THE HONGKONG
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150,000 Women To Fight Nursing Drudgery
Girls Say-"Our Food is Poor, Hours
Long, And Wages Are Too Low"
Minister
By J. L. Hodson
Το
Great Britain is short of modern
Florence Nightingales.
If war comes we shall be faced with a
serious dilemma.
That is one of the facts that emerge from the nurses' justified agitation last month for better pay and conditions.
What would Florence Nightingale, the mother of British nursing, have said to London nurses parading in masks to air their grievances? Without it you would not have thousands of nurses working 60, 70, and even 80 hours a week and living a life akin in some respects to that of a convent, for waken are not much better than those of general ker- vants and sometimes lens.
The plain truth A that nursing, women's noblest profession, is usually overworked and underpaid.
Yes; but you and I unwittingly, in ignorance, take advantage of woman's devotion and love for her job. TREATMENT "WORSE THAN GAOL"
Musl
Various experts How many nurses ban Beilam got? have given me estimates from 100 000 to 200,000 of thein agree we ought to have twice as many.
Half the girls who start their
never finish it. Why?
hospital training Many rests, but among them
because the girls have too much drudgery, Too much interference with their private life.
An ex-probatiouer
MAYA:
with my very soul. Somellmek
They tried to tamper
hardly seemed a
human being. In our so-called recreation room we had
to rise to our feet I matron came in.
"A far my bedroom, the hume sister reinoved tugiat i tor things from my dressing-table or she
crowded, and took away a book thought unsuitable for reading. The Kiri of 1938 won't be exploited in this way.
nurse
have visits from
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TUESDAY, MAY 24,
EMPIRE NEWS
MIGRATION OUTLOOK IN SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town.
The attraction of South Africa for British emigrants was stressed to-day
Areby Sir William Windham, who was Are
Wood and steel are ahown supporting the Church of the Holy Sepuletre Should a rellives on friends of either sex she in Jerusalem, must noted shrine in Chistendom, recently elosed to the
pass to silmit Dieme because of reported danger of ruilapse. must obtales a through the gute and receive them October
stands
Earthquake shocks of last were responsible The chu ch, built by the Crusadera, in her bedroom, an apartment which the traditional alte of Christ's tomb,
h a rule boasts of only one elair.
Should the visitors arrive unex
no puss has beer! pectedly and obtained, they may be turned awny from whal at the gate no matter
long distance they may have come to see their friend.
She must put up with the Indignity of having to explain to
a male gate-porter the contenta
of any parcel which she may
take out of the institutton.
^ speaker at a recent protest meeting asserted that
better
Prison."
treatment
"there wits
at Holloway
THEIR LONG HOURS
nor
arc
One Of Scotland Yard's 'Big Five' To Retire
ONE
NE of Scotland Yard's Big Five, Superintendent Arthur Askew, is to retire at the end of this
month.
Superinten- succeeded Since he dent John Horwell In the Yard" Those opinions are not held by all reshuffle four years ago, Superinten-xiaughter.
nil hospitals dent Askew has been the key man in nurses,
have connection with London tyrannous, but grievances solid basis and need remedy.
The probationer nurse draws for three or four years anything from
He was 211⁄2 years In the £20 to £40 a year, and when fully- qualified from £40 to £80, and os; division-Albany-street-before sister from £200 to £140-the lattering to the "Yard" as exceptional.
The man was afterwards sentenced to 12 years' perial servitude for man- Superintendent Askew has been in crime de-charge of many big cases,
of them was the Portslade shop One tection, and also the controller of the
murder, for which Probert and Par- Flying Sqund.
ker were executed.
was also Superintendent Askew responsible for the arrest of Norman Thorne, the Crowborough murderer. fle was in charge, too, of inquiries In the Maundy Gregory "honours" case.
senior
Kare RO- in-
spector
hours 15
Fame first came young man, when he won the King's very Police Medal for bravery,
tu
hin
ts
DISARMED
She has board and lodging also,. but food is often pour monoton- ous.
To work only 40 remarkable; 60 to 70 is nearer the average, with a day spread over 12 hours with a rest inter val.
Another of Superintendent Askew's cases was that of the woman who 10 Mr. wrote threatening letters With sergeant, he went to arrest Philip Snowden, Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer, later Lord Snow- den.
Nurses are not fewer in number-ja man at Hampstead.
on the contrary-but health services
As they were going down
have grown so fast that the nurse stairs, the man shortage has grown also.
IF WAR COMES
dead.
some shot the sergeant
Askew turned and grappled with After a struggle he managed to dis-
If a shortage exists now, what of the situation it war cornes and we the killer. suffer serial bombardment? It will
ba grave. You cannot train good arm him. nurses in five minutes.
An
Inter-departmental
-1240
mlitee set up by the Ministry of Health is now taking evidence of! hospital working conditions with a view to recommending changes. It will be surprising it their re- commendations are not drastic.
Without improved conditions we shall not get the nurses we want.
Baron's Butler Falls To Death
Baton Frederic d'Erlanger's butler fell to his death from a first-floor window at the rear of the baron's house in Rutland-gate, London, S.W., recently,
Sydney Has Lumber Surplus
For three-and-a-half years the a drive superintendent directed against sharepushers and "bucket shops."
Since he was promoted to super- intendent's rank, Mr. Askew has also taken a lending part in international police work and the rounding-up of *ruggling gangs.
Secretary for Native Affairs in the Transvaal from 1001 to 1910, lie arrived here to-day from England.
The Union, he said, should be one of the most attractive countries for British oversens settlement.
While there was no scope for in- migration of the lowest-pald British Industrial workers, there was oppor- tunity for skilled tradesmen and com- mercial and professional men. More encouragement might be given to these in preference to those from for- eign countries.
1,500 Germans to Vole-It is ex- peeled that about 1,500 German nationals in South Africa will vote in German shipa at Union ports be tween March 31 and April 15 on the Austrian plebiscite. The voting papers are being issued by the Ger man Legation in Pretoria and by the Consulates in other towns, Australia
SINGAPORE COMBINED AIR EXERCISES
1938.
ERADIO BROADCAST
"Escape” and Other Relays
From London BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY
Radio Programine Broadenst by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of $45 kce.'s. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c.'s, per second.
H.K.T. (KB).
12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.
12.30 Lesllo Hutchinson Plane.
the
Please Hemember (Denby-Wat son); My Gypsy Dream Girl (From 'Command Performance'); By The Sweat Of Your Brow, (Meck-Reddle -Blake).
12.40 Jack Hylton and Ills Orches-
tra.
The Fleet's In Port Again--Fox- Trot (From 'O-Kay For Sound'); Free-rox-Trot (From 'O-Kay For Sound'); "Bitter Sweet"-Selection; Lord and Lady Whoozis-Fox-Trot (From 'Gangway'); When You Gotta Sing,
You Gotta Sing-Fox-Trot (From 'Gangway').
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report
1.03 Marck Weber's Orchestra and Keith Falkner (Baritone).
Leo Fail-Potpourri (Arr. Dostal). Orchestra; A Song Doesn't Care Muytair Melody')..... K. 1.15 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-
(From Falkner.
Sydney, The Australian Air Force is plan- ning the closest co-operation with the Royal Air Force nt Singapore. There are to be combined air exer- elsen to test defence strategy of Aus- tralia's northern approaches in ae- curdance with the plan laid down atments. last year's imperial Conference,
Mr. Lyons's Promise to Unions- Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, pro- mises that the Cabinet, which is to discuss the bringing of organised defence, labour into consultation on will not ask the industrial movement to make concessions. It desires that normal conditions should apply to munitions and defence works. nouncing a Labour suggestion that national defence should be financed by the issue of Commonwealth Bank credits, Mr. Lyons said that the Min- istry held the people's confidence be- cause it was against inflation, Inietta
De-
300 PLAGUE DEATHS IN MIRZAPORE
Calcutta.
More than half the population ef the thriving city of Mirzapore, in the evacuated United Provinces, have their homes and fled to escape an epidemic of plague which has de- vastated the city and spread to neigh- bouring villages,
In the past few days 300 deaths have been registered. Actually there whole families have are more, as been wiped out and there is nobody left to report the loss. The author)- ties are supervising rellet measures. Agent for Burma-The appoint- ment of the first Agent for the Goy- ernment of India in Burma is to be expedited owing to impending legis- blas against in- lallon there with dions. This is apparent in the new municipal act depriving Rangoon Indians of certain electoral qualifien- Burmana constitute only a tions. third of the population in Rangoon and pay only 10 per cent, municipal taxes, while Indians, who form 50 per cent, of Rangeon's popu lation, pay more than half the taxes. Canada
of the
MEETING ELECTORAL CORRUPTION CHARGE
Ottawa.
Mr. C. G. Power, Minister of Pen- slons is introducing two bills Into Parliament for the overhauling of the electoral system and the bringing of party expenditures under the strictest Government supervision,
The first bili provides for the
Brandy For "Last Man" cation periodically of the sources
St. Louis. Sydney. About 35,000,000 feet of surplus
Former Secretary of War Dwight Oregon timber in huge logs are F. Davis hus donated a bottle of 120- floating in Sydney harbour, causing year-old brandy to the Last Man's concern to the Maritime Services Club organized by the St. Louis post Board. The war in China has con- of the American Legion. Davis was tributed to the congestion of lumber. Arst commander of the post.
NOSES ELECTRO-PLATED
Electro-plating the nostriis us
hun protection against hay-fever
the British proved effective, according, to a re- view of enses given in Medical Journal,
War Links
More than 360 cases were treated Two Lives 20 at a special clinic at the Margaret
Street Chest Hospital by Mr. Philip Years After
The buller was 36-years-old Peter John Wallace, a married man, who Franklin, the laryngologist. has been with the baron's family for some years.
fullest
The results indicate that benefit is obtained when the treat-
Captain R. R. Fergusson, an Aus- South Another member of the household ment is given either just before or tralian ex-Army officer, is arranging stoff found him lying in a basement.
Later his body was taken to West-uring the attack. Four treatments to sell his sheep farm In
minaler Mortuary.
MONEY-AND MUSIC Baron Frederic d'Erlanger, 70 years ber. old, is vice-chairman of Erlanger's Bank.
lie is also famous in the world of music, being composer of several operatie, choral, and symphonic works.
Co-eds Feto Boys
CASCH
are usually Queensland and come to Scotland to
it is marry a woman ho has never seen.
IIts bride-to-be is Misa Marion Hamilton, of Shotts, Lanarkshire.
at weekly intervals auißelent, but in many found necessary to increase the num- It was found that 80 per cent, of the easen benefited. Nine per cent. were free of all symptoms during the season and 35 per cent. were grently improved, while 46 per cent. moderately relieved.
IN ACTION
The romance began in Gallipoll in were 1915. Miss Hamilton's brother was Captain killed while fighting t Fergutson's side.
Most of the hay-fever victims were More recently he has composed ballets, including "Les Cent Baisers," between 20 and 40 years of age. In performed at Covent Garden by the more than half the cases it was a de Basi Company.
family complaint.
Treatment is given by plugging the nostril with gauze soaked in zinc sul- A positive electrode phate solution. is fixed in the centre of the plug and the negative electrode is contacted Co-eds at Acadia University put with the arm or land. A current lawrole to her and they corresponded things on a paying basla here when possed through for a quarter of an for a wook they fooled all the entorhour.
The zine la depoalled in the nostrils tainment bli for their male class-
and the patient can tasto the metal. mates.
Wolfville, N. 9.
of
campaign contributions. The other measure supplements the re- commendation of the Parliamentary committee regarding the preparation of electoral lists and the supervision of actual balloting.
The bills are a result of Mr. R. B.
Bennett's allegation during the debate on the speech from the Throne, that clectoral corruption was rampant in the Dominion. He charged the Liberals with making levles on Cana- dlun National Railway contracts for party funds.
MONTREAL HOTEL·
FIRE
Montreal, The 50-year-old Corona Hotel in Montreal has been destroyed by fire. Three firemen were taken to hospital with minor injuries and one guest, n passer-by and five other Bremen were slightly injured.
Fraternalism Found Growing
New Orleans. Because many persons are return- ing to work, fraternalism is growing, said Fred H. Jones, supreme chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias, Los Angeles, who was here on a visit to Louisiana and Mississippl lodges.
Policeman Turns Fire Hero
The men had been friends, and Into action they before going agreed that if one was killed the other would let his relatives know. While going through his friend's belongings, Captain Fergusson found
A policeman turned fire hero saved n photograph of Miss Hamilton. Ilo
his step-daughter, his wife and his regularly after Captain Fergusson
dog from their burning home, but returned to Austraila,
missed his 13-year-old canary, which Now he plans to buy a farm in perished in the fire. Frank S. Will-
gan, 50, is the hero,
Scotland,
Cloveland,
1.30 Varletr. Vocal-Yogi-Bogi; Sweet Sue, Just The Four Crotchets (Vocal rette) with Guitar; Vocal-Gang Of 1936 (R. Reader). Show
Chorus with and Ralph Reader Orchestru.
1.49 Relay of Rotary TiMin Speech from The Roof Garden of the Hong- kon
Hotel. Subject: 'What is this Empire"?
2.15 Close Down.
0.0 Light Orchestral Selections. Ballroom
burth,
Uncle
Memories-Waltz Pot- pourri
Robrecht). (Arr. Carl Orchestra Muscutie; Chinese Legend (Schulenburg); Majarska (Schulen-
Wolft Eugen
and His Orchestra; Jealousy-Tango
Tzigane (Jacob Gade); Entry Of The Boyards
Murcht.
Boston Promenade Orchestra cond. by Arthur Fiedler; For You Only Serenade (Boulan ger)..... George Boulanger and is Orchestra; Gypsy Caprice (Ferraris);
(Smith). Wunderlust-Waltz Alfredo and His Orchestra. 0.30 For The Children. Nursery Rhymes,
1 Drec, I Dree, I George's Party; Dropped It (Traditional--Arr. Chal- Wood): The Farmer's In His Den (Traditional-Arr. Chalmer's Den
Wood's Chalmers Wood). Orchestra
vocal refrain; A
the Studio; Story Read from Hums Of Poul" (Poems by A. A. Milne, Music by H. Fraser-Simson); the They all went off to discover Pole; Three cheers for Pooh; The more it snows; The Butterfiles are George Baker (Baritone) flying..... with Plano.
6.58 Plano Solos.
No. 10 Rhapsody Hungarinn (Liszt). ... Ania Dorfmann (Plano). Gilbert and 7.08 Excerpts from Sullivan.
mer's
·with
The
"Ruddlgore" Selection Band of HH. Coldstream Guards cond, by Lieut. J.C. Windram,
"Trin! By Jury: A Nice Dilemma ...Leo Sheffield, Arthur Hosking, Derek Oldham, George Baker, Wint- fred Lawson and Chorus; I Love Him Winifred Lawson, Derek Oldham and Chorus; The Question, Gentlemen Leo Shef- Oh, Joy Unbounded field, Arthur Hosking, Winifred Law- son, Derek Oldham and Chorus; "The Gondoliers" I Am A Courtier grave and serious....H.A. Lytton, B. Lewis, M. Bennett, D. Oldham and G. Baker: Here is a case....D, Old- ham, G. Baker, M. Bennett, W. Law- son, A Davies and Chorus; Now let the Loyal Lieges gather round (Finale, Act 2) Full Company.
7.33 Closing local Stock Quota- tions.
7.35 Variety.
Dance Band-The Comical Fellow; Mutual Love....Folk Dance Band conducted by Ronnie Munro, Humor- ous Issy Goes To Lunch; My Best Friend...Lasy Bonn (Comedian) with Orchestra; Vocal-Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More (From Low Leslie's Blackbirds of 1936); Jo-Jo, The Can- nibal Kid (From 'Low Leslie's Black- birds of 1030')....Lavalda Carter, with Orch.; Orchestra-Let Us Be Sweethearts Over Again-Fox Trot, The Gypsy In My Soul-Quickstep ....Nat Gonella and His Georgians with vocal refrain.
0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Studio--A Recital by Guntrip (Baritone) accompanied by Lindsay A. Lafford (Piano),
P
1. The Wheel-Toppers' Song" (Wolseley Charles); 2.
"By The Light Of The Moon" (Raymond Loughborough) ...P. Guntrip; 3. Piano Solo Lindsay A. Lafford; 4. "The Fiddler Of Dooney" (Gladys Taylor); 5. "Give A Man A Horse He Can Ride" (Geoffrey O'Hara) ....P. Guntrip,
n.D.
8.20 Londoh Helay-Escape-1. First-hand accounts by Prisonera of War: An Unconducted Tour of
Oberleutnant England'; by Heinz II. E. Justus.
8.50 Studio - “Arensky” Trio Frue Lewis (Violin), Ettore Felle- (Continued on Page 11.)
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