TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930.
AS OTHERS SEE US!
VIEWS ON OUR "CIVIL SERVANTS' PARADISE.'
concealment and abuse. Therefore such not recommend any we do system for Hong Kong. Nor have! we any sympathy with geographical or
other orthodox distinctions. Merit should govern wage, and meriti only.
.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA "MAIL,
Entertainments.
To-day- Queen'a Theatre "Children of Pleasure." To-day Central "Fast Company:**
To-day-World "Fighting Love."
8.
Theatre
Theatre,
Today Star Theatre, Battling Butler."
Today Majestic Theatre; The Last Command."
Sports
See Special Sports, Diary on page
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Meetings. To-day-Sanitary Board Meeting. 4.15 p.m...
Regarding allowances, the Shang hat Commission recommends that allowances granted to employees for the use of their private cars in Municipal service, and the use of Municipal. cars by employees for use against monthly their private payments, should cense. All locomb- than required by employees In the
September 23-Extraordinary conduct of their duties should be furnished by the Council under general meeting of the Dairy Farm, garage system to be provided and Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd., Ex- controlled by the P.W.D. The rechange Bldg. (1st floor), commendation does not apply to the Voeux Road Central, 11 a.m.
Miscellaneous, Police Department or Fire Brigade.
To-day-Lecture at the Univer These recommendations, however, represent a choice between evils. If sity by Miss Martha L. Root on the the system of allowances is open to Bahai Moventent, 8.30 p.m.
To-morros-Púbic Band Con- is the official transport
ment launche, etc., are ordered to
Des
Shanghai may boast. many at- tractions not enjoyed in Hong Kung-eaharits for instance, says the China Press in its jasne of In one respect, September 7. hawever, this Colony his attained 'a plane which Shanghai despairs of reaching. Shanghai is not a Civil Servants' paradise. The re- Fort of the Shanghut Salaries Commission, just published, will have been read here with the elos- est attention, coming as it does while the long Kong taxpayer still staggers under fresh burdens, imposed to make Civil Service conditions EVER more luxurious What than thes were before. Shanghai thinks of its Commission's report we wait to hear, but to Hong Kong it commends itself as a fair and accurate summary of conditions and a reasonable and just set of recommendations, Inspired by sound commonsense and a genuine desire to protect the interests of all, in-abuse, so
In Hong Kong, Governcert, Kowloon Football Club, 9-p.m.... cluding the taxpayer. Our view is system.
September 29-liong Kong Stock naturally relative. but we feel wo should congratulate the Shanghai convey officia. who could very easily Exchange Settlement Day.
or ferry, to the Commissioners and extend to the travel by tram
envious saving of fuel. The official trans- Shanghal ratepayers our felicitations. Full comparison, be-port system, however, seems the tween conditions and revisions in best, if there is proper control. the two ports is not possible except The Shanghat recommendation! in a very lengthy treatise on parallel that payment of all Magicipal lines. There are, however, some salaries should be made on a dollar
In between making love to the outstanding prints which sufliciently basis seems at first glance to set an' illustrate the differences,
example to Hong Kong, but the fifteen-year-old daughter of
his scales of pay show great contrasts, Shanghai change is from tnels: tailor on Woosung Road and com a few mostly in favour of the Hong Kong saluries there have not been paid posing amorous sonnets to
one, Mau put in Civil Servant. The head master of in sterling. Unquestionably Hong chosen a public school in Shanghai, for in- Kong's servants also should be en working hours plying needle and stance, is to receive $950, rising to gaged and paid in Hong Kong cur. thread as an apprentice to the $1,850 per month in nine years by rency, and the extraordinary ex native sartorial business, says a schemes Shanghai paper of. September 9. not spoiling good triennial increases of $135. In, change Hong Kong the head master of a abolished. An obstacle in the way When he was school gets £1,000 to £1,300 per year, the Secretary of State's order for cloth for his employer, he was which, taking the dollar as being payment in sterling, but if and when spending most of his waking mo- worth 1s. 3d (for conveniant cal- the Hong Kong dollar is stabilised ments working up a few choice culation) is $17,600 to $20,800, or that order will probably be rescind phrases with which to spring $1,4GG to $1,733 per month. A
ct. Even now, however, the Shang. surprise an little Ah-nyeu when Head mistress in Shanghai is to re-hai Commission's reasons also apply the signal came for putting in the ceive from $600 to $870 per month. to itong Kong (1) A smaller unit fast half dozen stitches for the winning any local Her sister in Hong Kong receives, gives greater flexibility in scales of day. Ah-nyeu did not stand much from $1,086 to $1,200 per month,
with possibilities of future chance of Examples like these might be quoted indefinitely, and even mak seonomy; (2) Sooner or later such, beauty competition and the fact ing allowance for varying cireumel a change must be brought about and that she had a habit of looking a suitable opportunity is now pre- stances the Hong Kong scales resented in the revision and complla
main comparatively generous.
The
Among the most interesting of the Shanghai Commisions recommendin tions are those referring to the engagement of local men. The Commission was guided, inter alia, by the following basic principles: (1) Through the reorganisation of the Council's staff to eliminate as
Hay
compensation
tion of scales of pay for all depart
ments.
are
LOVE AND WORK.
THE TWO MUST NOT GO TOGETHER!
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two ways at the one time did not
help her much.
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1 To the other apprentices. Mau, therefore, was an object of curio sity,
To the father of Ah-nyeu, the love-sick Mau was a source of He decided .constant annoyance. that love, and business didn't go
ness hours.
Further, he ordered
Minu to direct his attentions to someoke outside the family.
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NOTICE.
The elimination of free medicines, treatment and maternity free medical aid while on leave among the Shanghai Commission's
in his establishment, and forbade other recommendations, and another together as a paying proposition reform which Hong Kong might she of the twisted vision to come far as possible the appointment of adopt is the reduction of leave pri near the workshop during busi- vileges-six months in five years foreigners from abroad, to positions instead of four years. We are aware that on points like these we which could be suitably filled by. local applicants, especially Chinese; shall find ourselves at issue with the (2) To create throughout the Coun Imperial Government and others ell's service a system by which the whose constant fear is that the con- present and any newly engaged ditions of service will be made
a time when in his walking orders. But the ap members of the Chinese staff can, unattractive-at be gradually fitted to take up higher Britain there are two million unem prentice to the clothing trade wasT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that,
commencing on Iployed! Nevertheless, the taxpayer nothing if not persistent. an adequate scale positions upon
instant, A One Sunday afternoon when busi- 16th af remuneration. In some degree who must find the money to support
be 'will these principles can also be applied attractive conditions is entitled to ness. in the workroom was at high
When everything else had failed, the tailor took the final step of locking his daughter in her room during the day and giving Mau
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TUESDAY, CONSTANT maiatalned
tractive conditions need not be gilt pleting a rush order for two suits Districts Weat of Eastern Strec*. Kong.
HAROLD T. CREASY, In 'Shanghai,
edged. The Shanghai, Commission of his best striped under-garments, |
Water Authority, ultimate return of the Settlement to can speak with feeling on the sub- Mau slipped quietly through the
Public Works Department, purely Chinese control is envisioned.ject of leave, for no fewer than back door, up the back stairs to
Hong Kong, 15th Sept., 1930 In Hong Kong the same provision three members of the Commission the room where little Ah-nyéu wan for gradual "Chinesation" of the left Shanghai after the first meet watching the window with one eye service is not called for. Neverthe-ing. Whether they departed on and the door with the other.
ar retirement does Mau lost no time in releasing less much money could be saved to leave, transfer the Hong Kong Government by the not matter: the effects are the same. his amorata and was preparing to employment of staff, foreign and, The finance and other differences give a 20th century Imitation of Chinese, locally, instead of from between maintaining a staff-and-a- Young Lochinvar when the father horse, and this is one of the import quarter and a staff-and-a-fifth are appeared w ant points now being investigated considerable. That is what the four scissors grip by the Hong Kong: Retrenchment v. five years period means.
with mere w Commission.
rapid passes this erstwhile ap-
The last of the Shanghal recóm mendations which we shall now dis-
an
outsize inf tightly in his left!
BAND CONCERT.
carrying His Majesty's Mails, will bo despatched from this Port on er about WEDNESDAY, the 17th' September, 1930, at 4 p.m., taking Cargo for the above Ports.
Silk, Valuables and Tea for Italy, France and London (under ar rangement) will be transhipped at Bombay into the Mall Steamer proceeding direct to Marsellies and London.
Parcels will be received at this
hand. The ior wasted no time! PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORRO omce until Noon the Day of]
is, but made several
cuss refers to the choice of single prentice. Nothing daunted, Mau
NIGHT.
In view of the high cost of obtaining and maintaining foreign employees In the Council's service, or married employees. In connec grabbed a handy kitchen stool and The following is the programme, tion with the appointment of "A" proceeded to remove the few ro to the submitted by the Band of including passages, long leave and other benefits, the Shanghai Come Class employees, ie., from abroad, maining hairs from the tailor's the Argyll and Sutherland High- Mau got in the winning landera at the concert at the Kow-. mission is of the opinion that local the Commission recommends that in "head.
{ing:-- addition to detailed instructions crack and departed without a fare- loon Football Club to-morrow' even. residenta, foreigners domiciled in
1-March on Themes from "Der Chinese should be
regarding the nature of the duties well.
When the father recovered, he' Chine, and appointed wherever possible, pro to ba performed and requisite vided they possess the necessary qualifications, the Council's Agents turned in an S.0.S. to the nearest Ring des Nilungen" Richard 2-Excerpt from Dramatic Sym- qualifications and experience for the should be further instructed that If C.P.C. but Mau had dwelt not on; Wagner (1913-88). # position to be occupied, thus reduc- the position to be filled is specified his going. The tailor is now ing the heavy costs of appointments for an unmarried man, they should spending most of his time between phony in B. minor, "Unfinished".
not engage a married man without stitches, combing the distrlet for Schubert. An Interesting expedient adopted the special permission of the Coun- an apprentice with a couple of 3-Selection by the Commission is to call part of cll. As a general rule, if qualifica- scissor wounds on his check. the salary of the foreign employestions,
froni abroad.
Salling. The Contents and Value
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fac Beat WATCHES n Repatriation Allowance. This is admittedly a euphemism. A foreign should be given to the on- vants are a constant employee (ather than Japanese) in receipt of $800 is to be considered agement of single men. The tor in heavy administrative (By Special Request.)
Commission also strongly recom. expense, and e
Constant caus
are being landed at their risk into the
very may be obtained.
No Claims will be admittet, stoc the Goods have left the Godowns, und
all Goods remaining undelivered after
Sololat: Pipe-Major R. Sinclaire "CITT OF HEREFORD"
The Steamship, Rhythmic Medley "On with having arrived, Consignees of Cargo Show" (1930) Arr. Somersby bet are informed that all goods Czardas from the Opera Dor hazardous and/or extre-hazardous: Go- Gelet deh Woiwoden" Grossmann downs of Holt's Wharf, whence de
7-Highland Dance, Piper J. Anderson.
Humoresque, Dvorak,
"Bopaty Wee Thing and Two Songs, Luke
10-Selection of Old Favourites (b)Walls of Weary," Arr. C. 8.
Squire, d Regimental March-In the Garb Conductor:-Mr. C.
as belag paid $400 and allowed mends that a married applicant's for public envy and discontent $200, A Japanese employer is to be wife and children should be passed Some Civil Servants are housed in the "paid" 3400 and "allowed" $100, and as medically fit prior to the appli a style which their equals In a Chinese employee "paid $400 and cant's engagement, These recom- Unolicial life cannot possibly afford, allowed nothing. Actually there is mendations commend themselves Detalled reference to this matter In separate provision for passages, and and need no analysis. Obviously it the Shanghaf report might have will be better and less expensive if been very Illuminating. In com thia Repatriation Allowance" might-more properly be called s we do not engage too many men paring conditions and in comment "Remittance Allowance." It 18x-who will at once require married ing on the Shanghai report's bearing plained that this is a protective quarters or whose wives are invalids upon Hong Kong circumstances, we definition for Chinese organisations or in any other way likely to be an realise that we are faced with a cold, Beat.
convince no official mind, how particularly, as should the sale of embarrassment to the employee or Impenetrable official attitude.. 12 we salaries pecessary for foreign em his employers.
we shall at least have over, ployees to live upon in China be This reference brings us to the drawn public attention to some of Old Gaul." granted to Chinese, an unduly high observation that there is one im glaring contrasts; and if pub-|· standard would be set up which portant omission from the Shanghal Heity is not everything_"'ff A.R.Q.M. would in due course react detrim report. Nowhere do we find refer at least records public diana entally throughout all Chinese Govence to quarters, and we are left to tion. Insofar as we have thed, ernment and Fubile Bervices, guess at the detalls of the Shanghal on retrenchment, mornover, We are in priuciple opposed to all housing system. This is one of the taken up the challenge of allowances, because these create most troublesome of Hong Kong may think that on this subwe Bailors' Home Building early next confusion and lend themselves to Civil Service questions the have been silenced.
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