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TIME TABLE.
Dap. 6137 8.00 3.95 9.15.10.0012.02 1.15 2.57 2.00 4,97 8.43 7.23
6.45) 8.57
Talpo Market Değ. 7.18j - me Fanling Dep 737
Bhonngahai,Dep. 7.32
Bhamchua
Canton'
Canton
Air 7.38 8.4
843 Dep.
AIT.IS.30
AN
Dep
Art.
9.38 10.12.27 1.34
94 10.1612.09 121
9.49 10.112.84 147
9.53 10.48 12.98 1.51
10,08 10.69 19.48 2.01
9.08 10.08 1.00 12.53 2,06 9.14-
11.10- 5.385-
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9.08 10.141.08|19,59
4.44 8.40 7.30
4.58 6.0 7:43 6,09 6,107,53 5.19 6.20759
5.29 6.31.08
1.28 6.38.13
3.18 8.40 5,34 0,41 8.19.
3.43 5.47
www.
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8.05-
111.06
AM, PM PM.
F.10 8,33
P.X. P.M.
3.5
8,21
5.59
Shamabun Dep. 7.14 5.01 10.15 10.40 11.00 11.40 3.00 4.17 4.45 3.52 6.24 7.15 Sheangah Dep, 721 8.08 10.25 10.54 11.47 3.07 4.94 4.59
...Dep. 7,18,1910.29-
1151 8.12 4.28456 8.03 Taking Talpo Markat Dap. 7.36 8.210.89
12.02 3.23 4.95 5.00 6.13 Dep. 7.40 8.27104311,06 19.07 3.26 1.42 5.10 6.16 12.20 3.99 458 5.23 6.28 ...Dap 7.53 8.40 10,56 - Yama.Dep. 3.07 8.59 11,03 -12.32 3.51 5.08 5.35 6.41 A. 8.13 8.58 11.14113111.491235 8.57 3.14 5:41 6.47
Talpo
Bhatin
Kowloon
SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.
Fanling Shatakok
*** Dep, ... Arr.
A.X. 7:45 8.40
F.K.
Statankok Fanling
Dep.
8.15
Arr.
100
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P.X. 0.00 2.00 5.00 7.10 9.65. 9.55 3,55 OSUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ONLI
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 8th, 1927.
INSUFFICIENT, POSTAGE.
AN UNSUSPECTED CAUSE OF LOST RIDE
[BY A GERMAN BUSINESS MAN.]
It is an astounding fact that British business coeds tot se to realise that and with foreign
British houses send out letters with
am, a bus insubient postage.
DIARY OF EVENTS.
To-day.
Registered as a Newspaper at the Clenand Post Office in the United Kingdom
Golf: Autumn Meeting, Fanling. 6th Extra Race Meeting Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley. (first day). -
Cricket League:-Division II. :
iceers; H.M.S. Taman r. Ř.A.0.0. Cricket: H.K.C.C. v., Army (first
day): Navy . H.K.C.C. 2nd XI.; C.S.G.C. T. Northants: Chinese R.C. & C.S.C.C, 2nd XI.; K.C.C.
Yachting: Week-end Cruise.
Mahy interesting points emerge from the recent negotiations be countries is not stored if the H.K. Electric Co. r. Royal Ea- tween the Shiplvilding Employers Federation and, the representatives of the Federation of Engineering ess man in a small way, but I can and Shipbuilding Trade, together say without canggerating that 3 per with six other trade unions which cent of all business correspondence do not belong to the Federation. reaching me from England and in- |
generally only 1 (the inland postage). The result is that are
H.K. Football League Division to pay ed., 3., or even cd. on such letters in the form of surcharge. IR...Chinese Ath.: Club v. Kowloon; S.C.A.A. r. Recreio; have consequently given instruc-
K.O.S.B. r. R.A.; Police . Scors tions at my office not to pay these
Guarda, Division II "A" St. es any longer, but to have the
Joseph's r. Recreio; Kowloon " letters returned to the scüder to let Club; S.C.A.A. "A". K.O.S.B.; him pay the surchargs. Even then University . R.A. Chinese Ath. it has happened more than once that
S.C.A.A. "B" Division II. "B" have received a second letter, and Boy Scouts v. S.C.A.A. A Chi- even a third, with a fresh surcharge, nese Athletic r. St. Joseph; South A British firm has written to m China . Kowloon; Moslems that all their letters to me were returned for "no reason they could ang Weo.
Charity Bazaar of the Chinese. sce."
have made inquiries at the Post Sisters of the Precious. Blood, Ofice here and I understand that Catholic Young Men's Club, 16 the daily number of "surcharged "Caine Road business letters from England is particularly large. A great many firms, refuse to pay the fines in posed upon them, aggregating nice round sum at the end of the year, and have all such letters re- turned to the senders in England. I aak English business men: Is it right that your office boy ar typist should soil your well-meant efarts to gain new outicts in foreign coun. tries? Do you imagine that a for- eign buyer will be pleased to pay 3d on every second. letter he re ceives from England 1
The trade unicas Ulaimed a ger-suicient postage starars affixed, Royal Navy (first day). eral advance in wages of 10s. per week, with an equivalent increase for piece workers. The employers have refused the request, on the ground that it is not justified by the present condition of the indus- try: a fair amount of work is under construction in the yards, but its nature is such as will hard ly cover costa and charges, and no new contracts have been obtained on terms which would permit of
were increaSUS.
There for the moment the coa- troversy rests. But it is by no means a deadlock. Some time ago employers and trade unions in this industry met in joint conference for the purpose of analysing pro- blems of the costs of production, outside the control of the industry, Such as the adverse influence of foreign exchanges; and secondly, problems within the control of the industry, such as employers' rules and regulations of the trade uniona in questions like demarcation, piece work, and other matters.
At that time complete agreement was not achieved, but very consi- derable progress was made, and it was recognized on all hands that the conference, particularly in the exchange of information, had been
of the highest value. That progress The Psychological Aspect. has now been supplemented by the
There is the psychology of the case the plea to be considered as well. Will the employers in repeating that all parties in the industry annared buss mag abroad, hav should discuss & definite index foring to pay ifically a tax on Eng the automatic regulation of wages fish correspondence, be likely to in accordance with the ability of became a new customer. It is the industry to pay.
particularly noticeable that 13 4 This is an important step. The rule not the small firms are the nployers contend that the theme offenders, but the large concerns would remove general wages where the correspondence and the tuations, at all events, from their mail despatel is left in the hands place in current matroversy; the of junior clerks. There used to be question would then become one of every year, in December, an outery simple ascertainment of fact ap
from British residenta in Paris ask- plied to the industry as a whole, ing their friends to-put the proper and, moreover, that ascertainment would be based on knowledge availtamps on their Christmas, cards as
able to both parties.
Piece work applies to an appre ciable extent in British shipbuild, ing and to that extent the unlar lying principle of the employers proposal may be said to be reang- nized, but piece work is, of course, July a part of the problem, and even piece-work systems may on ge- casion not be strictly related to the economie ability of the industry.
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Tea Dances: I.K. Hotel and Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m., King Edward Hotel, & p., and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 5-7 p.m.
Dinner Dansant at King Edward Hotel.
Dinner dance, Lane, Crawford's Restaurant.
Interport Polo Dinner, Hong Kong Hotel..
Queen's Theatre: "The Love of Sunya,"
World Theatre: "The Splendid Crime,"
Star Theatre: "They Like 'em Rough"
Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe via Siberia (Atesta Maru). (Linan), 10.30 a.m.; Europe vid Outward: Europe
vid Siberia
Marsilica, etc.. (Alruta Maru), 2.30
Sunday.
p.m.
17th Sunday after Trinity. Cold Dew (Harlu).
Charity Bazaar of the Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood, Catholic Young Men's Club, 18 Caine Road.
4th they were not anxious to pay a levy of many shillings for good wishes. In commercial life, however, far more serious losses are at stake.
',
Not The Only Offenders: British firms are not the only offenders in this respect, but the American (U.S.A.) posal authorities do not forward any letters abroad
that
Golf Autumn Heeting, Fanling. Yachting: Week-end. Cruise.
Interport Bowls Trial, Craigongower Cricket. Club.
Entries Close for 880 yarde open Championship of Colony, 880 Yards Chinese race, and 320 yards race for Mok Challenge Cup, V.R.C., 6 p.m. Theosophical Society: Lecture by Mr. H. E. Lanepart on "The An- cient Wisdom," Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 6 p.m.
Naval and Military Y.M.C.A... :— Men's Meetings: "Cheer O," 7.43.
p.zz.
After Dinner Dance, Lee Gar- deos.
Principal Mails:-Inwards vić Nagapatam (Diomed),
China.
Monday. Anniversary of the Republic of Shanghai Interport Bowls Team
Golf: Autuma Meeting, Fanling. Yachting Weekend Cruise, con-
arrive.
eludes
have insufficient postage. They return them to the senders Payment By Besults,
with a surcharge, asking them to The scheme of the employers aug: York letters often bear the stamped affix the necessary postage. New gests that wages would be related
"To be returned the remark to a
A1 the prosperity index. facts would be before partics..
sender on account of insufficient It
And the industry improved the trade Postage. Please complete."
one can distinctly see that the unionists would automatically par sender has affixed the missing value ticipate in that improvement in the afterwards. The German Post Office form of better remuneration: in other words, payment by results does not do likewise. Their stamp would obtain a new and wider in- (adhersive label) reads in trans terpretation, and presumably the lation: Urgent-To be returned efforts of all classes of shipyard to the sender. The proper postage workers would be definitely en-is (filled in). Please complete and couraged.
post again, taking this label off."
6th Extra Race Meeting of Hong On the other side of the label It will be observed that this pro- there is the following:-" Please Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley: posal is radically different from schemes which rest simply on age of the sender that letters for abroad (second day) I.R.C. v. H.K. Elec
note. It is decidedly in the interests (second day).
Cricket: H.E.C.C. v. Army alteratione in response to changes should have the proper postage, as tric Company; K.C.C.. Royal In the cost of living. Such a sys you save to the addreasce the aur Navy (second day); Royal Navy tem is no doubt the only course in Jarge numbers of employments charge the latter has to pay on your 2nd XI. v. K.C.C. 2nd XI. which do not lend themselves to letter, ie, double the amount of measurement of cutput of ordinary the missing value. Besides," there profit. Generally speaking, how is the danger that the addressee re- ever, a cost of living basis conveys the letter returned to you
fuses to pay the "surcharge and bas. The no benefit and no acouragement to sender will then have to pay the merely in response to such
the workers, since increases AKC surcharge himself, at the same time
rise in price as automatically absorbs incurring all the loss through the the wage improvement. The strict letter not having served ita object.
Football: Civilians e... Chinese
Athletic, Happy Valley, 4.30 pm.
Army Royal Navy, Bookünpoo, 4.30 p.
Victoria Recreation Club. 5 p..
Championship swimming races at
Hotel Savoy, 4.30 p.m.; King Ed- Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel and
position of the workers tends to be rities act likewise? Very soon the Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-6.30 Could not the British postal autho-ward Hotel, 8 p.m., and Lane,
static. These facts are increasing.
Exhibition Billiards Match Euro- pean Y.M.C.A., Kowloon
Bicel and Coulson's Billiard
ly appreciated by British trade offenders, on receiving their letters P. unicas, although they are very slow back from the Post Office in Eng- to move constructively in the other land, would learn to watch sach direction, either in the adoption important details, especially when of piece-work systems where por- they had to pay the fine themselves. sible or other devices such as that-anchester Guardian, of a prosperity index now suggest-
League: R.A. . Garrison Syts Mess; DR.C. v. St. Patrick's
Club Northanta
다..
Police;
K.O.S.B. e. Wardare; R.E. and R. Bigs. v. Revenue.
H.K. University Union Double Ten Concert and Dance at Great. Hall of University, 8.30 p.m.
Royal Engineers Junior Club dance, R.E. Theatre, 8.30 p.m.*
H.K. Male Voice Choir rehearsal,
ed by the shipbuilding employers, come of the proposal. The employ- Constructive minda have recogers have stated that they are will- nized that if this proposal were ing to discuss it jointly with the adopted the whole attitude of the unions without delay. The public workers' side of the industry might may derive some encouragement be dianged. The men would have from the acts that in this industry a definite interest in recovery; the unione in the recent analve their share would be measured au- of costs of production showed a de. St. John's Cathedral Hail. & p.m. tomatically on terms they fully faitely constructive turn. It 18 understood.
In short, collective, bargaining would rise to much more states manlike level At the moment i is impossible to say what will be (Continued on next Column.)
Principal Malls:-Inward: U.S.A., hoped that to the present appeal etc. (Taiyo Maru and President there will be an equally favourable Jackson); UB.A., etc., and Europe response, at all events for the purvi Siberis (President Wilson), poses of the complete investigation Outward: (Canada, America, etc., which the proposal undoubtedly de- Europe vid San Francisco and viá server.-Financial News.
Siberia (President Pierce), noon,
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