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and businessmen;
Some/detribalised-not
representing the normal attitudes of local
Chinese. He was anxious to disentangle local
government from Government, i.e. remove
official members of councils. The trouble
was the people did not distinguish local
government from Government proper. If some-
thing went wrong they blamed the Government.
Mr. Wellbeloved asked if it was true that the
elected members of the urban council had
recently walked out and if so why.
Trench said that this was over what reforms
were to be expected and when.
Sir David
Put this had
not even been decided by the Iegislative
Council. Mr. Stewart said this seemed to
show that local government was of some interest
to some people. Sir David Trench said that
the increase in functions was of interest to
to
only the elected members of the Council them- selves. Sir Hugh 'Norman-Walker said that if anyone provided the impetus for/in
The
for/increases in
powers of local government it was the
Government itself.
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