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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1320.

THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

FOUR NEW BILLS PASS FIRST READING.

PETROL STATIONS.

Four new Bills, including an Ordinance authorizing the appro- priation of a supplementary sum of $202,104.70 to defray the charges of the year 1928, passed their first reading at a meoling of the Legislative Council held 'yes- terday afternoon.

The meeting was presided over by His Excellency the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) and there were also present:

Brown-

The Officer Commanding the Troops (Colonel W.D.B. rigge, D.S.O.),

The acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. D., W. Tratman).

The Attorney General (Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C.).

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The Secretary for Chinese Af- fairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North), The acting Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Mr. M.-J. Breen).

The Director of Public Works (Hon. Mr. II. T. Creasy, C.B.E.). The Captain Superintendent of Polico (lton. Mr. T. H. King).

The Harbour Master (Hon. Commander G. F. Hale).

Ilon. Dr. A. R. Wellington (Director of Medical and Sanitary Services).

Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow. Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotowall, G., LL.D.

lion. Mr. A. C. Hynes.

Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton.

Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga,

Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'o, LL.D. Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Belth.

Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).

New Members.

encroachment of Crown (and“. and dangerous gooda lleences, respectively, for petrol sta tions in respect of

and

(b) Kowloon? The Colonial Secretary replied: (1) Twenty one Petrol, service atalions exist as encroach-

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Standard Oil Co. To creet Pump, a tank, etc, on Crown Land at Repulse Bay, $120.

| Land at Shaukiwan Road, $120.

Arintic Petroleum Co.--To use a flexible pipe on Crown Land at Douglas Street, $120...

aeffect of that' misprint was to make officers on agreements for periods not exceeding two years liable to Asiatic Petroleum Co.-To. in-pay the widows' and orphans' con- La) the City of Victoria;stall a Petrol Pump etc. on Crown tribution, whilst officers on agree. ment for periods exceeding two year were not so Hable. That is obviously absurd because the gen eral intention is that all permanent: or semi-permanent officers should List of Petrol Pumps &c. on Crown Land for Purposes of Sup be bound to contribute whilst tem plying Petrol to Motor Vehicles Porary ofleers should &c. Kowloon and New Territories. quired to contribute. Cinuso 3 Asiatic Petroleum Co-To in-akes this amendment date back atall a pump & lay an underground to the coming into effect of the pipe line under Crown Land at present revised edition of the Or- alance in which this misprint oc- Chatham Rd. Adi: ULL, 261, $120.curred. I think there is no ob- Asiatic Petroleum Co-To Injection to retrospective legislation Texas Co. on annual permits stall pump & lay an underground this subject to such general pipe line under Crown Land ad-

ments on Crown Land in the City of Victoria and out district as scheduled in list A, and 10 stations at Kowloon and New Kowloon on schedul- ed in list B. (2) To the Asiatic Petroleum - Co., Standard Oil Co, and

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not be re-

because everyone

and speelal conditions as joining KJ.L. 1262 at the junction practically has acted all along on Government may require. of Argyle St. and Nathan Road, the assumption that the "not" must

(3) Four applications are pend-

ing:

$120.

The Texas Company.-To Install pump & lay an underground pipe line under the pavement adjaining K.I.L. G61, Nathan Road, $120.

Standard Oil Co.-To install a Patrol Pump &c. on Crown Land opposite K.L.L. 1633, $120.

1. A.P.C Area at Fire'sta-A

tion compound Kowloon. ii. A.P.C.-Arca occupied by

China Motor Bus La Chatham Itond, Kowloon. ili. Texas Co. Aren on the new Praya East Reclama- Lion,

Iv. Standard O Co., Aren onpoalie K. I. L. 1464, Nathan Road.

Standard Oil Co.-To Install a netrol pump &c. adf: K.I.L, 2087, Nathan Rond, $120..

Asiatic Petroleum Co. To erect ashed

Install a petrol pump &c. on Crown Laid N. of K.L. 2101, $250..

(4) About 12 applications have

been rofused either because] alten were unsuitable or be Aalatie Petroleum Co.-To erect cause they were open to obl a shed & install a petrol pump &c. jection from the point of on. Crown Land at the junction of view of fire risk or trafic. Waterloo Ron and Argyle St., (5) The annual revenue derived $200.,

from Permits for Petrol Standard Oil Co.-To erect a pumps &c. amounts to: petrol service station on Crown

(u) $4,846.00 for Vistoria | Land N. of K.IL. 2101, $250.”

&c. and

Asiatic Petroleum Co-To erect (b) $1,750.00 for Kowloon shed & install a petrol pump &c.

and New Kowloon.

$200,

To these aurns must be added. of N.KIL. 624, Kowloon City 564 for petrol storage The Texas Co.-To erect a shed Licences.

& Install

a petrol pump &c. on List of Petrol Pumps &c, on Crown Land N. of K.L.L. 2101, $260, Crown Land for Purposes of Supplying Petrol to Motor Veli-Sunday Cargo Working Ordinance. cles &c. Hongkong.

A. S. Watson & Co.-To Install

The Officer Commanding the Troops Colonel W.D.S. Browna Petrol Pump on Crown Land at rigge, D.5.0.); the acting Colonial North Point, opposite M. L. 293, Secretary (Hon. Mr. D. W. Tral Annual fee, $10. mun) and the acting Colonial Treasurer (on. Mr. M. J. Hreen) took the oath of allegiance and their seats as members of the Coun-

The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill instituled Au Ordinance to amend the law rehat ing to the restriction of the load Ing, working and discharging of cargo

on

be a misprint.

The other point dealt with in the Bill is in the case of officers who transferred to Hongkong were from some other Colony where they are already contributing to the

orphans' widows and

pension i provision already | scheme. The made for. the possible widow and orphans of an officer in that case may be quite suficient. If he is required to contribute also to the Hongkong scheme, the drain upon his salary may be serious and the provision may well be considered to be too large. Accordingly, it is new proposed to provide that an othcer transferred to Hongkong who is contributing to a scheme la another Colony, need not contribute to the Hongkong scheme.

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Provision is also made for re- funds of contributions which may be mile while the question of with- drawal from the Hongkong schemo is under consideration because in each case an officer must, within a certain period, apply for exemption from the Hongkong scheme. Clause 5 of the Bill extends this right to claim exemption from the 11ongkong widows and orphans' pension scheme to olleers who, at

commencement of the Or the dinance, are already liable to cun- tribute. There are sonte officers who have been transferred Hongkong who were contributing to two schemes in other colonies, Asiatic Petroleum Co.-To in-

and it is proposed to give them stal 2 Pumps, construct tanks &

Sunday. He said: the right to claim exemption from lay pipe lines undor Crown Land at Under the present Sunday Cargo the Hongkong scheme. As the Stubbs Road, adj. 1.1. 2,388, $249. Working Ordinance, owing to the Ordinance is Crafted they are also Standard Oil Co.-To construct form of permit given in the given the right to a refund of any Subordinate Staff Sub-Committee. I tank & lay an underground pipe Schedule, the fee for Sunday cargo contributions made by them up to Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga asked:-under Crown Land at Lower Albert working must be paid in advance the time when exemption fa ob- and there is no *wer in the tained, but I should mention that 1. What are the functions of the Road. P. W. D. Garage, $10,

Asiatic Petroleum Co.-To erect Ordinance to alter that form ao it is not intended at present to pay Subordinate Staff Committee?

a shed & install a Benzine Pump as to make it payable after the any refunds to any such officers- 2. Having regard to the fact that on Crown Land nt City Hall, Ward-event. Payment in advance is in that fa, existing officers-until it

the Sub-Committee Is com-ley Street, $600.

convenient because frequently is known whether the payment of posed entirely of official mem- Standard Oil Co-To erect a permit has to be taken out in case refunds in these casca will be ap bera, will the Government shed & install a Benzine Pump on Sunday working should be neces-proved by the Secretary of State. consider. favourably, In the Crown Land at City Hall, Wardley Bary. Subsequently it is found As I say, the Ordinance on the face interest of the public_service, | St., $625,

that Sunday working can be of it gives the right, but the re- and in that case the holder of the til approval has been obtained from permit is put to the trouble of ap- the Secretary of State. That ap plying for a refund of the fee and plies merely to existing officers and the Harbour Department and the hot to new officers coming here- Treasury are put to the trouble of after. I beg to move the first read- making the refund. It was there-ing. fore decided to pass a short.amend-

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the enlargement of that Standard Oil. Co,-To erect aavolded and the permit is not used, funds will not actually be paid un- Board by the Inclusion of un-shed & install a Benzine Pump on official members also?

Crown Land at Stubbs Road The Colonial Secretary replied: Junction of Tai Hang Road, $200. 1. The Subordinate Staff Board Standard Oll Co.--To erect a was appointed under Govern- Service Station, construct an under- ment Notification No. 112, ground tank & install a Pump on

The Colonial Secretary seconded dated the 24th of April, 1911, Crown Land at Shek Tong Taut

Ing Ordinance so as to allow for the and the Bili was rend a first time. to advise on certain mat (Tramway-Shelter), $250,

subsequent payment of the permit tera

Jury Amendment Ordinance. connected with

Standard Oil Co.-To crect the

fee. But it very frequently The Attorney General moved the clerical

Bubordinate shed, construct a tank & Install a and branches of the Civil Service. Pump. on Crown Land of Leighton happens that when a simple pro- first rending of a Bili instituled Au posal of that kind is made, other Ordinance to amend the Jury Or- The Board makes recom-Hill Road, $250.

1887, He said: The mendations for promotion in Asiatic Petroleum Co-To erect proposals follow, other defects and dinance, the Clerical and billed branches & Service Station, &c, on Crown omifsalons are discovered in the principal object of this Bill is to of the Government Services Land at Shek Tong Tsuf (Tram- principal Ordinance, till eventually amend and improve the procedure the old Ordinance practically for fixing the two amual Jury and keep's the confidential re- way Shelter), $250,

Standard Oil Co.-To Install a crumbles away. That is what has Llets. One trouble at present is ports made by Heads of De- partments on officers of this Pump & lay a pipe line on Crown happened in this case. When the that we are tied down to a partl class. It also supervines reLand at Aberdeen-A.I.L. 97, $120, Ordinance came to be examined itcular date-the 1st of March. cruiting and advises on trans- Standard Oll Co.-To install a was found there wore many omis- The Lists have to be ready by that furs,

Pump on Crown Land adjoining I.Isions, some unnecessary provisions date and have to come in fores on and other defects. It was there that date. They have to bo posted 2166, Gordon Road, $120,

Asiatic Petroleum Co-To in-fore decided to repeat the whole of outside the Courts of Justice on the stall Pump etc, on Crown Land the principal Ordinance and re- 1st February and remain there for

enact it with the redundancies rea fortnight, so that there really re duced, the omissions supplied and mains only the second half of the defects remedied. The various February to go through the Lists, noints dealt with are all more or consider claims and objections and less technical and are explained in settle the two Lists of Common and I beg to Special Jurors by the 1st March. the Objects and Reasons.

That does not allow much time, and move the first reading,

The Colonial Secretary Reconded one of the proposals of this Bill is and the Bill was read a first time, to nuke the time movable according to the decision of the Governor Bo Widows' and Orphans' Pension

that if it is found the Llets cannot be ready by the ordinary date, then The Attorney General moved the you, Bir, will be able to extend the first reading of a Bili intituled An time, It is also provided that the Ordinance to amend further, the former Lists will remain in force There are also some improve- Widows and Orphane Pension until the new Lists come into effect. Ordinance, 1908. He said: Two points are dealt with in this Bill. ments made in the provision of the The first point is dealt with by Lists and more power is given and clausea 2 and 3. These clauses more obligation thrown on the. Re amend a misprint which crept into istrar with regard to the nrepara- the present revised edition of the ton of the Lists in advance for the Ordinances, the word "not having final sellement. Another altera-

(Continued. on Page 13.) inserted by mistake: The

at Shek 0, $120.

Vacuum Oil Co.-To erect an nu Cabinet on Crown Land at City Hall. 825

2. The Government is unable to agree as to the efficacy or the desiribilty of this proposal. Petrol Service Stations, Hon Mr. J. P. Braga asked 1. How many petrol service stutions exist in the City of Victoria and at Kowloon, res- pectively, and at what places? 2. To whom and under what con-

ditloris has permission been Aslaile Petroleum Co-To in- granted for erecting and stall a Pump etc. on Crown Land nitintaining such Rervice at Leighton Hill Road, $250, stations?

3. Are there any applications pending for the erection of additional service stations; if so, from whom have such applicationa been received and how many await deci- sion?

4. Have any applications been refused and on what rounda? 5. What is the annual revenue derived from permits for the

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The Texas Co.-To erect a shed & install Pump on Crown Land at function of Morrison Hill Road & Leighton III Rond, $250,

The Texas Co-To Install a Pump etc, on Crown Land at Shek Tong Tsui, $250,

Asiatic Petroleum Co-To in stall a Pump ele, on Crown Land adi: M.L. 122, Praya Enst, $120. The Texas Co-To Install, a Pump cle, on Crown Land-W. of I. La. 2680 & 2380, Pokfulam Road, $200,

Standard Oil Co.-To install a Pump etc, on Crown Land at Pok- fulam Road, $120..

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