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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE BUDGET DEBATE. Aro essential to the development SIR HENRY POLLOCK..

(Continued from Page 1.)

the need of those with less than

of the Colony, or withholding

meliorativo

from measures publio servants to make them contented; but we advise close sorutiny of ovary frosh demand

five years sarvico, but simply for expenditure so that, when the

WELCOMED BACK TO

COUNCIL.

Boforo commencing thoordinary bocaue wo fool that if there is rainy day comes, as it is bound, business of to-day's meeting, ILE. to be any preferential trontmant to como soon or late, wo may the Governor welcomed Bir Henry able to faco it with Pollook's return to the Counoli,; for financial ressons, those with be

To those ro-and presented him with longer service should have the equanimity."

Jettors marks I would add, on behalf of the

patent of tho first consideration.

my colleague Mr. Kotowall and knight bachelorhood which bo Chinese and Police.

myself, that while we do not (the Governor) had received dur- The various inoroasus in the grudge the nacossary expenditure ing the abseneo of Bir Henty from It was idla for Polico Forco, both undor Por for the development of the Colony the Colony. sonal Emolumente and Othor and the protection of life and him to say that they wore in their views Chargos, amount to a largo sum, property, strict economy should in agreement

government and perhaps but the Chinoso community to exercised by the Government of consider them to be absolutely in all directions, be the expondi- this afternoon would reveal it (laughter). Ho con. necessary. It is inevitable that, turo largo or antall. When the further with the enormous increase in revenue is.expanding rapidly, as gratulated Sir Henry our population and the disturbed has been the caso during the last woll-earned distinction conditions, in the neighbouring several years, when a great pro-had falion to him.

The Hon. Mr. P. II. Holyoak, provinces, our Police expenditure gramuse of public works is boing.

bohalf the Unofficials, also should increase Inrgely, but wo pushed on as fast as the technical en consider it in the nature of an resources of the Colony will allow, congratulatod Sir Honry, Insurance. The feeling of the and still appropriations romain majority of the Chinose in unspent, when staffs in practically

the mattor is such that even if all departments have to be in- INTERPORT the increase had to antall in-cresaod, there is always the creased taxation, they would danger that laxity of supervision willingly and readily submit to may croop in. The price of economy in public as in privato affairs is consoloss vigilanco.

it.

In your Budget speech Your Excelloney said that one of the additional Medical Officers pro- vided for is for uparvising Chinoso hospitals and dispen

MR. BIRD'S SPEECH.

on the which

CRICKET.

THE NEXT TRIAL.

Another Intorport cricket trial will be hold on the ILK.C.C. ground on Wednesday next, the 5th November, commencing at 1.45 p.m. The teams will be:-

R. Hancock (capt), T. E. Pearce, Q. M. S. Stripp, Pay-Lt. Cdr. Hargroavos, F. N. Young, B. D. Evans, T. D. E. Pondered, R. E. A. Webster, G. R. More, II. N.

sarioe. Wo desire 10 know The Hon. Mr. 1. W. Bird, ia whether he is to replace the the course of a lengthy spasech, English medical officers now said that he thought more caro supervising the Tung Wah and should be taken in the granting Kwang Wah lospitals, or if he of liconess to public rickshas. Balbatchat, Rov. E. K. Quick. in to bo in addition to them. If The protection against rain was the latter, the Hospitals should utterly

inadequato

A. E. Wood (capt), Q. M.-S. to Jacob, E. F. Stowari, V. II. Hold.

be given an opportunity to con- Police should refuse to license man, E. W. Hamilton, Capt. sider the functions and powers vehicles that wore not properly Kent, E J, R. Mitchell, U. Omar,

Referring to of this ollicer before-ho-ontoroquipped.

the Rov, T. B. Powoll, E_B_Rood!, upon his duties.

Widows and Orphans Pensions A. C. I. Bowker, A. W. Ramsay,

A matter of particular intorost Contributions, Mr. Bird said he R. E. O. Bird, and T. E. Yooh..

Tifin will be sorvad I tho to the Chinese community is tho would like to hear from the volo [for Special Exhumation Government that the contribut-pavilion at 1 p.m. sharp. in various cemeteries, under ions made by mombers of the SIX DEFINITE SELECTIONS. The selection committoo have Special Expondituro, Sanitary Government sorvice were invost- Department. We desire to ox-cd to the best possible advantage. to-day definitely chosen six of & vory Hongkong'e Interport team, press appreciation of the sym-The Contributors had pathy shown by the Head of the real grievance if the money de-those being-Mosera. R. Han- Sanitary Department in having ducted from their salaries was cork, T. E. Poarce, Q. M. S. readily consented to the work of not accumulating in as bonoficial Stripp, Rov. E. K. Quick, Lieut. oxhumation being dono in co-a manner as possible. The pen-Comdr. Hargreaves aud A. C. I. aporation with the Tung Wah sions that had been granted to Bowker. Hospital, so that Chinese sus-widows appeared to him to bo in ceptiblities might be respected.

Water Supply.

sufficient.

Public Lighting.

POISON GAS EFFECTS.

War

WAS

Mental Not Physical, After Few Years. The pursistency of the effects of the poison gas used by the enemy during the mentioned during an inquest atj London Hospital recently on George Henry Chaffey, thirty- four, of Grange-road, Plaistow.

Chaffey, who was twice gassed during the war, had rollapsed in Death was the street and died. due to valvolar disease of the

Provision had been made, ha) In connection with the item noticed, for a new motor launch "Maintenance of City and Hill for the Health Officers of the He hoped that it was in; District Watorworks," we would Port. draw attention to the condition the naturo of an ambulance of the water in the Pokfulum launch because as such it was Reservoir. Its odour and tasto urgently needed for the transit of are nauseous, and thoy persist serious cases of sickness from whether the rosorvoir in over-ships to shore. flowing or low, though they vary in intensity. Sometimes tho

Mr. Bird also drew attention to waler comoe out of the top ini whitish spurts, and a few hours the very bad way the city was afterwards it is quite different lighted: there was no syst om One is Even in Statue Square they would in colour and taste. driven to the conclusion that the find gas lamps in wretched little process of chlorination must beandards and haphazard electric heart...

There was reason for Dr. William Hubert George, carried out haphazardly. This lights.

lights in View of the house surgeon at the London doctoring of the water is an gas emergency measure, treating the possibility of a failure of the Hospital, who had made a post- symtom rather than the cause, electric supply but why should mortem examination, said the and it is hoped that the Water not the standards be eymunotrical gassing would not have caused Authority will soon be able to and dignified? The Hon. Member valvular disease, but it might rostore the old state of affairs also referred to the lack of systom have aggravated it. under which puro and palatable in the naming of the streets and water could be drunk straightBuggosted that the two questions con from the tap.

In the meantime should be considered in we urge that more careful and junction.

aclantific mixing and more On the question of road con ufficient supervision should be struction Mr. Bird queried the provided for, and that stops may advisability of constructing bo takon to reduce to a minimum ne rrow road to Capo D'Aguilor-- the discomfort which has given it would cost far more to widen rise to loud and general com it later on than to make it full plaint.

The honourable member repre- senting the Hongkong General'

width to start with.

Port Development.

The Coroner: Do you get many of those gassed' cases at the hospital so long, after the war?- N; but we got some with lung) trouble from that cause.

It seems that gas has not left any permanent ill-effects?— Except in raro casos.

The mental offects of gas were about as bad as the physical After a few years the chief offect la mental, not physical. Physic- ally, when onea the gassing

Chamber of Commerca has Port development, continued offects are finished, there is an already dwelt upon the sub- Mr. Bird, was to cost $1,412,000 end of it.

A vordict of "Death from ject of financing certain and he had hoped to see plans for

that all-important work laid natural causes" was returned.

Plane of OX- beon

typos of expenditure by loan. on the table. Such a policy has been advocated ports from Home. had

Municipal Council Proposed. lot of money by the unoffeial membors on scrapped and a

Reforring to Public Works, Mr. sovoral occasions, and it foll to wasted, but he agreed the com my lot to repeat the suggestion unity was to io congratulated Bird expressed the opinion that when dealing with the Estimates in having so able a man as Mr. the systom was too punilorous in this Council last year. It is John Duncan to concentrate on and moved too slowly; under the gratifying to find Your Excelloney the work. He hoped the Govern-presont system there were too! presenting an unanswerable case mont would be careful not to many different departments to for us this your in your speech alienate its rights; it should, how-consult and he belloved that the introducing these Estimates. over, be realised that the true mombora of the staff would function of the Government was agree that this was where the

A Plon for Vigilance. to regulate rather than to con-delay occurred. Ho made the

Finally, Mr. Kotewall and mystruct, to control rather than to suggestion in all seriousness tbat solf should like to join in sincero protect the community from the greater part of the work in congratulations on the excellent abuse by individual or groups. financial position of the Colony, and particularly on the very ablo manner in which Your Excollon-

A Wrong Method,

Kowloon and on the Island-not the Now Territorios-should be handed over to a Municipal Dealing with the allocation to Council on the lines of that in cy has prosented the Estimates Compensation and Resumptions, the Straits Settlements. In the now before us. But wo wish to Mr. Bird contendod that the Straits Sottioments the Council sound a note of warning, as we Government had did last your, barking

boon avad-was a community reprosentation duty by setting headed by a President who was

of

ita om-ing against

the Building always a Civil Sorvant. It was exponditure modification upon which is not absolutely necessary. Ordinance against compensations, big doparture to propose, but ho think I cannot do batter Itwas wrong and savoured of thought it would be a great than to quato my own words. duress and he felt sure that when benefit to the community.

At the present moment we hap-tho Ordinance was drafted suob Concluding, Mr. Bird said :—I ben to have a large surplus, but action was not contemplated. hope, Sir, that you will not dis

A similo, the Hon.miss this suggostion without we should not forget that it has Drawing been largely built up by the ro- Member said that the Govorn-giving it a thought, and also that Evente derived from two items-ment might just as well pass an you will give me credit for know- requiring cara toing something about the subject, Oplifmatid Land Sales, which Ordinanco Dannot for aver continue to yield carry 12 lights and then add that-for I have worked in close con- their present quota of Income, three would be permitted on pay tact with the Public Works Farbe from us to suggest monta of 120 additional on thDepartment for nearly thirty-

three years. portponing public worke which

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