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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-MORRÓW

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. LO MING YAU presents

LILY YUEN

IN HER LATEST STARRING VEHICLE

"THE COMEBACK”

with

KAO CHAN FEI-M. NIKITINA-LEE KENG

A UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE PICTURE,

Coming Attraction

THE HONGKONG - TEI:EGRAPH.

WATER CHARGES

PROPERTY OWNERS TO DISCONNECT

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1931.

cases to over $70 a quarter and In the average to $40 to $50 a quar- tur.

any

A Heavy Levy.

SILVER STRENGTH

AMERICAN BUYENS HUGE HOLDINGS

London, Mar, 12. Financiers here, attribute the continued firmness of aliver less to tho special demand than to the to absence of sellers, as there appears to be a tendency to hold on

"No allowanco bearing proportion to what landlords have to pay is made in the assessments, that We with the consequence The local water dispute has have even to pay rates on what we advanced another stage. The have already paid for water. property owners recently made representations to Government that the charge for excess water "This state of affairs amounts was too high. No relief having in effect to a heavy levy on land- been granted, the landlords are lords. There is only one romedy stocks. now threatening to disconnect can think of, and that is for

This tendency is possibly ex meters. their houses from the moins and landlords to give up meters, and allow tenants to ob- This might cause Inconvenience plained by the American reports extend his economic programme To compensate for the inconvent inconvenience would be negligible and include large purchases of tain water from street fountains to tenants, but I feel that the that President Roosevelt ence, the landlords offer to reduce if landlords were to make all rents.

appropriate reduction in the rent a1 would suggest $3 per floor ver was made at This gesture meeting of the members of the month and ask tenants to accept

What truth there may be in Hongkong & Kowloon Proporty responsibility for gotting their

water supply. However, these reports nobody knows but it Owners' Association, held yester-own

where tonants desire it, landlords is pointed out that American silver day at 2.80 p.m.

in

must

alvor, owing to the failure of the big gold purchases, to raise com- modity, prices.

1

arc now

In the absence of the Hon. Mr. could obtain the necessary coolle speculators purchases T. N. Chau, who expressed regret hire to supply water at 83 per estimated at 200,000,000 ounces at his inability to be present, Mr floor por month, thus preventing and that they are most anxious to LI Hol-tung, Hon. Secretary, took any hardship which might arise unload.Reuter.

on the severance of meters. the chair.

The Chairman announced that the object of the meeting was to consider the proposal brought for ward by Mr. P. K. Kwok, and call ed on Mr. Kwok to address the meeting.

"So far as I can see, it is the avowed object of Government to prevent waste, and not to make a profit on water. It appears that, if the luxury of a meter is re. quired, Government

the meeting, the Chairman asked members to exercise a curtain on full authority that Government Amount of patience. He had it was giving serious consideration Mr. Kavok said that the object full payment: but there is noth-to the matter and that the Hon. of Government in, Introducing ing to prevent people from going Dr. Kotewall and the other re-

Insista on

presentatives on the Council had

what had been described as uni- to the fountains for water.

the "I therefore propose that versal meterage, was to prevent waste. This object had not been members of this Association de been asked for their views. Be- realised as landlords were stili cide on a common policy, and that fore very long, a reply to the petition would be received and for water ac-is to give up meters on their pro- no doubt some rellef would be held responsible

control perty, making a rebate of $3 per forthcoming. He would propose counts. There over the actual consumers, who floor per month or, where tenants

was no

in the large percentage of cases prefer it, paying/ $8 per floor for that any action should be delayed were not responsible for paying coolie bite to carry water to esch until that reply has been received. water accounts, and whose liabili-

ty at the utmost was limited to $2 per floor per month, which was paid to the landlord.

Mr. Li You.Taun, C. B. E. sald floor."

This proposal was received with that the, Hon, Dr. Kotewall had seconded sent in a memorandum to Govern- acclamation and was

be

by Mr. Leung Kwal-tin, who saidment and he was strongly of the A petition on this vexed water that thle was the bost constructive opinion that nothing should question was sent in to Govern- propusnt so far brought forward. done precipitatedly and while the ment at the end of last year with Besides benefiting overybody, the whole matter was still sub-judice, The proposal was put to the the hope of obtaining relief. So coolie class, who were suffering far no reply had been received. from the trade depression, would meeting and carried unanimous. Meanwhile fandlords were con-have some means of augmentingly, with the understanding that action be delayed pending a reply tinuing to pay on excess consump-[their ving.

amountel

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