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HONG KONG, OCTOBER 5, 1931.

CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES.

THE Budget speech was not very

meht's decision to revert next year to the payment of Civil Service salaries at full sterling rates. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, who acted as the mouthpiece of the Government, was evidently hampered by the fact that the reni argument for the change of policy had the demerit of some inconsistency with the reasons for ever abandoning sterk ing payment. "But we still think it would have been better to have used valid, if prostic argument, instead of building a more plausible caso upon inaccurate information.

happy in its defence of the Govern-

The Colony at large approved of the sacrifice demanded of the

Civil Servants, heuse the public purae was saved, and there was felt

certain our w

rough justice in

to be a

preventing one section of the com- munity from gaining advantage at the expense of everyone.clas. Those who took that, view, overlooked, mited to the Membarz" Enticare however, that principle was being Badges admitting Non-Membora toine the Members Baniosure and Club Rooma sacrificed to expediency. The Civil

for

Ladies (Both including Tax)

at 30.00 for Gentlemen and $7.00 Servants' case for receiving full are obtainable through the SEORE sterling payment, no matter what TARY upon Introduction by a Member, such Member to be responsible for the rate of exchange might be, is Payment of All Chits, etc.

Badges admitting to Member that," a bargain is a bargain, for not be on sale at the better or for worse." Our Civil

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Members can obtain upon application Service offers to candidates, as

the SECRETARY, Badges (limited to ONE) for the Free Admission to the of its great attractions, security of Members Inalosure of Wives, Lady sterling salary security against Belatives

and Friends, Names must be the fluctuations of local currency ated what will Children be There is 1 Clause protecting the

when suplyin permitted in either Enclosure during Civil Servant should the dollas rise

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1931.

on

a fixed basis, aro sub- the rising tide prosperity. Hong Kong used to he, and to some extent still is a place where Europeans make modcy, and then retire, but Civil Servants in exchange for the op

News and Views

Thus, one damaging and mistaken corollary to the assumption noted above, is that the producer must

or how will lose money. But an not attempt anything, worth while,

even more damaging corollary is Tale of the Day. the deduction that what he inte attempting is not worth while, be cause he is, making money by it,

Overboard at the annual show of the Allotments Society. I'll give

Repartes.

portunity to get rich quickly, age or at least hopes to do so. Thy You, nibenencs for the marrow you well-known London clubs, which are

given adequate, if not princely in comes, upon which they have every right to count The recent saori-

HONG KONG TRADE

EFFECT OF RISE IN" EXCHANGE,

The following reports Les con- Things are not as harmonious as issued by the Hong Kong General tained in the fortnightly bulletin they might be between two vory Chamber of Commerce,

run on much the same lined' and

Cotton Piece Goods. took first prize with means that some producers tend

draw on much the same type for The sharp rise in exchange bas "Not enough, Bill, I gave a bob membership. An, influential mem completely suspended forward pur- rather to despise the Alms they are for it myself.

ber of one sent a message to an chases and it is anticipated that making, to feel that the simple

equally infuential member of the buyers will decide not to commit found istorice of sentiment, and adventure | Tas Draughts at Lloyd's.

other as follows: We hear you themselves furthor to any appreci are now insolvent, We would be gladable extant for the coming season, to absorb your members. This

D as the reply: Regret you have are those of the 1st Oct.

The latest Cotton prices to hand been misinformed. We have had Middling American Spot 4.450. the best year we have over had. Kind of you to say you would be

F.G.F Egyptian Sakel 6.73d, glad to absorb our members. We,

Woollenk." on the other hand, would be any- thing but glad to have to absorb yours."

fees demanded of them amounted on which they are engaged are not to sixteen per cent of their really worthy of them. Occasional solaries, or, close upon two months, this conviction becomes so strong

pay per annum. It may be said that to stand upon the letter of the law at a time of crisis, and to benefit by the loss incurred by athors is not heroic, Prices have

manner.

Deliveries of the Autumn cargo- show a slight improvement and prices are inclined to be firmar.

The off-take of yarn is fairly antiafactory.

The staid atmosphere of Lloyd's, the home of marine insurance, was disturbed recently by the sudden that the producer determines to put ascent of a fight of brightly un. something artistic at all Joured balloons, which ascended to costs, as in a recent. Eritish film, the domed glass roof amidst cheers where a straightforward and un- in which even the most solemn un- www.derwriters joined. The unexpected sophisticated tale of adventure is demonstration was apparently Espoiled by the Introduction of frivolous attempt to assist investim lege MA

Ara Earthquakes Accidents? subdued lighting in the German 8ations which have been in progress Does Injury by earthquake come not risen to the extent of the

for some time into the origin of under the workmen's compensation various draughts which disturb the legislation 1 This problem has been Rounding up the Unwashed. dollar's fall and Civil Servants In any case, it means that the papers and the comfort of the raised by the receipt of many would have undoubtedly done well film is made without conviction and borwriter many 18 their claims from the dependents of of six o'clock bath-house quede Evony morieng at the crisp hour boxes. Complaints about these workers who were killed or injured make the rounds of Mexico City, without enthusiasm, and in these draughts have been made over since in the Hawkes Bay earthquake laat and all who are found in need of m out of the currenay's collapse, But

conditions good work cannot be the removal from the Royal Ex- February. "The legal authorities are bath are given a free ride to public the hard fact remains that dono. Whereas, of course, an ad-go some three yours ago, gats divided in their opinion and both shower baths behind barred win- Colony na prosperous as Hong

as a result a special draughts sides have now agreed that the dows. Most of the victims of the venture story, if told with the committee was appointed. The matter should go straight to the equad come from the "Zocalo" as Kong should bonour, its "scrape virtues proper to an adventure engineer of the building was called Appeal Court for decision. There the centre square of Mexico City of papera" To fail to do so is bad l for prestige. It cannot be said; atory, which are speed, clarity and in consultation, presumably as to in a suggestion that it may ultimate is called, since it is there that a the best manner of disposing of the ly have to go before the Privy large portion of the hundreds of thab the Civil Service took kindly the most

simplicity, may have as much unusual decorations which adorned Council

outdoor sleepers are to be found. to the compromise," but they

Once in the bath-house, no grOBR- have saved the Colony fourteen.

before they were removed.

ing or moaning of the soup abstain- Conscience Money.

production that ever came out of Busaia "Robinson Crusoe" is, in

Street Noise Silencer.

lakhs at a time when the money was its way, as good as Paradise The cash value of the nation's, mont that Hiram Maxim, son of scrubbing process is completed.

on those lines would have been simultaneously stop despising, the been received by the Chancellor of turb. A few years ago he spent a During 1930.no fewer than 331,000.

Lost," Film producers, especially conscience is represented by the British 6lm producers, should sum of £2,116 78 6d, which has the Exchequer in the past year, He adds, "I may as well reveal writes a London correspondent that the Gd. mentioned is one which I sent to see if the Chancellor would have the decency to spend

badly needed

We believe that an announcement

copted by the public, with, of course, the usual quote of not very serious grumbling. But unfortu nately the Budget speech, which, of course, represents the Government, and is not personal to the Colonial Secretary, presented an apologie SIR ROBERT HỌ TUNG’S inaccurato in important facts. The firms in the Colony that mattered, and to whom the Government look- ed for guidance, wo were told, had| not made cuta in sterling salary, and it was, therefore, needless for the Government to continue its present demande upon ita, own!

work, and abandon the feeling that material on which they usually

to work on anything better neces arily menne financial disaster

VIISIT, TO NORTH.

RETURNS TO SHANGHAI:

FROM PEIPING.

Sir Robert Ho Tung returned to

servants. Unfortunately, is every-Shanghai from Peiping on Septem one knows, and as the authoritativa er 25, after spending about a fort- letter which wo published from Mr. night in the old capital where he J. H. Stra clearly states, the facts was the guest of Marshal Chang Heueh Liang at the Grand Hotel

de Pekin,

are otherwise and that actually there is burdly a firm of standing in the Colony that has not reduced

Sir Robert's object was to make sterling salaries. The Government

an extensive investigation into the commercial and industrial pros- has given yet another example of posts and activities in North the sorce detachment of its senior and North-eastern China but the Colony. The method of taking one prevented him from visiting the members from the life of the recent incidents in Manchuria have

or two opinions on a subject, and Three Eastern Provinces as origin- then acting without proper invesally intended. It is not true, how. tigation does not produce good over, that he had plans to make

results.

Undergraduates' "

Cabby.*****

New hope for sufferers from in-era can make the relentless authe- somain is held out in an announca-ritics turn off the water. until the

the famous inventor, has devised a silencer for street noises which dis- A Meat Eating Mation. sloopers might in a New York hotel traffic, and has since turned his through the incessant noise of the attention to the discovery of a romedy. It is stated that he has now invented a silencer which while

tons of frozen mutton and lamb home producs totalled 999,000 tons. were imported into England, while Tho consumption of mutton in Britain is 28lb, per head, which is, more than four times as much 18 a couple of pounds on advertise-eliminating, all street moises, at the any other country. As a result ments to acknowledge this tribute same time permits adequate ventila of the lack of a rational slaughter from my conscience: But I regret tion of the room. Mr. Maxim is ing system, not only are the tests to say that he did not rise to my already well-known as the inventor of homo-killed meas greatly inercas gesture,"

of a silencer for Maxim guns and ed," states a Report by the Ministry of electrical and motor-car devices.

of Agriculture, but the meat fa not obtained in the best possible Aerodromes Every 20 Miles." Mr. J. W. Hearn, Oxford's oldest

condition, while the by-products.) "cabby," has died, aged 79. He Great Britain cannot be con- suffer deterioration or, in many, was familiarly known by Oxford sidered properly equipped for the cases, are entirely warted. The men ..... of ~ the pre-War era as flying of the next ten years until concefitration of slaughtering into "Molly," and was a friend of there are safe and properly equip fewer and better equipped units, generations. of Oxford moder- ped landing-fields at intervals of not | continues the Report, should not graduates. He had often driven the more than twenty miles. This only secure for the home industry Prince of Wales, and the late statement is contained in the first the economies and efficiency enjoyed Lord Birkenhead always asked for report an town planning and aviation by its overseas competitors, but it him when he visited the city. He of the Aerodromes Committee of should also facilitate the work of was the keenest, supporter the Ox the Royal Institute of British producers' selling agencies. It is ford University Rugby Club ever Architects, which is included in the estimated that there are about 18,000 had, and had not missed an inter- annual report of the Ministry of private abattoira In England and

Wales.. University match since the annual Health. match was started, pare

Local Notes and Events

The name of Mr. Li Tung has been added to the list of auditors under the Companies Ordinance,

Peiping a second Hollywood as reported recently, nor is it a fact that he decided to establish n The annual Licensing Sessions POOR REASON FOR POOR school at Pelping to min screen Chamber on November & a 3 p.m. are to be held in the Council

FILMS

RECENTLY a British film producer said that the cinema is a business, not an art. Herein lies the reason

for the poor quality of many films. Nothing has done so much harm to the cinema as the assumption that art and business are incompatibles,

actors and actresses in connection with the United Photoplay Service Company.

CHINESE ARTS - AND CRAFTS.

that if a producer wishes to do FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION. anything artistically worth, while,

he must expect to lose money; while Preparations for the China Exhibi- if he wants his work to show & trun in November are now well profit, he must make something advanced. In addition to the dis play of Chinese Art and the de shoddy. For such an assumption monstrations of craftsmanship reveals both a misconception of the

which have been already announc

he speaker at the Rotary Club tiffin to-morrow will be Mr. H. E. Stone, whose subject will be "The Development of the British Gas

Industry,"

A bankruptcy notification states that a first and final dividend of $8 per cent, has been dechred in

case of Lal San Cha, owner An election of in Justice of the Peace to sore on The Board in place of Dr. Kach is to take place at the Supreme Court

of fishing junk No.. 2050HA.

on the 14th instant.

nounced of Mr. Charles Rutherford Chun Ham, No."67,." Tunglowan Road, Causeway Bay, to Miss Gladys Whee, No. 230, Nathan Road, Kowloon,

The forthcoming wedding is an

His Excellency the Governor has į Looking Back 50 Years. made the following transfer in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: Major Samuel Johnson Jordain, M,C., to be transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Hong Kong effect from October 1, 1931. The pirate chief who has now Volunteer Defence Corps, with

The mingled braggancio and cowardice which distinguishes the Chinese brave" have just been again conspicuously illustrated, for

some time terrorised a considerable The fifth general meeting of the Education Society of the Hong district. of the Province of Che- Kong University will be held on kiang was attacked on the 18th Friday in the Union Assembly a ultimo by the captain of the at 5.15 p.m., when the Oregon University's debating team will de. | Chinese gunboat: Chiu Moo and liver a lecture on "American Cul body of sailors and soldiers. The ture." All interested are welcome.

captain, who seems to have led his

neso Affairs.

from the files.

Two women, Mak Ying Kit and men gallantly to action, fell ex Mak, Lee, described se mahs, atly in the fray, boing pierced by tempted bullet. bumped into commit suicide, by claimed a lot. His men, who Shelter from the Yaumati Ferry three hours, they routed the pirates. rescued by sampaa people and later were at first credited with the Launch Man Sheung Boths were and captured thirteen prisoners, token to the secretaries for Chi- courage and daring which appear to have been a monopoly of their leader's and to have died with him nature of art and an ignorance of ed, an interesting and fascinating

Later accounts showed that the story told by the men of the Chiu the public's attitude toward it.

sories of displays are being, ar-

Moo was a fiction inyented to ranged. These dieplays will be

cover the ignominy of a cowardly To take the latter puint Arst, given in the Theatre Royal and

and precipitate dight, It seems that after the experience goes to show not merely will include a portrayal of the cere that good art is profitable, but that and with the celebration of the His Majesty the King has been

first volles monies connected with a wedding

fired by the pirates, by it is sometimes exceedingly profit. 80th birthday.

which Captain Yip Foo was pleased to approve the re-appoint-Looking Back 25 Years.

killed, his men turned and дводе able. Now and then the public The marriage ceremonies should ment of the Hon. Bir Shouton

ran, leaving the body of their Com may accept the cheap and spurious: be particularly interesting Mar Chow Kt. to be an Uneficial We are zeked by the Rev. A mander to be decapitated, and hut its final choice usually roste and outstanding ezen in the life for a further period of five years.nouncement. It has now been de goes to show how little Chinese riage is one of the most sacred Member of the Executive Council Stevens to make the following an-, rutilated by the pirates. The feet on the things of enduring worth of a man or woman and its ane The death took place at the drew's Church Kowloon, tomor an enemy, more especially if they The highest priced pictures in, the tity has been marked, in all civils Canossa Hospital on Saturday, of row afternoon at four o'clock, the

finitely arranged to open St. An troops could be relied upon to face

world are Rembrandte; the highest Chinese marriage customs are Mrs. Sin Hon Ting, at the age of date and time fixed for its consecra the occasion referred to the were under native leadership. On above a certain figure, but there is paid musicians are the Kreislers amongst the must highly developed years, widow of the late Mr. tion by the late Bishop. The braves were far better armed nothing to safeguard the local and Chuliapins, everything con-and at the same time are of very Sin Hon Ting Info of Mesare. Venerable Archdeacon Banister than their opponents, and should Treasury in the event of a slump.sidered, the most profitable writings ancient origin. We often see a Banker & Co., of Hong Kong and will, in the exercise of powers seat have been able to face them, even if

bridal procession, passing, along Wuchow.

Ted in mm as the Archbishop of somewhat inferior in numbers,1 It is no se saying that the omis are those of tho Barries and the street and we wonder about

Canterbury's Commissary (during is not with such soldiers as these The Price of Admission to the Publis- sion was unpardonable, No sug- Hardya In the realm of the the rest of the rite. At the China Suffering from injuries received the vacancy of the Boe), undertake that Chinese can hope to hold her Enclosure is 32.00, including Tax, for gestion, as far as we know, had ever cinema itself, although artistic pro-Exhibition, it will be possible to through being knocked down by a the dedicatory ceremony, along the own in the event of a war with all Persons, including Ladies, and is

see thene ceremonies enacted and nublic motor car in Portland lines of a service drawn up and Japan, The Japanese would not parable at the Gato

_____been put forward before, the fall ductions are not always gold mines. explained in a spirit of reverence Street, Mongkok, an eight-year-old revised by the late Bishop Hoare, frun away, and they would know. **Boldiers and Ballora la Uniform are of the dollar, on behalf of the the most consistently popular films and respect,

Chinese boy was removed to the The Archdeacon will also preach how to follow up an advantage. It admitted Half Price.

public, that provision should be over a long series of years have been day is commonly regarded is a died -

"In Europs a man's 60th birth-Kowloon Hospital, where he later the sermon. The exigencies of is discreditable, to the Chinese that Bookmakers, Tie Teo Mex, ato,

the caso preventing the issue of after so much has been done in the will not be permitted to operate with made against such a contingency, the Chaplin comedies, v which many time when insurance payments.

personal invitations it is earnestly shape of the introduction of foreign in the Precincts of Tas Hong Kong JOCKEY Ghun during the Race Meeting and it is not unfair to suggest that competent judges consider to be cense, but in China the cocarion is It is notified that on and after hoped that all who have any fa drill into China, and after D Among the screen a most distinctis celebrated most appropriately with January 11909, the fees payable terest in this new Church will ac many of them have been fariished figiTiffin will be obtainable in the Bo the consequences must be cheerfully

ritual of its own. The ceremonies for cach child at the undermention cept this communication through with superior arms of precision taurant in the Public Ruolosare,

shouldered. The Civil Service do achievements Broadly speaking which attend this milestone in the red schools will he at the following the Press, a request for their and taught how to use them, they * By Order, SMA

not boncât from a boom; in fact, and in the long run, good, art life of a man ara most interesting | rates :- Contray British School 800 attendance at And participation in should on such an occasion have dise OB HOW they suffer in that standards of usually justifies itself, not only to China Exhibition will be well re- 400 per antur; Peak School 105p.m-Hong Kong Dally's Prest-Hong Kong Daily Prear Ot

and instructive and a visit to 15p per annator Pitch School, the opening service tomorrow played the white leather 43, signals. living all round improve, but they,

paid by this demonstration alone per annum

the Mocting

Tifine are obtainable at the Olab House provided they are ordered- from Le No.1 Boy before 5 p.m. on the Bru OCTOBER. Telephone No. 21920, REPUBLIQ: ENCLOSURE.

Hong Kong, 6th Oct, 198

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