CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 489

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St John's Ambulance Association.

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Under Mr. E.Ralphs, with Mr. Ho Kom-tong in charge of the Chinese contingent, over one hundred Chinese joined, and they proved very useful in connection with the unfortunate collapse at Po Hing Fọng. As the uniform of the Corps somewhat resembles that of the Folunteers, the members were sometines subjected to jeering comments from the crowd; and consequently strong

and to the representations were made to Mr. Chow Shou-son and me, Government, that permission should be given to wear the badge of the Association. This permission was refused on the grounds that the more Chinese who were mistaken for Tolunteers the better at a time when there was fear of an invasion, and, further, that the appearance of a large number of red-cross armlets might lend colour to such fear, and night revive the panic. The reasons appeared to be quite sound, and should be kept in view.

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itāt› Gazetamant Compensation in Case of Death or Injury. On the 22nd June the Government issued the following

notice:-

"The Government calls upon all citizens to continue their ordinary occupation. It guarantees full protection to life and property; and, if any person lose his life as a direct consequence of being engaged in carrying on his customary work, the Government will pay to his family a sum of $2,000. Appropriate payment will be made in the ease of injury,"

This device of paying compensation was suggested by me to the Hon. Mr. S.Hallifax in the 1922 strike, and was again recommended by Mr. Chow Shou-sen and me on the 20th June at Government House. It was not fully tested on the previous occasion as the offer was made public only a day or two before the end of the trouble. This time it has not sufficed of itself to