1953-09-24 — Page 9

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953.

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Oct,

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Problems In Britain:

Social Changes' Effect

Returns To Attack

London, Sept. 23. A prominent British ship. the owner has returned to attack on factors raising

ing efforts to improve efficiency.

Problems of the port labour industry were outlined in d paper operating costs and nullify read to the anthropology section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in Liverpool, by Miss Joan Woodward, senior research worker in the Department of Social Science of the Liverpool University.

Sir Ernest Murrant, Chairman of Pornoes, Withy & Co., says in his statement accompanying

many cases the benefits which were expected from the 16- creased speed of modern cargo. filers and from costly cargd- hanting equipment rice being realised.

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Warning By Industrialists

Stockholm, Sept. 23. Socialist Sweden mußt work harder or take a fall in her high living standard.

Her industrialists, giving this warning, say that Sweden is being outpriced at home and in many of her most important export markets by West Germans and other foreigners who, through

Miss Woodward, whose paper was entitled "A Study of the Docks the firm's annual report that a harder and more effective work, are able to Industry," was in charge of a research team which begin research in the docks industry in 1949.

and

produce more cheaply than she is doing at 'present.

The industries worst hit by country's total consumption of

pro not foreign competiitafi

en nýion stockings. gineering and shipping. But evén stople exports 11kỡ timber Jand prith äre corning less nown-

daya.

The fold work, carried dùi jà the early stages út Liverpool and then con- centrated on Manchester, occupied à yent, and two years have bom spent on the task of sorting out the information collected. The results of the research are to be published by the Liverpool University about the pad of this year. Min Woodward mummo;ézed the exploratory studies were under-, Aboul halt the size of the other. fredustry's outstanding problems taken in Liverpool

pus a very important dihup, who folbirst

were not successful in getting a One research worker went job in competition with their 1. Far-reaching social changes into the conteng do a contéen repowe, and who were left de- of the last decade, and changing | assistant. Participant observa. He to be allocated to the lobs social aspiratione in pakistation was usefulde that stage of remaining when the main buik Læet had a disintegrating effect en a research profeet. As the last of the dock workers had gone.

well-integrated dark part of the preliminary work, 11 the once

was decided to move from Liver- evantmunity.

"This really is pod of the most tact with the Manchester Ship In this rejected and left group | artificial gang shortages created poot to Manchester. First con- serious problems of the industry, with Canal Company revealed a man- there is a potential source of to provide excessive rates of

2. The dock worker's family wu onze very external; the posi- tion of the father in the formliy was now changing, and the wife won mestaning the more derinant rolę. This affected thò aitplaadders and self-confidence of the dick ww.ley himself.

3. Despite Geensualkuki sahomes, dock work had ramstoel an esteetikaty casual occupatider Da ofered the dock worker Title in the way of permanent

13

For this reason, the tariff has been strongly criticised ·In a

mbetar fincial

and com-

newspapers.

With Barckir work remaining us the simplest alternative unti tariff walls con be raised, tho Government is forced to rely on die trade unions in this highly Since the organised. country. end of the war, the unions have been consistently

helpful and co-operative, giving Sweden one of the most peaceful labour-

In management relationships Europe.-China Mail Special.

A close analysis of one parti- cular trade revea, ed, that daya stved ni Bea through on l

speed of four knots, Omelal statistics stress the volving heavy infin capital warnings of Sweden's ..in cbat,

higher

dustrialists, operating

econorirists and couts, ard completely olfact by other experts. delays in part, he said. Ships For example, Sweden's exports in labour in Arst half of this year met with reductions

amouriteit to inly 3.473 million output, shortage of berthing at- commodation

whare part crowns' worth, compared with capnelly has not kept full pace 4,204 million crowns' worth In

trade expansion, and the same period last year.

Her Imports were down to 4,000 million crowns this year, compated with 4,687 milion trowns in the same period lust solved the problem of Sir Ernest also delivered a

But this still left her NEW YORK castras employment. The prob- fresh broadside on the ship-with a trude deficit of 538,000,- The dock workers In botli, Jem is still there. The only builder's fotrefes over original 000 crowris this year, compared Liverpool and Manchester, suid ¦ difference is

The position with only 403,000,000 that instead of estimated cost. Miss Woodward, were far from competing for a job they

was most unsatisfactory and the last year, being antagonistic to outsiders competing for a good job."

only remely appeared to be and permed anxious

for shipowners to call a halt in that

ordering new ships except for bare nogessities.

agement not afraid of 100ction," sald Miss Wood-pay.

latent problems come to the sur” face.

Üheir position and parti Mi

"Decasualisation hasn't

arc

that Man- They

or stable relationships with em- more fully understood. Because thought their employers were,

ployer ne colleagues.

4. The cheages in the adminis- trative structure of the industry had divided the loyalties of the dock workers, who were now confused and uncertain as to the | relative roles of the employee and the Dock Labour Beard.

As far as the collection of

all

were

each other, and we

the

can

a

A striking lustration of the extent to which profits have liad to be ploughed back is provided by the Ellerman Lines, which has provided £14,750,000 for depreciation.... deferred repairs the past and other reserves over

total revenue four years, out of a of nearly £18 million. In the same period less than £500,000 in dividends on, was paid out privately-owned capital-China Mall Special.

your.

crownk

STOCK EXCHANGE

our prices are too Extension Of Advance

in

despite

higher to- considerable

advanco

also

!

The drop is more clearly seen in the reports of many of the Woodward said

big engineering companies. They cular problems should be whep dock workers al

report lower export anies this chester were asked who

year and Sir Ernest

give the samo ex- of the interest

A threat which aroused in

planation: "Our quality is first Manchester, and

because the 50 per cent sold the Ship Canal might have made but did not 1951 strikes took place while the Company, 35 per cent snid the was to take orders for new ships class but

where Dock Labour Boat per cent abroad,

German research

and high." was in progress, and both, que per cent sald Japanese builders

Some

have companies are making.

Now York, Sept. 23. inquley developed one werd employell by

Prices on the stock exchange larger scale than was originally trade union, and 12 per cent

apparently very successful creased their exports, but they

are exceptions, and the increase closed fractionally efforts to cut their costs. intended."

is often only caused by deliveries | day said they really did not know.

The present level of taxation of goods with a long manu- amount of profit-taking in tho Miss Woodward described

was also one of Sir Ernest'sfacturing time and ordered a final hour of trading. 5. The trade union no longer | contemporary data was concern-

year or more ago when Sweden,

Today's movies! such confusion and uncertainty argets. "The continued heavy provided on outbol for the docked, the research started with

us "A dangers situation in drain upon resources by taxation ilke other countries, was enjoy-moyed industrial prices to their workers though which they structured interviewing by four

One docker, she brings us each many ways

year nearer to ing the boom starled by the best levels since roult express the frutat research workers. Not only was said, selesily remarked: "There the

September point ot which the Korean war and direcbient, Finving bezcene that

12. Rail shares as a group met useful in collection

of our are two bosses here. They don't maintenance

feels by powerful

Stself, classificatory data, but

the most realising in the lest It also like organisation

SOCIALISTS BLAMED directed gave

will become replacement

hour but managed to close aggression Was noww

research workers some-

me make a monkey out of both of practical impossibility." against it.

carly

Industrials thing definite to do in

Sitip-owhers, whese earnings few cents higher. them."

foreign freights them in

the strongest. stages and brought

have were

A few REASONS FOR RESEARCH

from contact with different kinds of

enabled Sweden to balance her pivotals here moved up around Explaining earlier the reasons, people. In that case a sample

account a point. Some cit shares payments foreign why the research in the docks of one in six of the dock

ofthough she imports more than registered good gains. Industry

Today's carly advance was an undertaken, she Wilg

workers, approximately 50

ahe exports have per

given very

of yesterday's sharp decounts said that the Department of Scent of the foremert, and

of their extension explicit clat Science of the university had the

Several upsurge.

favourable senior supervision

difficulties.

They say that the Socialist interpretations of the current bain interested in the problems interviewed.

government's nct of the deck worker evor sinise the

regulating market alluations helped to department was first set up irg, the

labour hours on board ships toy selling. makes effective competition with Of the 1,120 lesues traded to- early 20th century. This work of Eleanor Rathbone in 1910-a 24:-

German, Dutch, Polish and even day 615 closed higher, 200 held vey of "How the Casual Labourer

Russian ships impossible.

unchanged and 230 closed lower, Lives

partly responsible

As a result of this shorter Studebakers dominated donl- for the setting up of the Liverpool

working hours Lor scarpenings. They dashed in the No. in 1912, the first step

legislation, 17 men are needed spot in the most active list wards de casaliseltjom. Moce

turnover of 18,700 the department had

vessel. The crews on German, shures, closing with a gain of Ability to And out and

Dutch and Polish ships of the % to $22%. Interpret what was going on

Transactions

today totalled same tonnage are only about around R.

half this number, the Swedish 1,240,000

shares. ship-owners

Steel shares finished mixed. New York, Sept. 23,

At the

same time, a com-In oils, Texas Paulde and Land World No. 4 sur Kutures

closed with a loss of 14 closed unchanged to three points pulsory three-walch system on

to $111 higher with sales-of-65-con-all Swedish ships over 500 tons

The New York Stock Ex- treats, Domestic No. 6 sugar has entailed more officers for

was at They cannot be change bond volume futures cloned unchanged to two each vessel..

and many ships are $2,500,000 and the American points higher with sales of 67 found,

under qualified Stock Exchange, volume van at saling with

Dow Jones contracts.

$30,000 shares. crows,

The result of these differences closing, averages: Closing prices of futures were

that more and more bl

30 Industriada as follows:--.

Sweden's own ships are being 2 Hold. Lald up while more and more 13 Uuliten (oreign vossils take: over

the Stocks

40 13onds cargoes which the Swedish ships, Comm. future prices inxtex might have had.

TIT 1049. when that work

strated, there had been three major dock trikes in three sue- cessive years, and that posed the problim *why desamt:lization. which had boon advocated as the solution of all the problems of the industry. had nut produced

Deated results.

ORIENTAL casualisation had

R.M.S. "CARTHAGE”

SAILS:

NOTICE TO PASSENGERS

BAGGAGE:

Friday the 25th September at 12.00 noon for the UNITED KINGDOM vin Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Aden and Port Said.

a

wag

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET

Interviewing

supple- direct observation menied by and non-directive methods on both group and individual basis. "We did a lot of non-directive work. We lived for most of the time in a pub opposite the main gateway to the docks, and 50

non-directive work was done in cd to $400,567. Ngon quotations there," sald Miss Woodward, ¦ and the emid laughter..

You

(From Our Correspondent) Business done on the Stock

directive in a lot of the Exchange this inarning mount Sugar Prices Inman 200 gross tons Swedia with

morning's

trans-

actions:-

SKATES ROTÉRÉ SELEŠNÉ SALES

RESISTANT TO CHANGE She said that experiment was ❘ BANKS nt a useful technique-in-the docks' industry, for the Industry was particularly,

resistant to change, and initiation of ex-

would ir periments

very diMcult. It was possible in

with the ideas on which the research was base, observe the rasghs at changes DOCKS, ETC. Miss Woodward said that de-

those served KS J kind involved change in the formal natural experiment.

of the industry. Oration of

A vast amount of The National Dock

Labour

Information Board had been set up-a

piece/fullaneous

collected, including the

of

administrativo achinery records of one

the

Provident Wheelock

New York.

"Ehal* Ab ̄ ̄

INSURANCES

Union Underwriters HK Fire

187

5.10

151

cf

K. Whart

BG

21 500 € 21.80

110

Inis-

WIE LAND, ETC Wage

22.3d 6000 et 3.80

1934

Contract No. 4 (wdila)

Oct. Jon. Maten

3.27 bid

3.56 nom.

July

2.34 bid

rk Hotel

1K and x 7.00 7.00 6500 in 7.85

Sept

3.36

01

Spot-fcents per tb, fob

J

"Cabo)

3.27

Contact No.

35.10 25.30

23.10

Nov.

JBZ

Jan. 1051

C. LUME

(

Peak Tram

(a) Peak Tram

__()... 21.16 120 13.00

Eleethe 21.30 2774 Telephone... 21.00 22.30 2100 22 INDUSTRÍALS

March

May

Sept.

Now

100 m 17

Spot-teents per ib. cil

NY ex-dock)

5.60 naiti. 3.70 *.74 nom.

5.02 -United Press.

in six of the

which was not only new to the dock workers for a complete industry, but also was unique,

for it had no counterpart disc-car. The analysis of all the UTILITIES

information had taken longer problem info where. The interesting pro

to

"IMPOSSIBLE TASK"

was

for the industrial sociologists than the Bold work. The report was to discover how the people

to be presented in wo to sections-first, the analysis at reacted concensed

hac changed conditions, and what the pre-strike situation; second, had happened

Informal the Eccount of the strikes which organisation, both among em- took place in Afanchester in April, ployers and

dock February, 105), and in among

1951, workers themspives.

Cement The first section, she said, was reported in six chapters the STORES, ETC. Concerning difficulties encour social background of the dock tered in entering the field, Miss working community, the organis- Woodward remarked that wilenation of work, attitudes to the department first announced its intention of undertaking that management (Manchester Ship Canal Company and the both research, the reaction people concerned with Industrial National Dock Labour Board). NOON on Thursday, 24th September research and those concerned attitudes to trade unions, wages, COTTONS

was and working conditions.

Passengers are requcated to send ALL baggage to the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Co.'s Godown at No. 2 Gate, CANTON ROAD ENTRANCE, by

1953,

SPECIAL NOTE: With the exception of hand packages

carried by

passengers themselves, ALL BAGGAGE must pass through the Wharf Co.'s Godown for loading on board by ship's slings only. BAGGAGE COOLIES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE WHARF.

EMBARKATION: Passengers should embark between 9.30 and 11.00 a.m. on Friday, the 25th September, 1953.

BUSINESS REGULATION ORDINANCE 1952 Copies of the prescribed Forms 1(a) 1(b) and 1 (c)'

Now On Sale at S. C. M. Post, Ltd. HONGKONG AND KOWLOON TEN CENTS EACH

with

the

DI

tremendous changes in social *fell, life. of the dock communit

since 1940, Miss Woodward salı

$8.00 10.80 1000 ₪ 10.70

Dairy XD 230 m 1000 độ

Watson

L.

.... 23.00 24.20 Crawford 25

Textile Corp. $.33

LONDON TIN MARKET

docks Industry that they were embarking on on In her remarks concerning the impossible task.

Industrial

sociologists quite rightly, that the methodi cal problems would be difficult that the Improved Anancial to overcome, and those who position of dock workers led know

the industry thought it obviously to Increased social would be impossible to enter it | aspirations. from outside.. The latter polnit of view was

mast

emphati- cally to the research workers,

Employers, it was said, had Woodward said the competition spat rising $15 tem

for jobs which occurred in the lang

put

Referring to the organisationi of work on the docks, Mis

London, Sept. 22. The tin markét, was flem with por ton. Three monias Turnover was 35 tons of which Prices 10 tons were for cash.

days of casual employment was also went up @41⁄2 to 28114.

perpetuated today. The research

found three

been subjected to so much crit cism from outaldo bodies that they were resistant to inve flon, while Hock workers would group

among us inside the dock control slowed as follows: pot tolerate strangers them. They would bo part!~They found a group of, men, spot tin, buyers

par under 40 per cent of the total cularly resistant to the women who were really interested in podo members of the research team

Wellers

it was sald; for only two things security of relationships with months sin, buyers

ng their colleague); who attached purtrins really upset them, women and rais. It appeared that the docks themselves departmanent gang, Bettandort industry would be more time and promet, and who tends cult to enter than, the most to follow the fareren from Joli

to job. the communities with which ច

ch the anthropologist

primitive

· FROBLEM OF REJECTS probably

Andher group,

himee native. -WAY, A bags: Wid gulusď frded

the research started. 11110 larger afcositos of men

In

ground of the industry was cbe fobe mare:

tained, mostly from the minutes whole ward

July

6.70 Bom, 8.da rom.. 0.50 дог.

London Foreign Exchange

New York Montreal Amsterdam Brussels Oslo Zurich Copenhagen

Paris Stockholm Lisbon Deutsche Mark Blocked Mark

WANT ACTION

Here again, the warnings of

the experts

are

conilemed by oficial statistics. In the firs three months of this year, the latest period for which complete Swedish figures are available, the

carned 341, 100,000 crowns, compared

red with 440,000,000 crowns in the aarge period last year. The decrease Thos

continued,

full re- althoughs turns are not yet to hand.

merchant marine

a

20.30

94.20

49.06.

100,07

$4.53

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The Rubber

Markets

Singapore, Sept. 23,

The market opened steadfer and **= {Chertofler fluctuated mildly. It eldred straży because of modkrite

Both the ship-owners and the ratio support. Prices closed as

Jollary industrialists

are urging the No. 1 rabber por Ib. Oct.

Government to take action. The it to except skip-owners want

ships up

6372-635%

Nov.

Dec

to 1,000 gross tons, 4-2 rubber per 1. Oct.

No. 10.61-10.01% from the new labour regulations | No.4.

London, Sept. 23.

7301% 2.80% 2.331-2.75

139.95-140.03

20.06-1-12.1914

12171-12.171) hardest.

18.33-1825%.

2012-201 14.4313-15 79,23-80.10 se

11.484-11.00 1512-1536 United Prem

JAPANËSË BONDS

London, Sept. 13,

Japanese bonds

tin

"A" (As of 1899) "B" (45. of 1910)

"C" (as of 19071 "y" (ds of 1924)

Exchang

Hatta

of evidence of the various com- their effortik Pertuarient are Indoredan gulidura küsi

mitteos that had been formed to lationship, with colleagues, Theci zinapore

examine its problems, Adeo, five there was a smaller group, tado-China platirol (per 100)

0414

75 183

"E" (834 of 1030) 1804 "(Tǝk70 548 OF 1926) 34 "G" (Tokyo ba of 1912) 10014 Consola

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United Prem.

\ LONDON

MADHET

which hit these email ships the pot rubber unbajed

Blasker enete No.il pole orepe The

Indestrialists are cam- paigning for higher

trifta against foreign goods. They ads that Sweden's tariffs cre much milder than those applied by other countries and wage a rd-wk No. 1 HSS spet quefied form so that Swedish producers undfanged at 18-11/16. Settle- ment house arms for -futnwes shall not be handicapped,

'Landbrx, Sept. 23.

The rubber market was quiet

Partly because it is bound by were as follows: international

994. 1 Dece ugreements and IL Nov. would seem, portly because it Marets fears reprisals, the Sociais Amsupe Government has takon no seilen ugy/Sept. except

int the

chise of British Acceding to nylon stockings.

Swedish flylon requests from manufacturers, It has imposed n "anti-dumping tard, on the Brith stockiipe

18%-1816

-15%-123%

1994-1035

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NEW YORK MARKET

New York, Sept. 23. : Rubber futures today closed 30-40 points lower with sales of $22 contracts, Dealers quoted Ny, 1 RSS at 2215 cents a pound NOT EFFECTIVE

with a fair amount of business

for. on that bals This "anti-dumping tdell" has, alag, dona

delivery. Futures. however, not been wrective. December

N.Y. Cofton Prices rated gahast British ex prices!

porters who

sold to Bitch December idore chloupây: to that own arch (1964)

May Now Youte, Stok 23 domnestie maakat... Many British y

Kaires, today! "dumpers" have found, however, September

that if they raise their prices to

a level at which the tariff ceases

to

fo operate, they can still sell

thee it.

22.50 ma 22.40 b 22.40 bid 2240 bid 21.40 bid

United Press. AMSTERDAM MARKET

Amsterdam, Sept. 22. The rubber market, was quiet," Ik that swadish Prices glosed ins follows women mily pas more 20% the Not rubber, per this bala

Hom same type of stocking and that No. ↑ Hobber por jazd Brith manufacturers continue No: i reps rubber par th. 1.90 paid!

No. 5 rubber pe 19 125 morn. of the

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PILL

United Presto kupply about half