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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
28th January, 1935.
Encl.No.1
I have the honour to submit for the
signification of His Majesty's pleasure the following
Ordinance intituled:-
Encl.No.2
An Ordinance to provide for the
Incorporation of the Cheero
Club of Hong Kong.
The enclosed report by the Attorney
General explains the objects and reasons of the
Ordinance.
I also forward a certificate under my
Encl.No.3 hand as required by Article XXVII of the Royal
Instructions dated the 14th February, 1917.
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Governor, &c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
HONG KONG.
No. 4 OF 1935.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
Governor.
25th January, 1935.
An Ordinance to provide for the Incorporation of the Cheero
Club of Hong Kong.
[25th January, 1935.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Cheero Club In- Short title. corporation Ordinance, 1935.
2. In this Ordinance :-
Interpreta-
(a) The General Committee means the General Com- mittee from time to time appointed pursuant to Section 5 of this Ordinance.
(b) The Ladies' Advisory Committee "
means the Ladies' Committee for the time being appointed pursuant to Section 6 of this Ordinance.
(c) The Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong means the Young Men's Christian Association as incorporated by the Young Men's Christian Association Ordi- Ordinance nance, 1923.
No. 7 of 1923.
3. The General Committee for the time being shall be Incorpora- a body corporate under the name of The Cheero Club Hong Kong" (hereinafter referred to as "the Corporation") and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and shall and may have and use a common seal.
4. The purpose of the Corporation shall be to promote Purposes. and carry out in the Colony of Hong Kong the following
objects:-
(a) To maintain and carry on the Cheero Club Hong Kong.
General Committee.
Advisory Committee.
Delegation of powers to Ladies' Advisory Committee.
Power to make re- gulations,
(b) To provide facilities for the entertainment and re- creation of His Majesty's Forces in the Colony of Hong Kong.
(c) To provide the said facilities under the aegis of the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong.
5. The first General Committee shall be Sir William Shenton and Messrs. Philip Stanley Cassidy and Alexander Somerled Mackichan, representing the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong, and Mr. Frederick Charles Hall, the Reverend Lewis Bryan and Mr. George Gwinnett Noble Tinson representing the Subscribers to the Cheero Club Fund, together with the Chairman for the time being of the Ladies' Advisory Committee.
The first Chairman of the General Committee shall be Mr. Frederick Charles Hall, and thereafter the Chairman for the time being shall be appointed by the General Committee.
On the resignation, death, or other determination of the membership of any member of the General Committee, other than the Chairman for the time being of the Ladies' Advisory Committee, the General Committee shall appoint a successor, and in making such appointment the General Committee shall, unless there is good reason to the contrary, maintain on the General Committee three nominees of the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong and three representatives of the subscribers to the Cheero Club Fund.
6. The Ladies' Advisory Committee shall consist of not less than six or more than twelve members. The first mem- bers of the Ladies' Advisory Committee shall be Mrs. Edith Lewis, Mrs. Eileen Bellamy, Mrs. Esme Henderson, Mrs. Ethel Tinson, Mrs. Nancy Fitzgerald, Mrs. Gladys Baskett, Mrs. Margery Bowes-Smith, Mrs. Helen Drummond and Mrs. Hildred Shellshear.
The Chairman of the Ladies' Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the Ladies' Advisory Committee.
On the resignation, death, or other determination of the membership of any member of the Ladies' Advisory Com- mittee any vacancy so caused shall, if the General Committee think fit, be filled by the General Committee on the recom- mendation of the Ladies' Advisory Committee.
7. The General Committee shall from time to time delegate to the Ladies' Advisory Committee such powers as the General Committee shall consider expedient, in order, subject to the directions of the General Committee, to vest in the Ladies' Advisory Committee the control and manage- ment of the Cheero Club.
8. The General Committee shall have full power to make regulations and by-laws :-
(a) For the control and management of any premises owned or occupied by the Corporation, and in regard to all matters incidental to the conduct of such premises.
(b) For the internal management, subject to the advice of the Ladies' Advisory Committee, of the Cheero Club.
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9. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the Power to Corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases acquire, of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, sell property. messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situated, and also to invest moneys upon mort- gage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels, goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (1), the Corporation shall not acquire any immovable property in the Colony unless it shall have previously obtained the special consent of the Governor-in-Council in each case.
(3) The Corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, ex- change, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, mes- suages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, vessels, goods or chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the Corporation, upon such terms as to the Corporation may seem fit.
10. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal Sealing of
of the Corporation shall be sealed in the presence of and shall deeds, etc. be signed by two members of the General Committee for the time being and the Secretary for the time being and all instruments requiring the signature of the Corporation shall be signed by such committeemen and Secretary.
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11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed Saving of to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs or the Crown Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or and of
of any other person except such as are mentioned in this certain other Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 24th day of January, 1935.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
persons.
Enclosure No.2
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong,
25th January,...1935.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. ....4.
.....of 1935.
1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to provide for the Incorporation of the Cheero
Club of Hong Kong.
I am of opinion that the Ordinance is not contrary
to the Governor's in structions.
3. Owing to the increase in the number of His Majesty's
Naval and Military Forces in Hong Kong in 1927 the Young
Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong was requested by
The English National Council or the Young Men's Christian
Association to provide additional facilities for the enter-
tainment and recreation of His Majesty's Forces in the
Colony of Hong Kong.
4. On receiving such request the Young Men's Christian
Association of Hong Kong with the help of a Committee of
local ladies issued an appeal for funds with the result
that premises were obtained for the purpose of providing
recreation facilities for His Majesty's Forces.
5. The original Committee consisted of Directors of the
Young Men's Christian Association and later were added
members representing the General Public of Hong Kong and
the Chairman of the Ladies' Advisory Committee.
6. The premises first obtained were at the corner of
Queen's Building in the premises formerly occupied by the
Banque Franco Chinoise. Later the City Hall Committee
granted accommodation in the City Hall and from that date
until the City Hall was condemned as unsafe, facilities
for dancing, writing, whist drives and other amusements
were carried on under the name of the Cheero Club and proved
of the greatest service in providing recreation of the
above description for members of His Majesty's Forces.
7. On the closing of the City Hall the Club fell into
abeyance for lack of accommodation and in the Autumn of
1933 an appeal was made for sufficient funds to enable new
premises to be erected to carry on the Work so successfully
inaugurated by the Old Cheero Club under the Auspices of
the Young Men's Christian Association.
8. The appeal was successful in raising over $41,000
which was sufficient to pay for the erection and furnishing
of a building on a site which had been granted by Government
at the corner of Murray Parade Ground which had been handed
back to Government by the Secretary of State for War on the
understanding that it was to be used for the benefit of men
of His Majesty's Forces and such land is now vested in the
Young Men's Christian Association.
9. As a result of meetings between representatives of the
Young Men's Christian Association and of Subscribers to the
former fund and members of the/Ladies' Advisory Committee it was
decided that the premises should be used by the Cheero Club
and that it was for the benefit of that Club that the Club
should be incorporated under an Ordinance so as to give it
perpetual succession.
10. The Ordinance, which was introduced and passed as a
Private Bill, follows generally the lines of other Incorporation
Ordinances of the same kind.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency
the Governor may properly as sent in the name of His Majesty
and on His behalf.
Attorney General.
Enclosure No.3
I certify that adequate and timely notification
was made of the intention of the parties concerned to apply
to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for an Ordinance
styled "An Ordinance to provide for the Incorporation of the
Cheero Club of Hong Kong" before the same was brought into
the Legislative Council. Such notification was made in the
manner following:-
Notification of the intention of the parties to
apply for the said Ordinance was advertised in two issues of
the Government Gazette on the 7th and 14th December, 1934;
and in two issues of an English newspaper circulating in the
Colony, namely,
The South China Morning Post
on the 5th and 7th December, 1934. A draft of the proposed
said Ordinance was further published in two issues of the
Government Gazette on the 7th and 14th December, 1934.
A proof of the notification was made before the
Governor in Executive Council.
Hong Kong, 29th January, 1935.
Governor, &c.
HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
John Ambulance Brigade Overseas and to incorporate the Director for the time being of the Ambulance Department of the order of St. John in Hong Kong and the Treasurer and Secretary for the time being of the Hong Kong Branch of the St. John Ambulance Associa- tion as Custodian Trustees". He said: The St. John Ambulance Association is a foundation of an Order at present designated the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John Jerusalem and is incorporated by Royal Charter.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas is a subsidiary of that Order.
A Branch of the Association was established in Hong Kong in the year 1884, and a District of the Brigade in the year 1916.
The work of the Association is to train and certify pupils in the principles of first-aid and nursing and that of the Brigade to organise them on efficient lines when certified.
The success which the work of the Order in Hong Kong has met with is so well-known that it is unnecessary to enter into any details of it; the results speak for themselves.
The organisation has acquired property both movable and im- movable in this Colony and will agquire more from time to time.
The object of the proposed Ordinance is threefold, first to prevent unauthorised persons from holding themselves out as qualified members of the Order, Association or Brigade; secondly to incorporate the Director, Treasurer and Secretary and so obtain greater uniformity of control and stability and to ensure perpetual succession; and thirdly to take over all movable and immovable property now belonging to the organisation in this Colony.
The proposed Bill has been drafted by the legal advisers of the Order in England and has been approved by the Honourable Attorney General of this Colony.
THE HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.
Objects and Reasons.
The "Objects and Reasons" for the Bill were stated as follows:
This Bill follows the form usual in incorporation Ordinances of this nature, particularly that of the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance, No. 22 of 1927.-
CHEERO CLUB INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1934.
THE HON. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON moved the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the Incorporation of
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the Cheero Club of Hong Kong." He said: In the first place I would draw Honourable Members' attention to certain alterations which have been made in Clauses 1 and 3 of the Objects and Reasons.
In Clause 1, fourth line, the words "its head office in London" have been struck out and in place thereof the following words have been substituted "The English National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association."
In Clause 3, first line, the word "three" has been struck out, in the second line the words "three other" have been struck out and in place thereof the following words have been substituted "later were added." In the third line the words "appointed by" have been struck out and in place thereof the following word has been substituted "representing", and in the fourth line the words "assisted by" have been struck out and in place thereof the following words have been substituted "and the Chairman of the."
The Cheero Club had its origin in 1927 when the Young Men's Christian Association in Hong Kong was requested by the English National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association to provide additional facilities for the entertainment and recreation of His Majesty's Forces in the Colony of Hong Kong by reason of the Sha Force Expedition.
The original Committee consisted of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association and later were added members repre- senting the general public of Hong Kong together with the Chairman of the Ladies' Committee, a Ladies' Committee having been appointed.
The Cheero Club has from time to time been carried on in various premises in the Colony and in response to an appeal for funds initiated by Lady Peel, to which there was a generous response, it has been found possible to erect premises for the Club on a site which has been granted by Government at the corner of Murray Parade Ground which has been handed back to the Government by the Secretary of State for War.
The main idea for which the General Committee is to be incorporated is for the purpose of insuring perpetual succession. The purposes of the Club when incorporated will be to promote and carry out in the Colony of Hong Kong the following objects:--
(a) To maintain and carry on the Cheero Club, Hong Kong.
(b) To provide facilities for the entertainment and recreation of His Majesty's Forces in the Colony of Hong Kong; and
(c) To provide the said facilities under the aegis of the Young
Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong.
HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
The draft Bill has been duly advertised in accordance with the Royal Instructions and the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Copies of the Bill have been forwarded to the Honourable the Attorney General and the Bill has been approved by him.
I move the first reading of the said Bill.
THE HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.
Objects and Reasons.
The "Objects and Reasons" for the Bill were stated as follows:
1. As a result of the increase in the number of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces in Hong Kong in 1927 the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong was requested by its Head Office in London to provide additional facilities for the entertainment and recreation of His Majesty's Forces in the Colony of Hong Kong.
2. As a result of such request the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong with the help of a Committee of local ladies issued an appeal for funds with the result that premises were obtained for the purpose of providing recreational facilities for His Majesty's Forces.
3. The original Committee consisted of three Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association and three other members appointed by the General Public of Hong Kong assisted by a Ladies' Advisory Committee.
4. The premises first obtained were at the corner of Queen's Building in the premises formerly occupied by the Banque Franco Chinoise. Later the City Hall Committee granted accommodation in the City Hall and from that date until the City Hall was condemned as unsafe, facilities for dancing, writing, whist drives and other amusements were carried on under the name of the Cheero Club and proved of the greatest service in providing recreation of the above description for members of His Majesty's Forces.
5. On the closing of the City Hall the Club fell into abeyance for lack of accommodation and in the Autumn of 1933 an appeal was made for sufficient funds to enable new premises to be erected to carry on the work so successfully inaugurated by the Old Cheero Club under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association.
6. The appeal was successful in raising over $41,000 which was sufficient to pay for the erection and furnishing of a building on a site which had been granted by Government at the corner of
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Murray Parade Ground which had been handed back to Government by the Secretary of State for War on the understanding that it was to be used for the benefit of men of His Majesty's Forces and such land is now vested in the Young Men's Christian Association.
7. As a result of meetings between representatives of the Young Men's Christian Association and of Subscribers to the fund and members of the Old Ladies' Advisory Committee it was decided that the premises should be used by the Cheero Club and that it was for the benefit of that Club that the Club should be incorporated under an Ordinance so as to give it perpetual succession.
8. This Bill follows the lines of other Incorporation Ordinances of the same kind.
ADJOURNMENT.
stands adjourned until
H.E. THE GOVERNOR.-Council January 24th.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Following the Council, a meeting of the Finance Committee was held, the Colonial Secretary presiding.
Votes totalling $24,130, being $6,130 under Estimates 1934, and $18,000 under Estimates 1935, were considered.
Item 136.-32, Public Works Department-Other Charges, 5.— Electric Fans and Light, $900.00.
THE CHAIRMAN.-I understand Item No. 136 is not required.
Item 140.--20, Police Force.-32, Transport, $2,400.00.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER. I would like to propose that this vote be increased from $2,400 to $2,450 as since the Votes were made up small charges totalling $50 have come in.
This was agreed to.
Item 144.-21, Prison Department.-15, Materials for Repairs and Renewals, $200.00.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER. Here again I would like to propose that this figure, $200 be increased to $242 as several small charges amounting to $42 have come in since this vote was prepared.
This was agreed to.
The votes were passed as amended.