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"THE" "HONGKONG DAILY PRUSS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TE, 1932.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITER

REGULAR SAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON for NEW YORK & BOSTON va Suez

**DACRE CASTLE "'

* "BOLTON CASTLE ”

LLOYD

**

miling on or abent Sånd of Feb. miling middle of Mar.

TRIESTINO.

TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH HILLS OF LADING FOR LEVANT, 20 BLACK SRA & DANUBE PORTS.

FIUME having been re-opened for trafic, omrgo is also nocepted for this port on through Bills of Lading,

"TRACIA”

FOR SHANGHAI,

sailing on or about 17th Feb.

FOR BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

'*.*. "TRACIA ”·

sulting carly Mar. Passengers" · Luggage can be insured at the Office of the Agents.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.

*Balling from Colombo to South Afflian Porta jan SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS from CALCUTTA & COLOMBO. Through Bill of Lading inned from Hongkong,

For Freight, or Farage on any of the above Lines apply to

N.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,

Agente

Y. K.

BAILINGS SURIRENZIO ANZINATION

VICTORIA, SBÄTTLE'& VANCOUVER ris Shanghai Japan porte Through Bills of Lading issued to all Overland comenon Points in U.B.A. and Canada. *TUSEÏMI MARU

Friday, 10th Feb, nt 4 pm.

Thursday, 23rd Feb, at 11 am.

Singapore, &c.

KATORI HARU (Nagasaki direct})

MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via

SADO MARU

KITANO MABU

HAMBURG, via "LONDON HULL

·MATSUMOTO MARU

LIVERPOOL via MARSEILLES.

TAJIMA MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE

AXI MARU

TANGO MARU

Friday

Friday,

& ROTTERDAM

་

Bonday,

10th Feb., at 11 am.

17th Feb, st 11 am

11th Feb.

- 13th Feb.

Monday, Manis, &c.

Today, 14th Feb, ut 11 am. uslay*~~21stHarjat 11 am.

Wednesday, 22nd Feb.

**W YORK, VIA PANAMA & QUBAN PORTS.

TAKETOYO MARU

NEW YORK, via Suez,

T

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES, vis CAFE

KANAGAWA MARU.»

H

Ead of Mar. HOMBAI Via Singapore, Penang and Colombo,

Saturday, TOKUSHIMA MARU CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Paning & Bangoon.

PENANG MARU

NAGASAKI

KOBE &

TANGO MARU

414

11th Feb.

M

700

Friday,

friday, 17th Feb., at 11 am

Tuesday

14th Feb. Monday 13th Feb.

10th Feb.

TOKOHAMA

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

TOTTORI MABU (calling Nagasaki) CALOUTA MARU (omitting Shanghai)

For farther information apply - NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telepbour Nos. 202 & 293.

K. H. KAMEL, Maunger

YAMASHITA KISENA

KAISHA

(THE YAMASHITA S.S. Ca. L.ro.)

REGULAR FREIGHT & PASSENGER SERVICE

BETWEEN

KEELING HONGKONG & HAIPHONG.

Salling from Hongkong.

FOR HAIPHONG via Holbow & Pakão!.

·8.8." HOZUI MARU” -

FOR KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy,

For further particulars," olease apply to--

Branch Ofoe, No. 87, Bonham Strand, West Tel. No. 156.

on or about 14th Feb.

8. MITARAL

AURIT Top Floor, King's Brilding

Tel No. 140..

PRINCE LINE FAR EAST SERVICI

GLOOM AND GLEAM,

LESSONS OF 1991,

SPIRIT OF CONCILIATION.

I said at the outset that an outstand- ing feature of the year's experience har boon the growing community of undor

employers and employed. standing, of sim, and of purpose betwees There has

(SX TAR MINISTER OF LABOUR.] Nineteen twenty-one has been a year of grave depression and widespread unheen a good deal of talk about a wide- employment. It has been a year during spread and carfully organised conspiracy which the inevitable effects of the awful in secure unreasonable reductions in smash-up of 191-1918 have come upon wages" Now, that really won't do. No us with full and disastrous fores. It has been a year also, so far as the vast majority of industries are concerned, of growing appreciation on the part of both

INDO-CHINA

STEAM İNAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITE

SHANGHAI

SAILINGS, BUBJECT TO ALTERATION

HAIPHONG vis HOIHOW

BANGKOK

BANDAKAN.n

STRAITS & CALOUTTA MANILA

YOKOHAMA & Kour

one, so far as I know, desires deliber. CALCUTTA LINE ally to lower the standard of comfort classes have been able to attain. But and amenity to which the operative

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A "CHUNBANG

"MAURANG *

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13th Fab,

Mon

light 13th Feb, 10 AM

Мол Mon

19th Feb. 10 A.M.

13th Feb., Noom.

FOOKBANG Mon, 13th Feb. 3 F.. "YUENSANG.MOB

13th Feb., 3.M. "KWAISANG***

15th Feb, 5 Pa

This Lang affords regular allings to Calonta Fening and Singapore; returning from Calsanta, stosmart proceed via Bizalla and Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling så Shanghai. All steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted with Blestris Light and From sed carry a fully-qualified

employers and employed each of the undoubtedly, once again faced with world SHANGHAI LINE sometimes calling at Swatow. Through tickets a

other's difficulties, each of the other's point of view. In fact, we shall emerge came a matter of at least as much im- competition, the coat of production be- from 1881 and all its sorrows and hard-portance for the working people them MANILA ships in a far better position to take fuli | selves da for the employers You can, of

approximately every three days ostesen Canton aro

LINEA wkly service la maintained with Manila by vessels with good

be obtained and through" Hill of Tading are issued 10, Northern and Yangtane Forta via Shanghai,

advantage of such good fortune as may course, go on for a short time stocking | HAIPHONG LINE :—Salling Boocusmodation, sailings from bath ports every Friday.

come our way in 1999 than the most your warehouses at a cost of production BURNEO ardent advocate of mutuality, confidence, and operation between employers and employed would have been bold enough to forecast.

The year opened with 838,000 persons registered as wholly unemployed, and 521,000 persons reaigistered as on short time The hopelessly bankrupt state of most of our best foreign customers made it certain that much improvement was not to be looked for. There was some litttle promise of a lift in the early spring. But the disastrous dispate in the coal industry caran diwn like a black fog upon all that.

That dispute into the merits of which it would be futile now, to eater-eaded on June 30th, at which time thers were in addition to 1,200,000 miners no fower than 2,180,000 persons registered as wholly unemployed, and not far short of 1,000,000 registered as on abort time.

ing

which will never give you a market. But the end of that sees the shutters up, the † Oficial Receiver in the board room, and

the workpeople walking the streets..

the

During recent months there has been a growing appreciation on the part of facts. There has been a growing disposi all concerned of these simple elemental tion-and I can't over-emphasise enormous value of the fact on the part of employers to get their work people together, put the whole of the cards on the table, and discuss the situation frank- been done, what has been the result? and freely with them. Where this has Instead of strife, further dislocation, and further misery, accommodation has been made to narrow and, if possible, wipe reached whereby endeavour has been out altogether the gap between manufac Both turing costs and selling prices altogether praiseworthy extent, ready parties have shown themselves, to an and willing to shoulder their dne share of the reductions reductions in profit, in dividends, in overhead charges, and ia wages-necessary to get prices down to a figure which which will attract the buger.

adjustments of wages have taken place. Many of these Brangements were, of reached which provided for the automatic course, due to, settlements previously

I should like, if I may, bero to express my great pleasure at the extent to which employers, in consultation with the work-

In order that the public may have somo. people, bare sought to mitigate the appreciation of the spirit of conciliation the severity of unemployment by arrang is doing so much to enable the country which has been engendered, and which ing to run their establishments on short time, rather than close them altogether. to surmount the almost unparalleled diff This policy, which has been of incalcul culties of the period, let me say that, able advantage to workpeople, has, dur. been nearly 2,000 cases, affecting about since January 1st of this year, there have the past year, been far more generally 7,000,000 workpeople, brought to my potice adopted and developed than in say pre-as Minister of Labour, in which amicable vious time within my memory. From the end of June onwards things began to move a little in the right direction, slowly but steadily. But from the end of Sep tember the slow but steady improvement of the previous three months was arrest-adjustment of wages with the fall in the ed-no doubt largely due to seasonal

cost of living from 173 per cent. above causes. And we ond the year with round

pre-war in November 1920, to 09 per cent. about 1.850.000 persons registered as

in December, 1921. But a large number wholly unemployed, and about 270,000

were settled owing to the good sense and registered as on short time..

real patriotism of employers and work- men without provision having previously been made for automatic adjustment. sonableness on the part of the working- Now I do say that this spirit of rea-

classes themselves cannot be over-estimat- ed. face a 10 per per cent, reduction on 2 For, remember, it is one thing to Four-figure salary. It is an entirely dif ferent thing to face a 10 per cent. reduc.. tion on a three-gure wage. -In case, though the possibilities of human endeavour and purpose are no doubt

STATE MEASURES.

AD

one

During the whole of the long period of trade depression, which started with the fall of last year, every effort has been made by municipal authorities and by the Government to fad remedy and pal llative for those fallen upon the evil day of unemployment.. Down to the autumn of this, year nó smaller amount than £25,000,000 of money had been set aside, locally and centrally, for relief works. The guardians had distri-affected, the standard of comfort, and buted large amounts in out-door relief. The Provision of Meals Act had furnish- ed many hundreds of thousands of Ittia children with much-needed succour and nutriment. And the Uemployment In- surance Act, happily very widely extended indeed before the slump came, had furn- jshed no smaller

&u amount than

£50,000,000 in benefit.

amenity is not appreciably affected, if affected at all whilst, in other case, the standard of comfort is immediately, and may be seriously, affected.

PRODUCTION AND TAXATION.

if I were to vanture to say one half- word other than that of respectful ad- miration for what has taken place, and is taking place, I would say that I think With the approach of the presont win the fact has not been sufficiently realised ter, we again took careful stock of the that the cost of production can be just wole situation and laid our plans accord- as directly reduced by increased output ingly. These were submitted to Parlins it can by direct cuts" in expendi- ment, specially called together for the turn upon production. And if I were to purpose and were debated with the say another word on the whole problem utmost solicitude for those of our fellow. and a word of prime importance.I

pro

countrymen and women in distress, dur, would say that we, the Governmestry

fouadly appreciate the fact that is to-day handicapped, inevitably handi capped, by the burden of taxation. That, again, is a direct heritage of the

ing the several weeks between October 10th and November 10th. Our plans, as befitted the increasing gtavity of the situation, were more comprehensive and many aided than those submitted to Par-war. The war cost the British peoplo liament a year previously. They includ more than all the wars put together which od a very real endeavour, by the exten- they have been compelled to wage through sion of the export credits scheme and their long history. But it is up to the by the guarantee for loan in respect of Government, by the most ruthless reduc- £25,000,000 to be raised for. capital works, tion in all non-vital services, to do every- to get industry going again. For by thing within its power to reduce the pre- that means alone can we hope to fad Bent financal burdens which so, seriously employment, suited to their capacity and handicap existing industrial operations, training for the operatives of mill, facand so seriously restrict industrial ex tory, and workshops, so long sleet and pansion. deserted as a result of trade depression. Well there is is! We have been walk- To this end also they included the ing continuously through the shadows in bastening of the putting out of Govern- 1921. We are a walking through the ment contracts. They included a fut shadow. They are. at the moment. ther appeal to the municipalities to pretty dark, though I think I see lighter pursue the more immediate line of again patches ahead. And much that has been making relief works. They included sub-taking place during the progress of this stantin provisilon for extending such gloomy journey gives, I repeat, the most relief works to the fields of land drain age, and improvement, and afforestation They included the substantial extension of the policy of helping ex-Service men to find homes and well-being in, the over- seas Dominions.

Regular Sailinge to Boston and/or Www York by enabling them to spread their obligations freight steamBLA

BOSTON

and

NEW YORK

8:5. ▾ CELTIO PRINCE”_ For Freight and full pastilenara apply to-

Telephone 2145. Telegrame (Furopri

FURNESS

(via Suva) Karly Mar. (FAR EAST) LIMITED. (incorporated in Great Britain)

Bt. George's Building.

solid assurance that when we come out again into the sunshine that is beyond, We shall reap to the full the fruit of the opportunity that will be opened to us. If I were to put the thoughts that emerge in my mind respecing the experiences of But, conscious again of the impos-1021 into a single sentence, I would say sibility by all these means of Ending and that these experiences lead me to respect making work for any but a compara-more than ever the solid good sense of tively small proportion of the persons the British people, employers and em- unemployed. the plans for the present Ployed, and the spirit of genuine com- winter involved also suistance to Boards deship, which is more and more weav of. Guardiazis in the heavily-hit srose,

ing confidence and goodwill into their relationships.--Daily Telegraph. arising out of the present abnormal con- dition of unemployment over a series of years. And again the Unemployment In Speaking at Newcastle-on-Tyne on No aurance Act comes to the rescue. No less vember 25th, Mr. Asquith said that what than £25,000,000 of benefit will be dis was now needed was a common effort on pensed under it during the winter and the part of all sections concerned for the the early spring. And in order that economic reconstraction of Europe. There some little additional assistance may, bu were three preliminary steps needed to given to the unemployed insured worker clear, the way. To the first place we must married and with little children, an Act have a complete revision of the provisions was passed by which, week by week dux of the Treaty of Versailles with fing the winier, there will be added to the

regard unemployment insurance benefit a small, but very umely, sum on behalf of wives and little ones. That is the story of a very real endeavour to meet the situation with financial aid, so far as our hopelessly embarrassed Exchequer renders posible.

to reparations and indemnities. When he put the forward at Paisley he was represented as a pro-German. Next we must cancel the Allied indebtedness of the European States, and, thirdly, what was about equally important, was the removal of tarifl walla. (Cheer)

TIENTRIN BANGKOK

Approximately weekly for passenger and oneto st Halhow when inducement piters LINE:-Fortnightly salmBANG" and a MAUBANG" both steamers

sailing

And from, Bandakan by two 4,000 tone

caling

STORETS. B

excellent

PERFUT of Patonger socommodation. Carro bake am

of Lading for Krtist, Jesselton. Labsan Tamio. and had Datu, LINE --A regulaz service is run from March to November betwno

Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Welhalwel and Chatoo. LINK)—A viskly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok/

via Ɖwałów, by fre steamers fitted with Moto-date vanmerges. socommodation

CALCUTTA

LINE

D.L.FOORSANG" will be despatched on or about Monday, 13th Feb., at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE. PENANU & CALCUTTA

Through Bill of Lading issued "to RANGOON, PUKT BWEL TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIES;

For Freight or Passage apply to-

KAPEDEM No 915.

Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltď

GLEN

GENERAL MANAGSES

SHIRE

AND Joint Service of Steamers.

U.K.—STRAITS. CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.

Vonel

M.V. " GLENTARA ·

Fozzi!

IV. "GLENAVY" "MV." GLENLUGE

8.8. *GGENSHANE"

OUTWARDS.

MI

Dae Hongkong

18th Feb.

HOMEWARDS. Leaves Hongkong

Dachastes 11th Feb GEWOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, & HAmavis, 22nd Feb. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP & HAMBURG 23rd Feb. NOA, MARSEILLES, LONDON & Hamburg

Movements are subject to change without notice. For freight or farther particulars please apply, to 1---

."

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. The Glen Line, Ltd;, aus.

Telephone No. 215 saber, 23 and 3496

Cable Addrosa"

Kawakisen, Kobe.

“Bentley's A.1.0, 5th EL

mad Boott's Codes.

14

Telephone BaƏMİŞ

9344, 8928

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA

(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP COJ

PAPITAL PAID=UF!.

President: Mr. Y. KAWALAKL

•-Y20.000.000

Vloe-Freiden Mr. K. MAHUKAZĂ. Managing Director's Mr. MALAYA Ar

ne Company has on hand a Large Number of

NEW CARGO STEAMERS

ALWAYS READY FOR CHARTERS of all descriptions.

The following are comprised in the Company's Fleet

Eleven steamers óf 9,100 tons each deadweight. And under the Company's Masagems tend zum

Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight each. Two steamers of about 6,400 tons deadweight snch. (Belonging to the Kawasaki-Dockyard Co, LA)

For Charter Bus and other particulara apely to that

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA,

No. 3 Evan KOL

ON SALE

BOUND VOLUME-3 of the HONGKONG WEEKLY PRE86, Jomary to Jam

1971"

With hunt, Pries?! „30. Dn and at the Hongkong Delly Press Offon. J-