(unofficial member and partner in the firm of Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Ca.) stated that members of the shipping community with whom he had consulted said that wireless position-finders were a necessity. He hoped that when Hongkong set the example the Chinese Maritime Customs would follow suit by erecting similar wireless position-finders along the coast.
Mr. Parr suggested that the Director of the Observatory would be well advised to pay the observatories at Siccawei and Manila a visit for the purpose of comparing notes. They would possibly benefit the Colony by their experiences.
Mr. Parr also voiced as the opinion of all right-thinking men and women of the Colony that the Government should take immediate steps to bring all labour guilds, unions and such like associations in Hongkong under stricter contro).
The senior Chinese unofficial member endorsed Mr. Parr's remarks regarding labour guilds and unions. He considered that unscrupulous persons should not be allowed to trade upon the credulity and ignorance of simple labourers.
Mr. A. O. Long observed that there was a general feeling that the Observatory and its system of recording storms and conveying information to shipping was not all that should be. He stated that certain recent events appeared to have created a lack of confidence, possibly unjustifiably, in the Observatory and its present system of recording typhoons and, as a result, a very full report dealing with the subject had been forwarded to the Government by the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber suggested certain procedure with regard to an investigation in order to ascertain whether the Colony was being served with the b st available meteorological and wireless broadcasting systems or whether the present arrangements
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