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LABOUR PROPOSALS. THE SECOND TEST IMPROVED WATER MENTAL TESTS ON KAU SING CRITICISM.
DRAWN.
SAFEGUARDING DUTIES ENGLAND ROBBED OF
CONDEMNED.
PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON WAR DEBT ISSUE.
VOTE REFORM INQUIRY.
Important declarations on the Labour Government's policy in regard to War Debts and Safeguarding Duties were made by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in the House of Commons yesterday during the debate on the Address.
In regard to the former, the Premier declared that we were bearing burdens which should not be traposed upon, us, adding "We shall go back on none of our contracts, but we shall in future arrangements not forget that the just business interests of our nation cannot be sacrificed."
The electorate," said Mr. MacDonald, had expressed its overwhelming opposition to Protective duties, and the Govern- ment accordingly did not intend to renew the existing Safe- guarding Duties, and reserved the right to repeal them before the statutory period of their operation expired.
Regarding Russia, the conditions upon which that country would be recognised remained, said the Premier, as laid down in a public despatch, to which the Government adhered.
Touching on disarmament, Mr. MacDonald said the Government would seek immediate co-operation with the other great Naval Powers, but a preliminary Anglo-American under- standing was essential to success.
It was further intimated by the Premier that an inquiry would be made into electoral reform, the terms of reference to be wide and comprehensive.
Mr. Baldwin, outlining the Conservative attitude towards the Government, said they would not offer factious opposition, but would assiet in carrying on the government of the country.
LIKELY VICTORY.
BAD LIGHT INTERVENES IN S. AFRICAN COLLAPSE.
ROBINS BOWLS FINELY.]
Londen, July 2.
Bad light robbed England of a
OUTLOOK.
MARKED INCREASE IN THE KOWLOON STORAGE,
CONSUMPTION GROWS.
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A feature of the latest statistics showing the contents of the Colony's reservoles is that during the past work Kowloon's consump- Lion nearly doubled compared with the previous week, but, in spite of this fact, there is an increaso in storage on thộ maluland of nearly 14 million gallons..
PRISONER.
BORDER-LINE CASE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FEATURES.
INSANITY ISSUE IN HARBOUR MURDER, TRIAL,
TO-DAY'S EVIDENCE.
The trial of Chau Kau, junk foki, for the murder of Cheong Fo-kam in Victoria Harbour on March 181
Court this morning before Mr. Justice Wood, and a Jury, ta
REPLIES.
COMMAND AT FAULT RATHER THAN THE SINGLE SCREW.
potential victory in the Second as for the previous seven days, was continued at the Supreme NOT
Test, which ended at Lord's to-day in a draw. Bet the task of scoring 208 runs to’win, South Africa gave wretched display after Mitchell and Christy had been sent back, losing five wickets in all in scoring 90 runs. A sixth player, H. B. Cameron retired hurt before he had opened his score.
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The South African collapse put England in sight of victory but an appeal against the light was sustained.
England finished In bright style. Layland and Tate trounced the South African attack, Leyland getting 81 runa between the start and the lunch-interval, to complete a stylish century soon afterwards.
Tate's Fine Effort,
Hongkong's consumption during the weak was practically the same and the decrease in storage is just over two million gallons.
The official statement is follows:
The total storage in the island
Owing to unforeseen delay, the Court did not open until nearly reservoirs on the morning of Mon-intimated that there were certain 11.30 a.m., when His Lordship day, 1st July, amounted to 175.54 questions he would like to put to showing a decrease of 2.08 million, Dr. Dovey, who performed the post gallone during the past week; the mortem examination on the body amount collected from streams be- of the murdered girl.'. ing 18.47 million gallons,
The week's, consumption totals 27.21 million gallons and is made up as follows:-
From City Maing From Taikoo From Lai Chi Kok From Tdud War. From Steamers ofo."
20.55
37 2.28". 2.28* -1.63*
27.21
In answer to his Lordship,, Dr. Dovey said there were no signs of Bexual assault on the victim's body. There were about seven or eight wounds on the second body, that of Cheong Fo-kam's sister, woo was also done to death.
man
who
The foreman of the jury then re.] quoted his. Lordship to recall the murdered girl's brother, who gave :⚫ To Tanke.
evdience yesterday, in order that Tate scored with rapidity, a
certain points as to the time the dashing display producing 100 in
The total storage in the main-tragedy occurred could be settled. quick time. When Tate had com- land reservoirs on the morning of They also wished to hear similar ploted his first century in a Test match, J. C. White made the declara- Monday, 1st July amounted to gvidence from the ton. England had then scored 114.27 million gallons showing an rescued him from the harbour. 812 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, increase of 13.99 million gallons.
Had No Watch.. the visitors, therefore, being set during the past week.
The week's consumption, ex- the task of scoring 203 to win
The first witness said that he Catterall and Mitchell opened for cluding supplies to Hongkong Is had no watch with him in the sam South Africa to the bowling of 20.00 million gallons plus 0.11 pan. He guessed the time the Tate and Larwood. Tate met with from the Taun Wan douply making murders took place. He saw the an early auccess, Catterall's wicket a total of 20.71 millon, gallons. Canton boat go out and remember- being disturbed when he had made The yield from the Shing Mun ed It because the sampan had to only runs. Mitchell and Christy | River and streams during the be rowed away from the steamer's wooh. The fighting started as England attack, but their quick dis-
soon as the Canton boat had pass- missal one after the other, both
led, without anything being said to falling to. fine catches by Hendron
cause troublé. He took nu part in was the signal for
the fight. off Robins, further disasters.
CONSULTATIVE SPIRIT: NOT RIVALRY. offered a long resistance to the week is $7.07 million gallons,
London, July 2
BOMe new agreement. He had In the absence of the Sovereign, often felt that Great Britain's Parliament was opened by the meticulous rectitude in fulfilling Royal
Commissionera. Lord her obligations had not been Sankey, Lord Kintore, Lord South-recognised as it should be. borough, Lord Davidson and Lord Denman were seated on the bench in front of the empty. Thrones.
Many Labour M.P.'s who were in the procession of Members of the House of Commons to the Upper: Chamber to hear the King's Spooch wore red button-holes,
Tributes to the King.
All the speakers In the House of Commons during the debate on the Address in Reply to the King's Speech referred with thankfulness to the recovery of His Majesty.
Mr. Harry Snell, Labour. M.P.
for East Woolwich, in moving the
(
Further Disasters, Dalton was sent back after mak- "We
ing one, Deane was stumped after are bearing burdens making
two,
Cameron and which, in strict rectitude and In
roccived a bad knock and WAS relation to the capacity of forced to retire, before he had others, should not be imposed scored." on us," declared the Premier amid Labour cheers.
Morkel, meanwhile, was playing | "Well shall go back on none dine defensive cricket and when of our contracts (ironic Op Deane's appeal against the bad position cheers)-but we shall light wae upheld, he was not out. in future arrangements not 17. South Africa then required forget that the just business 203 runs with five wickets in hand. Morkel had a good match Interests of our nation
nal be
Sacrificed."(Labour taking acven wickets and scoring. cheers).
105 for once out,
can-
R. W. V. Robine, the Middlesex Replying to a question regard- and former Cambridge bowler, Address, described the King as not ing the conditions upon which sent up 114 balis for 82 runs and merely their Sovereign, but as the Russia would be recognised, Mr. 8 wickets. friend and chief servant of his MacDonald said that the people.
con- ditions remained as laid down in Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the public despatch by the Govern- Prime Minister, said the Government, and the stood by those con- ment's two dominating concerne ditione,
The scores, as cabled by Reuter, were:-
England: Ist Innings .... England 2nd Innings,
302
were unemployment and social Turning to home affairs, the betterment, and peace and securi- Premier said that in the matter of II. Sutcliffe, e Catterall, b Morkel 10 ty by cordial co-operation between Safeguarding, they had, on coming E. T. Killick, e Morkel, b Christy 24 nations. A better understanding into office, received a report on M. Leyland, e Cameron, b Ochse, 102 with America was essential to the the wool industry which the Gov. E. Hendren, b Morkel ... latter.
ernment proposed to publfah, but W. R. Hammond, b Morkel
The foundations for the three wooden tanks to be used for the chlorination of the water of the Glenealy nallah, at the corner of Wyndham and Wellington Streets,
YEN HSI-SHAN TAKEN
SUDDENLY ILL.
Sent to Hospital in the Legation Quarter.
DURING A CONFERENCE.
Peklog, July 3,
Late last evening, while Ho Cheng-chun and Fang Pong-jen were holding a conference with Marshal Yen Hal-shan, the Shanal leader was suddenly taken ill.
A doctor called, ordered him to hospital without delay.
Marshal Yen Hel-shan 'enter-
ed the German Hospital, which
is in the Legation Quarter. He is believed to be auffering from dysentery-Reuter.
11 were laid this morning..
The
5 tanks are now ready for Installa J. O'Connor, e Cameron, b Ochso 11 tlon and as soon as they are in He would make a definite state- did not intend to put into opera-M. Tate, not ont
100 place the water will again be laid ment later regarding the arrange- tion. The Government also pro R. W. V. Robina, c Mihell, b
on, and three taps provided in ments for his visit to America posed to treat as a dead letter the Ochse
each of two of the tanks will take the place of the three formerly provided...
He added that the conversations White Paper detailing the con- I. Larwood, b Ochse so far had been purely prelimin-ditions for establishing Safe- J. C. White, not cat ary and exploratory in character. guarding enquiries,
The recent relations between the two countries, which ho hoped} would co-operate in all good causes throughout the world, had' not been too happy, and both were determined to change that.
No Protection,
Extras .....
18
Total (8 wkts, dec)..........
Bowling Analysis.
012
The electorate had, said the Premier, just expressed its overwhelming opposition to Pro- tective duties, and the Govern- Ochse ment did not intend to renew Morkel tho existing Safeguarding Ball Duties, and reserved the right Christy to repeal them before the McMillan statutory period of their opera- tion expired.
0. M. R. W.
65
20
24
18.2 2 60
3- 15
13 - 34
19
8.. Africa:-Ist Innings
Bouth Africs-2nd Inninga.
322
Mitchell
Mr. MacDonald assured the country that no time was being lost, for the Government was anxious to build up a disarmament policy upon the Kellogg Pact. Both Governments would seek the immediate co-operation of the other great Naval Powers, but a Action in the matter of the preliminary Anglo-American un-iconlfields could not be long delay. derstanding
Was essential tood, and the Government was R. H. Catterall, b Tato .....
consulting all interests with a B. Mitchell, e Hendren, b Robins view to producing measures that D. Morkel not out
J. Christy, e Hendren, b Robins would not be a temporary patch-E. L. Dalton, e Killick, b Larwood Referring to the proposed Re-work but would put the industry. G. Deane, at Duckworth, b
an up-to-date and eflclent parations Conference of all the on
Į
success.
Reparations Problem.
Governments concerned, Mr. Mac-footing. Donald said the immediate ques- tion to be settled was the date and
Electoral Reform.
Robink: H. Cameron, retired hurt H. Owen-Smith not out
Extras
place of the Conference, fat which; Referring to the paragraph in Great Britain had suggested the King's Speech on the subject London. A definite statement on of elections, Mr. MacDonald'said ・thin matter was at present the Government stood for constitu- Larwood
impossible...
tional, democracy. Ile doubted Tate. The Dawes plan, said the whether some developments, such Robins White. (Continued on Page 7.) Premier, must be replaced by
Total (for 6 wickets)
12
17.
$2
41
The third tank, at the top of Wellington Street, will be used for the process of chlorination.
FRANCE AND HER WAR DEBTS.
RATIFICATION FAVOURED" WITH RESERVATIONS.
(for the de- To Mr, d'Almada fence):-At that time he was uns conscious. He could see nothing. He saw a little at the beginning of of Bghting. He did not see his slatere struggling with any man or
men.
Fung Au, who found the lad in the water, said that he left the China Merchants' wharf at 10 p.m; on the night of March 18, and found the boy about 15, minutes
later,
GIVEN FAIR TEST,
After an interval of several weeks; the Chamber of Commerce to-day ventures a reply to the strong criticisms of the rescue tug "Kau Sing" contained in an official report by the Harbour Mastor. In publishing this adverse report, the Government sought to show that the vessel was "the 'child- of th Chamber of Commerce," since the special committee of that organisation was responsible for the main features of her design.
In the course of a vigorous defence, the Chamber lays great stress on the purpose for which the "Kau Sing" was built, which the Government in 1923 stated to be "rescue work in the harbour during typhoon weather."
With regard to the points at issue, the reply says; "The "Kau Sing" resembles very closely the Admiralty type of rescue tug which, developed during the war, proved their serviceability then and subsequently all over the world. Knowing also that a large proportion of big tugs is equipped - with single ́screws and manages to manoeuvre in narrow and congested harbours without mishap, it would appear that some other reason exists for the difficulty which is stated to have been experienced with the "Kau Sing."
The Chamber of Commerce has always been of opinion that a fully qualified master should be employed on the vessel, while on the point of engines, it is stated that there could be no excus for taking the risk of Diesel failure. Motor-engines, it is added, are more or less untried under typhoon conditions.
With reference to comments on the length of time the reply has been under way, we are informed that almost the whole of the reply was drafted early in May, but was held up pending the receipt of questions, addressed to the Government,
HARBOUR MASTER ANSWERED.
Mr. M. F. Key, the Secretary of Ling in narrow and congested the Hongkong General Chamber of waters; the Admiralty type of Commerce, writes:-
roscue tug, which has proved Sir,--With reference to recent itself highly successful all over correspondence on the subject of the world, also the majority of the Rescue Tug. "Kau Sing," the successful tugs such as those in Committee of the Chamber of Com-
single scrow. merce feels that it cannot allow to Liverpool, London, the Clyde and
vessels. PARS without comment the critic-in Holland are isms contained in the Harbour Master's Report, embodied
The Navigating Officer,
Special Committee.
in
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Cheung Mui, sampan woman, aald that she looked for the sam-Sessional Paper No. 2 of 1929, and pan in which the bodies were published in the Press. found for some.time, and even- Itually found it near Green Island. She would say that it was from three to four junka length from the island. Nobody went on board.
Police Evidence.
It is essential that a tượ, lu order to be used to the best advantage, should be handled by
The design of the "Kau Sing" an experienced Tag Master, and a was adopted by the Government on second Expert Committee, appoint. the recommendations of a Special ed by the Chamber of Commerce Committee appointed by the Cham-in 1026 at the request of the Har- ber of Commerce in 1923-1924 at bour Master, to advise as to the the request of the Government: this "Orders of the Tug," recommend- Sergeant Humphreys said he Committee consisted of Messrs. Red as follows: "The appoint. was attached to the Water Police,. Dyer, J. Reid, Capt. A. W ment of a fully qualified European He adhered to his previous state-Davison, Capt. T. Arthur, Mr. W. Master was considered essential," Lang (Surveyor to Lloyd's The Government, however, de ment that he found the knife, with Registry) and was under the fcided that a Boarding Officer only. which the crime le believed to have Chairmanship of Mr. R. Butherland could be made available to take been committed, in the bottom of (Chairman of the Shipping Sub-command of the "Kau Sing," the boat between two cars. Ho Committee of the Chamber of Com- It must be clear that tug-boat removed the knife before the pho-merce). In foirness to these gen: seamanship is of Д highly tlemen the Chamber of Commerce tograph of the sampan was taken.
ments.
His Lordship:-Is that accord-
ing to instruction? The instruc-desires to make the following com tions any that exhibits of that nature must be wrapped up and taken to the bacteriologists for examination.
It was impossible to take a picture of the sampan where it was found and it was necessary to remove Ht to the Railway Pler before this could be done.
Defence Outlined,
+
Outlining the defence, Mr. d'Almada referred to the mental. stato of the accused and said that he would call Dr. Cannon who would speak of mental tests given to the man. The tests were those usually passed by a child of ten Paria, July 2. The Chamber Foreign Affairs in England and by a Chinese Committee has passed a resolution child of 15. The difference in the in favour of the ratification of the age was on account of differences War Debt Agreements with Britain in language and in range of
thought. and the United States, with reser
Dr. Cannon was loath to express vallons.-Reuters
a definite opinion regarding the
could not prisoner. He definitely whether, the man was
The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest in the
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Harbour Master's Case,
special training - and, natural aptitude. Until the "Kau Sing has been properly tested 'under the command of a Master possessing such training and aptitude, it is The Harbour Master's case hardly fair, that she should be may be summarised as follows condemned on the grounds of the
(a) "Kau Sing", owing to liaving aleully of handling and÷"man-- only a single scrow, la practically foouvring her.
In unmanageable
typhoon In response to requests, the weather, when attempting to Chamber of Commerce received manoeurve alongside a ship. from the Government, under dates (b) The boller Installation is May 23 and June 10, 1929, ex- unsuitable because too long a tracts from the log of the "Kau time is taken in getting up sing, particulars of the qualifica- steam. From cold boilers, It
tions and experience of the four takes 12 hours to raise steam, and officers who from time to time even with banked fires in one boller it is not considered safe to have had charge of the vessel, send her outside harbour limits and statements by these officera until such time as steam has been giving their opinion as to how the raised in the second boiler." tag handles, *
(c) As it would be, uneconomical One of these statements is dated to convert "Kau Sing" from her 27.7.26 three others are dated present steam power to Dicaci 10.5.29. Between the four officers. motor power, the Harbour Mastor who, at various periods since the recommends selling her and tug was launched, have had building a new tug with twin charge of the tug there is a strik
Ing conflict of opinion as to her A full statement on the pointa ateaming abilities. The relevant extracts from the log contain na
Scrows,
J
either sano or insano. No medi- at issue is attached to this letter,
Single v Twin Berew
the described circumstances, the tug was not able to do what was required of her.
6 Pacific to the cast of Japan and the cal practitioner was likely to stake but for convenience I will sum-statement to the effect that, under
Bonins and is relatively low over his reputation on a definite marise them here. DO China generally. The position of opinion unless he was absolutely the typhoon is uncertain; It certain. The prisoner's case was Wprobably exists as a depression to one well known to medical men
the south of Vladiyostock. The as a border-line case, 2 forecast till noon to-morrow B
South local showers.
The tug, masters statements As is borne out by attached generally are inconclusive, being comments expert opinion convitiated by the fact that none of Counsel added that Dr. Cannonsiders single sorew tugs to be them have had previous experience
winds, moderate; cloudy would also refer to irresistible highly suitable for towage and in the handling of tags, or
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