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The China Mail ·

Sea-Power Still Vital To Britain

HERE THERE

EVERYWHERE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

It is suggested that in ten years' time letters will go from London to New York in two hours. This comes from an American inventor! who has a long-standing bet that before 1940 he will dine in New York and breakfast in London next morning.

He now Bays that, his next goal

UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN

2,000,000 WORKLESS AT

PRESENT TIME

NEED WE HAVE THIS STATE

OF AFFAIRS?

is the conquest of inter-stellar N

space.

THE ROCKET AGAIN

(By Viscount Snowden)

TEED we have 2,000,000 unêm building trades, and 271,000 in ployed? Certainly not." public works contracts. Of these I know enough of the nature and numbers 314,000 were unemployed! difficulties of the unemployment in December-189,000 belonging problem not to raise expectations to the building trades and 125,000- that it can be solved by a few Or- to public contracts. He believes in the rocket, and ders-in-Council,

Slum Clearance

a slum. claims that its possibilities are no But I do not accept the compla The Government have longer visionary but within the cont view taken by a Cabinet Min- clearance scheme which aims at control of science.

ister that we must be reconciled to pulling down 250,000 slum dwell- Since the German Fritz von Opel have at least 2,000,000 out of ings in the next five years and re- itted a gunpowder-charged rocket works for the next 10 years. I placing them with more decent. to an automobile chassis in 1925, believe we could reduce that uum- houses. This programme is ridi great strides have been made. ber considerably within the next culous in ita, inadequacy. It is At the present moment two twelve months by measures within not 250,000 slum dwellings which American scientific societies are our power. perimenting with liquid-fuel rockets: controlled by a photo-electric de

The unemployment problem to-classes in a modest standard of de- cency. In fact, the greater part. vice.

They have already progressed far day is different both in its nature of Britain urgently needs to be re-

built..

speed."

:

A Different, Problem

Temporary

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need to be destroyed, but at least. 1,000,000, to rehouse the working

enough to enable this inventor to and intensity from that which we

We have 190,000 unemployed guess at a transatlantic__rocket knew in the old days..

Then we had no permanent un builders waiting to do the job.. post within ten years.,

Human rocket-flights are also employed except a small residuum what is to prevent them from be within the range of scientific pos- of "unemployables.” siblity.

Experiments with mice trade depression threw capable ing put to the work?. Nothing but. the complacency of the authorities." Such a building enterprise, to and guinea-pigs have shown that workmen out of employment for a these animals can live at "rocket time, but they were reabsorbed in gether with the employment of the work when the incvítable improve-other 125,000 out-of-works' on ment in trade came.

public works, would do more to Now we are faced by the tragic reduce, unemployment than any Your Daily Smile!

fact that we have hundreds of other Immediately practicable: thousands of workmen who are scheme. There is no other Indus war. Neither would be compa- The opera was "Lily of Killarney,"||

a surplus to the requirements of the try which provides so much an- tible with the Dominion status and the tenor was terrible. with which South Africa is one of two man in the front row stood industry in which they were cillary and indirect labour as the Large areas building trade. The employment: On the other and said: "Come on cut; we've had formerly employed. Hong Kong Thursday, March 7, 1935. wholly content.

{enongh."

which were wholly dependent on of an additional 314,000 men in hand participation in what the The other refused.

one trade have been rendered de-building operations and on public Minister calls an "overseas ad- "Come on," said the first mas, venture" would lead to social die "you've been growling even more than relict because a large part of their works would also give employment:

I have!"

trade has gone never to return. to another 814,000 in ancillary oc turbances, possibly to civil war. "I know," replied the other, "but

Lop-Sided Industry

cupations and a further equat Nations make war in defence of he's arrested in the next act, and 1. their vital interests. Mr. Pirow want to see him, arrested!”

We have now to realise that our number indirectly arising from Air went on to explain that South That Britain needs

industries are top-sided, Some from the increased apending power Force adequate for both insular Africa's vital interests are con

Plenty of Time

have been abnormally developed, which would be provided.

All Trades Stimulated. and Imperial purposes is beyond fined to her own continent. Her My uncle left over 500 clocks."

But while the Air armament against an external time to wind up his estate.? -

"Indeed! It must have taken some while others have been neglected. dispute. Force has work of its own to do enemy is therefore limited to de- it cannot render the Navy's work fence agalast long-range attack superfluous. Each arm has. ita by sea or air, and does not ad- A keen golfer had charming girl this article. I am concerned with per cent; in artificial stone and own function and neither can mit of an expeditionary force. on his right at dinner, and gave her something less difficult but imme-concrete 110 per cent.; in heating and ventilating apparatus 107 per: supplant the other. To air-pow- What, then, are these vital in-graphic descriptions of his er belongs the defence of her terests? They are concerned ments with the clubs, hardly allowing diately practicable.

An examination of the figures of cent.: in electric cable, lamps, etc., her time to say more than "Really!" coasts and the protection of her with native policy.

During the dessert he remarked: trade and employment brings out 89 per cent.; in paints, varnishes, cities. It is as though fate has Mr. Pirow pointed out, two con- "I'm afraid I've been monopolling the some interesting and significant etc., 69 per cent.; in brick, tiles, drawn a line a certain distance tradictory native policies now in conversation and talking, nothing but facts. It is quite wrong to as-pipes, etc., 60 per cent.; and in out at sea inside which British operation in Africa, the one as-golfo, never mind," said the girl. sume that the period from 1928 to furniture-making 41 per cent. ships would become relatively similative, the other exclusive. "But you might tell me what is the Impotent. The case for air The British flag covers both, and golf?" power as the essential element it is as a member-State of the in defence is overwhelming, but Commonwealth that South Africa air-power cannot be equally res-can most effectively press the ponsible for long distance de policy she herself pursues. Mr.

fence..

an

There are,

Pirow has in mind the possibill-

*

•

Disillusioned bl.

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

We shall have to redress the ba- Since 1928 the number of pers lance of our industrial occupssons employed in electrical wiring tions. That will be a long job. In and contracting Increased by 198

one

present time has been

There is, in fact, not one manu-

of unrelieved depression. facturing trade which will not be Many of our industries have been stimulated more or less by a build- quite prosperous during all these ing boom.

years. The depression has been I do not think it is an exaggerat mainly confided to our staple in-ed estimate to say that the em

To Great Britain this latter asty of serious native trouble. During February there were dustries which employed the larg-ployment of the unemployed build- pect of security is of decisive There is, however, another pos 242.75 hours of wireless transmisest number of workers, and which ing and construction operatives

duce unemployment by one-half. Importance. Fifty thousands tons sibility referred to in his speech sion of which 158.25 hours, were were largely dependent on over would directly and indirectly, re- This reduction 'would add £100,-.. of food and 100,000 tons of raw which might bring South African devoted to European programmes, seat markets.

Of the 2,000,000 registered an- material reach her shores every and British conceptions of de- and 8450 to Chiness programmes. day. The threat to these sup- fence into much closer harmony. There were 183 new licences issued employed about two-thirds belong 000.000 a year to spending power.. plies comes from the sea, and What if there developed a pros- during the month and 924 renewals to half a dozen tradea and indus-and lessen unemployment pay by

tries-coal mining, textiles, metal £50,000,000. can be met only by sea-power. pect of "Eastern immigration in

engineering, shipbuilding, It is preposterous to think that The argument that warships, to British Africa from outside The following unclaimed telegrams and

on much needed publle works on:"" built to face naval ordnance, are the Commonwealth?" Under such are lying at the office of The Great building and public works, and 225,000 men could not be employed removing dangerous level croBB at the mercy of bombs, dropped circumstances South Africa's vi- Northern

Telegraph Company distributive sccupations.

What Can Be Done? Kobe,

supplies, on from aircraft which are them-tal interests might bring her in- (Limited): Waster from

These facts give us materials ings, on rural water supp selves highly vulnerable, de- to an Imperial defence scheme as Simods from Osakas, Macedonald

for examining how far it is within new bridges, on railway electrifi serves all the scorn naval critics cogently as they now withdraw Inchocoy from Shanghal.

the power of this country to effect cation, and on a score of other pour upon it. The conclusion her from it. which the facts force upon every

considerable reduction in this far-too-long delayed improvements..

A Gigantic Task thoughtful mind is that sea-de-

volume of unemployment. fence and air-defence are both essential; and a survey of the facts is the best antidote to what is rightly termed "the folly of

FORGED CHOP

ALLEGED

engendering a false and wholly Married Woman Faces

artificial rivalry between sea power and air-power." A genera tion is growing up that never

Charge

Shu-fore

Teof Chung-koh, late of No. 176 Cheung Saf Road, Canton, who died

For many reasons I do not think I have not put forward these on August 11, 1984, left local estate valued at $169,200, Frobates have a substantial improvement in the auggestions as a permanent solu been granted to Tsol Tsang-shi and coal-mining industry can be ex-lon of the unemployment problem. pected. The revival of shipbuild. But I believe they would break the Tsol Leung-ahi, widows.

Ing depends upon the revival of hack of the present huge total of foreign trade. There is not much workless. Dr. Li Shu-fan's cook, Chan Wo,

(Continued on Page 11) was fined $10, and the assistant prospect of a real revival in our cook, Chan Cho, was oned $5 by Mr export trade ao long world knew the war and the stern les- Charged with obtaining $40 from EL Wynne-Jones at the Central conditions remain unsettled. son it taught us that Britain's Tang Fung-lin, married Police Court this morning, for Something may be done to im- very existence is dependent on woman of No. 66 Lai Chi dumping rubbish in Kennedy Road prove the textile trades by the the security of overseas food Kok Road on two occasions near the public latrine, at 8 pm stimulation of the home market, and the same may be said of the supplies. No superiority of air- by means of a forged chop, Chul yesterday.

metal and engineering industrios power could protect Britain's Yuet-ho a 81-year-old married wo vital shipping route arteries man, was remanded by Mr. W. Charged with the unlawful pos- The prospects of an early and against an enemy who had gain-Schofield at the Central Magistracy session of 14 wooden partitions, big reduction in the volume of un- led command of the sea

BANISHEE RETURNS Served Over 21 Years In Gaol

Charged for the third time, with

this morning. two street, coolies, Tsang Yiu and employment in four of the six in a breach of the Deportation Or

It was stated that a money tran Lam Hin, were remanded for 48,dustries mentioned above are not dinance, He Ming, a 26-year-old un=" South Africa's Defence action was being carried on behours by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at promising. This leaves two for employed, was remanded until Thursday next for committal to the tween the complainant and andther the Central Police Court this morn consideration. Policy

* Overstaffed Trades 125 next Criminal Sessions by Mr. E. I.. woman, Accused produced Ing.

The distributive trades are the Wynne-Jones at the Central Police. forged chop pretending that she re

20-year-old spinster, Chulargest employers of labour in the Court this morning.

000,000 Defendant was arrested at. 8.80 traden, a.m. yesterday in Aberdeen Street. Weng, was fined $200, in default country. There are over three months hard labour by Mr insured workers in these

In He had been convicted El Wynne-Jones at the Central more than one-t Police Court this morning, for pos- December more than 200,000 were previous occasions, and

am inclined to u tota) sessing 1,610 po piu lottery tickets: unemployed.

Ithink that this occupation is per labdur fore he

a period F2984)

South Africa is spending much presented the other woman. SheÄ thought and money on national obtained $10 on October - 12 last defence; she will not participate year, and 880 on February 29, in any scheme of Imperial, de fence; but she does not wish to secede from the Empire Such was the puzzling situation the epithet is his own which Mr. Pirow the Union's Defence Min-

ter, set himself to 1

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