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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY.

Standing Low Committee.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929,

It is also patent that apart H. E. The Governor-As this is from extraordinary good luck in: the first mooting of the Councilsummer of this year, the position the matter of rainfall during the this year it is necessary to apas regards water shortage will be point the Standing Law Committee. I propose to appoint the following far worse this time next year than

it is at presont Official members of this Council, In these circumstances, the

COUNCIL APPROVES TWO OF NEW members, who have agreed to

LAST

SCHEMES.

YEAR'S FINANCES.

His Excellency the Governor (Slr Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.), in a speech at a meeting of the Legislative Counell yesterday, welcomed the four new members and gave some interesting figures of the Colony's financial position. On January 1, 1928, the balance at credit of the Colony's Surplus and Deficit Account was $3,985,761. The expenditure for. last year was estimated to be $22,183,045, but în point of fact only $21,012,765 was spent. The Government last year budgeted for a revenue of $20,103,390, but actually collected a revenue of $22,898,017. This year com- menced with a credit balance of $7,801,972, un Increase of $3,819,- 211 over the figures of twelve months ago,

A resolution moved by the Senior Unofficial member was unanimously approved advocating the joining up of the Shing Mun water scheme with the water system of the Island by means of a harbour pipe line capable of being completed in the course of this year and the construction of the bye-wash reservoir below the present Kowloon 'Reservoir.

CREDIT BALANCE OF $7,804,972.

His Excellency the Governor colonista could not live here us presided over the meeting and happily and contentedly, as we do, there were also present:

if scrupulous attention were nɔt His Excellency the General, paid to health conditions, both on Officer Commanding the Troops the island and on the mainland. I (Major General C. C. Luard, C.B., feel certain, therefore, that the C.M.G.).

Council will welcome the oppoint- The Colonial Secretary (Hon.ment of the Director of Medical Mr. Wilfred T. Southorn, C.M.G.). Jand Sanitary Services to a seat in The Attorney General (Hon. Sir this Chamber. The Harbour Mas- Joseph Kemp, K.C.),

ter and the Director of -Modjéu) | The Colonial Treasurer (Hon. and Sanitary Services may also be Mr. C. Mcl. Messer, O.B.E.). sald to represent two important The Director of Public Works elements in the population of this; (Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E.). Colony, namely, its seamen and The Captain Superintendent of its medical men, who have hitherto Police (on. Mr. È. D. G. Wolfe, jseldom been associated with us In C.M.G.),

our deliberations. From this

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The Secretary for Chinese point of view also the new appoint- Affairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North),|ments should be a source

Harbour Master (Hon. strength to us. In the Honourable Lieut-Commander G. F. Hole). Mr. Braga I welcome the first re- The Director of Medical and presentative of the Portuguese Banitary Services (Hon. Dr. W. B. community to sit in this Council. A. Moore).

Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C, Hon. Sir Shouson Chow. Hon. Dr. R. II. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D.

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Hon. Mr. A. C. Ilynes. Hou. Mr. J. Owen Hughes. Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton. Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga. Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'o, LL.D. Mr. II. R. Butters, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).

(Applause.) We all of us uppre- elate the value of the Portuguese community here resident, and it is a pleasure to us that Mr. Braga, who in a very litoral sense is a Aon of Hongkong, should inaugur-: ato the representation of that com-i munity in the Legislative Council. Moreover, the time has now come when, the growth of this. Colony warrants the addition of a 'third representative of the Chinese com- munity; and I know that Sir Shouson Chow and Dr. Kolewall, The Harbour Master, the Direc-who so ably and worthily represent tor of Medical and Sanitary Ser-all Chinese interests in this Coun- vices, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga and cll, are irlad to have the assistance the Hon. Mr. S. W. Two took the of Dr. Ta'o Shin-wan. For my oath and their scats as members own part I am very glad to wel- of the Council.

New Memberk,

come Dr. Ts'o, not only a пro- presentative Chinese, but as an old Welfare of Hongkong. and valued friend. Both Mr. H. E. the Governor--Honour Braga and Dr. Ta'o are resident in able Members of the Legislative be able to speak with special know- Kowloon, and they will, therefore, Council: It is a very real plen-ledge concerning the needs of the gure to me to find myself among inhabitants of the mainland who you again. My experience of this now form an exceedingly import- Council dins been a long one. } first sit here ns Clerk of the Colony.

ant part of the population of this

The Colony's Finances.

Kowloon Tong Supply.

larger question of the water supply Intimately bound up with the to the Colony generally is that of the Kowloon Tong supply. On the representations of residents of this serve: The Hon. Attorney Gen-

submit their case for urgent and Garden City, I have been asked to oral (Chairman), the Hon. Colo-

sympathetic .consideration at Your nial Treasurer, the Hon. Sir Henryf no less than the Unofficial mom-Excolloney's handa. Theirs is an Pollock, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kote custodians of the public interests,

bors are vitally concerned, as independent supply for flushing and wall and the Hon. Mr. W. E. Lin respectfully urging upon the gardening purposes over which the. Home authorities the imperative practice the arrangement, which Government has no control. In necessity for mensures being promised "a constant supply of forthwith taken for the purpose water even in the driest seasod," of remedying the water shortage has been found to be far from satis- as soon as possible. Hence the factory. For some time past no words in the motion "constructed water has been available to re- and completed at the earliest possidents on the first floor of houses sible date."

Shenton.

Tramway Extensions, The Colonial Secretary moved the following resolution standing in his namo;

"That Whereas by the provisions of section 7 of the Tramway Ordinance, 1902, It is provided that subject to the approval of the Governor in Council after timely and adequate notifica- tion by public advertisement or otherwise of the intention of the company referred to in the sald. Ordinance to apply for such approval, and after such approval has been con- Armed by a resolution of the Legislative Council, the com- pany may construct and main tain, subject to the provisions of the sald Ordinance, and in accordance with plans pre- viously deposited in the office of the Director of Public Works, all such lines, cross- ings, passing places, aidings, junctions, turn-tables and other works in addition to or as extensions of those parti- cularly specified in and au- thorised by the said Ordinance aa may be approved of by the Governor in Council, and may work and use the same: "And Whereas after timely and adequato notification by public advertisement of the intention of the company to apply for the approval of the Governor in Council to the construction and maintenance, in accord- ance with plans previously de- posited in the office of the Director of Public Works, of

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A Desirable Measure,

The Brat part of the motion deals with the imperative neces- wity for the Shing Mun Water scheme being joined up with the water system of the Island of Hongkong by means of a pipe laid across the bed of the Har- bour.

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This is obviously a desirable measure, seeing that the Kowloon side has water to spare over and above its present requirements, and, as the matter of water relief

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so urgent, this motion phasizes specially that such pipe

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and construction as to be "capable of being completed in the course of this year."

within the Kowloon Tong area. When water did come, it only came in driblets. Subscribers to the Kowloon Tong scheme havo beon clamouring for "Water, water, and yet more water" in a dry district of the Colony not by virtue of a pro- hibition law but by reason of an arrangement which does not fune- tion to entire satisfaction. This is a matter of such great importanto to public health that I feel that all that is needed for my "constituenta" at Kowloon Tong is to bring it to the notice of Your Excellency in

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from the Government, I beg to to claim prompt attention

support the resolutions before the Council.

Government Support.

The Colonial Secretary.--The This naturally rules out an

Government welcome the motion alternative scheme which has been Honourable the senior Unofficial which has been proposed by the suggested, for embedding a pipe- member and I am authorised to say line h concrete and carrying it that the motion has the fullest sup- the harbour, because such alter honourable members are aware, under the surface of the bed of port from the Government. As native scheme, apart from its be the seriousness of

the aituu- than the scheme mentioned in supply of the Colony is ing many times more expensivation

18 regards the water this motion, would take so long known to the Government and the well a time to complete as to render matter has received constant con- relief in the near future impos-sideration throughout the whole of sibic.

The second part of this motion relates to the construction of the bye-wash reservoir below

the present Kowloon Reservoir, which, we understand, will have a storage

year.

The linking up of the water sup- ply on the mainland with the Jaland of Hongkong has already been au-

Lers are also not unaware that your the past year. Honourable ment- Excellency has been dealing with this subject yourself while you have been in London and it is a matter a single track tramway

of great satisfaction that it has be proximately 360 yards in

capacity of synte length connecting the present gallons and can in all probability of Council after Your Excellency's 200 million.come possible, at this first meeting Shaukiwan Terminus

be completed by the end of next return, to announce a definite atcp Shaukiwan Village, and of

forward towards that improvement three additional loops or pass The carrying out of the above of the Colony's water supply which ing places in Shaukiwan Road, two measures at the earliest pos- is HO urgently needed. (Ap

North Point and sible date will, it is hoped, meet plause). Quarry Bay, the company duly with the unanimous support of applied for the approval of Your Excellency and the members the Governor in Councf! to the of this Council, and I beg leave construction and maintenance to move accordingly. of the said single track tram- way and loops. er passing places: "And whereas the Governor in Council did on the 9th day of January, 1929, approve of the construction and maintenance of the said single track tram- way and loops or passing places, subject to the provi sions of the said Ordinance and in accordance with the anid plans:

"Now it is hereby resolved that the approval of the Governor in Council so given as afore

Bary under

thorised and work on the main- land, as the Hon. Mr. Braga has pointed out, is already in progress to effect the joining up of the Shing Mun scheme with the water system in the City of Victoria.

Water Engineer Going Home, But the actual method of laying the pipe under the harbour been a matter of considerable dia- cussion, The Director of Public Works has recently submitted to Government a very full report by the Water Engineer on the latter's proposal to lay the pipe along the bed of the harbour at a cost of some $300,000, and this proposal

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Hon. Sir Shougon Ohow.-Sir, I beg to second the motion. Hon. Mr. Braga's Maiden Speech, Hon. Mr. J. P. Bragn.—Your joy. cellency. Like the poor the water question is always with us. About a year ago it figured prominently in a discussion before the Sanitary Board. Ever since considerable space has been devoted to it in the columns of the public Press,

I am conscious of the fact that one of the first matters to engage Your Excellency's serious attention since you nenumed the government of the Colony has been this one of sald is hereby confirmed" The Tramway Company desires.to

the water supply, and it remains to The Colonial Secretary said: this day one for anxious thought.

has received Your Excellency's up-

an I beenme worn and more discour- Thousands suffering from catarrh, make certain changes and exten- senior unofficial member and secund the Water Engineer to England to medicines and all failed to bring me stomach trouble, indigeation, constipa The resolutions moved by the proval. It is now proposed to send aged. My husband has spent several bronchial and lung trouble, throat, sions in the tramway track and hespeak the imperative necessity after obtaining the concurrence of

hundreds of dollars for doctors and cough, asthma, hay fever, malaria, ed by the senior Chinese mentber explain his proposals in detail, and any relief. these alterations have already for an immediate provision of an the Secretary of State to order the Poo On Chinese Herbs. I was doubt-trouble nervousness, insomnia, obesity, tion, gastritis, piles, diarrhoea, fistula, Through a friend I heard of the heart disease, eczema, scrofula, femalo Council on 10th December, 1900,

received the approval of the adequate supply to prevent a re- materials and return to Hongkong ful but hearing, of the many cursa kidney, bladder trouble, Bright's din and of those who then sat in this

Governor-in-Council. It is neces- currence of a water famine next in the shortest possible time. If that these herbs had brought about Chamber with me, not one is here

the law that these year. The precarious condition of the Secretary of State's approval is do-day. "All, all are gone, the old Before taking up the business of should also be approved by the the water supply in the Island, if obtained it is hoped that the work familiar faces." But, although 1929, I avail, myaclf of this oppor- Legislative Council. Members allowed to continue, will inflict will be completed by the end of the the membership of the Council has tunity to inform the Council con- who have read the motion will be serious hardship on the people and, present year and that before Janu- repeatedly changed, the mind of cerning the Anancial working of aware of the alterations referred even in a more marked degree, on ary next the water from Shing Mun the Council, if I may so phrase 11, 1928. The figures for last year to, and they have already received those least capable to bear it will be delivered to consumers in has undergone no change what-are still subject to revision and the full, approval of the Govern- Twenty or thirty cents a day, as Hongkong. ever since first I knew it 28 years adjustment, but no appreciable ment. I therefore move, the re- the price of a single bucketload of ago. It has at all times been the change in them is expected. On aolution standing in my name, the precious fluid, means the de aim of all members of this Council, 1st January, 1928, the balance.at

The Attorney General seconded privation of some necessary item both official and unofficial, to do credit of the Colony's Surplus and and the resolution was carried of comfort in the homes of thei everything that in them lay for the Deficit Account, was $3,986,761. unanimously.

labouring and working classes, welfare of Hongkong. That is The expenditure for last year way

Their hardship is great. And the why work in this Council is ao óstimated to be $22,183,045, but in pleasant; and that is why, even point of fact we only spent $21, the following resolution:

Hon. Sir Henry Pollock moved duty is imposed on this Council t

oblain relief for them. In our when matters of grave importance M2,765. We budgeted last year

"That in view of the present surance that the Government in en- endeavour, I am happy in the as- have to be considered, our debates for a revenue of $20,103,390, but are as a rule commendably brfer, we actually collected a revenue of

precarious condition of the tirely with the unofficial members. We all of us at all times have the $22,898,617. The sum of $1,069,-

water supply, which threat is, therefore, with great pleasure Bame end in view and, therefore, 359 was repaid last year to revenue

tens to become even more that I speak in support of the two sorious in the year 1980, it motions before, the Council. from loan funda on account of pre- we almost acc eye to eye.

Is the unanimous opinion of Our first thought on entering thevious expenditure on loan works.

this Council that it is im. Counell Chamber, to-day must have We, therefore, began this year boon-a feeling of gratitude to the with a balance at credit of the

perative that the following Honourable the Director of Public Colony's Surplus and Deficit Ac- Works and his staff for the im-count amounting to $7,804,972, an provements they have effected in increase of $3,819,211 over the this building. An additional figures

of twelve months ago. storey has been successfully con- (Applause.) I think the Council structed. The work has been well will regard this result as extreme- dono. It has been expeditiously by sulisfactory.. We may enter on done, and it will much facilitate our work with good hope; and I the executive and legislative ad- wish you, and through you the ministration of this Colony. I am whole Colony, every prosperity and sure that all members will wish me happiness in the New Year. (Ap- to take this opportunity of convey plause.)

SCHEMES APPROVED.

Work on the Muinis,

Storage Reservoirs.

We must not disguise from our selves the fact that the water sup ply available from Shing Mun can- not, without extension of the Shing Mun Works, suffice for both Kow- loon and Hongkong. Investigations are already in progress as to the possible extensions of the Shing Mun scheme by means of storage reservoirs. This investigation will take a considerable time but there Is one reservoir with which it la possible to proceed 'at once, and that in the so-called Byewash reservoir, Residents of Kowloon have had below the present Kowloon re works be constructed and the benefit of observing the com-servoir, to which the honourable completed at the carliest mendable expedition and workman member has referred in the second possible date apart from any like manner in which the large part of his motion, other schemes in contem- mains liave been laid down in the plation:

This reservoir did not form part trunk road on the mainland in of the original Shing Mun proposals 1. The joining up of the anticipation of the commencement but is intimately connected with Sbing Man Water Sys of the cross-harbour pipe-line to them and its construction is of no Lem with the Water Hongkong. The work is being car comparatively aimple a nature, and System of the Island of ried on in a way to cause the least its utility is so obvious, that I am Hongkong by means of inconvenience to traffic and has authorised to say Your Excellency a pipe line laid on the elicited favourable comments from fully approves of the construction surface of the bed of Kowloon residents. There is every of this reservoir, and in view of the the harbour capable of reason, therefore, to expect that the Lrgency for increasing the storage ing our thanks to the Public Works Hon. Sir Henry Pollock-8ir,

being completed in the hope of the trans-harbour line being on the mainland has given instruc Department. (Applause.)

As Senior Unofficial member of

course of this year. completed and in operation by the this Council who first took his scat

2. The construction of the end of the year, will not be falsified, tons for work on the Byewash ro hero as far back as the year 1896,

bye-wash roservoir bo- With the experience of the past The cost is estimated at $600,000 servoir to be commenced forthwith.

My next duty, and a very plea-I should like, if I may be permitted

low the present Kow before us and at the present rate and the storage capacity at 200 loon Resorvoir." sant one, le to welcome to thin to do so, to support the words of

of Kowloon's expansion, no scheme million gallons. Council four additional members welcome which your Excellency Hon. Sir Henry Pollock said:

of water supply can be considered appointed under the change just has extended to the new Offcial

too large or any section of it un- made in ita constitution. The har and Unofficial members of this stands in my name it is quite deliberation that

Sir-In making the motion which necessary. It was after prolonged the Unofficial bour of Hongkong in the raison Courell. A wise man of old eaid, unnecessary for me to lay em- members of this Council urge the d'etre of the Colony and Ita most "In the millitude of counsels, phasis upon the serious and immediate commencement of the valuable asset. It is therefore, there is wisdom," and I feel cou- great inconvenience which is be works specified in both the reaolu right and proper that the Harbour fident that that will prove to be ing occasioned to the Community, tions "apart from any other scheme Master, who is the officer especial-so in the present instance, I beg and in particular to the poorer in contemplation." Permit ly charged with the maintenance leave on behalf of the Colony to sections of the Chinese com- Str, to emphasize the last phrase and development of Hongkong thank your Excellency for having munity in the rider-main districté, in the preamble to the resolution. harbour, should have a seat in this employed part of your home leave by the present shortage of water. It was added on advisedly so that Council But, although the har-in persuading the home authorities for the position is sufficiently there may be some elasticity in un- bour may in a sense be described to increase the membership of this well-known to all members of this dertaking works not specifically

Council. to be the life of the Colony, we its Council. (Applause.)

provided for in both resolutions.

Welcome to New Members.

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DAVID HOUSE, Hongkong.

With regard to the Hon. Mr. members to the proposals set out by Braga's remarks on the water sup- the honourable the senior UnoMelal ply, at Kowloon Tong, the matter le member, and members may rest ac- hardly in a position to be discussed sured that the works will be carried by this Council, but I am authorised to completion with the least posal- be happy to meet a representative to say that Your Excellency will blo delay. (Applause).

SOVIET UNREST.

HUNDRED & FIFTY ARRESTS

OF TROTSKYITES.

Riga, Jan. 24. One hundred and fifty arrestą have been made fncluding six of prominent persona in Moscow.add oleewhere, on the charge of op=" H. E. The Governor. It is a posing the Soviet Government great satisfaction to me that this Strong Soviet measures are fore- motion has been passed un- shadowed against the activities of animously.

the supporters of Trotsky-Reu- The Council adjourned eine die,

ter.

of the residents of Kowloon Tong, The motion was carried un- Works, with a view to ascertaining together with the Director of Public animously. what steps are possible to improve any defects which may exist in the system.

The Government will welcome the unanimous support of the Unofficial

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