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GENERAL

COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF LICENCES ISSUED TO ITINERANT HAWKERS OF COOKED FOOD SUGGESTED BY CHAIRMAN OF URBAN COUNCIL

Dr. S. N. Chau On Avoidance

Of Drastic Action

A CURB ON THE NUMBER OF LICENCES ANNUAL- LY PERMITTED RENEWAL IN THE CASE OF FOOD- STALL HOLDERS AND COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL LICENCES ISSUED TO ITINERANT HAWKERS OF COOKED FOOD AT THE NEXT LICENSING SESSIONS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URKAN COUNCIL, HON. MR. W. J. CARRIE, WHEN THE COUN- CIL DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AMENDMENT OF THE BY-LAWS SET FORTH IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE HAWKERS ORDINANCE, 1935.

Mr. Carrie, who was supported by statements on the subject from the Deputy Director of Health Services, DR. N. C. MACLEOD, and from MR. L. C. F. BELLAMY, held that drastic action was necessary as it had been proved beyond any doubt that the cholera epidemics of the past few years had been influenced to an immeasureably targe extent by the increase in the number of itinerant cooked food hawkers.

day when one paused to consider

the number of unlicensed hawkers !

on the streets, whose number was indeed legion.

DR. S. N. CHAU, supported of no new leences since 1936, the by MR. B. WONG TAPE, sug-problem of the unlicensed hawker gested an avoidance of dras- was an even more compilcated one tic action in enforcing such ⚫regulations as the Council would see fit to pass and ad- vocated the exercise of bene- volent persuasive influence by officers of the Sanitary De- partment in their endeavour to secure obedience to the re-viously for sale, in a scavenging quirements of the law.

The conditions under which they

sold their wares ranged from the unclean to the positively filthy and an example could be quoted of one old lady who cooked fritters, ob

wares.

bat such 韪 merace 40 health would be to completely prohibit! the hawking of cooked food

CAMPAIGN NECESSARY

lane behind Bridges Street with Mr. Carrie, addressing the Comm-Water from an adjoining drain ell, sald that the meeting was Pipe splashing about ber concerned with the problem of The only step to be taken to com-

'This the hawker of cooked food. problem had been one ever before the Counell since he had first pre- sided at the meeting of this body 13 years ago It was through the A campaign was necessary of efforts especially of Dr. Lt Shu-fan immediate institution to stop this in 1934 that in the following year menace to the public health. legislation was brought into being Arrest was impossible. The magis- by virtue of which the control of trates were already busily engaged fawkers Was entrusted to the and the prisons were full Con- Urban Council.

fiscation was the only method pro- mising any success.

The Council would not wish to throw men and womer out of their

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Alleged Theft By Trick Of $1,570: Judgment Is Reserved

Judgment was reserved by Major A. N. Masfadyen at the Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday until today at 2.30 pm, in the case in which three persons described as brokers, IP NAI-FONG, $5, IP KWAI-CRI, 54, and PAU HIM, 60, were charged with larceny by a trick of $1,570 from one Lam Hong at the Golden City Restaurant, Queen's Road Central, on June 11, when hearing was concluded.

DECREE NISI GRANTED

the

All pleaded not guilty,

Det.-Sgt. W. Summers said that on June 8, second defendant went to complainant's store at No. 90, Wing Lok Street East, ground floor, and offered to sell to complainant some Government opium:→→

After the price was agreed upon

NO NEW LICENCES

Since 1936, no new licences for

A petition for the dissolution of the sale of cooked food had been granted Itinerant hawkers. He profession entirely. These haw-her marriage to her husband, Dr. had at the time also, Mr. Carrie kers could be offered a licence to Dean Abbott Smith, on the ground at $1,570, second defendant left of adultery or misconduct with requesting complainant to go to said, ascertained the views on this sell alternaive wares. They could matter of the Chinese members of deal in eggs, salt ash, hardware, an unknown woman, was brought the Golden City Restaurant Council, and they had unanimous fruits, nuts, flowers and vegetables, before Chief Justice, Sir June 11 to complete the tracsac- ly agreed that no new licences be and in other commodities. While Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme tion. granted, and that should the re-not wanting to throw these men Court yesterday by Violet Amy duction in the number of renewals out of work, it could be remem-

Smith. through the Tollowing years be bered also that hawking was al Petitioner was represented by deemed not quick enough, cancel-blind-alley occupation leading the Hon. Mr. Lee D'Almada Jntody. He was told by the latter to lation of a number of the licences nowhere in the case of the younger instructed by Mr. 8. Ng Quin, deposit the money at a certain

Respondent was not present

annually be considered.

men engaged in it.

It was decided then that a re- He would propose, therefore, Court. view of the situation be made in that the Urban Counc!! would His Lordship, after hearing evi-

September, 1937, to determine if

renewals of such licences had

to

support legislation. Mr. Carrie said, dence, granted a decree nisi the reduction in the number of empowering Sanitary and Medical petitioner to be made absolute in

at six months. Department officers to "sele reached any appreciable extent. sight and confiscate any pot, pan During 1936-37, a great reduction in the number of leences renewed or other utensil carrying cooked did take place. Of the 706 food-food being offered for sale.

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Complainant went to the res- taurant on that day as told, and met there the three defendants, besides another man hot in cus-

Chinese bank and obtain a draft payable to bearer.

WROTE CHARACTERS After this was done, complainant returning with the draft was ask ed to put it in an envelope and send it. Subsequently, it was hand- ed over to the unknown man, who

to the Hawkers' Ordinance. Dr.wrote some characters purporting S. N. Chau asked that regard be to be his signature on the back. given to the Evelihood of the men

Complainant was given back the and women involved, who were of envelope and then told to go home the poorest class of the commurity to wait for delivery of the oplum and if deprived of their means of there. After having walted for subsistence might be driven, in about two hours at his house, com- desperation, to resort to dishonest plainant became suspicious and opened the envelope, and to his surprise, found only a piece of blank paper inside.

means.

Speaking in support of the stall licences then held, 617 only

Chairman, DR, N, C. MACLEOD had been renewed and the number

said that little remained to be -of cences renewed by itinerant

added to Mr. Carrie's discourse hawkers was only 2,806 as against

on the matter, except to gen- the 5,140 issued the previous year. There were at the present a total

eralise on the statement that of 436 stalls selling cooked food all the cooked food offered for and 154 other stores dealing in

sale by food-stalls and hawkers fruit, cakes and sweeta. This was usually in a very filthy

Mr. B. Wong Tape supported Dr. number was larger than the in- state.

Chau's appeal when he spoke also terest of the public health would The rise in the Colony's cholera on this point.

He immediately went to the support, and the stalls were indeed figures coincided with the refugees

FRIENDLY WARNING

bank where he had depoalted the exercising a detrimental influence who flooded the Colony in 1997 to the effort of the Sanitary De-The demand for cheap food led to

Replying, Mr. Carrie said that money and was told there that the partment to improve conditions in an immediate increase in the the method of dealing with this draft had been cashed.

The defendants were arrested eating houses in general, it being number of food-hawkers piring matter to be employed would con- three days later. They had given fusile to demand absolute cleau-their wares,

stat in the first place of a friendly no assistance whatsnever to the liness in the eating houses when

warning to the offender not to police to locate the fourth man. these were confronted with the.

continue in the trade, with an the food-tails were nearly as offer of a licence for another ocdant, claiming that they had In the witness box, each défen- -spectacle of stalls where the at-dangerous as the hawkers. EX- tention paid to matters of hygiene mples could be mentioned of the Counch could no longer har put all the blame on the man not cupation. Should the warning fall, taken no part in the transaction, was practically absent.

stall-holders who regularly washed bour sympathy for a man who to in custody. their utensils in a drah in Wah keep himself alive would continue He would this ask the Urban thai, and an epidemic of cholera to endanger the lives of hundreds Council, Mr. Caffle said, to sup- had been traced to hawkers in

of others. port him in his effort to secure Kennedy Town,

AUTHORISE REDTUTION

· NEARLY AS DANGEROUS

The next meeting of the Council,

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legislation that would authorise a A test carried out on the wash-It was decided, would be held an 20 per cent, reduction in the rum-ing water used by hawkers and wednesday, July 7, ber of food stall licences granted |stall-holders tó élentine the uteh-

The meeting considered also an annually for each year of the next site or their trade in revealed that application for an eating house Ave, and he would pledge Himaalt there was contamination in the licence for No. 41, Lion Rock. Mr. Amos Tyler Hall, Jnr., pine- to reflew personally each ludividu- water in all 20 cases. The only ground noor, which it decided to

al case Where cancellation had menjare he would advocate to deal refuse. been reddininended. Cannellation, with the problem. Dr. Macleod

THOSE PRESENT Present at the meeting were, Hon,

The following forthcoming niet- riages were announced as the Re- istry, Supreme Court, Justerday matographer, and Miss Constance Wilson, of Roy Vallon Plers Ro bert, Bhanghal;

Mr. Wah Kwai-yun, merchant,

In the first chad, would be en smeluded, Would be confédation of forced in the case of licende net-all the gear, goods and chattele pw. 3. Carrie, in the Chair, of No. 165 Jalan Gopeng Kampar ers who had been convicted of employed by these men and women N. O. Matleed Hon. Mr. A. BMS, and Man Yee Lai-chen, of breach of the regulations govern in their traile. Ang their 1906hess. ***

MR. L. O, F. DELLAMY "poke also mi sopport of Mr. Carrie. And Dr. Macleod when he meet continued, the itinerant, toned also the

and Though the number of

White kill-holätts did tö Some extent employ filliates for aberilia- thgortedate you their trade, Mir...

granting posed amendmänt to the

Purres, Hon. Mr. R. A. C: North, No. 26 Caine Road,

Hon. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, Mr.

F. 0, Hall, Mr. L. C. Y. Bellamy, The Chinese Beamen Union Mr. A. 61 Arculli, Dr. B. N. Chau, Chungking, hás sent t Mr. Wong Tape, Mr. Tang Shia-to President Roosevelt kin Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, Sir M. W. Frautude AUTO MI OJ ROD CENTER) China and appealing för

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