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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881

No. 1518

三拜禮 號四十月四英港香

WEDNESDAY, APRIL

14, 1937. ·日四月三

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Master Tire

H.K.FACES ANOTHER WATER FAMINE

Supplies Still Inadequate, Say Colony Experts

NEED FOR SECOND HUGE

KOWLOON DAM STRESSED

Island's Vital Pipeline In Danger; $3,185,000 Must Be Spent at Once

Unless water restrictions are again to become a per- manent evil, an almost immediate expenditure of $3,185,- 000 will be required on water works in the Colony. Government must also envisage the construction, at no distant date,' of another huge reservoir in the New Territories. Jubilee Reservoir cost over $7,000,000.

Despite completion of Jubilee Reservoir, the position in Hongkong has become so acute that it is officially described as "serious".

re-

Although $20,000,000 has been spent on new water- works from 1920-1935, the safety margin between sources and requirements for a constant supply is very small.

By next year this safety margin will disappear, and it will become necessary to impose water restrictions as drastic as those in force before the completion of Jubilee Reservoir.

This startling information is contained in a Report on the Water Supply of Hongkong, tabled in Legislative Council this morning.

The report reveals that water consumption in Hong- kong has more than doubled in the last decade, and estimates that the daily consumption in 1941 will treble the consumption of 1926.

In 1926, the daily average 'consumption was 10,500,000

it year

gallons.

Last

20,300,000 gallons.

was

In 1941,

according to official estimates,

it will be 28,000,000 gallons, and

PIRATES FIRE ON

will increase annually thereafter H.K! CRAFT

at the rate of 1,800,000 gallons per day.

Crew Locked Up As Consumption last summer, It is revealed, reached a record of 121.53 million gallons on the island, and

Launch Looted 71.52 million gallons on the muin- land. This abnormal increase, re- Stopped by shots across its presenting a daily gain over 1935 of bow, a Hongkong steam launch 3.03 million gallons, equalled about four years' estimated increase, and was seized by pirates in the taxed the flitering and distributing vicinity of Hole Island yester. system

The Colony to its utmost, day afternoon. `- Commenting on this increase, the Director of Public Works, the Hon.

of

The launch was owned by Mr. R. M. Henderson, atutes in the Lam Hung-wah, who told Report that unless extensions and dramatic story of the coup when enlargements are Immediately faced, he returned to harbour in the the Colony shall be in the position of having water but unable to de- early hours of this morning.

UNDISTURBED BY BULLETS' WHINE

These mercenaries from Moro ceo are the coolest, and possibly the bravest, of the troops under the Insurgent banner in Spain. Here, while their gunners on the left engage an enemy only a few yards away, and the oficer in the foreground to atches the effect of their fire with his glasses, other members of the little

will man that stuttering gun behind the cactus.

advance post relax; one to ponder, one to sleep and one to roll a cica rette. their comrades are hit they

GOVERNOR

REVIEWS

COLONY PROBLEMS IN VALEDICTORY SPEECH

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, attending his last meeting of the Legislative Council this afternoon, reviewed some of the major problems facing the Colony, in the course of a valedictory address.

In the course of his address His Excellency said Honourable members.— "This is, I am sad to say, the last occasion on which I shall have the privilege of addressing you from this chair. I therefore ask your forbearance for a short message of farewell before I declare this session adjourned;"

KOWLOON BARRACKS TRAGEDY

Sergeant Found With Throat Slashed

Worried Over His will soon, I am glad to say, be possi-

Daughter

at

Overlapping

In Public Health Work

Dr. A. R. Wellington's Critical Report

REBELS CLAIM GOVERNMENT DRIVE BROKEN

Madrid Troops Suffer Enormous Losses

BILBAO'S DEFENDERS NEAR

END OF RESISTANCE

Salamanca, Apr. 13.

An Insurgent Army official communique to-day states that the Government forces have suffered disastrous losses on the Madrid front, 'the International Brigades, most reliable units of the defending army, having been badly smashed in recent fighting. The Government has been waging a furious offensive and yesterday claimed that 10,000 rebels in the University City had surrendered.

The Insurgent communique relates that the Govern-. ment forces attacked strongly after a heavy artillery bombardment, and were supported by Russian tanks. However, the Insurgents' accurate machine-gun fire eventually forced them to retreat in disorder, and six tanks were captured. Two tanks were destroyed by anti-tank guns.

The fleeing Loyalists were machine-gunned, in- explicably, by Government planes, as well as rebel fliers.

-ONTARIO TO FIGHT RADICALS

Hepburn Challenges Communist Element

Demands Cabinet's Solid Support

A shortage of food in bellaved 19 be

| bringing about the collapse of Bosque

resistance before Bilbo.

Rumours of negotiations for the surrender of Bilbao, though denied in that port, have been current for some time. It is considered significant that the Insurgents have coased their hammer-blows on the wearied Basque Inc.-Reuter Bulletin Service,

MINEFIELD MENACE

London, Apr. 13. Following an intimation by General Francisco Franco, the Board of Trade announced to-day that insurgent war- ships were mining intensively the area between Sacratif and Cape Falco, in Die Mediterranean, and between. Cape Vidlod and Capt' Malhichaco in the Bay of Blecay.Reuter.

CORRESPONDENT DETAINED London, Apr. 13. The strike in the General

The Foreign Secretary was ques- Motors Corporation plants in tioned in the House of Commona to-

Oshawa, Apr. 13.

chronicle the substitution of betwins regarding overlapping Canada has forced the company/day about the detention in Malaga by

Uze

MORE TAXATION

the Government Medical

Council this afternoon.

In

418

nomcially that His Majesty's Gov- welfare atlon cor

the

was

had been informed

ernment was

his concerned for would be and

glad of inform concerning his position. In another answer Mr. Eden slated in commual- Foreign Office cation with both the Spanish Govern- ment and Insurgent authorities in respect of British subjects serving on riser at in the Civil War and laken prisoner.-British Wireless,

REFUSE TO SURRENDER

His Excellency said, in part: "It 1 were to write a local history of the past sixteen months I would include the following among my chap- ter headings:-Currency; Retrence- ment and Economy; Taxation; Public Salaries; Friendly Relations; Mul-Tsol; University; Public Health; Volunteers; Air Part; Water Works; Prisers; and of Scenic Hongkong. Under nono

1 these headings, of course, could finished chapter be written; in every case, something, and in most cases a great deal, remains still to be done. "Under Currency for instance it

ble to

Kocaller, representative there of a nickel safety-rimmed

for cupro- Department and the Urban Health to turn over rush export orders the Spanish Insurgents of Mr. Arthur

to the United States, factories London newspaper. contained nickle small coln, and the consequent Department are

Eden explained that Mr. Health Report on the Public

Or-with which it is affiliated. discomfiture of the counterfeiter.

was not a British subicct. Tragedy occurred

he was a Under Retrenchment and Eco-ganisation.of Hongkong, made by Dr. Whitfield,

Mr. Henry Carmichael, vice-pre-but

the insurgent Barracks In Kowloon yesterday.nomy I hope that the termination of A. R. Wellington, Director of Medical

tion in Canada has made public a authorities Sergeant w. P. Brown, of the Corps the salary levy will soon be record-Services, and tabled in Legislative sident of the General Motors Corpora- English newspaper spondent of an Military Police, is lying in the Public ed, But the tale of

substitution, wherever and whenever possible, of "Small in area but of considerable telegram sent to the Corporation's Mortuary.

locally

Born for imported officers is importance politically and commer omfees in England, expressing regret He was found dead in his room at a serial story and must go on from cially, Hongkong is at the same time that he could give no definito in- the barracks early yesterday morning year to year."..

a fortress with a naval base and an formation as to when the strike would air base and a commercial city with be settled. He added that any orders with a deep gash across his throat, almost from car to car.

a large port. It is a Liverpool and Immediately required would have to Birkenhend for South China.

be obtained from the United States "Taxation is not a popular caption, "The public health problems are plants. but I cannot conceal my considered chiefy those of a large commercial

Meanwhile, the belilgerent Ontario opinion that if the sanitary and social port which in other colonics would premier, Mr. Mitchell F. Hepburn, has services of this Colony are to be be successfully administered under asked his Cabinet at Toronto to sup- raised and developed to such a level municipal form of government,

"But just as there is no room in port his policy of opposition to the

American-born

or Committee of In- and extent as thut wisich I some- times see suggested, and not un- Hongkong for a Municipal Govern-

the Colonial dustrial Organisation or resign." reasonably sugested, in the

Government, so there is no room for The C.I.D. it was which caused the #Victoria: Is a not too clean city a Government Medical Department costly strikes in the automobile in refused to obey the shouted instrue

with a grave slum problem which is, und an Urban, Health Department dustry in the United States, which the tlons several shots were fired at his

vessel, some of them hitting the Sergeant Brown, who lived at 32 as you know, being investigated by a working Independently under differ- have only just been concluded.

Demanding the united support of 2.-Reduction in cost of excESS woodwork.

Hankow Road, hud been in Hong-committee. That committee has dur-ent heads.

largely water,

been and fact that the public

ing my time Five pirates,

all armed with kong for 18 months and was

"The position of the Director of his Cabinet, Mr.. Hepburn declared appears to be under the impression modern revolvers, then boarded the popular with those who knew him;

dormant owing to changes of stair Medical Services with regard to the the forces of Ms. John Lewis, C.I.Q. that no further restrictions are vessel. The coxswain and his crow It is thought that an inquest will and to the impossibility of tackling Urban Council and the

such

not yet satisfactory chlet, and Communfsmn, were mor. 10,000 rebels In University City, as a large problem during the Department

ching

together. We are, going; to necessary following completion of were forced into the hold, where they be unnecessary.

provision for the emoluments of hold back the spread of Communism economic depression. Its report how- Jubilee Reservoir; and

were locked in.

The widow and three children are ever will come before this Council a Senior Health Officer having been in this province as long as I am here," 3.-General tendency to List Half an hour later the pirates de leaving for home by the troopship

this

from the estimates, the he declared. He added that he had more water as a result of increas-camped, after completely ransacking Dorsetshire on Friday.

1 year or come it will, and when it does deleted

have no doubt, present Director of Medical Services had to arranged for the Dugmentation of ing knowledge of Western stan the ship and damaging the engine.

serious demands on the public con- perform the duties of that officer in emergency police squads in Toronto, Mounted Police were at hand. Reu- dords of Public Health and

When the crew succeeded in forcing

science and

on the public purse, addition to his own. More than a Communism's "capital" in Canada. their way out of the hold the piratë

sociat services the year's trial of the scheme proved Mr. Hepburn said the authorities terg regurds junk was out of sight.

BLOW TO AFL Colony, may well be proud of the that I cannot possibly be carried had discovered that "Communists achievements

its voluntary

out fully without the appointment of from outside are ready to take an New Kensington, Pean., Apr. 13. Paris, Apr. 14. workers and subscribers: It is indeed a Senior Health Officer or Deputy increasingly active part in the Oshawa Delegates from the country's ten It is reported that internationally a magnificent tradition which, I feel Director of Health.

altuation.

pilacipal aluminitim planta, repre- prominent German emigrer, headed sure, * will never be impaired. But "The Director of Medical Services

When the spare parts department ofsenting 12,000 workers, have severed by Herr Heinrich Mann, brother of there are limits to the deld of private has to spend so much time at the desk the Oshawa plant opened to-day, their affiliations with the American the novelist, Herr Thomas Mann, philanthropy for the simple reason dealing with Urban Counell and employees reported for work and Federation of Labour and formed a have formuled plans for a Popular that not all rich men are philanthro- Sanitary Department minute papers were hooted by 3,000 pickets. But new union, afiliated with the Com Front party to combat Nazism and piste, and if the field of social sor that there was little left for inspec- there was no attempt at molestation mittee of Industrial Organisation are secretly distributing propaganda vice is to be widened questions of tions or for superintending the since detachments of Royal Canadian-Reuter, JVM (VASKNA in-Germany-United Press,

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Jiver it.

The large increase in consumption last year is attributed by Mr. W. Woodward, wlto furnished the bulk of the Report, to:

1.Early termination

rainy reason;

The pirates were in a Hoklo junk, near which the unsuspecting launch Was passing when it was commanded

-to halt.

A Near the body, which was found by fellow-soldiers, was a blood-stained razor. There is every indication that the man took his own life..

Sergeant Brown had lately been very depressed and in a poor state of health, owing partly to the climate and partly to a recurrence of old war fact that his daughter was recently invalided home.

When the master of the launch wounds. He was also worried by the extra revenue will have to be messment in addition to

Hygiene.

MORE RESTRICTIONS SEEN The junk carried no distinguish- "The provision of further suppliesing marks, and efforts to trace it at must be put. In hand as early as this late stage are considered fairly possible if restrictions, in the evont hopeless.

of low rainfall years, are to

avoided," Mr. Woodward declares.be

TURKISH POET PASSES

"From an economic point of view

Angorá, Apr. 14. both the Island and Kowloon

Abdul Hakhamid, 80, Turkey's resources have now been fully de

died here to-day veloped. Any increase in require national post,

(Continued on Page) Unded Pros

OPPOSITION TO NAZIS

.

very.

"As

here

Madrid, Apr. 14. Following word of the Loyallsis recent victories on the Guadalajara front, it is learned to-day that the Government troops are now camped at Ledanca, after a four-mile advance.

General Minja

has ordered

ordered his. artillery to mercilessly annihilate

Hate the It is reported the rebels there reject- which demanded their surrender. cd the Government's United Press.

ultimatum,