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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

WISDOM OF IMMIGRATION Breach Of

MEASURE QUESTIONED

BY BISHOP HALL

H.K. Defence Regulations

ANNUAL MTG. OF H.K. REFUGEE Chinese Businessmen

AND SOCIAL WELFARE COUNCIL

AN APPEAL FOR A GREATER UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PEOPLE OF HONGKONG, AND ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE WHO ARE THE NATURAL LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE, toward the res "ponsibility that rests with them in initiating social reform, was made yesterday by the Bishop of Victoria, the Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, when he addressed the annual meeting of the Hongkong Refugee and So- cial Welfare Council.

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Bishop Hall questioned also the wisdom of the recent immigra- tion measure and expressed the hope that it would remain anly a war measure, suggesting that the measure was in the nature of a barrier between two nations. and one that could prove difficult to break down.

Referring to the need to remedy | "I am pretty confident that if some of the most glaring in- the Medical Department of Gov- equalities of social life that were evident in Hongkong. Bishop Hall suggested also that the fault for these lay more in the resistance to social reform that could be sensed In the Community rather than the attitude to this question of Gov- ernment.

rnment could, publish an analysis of the recent cholera cases, we would and that the main reason for this new outbreak is not due to nightsoil or selling fruit in the street, but simply and directly to the cost of firewood, the high east of rice and the terribly low rate of wages.

The meeting was held at St. John's Cathedral Hall, with the "I wish everyone here could Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo in the Chair. have been, as I was, in the streets n the platform with the Chair-in Yaumati on the day when the man were Bishop Hall, the Rt. Rev. Government wood was first put on H. Valtorta, the Very Rev. J. L sale. The street was alive with a Wilson, Miss E. S. Atkins, Mr. T. new feeling-almost as if peace M. Sung, Miss J. R. Taylor." Pro- had been declared. fessor L Förster, Mr. J. M. Wong. Major Ponting, S.A.. and the Rev. A. P. Rose.

USE OF CHING FU

Heavily Fined

Fines ranging from $250 to $1,000 and totalling $9,000 were imposed

GENERAL

URBAN COUNCIL MEETING

Conservancy By-Laws Amendments Passed

Amendments to by-laws under the heading "Conservancy" con- tained in Schedule "A" of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordi hance, 1835, were passed yesterday

by Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Cen-at the fortnightly meeting of the tral Magistracy yesterday on 14 Urban Council. The amendments masters and managers of Chinese will take effect on May 1. firms, summoned for attempting to send letters out of the Colony in the Chair, and other Members The Hon. Mr. W. J. Carrie was other than by post, which offence of the Council present were Dr. is a breach of the Defence ReNG MacLeod, Hon. Mr. A 3. gulations.

All defendants were represented by the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jr. instructed by Mr. H. A. de Barros Botelho, who pleaded guilty.

In mitigation, Mr. D'Almada sald that his clients were all ignorant of the regulations and the reason why they adopted this system of conveying letters out of the Colony was because of the inadequacy of postal service in war-time China.

THE DEFENDANTS

Hon. Mr. C. G. Perdue. Mr. A. el Purves. Hou. Mr. R. A. C... North, Arculli, Dr. 8. N. Chau, Mr. B. Wong Tape. Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, Dr. A. M. Rodrigues and Mr. C. J. Roe (Secretary).

By-law 2 (1) of the Schedule was amended to read:

"The Council shall provide a departmental service contractors for

or employ the removal of excretal matter from all buildings The defendants and their res (where not Atted ·with water pective. fines were: La Ming-closets) in the following districts: tong, of No. 8. Hilller Street, Tung (a) The Island of Hongkong, (b) Chung-wal, of No. 11, Bonham The Island of Aplichas, (c) Kow- Strand, Li Yam-nam, of No. 74, loon and that portion of New Jervois Street, Kwok Chuk-wah, Kowloon lying to the west of a of No. 45, Bonham Strand East, une drawn from a point on the and Hung On-to, of No. 73, Jervols sea-shore 200 yards east of the Street, were fined $1,000 each: Woo village of Ngau Tau Kok due north Wal-pui, of No. 33, Jervois Street, to the northern boundary of New "The name 'Government (Ching vols Street, Leung Cho, of No. 225,

Wong Wing-kam. of No. 19. Jez-Kowloon. Fu) was being used in a way in wing Lok Street, Wong. Tak-ylu, Among those who also attended which one all too seldom hears it of No. 13, Bonham Strand, Ea the meeting were the Hon: Mr. Rused as a kindly and helpful fa-Keng-yan, of No. 325, Wine Lok A. C. North, Hon. Sir Robert Kote-ther conferring a great benefit of Street. Hon Shum-kwong. of No. wall; Mrs. N. L. Smith, Mr. Ho his children. Kam-tong. Mr. Gockchin, Mr. Tsol

68. Bonham Strand West, and Ip "This seems to be a much more Put," of No. 6, New Market Street," Po-tin, Mr. Wong Man-lam, Mr.intelligent activity of Government were fined $300 each: Lam Kee-

"(3) Any person other than the George She, Mr. Lo Kwok-lim. the than the burning on the hillsides tax, of No. 15. Bonham Strand

servant of a conservancy contrae- or to the Urban Council or a ser- Rev. Frank Short, Dr. Wong Man by the police of pathetic little west and Pun Kwai-ping. of Novant of the Sanitary Department bundles of wood, burning which 289, Des Voeux Road Central, were who conveys or causes to be con- stili goes on in an attempt to keep Aned $250 each.

veyed along. any street or public some of our wood thieves out of

Mr. D.C.W. Fitches, Superinter-place or upon the waters of the dent of Mails, prosecuted

Colony any excretal matter, shall be liable to, a fine not exceeding $100 and to confiscation of all gear, cart, carriage, receptable or vessel used for any such purpose."

and many others.

BISHOP HALL'S SPEECH Bishop Hall said, in part. "Some of us may doubt the wis-prison. dom of the recent immigration "I very much hope that before measure and we may nourish the long similar co-operation between hope that it is, and will remain, the Community and Government only a war measure, which will be officials will bring down consider- discontinued when the happy days Boly and permanently the price of of peace return.

rice. If it is true that Govern-. ment action can so quickly and efficiently bring down prices and increase the consumption of essen-.

"Hongkong. is joined to South China as inevitably "as the Island is joined to Kow- loon. Barriers between nations unfortunately have just the opposite nature to stone walls.... They are easily erected, but are often difficult to break down.. "Let us remember that in days

of peace to pay 20 cents for a deck chair on the Canton night steamer is to many of us a matter of as little effort as to pay 10 cents to cross the ferry.

ARTISTS TO

BUY PLANE

FOR CHINA

Chinese artists in Hongkong and

tial commodities, then surely this Macao, including painters, ca must become a permanent part of toonists, calligraphists, dramatista, the life of an intelligent city.

"Where the people's food is congraphers, will be mobilised for a sculptors, musicians and photo- cerned, there is no justification for unintelligent handling of supplies.

campaign to raise funds for the

"The future of this city, perhaps also the, future of de- mocracy, does not depend upon any particular political theory, "but on the deepest and fullest 'co-operation between employ- ed Government servants and the natural leaders of the "Community;

ADDITION TO SCHEDULE

Schedule, the following paragraph is added:-

After By-law (2) of the

APPLICATIONS REFUSED

The meeting refused an applica- tion for a swine licence on Crown

in front of the Shaukiwan Flush Land at Shaukiwan (South of Kam Wa Street and immediately Publle Latrine) on the ground that the site was much too near abulit-up area.

purchase of a plane for the Na- An application for a food pre- tional Government. The plane will serving licence for No. 198, Temple be christened "Chinese Artists." Street, ground floor, was refused

A decision to the above effect on the ground that the premises was reached at a meeting of a were too old, and dillpidated and group of Chinese artists in Hong-of a type difficult to keep clean. ROAD. IMPROVEMENT "It is the great hope, therefore,

kong at Cafe, Windsor under the An application was also refused chairmanship of Mr. Kao Chien- for a food factory (A) licence for 01 many of us that bmmigration

fu, eminent Chinese painter. Pro- No. 62, Wat Ching Street, ground restriction is a war measure only.

minent among those present were floor, for the reason that the pre- "I rejoice every day when I drive

Mr. Y. M. Liang, well-known pain-mises were also unsuitable and too aut now to Shatin to see the By natural leaders, I do not ter of aeroplanes, who recently small. vigorous energetic, far-sighted road mean only those who lead in the held an exhibition of his works! improvement that is going on. control of money or who influence here. MI. . WL Kung h Mr. Now, I say to myself, I am the thoughts of the people, but! Huang Shao-chiang, Mr. Chab

NATURAL LEADERS

on the Hankow highway. This is those skilled workmen, those tire- shao-ang, Mr. Chang Cheng ya, an expression of Hongkong's faithless, patient coolles, and those and Mrs. George Hsu, wife of the in the future of South China and sturdy undefeatable women, whose late noted jurist.

121 Cholera Fatalities

HEALTH BULLETIN FOR THE WEEK

In Bio-British co-operation.'”””: dogged labour bullds our roads and A preparatory committee for the

Touching on what advantages our homes. could accrue from the institution *This Council stands not only 50 members from various helds of campaign was formed with some of the immigration measure, for co-operation between different art, those prominent being Messrs. Bishop Hall continued:-

sections of the Community in the Yeh Kung-cho, YM. Liang, Kan "They have taken away the establishment of a better city, but Yau-man. Kao Chien-fu. Pad Shao- argument of those who claim that as a vehicle of co-operation be-yu, Ho Tieb hwa, Wu Pal-shiu, Lu the establishment of social services tween the Government and the Tan-ling, and Chan Kuen-chíu.

An indication of the seriousness in Hongkong will draw into the Community.

of the Cholera outbreak now rag- It is expected that the campaign "Let us go forward then in spite will soon assume a national cha- the Colony is seen in the of the anxieties and the limita-racter. A cireniar telegram will be week ending on March 22 in which Medical Authorities Returns for the tions of the present political at-despatched to the artists in China,121 of the 259 cases reported prov Semosphere, determined that our exhorting

ed fatal...

elty the poor and destitute from all South China.

FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT

I believe this argument to fallacious.

I would urge the Council, particularly the Research De-. partment, to be quick and sen- sitive to see the opportunity provided by the immigration regalations to press with wis-

them to make

en-

part in the struggle for democracythusiastic response to it. and freedom will be to make this "A meeting of the preparatory city more worthy of the ideals for committee which our fellow countrymen in saturday.

was scheduled China, in England and on the high seas are dally giving their lives."

den and Initiative for social SAVAGE KILLING

regulations to remedy some of

the most glaring inequalities of social life in Hongkong.

"A small survey. I made some

· years ago showed that a miserable.

and mean street near the old

OF CONSTABLE

ASSISTED IN RAID

The incidence appears to be cen- fortred in the Victoria Registration District where 203 cases were re- ported while 25 cases were reported from Shaukiwan, 25 from Aberdeen and Rural Hongkong, one from the New Territories and twd from the

Green Island Cement Old and New Kowicon, three

Co., Ltd. Report

The Balance standing at credit Harbour: of Profit and Loss Account of the. Green Island Cement Company ed in the same period are as fol- Other infectious diseases report- Ltd., as at the 31st December, 1040. Including the sum of $168.lows Cerebro-Epinal: Fever, three G.CH. actually paid more in rates ON WOODCUTTERS previous year and after providing cases (10 deaths); Dysentery, 40 382.82 brought forward from the Cases (one death); Diphtheria, 15 than an area ten times as large of road and housing in what is Chinese constable D187, Wang for depreciation and other contin- cases (nine deaths): Enteric Fever, known as a residential district, and Teh-shing, attached to Gough in gencies, amounted to:-5841,480, 15 cases (eight deaths); Measles, of course received in return for Police Station, was found with which the Board will recommend eight cases (one death); Small- the rates it paid, about one-tenth stab wound on the right neck and at the forthcoming Annual Gener-Fox, one case Tuberculosis, 201

f the services the residential area the left side of his body mutilated al Meeting of the Company, be ap-Icases (135 deaths). received,

the hillside, above Po Shm

I must also add that the resis-Road and Kotewall Road, Upper tance of social reform in this Levels, shortly after noon on Mon- Colony as I have sensed, it has day after carrying out a raid on been resistance by the Community a number of treewood thieves. rather than by Government,

He died on the way to Queen Mary Hospital...

**THE GUILTY MEN"

propriated as follows:-

To, pay a dividend of $1 per share on 195,494 shares, $195,494

To pay a bonus of $1 per share on 195,494 shares, $195,404,

To transter to credit of Stocks

Reserve. $250.000,-

⠀⠀ DAILY RETURNS

ended at midnight on March 24 is The Returns for the 24 hours

as follows:- Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Diphtheria, one case! Dysentery ane case; Cholera, 26 cases;

eight: cases: Enterje Fever, one case: Measles, three cases; Tuber- acculosis, 60 cases

To distribute a Bonus to Staff,

To Carry Forward to next

It is we, we, who are members It was learned that Immediately. of the Community, who in this after information had been re- case are, the guilty men." It la ceived by the Police that a large we ordinary citizens, who must number of persons were cutting count, 8183,327.50. — take responsibility for the inertia, trees in the vicinity at about 11

the unwillingness, the stupidity T., Sgt. Willerton and the de- and the lack of vision which re- sulis not only in poverty and misery, but in disease.

cased were despatched to round hem bp On reaching the hill-

side the two split and that was co

Totals $841,430.

S'HAT RESTRICTIONS Kindly note that quarantine re- strictions have been imposed by the Chinese Maritime Customs, Bhang critical hat, against Arrivals from Hong-

king on account of cholera med

he last seen of the constable

he was discovered in Lon by Bgt. Wal

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