID SHELTERS IN KOWLOON SUBMITTED TO

TO GOVERNMENT

Scheme Will Require

Over $1 Million

A report on Air Raid Shelters in Kowloon was adopted at the monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Kowloon Resi- dents' Association on Wednesday evening.

The report is the result of much i 12) By records, and statistics

from other sources, i painstaking labour on the part of tarnished a. Special Sub-Committee

which! 745,000.

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AIRPORT NEWS

DENEBOLA BRING MAILS FOR H.K.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS INWARD SERVICE BY THE DENEBOLA

(Capt. M. Branton and F/0 A. Samuels), arrived at Kai Tak yes- terday afternoon with 152 kilos of passen-

Tuesday next. Sept. 10.

was appointed last month, con- It may be assumed that should mail and the following alsting of Mr. J. N. Sweeney (Con- a state of emergency exist, the sets: Mrs. Gallan, from Sydney. vener), Mr. D. W. Munton, Dr. S. number of voluntary evacuations and Mr. Sakari, from Calcutta.

Another inward service is ex- G. Kirby-Gomes, F.R.C.S. Edin) plus a number of persons who! and Mr. S. E. Faber. A.F.C., B.Sc. might be expected to provide pected to arrive in Hongkong on (London), M: Inst. C.E. &c., who tarally or semi-communal shelters received the advice and assistance would reduce this figure to around! of Major C. M. Manners, O.B.E. 500,000. (Chief Air Rald Warden for Kuw- loon, New Kowloon and New Ter- ritories), and Mr. C. E. Terry De- !

The following practical sugges" puty Chief Air Raid Warden, Kow-tton for providing this should be loon).

considered:

TENEMENT HOUSE

PROTECTION

Existing ground. floors of Chinese tenement houses may be made.. splinter proof, and "demo- tion proof" by the removal of

ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

AT CENTRAL

ACCOUNTANT FINED

Lam Yau-pul, 23, accountant ot No. 340 Des Voeux Road West, third floor, charged with sending

prepared optum, through the Gen- a parcel, containing 50 taels of eral Post Office, on Aug. 12, and possession of oplum, was convicted on both charges by Mr. G. T. Lowry

Lam was fined $150 on each offence.

An outward service by Imperial Airways, taking malls for the United Kingdom and Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Australia is due yesterday. to leave Kai Tak tomorrow morn- ing.".

Mr. W. J. Buller, Chief Preven- Another outward service will leave Kal Tak 017 Wednesday tive Officer, assisted by Mr. D, C. morning.

CLIPPER SCHEDULE

COMMITTED TO SESSIONS How he swam across the river

W. Fitches, Assistant Superinten-. The work was_most_favourably commented upon at the meeting,

■dent of Malls, appeared for the the suggestions contained in the

prosecution, while Lam was de- comprehensive report being con-

Pan American Airways Philip-tended by Mr. Alfred 8. K. Lau. sidered both practicable and effec- tive. A supplementary map which existing wood first flooring and pine Clipper is expected to arrive 'was attached to the report for access-stairway thereto and their in Hongkong with US, malis dated San Francisco, Sept: 3-on-Tuesday clarity enhanced its value; the substitution with reinforced con- map covered the whole of Kow-crete slab about 5" (Inches) thick afternoon and will return the next Noon Peninsula up to the foothills, with necessary supporting con- morning.

The report was unanimously crete beams, in many cases exist- adopted and it was decided to ing wood flooring

can be used be the forward a copy of same together before removal as shuttering for scheduled to arrive in Hongkong

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with the original map forthwith this slab; to the Hon. Colonial Secretary.) Access stairway with side walls asking that Government would would be renewed in concrete. give the matter of providing shel-Portable wood pillars would be ters for the residents of Kowloon provided. these to be installed in early and sympathetic considera- position only when a state of emergency existed. The front and

tion.

It was also decided that in view rear of these premises would be of the question of Air Raid Shel-protected by walls of sandbags or ters being of paramount impor-concrete blocks,

tance to the general public, the It is considered that a ground report "should be immediately re-door thus converted would provide leased to the press for publication. adequate shelter for from 80-100 A vote of thanks from the Asso-persons. and as this conversion ciation to the gentlemen respon- sible for the report was recorded has already been done in one case,

in the minutes.

[Report of Sub-Committee formed to consider question of -Alr-Raid Shelters in Kowloon,] This Sub-committee consider: That it is essential for some form of public protection to be provided in Kowloon, especially for the poorer population living In congested tenement areas;

That such protection is neces- sary to maintain morale, prevent panic, and maintain order, as well

to the satisfactoin of the Director

of Air Raid Precaution, at a cost of approximately 1.250 Hongkong dollars, the cost per capita is about HK$12.50-Further-to-the-question of cost, we understand "Govern- merit is contemplating the aboll- tion of all. wood stairways, and their substitution by concrete, this measure, it"adopted now, would considerably reduce the cost of actual protection.

This method of providing pro-! tection could only be adopted in as to save life, and therefore an cases where ground floor would

Important factor in the defence

scheme; ..

That nothing less than actual air raids will induce people to pro- vide for themselves adequate, shel- ter:

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be available as shelter es. where

these premises are at present be- ing used as living quarters.

NULLAH SHELTERS

The possibility of roofing in sections of the deeper nullans in That therefore public funds should be allocated to defray the Kowloon should be considered.

That in residential areas resi-!

These sections should vary

The following flying-boat will China Clipper, which is

from Manila on Sept. 21. She will take off on her return trip the next morning.

8' 0" wide at widest part, with G0% floor width, one row of seating provided on both sides against wall.

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was related by Lai Kam, 50, earth and was fired on by the Japanese coolie; when he was charged be- fore Mr. K. M. A. Barnett yester- day with returning from lite banishment.

Defendant was banished' for Hte on July 3, 1939. He was arrested by the Police on Information on Sept. 2 at about 7.30 p.m. at No. 1 Tsung Sau Street.

Lai stated that the Japanese came to Shumchun, to where he had been banished, and, he was compelled to work as a coolie, and

(d). This section has a perimeter was struck on the chest. One day of 27 feet and a sectional he jumped into the water and was fired upon by the Japanese. He' area of 80 sq. feet.

To provide 40 sq. feet of dived under and finally escaped wall and floor surface the re-into British territory.

He stayed in the New Territories quired length of tunnel per person would be 1 foot for 10 days and then went to the inches ie. a seating width of Tung Wan Hospital when he felt a pain in the chest. After he was 3 feet (this is based on tro-

cured he was asked by a relative pical conditions).

to do a plece of work for him.

It is anticipated, however, that considerably more-than-

When this work was finished in two days, Lal stated, he intended- the estimated number of to go back to Chinese territory.

persons will erter. thus $ tunnel length of 1 foot per persor could be considered as a cost base.

On this base, tunnels, about 8 feet in heignt with an aver age width of 7 feet could be constructed at a cost of from HK33-HK$10 per person."

Lal was committed to stand trial In the next Criminal Sessions.

Sgt. T. G. MacKay prosecuted. AT KOWLOON

WOMAN ACCUSED

Appearing before Mr. E. Hims

(e) It is intended that in ex-worth yesterday. L Sze, 30, widow, cavating tunnels the larger and Shum Wai. both of No. 858 boulders would be detoured Canton Road, charged with steal- as there is no expecta meriting $500 Hongkong currency, and a pair of gold car-rings from Sze in keeping these tunnels

Chiu-ying of the same address. straight.

were remanded in the custody for

As the largest section of "cost three days. In construction of Trench, and

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SUMMARY COURT ACTION

Advertising Charges Claimed

An action claiming $642.20 was brought before Mr. Justice E. H. willams at the Suramary Court yesterday.

Plaintiffs in the case were the Industrial and Commercial Daily BARBED WIRE THEFT Press, represented by Mr. C. Y. cost for at least the poorer classes; length from 30-40 feet, with Tunnel shelters 13 labour, the

stealing Charged with

three Kwan, and the defendants were reduced by dents would be expected to pro- access at either end. Roofing of total cost could be.

bundles of barbed wire, property the Kwong Wing Co... film dis- vide their own shelters, bat that such sections would consist of more than half if refugee and/or of the military authorities, from tributor, of No. 31. Des Voeux. and Wong Fa-chit, pro- a certain number of public shel-reinforced concrete slab, which prison labour were provided by the hillside at Sha Thi Gap on Road,

wohld support Government (it is reported that ters should be built for persons in in "peace time"

H. A. de B. the streets;

road above, as we assume it is cermin mining works have ceased September 4, Leung Shun, 51, and prietor of the firm, who were re-

Wan Kwan, 35, married woman; presented by Mr. That the suggestions detailed the ultimate aim to entirely cover due to the labour force prefer- were each fined $20, or six weeks Botelho.

camps).

in prison.

The amount claimed was in res- herein are practicable, reasonable in these nullahs. The depth of ring to live in refugee

Tam Shul, 32, was sentenced to pect of charges for advertisements in cost, and well within the means water discharged through these with this free labour, the cost per of this Colony:

nullahs is seldom more than 3 head should not exceed HK$4 three months'; hard labour for inserted in the Kung Sheung feet; permanent gratings could bê

The defen-Dally, Kung Sheung Evening Press SAND BAG SHELTERS aiding and abetting. fixed about that level thus en-

Sand bag (concrete block typei dant had three previous convic- and the Tin Kwang Daily. suring against accident or dis shelters could be erected in cul- tions. comfort to users of shelter,

de-sacs, open spaces, and other This method would give pro- available places not interfering That time is a vital factor in tection at the approximate cost of with normal working. This type any such scheme;

HK$15 per person, .or which of shelter is particularly adapted That Government is, therefore, HK$12 might

to use in say, middle of very wide requested to consider this matter

That for residential shelters economy would be achieved by undertaking work for residents at cost;

TIME VITAL

considered ibe

peace time" value as base for streets, adjacent to existing pro-

as an urgent, emergency measure, road surfacing. since an early favourable decision! would greatly strengthen public!

morals;

tenements;

Owing

TRENCH SHELTERS

to

Quarantine Restrictions Imposed On H.K. Arrivals

ADMITTED LIABILITY Wong Fa-chit, in the witness box yesterday, admitted liability. He said that he had made ar- rangements with the plaintiff firm that the amount be pald in instal- ments of $20 each month.

Plaintiffs' case was that such agreement had never been reached though it was proposed by the defendant.

After further evidence was taken, hearing was adjourned to 2.30

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$1,000,000 "MOON CAKE” FUND DRIVE

perties or retaining wails, and the cost based on the walls 8 feet this difficulty, of high, 15 feet apart, and roofed The following types of protec- drainage we are of the opinion over with boards and cheap roof- tion are considered feasible; that these should be considered ing should not exceed $10—

This cost Information was received from p.m., September 19. (a) Provision of blast, splinter only in cases where the natural HK$12 per person. proof refuges on ground floors configuration of site permits of would of course, be reduced by the Colonial Secretariat yester of existing tenements, by tn-excavation having door level at about 40% where use is made for day that quarantine restrictions „stallation of "demolition proof" lowest point at least 1 foot one side of

Gov- existing property, have been imposed by the

“ernment of the Straits Botilo concrete first floors in Chinese above adjacent road level, eg. vans, or ground configuradox.

Tandels and Bonie shelters ments and the Federated Malay in ground trom 10 to 12 feet)

from arrivals against (b) Provision of blast and above adjacent road level and would require gates with locks to States splinter proof shelters in certain these if excavated thus might also prevent their unauthorised use as Hongkong on account of cholera. of the deeper nullahs;

All cabin passengers may be ferm access to tunnel shelters. public latrines, etc., the keys for

With the approach of the Mid- (c) Provision of trench and Cost of this excavation including such locks would perhaps best be kept under surveillance for a tunnel shelters' where hills are concrete slab to exclude water, kept at warden's post, each war period not exceeding five days Autumn Festival, the National in close proximity to"area con-

would vary from HK$5 to HK$6 den to be responsible for opening reckoning from the day of depar- Comfort Association is planning cerned:

per capita.

locked shelters and shepherding tures from Hongkong unless they to launch a nationwide $1,000,000 (d) Provision of sandbags or

people inside,

produce certificates signed or moon cake" fund drive for front- granite block shelters in cul-

It is assumed in all of the fore- counter-signed by an official medi-line soldiers

A circular telegram to the na- de-sacs, open spaces, and other (a) Tunnel: shelters are some going types of shelters, no gas cal officer showing that inocula- available places not interfering

what more expensive than locks will be provided and that. tion had been performed within tion to this effect was issued by with normal working and usage:

"the simple blast and splinter If gas is encountered, personal gas less than six months and more the Association yesterday. The The following data have been

campaign, It is stated, will be proof shelters, but give better masks will give adequate protec-than six days before arrival. assumed as the basis for this re-

protection.

Deck passengers will be kept launched simultaneously in Lo- port;

(b) Based on the principle of N. B. Liquid contamination is under observation for a period yang, Hingtal. Kinhwa Kweilin, segregation of targets, shel- unlikely inside the shelter, except not exceeding five days reckoning Yinsze, Bufukwan, Lanchow and ters are assumed to be limit by entry of contaminated persons from the day of departure from Changsha, and it is expected that ed to 50 persons each.

Based on shelters for 500.000 Hongkong or from the day. the $10.000 will be distributed to each (e) Shelter tunnel design will be persons, and estimating that one- deck passengers have been isolated army.

adapted to local conditions, third of these can be accom- from a case of cholera.. type of rock, available access, modated existing buildings

aircraft Ships and

(a) Time of warning likely be-

tween siren and first bomb-8 minutes, of which 1 minute for actually entering shelter.

(b)

Maximum distance

+

to

shelter from furthest point In

area concerned-500 yards.

(c) Population of Kowloon as estimated.

(1) By Police, 800,000-900,000.

TUNNEL SHELTERS

tion.

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During the "Spring Gifts" Fund bringing Crive launched in February this

of

etc, but basically comprises with little additional protection, passengers subject to surveillance year, it may be recalled, the As-] A11 eliptical section, clear the total sam required for Kow-w be able to inconvenience sociation raised

$1,190,000, height 8" 0" Bt centre, thon, would be about HK$1,500,000. and delay.

a total

HOURS

7:30 AM to 12.00 P.M.

EXCHANGE BUILDING

IN DARKEST HAMPSHIRE

"Is my bath ready, Hawkins ?"

"Not quite„Sir, They're just dusting it,”

A gesture of old world courtesy, no doubi, by was it erally necessary?" "Very necessary indeed, Sis, as it hap pens to be a hip-bath which has lain' some years in the coach-house, Hir Lordship rarely entertains."

* His Lordship's notions of hospital--| ity are not of this century. He seemed to think he had a sacred duty to lay me low. beneath the tabla. I marvel that I'm here to tell the tals.”

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“Yet in come wage Els Lordship de

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well abreast of modern thought. This bottle of Rose's Lénu Juíca, Sir, in your

· room ...*"

"Placed there by His Lordship's own hand, Hawkins. And a very refresh- ing drink following upon a one-sided battle with his Lordship's decanters." "Yu, Sir, and Rose's has still further virtues. It is justly renowned for anni hilating the after-effects of alcohol. vulgarly known as mornings aftan."-

*So that's why I'm still alive and kicking? Well, well, one lives and learna, Go and ball the kettle for my bath. I don't want to miss my breakfast."

SUMMER CLOTHES

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HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Monday & Thursday

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