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ANNOUNCEMENT

"Mr. H. F. Shackleton and Miss Adams-The' engagement is announced between Hugh Fre- derick, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Shackleton, of Bitting- bourne, Kent, and Irene Annë ("Bunty"), only daughter of Dr... and Mrs. Adams, of Penang, Straits Settlements,

OBITUARY

Brigadier-General Dalrymple Bruce

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1934.

SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF

SKILLED LABOUR

Plight Of British Shipyards Since The Slump

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London. Dec. 5. continuity of work, and that

MARRIAGE

London, Dec. 24. HARRISON: DE HAVILLAND.---OB Commissioner of the Interna

Saturday, Dec. 1, 1934, at All tional Police at Shanghai and. In defence forces Saints Church, Malabar Hill. command of the

the Chinese Rebellion Bombay, A N. 3. Harrison, during B.B. and CI. Railway, son of shortly preceding the Great War. the late J. H. Harrison, J.C.S., Brigadier-General Clarence Dal- and Mrs. Harrison, of Bathrymple Bruce, C.B.E., F.ROS, who Somerset to Frances Mary was born in North Berwick, Scot-

There is a serious and increas (Amber) de Havilland, former land, in 1882, has passed away. ly the wife of. Plers. de Educated at Haileybury Collegeing concern among those in touch through Sandhurst with some of Britain's leading in- Havilland, Guernsey, Channel and passing Islands, and daughter of the College, he started his Army career dustries at the dearth of skilled in the Duke of Wellington's Regi- labour among the workers in late Roland Mawson and the late Mrs. Harris. widow of ment in 1883, serving in India from them, which is slowly becoming Major-General James T. Har 1883 to 1889 as AD.C. Sarband more and more obvious. From its rls (China Jim).

Division to the late General David peculiar position there is no better MacFarlan, and or the staff of example of this alarming lack KENNETH-On November 11, 1934, Lord (then Sir Francis) Grenfell, than in the shipbuilding industry. It may seem anomalous to talk at St. Anthony Hospital, in Cairo, during the Atbara Cam-,

of a lack of skilled labour in con- Chean, Surrey, England, paign.

Stinection with an industry which, Janetta Margaret, the widow

DEATH

He rabbed with General

giment at Wel Hal Wel in

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NATIONAL PARK LEG THEORY DECISION

FOR BRITAIN

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Acquisition Of Snowdonia

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London, Dec. 5.- The establishment of the first pational park for Britain in the | mountainous region of North Wales is a proposition to which where the lack of skilled labour Practical effect may shortly ba

given. comes in. In the old days fathers

Mr. Lloyd George is among the used automatically to apprentice

to their OWI trade. prominent people who have in- their sons Now they utter dire threats ifterested themselves in a scheme to they even suggest going in for it. acquire the whole of Snowdonta When the war broke out, more. for this purpose, and he will assist over nearly 50 per cent. of those in calling an early conference of who were then apprentices were the anthorities Interested to con- called up at once with the Terri-sider the means necessary to make torials When they came back it possible.

Move To Increase Umpire's Pay

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London, Dec. 5. The decision of the Advisory County Cricket Committee to throw the

burden of stopping fast leg theory bowling on to the shoulders of the umpires has raised an im- portant point as to whether these officials are adequately paid for their job,'

·A movement is on foot to raise granted to the remuneration

umptres.

In recent seasons umpires have been given a number of additional Besides standing responsibilities. In the field for six hours a day they have to be at the ground by eleven o'clock on the first day (half-an-- hour before play starts).

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of the late Herbert William Hamilton Bower, the Chinese Re-nearly 50 per cent of workers are inevitably they were not so skilled |Footpaths Preservation Society, I remain at the ground for half-an-

Kenneth and beloved mother of Laurence J. Knudsen, of Shanghai.

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HONG KONG, DroMBER 24, 1904.

SOME "CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS!

Together with the general public, newspapermen will suspend work to-day and for once joią in the festivities of the occasion without having to. trouble about

1898 out of employment; but, neverthe; and afterwards commanded game less. the anomaly is there, and if for six years. He was dangerous-things continue as they are to-day ly wounded in the fighting round the position is likely to grow de- Tientsin in 1900 for the relief of finitely serious. Peking.

The actual percentage of unem- ployment. In the shipbuilding in- dustry is at present 47, and of these men the bulk have not been

They what may be called a "hard one" employed for years

form

His other appointments were as Commissioner of the International Police at Shanghai in 1907-14; in command of the during the Chinese Revolution of defence forces

Foxhounds, etc- Reuter.

Vice-Admiral Glossop

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On the first two days they must

hour after close of play, and on the

second and third days 'they are re- quested to be present at nine o'clock in the morning.

each and for a match startig, on a Saturday they are paid £10.10 On an average they are allotted 28 matches. One umpire said;

"We would not mind so much if we received our hotel and railway- fares By the time I have paid my expenses and sent something home to the wife and family there is nothing to put by for the winter.”

• Bonus For Test Cricketers. It has also been decided to grant extra pay and a bonus to all the professionals who played in last season's Test matches for England against Australia. Each profes- sional will receive 10 extra for each match in which he took part, and a bonus of £10 per match.

Thus if the 1930 rates of pay for . Test matches are maintained. 1 professional's full remuneration per Test match will be £50 match pay and £10 bonus per match. Match pay in the 1930 Australia tour was £40 and the bonus was the same as for last season."

Bushlade's Bid

their lost time was allowed for, Sir Lawrence Chubb, secretary but it had to be admitted that of the Commons, Open Spaces, and

as if they had carried through an interview said: "There is a.

Mr. Bushlade, the South African their apprenticeship in the ordin- great conviction that the time has

allrounder, who played in two ary way. Moreover, the best of come for an effort to be made to

Tests against England in 1930-31, them, when the boom was over deal with Snowdonila on national

is making a strong, bid for inclusion and employment” became so fitful, { park · Enes. That area is one of

in the South African alde which is went into

They Control The Matches analagous industries | those suggested for preservation in

to tour England next year. Playing such as engineering. where the the report of the National Park "It is their duty to supervise ali for Western Province in the Curry were brighter — and Committee, but up to the present the work done by groundsman, and | Cup he took 11 wickets for 57 runs prospects there was a further drainage of nothing has been done to give to see that the turf is made ready in the two mnings and scored 61 skilled labour"away from the effect to that recommendation. tor play as quickly as possible after 'runs. trade.

rain, UNWISE DEVELOPMENT

* There is a considerable amount

London, Dec. 23... always hoping against hope that The destruction of the Germac good times would return and that cruiser Emden in the early days work would once again be obtain of the Great War is recalled by ed. This hope has not yet been the death of Vice-Admiral J. C. T. realised, and although there are nothing. They are those who lead Glossop, CB, who commanded. Himali sporadic, outbursts of ze to expand-it is, in fact, shrink-der the Town and Country Plan-

"what comes after" To many the respite afforded by Christmas and Boxing Day means little- DI

M. 8. Sydney, the light cruiser Ivity. It does not seem likely to which brought the Emden's career be realised for some, little to an end..

yet.

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In the first innings he took ŝ for 24 and in the second & for 33.

The deadly bowling of Balaskaa | proved too much for Eastern Prov~ ince, who were beaten bỹ an in- tings and 176 runs. Western Prov- ince batted first and acored 300 of which P. Van der Byl scored 80 and Bolashas 61.

Eastern Province wers all out for 73 in the first innings and, follow- paid · £10 i ing on, made 111 In the second.

ART TREASURES

What Scotland Has Gained

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Edinburgh, Nov. 30.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Only one case of Diphtheria Was reported to the Health Authorities for the 48 hours ended December 23.

1911 and 1913; resigned on appolat-of unemployment; but it must be

Steady Decline

In short, the umpires control mat_. ment as Adviser In Polce affairs remembered that a great number

ches and make the money for the The numbers "of skilled workers to the Chinese Government; com- of them are unskilled workers,

and Ir of common land in the mountain. clubs. On their decisions rest whe- have steadily declined, Tess.manded

27th Brigade of 9th and it is this fact that largely there were a sudden boom soon itous area of North Wales, and the ther the public sees any cricket or (Scottish) Division, 1915.

prevents the seriousness of the He has travelled extensively and position being realised. It must would be difficult to cope with scenic attractions of the district not.

Yet few of them earn more than was the author of several publica-be remembered that during the since the production of skilled are so great and so widely known

£230, a year, out of which they tions, including a History of the post-war boom a large number of

workers takes a long time. When that any scheme having for its

object the conservation of the have to pay their own hotel and the boom eventually does come Duke of Wellington's" Regiment. | unskilled and semi-skilled workers

this will be realised. If, by any whole range between the foot-travelling expenses... 1st and 2nd Battalions. The Essex came into the industry from out- chance, there should be a sudden hills of Caernarvonshire and Bet-

For a match starting on ade, and when the boom col-

twys-y-Coed would meet with Wednesday they are need for an increase of the fleet, lapsed it was too late for them to enter other industries. At the it would be found out before and widespread support.

greatly to the country's disad- #At 3 recent conference at same time, those who had come

vantage, writes

"Observer" Llandberis of societies Interested from other districts had married.

in the preservation of flora and correspondent. and settled down in their new

Before the war the country fauna, public rights, and scenery, homes and so become "anchored.”

could safely rely on the expansion I suggested that as a preliminary of the mercantile marine to sup-step a conference of all the town- ply a skliled personnel that could planning authorities of the district at a moment's notice be turned should be convened with the ob- the mercantile marine has ceased steps to prepare a joint scheme un.. on to the production of warships. | ject of urging them to take certain

ing-and, unhappily that ex-ning Act

A novel form of Christmas greet- oedlent can, bé“useð no more. This would enable the whole, Skilled labour is decreasing steadi area to be dealt with comprehen- The sims and achievements of ing reaches us from Mr. and Mrs. ly and there is now no way of sively, would secure the preserva- (incorporated under Royal Char-dition to the photo of the senders

the National Art-Collections Fund V. Hugo, The greeting card in ad In addition to its effect on un-increasing it "at a. moment's tion of the mountain ranges in ter) were dealt with in a lecture contains a pleture of Geo, Wash- employment, this factores bt notice, or, for that matter, at very their present condition with good givan in the National Gallery of ington taken from a genuine dollar important one on the decrease of long notice indeed.

means of access for the public use. Scotland, Edinburg, by Mr. D. S. note of the United States of skilled labour. The stump in Before the war, too, British ship and would also enable steps to be. Meldrum, secretary to the fund, America Mr. Hugo is connected mercantile shipbuilding added to building yards were building many taken to

protect the passes and which came into being 31 years ago the frequent changes in policy ships, for non-shipbuilding nations valleys from unwise development. | with the object of raising money

Now many of with regard to warship construc- abroad.

these A single building placed in such a

with which to secure works of art to enrich the museums and gal- definitely "unpopular" one among again affects the recruitment of glaslyn would obviously destroy the

Mr. Stanley Cursíter, A.R.SA, in 1889, and ten years later was workers. There is no guaranteed labour, personnel,

amenities of that famous, resort.

B.S... director of the National TO CALL CONFERENCE ®

Gallery of Scotland, introducing. the lecturer, said they were greatly "A scheme for protecting Snow--| indebted to the fund in the Na- cunia as a national park should tional Gallery, The fund bad not be an expensive matter, seeing given them several pictures and that no valuable sporting rights fund also helped to

had helped to buy others. The would have to be extinguished or Monymusk Reliquary for the Na

secure the.

tional Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. The National Library of Scotland was also indebted to the fun, which had secured for the nation many treasures which otherwise would have gone across

a fr of ease and leisure, To a great number of others however, two days rest from the toll and turmoll of routine is a luxury seldom cncountered during the year. On this day of days, when one's thoughts are taken sway from the humdrum of business, it -may-perhaps be appropriate to give a fleeting consideration to the many little things which, divorced from the business aspect,

It was on November 9, 1914, that the Sydney drove the Enden ashore on Cocos Island. During her career, the Emden captured no fewer than seventeen British merchant ships valued at ́appro- ximately £2,000,000..

Vice-Admiral Glossop, whose B3 death occurred to-day, WES

'man on H.M.S. Calliope at Samoa

"Unpopular" Industry

the year 1934 has given us, for years of age. He was a midshin-Hon, have made the industry" "a | orders have been lost, and this romantic gorge as the Pass of Aber-leries of the British Empire,

which we should be truly grateful

The cause of Christianity, has

1899.

HM 8. Royalist Samoan troubles o

undoubtedly been strengthened by a lieutenant on the observations in connection during the with the centenary of. Robert Mor- rison which fell due, this year. The work of that pioneer in China is now better known to many of us and his service in the cause of Christianity will, no doubt serve as an inspiration to the growing generation.

The Colony had not had the misfortune of a "dry" summer, with Its attendant hardships. The work of construction of the ..reservoir at Shing Mun, which it is hoped, will remove the water problem from our 'midst, has pro- ceeded without Interruption,

The year also has been com-

For his services in the war, he was given the C. B. decoration, às well as the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (Third Class) and the order of Officer of the Legion of Honour. He retired in 1921, and was made Vice-Admiral in 1926.- Reuter,

SKI-ING AT 84 M.P.H.

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London, Dec. 5.

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Foolish Barriers

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London, Dec. 5. Lord Ponsonby, who was, the principal speaker at the 37th annual general meeting of the Mary Ward Settlement, held on y

TO-DAY'S WEATHER

ti

The Weather Forecast for to-day is:-North East Winds, moderate; cloudy.

interfered with.'

"Steps will be taken in the near future, with the assistance of Mr Lloyd George, to convene a confer- within reasonable bounds so that ence of the county, town and dia- It might be serviceable.

CA

A Great Handicap,

Speaking of the training of

trict council concerned.”

PAPAL ARMY'S LAST

OFFICER

Sir Lawrence added that the county councils of Caernarvon and Merioneth would probably call the the settlement premises, 36 Taris- publie schools. Lord Ponsonby sald conference. Mr. Lloyd George had The Oxford and Cambridge ski lock Place, last month, took as he had never felt a greater handi-promised to do whatever he could cap than the fact that he never to promote the success of scheme paratively free from serious races are to be held this year at subject, "Some Errors

the

learned anything of political epidemics, thanks to the work of Klosters from Dec, 23-27, instead Educational System." Lord Kl. the medical officers in our midst of, as last year, in Italy.

economy or industrial history. He bracken presided.

had not the remotest conception and to the spread of education.

The exact course has not yet Lord Ponsonby said that his or local government or how the Despite adverse business condi- tions, it is gratifying to be able been axed, but it is certain to be views on the subject were those country was governed and he knew, to record that the many charitable on the famous Parsenn ski fields, of a layman who, after his own precious little of public finance. organisations in the Colony have which constitute the finest course experience, and that of his friends. If he could have used the years. was wondering if something might that had been devoted to writing not had to suffer unduly and the in Europe. many "driver" held during the The teams start practice on Dec. not be done in the generally edu- Latin verse and trying to translate year on behalf of various causes 10. They will need to be in good cation system of the country to Greek prose for the study of those give a better chance to the latent | questions he might have been a proved the generosity of the local training. for the Parsenn 16 human capacity which exised in great deal more use than he was community, who are never found miles long, and modern ski-racing wanting in a charitable, cauSE. becomes more and more strenuous, his fellow countrymen. He went o

to private school, public school, In all directions, there are The highest speed ever electrical

to

to

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He abominated the

LAST FOREIGN PRINCESS

Princess Alexandra Of Denmark

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London, "Nov BÚNI Car more recent noyal brides

having all been English, one must the Atlantic.

go back to 1883 for a parallel to Nearly £350,000 Raised the enthusiasm shown at the Duke After describing : the conditions | of. Kent's wedding. M which existed in 1903, and the On March 7 of that year Princess

She and the future King Ed- depletion of the great private Alexandra landed in England result of the great Manchester ward VII, who had met her at collections by foreign buyers as a Exhibition of 1857, and alluding Gravesend, alighted at the Brick to the fact that, while prices were layers Arms Station in Southwark, increasing Government grants to then the terminus of the South musume" were remaining station- Eastern Railway ary, Mr. Meldrum gave an ac The police proved totally unable count of the growth of the society, to cope with the crowds. For a After 20 years 200 members had time London Bridge was impas been enrolled and ten years later able Be

the membership was 12,000. In the City the confution wa

Through subscriptions and as even worse. Ave

result of special appeals which bad -At one moment the Frincess from time to time been made for leant from her carriage to extricate certain pictures and other works the officer of the Life: Guards of art which were in danger, escort, who had been pushed by

early £350,000 thad been raised, the crowd against the wheel.

Gay “Looking Like A Rose” galleries, in both London and

After a four hours' drive ter Edinburgh as well as throughout

Royal couple reached Paddington: the country, had benefited through

Queen Victoria records their the funda

and

soares of museums Bad

members of the fund received.

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(geon Service).

London, Dec. 5. News has been received from Italy to the effect that with the death of the 89-year-old Count present Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere, do visible signs of progress in the y recorded on skis was 84 miles per and university and, looking back fashion of institutional treatment ren of the Fope's Great Cham Colony. Many new buildings have hour on the Flying Kilometre." he realized that he had had in all of children and people who were berlains of Cape and sword, the been added during the year and The average speed for men in the teachers, or including the special connected with that system, and little band of survivors of the old, notwithstanding the cloud of de greatest international races, the coach on International law which believed that in 25 years the home Papal army loses its last officer. Reference was made by the lec journey's end in her journal

he had had, 93 teachers. That did pression over the business world, F18, Bad Arlberg-Kandahar,

and parents would be appreciated The Count fought against Gari- turer to the many privileges which there is good resson

be which will be held at Murren this not seem a good system, and and at tilir true value in the training ba'di st Mentana in 1887 when these included visits to private optimistic as5. the Colony's year, is 40 miles per hour.

thing that he knew in the best

of children. There was a great the Fapal troops won the battle collections not open to the public, future and to take courage from This average is maintained over sense he got from none of his tendency when a child went wrong and also on the famous Sept. 20, the fand members having visited the progress that is being register-alf the unevennesses of a moun-

teachers but from his parents. ed here in the face of financial tainside, the course including to school were classified by age cher. Finally he absolutely dis- Dow

Children to-day when they went to blame the child, but he blamed 1870, when the Italian Army took grest collections it and near Lon the uncomprehension of the tea Rome and ended the temporaldon, as well as the royal collections handicaps.

veral sharp turns. The only "shock

at Buckingham Palace, B6. James's Though the observation of absorbers are the leg muscles of or it seemed to him in some cases approved of examinations. They His mother was a member of Paises, and Windsor Christmas in Hong Kong is so the racers.

by size. There was no attempt very different th character to the

made to classify them by develop were not a test in any epoditions the Cerci Bolognetti family, col- Mr Meldrum referred to some

whatever.

lateral descendants of the beautiful of the famous works of art which had been saved by the fand, and festivities at Home, yet the spirit

ment or capacity or inclimation.

and trag Beatrice Cenci, the showed slides of some of the prin of the occasion is exactly the

One might as well classify them He would like to see a great same "Peace on earth and world in rejoicing on the occasion, according to hair. No two children Minister of Education come for heroine of Shelley's tragedy.cipal pictures, particularly those werd, a man who was bent on the Bome years ago County Macchi for which special appeals had been goodwill to men" has the same and whatever the future may hold were alike or needed the

and development of the men

valuable collection Fot made in connection with one of significance here as in any other in store for us, we shall not be treatment.

them Mah Papal

the Holbein Duchess of spiritual capacities of the

recount the " sansa, people, and put up sayi

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What

of the work Though the denied a Merry Christmas." The system, seemed to be

Tule log does not considerations of busine

En our hearth, though the and economics are

ها

the

bleak and wintry; the time being and

how does not He Christmas rule

ors yet we in HongWe wish a Merry.

the rest of the all our readers.

the battle vot to the

formed past

hold troops since

venth-bour

From quarter to 6, when we heard they had left the Great -Western · station, we waited with

all our daughters Marie B. (rabant), and little William (the ex-Kaiser), 10 my room, our four sons having gone to Blough tá mar the train,

The bells length in when it wa

carriages

nervous.

gan to ring

pouring ra and stings dark the

two

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