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CHILD · LABOUR IN CHINA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1924.
NEW SKY-WRITING.
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The Movement Towards Reform. **Industrial and Labour Inspaco beyond the top of tho formation," published by the highest mountain weaving words International Labour Office of the in moko. Slowly, as though League of Nations, describus some giant hand were guiding an changes which aro taking place invisible pon through space, you in Chinese life with the influenes watch thom feltors, oven, and of Western economic and indus: well-formod spoll out their trial civilization, says the Timessage to the thousand of up. A recent estimato puts the num-looking humans bolow, bor of modern factories in China at about 1,800 (not including India and Afghanistan, a dark stands, more than half-a-cen- Along the frontier of Britistr Behind every pound of it thousands of semi-modern ones) and bloody gromad, thero are. among those may be montioned warlike and independent tribos tury of experience in the tea 109 cotton-spinning and weaving of Pathans, who have boon trade. It is the production of mills, 218 silk liatures, 95 floor veritable thorn in the side of Riti Gioctric lighting plants. Asia. 121 oil mills nad boun-cake fac has been
In the last few months it torles, Si cement and brick works, heavy tuilitary forcis near the! Becossary to 111888 58 printing pressos. 54 soap and lordur. vandle factories, a telophonef
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companios, and numerous ather{ After an extensive slady of the factories manufacturing goods situation, the authorities have of all kinds that were former-decided that Sky-writing is to bo 13 cuity imported from used in the tranquillation of ollor countries. The leading thura uncivilized tribes. Gazing tone tong Agent, Alex centros of the cotton industry are two miles overhead, they will Shanghai, Wuchang, Hankow,so, in their native tonguo, the. and Tientsin. During the last miracle of warnings far aloft, ap. fow youre the laco, embroidery, parantly coming from their goods, and hair-not industries in Shan- Like Nebuchadnezzar bible days, tung have been developed to a who saw the handwriting on the considerable degree and have wall, thesu nutives will carry given rennunerative employment down in logonds, the story of the hundreds of thousands of visitation of thoir gods in the people in that provinco.
form of smoke words in the sky.
Considering the country. as a
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| whole, it has boon ustimaton that little "8.E.56. Skywriting over 70 per cont. of the working ont plune, flying at a spoed of people work soven days in a work:25 miles an hour. The pilos Daly a few factorios under Chris-cluthed in a Torlined suit with tian management, such as the leather helmet and goggles is Commercial Press Works in muster of a maching which must Shanghai, and the-hair-net and be rugged enough to withstand ombroidery industries in Chefoo any amount of hard service, und (which are under Christian in-yet as finely tuned as a violin. By fluence) stop work on Sundays. means of lovors, he releases the The majority of tho
valves of the reservoirscontaining dustrial establishments work con- tho secrat chemicals, which tinuously throughout the year.vaporate in the hot exhaust pipe Some of the larger and more from the motor and emits 250,000 modorn factorios, however, ofton cubic feet of smoke a second. suspend work for one day in ton or twice a month for the purpose miles above the earth, the plane Thus, twisting and turning two of clowning and repairing the is guided to form a word that is. achinery. The number of rest five miles long. The letter must daya varios somewhat in different be the right shapo and aquaily parts of the country. Work is speed and cannot grow or dwin-
DEMONSTRATED IN 1922. Busponded three days to two die they must be kept absolute of Skywriting was given in Eng- The first publle demonstration weeks at the Chinosu New Yearly in proper alignment. The re-land on The fifth of the fifth moon and the markable thing. too. is that hothousand feet above where tho
May 30, 1922. Te 15th of the eighth moon (being must write the words as hoy English the dates for the dragon-boat and would appear in a mirror-that is Derby "Way
turf classic "Tho mid-autumn festivals) are two roversed-so that his audienco words, "Daily Mail." were forin- being held, tho general holdays.
nay road when looking up from od in letters of smoko while two below. All this has to bu ux-million pairs of oyos gazed aky-" fecuted at a terrific speed; he can ward. A few minutes later the Modern machinery has redueil | take, there is no time to consult boen. Bashed all over England not go back, and correct a mis-nows of the achievement had the skill needed for operation, 80 a diagrain, no time to hesitate. that women and children may be
and the European, Continent. eployed to attend to mechanical INVENTED_BY_ENGLISH_PILOT-Mr. Allan J. Cmidoro 1, who processes. As they are generally Skywriting is the invention was formerly willing to work for lower wages of
11 broker on Major Jack 0. Savage the Chicago Board of Trade than men, oinployers prefer to uso of England The
early became interested in Skywriting them wherever it is possible. The struggle of Major Savage to while number of women and children secure recognition for his in in Septomber, 1982. After several On a trip to Europo angaged in modern industry has vention were very interosting, conferences with Mujor J. C. never hearesting with any de- though the obstacles which he had Savage, The Skywriting Cor. gree of accuracy. It is generally to overcome would probably have poration of America was formed estimated that in solton mills daunted a less persevering man, to exploit smoke writing in the nearly 40 per cent. of the workers Ho conceived the idea in England United States. are women, 40 per cent. aro in 1910, whon in partnership with children, and only 20 per cent. the late Captain B. C. Hucks, are men. Many childron of eight who was the most famous British and nine ITO admitted into aviator of his day. factories, and even some under)
USE OF MACHINERY.
Mr. Camoron and Major Savago bave crouted an organisation of famous pilots for Skywriting oporations, Thero aro Haven at- seven are known to be at work. While they were giving, do-tached to the Ainerican Company: C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD In silk filatures in Central and nonstration fights in Ragland in Captain Cyril Turner, A.F.C.
South China nearly all the the Summer of 1910, it occurred G. A. Lingham, D.F.C.; E. D. C. workers are women and girls, but to Major Savage that it might be Horno, Goorgo T. Bradley, Loslio boys between 10 and 20 are largo- possible to leave a smoke trail R. Tait-Cox, C. R. McMullin ly used in North China. In which would clearly outline the and C. B. D. Collyer, all with Chefeo, of the 21,000 womon and plane while it was doing stunts, brilliant war-records. After the girls employed in industry, about In this way spectators on the War, these pilots saw sorvico 18,000 are in the hair-net, lace, Kround would be better able to with the European Commercial and umbroidery industries. Taking us what the aviator was doing. Air Lines. fall branches of industry together, he out bronk of the World War
probably 15 per cent, of the interrupted the experiments and Throughout, the entire opera- umployees are women, 20 per cent. it was not until after lie was tions of the company, tests have boys and girls under 14, and 65 domobilized in February, 1919, boon carried on to produce now pur cont, fion.
that Major Savage took up his Innovations 'in the newest of all task anew. After months of Boiances-Skywriting. Numer- The first attempt at the regula arduous, experimenting, is which ous laboratory and skywriting. tion of labour by the Stato was sovoral planos were crashed, tosta point to the foot that we're made in March, 1923, who the Major Savage, dovoloped his ides going to write on the American Board of Agriculture and Com- to a point whore he folt justified sky in eploure this Spring," said Vorting the conditions of employ the results of his work: norce published 28 articles go in, securing a patent to protect Major Jack C. Savage, removing-
his flying helmet and gogglos au mont. While these aro oxtomoly
ho stood in front of his tiny, plano. Aeronautical conservative compared with the
chomical "The Skywriting pilots will standards set forth by the engineers ridiculed the idea. No trace rod, yellow and even green General Repairs Promptly Attended to tornational Labour Office of the ono believed that skywriting was coloure on a heavenly back Specialists in Monumental Work-Cur in Losgue of Nations, they mark possible. When approached from ground, like the unseen hand of Italien Marble or liesgkong Granite.the boginning of State efforts for people not only refused to listen So far all colour writing air tests an investment point of view a gani wailding mighty crayons. the regulation of industry in Just Received a Shihment of Italian China. Among the main features to the story of what had been have exceeded the highost hopes, Marble Floor Tiles-Prices on Applica may by incntioned the prohibit: whole scheme of sky writing as a ing to be attended to now only ao0omplished, "but viewed the of the Skywriters, there remain- ion of abild labour under 10 for boys and 12 for girls, tho institu- proposterous waste of time, the minor details. tion of loss strunuous working A Large, stock of Artificial Wreaths in conditions for junior workors, working with utmost secrecy, now method of aerial protection Early in 1920 Major Bavago, Dovoloped from skywriting, is a all -izes.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.“
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL. LINE.
From NEW YORK The Steamship,
YOSERIO,"
having, arrivod, ̈: Consignees of Cargo by her are informed thai. all Goods aro being: landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns. of Holt's Wharf, whence delivery may be obtained...
No Claims, will be admitted after, the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain. ing undelivered after 2nd. June 1924, will bo subfoot to
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All brokon, chafed and damag Jad Goods are to be left in the Godowaz, where they will, be examined on 2nd. June 1924, at 10.00 a.m.
whose agos
from 10 satisfied himself that skywriting against sir attacks on cities, to 17. (for boys) sid 12 to 18 (for) was practical, Ho produced Enormous opaque alouds of girls). The decision that the work-sovoral tralle of smoke that re-vapour-like smoko, are released ing day for the junior workers inained in the air long enough to by planes at different altitudes should not exceed oight hours for complete, readable words. which literally hang protesting, and that for adults ton. MASSAGE HALL ployers are forbidden to employ British Alt Ministry refused to planes and the city below. Thus Bill of Lading will be counter-
Em Up to this stage, however, the curtains of aloud between onemy
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