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It was announced at yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board that water supplies from nullahs had been stopped.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929.

NEW U.S. TARIFFS.

· PROTESTS FROM A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS,

Washington, June 25, The possibility of damaging America's foreign trade by the application of increased tariff rates is causing concern. to Mr. Hoover, the State Department and the Department of Commerce.

It will be recalled that in order to make water available for clean- ing and washing purposes the Gov- ernment made available the sup plies from nullahs, definite notice being given that the water was to bo boiled or that it must not be | American Service. used for drinking purposes.

Brief reference to the water

situation was made at yesterday's Sanitary Board meeting after the routine business had been transac- ted. Dr. W. V. M. Koth asked if any further information was avall. able and the President, Mr. W. J. Carrie, said that while the water question did not come under him he was not sorry to have the opportunity of briefly referring to the situation"

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Protests against the increase have hitherto been received from twenty Governments. — Reuter's

action in sinking wells. He be- lieved that in this connexion the Board had no jurisdiction except with the Building Authority.

The discussion on the water altuation then terminated.

Mr. Braga's Protest. Hon. Mr. Braga's letter, referred to above, was as follows:

17th June, 1929. The Head of the Sanitary De

Dear Sir, I beg to hand you herewith enclosed, for your formation, copy of a letter, dated 17th June. I have addressed to the Chairman of the Sanitary Sub- Committee of the Water Emer- gency Committee regarding polluted water in the Magazine Nullah at Wanchai.

He said that even his friends had spoken to him in connexion with the opening of welis, suggest-partment. ing that they had been operied al- though the Sanitary Board had de elded that they should not be opened. That, said the President, was the result of a misreading of the revolution tendered at the last meeting of the Board and also of the arguments put forward. He pointed out that the resolution was that the Board should recommend the Government to instruct the Building Authority as a temporary measure, to approve every applica- tion for the sinking and re-opening of wells except. in cases where existing structures might be en- dangered. Je pointed out that there was no opposition to new wells being opened.

"Not Above Suspicion." With regard to nullah supplies, Mr. Carrie said that samples had been taken which had been sub- ject to chemical and bacterio- Togical tests. They were not above suspicion in many casus. They were allowed to continue for a time for the purpose of providing water for cleaning purposes, notices being posted up warning the inhabitants of the Colony that the water must be bolled or that It wnn unfit for drinking purposes. He understood that supplies from nullahs had now stopped,

The Medical Officer of Health was working in close conjunction with the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and the Public Works Department was also work-| Ing with the Hon. Dr. Wellington.

Mr. Carrie súld that at a confer erice on Saturday he was asked to second three Sanitary Inspectora for work in connexion with the examination of water supplied to the tanks on the water front. Three inspectors were now work- ing on this with the Government. Analyst.

Black Water from a Nullah. The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga said that he addressed a letter to the head of the Sanitary Board which

2. In view of the fact that, at the meeting of the Sanitary Board on the 11th Inst., a motion for the reopening of old wells, was de- feated on the ground that the water from such wells may be dangerous to public health if used for potable purposes, may I BUK- gest, if you concur, that the Medical Officer of Health cause samples of water to be taken from the intake in the Magazine and Murray Nullahs at different times of the day and submit such samples for bacteriological examination?

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drawn from this source of supply bo belled, it could be safely used for drinking.

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4. On the occasion of my visit on the 14th June, the coolles would not draw water from the taps at the points of discharge at the bottom of the Lower Peak Tram- way terminus. The water carriera actually preferred to descend down the nullah and collect the water trickling through the weepholes on the sides of the nullahs as the water discharged through the taps was distinctly offensive in odor...

5. On the other hand, à" few men and women were seen drawing water from the tape connected with the Magazine Nullah, at the time I visited It Inter the same afternoon.

6. Climbing up the hill to a point where the Magazine Nullah 3. The report of the examina- is dammed it was seen how the tion should be circulated to Mem-water was collected in the intake, bers of the Board for their in which is fed by small channels formation and, discussion. If the draining Into the nullah. Tho water should be dangerous to public water from one of these channels health, I deem it to be the duty of looked more like Black slush than the Board to condemn its collec water, which, presumably, may be tion and distribution with the as used for human consumption "after sistance of the Water Emergency | boiling." Committee.

7. The sight of the water with- 4. In the opinion of the Chinese out any bacteriological, analysis there is no certainty that, the was sufficient to convince me that Chinese of the poorer classes living it is heavily charged with all man- in the Eastern District are not us ner of eowage, contents discharged ing water from the Magazino through the side channels from Nullah for potable purposes. habitations on the higher levels. Yours, faithfully,............

(SD) J. P. BRAGA... Leller to Committee.

17th June, 1029, The Chairman,

Sanitation Sub-Committee,

Water Emergency

mittee,

Com-

Dear Sir-As a member of the Sanitary Sub-Committee, I would like to submit for the urgent con- sideration of the Sub-Committee facts concerning certain features

8. Amongst the Chinese them- selves, this water la regarded with the greatest suspicion, and it has been reported to me that, far from drinking the water from this Bus. picious source of supply, the in- An telligent Chinese regard as

this absoluto waste of money method of collection of water which they say, is, for the most part, dia- charged from house drains with all the contaminated matter it contains and, therefore, wholly unsuitablo for any purpose other than that of washing the floors of their

of the collection and distribution of houses, but at the same time is

he hoped would have been includ-water within city limits, with available to people who might not

Chinese gentleman at whose quest and with whom I visited the sites of the nullaha.

2. There is no denying the fact that the water dammed in theso nullahs is partly discharged from houses on both sides of and above the nullala; the discharged water from its very nature should be highly contaminated. The Chinese say it is an accumulation of dep- gerous polluted gutter water.

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require whether the expense

needlessly incurred might not be applied to a better purpose than collecting nullah water which might be used for drinking by the ignorant and illiterate people, and thus be made a source of real danger to the public health. The Chinese suggest, as an alternative, the opening of more now wells in rural areas like Happy Valley and the village of Wongneichong, where the Chinese belleve good, whole- some potable water can be obtained and in reasonable quantities to sup ply the Chinese of those districts.

ed in the agenda. He had not had special reference to the Murray know batter and might use it for a reply to the letter and did not Nullah, along the Peak Tramway cooking and drinking "afior boll- know whether any action had been line, and the Magazine Nullah, dising." taken in regard to ils contents.

9. I have been asked to submit charging opposite the Arsenal at Wanchai. These representations this matter for the consideration The complaint ቢሀ . ቤ very are made at the instance of a of the Sub-Committee and to en- serious one, brought to his atton- tion by a Chinese resident, regard- Ing the water from the nullah near Arsenal Street. It was disgraceful that the water should be used for any purpose whatsoever, apart from the washing down of gutters. Mr. Braga added that he paid a visit to the nullah to see the quality of the water for himself,

The President said the result of Mr. Braga's letter was that the nullah was closed at once. He

3. By the standpipes at the agreed with the member regarding bottom of the nullahs notices ore the condition of the water which, posted in English and Chinese, when he saw it, was black. Tho The English notice reads: "This supply was cut off immediately. water must be boiled," and the 10. The Chinese criticisms of The Hon. Mr. Braga expressed Chinese rendering as given to me the Murray and Magazine Nullaha satisfaction at the action taken. by my companion is to the effect apply with even greater force to Even if the Board had nothing to that: "This water may be used for the nullah water in the Western do with the actual water situation drinking, after boiling." Having District. Probably the Committee. it had a duty to the Government no knowledge of the Chinese may advantageously extend their and a duty to the population. The written, language, I cannot vouch investigation in that direction and nullah to which he had called at- for the accuracy of the literal tráns so minimise, or better still, entirely tention certainly constituted a seri-lation. If It is correct, and I have eliminate all sources of suspicious ous situation.

no reason to doubt that it is, it supply that might endanger the Mr. Wong Kwong-tin expressed unquestionably conveys the im- public health-Yours, faithfully.

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