LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 2 1911
sidering the question, but have warning. It was, he submitted, not yet given a decision, will give the last intention of the Council Military Contribution. their direct attention to the matter to outer upon a policy of pro- The following is a roport of the with a view to giving us a more tection. The council had no continuation of the Legislative fair way of calculating the contri- desire to protect any one trade Council, hell yesterday after-bution on this colony, as well as against another. However, it was
not a question of what the Council TO noon. It will be remembered on other colonies," that the Hon. Mr. Montague Edo The Governor in a lengthy ad- intended but what the effect of the made a proposition that the colony dress differed in instances from legislation would be, if passed. should not contribute more than the bon Mr. Ede and in con-The intention was foreign to the $1,000,000. In concluding his olusion said speech he said:-
point, the question was what would be the effoot. He was quite willing to admit at once that though the point was one of import, it was not the one which he intended to make. He sub-
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"I havo spent many days and Local statisticsure non-existant, weoks in comparing the incidence but the Trade of Hongkong can in this Colony and the incidence be arrived at by making an ana of the cost of defences in other lysis of the wohl Exports and Colonies all over the Empire, and Imports of Chins herself, which contrasting thom, and I believe mitted that it had to be shown in 1909 amounted to 408,800,000 that it will not be to the advant before the Council was justified sterling. The proportion of those go of this Colony to have a fixed in passing the bill which must Imports and Exports from and to contribution of one million dol-affect an industry adversely it Great Britain, longkong, India lars or any other sum.. I believe ought to be shown that there is and other British territories, areset a better system for assessing it is necessity for the legislation con- The Colonial Secretary second down in statistical tablesat 61 por easy to invent. I havo myself templated and they submittod od cent. of the whole, or £50,000,000 suggested a system which is that the burden of proving that sterling, and this added to the been called the system of devot lay upon those who had advanced value of privately owned pro- ing half the margin between the assertion that it was. He MODERN ROAD-MAKING. perly increases the figaro to ordinary and extraordinary rewould, he thought, be able to dis £75,000,000, which represents venue and expenditure. That charge even that heavy burdon
** Increase in Mótor Traffic. the value to be defended. This may or may not be a valuable and to show them that authority
Some three hundred surveyors, compared with £51,000,000,000 method but at any rate it has was against the assertion that it shows our proper proportion for the advantage of making the in-was a danger to the health and connected with municipal councils Defence under this head to be incidence correspond with the pro-lives of children under one year in the metropolis and various of age to feed them under any cir. parts of the country, attended a the neighbourhood of £88,000 sperity of the Colony,
Although I cannot accept the cumstances. upon condensed road conforence, organised by the por annum, or spooking in the currency of the Colony 8074,000, resolution which has been placed skimmed milk. He took that "Surveyor" at Olympia, recent- CLOSED for the transaction of Public which is considerably less than before the Council shall, of higher ground that the milk, on a ly. Sir George Gibb, chairman Bu-iness on 3rd and 6th June. wo are paying at present. I sub-curso, be glad to forward to the good authority, was not only not of the Road Board, who presided, mit that the argument although Secretary of State not only the re-injurious but that it wasa valuable refered to the new and difficult apparently in favour of a. Con-olution but the report of the food; that it contained all the pro- problems which faced road engi- FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA-
TION OF HONGKONG. dobato in this Council to-day. 1perties of whole milk, oxcopt fat noers the present time. The tribution of $974,000 your is stretching the point to its ve no doubt that Mr. Harcourt in some poreontage. It contained increase of motor traffic, he said, utnost limit, in so far that the so-will be specially interested to road some fat but not the samo poreen-required a complete clungo in the NOTICE is hereby given that all FIRE INSURANCE OF- called Trade of the Colony broad-the romarks which have fallen tage as whole milk. However, it methods of road-making, and FICES will be CLOSED for the
from the sonior unofficial member contained material which was tandoit necessary for new methods Transaction of Public Burio ly speaking though reckoned as a
in regard to the prosperity of the bone forming, flesh forming and to be devised, suitable for the SATURDAY and MONDAY, the living trade is only a transit one Chinose and the very remarkable muscle forming. In other words, traffic which roads had to bear.ard and 6th June, 1911.. and properly speaking only a very fact of which he has told us, that it contained all those elements A resolution was passed express-
By Order, small portion of that allowed should be brought into the ent- it is in times of adversity that of nutrition which were necessarying the opinion that the whole
A. R. LOWE they contribute culation at all, more particularly and therefore that we are not en- one of those olements was con- upon highways required recon-Hongkong, 3 in May, 1911.
more largely, to the feeding of infants, though subject of the regulation of whools
[1101 as the figure taken covers a great titled to assume that because tained in leas quantity than in sideration. The conference alan variety of interests which moroly
passed a rosolution in favour of a MARINE INSURANCE ASSO- pass through the harbour on route largo subscriptions are raised the whole milk.
CIATION OF HONGKONG: for destination and are never Colony is inu singularly prospor
Continuing, Sir Henry Berkeley system of localised weather fore- ous condition."
quoted the opinion of four medi- casts, to be telegraphed daily to The hon. Mr. Ede replied wind-oal men in the colony, including county offices or post-offices in the N°1 I have thus shown, Sir, that wa are already much more heavily ing up the debate and on the Dr. Stedman, who, he said nood-country. taxed in proportion to our means estion being put, the motioned no introduction, in which it. than those resident at home. I was lost by a majority of one, six was stated that condensed skim- have further shown that the Convoting for and soven against, tribution for lofence proporly Sale of Food and Drugs. Tevinblo for the Colony should not Tho Attorney-General moved excood $974,000, and as I do not that the Council go into committee believe that the Secretary of State on the bill entitled an ordinance to is deaf to reason I beg Your Ex- amend the Sale of Food and Drugs callonoy to place the views which Ordinance, 1890. I have expressed before him in order that a ro-adjustment of thood.
The question was raised of the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock: I un-the words "unless supplemented right of a newspaper to publish a Contribution may bomado and the much needed relief obtained, derstand that cortain dealem in with sono fatty food, because
The Hon. Mr. II. E. Pollock, condensed skimmed milk desire on the evidence of. Dr. Clark report of a lecture and of the K.C., in seconding, made a forcible to be represented by Counsel now, himself, said Counsel, it was ments put on the paper by Mr. Hongkong Cricket Ground, the follow- Tel Add. Mantetsu"
quthor to forbid it." Some amenti-
speech, in which he 'said.
"In in order to address your Excel-clear that even in the case of Toulmin, M.P., on behalf of the ing ROADS will be CLOSED to truth, Sir, tho presont system of lency on the subject. I beg to the hostile narrow minority, the Newspaper Society, were ccepted ordinary Vehisalar Traffic between 9 to assessing our military contribu- propose formally that leave be soparate1 skimmed milk as by the Government, and it was 1. tion is a hopelessly illogical ono,given.
food could be given to children
agreed that before the next ineel- Queen's Road-btwoin Oity Hall for it is based upon the fallacy This Attorney-General second- if supplemented with some fatty ing of the commities they should and the East-end of Murray-Barracks. that the more rovenue we raise to od. Carriod.
mattor. Ho did not say that that be put down in consecutive form. Jackson Road-from City Hall to meet the expanding needs of this Sir Henry Berkeley appearing was the shape the bill should
Mr. Toulmin luna given notice of Connaught Road. colony, the moro prosperous we on behalf of members of the take, but it was his opinion that
on amendment which will secure must be, and the bo.tor able to Condensed Skimmed Milk trade if the words wore not eliminated
that there is uo breach of copy- bear a larger amount of the said he wished to lay before the altogether, those he had suggested right by the publication in a military contribution. Dealing Committee certain reasons why, should be added. In any case, newspaper of a report of a lecture with the question of public works they respectfully submittoil, bo submitted that the operation delivered in public, unless the re-tion in allowing to care to pass.
landed here.
The Colonial Secretary areand-
if the
COPYRIGHT IN LECTURES.
Newspaper Summaries will be
mod milk was not injurious to children. He said that if the bill went through as it stood, the Committon would be going in the face of those opinions. legislature should proceed, he would submit that the words as they stood in the bill, should
mittee. at lonst be supplemented by
Permitted
Becretary.
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·FICES will be ULOSED for the tran-action of Public Business, on SATURDAY and MONDAY, tho 3rd and 6th June.
By Order.
A. R. LOWE, Secretary.
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delayed, mentioning in particular should lead the Committee to of the bill should be postponed port is prohibited by a conspicuous the typhoon refuge, the hon. docline to pass the second clanse for some considerable time, say written or printed notice, affixed member romarked." "The-junk-[in the bill, as printed, The six months, to enable dealers to before, and maintained during the Hongkong, Stat May, 1911. nan, the cargo-bont man and the clause referred to was as follows: completo their present contracts, lecture on the main entrance door
After the Colonial Secretary and sampan many may not be heroic This milk should not be used
of the building in which the lecture figures but in an important ship for fooding infants under one year the hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett had is given, and unless the building ping port, he is a very important of age." Those words, he sub-addressed the Council on the is habitually used for public wor factor and I think it will be a dis-mitted, should be deleted from matter His Excelloney the Go. grace to the colony if from any the bill, or at least other words vornor said it seemed to him that ship-in a position under the lec Cause the completion of the refuge should be substituted. He said it was the general opinion of the turer; but nothing in this para GODOWNS in MASONS LANE
graph shall affect the foregoing is postponed beyond the contract the words should be deleted bo- Council that the milk was impro-provision as to newspaper sum-other articles. Rent moderate. dato, and I think there is reason cause they were unnecessary to per for infants, and that some maries."
to fear from our experience in the place them in the bill. The words clauso should be inserted in the past that if the military contribu could only impart to one's mind bill. The question was whether Lion is continued at the present that to use condensed skimined the words actually in the hill werd rate, the claims of other works to milk in any shape or form for the too strong.
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In conclusion he made alifo or at least the health of the General suggesting the operation American Line Herr Max Soltinc dignified statement to the effect: child thus fod. There was no evi- of the bill be reckoned from the kel, who presided, stated that hongkong, 2nd §- ue, 1911. Sir, the unofficial members of this donco for the consideration of the 21st June."-
was able to confirm the brief state- Council are unanimous in favour committee that would warrant the
ment inade in the annual report of this resolution, and they desire insertion in the bill of such words. The Attorney-General moved as to the present condition of the G° a division to be taken. "We are Had it been established before the third roading of a bill entitled Company and the prospects for not suing for any grace or favour; them. that the use of skimmed an ordinance to authorise the the immediate future. On the pply to
busi- we are simply asking, in the milk was injurious, so injurious publication of a newly revised majority of the lines cargo interests of the taxpayers of this to the life and health of the child, edition of the statute laws of the mess continued brisk and as re- colony, for what is fair and just. that it was necessary to protect it colony, propared in virtuo of gards saloon passenger traffic (Applause).
from its use? If it were not thon | Ordinanco No. 12 of 1900. Trom North America it promised After the Hon. Mr. Chatham thoyshould not put those words in, The Colonial Secretary second-extremely good results. Although Lnd corrooted statements of tho because they would monn that and ed.
the emigration traffic liad shown: former speaker Dr. Ho Kai sup-nothing else. There were no words
a not inconsiderable shrinkage ported the motion and said: of qualification in the bill. It The bill was read a third time during the first months of the
When, we reiso revenue to meat said, milk should not be used for and-passod."
current year, this did not neces any oxigency which may arise, we feeding childron under one your
sarily mean that the total result have to pay 20 per cent. to the of ago. There was no limitation, The Attorney-General moved would be worse than that of the military contribution, and if wo and while the provision in the the first reading of a bill entitled, preceding your. Judging by the raise the taxes moro in order to bill was not necessary for the an ordinance to amend the Trade, extensive sale of the so-called pre- meet oxigencies, then the 20 per protection of the infant, it would Marks Ordinance, 1900. cont, will hang like a mill-stone Lave the effect of protecting a The Colonial Secretary second- cipated that in the course of this round our necks and throaten to rival industry, that of condensed ed. drown,u. Isay that so long as this whole milk, by placing the con-... unfair way of calculating the mili-densed skimmed milk under ban tary contribution obtaine, there of a disparaging label. Any per must be periodical protests and sons taking the tins and seeing The Attorney-General moved discussions in this Council. I do one without the words of warning the first reading of a bill entitled until July, for the purpose of hope that the Imperial authorities and the athur with, would of course an ordinance to amand the Patents maintaining normal passenger INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO.. A Home who, we are informed reject against which he was warn. Amendment Ordinance 1909, tariffs was eventually ovnfirmed LIMITED. by Your Excellency, are still cons ed in favour of that which had no Tlie Colonial Secretary seconds for a longer period.
Trade Marks Ordinance.
Carried.
The Patents Amendment
Ordinance.
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