1938-03-10 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 10, 1938.

Wages Of Hong Kong Naval Dockyard Chargemen

London, To-day.

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*Dockyard was the subject of a question in the House of Commons yesterday by Captain L. F. Plugge (Coneservative, Chatham).

Capt. Plugge said their pay worked out to 64/- a week, which was less than the lowest rated me- chanic in Home dockyards.

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He submitted that their allowances were quite in- adequate to meet the great increase in the cost of living and rents resulting from the recent large incursion of refugees.

Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, par- liamentary and financial Secretary to the Admiralty, in reply, pointed out that the chargemen's total emoluments at present consider- ably exceeded the figure mentioned by Capt. Plugge.

Owing to differing standards of conditions. it was difficult to establish and maintain a

direct relationship between Home Fard rates and the sterling equiva- lent of the comparable Hong Kong rates.

He, however, was aware of the price fluctuations resulting from

the recent incursion of refugees,

HUNGARIAN CABINET RE-SHUFFLE

Budapest, To-day.

The Hungarian Cabinet has re- signed

The Regent, Admiral Horthy, ac-

and consideration was being given cepted the resignation and asked to the possibility of a temporary the Premier, Dr. Daranyi, to form increase in emoluments of the a new Cabinet.

agreement of workmen

among į The new Cabinet differs from the

other grades at Hong Kong to meet fold only in that the Ministers of the situation.-Reuter

.

DAEDALUS TO MAKE SPECIAL

TRIP TO COLONY

Agriculture, Justice and Finance were not re-appointed.

These changes are connected with the reconstruction and rearmament plan announced by the Premier on Saturday, and costing £40,000,000 to bc financed principally fdom a capital levy on fortunes exceeding £2,000.

The new Cabinet includes the Pre- mier and five other members of the Arrangements made by the Im-old Cabinet, while Dr. Imredy, at perial Airways following the mishap present President of the National to the Delphinus at Haiphong pro-Bank, is appointed Minister without vide for a special trip by the Daeda- Portfolio to supervise the country's lus, which will come right through economic policy, presumably especi- to Hong Kong from Bangkok in aally the spending of the proposed single trip to-day, arriving late this loan-Reuter.

evening. The mail will probably be

delivered to-morrow morning.

Daedalus will then leave Hong Kong early to-morrow morning for

Haiphong, where she will pick up BRITAIN'S

the mails of the Delphinus, and proceeding through to Bangkok. The new mails from Hong Kong and those of the Delphinus will proceed in the main route air liner on Monday.

Daedalus will return to Hong Kong to maintain 2 normal schedule thereafter.

ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION IN PICCADILLY

ACTION ON MAIL CENSORSHIP

London, To-day.

The Consul General in Shanghai has addressed a protest to the Ja- panese Consul General, and has re quested that instructions be issued to refrain from censoring British mails, said the Under-Secretary fo Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler in the House of Commons in reply to a question by Mr. A. C. More ing (Conservative, Preston). An anti-German demonstration, Representations on the same sub- apparently organised by Commun-ject were made by the Embassy in ists, took place yesterday evening Tokyo on March 3.

London, To-day.

in Piccadilly Circus.

Mr. Moreing asked, if the Japan-

A number of youths took up posi- ese continued their policy of trying to impose a censorship the Govern-

tions outside West End theatres

where they distributed pamphlets ment would consider reopening the hostile to the German Foreign Mine

British post office, in Shanghai tem- ister.

ensure that British Groups of demonstrators who porarily to

officials un- started to gather in various parts mails reach British

touched. of the West End later in the even-

Mr Butler said he would like to ing, were dispersed by mounted police. Several arrests were made, await the results of the representa

Trans-Ocean,

tions made.-Reuter.

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