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No. 21,979 X¤1⁄4ƒCIAS BIHACARA HONG KONG. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 1928. ## ##¶±ƒ£^+☎ƒĦ PRICE: $3 PER MONTH
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
STATIONS No. 1 No.
AM. ALM.
TIME-TABLE.
UP-TRAINS
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Kowloor.Dep. 8,401 8,05 8.80) 9.08 9.15 10,00 12.16 1,15 1.35 2,33 2,45) 4,30 | 15,40j 7,86
Taipo
Tizmati, Dep. 6.49
Shatin...Dep. 7.01
Tipo Dep. 7.18
Market. Dep. 7,20**
Fanling... Dep. 7,30
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9.25 10.08 12,18 1,93 ·2.41 9,99 10,20/12,50) 1.35) 3.63
4.385,487,44
| 4,50 6.00 7.56
9 63 10.33 12.43 1.48-3.06-5.04 6.15 8.09
NO MORE PARASITE DIRECTORS!
MR. BALDWIN ON BRITISH INDUSTRY:
YOUTH AND EFFICIENCY NEEDED."
Mr. Baldwin, speaking in Glas gow, declared that the inefficient 9.58 10.87 12.47 152- 3.103,096.17 8.13 | in industry must get out, and that 10.10 10.47, 15.57 2,095.20-6.186.2781 there is no room for directors who 9.07 9.45 10,15 10.89; 1.02 2.07 | 3,15) 3.94 6,33 6.31 6.27 are merely parasites. agun... Art. 7,41] 8,45 9.13|9.51 10.31 10.58 1,08 219 3.05 8.319.30 5.99 6,888.33
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Fanling
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Dap. 7.50 8.16
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11.53 3.155.84 6.25
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Kh tist Yamati "Bowlcon.
11.14 ...Dap, 7.67 8.44-
Dop 5.31 58
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Taipa Market Dep. 7,40 8.26
A CITY OF CHILDREN,
REMARKABLE RUSSIAN
EXPERIMENT.
DIARY OF EVENTS.
To-day.
(December 22nd.)
Fanling Hunt: Steeple Chase, 3
p.m.
Two thousand two hundred boys and girls," the great majority of them former "berpęžarni "-home. less waifs are rudaing, a self- governing and aconomically almost self-supporting town near Odesss
Cricket: First Division: Univer- along Communist lines.
In a gigautic effort to reclaim sity v. I.R.C., O.S.C.C. v. Kowloon, Chinese-R.C. Second the wild young wanderers who only H.K.C.0.
Division: University__r. a few years ago were a real scourge.S.C.C.. Police R.C., H.K.C.C.
R.H.K. Yacht Club, Sixth Cham- pionship Bace.
I.R.C.,
D.
Football:-First Division: South
"British industry," he said, "upon the land, the Soviet Govern. Kowloon, Craigengewer justifying itself in the face of all ment has established children's R.A.S.C. (F).
homes of various kinds throughout the countries of the world. It is
the Union. This is the largest and in every way the most remarkable of them. About two-thirds of the "residents" of Children's City are from 4 to 13 years old; the rest range up to 18, but there are not many in the groups.
trying to emerge,, as it will emerge, the most competent and efficient industrial nation in the world, but the path is hard..
"If I offer a word of advice to 3.25- those who are responsible in these days of transitions, I would say 6.40 6.50
6.57 this Now is the time to call in the youth of the nation and the ability of the nation in whatever class it may be found to help you to regain and to maintain, that industrial supremacy on which we have lived.'
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Small Units, Kowloon v. K.O.S.B., China Chinese Athletic, Club Felice v. Nery, Royal Artillery e.. Recreio, Second Division: Univer. sity South China "A" K.0.8.B. Eastern, Navy . Queen's, Royal Artillery v. Kowloon, South China "B". St. Joseph's, Recreio.#. Chinese Athletic, R.A.F. v. Small Units.
H.K. Philharmonic Society "Tom Jones," Theatre Royal, 9 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "Fazil."
"The Magic World Theatre: Flame," 8.15 and 0.20 p.m.; Chinese Picture "Nemesis," 230 and 7.15 p.m.
The Flame of
Star Theatre:
The bright, brisk youngsters who conducted the United Press cor- respondent through their city bear not the slightest resemblance to the dirt-stained. untamed scarecrow creatures who were until recently a common sight everywhere in the Soviet land. But they are the very | Yukon." same, after" a period of anywhere from one to four years of citizenship in the Children's City. Started in 1820 as a place for feeding young civil war and famine victims, the place was reorganized in 1024 to its present form.
I say of my own experience that, since the days when private industry gave place to the joint stock company, there have hat tened on the joint stock companies
The most astonishing aspect of large numbers of men connected the city life, to anyone who is at with management, and directors, all familiar with the ordinary "orphan asylum "anywhere in the who are parasitical to industry and world, is the apparent absence of nothing but parasitical.
any restraint from above," from grown-ups. Although located with- Odessa, there are neither walls apr in easy walk of the temptations of closed gates around the Children's City. Escape is as easy as swallow-
"The country will never watch with tolerance-at a time when hundreds of thousands are being thrown out of work through no fault of their own by the rationing candy." alisation of industry-those who hold positions us managers or direc tors, or thees who allocate to them-city officials, a boy of about 12, In answer to questions, one of the selves the position of a freehold,. who will not for the sake of rationalis. No one thinks of going to explained that there is no need for alisation remove themselves unless they be bribed to do so.
"The inefficient will have to make room for "the efficient, and
by that rule alone can British in. dustry go through times such as the present in which she is strug gling for her existence..
We are endeavouring as Government to deal with the trage dies that mark the course of ration- alisation,
Safeguarding.
Vary Few Escape.
Odessa, he said, except with the permission of the officer of the day," and permission is not difficult to obtain.
Tea. Dances: HK. Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 4.30 pm; King Edward Hotel, 5 p.m.
Dinner Dances: King Edward Hotel, St. Francis Hotel and Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 8 p.m.
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European Mails:-Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Naldera), 10.30 am; Europe vid Marseilles (Thirty Tiffin Tickets for $25 can be (Hector), 6 p.m.; Europe Siberia (Fingchow), 6 p.m.
Bunday.
vid
(December 3rd) Fourth Sunday in Advent. Golf: Championship Final, Fan- ling,
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Army Day.
"Cross Fanling Hunt Meet: Country Scramble," Hunters Arms,
11 a.m.
Royal' Navy, King Park, 1.30 p.m.; "A"
Cricket:--Volunteers v. Team H.K.V.D.C. e. Chinese R.C., CRC. ground, 2 p.m.
Queen's Theatre "Rose Marie." s.15 and 0.20; and Chinese Picture World Theatre: "Stage Struck,"
"Nemesis," 2.30 and 7.15.
When a new batch arrives," he said, "a few are likely to run away. But that's only in the be ginning. After they've been here three months or so they wouldn't Back." think of getting away.'
Star Theatre: "The Quarter
European
Mails:-1 n.ward:
Of 400 added to the city popula-Europe vid Suez, letters,, papers, tion in the past year, some 30 and parcels (Kalyan). Outward: tscaped, all of them in the first Europe vid Siberia (Kalyan), 9 three months after their arrival.
1.1.
Monday. (December 24th.)
"I would say a word in regard to safeguarding. to remind you of
The Children's City covers 1280 -. this: the Labour Party themselves realise that all is not well with in arres just outside of Odessa, on dustry. They dare not support, which there are buildings-living officially, safeguarding; they are quarters, schools, factories, stables, The whole community is talking of prohibition. They are etc..
collectives, each talking of international conventions divided into 20
into com.
China Light and Power Co., Ltd., to screw up hours and wages further subdivided
Here the children 10th Ordinary yearly meeting, 11.30 abroad. Now prohibition is safe guarding run mad.
Ukrainiana, Russians, Jews, Taram. tars, Gorgians-work and play.
Safeguarding is a process that involves strict scrutiny, on lines well understood, and subject to the watchfu control of Parliament at every stage. Prohibition is at the whim of a Minister and impossible
to our people.
mures."!
Golf: Christmas Meeting, Fan- ling.
obtained at the Office of the above Hotel).
DINNER DANCE OHRISTMAS EVE AND
NEW YEAR EVE | 8 TL TO 12 MIDNIGHT DEC. 24E.
DEC, S1ST. $8.00 Per Person. Booking can Now be made.
Tel. Add:VICTORIA," Telephone: No. C. 873,
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of the VOLUMES HONG KUNG WEEKLI Sale of Crown Land: New Kow. | PRESS, January to June, 1928. loon Inland Lot No. 1183, 3 p.m... own
Every commune has its Soviet, which in turn sends dele-. gates to the Soviet of the collective.... The twenty collectives choose dele- gates to the highest Soviet which administrates the life of the city through a series of commissariates. I am all in favour of conven- tions, and agreements to try and At every stage in this process of government, the welfare of the improve working conditions abroad, but I know that such a process will whole community rather than of be slow, and we cannot wait, and the individual boy or girl is em until we get equality of terms by Phasized as the guiding principle.
conventions we must deal with the present inequalities as we propese
Initiative Flourishes, ........
Queen's Theatre: "Rose Marie." World Theatre: "Stage Strack," 5.15 and 0.20; and Chinese Picture
Nemesis," 2.30 and 7.15.
Star Theatre: "The Quarter Back"
Tea Dances. H.K. Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 4.30 p.m.; King. Edward Hotel, 5 p.m
Hotel
Dinner Dance: St. Francis Hotel, 6 p.m. Private initiative along various Christmas Eve Carnivals:-Hong to deal with them-by safeguard-lines, however, seems to flourish Kong Hotel (Special Dinner Dance) ing,"
notwithstanding. The boys and 8 p.m.; King Edward girls exhibited their own poems or (Special Dinner Dance), 8 p.m.; pictures.or woodwork on needlework Repulse Bay Hotel Carnival), 8.30 as proudly as children in any p.m.; Lane, Crawford's Restaurant (Special Carnival Dinner Dance); capitalist school might.
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Full Steam Ahead. Referring to the poor law reform in the new Local Government Bil, Mr. Baldwin said that such reform had been recognised as necessary The Soviets not only guide the for generations.
political side of the Children's ***We have had the courage to do City, but its economic existence. it." he continued, and we are Odessa contributes to the institu- Europe vid Marseilles Hector), 2.39. going through with it. If as the tion only the astoundingly low p.m.; Europe via Victoria, B.C. result of going full steam ahead amount of about 20 rubles a year (President Fierce), 5 p.m.; Europe with this Bill we are going to be per child. The rest of the cost is 14 Siberia (President Pierce), 8 beaten in the country, we shall be covered by the city itself, through p proud we have left a record on the the farming on its own land, the Statute book that will stand for a production in its schools and work- hundred years.
shops, and other organized "com- munity effort.
"If you do not returns to power, there are only two alterna- tives. You either get Bocialist children themselves, who learn,
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Government, independent of other scientific farming in the process of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL parties-not likely I admit, but a Practically all the clothes, likewise; for the Scasion 1927. danger or they cannot get. à are made in the city "factories." majority they must come in depen- Even the school books are bound in dent on a small Liberal Party the children's bindery, which func some form of Coalition. That Itions so well that it takes in work
from Odessa. ink is more dangerous still.".
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