1932-04-07 — Page 22

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE JPATRUOLUS 130 Apr.

ANDHI989

1901 Apr

Pur Marneillon, London, Rotterdamu & Hangaw For M senillas, London, Rotterdam

& Hamburg

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

TROILUS

ELPENOR

20th Apr.

For 'poni, Hasra & filosgow Rod May For Liverpool & Havre

NEW YORK SERVICE GLAHOUS

11th Apr. For Boston, New York & Baltimore vin Philippines, Port Swattentam

& Singapore

PACIFIC SERVICE (vín Kobe & Yokohama,

Por Victoria, Van'ver & Nestle TYNDAREUN

7th Apr. PROTESILAUS

6th May For Victoria, Vancer & Seattle INWARD SERVICE LYCAON

ADRASTIN

Due 10th Apt. Dun 11th Apr,

For 'ni, Moji, Kubu & Yoko From New York

fancially poiluesil faros ara quotail for cargo stemmers with

limited panger accommodation.

For freight, pasoaga Fatoa and information apply to the under-

mentioned.

All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Company*

Bill of Lading,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Agente

ENYK

E

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE WA U.S.A,

VARYING FRO 270 to £120 -ON SALE

BAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

Taiyo Maru

Tuosday, 19th Apr. Wednesday, 4th May.

BEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Asama Maru

Hoian Maru....... Hikawa Maru

4ONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM vin

Singapore, Penang, Colombo &

Tuesday, 26th Apr. Tuesday, 24th May.

Yasukuni Maru

Hakone Maru

Kamo Maru

*Tokiwa Maru

Suez.

Friday, 15th Apr. Saturday, 30th Apr. SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

Saturday, 23rd Apr. Saturday, 28th May. BOMBAY via Singapore, Panang & Colombo.

Tuesday, 12th Apr. Friday, 29th Apr. SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angelos, Mexico & Panama.

Ginyo Maru

Kitano Maru

*Calcutta Maru

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul,

Piraeus, Gonos & Valencia.

*Lima Maru

Thursday, 14th Apr.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

*Hakodato Maru

*Morioka Maru

KOBE & YOKOHANA,

Tushimi Maru

THE HONGKONG

RETRENCHMENT.

TELEGRAPH.

(Continued from Pago 5.) The heads of departments all ap- peared to the Commissioners to be anxious and willing to accept full responsibility for the running of their departments, but the Colonial Secretary's Office apparently will not let them have it.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932.

posal for severing the Water RAPE CHARGE FAILS. Works Ofco from the P.W.D., and, in connexion with the price- the costing of water, rofora to possible effects on the poorer classes..

Referring to local architects, the Government does not consider it desirable to confing the lat of au- thorised architecta to persons who hold the certificates of A.R.I.BA no such provision being in force In England.

A CASE HEARD IN NEW TERRITORIES COURT.

A case in which a charge of rapo was brought and attempted rape against Shing Yung-on, a youth at Hang Hau Village, Sai Kong, Now Territories, by a girl named Wong. Klu, had a sequel in the court of the District Oilcer South yester day afternoon.

prosecuted ARISTOCRATS OF THE PACIFIC

"FMPRESSES"

The Cadet Service.

The Government does not con- Dealing with the Cadet Service,sider the suggestion to put the the Commissioners note that the Electrical Department under the number of senior posts was recent-Postmaster-General to be round. ly increased from five to seven. The department deals with many The Commissionern recommend that these posts be not automatical-attors outside the sphere of the.

Postmaster-General. ly filled on a vacancy occurring. Referring to the P.W.D., but only when an officer sufficiently Government states that the Com-parents who kept an opium diyan qualified and efficient to-be deserv-missioners appear to have min Ing of such promotion in available conceived somewhat the position There promotions should be made of executive engineers. They are strictly on merit and not seniority. In full control of

Education,

-151

After dealing with various pects of the Education Depart-

departments,

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the

their sub-

Marine Cases. With regard to the Harbour De- inent, the report expresses tho opinion that too much is done for partment, the Government peints secondary education and too little out that the hearing

technical cases by the Harbour for primary.

of non-

Ofrer the Utmost in

SPEED-SIZE-SPACE-LUXURY

R

AND

SERVICE

Empr. of Russia Emar. of Japan Empe. of Canals

Empr. of Asia

L.PATC

Apr. 9 Apr. 11

Apr. 22 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 May May 9 May 20 May 23 May 24

3 June 6

Leave

Leare

The former could be curtailed Master takes on an average ten Rsed was the son of a shopkeeper { Empr. of Canada June June 20 June 21 June 23 June 95

Emir of Russia

in the witness box the girl stat-

|

'Empr. uf Japan

Sergeant Williams while Mr. Peter II, Sin defended the aceused and entered n plen of "not guilty." In outlining the Cane to his Worship (Mr. J. S. Maclaren) Sergeant Williama sald that the complainant lived with her in the village, where men went to smoke opfum, and that the alleged offence was committed on January 3 this year. The girl was 15 yours of age. On the day in question the The girl was parents were out. subsequently examined by a doctor. Informed of the matter, laid in- he mother of the girl, upon being formation to the Police. The ac- Afteen minutes a day. To in the Village. detriment to

tholo without any

ed that she did not try to shout

*mpr. of Anin Colony, and the method by which transfer these cases to the Central therefore

Empe, of Canada this should be done le by raising Magistracy would not

milted by the accused, and that she Empr. of Ruria the fees at Government secondary do much to lighten the work of when the alleged offence was com

was not afraid of him. Question-Empr. of Japan

Empe, of Asia schools which at present bear no the Harbour Master.

With reference, to the revenue

Sared by the Magistrate she admitted Empr. of Coanda relation to the cost of providing

ot the Government Marine

Govern that she l previous relations the education.

veyors Department, the are The basis on which grants made to grant-in-aid rehols should ment points out that if all fees with the accused, and further ad- them on the day in question and be rationalized. Speaking of sub-were treiled, there would still be mitted that one Au Kam caught sidized schools, the report saya that an appreciable gap between the ultimate deal to be kept in enue and expenditure. It there-it was he who persunded her mother Mr. Sin submitted that on the view is free elementary education fore considers that any attempt at prosecute the defendant,

the present juncture to make this

there department self-supporting by in-evidence before the Court Referring specifically to the Dlo-creasing survey foes would be awas no case for his client to answer, and Recordingly his Worship dis- Cesan Boys' School, Kowloon, the

grave mistake. Commissioners say:

The Harbour Department is primissed the case and discharged the

to control defendant. "It would seem also to the Com-

and regulate vessels and shipping missioners a matter for regret that marily a department

site no fine and extensive, and thin the harbour, and only second-

ItGovernment as at present advised deed possibly the best, in the restarily a revenue producing one.

in the Government's is not prepared to accept this re- dential portion of Kowloon, should would, have been allotted for the purpose opinion, be most unwise to reverse [commendation of the committer. of building this school: the lack this order.

for all.

of policy on the part of the Educa-

tion Department would here again

appear to be demonstrated. Two of

re-

S

Monetary Values.

Medical Department.

appends The Government Concerning the Medical Depart-appendix to the Commentary

1117

1.8

cents, many, including Bome of

the finest sites in the Colony (ie, ment, the Government states that follows:

Whilst some of the recommenda- the Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, the gradual replacement of Euro- and St. Stephen's College, Stanley).pean by Chinese nursing sinterstions in the report can readily be have been allotted to denomina has been and will continue to be reduced to terms of dollars ansel tional schools, while the Govern- the Government's pelley.. ment has not only built King's As regards the Sanitary De-the most important and far reach- College at a cost of one millionartment, the Government doing, cannot be so expressed. The dollars in what one may term aut consider it desirable to have Commissioners themselves refrain- back street of Hongkong and with-street cleaning done by a contrac-ed generally from giving monetary out adequate or suitable surround-for. The system was tried before values to their proposals. Several ings, but also proposed to build and the results were not satis-of the recommendations are still new Central British School, like-factory.

under consideration, and in a few wise al the cost of one million The replacement of Europeans cases recommendations which had the time the dollars, in a place remote from they Asinties in the Sanitary De-been accepted at

written, have inhabitants whose children it iyartment will have to be gradual Commentary was and and the experiment proposed to educate therein,

enrefully had to be reconsidered in the light near the purlieus of Old Kowloon watched.

of subsequent developments, City"

from

of

been Such figures as it has found possible to give, an those sections of the Report on which a decision has been reached, are ap- pended below. They must not be taken as a summary of the Report. and Commentary,

Public Dept.

Recommended Accepted

by

F Commision.

Russian Police. Exchange Problem.

Referring to the suggestion for Under the heading Treasury, the Commissioners do not agree with employing Russians in the Police Force, the Government prefers the the opinion that to fix exchange is proposition put forward by the to gumble. Consistently to settle, Chairman to that of the Unofficial or consistently to refrain

members. The Inspector General settling, would over a period years allow the law of averages to Police has carefully gone into come into operation, and would the question as to how far section show. the same result. On the sergeants can be replaced as a re- Works sult of the use of motor cycles. He Prices Dept. otner hand to fix exchange

ing Bla enables the Government, whose re-finds that only ten can be so re-nine Clecteal & accounte venue is in dollars, to know in adduced. Further, in no city in the Junkerini Service

patrols been death Dept. world have vance how many dollars it will re- quire in respect of all its commit-supplanted by motor cycle police. ments, both silver and sterling. If the interests of economy, how- ever, the Government is willing sterling be available in London for to give the scheme a trial. the Government's gold commit- ments this point is of course met,

foot

Exchange.

the but if it be not available and cor- Tuesday, 19th Apr.

Coming to the Treasury, tracts for supplies be entered into. Government remarks that the mai- to be paid later out of dollar re-ter of Axing exchange has its venues not yet in the Treasury ardent advocates as it has oppon- then exchange should be settled ents. The Government admits when the transaction is authorised. that last year, with the drop in Care should be taken to obtain com- the value of the dollar, the Gov petitive rates when pettling,

einment would have gained had It fixed exchange. On the other to The Government in a commen-hand, when the dollar tends tary on the report, declares that it rise, the effect might easily be dis- is not parpared to consider the pro-advantageous to the Colony. The

Friday, 8th Apr. Friday, 15th Apr.

Saturday, 16th Apr.

Friday, 22 Apr.

*Rangoon Maru (Calls Moji Wednesday, 20 Apr.

Kitano Maru (Calls Nagasaki) "Cargo only.

*

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