SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1926.
TO GO.
SEE WHITE RACES SUNK BY ORIENT.
NO WORTH SAVING.
W. G. WALLACE..
CHARGED WITH ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.
"ARRESTED IN TSINGTAO.
Tsingtao. July 15.
Walter George Wallace, (no he
THE CHINA MAIL.
WAGES FAIR, UNFAIR wager since August, 1914, show
UNEQUAL DRAFTS ON THE WAGE FUND.
!
WHY MEN EMIGRATE.
By Sir Leo Chiazza Money, J
increases ranging from 28s, to 30s. a week.
HEAVY FLOODS.
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HOUSEA AND CATTLE ARE SUBMERGED.
Loss is CONSIDERABLE;
The Miner's Wage. We may now set out the conclú sion of the Coal Commission with regard to the earnings of coal miners.
As to hewers, the Report runs: Broudly, hewers' average earnings for a fall week at the pre-
Kaifeng July 21. " sent minimum perĉentage range
The City of Leyang has entirely from £108. to El 10%.; for the
been dooded, with the consequence whole country, since six shifts are
that coolles are compelled to dig commoner that 3 as a full week,temporary trenches for letting out something over 764. would be a fate the accumulated water In the Agure."
Fatreets.
Let those
The flooded condition as such
farmers and Inhabitants in сол-
Columbia process RECORDS
POPULAR
3865
3929
3850
3863
A critical situation has been
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created as General Fan 'Chun- hatu's troops are planning to attack Lusze with a fresh army recently formed up. This will probably endanger the position of General blu Tsun-hua who is at present, engaged in war against Shensi
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Shadows Before.
San Francisco, July 22 Two nationally known scient-) ists have within the last few days passed while at Tientaln) alias Ware disparities have always declared the civilisation and cul- B. L. Parker (upon his arrival alexisted, but never before, I think, time of the white races to be sub- Tsingtani, is a man of about thirty have they been so exceedingly un- merging botere the advance of years of age at present under fate as they have now become. the waves, of materialistic prose arrest in the local Police Station From time to time, disputea in
As to the "owest adult mining perity. One believes that another at the request of several persons this trade or that direct public at-wage the subastonce wage of is said to be unprecedented in race, the yellow or the brown per- frony whim he has allegedly raised tention. If imperfectis to the wages underground and surface workers yang The loss austained by haps, wai come up as the white money under false pretences. Giv-drawn in various industries, but it is reported that the lowest rare goes down. The other helling himself as as an Americans still true that one-half the world gure is represented by the Lan-siderable as both houses and cattlos citizen from Minnesota)" and, "acoes not know how the other half enshire man on spbsistence at 78. out no hope of early betterment.
are submerged. "Our American cities are inording to his own account, repre-live. Amongst the wage-earners 61. a shift. This, with a six-day danger of becoming ant bills of anting the Western State Petro-themselves there is little knowledge week means 458. In Yorkshire, the single low gride physical, metaleum Company, My Parker upon of waze-rates generally. Each corresponding man gets 524. 6d. at Tsingtan it, trade works for its own hand, The Lancashire figure of 15s., it is g moral standard," said Dr. his arrival Frank E. Summer of the Scripps alleged. preceeded to engage oblivious of its influence upon other said, may be taken as fairly repre-
former employer of Sorony named trades. Institute of Biological Resench.
senting the lowest adult wage for Chew and through him ahtained a pariously question whether number of introductions, during published a good deal of valuable strict.
The Ministry of Labour have a full week's work over any large such a civilisation is worth savis short stay (says the singtao information an relative wage rates. Samuel Report" says. "The position Little wonted that the ing." said Dr. Paul M. Schilpp of Times Mr. Parker raised" well and the general result of careful of the worst-paid men should be the College of the Pacific, spenk- ing of Western civilisation gen-of sending a receipt together with show that while the wenge-earners.sistener allowances."
evre $1,000 by the simple method and impartial offtris inquiry is to safeguarded, as at present, by sub- urally,
fa Letter of rongest for a spacifie as a whole, now enjoy wages which think otherwise who would care to The college of Dre Pacific is in amount addressed to one of other are higher than before the "war"subsist," with a family, on dós, a Stockton California, in the his victims. The victims, con-after making all allowance for the week. centre of the largest colonies of fidering doubtless the large rise in the cost of Hving, this As to the general position of the Oriental workers in the United terests with which Parker posed as geners result conceals a large cont-miner th respect of relative States. East Indians, Japanese, being connected, were all the more number of carious inequalities, progress since before the war, the Chinese and Filipinos toil side by ready to accommodate him, ant an Some workers have made substan-Report shows that he has fured side in this district to better the initial success always resulted tint increase upon their pre-war worse than men in home trades, and Hot of themselves and their further similar applications for families in the land of plenty and $100, or $200, until they became fod seriona diminution in real as
į earnings, while others have auffer-better than men in export trades.
A to netual mine wages, the un-Perlmutter of electric cookers. washers,tired and suspicious of the man'distinguished from money wages. skilled miners, as we can see by sewers, electric hewers of wond Bond listen.. Goods were' nisol
Builders and Engineer.
the figures given above, are not so and driwens of water.
- Huined. Taom. u Wenk jeweller, al
We may Dr. Schilpp doghts whether it is, watch afterwards being pawneh,
first illustrate how well off as builders or municipal worth while. He didn't specify and meantime the adventurer secunequally skilled workmen have labourers, but better off than ch just what race would succeed the pet apartinent along with Rasured by comparing building with gineers' and shipbuilders' labourers. white race as world leaders" but ||sian mistresses.
¦engineering. Here are industries Conl-hewers are much better off his heagers believed he referred i A stern demand for settlement two equal importance, and yet in-than skilled engineers la the Orientals generally. but you again early gestelday' morn quatries which offer the important builders, and generally about as Dr. Schilp was addressing a ling to be most are the Chinese consideration, that, if British an- well off as skilled printers, railway- club la Lodi, Calif., a town near authorities application to urineering perished or diminished, men, and builders. Strikk som
American Consulate learned that the building trade would suffer Parker is not registered as a seriously amener or later.
merican citizen. There is He In August, 1914. taking the oubt that had the arrest mit been average of large towna, bricklayers They now effected when it was, Parker would earned $41. an hour.
prarn. 18. 7ad an hour, an increase
· bare slipped off gesterday.
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in older days men underwent terrible physical hardships to gain spiritual peace. They worked with their hands and wreught well and were happy.
have humanity crowding to the "city with its set rules of daily con- tart, each individual lepending for comfort upon every » personi following the rules of existence." -United Press,
WARSHIP PLANS.
DISAPPEAR MYSTERIOUSLY, on
London July 25, Scotland Yard as making in
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THE PHILIPPINES.
GENERAL WOOD SHOULD
NOT CONTINUE."
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of 100 per cent. The cost of living, however, has risen only 67 per cent. se that the bricklayer is very much
better oft than before the war.
stalement fully
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE MAIL."
EntertainmenIR
July 31 Queen's Theatre: In Hollywood With Potash. andi
Tim
July 31--Star Theatre: Harold; Lloyd in "Hot Water,"
July 21-World Theatre; Rin Tin in Tracked in the Snow Country."
July Hawaiian, entertain- or shipers will perform at Ler Gardën, 2
and 90 p.m."
A word should be added as to the textile industries. Largely suppliers of export markets, these have suffered severely, and short time, which means. of course. seriously reduced earnings. been worked in some sections. 1 da not think the nation a whole
and since the war, the earnings of unskilled labourers have risen more than those of skilled men. It is however, matter for serious con- sideration that loss and suffering has been forced upon some of our noblest trades because they largely serve the export market.
August 6-Band night at Volun- teer Headquarters, 9 pm.
Sport.
Auxust 2-One-Club competition, at the Kowloon Golf 'Club, starting 1.9 .m.
Auctions.
------August-*-Pable Auetlen "6"} valuable lensehold properties (255) and 157 Queen's Road West), by Mr. A. 6. da Rocha, auctioneer, at his sales room. 3.
Meetings.
August 4-Meeting of creditors of the Oriental Commercial Bank.
p.m.
den Mow S.S. Co., tth. 65." Con- August 9-General meeting of
raught Road Central. 2 p":
10-Fifth ordinary meeting of Hongkong Amusements Ltd., at Queen's Theatre. noon.
realises how much it is indebted to Toun export industries for the man- If we turn to engineering, weful way in which they have met And that Btters and turners, whose unprecedented dificulties.
No one can regret that, as the average weekly time rate was in August, 1914, 398, 17d. for a 54.result of wage movements during Ltd., at 25, Des Vaux Road, Centrali hpur week, now draw 56. 6d. for Washington, D.C., July 25. a 17-hour week, an increase of only The Daily News, reviewing 35 per cent. Thus, the skilled en recent developments in the Philipineer draws in reat wages less pines, and commenting editorially than in 1914.
the rumours of Governor- Nor does this
express the disparity as between General Wool's resignation and') passage of the independence these two trades, for builders are plebiscite bills says: "There in full work, while engineers are
The farts given afford much food question whether Governor Wood largely unemployed. Again, the for anxious thought. For my part. vestigations into the disappear-should try to carry on when his building rates are merely nomlan, for the proper co-ordination of.)
I see in them a strong argument on the question of ance of the plans of the British views
for building operatives are short of cruiser "Suffolk," now ander dependence are being rejected by demand, and they therefore obtain industrial endeavour. Why should construction at the Portsmouth the representatives of the people in many places more than the trule not an Industrial Parliament be set
with whom he must co-operate, in union rate. Navy Yard.
For example, the trade, equally, representative of em- Details of the armament of the order that the administration.be a union rate for a Lention brick lave ployers and employél, to survey vessel have been kept most success.
is 18. 9h an hour, but few brick- industry as a whole, and to prevent 'secret, but it is understood that af "That Governor Wood decided-yers will take less than 24 the breaking out of sectional dis- putes by helping each trade to mee new process steel of unusually cannot continue effectively Painters, whose nominal rate is 1s. Loughness is used in the construc under these conditions." continues. often get 1s. 96, and plas. itself as part of a great interdepen- tion. The plans of the sab the editorial, is the principal terers, whose nominal rate is 18. marine KV-2 were also recently basis for the rumours that he is 9d.. demand and get zs, and more, piolen. Several months ago a going to hand in his resigna- member of the Irish Republicantion."-United Press. party was found
with naval
office plans in his possession: He was convicted and sent to prison on charges of unlawful possession of naval secrets.
Scotland Yard says that there has been no evidence so far un- earthed which connects the recent disappearance of plans with the former thefts by Irish Republi- cans-United Press.
NEW NEWSPAPER.
THE MALAYAN DAILY EXPRESS
We, ("Mancea Observer") have been favoured with the loan of copy of prospectus, dated July 12. of the Malayan "Daily Express" (1926) Limited, a company about
in
WRANGLER AT 21.
LONDON GIRL'S WONDERFUL SUCCESS.
A London bricklayer, working a forty-four hour week at 28., draws £4 48., whereas such skled" en- gineers as are lucky enough to find work have to be content with 669, 6d. for forty-seven hours.
these
dent organisation?
Coming On.
The Only Course.
Is he really your rival". "Y"
"Great Seatt! If i had a rival who looked like that, do you know what I would do?"
"No."
"P'd give up the girl!"
Revenge,
A map at an hotel in a loud tone of voice called his friend back just
The omnibus. was late, and then he was leaving the dining-room, and then whispered te him: "How driven was doing his utmost to. make up for lost time. He frowns far would you have gone if I ed as he observed a short distance hadn't called you back!"
The other, straightening himself ahend on the country road two- very small children with arms out-p, replied in a tone load enough lend you 26; I haven't got it on stretched beckoning him to pull for all to hear: "No, sir, I won't LP The Bus stopped and the two tiny tots clambered aboard. After me, and if 1 had, I wouldn't let you they were seated, the conductor have it until you have paid, me two months pproached them and asked for the what you borrowed
age." farea,
And while we speak of building and engineering, let us compare the earnings respectively of labourers Builders' trades. who got only A London girl, only 21 years of labourers, age, Miss Katherine Winifred d. an hour in August. 1914, now McIntosh, has achieved the "dis-draw 1s. 3d., an increase of 129 tinction of securing a place among per cent, whereas the wages" of the wranglers in the lists, engineers' labourers have in the of the Cambridge Mathema Hame time, risen from 22s. 10d. to tical Tripos. Miss Meintosh 108. 2d. a week, an increase of 76 won her way from London per cent. County Council elementary school
1.
Shipwrights and Dustinen, lo Girton College. From Brock- And these trades also give us ley. Road London County Council ['opportunity to compare the respec- school she proceeded in 1916 to tive movements of wages for skill- Binckheath High School with aed and unskilled labour. As we junior county scholarship. At have seen, the skilled engineer now Blackheath she became a Trust draws only 56s. 6d. a week, whereas scholar, and in 1921 the Lordon a London builders' labourer, whose County Council awarded her an nominal trade union rate is 1s. to be formed in Kuala Lumpur. intermediate county scholarship 41⁄2d an hour, demands and gets for the purpose of starting a new as the result of Я brilliant 18. 5d; or even la. 51⁄2d. At 1s. 5d.. daily morning) newspaper inmatriculation, in which she ob- Kuala Lumpur. The share capital laine, honours with distinctions of the proposed company is $200,- in five subjects.""
this means 62s. a week, or 58. 6d.
a week more than is drawn by a skilled engineer.
000 divided into 20,000 shares of In July, 1923, while still only Let a pass to a comparison of $10 each. The promoters, in 18 years old. Miss McIntosh won what is one of our firest and most their introductory remarks,, are an open mathematical scholarship characteristic industries with what very optimistic as to the results of at Girton, and was also awarded is a mere matter of fetching and I refer to shipbuilding their venture. We venture to a senior county scholarship by the carrying. suggest that their optimism London County Council. In Part and refuse-collecting.
The shipwright, AIA between would have been more justified 1 of the Mathematical Tripos, had they decided to make the which she took at the end of her August, 1914, and September, 1926, shares dollar ones. Ten dollar first year, she obtained a first- obtained an increase in his weekly shares are not very popular class certificate, and she has now time-rate taking the average of the amongst the small capitalist, and followed this up by obtaining the chief centres) of from 41s. 4d. a investor, and it is to this class of coveted distinction of being class-week to 558. 7d. a week (35 per people that the promoters willed as wrangler. This is her last cent.) in money wages, which, of have to look for their capital. term at Cambridge, and in course, expresses a serious decrease Fifteer thousand of the shares September she is taking up a post in real or commodity wages. are now offered to the public, on as a mathematical mistress at St. "easy payment" system, but we Paul's Girls' School, Hammer-drawing as much as, or more than, certainly think the venture would emith. have stood a better chance of
success if the price of a share
had been a humble dollar. We, however,
Fulfilled.
wish the promoters Mrs. Gnags: Before we were every success, and shall look for- married you used to say that you ward with interest to the first could listen to my sweet voice all publication, which we understand night.
goes well.
is to be on January 2, 1927, if all
Many municipal dustmen
are
our skilled shipwrights. As against" the shipwright's 658, 7d., a dustman at Glasgow enros 61s. a week, nt Shoreditch 70s. a week, and 'et Bethnal Green 758. a week.
Another interesting, comparison lo that of railway workers with agricultural labourers, An to the service, the "Labour Mr. Gnage: Well, at that time I railway. had no idea I'd ever have to do it. Gazette" shows that the rates of
"Oh, we don't pay," they chor-Į, used: "we're not three yet."
His friend will never call him back in a publje dining-room again.
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