THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ́8,
1936.
Colonial Office Rejection of
Results in
HONGKONG CIVIL
Counter-Move
SERVANTS BAND TOGETHER: FORM NEW ASSOCIATION "GRIEVANCES” SAID TO BE REASON FOR NEW MOVE: GOVERNMENT REPLACEMENT OF BRITONS BY ASIATIC EMPLOYEES
"Telegraph" Staff Reporter
Owing, it is stated, to dissatisfaction at conditions existing in the Government service, Civil Servants in Hongkong have decided to form a Hongkong Civil Service Association through which they can jointly air their grievances.
The initial steps have, I learn, already been taken.
Several branches of the Civil Service, notably the Public Works' Department Subordinates, the Public Works Department. Engineers, | the Medien Department and the Cadets have already formed their own Associations.
It is proposed that each Branch will elect a representative to a central organisation, which will represent the entire civil service.
Permission to form the Association was, I have been Informed, granted by His Excellency the Governor upon petition from civil servants,
It will be recalled that an attempt was made to form a Ciril Service Association in Hongkong some years ago, but the proposal was retard by the Governor of that time.
ECISIÓN
form a 10W
Dition was arrived at.
it is stated, following rejection by the Secretary of State for the Culonies, of is pelition from long- kong civil servants regarding the recent pay cut.
The petition sought restoration of civil service salary cuts by proposing as alternative revenue-raisers an 11- come tax on the wealthy class, in- creased sensment tax, tax on excess consumption of
increased
water. duties on Hquors and tobaerus, and heavier moter and betting taxes.
Other urgent" problema are also
Hongkong Smacks Its Lips At
Canned Beer
H. K. Petition By Officers
A bearly farewell by members of the Public Works Department of the S. M. C. and his many friends was given to Mr. C. Harpur, reticling Commissioner of the Pubile Works Depart- Both foreign and ment, when he salled on retirement from Shangha) in the Empress of Russia, Chinese members of the P. W, D. assembled at the Customs Jetty to hid Mr. Harpur ndien. A Chinese band was in attendance rendering selections and two huge cloth streamers were hung by P. W. D. Chinese over the Customs Jetty, saying "Henrly Send-Off Te C. Harpar, Esq.. Staff." Above is shown a section of the orchestra and Mr. Harpur having his last glimpse of Shanghai.
BROADCAST
RADIOPHONE FROM RADIO HONGKONG TO LONDON SOON
CANTON-SHA'I SERVICE READY.
BEFORE the end of this month, you will be able to telephone your people or your business houses in London from your private telephone.
..
The magic of radio will bring 97 per cent. of the world's 20,000.- 000 telephone subscribers to your phone.
Preparations for inauguration of a Cantop-Shanghai radio tele- phone service are so far advanced that it is expected that regular communication will become à reality before the end of the month.
By utilising this service, the giant transmitters for the Canton- Hongkong telephone subscriber | Shanghai service; can speak to any Part of the world.
"Telegraph" Staff Reporter Hongkong is taking kind-with all centres, via Japan.
Shanghai is in communication
said to be seriously agitating, civil perly to "canned" heer.
vants in Hongkong.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
One of these is the question of
The ordinary trunk line service of the Hongkong Telephone Com-- pany will be used to connect the Hongkong subscriber with the Canton radio station.
Jazz Medley by The Continental Trio
TWO STUDIO ITEMS
From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 355 metres (845 kiloeyeles):
7 p.m. De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchesten.
Louise Selection (Charpentier}; (Moya); LA Violetera The Song of Songs
(Padilla); I Love you (Greg); Romance (Rubinstein); La Palona (Yradter); Destiny (Baynes); Standchen (Strauss); Ay, Ay, Ay (Perez).
7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotations.
7.33 p.m. From the Studio. A Jazz Medley by "The Con- timental Trio:"
Programme.
of Old Favourites A Selection It is understood that radio-
1. Shine on Harvest Moon; 2. Who's telephone fees between Canton and Shanghai have not yet been de-rry Now?; 3. Mary Lou: 4. My Silent Love; 5. Smiles; 6. Wonder cided upon. However, it is be who's kissing her now; 7. Tea for lieved that three-minute con Two; 8. Medley: Among my Vorsation with Shanghai would Souvenirs: Whispering; Avalon. not cost the Hongkong subscriber
Pending completion of the Shanghai-Londuti beam telephone which is expected to be inaugurated early next year, the Japanese service will be used to rely traffic to other parts of the British material is being used in the construction of the two intre than $10.
It is now available, and is service, being sold in considerable administration of the Widows and quantities, at the Hongkong, which, as disclosed in the "Tele-Peninsula or Repulse Bay
Hotels.
Orphans' Pension Scheme from
graph on Saturday, Government has made excess revenue of near- ly two million dollara.
By next summer, canned beer The majority of Hongkong elvi should be all the vogue in Hong- servants are said to favour the adop-kong.
Lion-in this Colony of the Central Briefly.to the consumer, the Fund recommended by the Colonial case for the can as against the Office Comtnittee on Widows
bottle is that it weighs only half Orplans Pensions. is understood
1:
unet
that the Hongkong Government does a much, occupies half the space not favour adoption of this recom-of an equal number of bottles of mendation, att desires rétention of beer and is non-breakable. the present Sebeine.
There are three attractions can- ned beer should have for the pic- C nat-hed
Substitution of European-British nicker, yachtsman, by Aslalie and other employees in the elvil service is also a grievance frequenter. which will, it is stated, provide. Here in the new Association with one of canned its earliest tasks.
In the Palle Department $10.500 has been saved this year by the com- plete abolition of posts.
Hongkong, Bales of! beer have so far been
counted in hundreds. Across the
the
world.
SHE HAD TWO
BLACK EYES
IN QUARREL
New York, Aug. 25.
8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.
8.03 p.m. "From Foreign Lands" (Moszkowski).
8.15 pm. Vocal Gems from Grand Opera,
Aida (Verdi); Die Fledermaus (3. Strauz) Rigoletto (Verdi).
8.10 p.m. Debroy Somers Band." Selection-Words and Music: Selec- tion Seeing Stars; Memories Waltzes.
9 p.m. News and
ments from London.
Ballroom
Announce-
3.20 p.m. From the Studio,
A Pianoforte Recital by Rupert Baldwin, A.T.C.L.
Programme. Movements from the Sultes of 10th
and 17th century composers
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DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
ASSOCIATE WITH MEN.. OF εύου Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours QUALITY, IF YOU ESTELM your own ending at 10 am. to-day totalled 4.27 Millionairess Mrs. Katrina Bradford, pretty twenty-
REPUTATION FOR IT IS BETTER TO BE inches. The total since Jammary is 1. Galliard; Pavann (The Earl of Sallsbury) William Byrde (1540); ALONE THAN IN BAB COMPANY.----Ģeorge 46.26 inches, against an average of
68.90 inches. Washington. ..Giles Farnaby 2. Tower of heer are, I hear, sold seven-year-old society woman, who will one day control
two American fortunes, was to-day detained pending police (1570); 3. Prelude; Gavotte; Sura-
bande
Archangelo and Gigue Corelli (1053); 4. Minuet .Henry investigation into the sudden death of her husband.
Purcell (1958); 5. Pastorale Scarlatti (1650).
"Euryanthe"-Overture
fore-
this iden is
In conformity with Government's Pacific, approximately 4,000,000 decision, expressed during presenta cans tun of the last Budget, to all
In the civlidaily; this fantastic figure is close vsenncies that occur rervice with Asialles and other non-to that for the number of cans of Britons, the European staff has been British food packed in 1985, and
Her husband, John Bradford, thirty-one-year-old son considerably decreased during the anyone with modicum of past nine months. Conversely, a sight can see that
of a former President of the Illinois Bank, was found dead large increase has taken place in the going to spread.
The Intest cans manufactured in in his apartment in fashionable Pasadena. non-European staff.
United States and sold in Hongkong do net affect the flavour Neighbours, hearing hys-never did. of its contents; in fact, many
terical screams, discovered local people declare that it resem- bles draught bear more than the the tragedy and told the bottled variety.
police, who arrested. Mrs. Bradford on technical charges of disturbing the peace until they have finish- ed their inquiries.
EUROPEANS REPLACED
In the Sanitary Department five new Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors have been appointed, their appointment having as its uim "the replacement of European Inspectors" (vide last Bud- net speech).
One Cadel Officer
INVISIBLE RAY has departed BIDS TO OUST
from the Colonial Secretary's Depart- ment on leave. He will not be re- placed.
In the Supreme Court. European Bailiffs are to be replaced by non- Europeans as soon as circumstances
permit.
TRAFFIC POLICE
Mrs. Bradford is now in the London, Aug. 25." prison ward of the Los Angeles Extensive experiments in trafic General Hospital. She has two control by invisible ray, with a view black eyes and a number of i to extending the system all over Brit- ain, are to be instituted, by the bruises.
STENOGRAPHERS OUT. Ministry of Transport.
The experiment at St. Helier, Female British stenographers in all Morden, on the borders of London, Departments will be replaced by non-where pedestrians may operate traffic Britons when they resign or leave the lights by invisible ray, is considered service.
as having proved its worth. Rays to Two Nursing Sister appointments be operated nione by vehicles and foot have been abolished in the Medical passengers will be tested in all the been principal trafic centre
replaced by two Chinese Mid- Three new ray systems are to be wives.
installed in the immediate future. the followed by will In the Sanitary Department the They
be number of second-class European installation of rays at a series of busy Sanitary Inspectors has also been re-frame junctions, where a whole se- duced in conformity, with "Govern-quence of traffle lines and footways ment's policy gradually to European by Asiatic Sanitary place will be brought under automaile Inspec- control.
my money."
9.35 p.nl. (Weber),
9.45 p.m. From the Studlo. A Recital by Mrs. Neil Matheison (Contralto), accompanied by Maurice Barton.
Programme.
We have been living on
Mrs. Bradford is the grand-niece
1. A Memory ....Goring Thomas; EH. Hurriman, deac American rallway magnate, and is a member
Dunhill; 3. Linden Lean....Vaughan of the wealthy New York family of The Cloths of Heaven.....Thomas Vanrensselaer. She once eloper to
Williams; 4. Like to the Damask Maryland, and was married there to
Rose...Elgar. Gustavo De Medina, attache at the romance Embassy. The
step- laste! thirteen days, Her
Dunu, father, Lieut.-Colonel John afliged that the young diplomat had two other wives, one in Spain.
Spanish
NEW LOCAL SOLICITORS
TWO ADMITTED AT SUPREME COURT
10 p.m. Big Ben from London. The B.BC. Dance Orchestra. II p.m. Close Down.
FORGED NOTES MAN GAOLED FOR POSSESSION
Sentence of 31X months' hard labour was imposed by Mr. W. Scho- field, at the Central Magistracy this morning, on Mou Wal-kuen. un- employed, who appeared on remand on two charges of possession of two forged $5 Hongkong and Shanghai banknotes, and uttering one of the notes at 275 Main Street West, Shau-
On application moved by the Attorney General, the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster at the Supreme Court this morning, two solicitors were admitted by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac-iwan. Gregor, to practice in the Colony.
Mrs. Bradford says she awoke and found her husband Iying on! the flour. The apartment was! almost completely wrecked and empty bottles were scattered about. "He's been drinking the night be- ! fore," said the blonde heiress. "In fact, he'd been drinking for months. I heard him come home in the night and stumble over the furniture,
myself "I'd had a few drinks
The second charge was withdrawn. that night, just a few. I was too
The first application was by Mr. sleepy to get up ten. When I
Inspector O'Connor said that at about 9 p.m. on September 6, the de- awoke in the morning, I found Ralph Malcolm MacDonald King, who
come here on June 5 to join Messrs. fendunt went to 275 Main Street and him on the floor."
The tendered a $5 note, asking for 50 Mrs. Bradford declared she had Johnson, Stokes and Master.
cents worth of cigarettes.. The wo- received black eyes and bruises dur-Attorney General sald Mr. King was
admitted to Should these experiments succeed, ing a quarrel with her husband, a
nate becatne min who took the 10 pa ta a solicitor of tors as vacancies occur among the
of Judienture in suspicious and asked her son, who former." (vide Budget speech). A the whole road system of Grent week ago. She said that there was the Supreme
England on June 1, 1934. He was was a constable, to examine it, when considerable number of other posts in Britain soon may be covered with a no quarrel just before his death.
born in
it was found to be a forgery, Defen- in Cambridge, educated at Tun- been network of Invisible rays, controlling this Department have
Her husband had worked
articles in dant was searched and another and served his bridge every vehicle and every foot passen- electrical engineer, she said. But London. abolished.
forged note was found on him. It is understood that the lies of ger with the uncanny precision, of a he had been employed only Inter-
His Lordship said he had great forming a Civil Service Association telentific Instrument.
mittently since their marriage four plenture in acceding to the applica in Hongkong originated with the London and Liverpool have been years ago..
tion. He had already met Mr. King Cadets. Practically every Brunch of selected as the centres most suitable
11 "MY MONEY"
and it only remained now, to wish him the Civil Service is said to be repre- for the experiments in their scondary sented, to announed Its Intention state. Later olher cities and
We took a trip to Honolulu fast every success in the career he had busy of becoming represented in the move traffic centres are to be selected for February, as he planned to work chosen.
The second application moved by ment.
there," Bald Mrs. Bradford, "but he
also
a further extension of testu::
as n
$5
Uthe Attorney General was Mr. Wong King-fen, of Messrs. G. K. Hall Brut- ton & Co. His Lordship similarly Eranted the application and wished Mr. Wong every success.
Mrs. J.HS. The Combined Retrent by the Band Mrs. B. Wylie and Duncan were amongst the passengers and Drums of the 2nd Bn. The East who arrived back in the Colony by Lancashire Regiment will take place the s.s. Kutsang yesterday, after a at 5.45 p.m. to-day, and not at 6.15 holiday in Japan!
p.m. as first announced.
A dinner dance will be held on the Mr. Erling Bache, r..G.S., will speak at the Rotary Club necting open roof of Repulse Bay Lido- this afternoon, his subject being weather permitting and at Repulse "With Mohammedan Slavetraders in Bay Hotel in event of bad weather, the Atlas Mountains."
on Wednesday, September 9, at 9
Li Nam, 28, street 'coolie of 50 Bridges Street, appeared before Mr.
p.m.
The following are recent transfers S. F. Balfour at the Central Magis-in the Hongkong Police Force: Sub.. tracy this morning, and pleaded Inspectors S. G. Smith from Wanchai aulity to a charge of having assault-to Shataukok vice Sergeant F. H. J. ed a 78-year-old woman residing at Kelly to No. 6 Police Station; Sub.- the same address on Thursday last.
to Wanchai; Sergeant T. G. Mackay to Cen prisonment and bound over in the tral, C. I. D. Staff. Sergeant II. N. sum of $50 to be of good behaviour Moran, who returned from Home for a year. Sergeant Sullivan pro- leave, has taken over charge of the secuted.
Finger Print Bureau from Sergeant Mackay.
He was sentenced to one week's im-actor W, Tuckett to
·
Li Ming. 20, unemployed, was charged before Mr. S. F. Balfour at A is ivgretted by the organisers that the Central Magistracy this morning, the bathing pienie which WAS with having stolen seven pleees of arranged by the Kowloon Tong clothing, one Hongkong dollar note, Group of the V.D.M.A. to take place one towel and three cotton bed on Monday, August 3, and was post- sheets, the property of Li Ying-Hag poned until yesterday on account of of No. 4SA Wyndham Street. the unfavourable weather, had to be Inspector Hopkins saki defendant was cancelled again for the same reason. found at the address given at 3.45As it has now been definitely deckled this morning, in the bath-room, with to abandon the plenic nitogether, whom payments have the articles in his possession, by one those. from of the occupants of the Bat Accused, been received for ale of tickets will who had a previous conviction, was have their money duly refunder to sentenced 10.
months' Jabour.
two
ined them.
WILL
Tsin Taing, 44, unemployed, appears Chan Siu-chung, 29, unemployed en before Mr. S. F. Baltour at the printer, was sentenced to six weeks Central Magistracy this morning, att hard labour by Mr. W. Schold, at pleaded guilty to a charge of lacrony Le Central Magistracy this matning, of one spring balance, the property at on a charge of farceny by servant of Li Hung, a whop-keeps, of Nu, 2 quantity of white metal from the Morrison Street. Tam Hai, 20, also
unemployed. Hongkong Dally Press Oßler, 486
with Hennessy Road. Detective-Sergeant vin
Javing received the stoles article, buil C. Dowman said defendant war was discharged through
leri or arrested in Leighton Hill Road about evidence,
Berneunt Continan pros 2.30 p.m. yesterday carrying a parcel secated. The first defendant, who was containing the lead. Deferunt und banished from Singare for The boen employed in a substitute at No. offence and who hat on his right fe 400 Hennessy Rond. Mr. S. Mac-a Chinese prison mark, was sentenced Nider appeared na complainnet. to two months' hard labour.