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A Few of the Things that can be bought with 10 or 20 Cents

Manicure Sets Ping Pong Sets Beauty Aids

Candies and

Sweets Lampshades Blectric Bulbs Meat Covers

Soaps

Slippers

Toys

Pocket Knives Aluminum

Porcelain Ware Kitchen

Milk Pans

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1935.

ROTARY CLUB TALK

(Continued from Page 1)

speaking, however, there did seem to be a very definite increase since the previous enumerations of the ably to read and write specially among males; literacy was how ever stl considerable among wo

men.

CLASSIFICATIONS

We now come to two very inter- esting classifications--the Occu- gatunal and Industrial.

industry. Utensils

Hardware, Glassware

at the

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ie D'Aguilar Street

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A very clear distinction must be drawn between occupation and Occupation might be defined as the employment pur- sued by an individual; while in- dustry is the nature of the em- ployment or service for which a number of individuals,

with which the worker is connect ed, changes,

the The classification used in

in 1011 United Kingdom

and earlier censuses was only in part occupational and was very largely Industrial in nature but the clear distinction was first made in 1921

and fully developed in 1931. In

LATE STARTERS

League Assembly Proceedings

(Special Air Mali Service)

London, Sept. 10. Assembly Lengue

proceedings lack both the punctuality and the

1.

dignity of the House of Commons. Hong Kong however only one en- quiry was made in 1921, namely Long "after the bell is rung dale that of occupation, and the classi-ales stand in the gangways and fication carried out was in part talk, writes a correspondent. occupational and in part indus- trial No comparison with the 1921 figures was therefore possibië in 1831 but I hope we shall see a full comparison made in the next census which will show the deve-

I hear from Geneva that even yesterday's vital proceedings were nearly 20 minutes late in starting.

It would seem strange in the House of Commons for aim and news camera men to have a special

COMPTROLLER

TO DUKE

{Specia) Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 8.

Busy days are ahead for Major Ronald Stanyforth, Comptroller to the Duke of Gloucester, writes" a correspondent.

He has cut short his holiday to

go to. Balmoral to deal with the overwhelming mass of messages of congratulations on the Duke's en-

gagement.

-

I understand that Major Stany-

Catterick with the Duke, where his Royal Highness will resume his duties with his regiment:

forth will return to-morrow to

often of lopment of the Industries of Hong gallery and control from it a bat- various occupations, are organised Kong. The classification adopted i tery of limelights suspended over accumulation of letters is already i

Into a firm or under one head.

Thus 11 Chartered Accountant may be engaged in auditing the accounts of" public companies or he may be employed as the ac- counts of a shipping firm, an in-

surance company or a business dealing in oll: a carpenter may be employed in a dockyard, by a

in the U.K. was used in HK. with a few minor alterations to meet local conditions.

But here was one place where I

must confess local labour cracked up. The lists of, occupations and Industries were coded each se- parate occupation or industry was given a separate number and tas

building contractor or by a cabinet had to be entered by the posting maker, or even in making packing clerks on the sorting cards. The cases for a cigarette manufacturer. clerks found considerable difficulty In these two examples the occupa-in learning the codes and they did ilon remains the same throughout not know enough about the vårl- as Chartered Accountant or Car-

ous occupations etc. that exist, penter but the industry or service articularly foreign occupations to classify them properly. They were told to refer to me all cases of doubt but they were either" too cock sure of themselves or did not

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the chair.

They switched the lights full on yesterday when M. Hawarlate, the Ethiopian delegate,' went up to the platform to drop his vote for the presidency in the ballet-box.

M. LITVINOFF'S CIGARS

Smoking is allowed at League forbidding it. Cigarettes are "the Council meetings in spite of notices

normal smoke, but M. Litvinoft sometimes, smokes a cigar as big

as Lord Lonsdale's.

M. Laval smokes rapidly with hurried puffs that put up quite a smoke-screen between himself and Baron Aloist next door.

At Assembly meetings smoking is not allowed. But there is no rule

After a few days there he will go to Buckingham Palace. The

additional staff as soon as he re- such that he will have to engage.

turns.

Major Stanyforth is a man of unusual versatility. He captained the M.C.C. team in South Africa some years ago, and has written a book on the art of wicket- keeping.

And he types his own letters.

IN BLACK AND WHITE

appreciate that they should have against saum, and Sir Denys Bray, about the multiplicity of forms he

had doubts-An examination of the lists will show how true this 19.

of the Indian delegation, offers his colleagues snuk from an ornament- al' box.

The number of women delegates attending the present session is

(Special Air Mall Service,

London, Sept 10. Mr. Alfred Noyes is complaining

was expected to read, and fill up in order to get a black and white drawing six inches square fram America, writes a correspondent, The crawing is a gift from an American editor.

Professional occupations gave the greatest trouble" e.g. protes- sional engineers in both civil and surprisingly small. There are only

14 of them out of some 250.

As the result of conversations them is Mme. Alexandra Kollontal.toms and Excise to-day, I estab- Among the most interesting of with various departments of Cus- one of the few professional woman shed one thing diplomats, who is Russian Minister in Stockholm.

mechanical engineering, as well as architects and naval architects appear in much larger numbers than are probably warranted by strict professional qualifications for these titles. These. It might be said, are small items and relative- ly unimportant in the great bulk of the workers of the Colony but the reasons for the curious figures must be noted. of more impor- tance is the great lack of detail in some of the groups—the "omnibus" subhead at the end-of "other skilled workers" out numbering all the rest within the group,

EMPLOYMENT

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activities of the Colony is engaged in industry." This was a some- what new aspect. I had always been assumed that we were main-

If the gift had been "a painting in oil or water colour, a pencil or charcoal drawing or a pastel on cativas or paper. there would have been no duty and no bother.

But a pen-and-ink drawing is Ilable to duty, and the recipient to an influx of forms.

ly concerned in entrepot trade; I wonder what made Customs that we wer more a clearing and Excise draw that nice distinc- house and distributive centre than ❘tion.

a manufacturing community........ As.... the Economic Commissioners stated-industrial activity has only recently arisen and assumed any, sizeable proportion."

INTERESTING WORK

24 per cent are in manufacturing Industries; a further 21 per cent are employed in the wholesale and

In considering the population who are gainfully occupied we dis- card Arstly the children and then the old people, those who are not yet ready for work and those who are past work. In the case of females we discard also those who are employed solely in home duties; | retail distributive trades and in they may be fully occupied but they are not gainfully occupied,

The proportion of the whole population which is gainfully oc- cupied is approximately 53 per cent; 71 per cent in the case of males and 28 per cent in the case of females.

banking, insurance and other commerce and finance; 15 per cent in transport and communication. and 13 per cent in personal ser-

vice which includes hotels, restau- rants etc. as well as private domes- tic service. "

The males in the manufacturing Industries out number the females The largest group of male em- ployees appears under the heading by over 5 to 1. In personal ser- Transport and Communications- vice on the other hand the num~.. and includes the large body of un-bers are nearly equal though in skilled labour, carrying coolles, and

western countries females ships crews, bargemen and boat-greatly out number males in these men--the total was 63,500, about

occupations. 195 persona for 1,000 of those of cupied.

ese

sre

" also

nation

of

most

only of the salient points disclosed This has been a rapid survey

by the Census of 1931. It was, I.. assure you, a very interesting pico:

Next on the list were those fol- lowing Commercial Finance, and Insurance occupations. The Chin- of work to have to do; I trust I shall be here to see the results of shopkeepers and are to be found the next Census to be taken in selling every type of product, The

1941. (Applause). number in this group was about 54,000 or 153 persons per 1,000-- the largest subhead being that of hawkers who numbered 13,000,

SPEAKER THANKED

Then comes those engaged in Personal Service, 49,000 or 140 per In proposing a vote of thanks 1,000; nearly 33,000 male persons to the speaker, Rotarian F. A were returned 26 in private Joseph sold that they had al domestic service.

heard a very interesting, amusing Among females the largest group and instructive address and he was as in to be expected those was sure they would all agree with engaged in Personal Service-over him that the report which Ro- 28,000 or nearly 235 per 1,000 or tarian Carrie had compiled was those gainfully occupied.,

very thorough and comprehensive Agricultural occupations absorb in many ways. He had shown ed the next greatest number of skill and expert knowledge in the feniale workers-over 24,000 or 248 work, and if the same knowledge per 1,000 and, the third largest was to be put into the Travel group was in fransport and Com- Association of which Rotarian munications where 12,000 women Carrie was the Chairman the employed. These three speaker said that Hong Kong's groups absorb nearly 66 per cent population would sure to increase of all women workers.

by the attraction of more touria's to this part.

were

A last word on the Industries or Hong Kong.

The taking of a census is fraught It is very difficult to describe In- with dire consequences and one dustries and Occupations, verbally of the causes of the present local tables or Hats are necessary to depresston could be traced to this. bring out the actual facts. Broad- (laughter). The last census taken ly, however, it may be said that in 1931 corresponded suspiciously 24 per cent of the working popula- with the last year of the Colony's tion are directly dependent for prosperity and the speaker con- their livelihood upon manufactur- cluded "by voicing the hope that ing industries (using this expres- Rotarian Carrle would do some sion in a fairly wide sense) This sort of penance to exercise this fact was noted by the recent depression through the good work 'Economie Commission "to show of the Travel Association. ~ CAP- that a substantial portion of the plause),

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