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THREE BILLS PASSED.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, HENRY FORD HURT. and the second roading was agreed.

to.

During the Committee stage, the Hon. Mr. Bernard naked what was A meeting of the Legislative the signification of the words Council was held in the Council commercial undertaking" in the Chamber yesterday .afternoon. Arst paragraph of clause, two of His Excellency the Governor (Sir the BII. Ceell Clemonti, K. C. M. G.) The Attorney General replied

Chete Ke also present: that the debuftion was taken from

CAR GOES. OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

Detroit, March 31. Mr. Henry Ford has been sont to hospital as the result of in-

Jurios, described as not serious, His Excellency the General, the English legislation. He took received in a motor accident.

Omeer Commanding the it to mean, an undertaking run for He was motoring alone, when Troops (Major General C. C. the purpose of the acquisition of he skidded, and a car behind Luard, C. B., C. M. G.) proft. It did not mean, for ex-knocked him over a fifteen-foot

Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern

(Colonial Secretary). Hon. Sir J. H. Kemp, K. C., C. B.

. (Attorney General). Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer

(Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax (Secre-

tary for Chineso Affairs). Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackman (neting Director of Public Works). Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe (Capt.

Supt. of Police). Lion. Sir Henry Follock,

Hon. Sir Shouson Chow. Hon. Mr. A, 0. Lang, Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird.

atiple, premises belonging to the University or the Naval Yard,

Hon. Mr. Bernard: But, if these regulations are necessary for any machinery, should they not bo equally applicable to these places?

The Attorney General said that the only other important machinery he could think of which might possibly require some régulations, Would be premises owned by the Colonial Government, and by the K. C. Naval authorities, and in any case

embankment, down which his car

rolled over several times.

Mr. Ford had slight concussion, and his riba and back wore severe ly bruised.

He has undergone au operation, but is expected to leave hospital in a fortnight.

OBITUARY.

THE DEATH OF A FAMOUS TENOR.

London, March 81. The death is announced of Mr. Edward Lloyd, the tenor.-Reuter. [Edward Lloyd, the well-known singer, was 82 years of age and was in the choir at Westminster Abbey so far back as 1852.

Ho at St. Andrew's, Well Street and was for many years principal tenor also at the Chapel Royal. His first appearance at musical festivals was in 1871 at Gloucester Musical Festival since when he has sung at all the principal festivals.]

Reuter learns from sources in close contract with Mr. Ford that they are of opinion it was not an accident, but that a deliberate at- tempt was made on Mr. Ford's life, U. S. MINE EXPLOSIONS. they would not be bound by the-Reuter's American Service. Ordinance unless the Crown was specifically named. It might be

Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall. C. M. G., that the Crown ought to adopt

LL. D.

Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard. Mr. D. W. Trutman, Clerk

Councils.

similar precautions.

His Excellency the Governor

of pointed out that the Government had the railway workshops and a mator garage in which it might be said that a certain amount of fac- tookory work was done. Apart from that, the only other workshops he mem-could think of were at the Univer-

sity.

New Member. Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackman the path and his scat as a ber in the place of the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, Director of Public Works, who has gone on Home Heave.

Interpretation Ordinance.

Hon. Mr. Bird: There are the pumping stations, Sir.

THE INDIAN ARMY.

SANDHURST COMMITTEE MAKES THE REPORT.

VOLUNTEERS RESCUE THE

ENTOMBED.

New York March 31.

As the result of desperate efforts by rescuers, volunteers.for which London, March 31, work rushed to the scenes from Committee, composed of prominent all four hundred entombed men The so-called Indian Sandhurst | all over the country, practically Indians presided over by Sir An-have been brought up safe and drew Skeen, and appointed in well.

4 to enquire into the means of improving the number and quality

Ten bodies have been recovered. of Indian candidates for army The explosion was so violent commissions, has reported recom-that it wrecked a two-storey brick mending a great extension of the building two hundred feet from dians in the higher ranks of the Service. scope for the employment of In the mine.--Reuter's American

army.

His Excellency the Governor: Yes. At the Naval Yard there are, of course, very large works. The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill intituled the

Hon. Mr. Lang: Why should Naval Yard be exempt An Ordinance to amend the Inter-And the Hongkong and Whampoa pretation Ordinance, 1911. He Dock and the Talkoo Dock not? said: In introducing the Bill I anid something which might per-establishments maintained by the The Attorney General; I think haps be misunderstood. I re-Crown are exempt.. This is taken ferred to the mistakes which had from the English legislation, but it been discovered in the new edition is in a much shortened form. of the Ordinance prepared with

His Excellency the Governor: 1 the aid of Mr. Dyer Ball. It is do not think it would be proper for true some mistakes had been us here to pass legislation in re- found, but many of them are gard to the Naval Yard. merely typographical mistakes and Hon. Mr. Lang: Would it be noue, I think, are of any real impossible to exempt the two dock-ted to Indians at Sandhurst should portance. I wish to correct the yards I have mentioned? Impression I may have created that His Excellency the Governor: there were any substantial mis. very much doubt whether we ought

The Colonial Secretary seconded

and the Bili was read a third time

and became law.

Promissory Oaths Ordinance, The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to provide against Promissory Oaths

Ordinance, 1869.

to do that.

scheme for Indianisation, subject It is a substantial progressive to the maintenance of the present standard of efficiency, advocating that Indians be made eligible for gineer, signal, tank and air arms commissions in the artillery, en-

of the army in India.

The number of vacancies allot-

GERMAN GOODS.

FOREIGN DISCRIMINATION

RESENTED.

Berlin, March 31. be progressively increased until a Imilitary college on the lines of The Government has tabled in-

Sandhurst be established in India. the Reichstag an "Anti-Dumping Similarly they should be admit-Bill," which is a reprisal for simi- The Attorney General: The pre-ted into Woolwich Academy and lar laws against German goods in cautions that are intended to be the Cranwell Air Force College, Britain, the Dominions and the imposed are all very reasonable, provided they qualify by the same United States. The draft regulations have been tests as Eritish boys.-Reuter. published.

His Excellency the Governor: I do not think we have received any objection from any firm that owns factories.

be

No specific rate is mentioned, but the Government is empowered to increase tariffs, as "may Hon. Mr. Lang: They consider necessary to protect German in- it unfair that legislation shoulddustry."-Reuter. be brought in which will afect Hon. Mr. Lang: It has been ch them, when an institution like the ticised among the people connected [Naval Yard are doing exactly the with the institutions I have men-same work and are exempt from tioned,

the provisions of the Ordinance.

The Attorney General; The Bill will apply to all commercial under- takings equally.

Factory Ordinance. The Attorney General moved the

His Excellency the Governor: amend the Have they unentioned any specifle

points?

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Hon. Mr. Dernard: The point I had in mind was that if these ru- gulations are necessary for safety in one case, they are necessary in all cases.

DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTRY.

SUCCESSOR TO VAN KARNFREEK NAMED.

The Hague. Mar. 31. Jonkheer Ecelnerts Van Blok land, who was recently appointed Netherlands Minister at Brussels, is expected to succeed Van Karne- beck as Foreign Minister-Reuter.

Stopping his car to awaken a man lying apparently asleep on the roadside at Branksome, Dorcat,

His Excellency the Governor: It may very well be the Admiralty would have no objection what ever to bringing the Naval Yard under the Ordinance, and so far as the Hongkong Government is concerned we have no objection whatever to bringing our factories under the Ordinance. I think I can speak for the Public Works Department on that point. I think, therefore, it is best to pass the Bill and I will refer the matter to the chauffeur found Harold Penny Secretary of State whether there is Marine (60), of Upper Parkstené, any objection to the Naval Yard dead, with his throat cut and being brought under the Ordin-clasping a knife. ance, and if not, then the word "commereinl" can be cut out when the Ordinance is amended.

The Attorney General: The Naval Yurd might undertake use the same precautions as are provided in the regulations..

to

His Excellency the Governor: 1 will take that matter up

The Council then resumed. The Bill was read a third time and be came law.

University Ordinance.

The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Uni- versity Ordinance, 1911.

He said:

The object of this Bill is to amond the University Ordinance so as to deal in it axpressly with the machinery with regard to the granting of honorary degrees.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill was read a first time The Basel Mission. The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the President in Hongkong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. He said: In has been decided to allow the Bagel Evangelical Missionary Society to resume control of its work and property in the Colony. This Bil! praposos to incorporate the Prest- dent in Hongkong of that mission, It merely revives in Improved and more modern form the old Incorporation Ordinance of 1896, which was repeated in 1910. The leasehold property of the Basel Mission la at present invested in the German Mission trustees. Section 7 of this BHI will vest that property in the now corporation when the Orinance becomes law.

The Colonial Secretary seconded And the Bill was rend a first time. The Council adjourned sine dio.

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