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PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY.
AN ARMY ON THE CHEAP.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND
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..THE MODERNISED
TERRITORIALS.
end of the war.
It is a revolution which, vitally affects the future of the Terri- torials-those 136,000 civilinn sol- part in our national life until diers who play an unobtrusive there is serious trouble.
Mr. G. M. Gillett, Minister for The decision of the Army Paris, Sept. 21. The staff side of the National Continuing the publication of Whitley Council for the Civil Ser- Overseas Trade, who addressed the Counell to complete the mechani- the Soviet official version of the vice has sent a reply to the letter Incorporated Secretaries' Associa-sation of the artillery of the Terri- last days of the Tsar, the Intran in which Mr. Snowden referred to tion at their annual conference at torial Army by 1933 represents extract the "spirit of ingratitude" in which Balliol College, Oxford, criticised only one phase of a revolution that sigeant to-day gives dealing with the arrest of the lo- a decision of the Government in re the methods of marketing British has been quietly going on since the perial faroily and the efforts of the gard to the bonus payable had been goods.
"Our methods of marketing, not British Government to save them recelyed.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer only at home, but abroad, will have It is explained that the Provi- sional Government only decreed had pointed out that the Govern to be very carefully reviewed," he "a generous con- said, "We meet with instances of the arrest in order to save the ment had made Tear and his family from the cession" by increasing "the bonus business regrettably lost through wrath of the extremists. On be payable to Civil Servants under the the failure of British firms to co- half of the Provisional Govern- terms of the Agreement of 8th May, operate for the purpose of arrang- ment, M. Miliukoff asked the Bri- 1920, for the period of six months ing finances and suitable delivery. tish Ambassador, Sir George from 1st September, by fixing it Efficient marketing is now a condi- Buchanan, whether Great Britain with reference to a cost-of-living tion of trade in the large markets would give the Imperial family figure of 63 instead of 60, the figure of the world. an asylum. The British Govern at which it is due to be calculated ment replied that the Tsar and his under the provisions of that Agree family would be welcome, and that ment. a cruiser, would be sent to fetch. them.
In the letter from the staff side. signed by Mr. W. E. Llewellyn, it is stated:
After the war the civilian army.j which has been intended for home purpose of "Imperial defence," defence, was reconstituted for the and organised on the lines of the was required on en- Regular Army. For the first time every man listment to accept liability for service overseas.
Closer, Contact.
to bring about closer contact be
"This country has been through difficult times before, and in the end has emerged triumphantly these very evils If rightly used from which we are suffering to-day may no purge and strengthen us M. Kerensky undertook the difli
"It was not the spirit of in--that we shall come out of our trials equipped to cult role of conveying the Imperial
The next step was the decision family to the frontier, and instruc- gratitude which dictated our pro stronger and better
tiveen Regulars and Territorials, tions were given that the Tsar was test, but of profound disappoint meet the great industrial competi- to be provided with a pass to Mur- ment that it is apparently not yet tion of the world.”
cost-of-living Mr. A. HI. Angus, general with the idea of gradually welding! mansk. The Petrograd Soviet appreciated that a
of the Incorporated them together into the framework! however, learnt of the plan and bonus based upon a cost-of-living secretary
The mechanisation of the Terri sent telegrams in every direction figure of 65, or still less upon 60, is Society of British Advertisers and of a national army.
totally inadequate to provide for a formal principal of Tettenhall ordering that he should be kept, the minimum needs of the more low College, in a speech on "The Hutorial artillery is the latest phase Whether the Baily paid Civil Servant, and that, so man Elemeat in Business," express of the polley which aims at hring- Suggestions and Particularsafe custody
tish cruiser ever reached Mur- far as the middle and higher grades ed the view that British schools ing the civilian army up to the frem
standard of the Regulars. place of horses will be taken by "six-wheelers" supplied by the War Department.
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LOCAL PING PONG. CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
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to-day were not turning out the thorough type of boy and girl that they used to do. He thought that Great Britain could not afford to make the school leaving ace six- teen and a half, because, girls and youths were wanted in industry before that age.
The
What will be the effect of these various changes?
In the opinion of a Territorial officer, given to a Press represen- tative the effect, will be to trans- form our civilian soldiers into potential first-line troops at al fraction of the cost needed to) produce Regulara...
Expectations.
"More will be expected from the
The following is the draw for
Mr. Harold Cox, a former M.P. the first round of the Club Cham-!
for Preston, in dealing with the pionship to be played over the
nemployment Situation, said that Kowloon course on or before No-¦
the widespread character of the vember 9th:-H. Mandy v. J. D.;
Two further contestants have problem made it clear that we could Thomson, W. Taylor v. A. Came-¦ ron, E. Di da Roza v. D. C, Wilson, entered the 3rd round of the local pot hope, as people were suggest- F. L. Barry v. A. Eastman, A. A ping pong championship asing, to solve our problems by means Lopes v. A. W. da Roza, Dr. Cogan result of matches play at the of tariffs. for Germany, Canada,
F. E. Remedios, T. Tait . J. Chinese Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, Leung and the United States had all sur Territorial in the future," he said. Mackintosh, H. Hampton v. T. Sed. Lin-chten defeating Cheng Kwok- rounded themselves by high tariff "He will be on almost the same not escaped un-vot as the Regular. His train
ing and equipment will be the "In this country," he said, "the same. In case of need he will go On Thursday evening at the conditions under which relief is
He will be a vehi sol- Kowloon Chinese YMCA, con given by the State are such that
If so, he will be mencing at 7.15 pm, Lee Koon- an appreciable number of persons
very cheaply! produced. It is estimated that 30 lan will meet Lai Pui-lum, the are tempted to refuse work, find-
ing it more agreeable to draw the Territorial cost the country no winner entering the semi-final.
dole."
more than one Regular..
devur
LOCAL HOCKEY,
The following will represent Club de Recreio in a hockey match against the Hongkong University on Wednesday 29th at 5.10 p.m. sharp at King's Park:--H. Barros, J. A. de V. Soares, D. C. Alves, N. Beitrao, F. Barros, F. V. Ribeiro, F. J. Remedios, II. A. Noronha. A M. Xavier, A. P. Eca da Silva, and M. A. Xavier.
wing 15 sets to 1) and Lee Kon walls, and had lan obtaining the same successenployment, against Lam Ka-hues.
In the Ladies' Event, Miss
He condemned relief works, andļ Yeung Wai-bun received a walk- over from Miss Chu Kau-sun, thus said that the men knew that the qualifying for the final with Miss work had only been started as an
overseas.
dier."
Ko Lai-ngor, the successful con- excuse to pay them wages instead helping to solve the problem, so- testant of the other half of the of the dole, and therefore they did called relict schemes only made it not work honestly. Instead of draw.
worse.
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