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HONGKONG

SHING MUN DELAY

(Continued from Poge *.)

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932.

the

WILH. WILHELMSEN, The NORWEGIAN, AFRICA and AUSTRALIA LINE.

bore, urge Your Excellency to CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. convey to the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for Colonies our protest against the delays which have taken place in commenco- the santioning of the ment of this most vital and neces- sary scheme for the welfare of this Colony.

the Honourable Bir Shou-son Chow, speaking on behalf of himself and the other two Chinese membars, after pointing out the hardships then suffered by the poorer classes take precedence over every other This dam must, In our opinion, of Chineso, said:"Sir, wo cannot afford a recurrence of that most public work. distressing condition. It must be provented with all the means and energy at the command of the Government. All the permanent schemes should be decided upon and pressed on with the greatest possible speed, without a single day's avaldable delay."

ro-

An

on-

Inexplicable.

001-

The Motorship,

ports

TENERIFFA"

signces of cargo are hereby notifed having arrived from Norway via on the 10th May, 1832, con that all goods are boing landed at

non-hazardous, | their risk into the hazardous and/or extra

ARISTOCRATS, OF THE hazardous

"EMPRESSES”.

admitted

for survey mado in writing within seven days after landing of goods are taken delivery of. the gonds or in any case before the Claims will not be recoverable unless complete accounts are sent in within fourteen days of Anal charge of veanc).

dla-

No Fire Insurance will be effected

by us in any case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be countersign-

THORESEN & CO., LTD.

Agents.

ANTWERP, LONDON

And STRAITS.

Mr. Kotewall's Speech. In seconding the motion, the Hon. gedowns of the Hongkong and Kew Mr. R. H. Kotowall said:-I beg to loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, second the motion. The ground is whence delivery may be obtained. so well covered by the Honourable Goods not cleared by the 28th May, Sonior Unoflelal member that very j 1932, will be subject to rent little remains for me to say.. All broken, chafed and damaged aro to be left in the There can be no question that packages

godown where they will be examined Equally emphatic were the

the most pressing problem now con on the 25th May, 1932, at 10 0.1. marks of the Honourable Sir Shou-fronting the Colony la our water by our Surveyors, Messrs. Anderson son Chow on the 20th October, 1930 supply. Representing as I do the & Asho. (Ace Hansard 1930 p.199), In

element in the No claims will

be applica preponderant Unofficial speaking for all the

unless notified and/or population, I urge with all Members Jointly.

phasis that not another day's tion avoidable delay in coromancing Early History. Finally, it was decided to place the second section of the Shing

should Mun schemo

be per- the work in the hands of

mitted, in view of the great eminent Brms of consulting gineers in England, Sir Alexander hardship entailed on the poorer Binnie, Son and Deacon, and, in classes whenever a restriction on January of last year, Mr. Gouricay the water supply is imposed. of that firm pail a visit of Inspec- tion to this Colony, and in the

Time and again during the lusted by Autumn Mr. Binnie came out here, with the result that, on the 10th three years have the unofficial mem- December last year, (See Hansard bers of this Council pressed on the 1931 at page 209) His Excellency Government the imperative need

In of pushing on with the work; and THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. the present Governor stated thie Council na follows:-"The it is inexplicable why in face of

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', position with regard to the second these strong representations and of section is that the scheme has been the equally strong opinion express. submitted to tho Consulting ed by His Excellency the Governor, Honourable Engineers, and two members of the as quoted by the firm have been out here and have Sentor Unofficial Member, the Sec-The approved of it. The question was retary of State should have held up urgent referred to the Secretary of State thla most casential and in the first instance and it was hold undertaking.

ver temporarily for that report. He expressed some viewя on the subject as to whether wo could afford the total cost. It is a very expensive scheme, but I strongly despatch which pointed out, in included a reference to the Gaol, that not only was it an essential work, vital to the "Colony, but that I considered our financial position was amply good enough to permit of the scheme being proceeded with at once, In the telegram in which

Reply by Government, the Secretary of State approved of

Replying on behalf of the Gov- the Gaol being paid for out of loan funds, he merely stated, with re- ernment, the Colonial Secretary gard to the second section of the said: The Government can readily Shing-Mun scheme, that we must accept the motion of the Senior

To comply with the General Bonded wait a little until he had seen the Unofficial Member, and, in fact, has

Regulations consignees I already anticipated it by despatch- Warehouse Consulting Engineers' Report. nasume, therefore, that, if the ing a telegram to the Secretary of must have a Revenue Omeer in atten- we State on 11th May setting out the dance when damaged dutiable goods second report is favourable,

the are examined. shall be allowed to proceed with present water shortage and

still No Fire Insurance has been effect- consequent restrictions it."

further reason for pressing on at

Bills of Lading will be once with the Gorge Valley Resigned by. servoir at Shing-Mun

GIBB. LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

Agents, Hongkong, 18th May, 1932.

Gaol.

B

Steamship,

"BENREOCH"

horeby Consignees of Cargo are informed that all Goods are being the Janded

Into their ut

risk hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong and Kow loon

Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves de livery may be obtained.

I should like to repeat here, what the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow and I have said on previous occasions, that the people will not grudge any expenditure in the form of interest and sinking fund in respect of loans raised for providing waterworks which would obvinte, at least for the Goods some years, the necessity for res- trictions on the water supply, with all their attending hardships and inconvenience.

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and

Absurd Suggestion. With reference to those remarks of II. E. the Governor, it

A short history of the more re- seems to me absurd to suggest cent negotiations in connexion with that this Colony, whose actual re- the Shing-Mun Scheme will, I hope,

1931 exceeded the serve to satisfy Honourable Mem- | venue for estimated revenue by more than bers that there has been no undue three and a half millions of dollars, delay in pressing with it. cannot afford to pay for such

A dam of this height, storing vital necessity as water, which is water to a depth of 200 feet. falls far more necessary to this Colony into the category of the World's and its expansion than even a new large engineering problema,

Since then, we must assume, in every step taken demands the most extreme circumspection. The ser- the absence of any news to the con- vices

an English Arm, Messrs. trary, that the report of Mr. Binnie i Alexander Binnie. Son and was favourable to the construction Deacon, with a very wide specializ- of the new dam as an engineering ed experience in this kind of work. Teat; and yet here we are, still

were, therefore, enlisted-and on assent waiting for the

the of

9th January, 1931, Mr. Gourley, a Secretary of State to our pro-

partner in the firm, came out to work Isals for the financing of

by the inspect the site selected and its declared which Was unanimous vote of this Council, possibilities. The data were not then suficient for him to return a Official as well as Unofficial, on the Gond trinion, and more exploration 18th July, 1929, to be work require work was called for. ing to be "pressed on with uthinst cespatch."

Dificult to Be Patient.

the

Scheme Reported Sound. On October 8th, 1931, Mr. Binnie It is difficult to be patient in the of the same firm came to inspect tho in the ince of such delay on the part of the foundations, which had,

And Home Authorities in sanctioning Treantime, been opened up, the accessary expenditure on such finally reported that the scheme

as proposed was a sound one. an urgent and pressing need an a

The not unimportant question of pare water-supply, especially boar-! ing in mind the fact that, if wenance remained, and the Secretary commenced work upon the second of State required figures which section of the Shing-Mun scheme would justify Hongkong in incur- to-morrow. It would probably take ring the necessary loan-and it from two to three years before we must not be forgotten that this should obtain even a partial in work was not the only one on the crease of our water-supply by the loan list, though it is much tho partial construction of the big dam, largest and the most important con- Lemplated. The year 1931 was a From the middle of 1928 down difficult financial one, but very full to the middle of 1929, as was point-Rigures, containing all available in- ed out by the late Governor (See

formation, were sent to the Secret- Hansard 1929 at p.134) the rain-ary of State on 10th March, 1932, fall was only about 33 inches. From in support of the Government's the 1st October last until the middle view that finance need no longer of May this year the rainfall was only about 15 inches. I quote stand in the way and that the work these figures merely for the pur could and should be undertaken at pose of emphasising the point that onca.

Opportunity Welcomed.

on

we are always liable to a recurrent

We hope we have now satisfied water shortage in this Colony if

tho we have a dry autumn followed by the Secretary of State a dry winter and spring, and that our only salvation lies in the promptest pushing on with the big Shing-Mun dam.

Protest at Delays.

In conclusion, I do most strongly, on behalf of the Unofficial

Mem-

engineering features of the schomo and the ability of the Colony to Annnco it; and nothing has been or will be loft undono to show the great urgency. Government, in- dead, welcomes this further oppor- tunity for despatching another (Continued on Page 11.)

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