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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY

NEW ASSESSMENT PERCENTAGES.

EXPLANATION, MADE IN COUNCIL..

Four naiv Bills received their first readings in Council yesterday afternoon, and an explaination was given of the Government's amond- mant of the Assessment Tax per- centages.

His Excellency the Governor (Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.R.E.) proalded.

New Members. ' The Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor and the IIon, Dr. W.B.A. Moore took the Oaths of Office on taking their seats as. Colonial Treasurer and Director of Medical and Sanitary Services respectively.

Assessment

Rate.

JENG SHEE CASE.

ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE TO RETURN.

8, 1931.

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

H.E.'S TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO GAVE AID.

Mrs. Jong Sher, alias Phyllis, Yung, in to return to California

At a meeting of the Legislativo where she la "wanted" on a lar-Come, held yesterday afternoon, cony chargo involving the sum tribute was paid by His Excellency, G.$26,000,

the Governor, to all those who help- Extradition proceedings were ed after the disastrous railway ac waived by Mr. F. II. Losoby (actcident last month between Talpo ing for Mrs Jeng Shee) when the and Shatin, and, niso, to the work case

again

Mr. of the railway ataff for the manner before came Schofield yesterday afternoon; in which they had since grappled after a short remand enabling Mr.) with the situation. Sympathy was Loneby to scrutinise the warrant, also expressed to those who were and other papers incidental to the injured and to the relatives und case which have been brought here friends of those killed. by Inspector Cannon, of the San Francisco Polico.

said that, il cession,d and I have had letters

His Excellency said:-I desire to take this opportunity of publicly Mr. Loseby said his client would thanking most kiucerely all those continue in the position she had who gave most valuable help after taken all along-that she was the disastrous railway accident willing to waive all further which took place on the 20th of between Talpo and The Colonial Secretary moveti.-. formalities and go back to the last month,

wonderful the "Resolved by the legislative Coun- States as soon as possible. A boat Shatin. It w cil that on and from the date to be was leaving on Tuesday and 21r amount of help that was offered and fixed by a Excellency the Gov Jeng Shee would be travelling by given and had it not been for that fact it is almost certain that there ernor for the coming into effect of it.

would have been a greater loss of this resolution the following per- Mr. Somerset Fitzroy (appear-fe. In the reports I have re- centage shall be payable as rates, Ing for the Crown)

a number of names were namely, for any tenement assessed, the circumstances, he would ask 17 per cent. Provided that

the his Worship to remand the fugl-sent to them expressing the thanks said percentage shall be reduced tive in police custody from time to of this Government, but it is pos to 10 per cent, in the case of any time until the date of the sailing sible, however, that in the stress tenement for the water supply of In due course he would ask the and strain of the aftermath of such which from the Government water-American Consular representative a disaster a certain number of works the only provision made is to withdraw the requisition and helpers might have passed un- a supply of unfiltered water, and

their names shall be reduced to 15 per cent, in the woman would go back in the noticed or, perhaps,

come for her, There was to need very sorry if any of them felt that the case of any tenement for which custody of the officer who had were not known, and I should be no provision is made for any

ap order would entall further cognised. I therefore take this op supply of water from such water for an order from the Beach: such their services had not been re- work. For the purposes of thisperled of 15 days before execution, portunity of thanking them all. resolution provision for water The fugitive was then forinally should also like to congratulate, on supply shall be deemed to be made remanded in Poll custody until this occasion, the Acting Manager for a tenement, although It has

of the Railway, Mr. Walker, and his not connexion with the Govern

star for the very Ane way in which ment watermaina 1 waterworks,;

they grappled with the situation. A Honourable Members may know if such temment is situated with in 200 yards from a Government

the great damage done to the line watermain."

was not so much at the place where DEATH OF SCHNEIDER the accident occurred as at a place a little this side of Shatin Station, TROPHY WINNER.

where the embankment was -COM- London, May 7. pletely washed away for a distance The death is announced of the of many yards. I had

airman, Flight perlence of cloud-bursts and floods famous British Lieutenant 1. R. 11. Waghorn, the on railway lines three years ago in winner of the Schneider Trophy in Malaya, and I know, well 929. ile died this morning of the in-amount of work involved in restor juries he received while flying with lig such damage, and I think that test pilot at Farnborough, when the railway staff are to be greatly having restorel his plane crushed in a gale. Both congratulated on airmen took to their parachutes, the line with such celerity and open- but Lleut. Waghorn dropped too it again to trafic. Hon. Members will observe that late and was picked up half a mile

from the machine. Both were in the only discrimination now pro- jured Better. posod is on the basis of the pro- vision of water and that there are only three rates which vary ac

He said. It will be remembered; by Hon. Members that the Aeling Colonial Secretary when muovitiy a resolution in this Contoril on the 4th of December, 1930, to increase: the Assessment rates referred to the present alware of uniformity in the figures for various call. ties and be intimated that it was hoped to introduce in time for the quarter beginning on

the 1st of July a simpler table of rates. The resolution which I am now moving will if it is approved carry that polley into effect.

Faturday.

OBITUARY.

cording to the amount and quality or percentages the provision

or

some ex-

the

1 should also like, on behalf of this Council, to offer our deepest Rympathy with those who were in- Bured in the accident and also to Lose whose relatives and friends Iwere, unfortunately, killed.

of the water provided, the rate non-provision in certain localities being 17% for a supply of filtered of police patrols, street lighting. water, 16% for supply of un-educational facilities and the like the present proposal is entirely filtered water and 15 where no is illogical as the absence or pre-equitable.

IN Hui- provision is made for any supply sence of such amenities

It is proposed that the date to of water from Government Water ciently reflected in the rateable be fixed for the coming into effect Works. As was observed in the value of the premises. For this of the Resolution shall be the 1st speech of the Acting Colonial See-rason Government feels that the of July, 1931.

The Colonial Treasurer second- rolary to which I have alrendy re-raising of the percentage in the] ferred, the Government feels that ease of certain outlying districts ed and the resolution was agreed any attempt to refleet by a variety which will follow the adoption of to.

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