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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

RECORD SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE OF OVER $7 MILLION FOR CONSIDERATION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY Bail Of Over HUGE APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATIVE SOUGHT UNDER "FOOD CONTROL" SUB-HEAD

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE VOTES TOTALLING 87.- 506,562 will come up for consideration of the Finance Committee when it goes into session following the meeting of the Legislative Council this aft. rtn.

"War Expenditure" votes aggregate $4,790,818, the most not- able item being the $2,939,168 for "Food Control." It is explained that in addition to the running expenses of the Fond Control Department the expenditure in urred in

build.ng

up reserve

of beans, peanut oil and powdered milk has been charged to this sub-head

Also under "Food Control" is

& St. John

vote of $713.798 for reserves

Ambulance

of and Brigade Reserve.

Association $6,150.

to

One

Defence adding

meat and hætter. It 16፡ stated Medical Stores and alterations that at the time of the interna buildings. Medical

COUNCIL

One Lakh

Bail of $150,000 was fixed by Mr. G. T. Lowry at the Central Magis- traoy yesterday in the case in The Legislative Council will hold which SHEK TIN-SUNG, 31, a meeting this afternoon at the managing partner of the Killy and Council Chambers when the Hon-Co., No 175 Main Street East, frst ourable Mr. John Johnstone

floor, is charged on two counts of! Paterson, pursuant to notice, will receiving, with others not in eas- ask the following question-Wil tody, 4,500 rolls of cotton cloth, the Government make a statement!

property of the Li Tak Shing Co.,

as to the general policy adopted and 6.900 rolls of white cloth, 55 by the Rice Monopoly which was large bales and 600 smalj bales of instituted in accordance with

cotton yarn. property of the Tai Government Notification No. 17

Sang Co. of May 19, 19417

The case is for committal and

The Honourable Mr. LI Tse- rong, pursuant to notice, will ask further hearing was fixed for Aug.

28 and 29 and Sept. 3 and 4.

the following question:-With re- gard to the new frant and Sub- sidy Codes for schools which have been recently approved by the Secretary of State. Will Govern-

take steps to

make the

to

ment

tional tension in July 1940, 11 was Scheme, $117,700 considered desirable, as a defence machine, $050:

to make urgent pur- Miscellaneous Services: measure,

Renu- chases of tinned and frozen meat neration to compiler of Street necessary financial provisions together with a quantity of butter Index, $2.500. Grant to Malts Re- bring them into effect from Sept.

1. 1941? Nei Fund, $16,135;

ch Government account.

The value of the stocks at March 31. 1941, was $899,576 01 to which sum must be added $14,359.03 re- presenting the loss on the sale of a certain amount of meat

the profit on a certain amount of

meat which was also sold.

OTHER VOTES

Poitce Force: One hundred

Short Revolvers. $32,398;

WIRELESS TRANSMITTERS

MOTRANS

The Attorney General will moves That the amendment made by

Mr. Hin-sbing Lo, Instructed by Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo. is appearing for the defendant, while Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ is for the prosecu- tion.

H.K. SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS

The Director of Medical Services

the Urban Council under section has issued a general invitation to

Post Office, Wireless and Broad- 5 of the Pubile Health (Food) Or-all doctors trained in Western me- atid Casting: Post Officer,Rent ofdinance, 1935. on July 2, 1941, to dicine methods who have not been butter Less $137.15 representing Public telephones,

$121: Wire the by-laws under the beading admitted to the Bangaug Meal- lessi: Broadcasting transmitter,"Slaughter-houses" and sub-head- cal Register to send their names, $100,000; Medium wave marine ing "General" contained in the addresses, details of medical quali- transmitter. $60,000. Short wave Bchedule tr that Ordinance The other votes are as follows. marine transmitter and receiver. approved. Colonial Secretary's Office and $57,914. Portable Wavemeter, That the amendments made Legislature: Lacidental Expenses, $

the Urban Council ander section $334;

Works Department and 16 of the Public Health (Food) Or- The Director of Medical Services Wucks! (Public Works dinunee, 1935, on July 15, 1941, to desires to emphasise that this In- Dept.) Three typewriters, $1.130: the by-laws under the leading vitation is addressed primarily to

Charitable Services: Refugees, $25,725;

Public Relief of Water

Defence: (Volunteer Defence Corps): Books, $530; Equipment and upkeep of arms. $150: Malu tenance or vehicles, $1,610;

gol motor cycles, $193;

Five

Two filing cabinets $230;

be fleations and knowledge of langu- ages to Government Medical Head- by quarters if they are willing to

serve in a local emergency.

"Restaurants. Eating Houses and those doctors who are not norinal- Public Works Recurrent and Food Stails" contained in the ly registrable locally, and that the Water Works: Publie Werks He-Schedule to that Ordinance be mere offer of services in an emer- current): Typhoon and rainstorm approved,

gency does not confer upon such (6.1 damages, $201.986: (Water Works): The Honourable Mr. Lo Man- persons any privilege or permission Naval Volunteer Force): Fuel, Maintenance and pumping TRW kam. C.B.E, will move the follow-to practise Western medicine, tur light and water, $988; (Rir Rald water. $80.000: Typhoon and rain- ing resolution: That, in the gain in Hongkong between, now Precautions): Experimental work, storm damages, $60,000

opinion of this Council, in view and the potential emergency. $16: Incidental expenses. $3; Tes- ! Sanitary Department Conser-of the great importance of the pirators for Essential Services. Yancy, $35,000:

Hawker question in relation to $162,933;

themselves as well

Public Works Extraordinary the hawkers Fire Brigade: Incidental Ex-Western) Market. modernisation penges, $250.

I. and E. Office: Purchase

taw opium, $402,839;

Judiciary: (Supreme

dental expenses, $14;

us to the general public, Govern-

H.K. DOCTOR JOINS AUSTRALIAN ARMY DENTAL CORPS

of South ·Block, $18 837; New ment should appoint a Committee of Teachers' Training College, $64,- to investigate, cons'der and report

923; Alterations and improve on this question generally with Dr. C. K. Burton, B.D.S., D.DS., Court):ments to Tsang For villas, $3,400; special reference to the following of Hongkong, who left the Colony

Central Government Stores, $8.517; points:---

for Australia last year, has been Un-New Territories, reconstruction

1. To what extent 18 the appointed to the Australian Army bridges. $140,000: Extension

system of hawkers necessary in Dental Corps, with the rank of the interests of the poorer sec-Captain. tions of the community.

Kowloon Canton Railway:

allocated Stores, $11,104;

Medical Department“ Incidental H.K.V.D.C. garuge at Expenses, $136;

MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Bere unperiat Agricultural Bureaux and Forn- ham House, $2,798; Imperial Eco-

nomic and Shipping Committees,

$200; Maintenance of Internees,

$15,844; Miscellaneous papers. $20,-

Police Furce: Clothing

Canton Railway, $3,400.

of

of

Kowloon

FOOD KITCHENS

FUND 1941

The Hongkong Refugee and So-

work.

889: Rent Allowance Asiatic dub cial Welfare Council acknowledges vrdiave Cutters, $81: Harbour With many thanks a donation of Inquiry, $68,769;

$1,000 from the British Fund for and a-Relief in China, towards the 97,- countrements, $2,013: Cual and 000 still needed for this year's

$509; Disiniectans, $440;

The Board of Administra- Remand Home for juvenile offen-tors also promised to give a fal ders, $82; Repairs to Police motor $2,500 when the other $3,500 has cars and cy-les, $797;

been obtained by the Council. Post Office, Wireless and Broad- The estimated yearly cost of the easting: (Wireless): Emergency Food Kitchens was $30,000. supply power, $1,500; Diesel elec-wards this, the British Fund for plant. $15,913; Studio Control Relief of Distress in China donated equipment, $10,279: (Broadcast- $10,000, Lady Pollock collected $10,- ing: Radio Review, $15,341;

700 and with this present donation Prisons Department: Fuel, $1,- and promise of a further sum, an [amount of $3,500 is still to be cul-

lected

981:

Public Works Departinent que Water Works: (Public Works De- partment: Losses of stores, $400:

Stores Department! Mainten- ance of equipment, $110; Un. allocated stores: 3648;589;

War Expenditure: Extraordinary local defence (Naval), $96,294: Extraordinary. (Cin).

:637;

To-

Donations should be sent to the South China Morning Post, and marked "Food Kitchens."

Dr. Burton's son, Briani, is now

2. Under what safeguards can in school in New South Wales. hawkers of food be permitted to continue to trage without pre- judice to public health.

3. If considerations of public health demand the abolition of food hawking either in whole or in part, how such abolition

Refugees In The Colony

An increase of 26 in the number

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1941. -PAGE

5000 YDS.

OF QUALITY FABRICS JUST

ARRIVED

FROM LEADING AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS---

HANDSOME BROCADES, AND BROCATEL-

LES, DAMASKS, AND ART SILKS. A

WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT

OF DESIGNS

AND COLOURS-AN ASSORTMENT THAT

WILL

EVEN THE MOST

PLEASE

DISCRIMINATING OF CONNOISSEURS.

IN

COLOURINGS OF

EGGSHELL ROSE,

RED, PLUM, KUST GREEN, GOLD AND BLUE.

INSPECTION

WELCOMED

LANE CRAWFORD • LTD.

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CATHEDRAL PREACHERS

IN AUGUST

The following are the preachers at St. John's Cathedral during this month:--

Aug. 10-11 am.-The Bishop of Hongkong; 7 p.m.-The Rev. C. Strong, RN.

Aug. 17-11 am. The Rev, Č.A.'

can best be carried out without of refugees and destitutes accom-Higgins; 7 pm.-The Rev. C. inflicting undue hardship onmodated existing hawkers.

In Government camps, Strong, R.N.

etc., in urban and rural areas is Aug. 24-11 am.-The Bishop of

Urban Areas:

་

Squires, S.C.F.

Aug. 31-11 a.m.-The Rev. H.A.

4. As regards hawkers ren-recorded to the Returns for the Hongkong; 7 p.m.-The Rev, S.J. dered unemployed as the result week ending on Aug. 2. of such abolition of food hawk- ing, what provision should be made for absorbing them in other trades or industries, or what provisions should be made for their relief,

King's Park-1.380 against 1,382 Wittenbach: 7 pm.-The Rev. C.A.

5. Having regard to the exist- ing personnel and duties of the Police Force, how can such abo- Ition of food hawking be car rled out effectively.

6. What further legislative measures are necessary to carry out the recommendations of the Committee.

NORTHCOTE SCIENCE Two Weddings

At Registry

LABORATORIES

$242,905; The Treasurer of the University

Registry, Supreme

on July 28.

Ma Tau, Chung-2,008 ägainst

2,099 on July 26.

North Point 1,361 against

1,561 on July 26.

Morrison Hill-524 against 523

on July 26:

on July 26. Ngau Tau Kok 872 against

838 on July 26. Rural Arcas:

Higgins.

HONGKONG'S GOOD WISHES TO H.M. THE QUEEN

The following telegra

was sent

Urban Areas (Squatters' Camps): on Aug. 1 from HE. the Governor, Tai Harg-2,546 against 2,542 Hongkong, to the Secretary of

State for the Colonies, London.

"Request that you will convey to Her Majesty the Queen on the oc- casion of her birthday the good wishes and loyal and hearty con- | gratulations of all sections of the community in Hongkong." -

NEW MANAGING

DIRECTOR

Kam Tin 2,457 against 2,478

on July 26, SEA Fanling Children's Camp--286

against 285 on July 26. Total11,330 against 11,888 on July 26.

175 DEATHS

FROM T.B.

Mr. Sumin Li, well-known Chin- est trafiker and Managing-Director of the Central Bevings Society, was elected General Manager or the Chung Hwa Book Company, La., at a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors of the Company.S

The following is the Returns of notifnble diseases notified as hav- ing occurred in the Colony during Mr. L succeeds Mr. Lofel Pal- the week ending at midnight on hong who passed away on July 9. |Aug, 2:—. 19

and will assume ils post on Cholera 80 cases (80 deaths); August 8. Diphtheria, -four, casos: Lone A native of Cheriang, Mr. Li' has death); Dysentery. 51 cases (23) been a director of the Chung Hwa deatha); Enteric Fever; 18.cases Book Company for the phat seven

Extraordinary kval defence or Hongkong wishes to acknow- (Civil), $200,364; Extraordinary ledge the following donations, The following marriages took (Civil), $24,240; Censorship, $121.- which have been received to date, place at the 034; Ahipping Control Board, in response to the appeal for $100,- Court, yesterday. with Mr. J. Rey-- $8,372; Food Control (Importation 000 required to purchase equip-holds, Deputy Registrar, officiat of ivestock), $10,959; Miscellane- merit for the new Northcote ing:- ous, $138,729; Emergency Stores, Belence Laboratories

Mr. Chan Kal-mien, "Therchant, $159,340;" War Supplies Board, Mr. and Mrs. D C Edinondston, of No. 8 Devon Road, Kowloon $20,554; High Cost of Living allow- $2,500: The Hon Mr. J. Penne- Tong, and Miss Yeung Yuk-wa, of Rnces, $108,103; Anti-Babotage father-Evans, $100: Frofessor L. No. 264 Matauwel Road; measures, $8,968;

Forster, 50; Mr. Fung Bong Un, Imalgration Department: $181,- 300; Mr. Ho Kom 100g, bou; Mr. Mr. Andrew Ernest Leung, chem

Leung Lu, 1000; Mr. Li Jowson, 1st of No. & Breezy Terrace, second 1041/42 ESTIMATES

503; Mr. Li Po Chun, 500; The sons oor, and Miss Lily King Chung- Botanical and Forestry Depart of the late Mr. Li Shek Pang, 50,- Mok, of "Foo Yuet," Pingshan, Un ment: Extraction of timber, $40,000; The Hon. Mr. M. R. Lo, 196; Long: *000;

Mr. W. H. Lock, '500; MË, G. P. de

ANNOUNCEMENTS Defence: (Volunteer Defores Martin, 100; Mr. Ng Chak Wah, The following forthcoming mar-six deaths); Mensies, four cases years and has always taken an ac Corpa): Equipment and upkeep of 100. Dr. and Mrs. Balwyn Clarke,lages were annouced

fone death); Puerperal Fever, two tive interest in the Company. He. hs, $5,353; Stool Aling cabinets, 100; Mr. D. J. Blues, 600; The Hon. Mr. Feng Ying-foun, clark, of No casca (one death); Smallpox, one recently returned to Hongkong 2000; (HK Naval Volunteer Mr. W. N. T. Tam, 100, Total, 47 Robinson Road, and Miss Wal case (one death); Tuberculosis, after an extensive trip abroad. Forca): One typowr for, $600; 500,950.

King-tuen; of the same address: 252 cases (two imported, and 175 mainly in the United States, Education Department: Оно

Mr. Li has been principally iden FIVE-DAY RETURNS tined with banking business for Harbour Department and Air LAND INVESTMENTcantile marine offiser, 3/Officer The Returns for the five days many years, being a director of the St. Vicent Paul and Miss Mary ending at midnight, on Aug. 6 is Ningbo Commercial Bank the Howloon Chittor Railway: FL AGENCY CO., LTD. Chan, of No. 320 Nathan Road, as follows:- Cholers, 60 ddres Cheklang 2 Industrial Bank the

Fading machine, 16;

Services: (Air Bdrviens): $750; »

Mr. Rebo Augusta 'Button; mer-

...

death).

way accommodation' works for the The Hongkong Land Investment ground floor;

Diphtheria, one onse: Dysentery, Equitable Bank of China, and Chinese Cemetery at Wu fie Agency Co., Ltd. has declared an Mr Low Hoong-kool merchant, 34 cases Tuterie over och several other banks

bek, 600,52Ð"; /**

Interim Dividend of one dollar por Medical Department; impenses, share for the six months ended of N, 12 Kennedy Road, third cares, Monales, two cases Puer or a number of years he was #fot, stap. training and equipping June 30, 1941.

fido, and Miss Win Shin-kwal of poral Fever one case, smallpox, ato Managing Director of the the same address,

une case: Tuberculosis, 100 basas Hangchow Mentric Company,

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