1930-08-18 — Page 6

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OXFORD CONFERENCE

SUGGESTIONS.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE

POLICY.

GENERAL SER H. CHAUVEL'S

WARNING

SEARCH FOR JEWELS.

SEQUEL TO LE TOUQUET AIR TRAGEDY.

PEARLS PICKED UP BY VILLAGERS.

radius of Meopham, Kent, where the Le Touquet-London air-tuxi crashed recently.

The final report of 'General Sir Henry Chauvel as Inspector-Genera! of Military Forces states that What are the qualities which one the need of better defences in should look for in the ideal public Australia in consequence of the

Jewals worth £83,000 are scatter- servant.? Sir William Hart, town | decisions of the London Navaled somewhere within a three-mile clerk of Sheffield, answered this Conference has been increased. question in a paper on how to fill "In fact," he says, all these the higher posta în the service disarmament agreements and peace which was discussed at the summer gestures tend to reduce British sea conference of the Institute of Public power to below the minimum re Administration, which concluded as quired for safeguarding Imperial New College. Oxford. These were interests, and thus to diminish the the qualities enumerated by Sir security of isolated parts of the Empire. Australia is the most

Lady Ednam had with her." ör Sound judgment, quickness of isolated and sparsely populated her fight from Le Touquet a pearl dispatch, capacity to advise, adaptability to circumstance, portion of the Empire, and there-necklace and a diamond clip brooch tactful handling of men, and the fore occupies a position of the valued at £25,000. Mrs. Loeffler ability to hear everything and greatest danger. Her present had, and was believed to be wear- say nothing.

William:

"What concerns me;" continued Si* William, "is that there are so many who assume that positions in the public service are sought and

The jewela belonged to Viscoun tess Ednam, the sister of the Duke of Sutherland, and Mrs Loefler, the prominent hostess and daugh ter of a millionaire

Villager's Find,

All thought of the jewels was overlooked in the stress following the sudden shock of the disaster, and it was not until a villager found a few gems near the wreck- aga of the airplane that it recalled that Lady Ednam and Mrs. Loeffler had the jewellery with them

armament is not consistent with this ing, one of her most priceless unenviable position." Sir Henry treasures-a pearl necklace with a Arges the revision of Australian de diamond clasp. This is a family fence policy, as well as the Imperial heirloom, the value of which it is defence policy, to which Australia difficult to assess, but experts con- "It is sider that it is worth at least contributes voluntarily. quite olivious," he adds, "that the £30,000. Provision of adequate naval forces is beyond the financial capacity of Australia, but as she is so depen dent upon sea defence it is equally obvious that she should contribute what she can towards it, having in view her primary responsibility for providing the necessary land and air forces for her own local defence, The latter was considered in the past to include the provision of de- fended ports to enable ships of the Royal and the Australian Navies to operate in these waters It is a question whether the cost of de fences in certain of these ports should not be a portion of Aus tralia's contribution towards sea

retained because the holders are saved from the risks and worries of business life, that they are, in fact, seeking shelter." In these days when the scope of public service is being daily extended and the num- bers of the staffs are increased thereby the public service will no doubt offer attractions to men of moderate ability and little ambition who would rather be sate than suc cessful. It would be unfortunate if this class were too numerous in the service. The complexity and far reaching extent of the duties of the public service call, and will con- tinue to call, for men of rare ability and leadership. For men of the highest type of ability business concerns, even in these impoverish ed days, are prepared to pay high salaries and to offer many tempting | defence." baite. It would be unfortunate.if only men of moderate attainments were left for the public service."

Sir William added that the ser vice should be made attractive to 4 high-class entrant, one who was not dominated solely or chiefy by questions, of salary and service con ditions, and one whose feverish am

bition was stirred by a remote possibility of honours to come.

Mr. Sydney Larkin, of Coventry, said the only thing that was open to the city of Sheffield, if Sir Wil- lian correctly interpreted the feel- ing there, was to put an advertise- ment in the "Celestial Times." It was quite impossible to get the candidate for whom Sir William was looking.

Early Responsibility Necessary. Mr. A. L. Gordon Mackay, Lec.

turer in Public Administration in the University of Adelaide, said, those who had studied the human mind stated that unless a mind was loaded with responsibility before the age of thirty it was no good ever loading it with responsibility.

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"One of the tragedies of those engaged in the work of public ad- ministration," he said, "is the ex tent to which their minds lose resilience after the age of forty The real tragedy is that these men realise that their minds are closing up and they resort to all sorts of things to create a mental excite ment, from whisky upwards or downwards. The only safeguard against this is a very thorough and a very high standard of general cultural education, though folk may regard this as Quisance. It is after the age of forty that this lack of general education in culture begins to tell. The man who has not had that type of education has no air cushions, no spring in his mind."

ci

Was

KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL

In Lots of not less than

Delivered to Peak District (above Bowen Road), $23.00 per ton... Delivered to Bawen Boad and "Lower Levels, $21.00

per ton. Delivered to Pokfulam Road, $23.00 per ton. Delivered to Kowloon,

$19.00 per ton.

Note Reduction in Prices.

For Price Apply to

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should be sent

in writing not

by telephone

at least 24 hours before the Coxlis required.

B All orders: must be zom companied by Cash, Choque, or Compra- dore Order payable to "The Kallan

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FIRE IN AN OXFORD

COLLEGE.

TWO SETS OF ROOMS BURNT OUT,

and it was found that nearly all A hasty search was organised, the precious stones were missing. It is now assumed that when the airplane crumpled up, and the passengers were "fung hundreds of feet to the earth, the necklaces lege, Oxford last month. Two sets broke and the pearls fell in a show-of rooms were burnt out, but the er to the ground.

A fire broke out at Trinity Col-

inhabitants, he, become a treasure-

Meopham, with its few hundred occupante managed to escape...

Several young men who will en- trove village. The hedgerowa, the ter the college as undergraduates ploughed furrows, the meadowa and the little orchard where the next Michaelmas were sleeping in bodies fell, hold a fortune in the rooms. One of them, Mr. H. sparkling and glittering jewels. Swar, was awakened when the..

The task of finding the pearls

has been entrusted to the village heat caused an electric light globe constable, who is being assisted to explode, and he ran to rouse his by villagers, farm labourers, and friends schoolboys.

"Consideration has not yet been

The Oxford volunteer

"

fire

Sir Henry quotes the Dominion naval defence figures as showing a marked disparity between the Aus tralian contribution and those of ether Dominions. Australia's ori- ginal commitment had grown from £200,000 to £2,000,000, owing to the unavoidable overhead charges in connection with the maintenance of a separate Navy. It is a question well worth consideration whether Australia's contribution to sea de tence is not more costly than she can afford." He considers the aban-nam's pearl necklace

The greater part of Lady Ed. the occupants, but managed to pre- donment of the Duntroon Royal missing. This is all the informa-visitors, scantily clothed, stood in was still vent the fire from spreading The tion that has reached the family,

Military College to be disastrous The only alternative would be to send selected candidates to Sand- hurst and Woolwich.

DOCTORS TO TOUR CANADA

AND U.S.

TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH

SCHOLARSHIPS.

given to the question of offering a reward, because the relative, have not yet recovered from the shock of the bereavement.

Diamonds Found. -

brigade, which quickly reached the spot, was unable to save the furni ture or the personal belongings of

the quadrangle and watched «the fire-fighters

A few of the pearls of Mrs. The damage was estimated at Loeffler's necklace have been hand-between four and five hundred

over to her relatives. Sonde

cd

diamonds of Mrs. Loeffler's that pounds. The cause of the outbreak were also picked up were badly bat-is unknown. The fire brigade was

.

were

the orchard and the surround. ing meadow"

Police Constable Power, the con- stable stationed at Meopham, stated that he had been out searching most of the day for the lost jewels, and that he had been assisted by the villagers.

ADVICE FOR INVESTORS,

tered.

Villagers who found the few hampered in its work owing to the stones that have been recovered fact that the captain and several had no idea of their great value. of the members were attending the Mrs. Ward, of Leylands Orchard, annual camp of the National Fire where part of the machine fell, anid"One or two stones Brigades Association at Bexhill, With the object of assisting picked up by employees at the or-but they managed to get the fire medical men engaged in tuberculosis chard, and without realising their under control in two hours. work in England to widen the field value they handed them over to of their experience the Sun Life the village constable. It is quite ⠀ . Assurance Company of Canada baskely that we shall find some more granted,, for distribution by the Joint Tuberculosis Council of Great Britain, fifty scholarships of 8500 (2102) each towards defraying the cost of a tour this year in Cenada and the United States. The scholar; ships have now been awarded, and on August 6 the deputation will sail from Liverpool in the liner "We have received no instrue- Duchess of Bedford for a tour of tions about them," he said, "but five weeks' duration.

just know that they are masing, and comprehensive one, planned by

The itinerary a very interesting and are trying to collect them up. Dr. Wodehouse of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association, includes Mr. Mackay added that if they visits to many notable centres in were going to have promotion to Canada and the United States, and higher posts from within the ser allows the delegates to attend the vice itself, and he was inclined to British Medical Association meeting favour this, then it was desirable at Winnipeg, Quebec, Montreal, that the door should be kept open Ottawa, Toronto, Ninette, Win to promotion from without for as long as possible. He would not burg, and New York are a few of nipeg, Chicago, Detroit, „Perrys- abut those doors before the age of the cities included in the tour, and at each visits will be paid to those institutions dealing with the treat ment of tuberculosis.

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THE PAN-EUROPEAN FEDERATION,

M. BRIAND PREPARING ANOTHER MEMORANDUM.

Geneva, August 8.-League of Nations circles to-day expressed Telephone Service.

their appreciation of the French During the afternoon session the

Foreign Minister's reported inter- delegates tackled the problem of

At Montreal and Detroit will be tion to address shortly another rationalising the processes of ad. Been two of the most, modern tuber memorandum to the European ministration. Mr. C. G. Woodfield, culosis hospitals on the North Governments regarding his Pan- of Spondon, near Derby, thought American continent, and at European Federation echeme, as the the first great need was the study Perrysburg a visit will be paid to fear prevailed here that without of the science of organisation sa a the American centre of heliotherapy. further clarification previous to the subject in itself.

A week-end will be spent by the September session of the League of Mr. J. T. Waddell, of London, delegates at the Manitoba Band Nations, rather too much time and said he belonged to a department torium, Ninette, where they will be interest of the nations represents where rationalisation, excelled, and the guests of Dr. D. A. Stewart, tives might be absorbed in discuss- M, that was the telephone department, President of the Canadian. Tubering problems relating to They had even eliminated all waste culosis Association. Here, will be Briand's proposal to the detriment ful competition here. Now they etaged intensive clinical sessions on of the problems on the agenda "of were going one step further by the intestinal tuberculosis and a dis- the League's meeting, introduction of the automatic tele-cussion on equatorium administra Besides, full confidence was ex- phone system.

tion

pressed that eventually ways and Jenis Ante by tuznanteschen za af Imatge iwnyld, he found th yntecalling that he hath sentide that liste du be throw rozrasts the masseu

hout three-quarters of an hour in thy complex problem, and the op- actual machinery and working of London trying to get a phone call portunity afforded our doctors of the League and the Federation, through, be appreciated that My observing and ⠀⠀⠀⠀ discusing the although that could hardly be re- Waddell's remark that rationalisa memands of treating tuberculous on garded as the most pressing ques- tion excelled in the telephone ger the North American continent tion and as the greatest obstacle in Vice was evidently just a point of should prove invaluable in combat the way of an early realization of view.

ing the disease:

M. Briand's scheme.

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·ATTEMPTED MURDER IN

A BROTHEL,

An attempted murder occurred at the Yi Hung brothel, West Point, shortly after 10.30 o'clock yesterday morning.

Wu Ting, a woman servant, while working in the kitchen, was eut on her head with a chopper-by an assistant cook, named Ho Tso Yat. The woman called for help and then collapsed.

The would-be assasin, escaped,

A report was made to the No. T Police Station, and the unfortunate woman was rushed to the Govern ment Civil Hospital.

The assailant rushed to the water- front and threw himself into the harbour. He was picked up, and was also rushed to the Govern ment Civil Hospital..

NEW C.M. DIRECTOR RESIGNS.

HESITATES TO TAKE OFFICE.

According to the official Central.

News Agency, Mr. Tsai Pai, the

newly-appointed Director-General of the China Merchants" Steam Navi- gation Company, who is also chief of the Navigation Department of the Ministry of Communications, has resigned his new port.

Mr. Wang Po Chun, Minister of Communications, is arging Mr. Tsai to withdraw his resignation as it is, essential that there should be au efficient executive at the head of this powerful shipping company st a time when the Government is engaged in a military campaign against the Northern Coalition and the Communists in Hadau, "Hupeh" and Kiangsi. Mr. Li Kuo Chich, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Merchants, has also sent a telegram to the Ministry of Communications asking Mr. Tsai ta return at once to Shanghai to take up his new post.

The Central News Agency statee that Mr Tssi hesitate

hesitates to take up his new duties on account of the difficult financial position of the steamship company. According to the official news agency, the debts of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company run up to stupendous total of $10,000,000. The company, it is stated, owes the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation alone the sum of $5,000,000. The average monthly income of the company is estimated to be $100,000, and out of this sum $90,000 must be appropriated monthly for the payment of inter- on loans. The average monthly. expenditure of the firm is put at $300,000. The staff of the company basa not been a fother

estr

Unless concrete measures adopted for the re-organization the company and taless

taless assurances.

of financial assistance are given by

the Government; it is stated, Taai will decline to take up his new post.