FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1930.
UNIFIED COLONIAL
SERVICE.
Scientific and Research Service.
of Dependencies, and of promotion on the ground of merit to the highest appointments in the Colonial Service;
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THE CHINA MALL.
NEW
SHADOWS BEFORE ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
Engineers and Their Salaries.. In the course of certain general remarks concerning the selection of engineers by the Crown Agents for (3) A great addition to the the Colonies the Committee prestige of Colonial service, with states:---- its consequent effect both on re-.
Some criticism was offered on the eruitment and on serving officers, ground of delays in Alling appoint
These are not merely attrac-ments and in a very few instances; tions in the interest of recruit- we were informed that some com- ment, but sound and essential plaint was made that occasionally a principles to be applied in the candidate had been selected who was interest of the keenness and of unsuitable from the point of view ciency of the Public Service, As of temperament and personality. The report of the Committee ap- an ideal, unification has,
The terms of appointment and pointed by Mr. Amery in 1929 to have shown, received at least lip the qualifications stipulated are 0.13 p.m. consider the system of appoint- Į service on many previous ocen- strictly laid down by the Colonial ments in the Colonial Service and alone. Some of the practicable Governments in their instructions
GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
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CHINESE CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION.
OFFICES and STATIONS of the CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS for Kowloon and Die- trict will be CLOSED to Public at Business on the 9th July, 1930,
being a Customs Holiday,
Social Functions. To-day-St.
John's Cathedral Hall Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m.
Tomorrow, Ten Dance Peninsula Hotel, 5 p.m. To-morrow-V.R.C. Night Fete,
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Theatre,
Theatre,
J. M. II. OSBORNE, Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Kowloon & District, York Building.
Entertainments To-day Queen's the Colonial Office continues: The difficulties which years ago loom-to the Crown Agents respecting "The 13th Chair”. Conference appointed a sub-com-ed so large do not now appear so cach vacancy, and if, as sometimes To-day - Star
Hong Kong, 3rd July, 1930. mittee to frame a scheme for the formidable, while fresh obstacles happens according to our informa- "Yankee Clipper," (matines only); creation of a Colonial Scientific | which now obstruct the roadtion, the emolumenta offered are R. B. Salisbury presents "When BRADLEY & CO., LIMITED. and Research Service, available might then have been brushed below the market rate, or the quali-Knights Were Bold," 9.15 p.m.
beg to notify the Public that their fications stipulated are too exacting for the requirements of the whole aside.
To-day-World But the need of efficient service, in view of the material available, 12 Miles Out." 5.15 and 9.20 p.m.; altered.from this date.to:
Theatre, TELEPHONE NUMBER has been Colonial Empire. In their Report. to the Conference (which is an the penalties of failure, the com- either delay must be expected, or a "Fiery Serpent" (Chinese picture), enlightening document on the plexity of the Government candidate will be appointed who is 12.30 and 7.16 p.m.
NOS. 260-45 and 26846 whole organisation of the scienti- machine, the opportunity of re-not in all respects up to the To-day Majestic Theatre; and they will be glad if clients fie branches of the Colonial Ser-sults of first-rate importance, all standard.
"Infatuated."
will kindly take note of the above vices), the sub-committee support- these are greater now. a more We do not recommend any altera- Today Central Theatre and make the necessary altern- ed the principle of the ultimate ffective organisation is to be tion in the system under which "Cocoanut."
tions in their Telephone Direc creation of a unified Colonial Re-achieved, the pronent is now the such appointments to the Colonial
Home Malls.
tories. search Service, through the devetimo for it. for, if we delay, it Services are made, but we think it To-morrow - Inward from lopment of separate unified Re-may become for over impractie- right to take this opportunity to America and ports (President search Services in the different able,
offer certain observations.
Pierce); from Europe via Siberia tranches of science-medical, agricultural, forestry, and pos- sibly veterinary.
Some of the Difficulties. •
discusses the
The reperi also difficulties which have been The sub-committee commen
Eitherto regarded as forbidding ed that the time had come for the organisation of a Colonial Agri-nification namely:
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p.m.
The recruitment of qualified (Karmala); 'Outward for Europe technical officers is peculiarly open vin Victoria, B.C., 6 pm. and to competition from private em- Europe via Siberia, ployment, acd this has been (Siberia Maru). especially in evidence recently with regard to electrical engineers. . . difference in the
We suggest that it would be an 8. climatic and other conditions of the Conference approved the genfe in the several Dependencies: advantage if a waiting list or pool eral principles and objects 0. (2) The differences
cultural Research Service, and
such OF organisation, anu Ye-
(1) The
in the
be
IN THE ESTATE OF E. E. ELLIS DECEASED.
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Creditors of the above named
Sce Special Sports Diary on page Estate held at the Offices of
Lammerts Auction.
of
of applicants found to be qualified July 10-At Sales Ream, Dud.
Street, a fine collection scale of salaries and other terms and suitable for appointment could dell quested the Colonial Office to ap of service of offeurs serving in
eatablished, from which stamps, 5.15 p.m. point a committee to work out
similar branches of the several vacancies could be filled as soon as c'etails. The Conference also
Colonial Administrations;
notified. agreed that the question of wider
(3) The personal inclinations grouping of services should be
service in explored, service by service, in of many officers for order to ascertain what might be particular territories; suitable areas for its application In 1928, the Colonial Agricul
We have the further observation ROUND THE CINEMAS to ofer that recruitment by Colonial Governments in all of the
"HAPPY DAYS" AT THE the case of many branches of the the Crown Agents are concerned (4) The consideration that, in branches of the Services with which
QUEEN'S THEATRE. Colonial Services, and particular seems to be of a spasmodic and COMING ON SUNDAY.
annual volume is considerable. It
Seen and heard on the Fox
tural Service Committee, appoint- ed by the Secretary of State in ly the administrative branch, the irregular character, though its total pursuance of the recommendation efficiency of officers requires them
peoples;
of the Conference, made its Ra. to be conversant with the langu.Is beyond doubt that the field of Movietone screen, "Happy Daya," | part in which was recommended age, customs, etc., of the local candidates might be improved and all star, ali talking, all singing, and enlarged if it were possible for the dancing romance at the Queen's the creation of a unified Colonial (5) The reluctance of many Colonies to indicate their require Theatre from Sunday is a positive Agricultural Service, to include of the Colonial Governments to ments. even if only their minimum rat only Research staff, but all qualifled officers who might be support any appreciable modifica. requirements, in a bulk requisition. sensation, one that must be seen to selected out of the Agricultural tion of the exlating system of self.presented some months before the be fully comprehended, as it baffles
description.
necessary
actual selection of candidates was Départments of the Colonial Gov-Colony and their power, in cer- contained services for each
The ensembles number more than imperative.
150 and include such well known ernments. The Committee pro-
Apart, however, from these poeed a definite scheme of salariestain cases, to reject financial or
stars of the stage and screen as do not Janet. Gaynor, Charles Farrell, for this unifled Service, and weather proposals which have been special observations, we
hesitate to give it as our opinion Will Rogers, Victor McLaglen, Ed- hitherto regarded as draw attention especially to their steps towards any unification. that any real improvement in the
mund Lowe, El Brendel, Franki The Committee emphasises that quantity and quality of the fully- Richardson, Marjorie White, J. the rigour of life in the tropica trained engineering personnel re- Harold Murray, Walter Catlett,
quired for the Colonial Services William for Europeans has been very ap preciably mitigated---particularly must depend on an improvement in Baxter, James J. Corbett, Ann Pen- in so far as Tropical Africa is the general rate of emoluments rington, Sharon Lynn, Lew Brice, concerned..
view that the creation of the Ser-
vice, with its prospect of a wide and varied career, would in it- self put. recruiting on an entire
ly new basis.
In 1929, there appeared the Re- port of the Colonial Veterinary Service Committee
which recom-
mended the creation of a unified Service. maded by classes, with a
proposed scheme of salarier.
Value of Unification. We have referred to this series of reports in order to show that expert opinion is Ing towards the view
· present avstem af individual self-
ponsible for a growing recogni tion of the limitations imposed by
the maintenance of a 'system which had its value under other conditions.
We desire to state unreserved-
With regard to terms and con-
ditions of service in the different in Tropical Africa, a sustained if Dependencies it points out that,
not intensive effort has been directed to obtain
Collier, sen., Warner
offered.
George Our evidence shows clearly that Keene, Charles E. Evans, Whisper- MacFarlane, Richard in view of the cost and duration of ing Jack Smith, and George Oleen. inducements usually offered by the an engineer's training the financial: and his music. Colonial Services are not adequate.
a measure of "A System of Patronage."
if a similar effort were to bo
move, an old difficulty. In respect
"THE COCONUTS.””'.
as
Lowe, Bingham and Matthews on the 20th of June It was resolved that Ernest Frost Hardman, Chartered Accountant, be appoint- ed Trustee.
E. F. HARDMAN, C.A., Administrator. Shanghai, 27th June, 1930.
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IN DAYS OF OLD.
GRANT ANDERSON'S FINE ACTING AT THE STAR. ·
"WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD.”
It is impossible to be bored by uniformity. The results suggest The report reviews the methods
It is unfortunate that American Mr. Grant Anderson. He possesses that some relation
by the dictionaries between the of selection employed evidently mov-
apėļl coconuta
that great histrionic gift of being scale of salaries and other terms Secretary of State for the Colonies cocoanuts, for they have nothing able to command continuous atten that the
the recommendation of his in common with cocon of service, not necessarily in the on
In the ion. Even the pretty girls fade contained Services in each Colony sense of the adoption of identical Private Secretary (Appointments) home of the coconut-Malaya and out of the mind when he jokes in has had its day. The increased schemes, could be also expected and says:-
| Ceylon—"coconut" is there his queer, quiet, fascinating way. specialisation of staff and the
The present system la open to cognised official spelling by Gov-Mr. Anderson is obviously a "and" need for specialist advice is res-directed to the Colonial Empire criticism, first and foremost, as crnments and by planters. And and. It will not surprise us if he as a whole. It also points to the being, at any rate in theory, a sys-they ought to know." The old-responsible for heavy bookings at recent successful attempt to re-tem of patronage.
fashioned and incorrect spelling the West End theatres before long. Our own decided view is that the (cocoanute) jaru on one's sense of In "When Knights: Were Bold” of pensions for mixed Colonial existing arrangements should be re-correct spelling.
Mr. Anderson took the part that service.
placed by a system of recruitment, However, right or wrong spell-Freddie Walsh used to play (in the It thinks that prospects of pro-at once more authoritative and more ing did not influence the great "good old days) of Sir Guy de motion would overcome ly that there is a valué in a mere-
the per-independent. For a variety of rea- crowd at the Central Theatre last Vere, the baronet who is indifferent ly nominal unification of Colonial al inclinations of officers for sons we find ourselves unable to re night when The Coconuts com to the glories, of his past and the Services, considering the author-rvice in a particular territory. commend the system of open commenced a seven days' run. Wa valorous deeds of his ancestors, ity which the Secretary of State The difficulty as regards know-petitive examination. So farten well believe that never before
Good Audience, la in a position to exercise over ledge of, local languages it admits, as the African Administra-has, anything like, The Coconuts" Probably quite a number of peo appolatinents and terms of ser- but points out that the same dif- tive Services лге
concerned. been seen in Hong Kong,"・・・ ple In the audience, last night; (a culty already exists in India, we are satisfied that it Never before has anything like good one, considering the heat), Nigeria, etc., where
a multitude would be inexpedient, at any rate it been transferred to the screen. had seen this farce before. Like of languages la spoken.
It considers that the fifth diffi- on the test of written examinations, just the same features that one barsgers of being "a safe ticket,
under existing conditions, to rely Here, at least, is entertainment-Charley's Aunt," It is a perennial ainging, dancing, glorious fooling and has the reputation among Civil Service from one Provincial culty calls most for attention Our recommendation, in the case Administration to another or he adds our plea for the re-of all appointments made through would see had he paid $6.60 for always assuring a good house at
alignment of the Colonial Services the machinery of tween a Province and the Govern directed only to the rationalisa-Secretary, is that the appointing showing of this Marx Bros. pro
the Private seat at the Broadway stage least, in the Provinces and the Far ment of India as there is inter- tion of the staff organisation as staff cease to be in the position of
Fast. But no one minded hav- Colonial movement of officers In
duction:
ing seen it a. dozen times before. the Services of the different De-t concerns the personnel normal private secretaries to the Secre ? Groucho Marx, the talkative Every one went to see Grant pendencies.
ly recruited But the Colonial Services are (Great Britain). Our sole aim is menta branch be incorporated in the Harpo, with his dumb show, his would be interesting to see him in in this countrytary of State, and that the Appoint umber of the delightful quar- Anderson, whose acting never fails lette, a side-splitting Jester; to put one in a good humour. It deprived of that advantage and to assure the maintenance and Colonial Office as a permanent part prestige which, by reason of its improvement of, the quantity and of a Parsonnel Division of that expressive pantomima and his in-Shakespearean play; he would being a uniffed Service, accrues quality needed for the Public Ser Omce, to the Civil Service in India. ¦ vice overseas, and the efficiency There is in existing circum-And prospects of serving officers, stances a considerable measure of Participation in a scheme of fater Colonial transfers, more par unified Services would, it seems ticularly in the senior appoint to us, bring substantial benefits ments. It may fairly be said to all, Colonies which rely for that the highest appointments in their supervisory personnel on re- the Colonial Services are under ruitment from huve the present system open to any Open Competitive Examinations. officers recognised to be of out- On the subject of open com standing merit. But what is to petitive examinations for East- our mind, a matter of doubt is cn Cadetships. the Committee whether particularly in the | Ways ----
více.
There is probably In present circumstances, not so much move
ment of officers in the Indian
4.
smaller or more remote Colonies, On the evidence submitted to officers of special ability do otud, there is nothing in the ex- tain recognition, or obtain it in perience of appointments under time, by having the chance of this system to the EasternOrdet showing their capacity in Jum Services which would Justify us clently responsible positiopa.in fecomme
the present Some Advantages of the Scheme.
We believe that the
Vanta
(To Be Continued.)
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spiring harp playing Chico with probably make a better showing in his inane antics.and Zeppo, the "Hamlet" than a good many of our foil for his brothers' madness; lesser actor
& keep the house rocking with glee. 299 Local Talent, Keautiful melodies from Irving
When Knights Were Bold" is too Berlin start you humming The well known Loatescribe Here, But theme song. When My Dreams other members of the cast deserve Come True, is a catchy roman mention, including Miss Alleer a chord in the heart Mary Eaton, Dick Bary, as the Rev. Peter the tic tung that strikes a lilting Raymond as the Lady Rowent the scintillating blonde Ziegfeld Fettlebury, and Kenneth Birrell star, and Oscar Shaw, her part 28 Sit Brian Ballymate, the im ner in the great musical comedy pecunious Irish baronet whose success, The Elve O'Clock Girl,
estates were mostly ruins and are splendid in the romantic leads bogland An the scheming Jewish
and the chorus nun
mappy ma
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