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"SOPHIE LANG GOES WEST”” Gertrude Michael, Larry Buster Crabbe.
A VARIETY REVUE
produced by
ANN ELLIS
Under the auspices of
Hong Kong Y's Men's Club
in aid of
THE CHINA MAIS
VEMBER 15,
HAILE SELASSIE RACE CLASH IN EXTREME POVERTY
London, To-day.
Haile Selassie is now so poor that he is able to heat only one of
the exter Looden, the sixteen rooms in his country house near London. -
COURRY
The Negus told journalists that having spent all the proceeds of the sale of his table silver, auc- tioned some months ago in London, he now found himself compelled t sell his house and motor-cars as well in order to obtain the neces saries of life.
BLOODSHED IN PALESTINE
Jerusalem, To-day
Four Arabs were killed and five injured, and one Jew was killed and five injured, as a rere as a result of another racial
clash here yesterday. *
Disorders were widespread in Jerusalem yesterday, Jews and Arabs firing volleys of rifle-fire at each other. Two bystanders were" killed and 10 injured.
Bus traffic in the country has been diverted in order to give dan- ger zones a wide berth, while in How great his poverty was, he Jerusalem, parents are keeping. declared, was apparent from the their children at home.
fact that all the accommodation he Ocean. was able to provide for his cousin's wife and daughter was his now empty garage. Trans- Ocean.
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REMEDIES FOR LACK OF NURSES NATIONAL SURVEY
TO BE MADE
A national committee, including representatives of hospitals, local authorities and the medical and nursing professions, is to be ap pointed at an early date to carry An American named George Lout a comprehensive inquiry into Hossfield came within three words the whole subject of the recruit- of breaking the world's typewritment and training of nurses... ing speed record at a competition This was announced by Sir held at the Canadian National Ex-Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, hibition at Toronto.
when he opened a new municipal Mr. Hossfeld, who has won this clinic at South Shields. He also competition nine times already disclosed that the President of the with slightly lower speeds, attain Board of Education, Earl Stanhope, ed an hour.
was to co-operate with him in deal- ing with the problem of training nurses.
He made only 31 mistakes in the 8,656 words type, and he tapped the keys 43,282 times in all
"The inquiry must cover the A good average typing speed is whole field, including conditions of 60/70 words a minute. In a com-service," he added.
petition held in Chicago in 1929, "I know I can count on the co- Albert Tangora attained a speed of operation of all concerned in this
NORTH CHINA WAR RELIEF FUND 141, but on a different type of ma- great service who are as desirous
QUEEN'S THEATRE
Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 9.30 p.m.
Tickets: $4, $3, $2 and $1.
Obtainable from Members of the Y's Men Club
or at Queen's Theatre.
Reservations may now be made at the Theatre.
NEEDED URGENTLY
WINTER CLOTHING
(Men, Women and Children)
THE HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
11, Ice House Street
Monday Thursday 10 am to noon.
chine from that used by Mr. Hoss- as I am to see improvement and field.
advancement"
AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN
Passport Seizure
The actual number of nurses entering the profession, said Sir Kingsley, had not fact fallen. The great expansion of the hospital and allied services, however, was to-day demanding a larger number of entrants, and that demand might well be further increased in the future.
Shorter Hours
The U.S. Government is seizing all passports of Americans return- thing to the United States from par
ticipation in the Spanish civil war There are other considerable The action is being taken on the problems in recruitment and general ground of "misuse of pass methods of training,” he continued. ports” and is based on the fact "Girls in secondary schools, for that all passports issued to Ameri-instance, who have an inclination can citizens since shortly after the to take up the profession, are not outbreak of the conflict in Spain [able at present to begin their have been stamped "not valid in studies or to take part of their Spain."
rofessional examinations before entering hospital at the age of 18.
Despite this many Americans have managed to enter Spain and "There is also the necessity of fight, says the state department. securing the best possible working The seized passports will be kept conditions for hospital nurses, both on file by the State Department during their training and after- until such time as it is decided that wards. the holder is again entitled to a passport.
LOCAL DOLLAR
"I am glad to observe that the movement for shorter
and other improvements is force Ani er of authorities and institutions have already done much in this matter tion of short
The demand rate of the Hongfactors contr Kong dollar this morning was age of nurse |1/278-
the adop
one of the
the short-
nore, nurses
are required for a given number of "Spot silver was quoted at 19-patients."
34 and forward" at 19-11/16.
The London on New York cross- B.QMS. Gamblin, RA, rate was quoted at £ US$4.9347 ed at Stonecutters has md the New York on London loss from a trunk in his rate at US$4.98%-
watch and chain valued at