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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE UNEMPLOYED
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
1926.
FAREWELL DINNER.
AVIATION MISHAP.
THOSE SURTAXES.
WOMEN RETURN TO DOMESTIC SERVICE.
CAPTAIN STURGES GUEST OF HONOUR.
PILOT'S SKILL AVERTS TRAGEDY.
Capt. R. G. Sturges, of the
The Ministry of Labour's an- nual report for 1920 is mainly pre-Royal Marine Light Infantry, is
of
CHINA'S GRADUAL TARIFF CILANGES.
London, October 22. Opposition to revision of the so- called interim tariff in China -ie
Rugby, October 22. Ten passengers, seven Ameri occupied with one depressing tale leaving the Colony and Hongkong dan, two British and one Greek, of unemployment in that year and loses a popular sportsman. Capt.five boing women, who were all voiced by Sir Edwin Stockton in
familiar saved from the air Minor which a letter to the Times the measures that were taken for Sturgca has been
reluctance Its relief. The
figure at the racecourse at Happy came down in the Channel yester- Ho points out the more or less. young women to become domestic Valley and Fanling, and his ponles day, owe their lives to the cool emergency nature of the tariff, and servants was observed to be break- have well repaid their backers.ness and skill of the pilot, Captain 'declares nobody is anxious to sug- ing down, it is stated, and large He was the principal guest last Dismore. He kept complete con gest an increago of duties, but numbers were brought from in- night at a farewell dinner, given by trol of the machine, and alighted" Canton has practically imposed a dustrial.centres, where there was the Royal Marines Old Comrades on the tail in the water, thus duty, apparently with British con- no chance of employment, to bo- ssociation. The function took causing it to keep afloat while, sont, while Shantung is about to come maids in London,
place at the Cafe Parisien where signals he had sent out were bring- do so, and it is reported that every The report contains more than en excellent dinner was served ing assistance. Directional wire-province will ultimately follow
of the slackness under the personal supervision of jesy enabled his exact position to sult. one criticism shown by a part of the great army the Manager, 'Mr. A. Landnu.
be fixed...
"We shall thus be compelled to of unemployed in seeking work.
The occasion was rendered the The passengers passed through recognise a state of affairs The total number of registra- tions at Employments Exchanges more notable by the fact that Ma-the emergency exits in the cabin which we might have given ap- during the year, including re-re-or E. Bamford, V.C., D.S.O., the roof with their lifebelts, and were proval without being forced to re-
led to the tail of the machine, thus cognise it." gistrations, reached the huge total Zeebrugge hero, was prosent,
He urges the Government to of 12,728,238, compared with
The hosts included the following balancing the weight of the en-
recognise the desirability of clear- 11,262,887 in 1924. Of this num-Old Marines-Messrs. E. J Clarke, British fishing boats took off the ing up the issue, adding that It
and
W. Blackman, JW. Pearse, O'Neill, Warden, Me. Fall, passengers, pilot and mechanic, po will be a sign of goodwill, and Baker, Gossett, Johnson, V, Blun-one suffering anything worse than although it will not be anxious for The aeroplane, with further burdens. it is bound to dell, P. Blundell, J. D. Mc Ewen,
bor 2,052,214 were, women
960,358 juveniles under eighteen. "Mining and quarrying" was the classification under which the highest number-1,635,730-regis- tered; engineering came next with 902,791 and transport third with 760,099.
No Reasonable Effort.
Beattie,
gines.
soaking.
to
w. Ward, George, Simpson and its contents, "will probably be understand that those burdens to which we consert may be much C. E. Frith (Hon. Secretary of the saved.
This machine is the first less onerous than those we may Association).
to be lost by the Im be compelled to recognise.
In addition to Major Bamford and Capt. Sturges, the guests in-d
perial Airways
cants' claims tooat-ofwork bene
During the year 620,500 appli- cluded Capt. Cornish, Capt. Spicer, British. Wireless.
fit were examined; and disallow
One
ance ensued in 38,900 cases. of the main grounds of disallow- ance for extended benefit claima was that the applicant was "not making reasonable effort to obtain employment suited to his capaci- ties
Of 1,480,820 vacancies notified to the Exchanges, 1,729,292 were filled. Of the women 31,492 were sent into resident and 36,393 in- to non-resident demestic service.
"Many important industrial un- dertakings, it is, stated, "already engage all their manual workera, both skilled and unskilled through the local employment exchange," and employers are urged to make more use of this medium.
"The demand for resident dom- estic, servants," observes the re- port, "still execeds the supply, but the reluctance of young women to take such employment appears to be gradually breaking down."
Assisted Passages. Through the agency of schemes brought to their attention by Ju- venile Advisory Committees, 2,400 boys went overseas. By the end of the year 44,719 apprentices had been accepted under the interrupt- ed apprenticeship scheme.
Applications for assisted pass- ages to the Dominions numbered 56,676-Australia, 55,639; Canada, 832; and New Zealand, 475. Those granted numbered: Australia, 11.688; Canada 134; and New Zen- land, 125.
Explaining the conditions, in which aliens are permitted to take up work in this country the report. points out that foreigners must not be given employment that could be equally well done by British or foreign person already dornicfled here. Most of the per- mits granted were for musicians and theatrical artists-1,816-and 'domestic servants and nursca, 1,540.
Doles Disallowed.
The number of claims referred to the Chief Insurance Officer dur ing 1925 were 603,061, and of these the remarkable total of 442,051 were disallowed. Of these claims 140,603 were refused under the heading of not genuinely seeking work," and 44,300 refused suit- able employment." "It was not infrequently found," the report de- clares, "that the rate of wages last received approximated closely to the rate of benefit, and there was evidence to some extent of either a weakened desire for employment. or a holding out for work at a par- ticular wage, or of a particular type."
The average weekly number drawing benefit during the year was 977,600, and the average weck- ly payment per head 18s. 2d., mak- ing the total amount paid out for" the year £45,814,762.
COTTON RESTRICTIONS.
THE COOLIDGE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS. "
Raleigh, N. Carolina, Oct. 22. The Cotton Growers Co-operative Association has offered to co- operate with the State Bankers Association to form a million dol lar finance corporation as recom- mended by the Chairman of Pre- sident Coolidge's cotton committee. The corporation will be capable of holding approximately 800,000 bales of cotton from the market. -Router's American' Service.
since. 1924, Reuter.
The War Office announces that AS follows: the outfit allowance for officers ap-
Capt. Wildman-Lushington, Lieut. Day, Lieut. O. Catheart-Jones, clock inscribed Lieut Smythe and Lieut Sofetee. "Presented to Capt. R. G. Sturges, pointed to permanent.commissions by the members of the R.M.0.C.A in the Household Cavalry and Foot (H. K. Unit and South China). Guards on or after April 1; 1928, October, 1926", and Capt.' Sturges, will be reduced to £5 except in the in responding, proposed the future case of officers promoted from the well-being of the Old Comrades ranks, quartermasters and direc
tors of music. Association.
Felicitous speeches were made and toasts honoured, and a very pleasant evening was spent.
Mr. Frith presiding, made a presentation of a silver travelling
CAFE RESTAURANT PARISIEN
DINNER
French Hors d'Oeuvre Chicken Cream Soup. Sole Vin Blanc Ham Cutlet & Green Peas Chicken Saute Marengo Roast Fillet of Beef and Cepes Fried Potato Croquette Artichoke Cream Sauce Asparagus Salad Glace aux Marrons Cheese
Assorted Fruits Tea or Coffee.
Saturday,
23rd October, 1926.
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