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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931.
ing more than his share of the Colony's burdon. Indeed, the at-
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PLEASURE SOON EXHAUSTS US AND marks made in January, when he
ITSELF ALSO; MIT ENDEAVOUR NEVER said could not be denied that DOES.-Richter. the payment of salaries at
The Grill Room on the sixth floor of current rate of exchange would the Peninasin Hotel will be closed to- place Government servants in a night for une night only.
the
It is notified by the
AL
Ung"
Pounds, Shillings,
and Sense.
By BEVERLEY NICHOLS.
my
more favourable position than
The rainfall registered could reasonably be expected by
the them. It was on this ground that Botanic Gardens during September
totalled 14.82 inches. Thero were 7HEN the proprietor of a We say glibly in Engld that if His Excellency appealed to them only eight days when as fall was
little hotel on the plains of the pound falls, the, wlo world will suffer. That may be true. to necept the position in a
truc recorded."
Lombardy stood behin! his greasy But the whole world winot cuf- that Dr. C. C. Wu, former Chinese counter. angering my pound note fer one-tenth of what shoil spirit of loyally, realising equippeil
the financial position of the Colony Minister to Washington, has returned suspiciously and wondering who suffer. Some parts of worl
to Canton. He has been Appointed byj
ovo gain consideray. rendered the changed method of the Canton Government to be Chief her ho dared change it with good may evo
Italian lire, aw red.
reflens did general LAN not through mit when calculation absolutely imperative. Justice of the Supreme Court,
When I read, in a foreign paper the little hotal proprietor sniffod In other words, Sir William con-
The inny friends of Mr. N. V. A. whose nationality shall be name- sidered that the sterling-paid Croucher will regret to learn that he leas, sneering remarks about "the at my pound note, and only officer was not contributing his suffering from
is a patient at the French Hospital, sud loss of the virginity of ster) young man told me to hurryip and
of dinhtheria. ' He in,
I sumed the exulcash that letter
credit. Tin one when fair share, and that it was only however, making satisfactory protation of this shoddy little journ-did not go into the why, and for the somation list that the glitter of the Eng was exactly the same as boly hit
g-wherefores right and proper that be should
lish sovereign was now dimmed, assume a greater part of the bur-
WO BBY, sharplyGovernor will on Tuesday evening [dɛn. This, as
contrasts with yesterday's con-receive on loan for the Colony the saw very
new motor ambulaner intended for the
And when in on international er at it was like sneering athe tention that it is largely due to
Kowloon District.
travelling office on a certain suu- When that oily young man 1- the sacrifices made by the sterling-
thern coast, surrounded by an ex-temptuously flicked my letter of A Chinese boatwoman was charged trentely cosmopolitan crowd, credit i felt no alfronted as if y paid officer that the Colony's Anbefore the Hun. Comdr. Hole, at the presented a letter of credit, pay-vary ancial position is naw 40 much Marine Court this morning, with able in Lotalon, and was told by an vory passport had been called r
question. That passport better than was anticipated. So having used grappling irons for the oily and facetious young man that guests and requiries in the nare purpose of dredging or lifting articles Fel "better cash the whole of it of his Majesty all those whom¦ thing whatever is suit of the con- from the bed of Victorin or before the flight from the pound may concern to allow the beare
yesterday. On admitting the charge tinous demands which have been she was fined $3 or in default three had net in"-well, then, I saw to pass freely without let or hin made on the ordinary ratepayer days' imprisonment. by the stendy increase in practic ally all sources, of taxation. In Maria Sequeira anrio and family wish to thank all friends point of fact, of course, it is he and relatives for their kind ex- who has borne the greater part of pressions of sympathy, attend
the fresh impositions, and ap- read the funeral and the many floral tributes In their
recentparently in expected to continuo bereavemerfil.
Ambulance Brigade that H.E. the the gutter with the rest of them into that the pound had no reat St. John that it was shortly to be spun ints in the fner. I had not reised gontimental value the to British flag.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
ENGAGEMENT.
The
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931,
CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES.
to do so.
purple.
very red indeed.
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drance and to afford him overy assistance and protection of which
he may stand in need."
As long as an Englishman has
his passport in his pocket he icela
A Darker Picture. Next Sunday being the Feast of Holy Rosary, special services are to You have to be abroad to realine held at the Rosary Church, Kow the true proportions of a crisis, loon. The first mass will be and at who you are in England, aur safe wherever he mny be. He may 0.30 am, the aveond at 7.30, the third rounded by millions of people, you
be in a a dirty little Eastern alley, at 8.0 and a solemn pontifical mass are hypnotised by a sort of muss or in a remote, seaport of the
at 9.30. There will be an evening ser-
sian, Aermon, and benediction.
vice at 1.30 p.m. which will consist suggestion of "iadness as usual." South Americas yet behind him is of the recitation of the reary, prees. All around you are your fellow-always the comforting assurance
citizens, eating, drinking, going of the King's might. their little ways, travelling in the same onibuses, sleeping at the accustomed hours. Any violent
SILVER FUTURES,
Gold Behind 'Him.
It used to be the surte with the Tear in this well-worn fabric of pound sterling. As long as that life seems incredible.
I am far
Hehind him,
the
We
We do not overlook the point that, from a strictly legal point of View, the Civil Servant is entitled STONHAM MYERS.-The engage-
dollars
was in his pocket he felt safe, meat is announced at Shanghai, to the full equivalent in of Evelyn Stelin, eldest daughter of his sterling pay. On mora!
THE LATEST CABLED
But if you are out of England, jwhether he was in a land that af Mr. M. and the Jale Mrs. Myers
QUOTATIONS.
the picture takes a darker colour, dealt in Trones or rupees, or Tel. of Shanghai, to Mr. Willian grounds, his claim is less strong
anelent Messrs. Pentreath and Co. have There is to beneficent must sug-for yen, or even on the Bannerman Stenham, son of Me by rensan of the fact that when
been utvised by cable of the fol gestion then. For you may be in princi
principle of barter. and Mrs. L. E. Standam of Male-
lowing quotations for New York country whose fabric of life has glimmering in the remote diz- alone, Kent (formerly of Hong-he dollar has been high he hun kong and Tientsin).
always enjoyed a privileged rate.silver future as at the close of the been torn to shreds on more than tanec, was the comforting askur-
one occasion, and you ure forced
of the Bank of England's market yesterday. Indiced. no-one could imagine December 1991 28.40 down 95. to realise that there is no special magic protecting the Englishman.
from the May 1982 29.46 down 40. him pleading for payment at the
July 1932 29,70 up 1.00.
Even if you are a super-patriot trend of things, and perhaps 1 current rate if, say, the dollar
and believe that one Englishman might have written the word "is." rase to half-a-crown. If he were
is worth two of any other coun- But, since it will presumably be long time before our financial logien, he would be content
are particularly pleased to find you will fit your theory
little difficult to apply in the comhouse is completely set in order. take the rough with the smooth; this proposal embodiest in the replicated realm of economics. these observations are not yet as it is, he hopes to get it both port. In the interests of juveniles You will not even receive very likely to have lost there topical ways. The whole trouble, fit is highly desirable. As the much sympathy in some enuntries, application.
think that the crisis will never course, is that the Colony receives thin edge of the wedge to break for the causes of our plight are
well known. A Venetian ondo be entirely dissipated until down a long-standing prejudice Hier said to me the its revenue in silver and pays its
a little more sensibly about other day: think against wonun's association. in Dole, very nice, yes, but very money. There seems to be a uni- hight-salaried servants inster Hongkong's public affairs, it pre-flee. if Hallan will have dole, vorsal conspiracy to give money Rog. The position will never be sents encouraging possibilities. An alt
a bad name.
A great many half- General surprise will be felt by
Swing educated economists who balance An at of There is no reason why the Colony really antisfactory until one The public at the intimation made on the introduction of the Budget of our currency, or payment of all
two things happens--stabilisation should shudder at the thought of railway station went further. He their budgets with their own tent- noke beautiful English and he peraments are endeavouring to women Legislative Councellors, said: "I have been reading again
Rive gold a semblance of guilt yesterday that sterling-paid Civil
women Members of the Sunitary your excellent Gibbon, and I fear though the man in wit
wituse salaries in dollars. By reverting Board, and so on, and there is no that your present iuntion will it reposed was a tyrant or a thief. Servants are, as from the begin
That is nonsense,
There are ing of next year, to be paid their to the eurrent-rate basis of pay.reason why the jury list should form a very significant chapter in i
the Government, so far from re- not be extended to Juclude the the future Decline and Fall of the cases of unworthy inheritance, of course," Just as there are cases of lieving a hard-pressed section of fair sex. The feminist movement British Empire.""
hereditary deformity, but in tho exchange. There will be equal the community from hardship, is here admittedly is not very strong,
long run money reposca in the surprise at the contention of the
but we feel sure that the oppor making an unjustifiable cull оть
pockets of those who deserve to He spoke sadly, for he was have it. |Colonial Secretary that
tunity would find women taking friend of England. We ought to hitherlo
ratepayers generally. We Blall
a very keen interest in community realise, however, that all forein There is nothing squalid or tain- a sordid thing. Money is not these officers have borne # dis-
expect Unofficial Members of the matters. Another point raised by, ers are not friend of England led about it. The golden sovereign proportionate share in the balanc-
Council to indicate with no un-the suggestion hus regard to the... at any rate, where money is ing of the Budget. For the purertain valet their objection to judicial rights of Hongkong's Ju concerned. After all, it poses of comparison, Mr. Suuthorn this fresh concession which may fices of the Peace, hat this apens human nature that a man who has is, indeed, to be hoped that the took local business companies | tgvolve a marked increase in the up a broad field
salaries at the current rate
of
cm-
do
cost of the Colony's government.
|whose employees are paid on a sterling basis, but he must know perfectly well that these are not typical of the Colony, since by far Woman's Place in the Colony, the greater number of people here
The report on the measures re- ore paid on a dollar standard.quired for the institution ut These are the people who have juvenile courts in Hongkong been badly hit by the drop in ex-covers the ground comprehensive- change and the consequent bisly and makes a series of valuable increase in the cust of living. BUKKuations, all of which can be heartily endorsed. If the Colony Admittedly, some of them have is really intent upon the much- received compensation. but not needed reforms advocated, the "ap- nearly to the extent of the rise in proaches have been effectively living costs. How far it is true cleared. Special police are recom- that sterling-paid busincas
mended for handling delinquent and vagrant children, while the ployees have been fortunate
in Committee naturally comes to the not having their salaries reduced. conclusion that Probation Officers It is not easy to say, but we are essential to any aystem pur- know of many instances in which porting to solve the problem of redelions have been made.
the juvenile offender. Responsi What is vital to the point underment and on this score we have no
bility now resta with the Govern
consideration, is that the Govern ment servant had his pay sub-tions are certain to be carried into stantially increased-during a time effect. Perhaps the most striking of econmic depression, in spite of of these recommendations is that solid Unofficial opposition in the concerning the composition of the Juvenile Courts. The Committee Legislative Council.
was urges that the Stipendiary Magis- therefore, making no real sacrifice trates bo assisted by two justices when, curly this year, his salary of the Peace, one of whom may be was pinced on a basle of half at a woman. We should have pre- is. 6d. and half at the current ferred it to be "should" but that in by the way. The suggestion rate. If his salary had not been involves the appointment of wo raised some few months pre-mon Justices of the Peace, a de- vlously, Mr. Southorn would Save parture from established prae- had far greater reason than he had tice, but is in accordance with the yesterday for puggesting that the modern tendency towards the re- sterling-paid man had been bear moval of sex disqualification. We
He
qualms: the main recommendn-
will
Not All Friends,
18
may well be compared to a little is only medal won by work and thrift. It had his life's savings swept away sovereign and the bank-note may by a currency crash should feel always be equally worthy of the which we hope to examine in de sneaking desire for others to have winning. tail another time.
a taste of the same medicine.
of discussion
"He never says much-and I could go and hear a talking pleture overy. week for what it costs to food him.”
When the Premier Goes Home.
By J. W. BROADBENT.
TANY people have wondered
Mate why the Prime
Minister rushes to Scotland just to spend a week-end. The reauon is that in his native Moray- (shire, 600 miles from Downing- street, he Ands a strange peace unequalled to him anywhere blee In the
world
The
"Morayshire is a partien to me," he once said, when in picturesque phrases he described the love he has for this part of Scotland. Mr, MacDonald loves simple things. The life ho lives here is modest, healthy, and simple.
Ho loven to stroll by the shore when the fading sun
Bas- JB
splashing Its diotous colours over the waters. He loves to alt in meditation in his study whom the moon is rising full on the distant poaks.
The rugged little house has at- tained much greater Importance than he aver anticipated. Mr. MacDonald built The Hillocka for his mother so that she could apend her declining years in peace, Hita
the late Mrs. Margaret
| Macho, and himself planned
the
togather. Every tion of it has some memory,
mother died, then his wife, but Mr. MacDonald clings dearly to
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