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Hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY.

SEPT. 22. 192Я.

CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928.

DAY BY DAY,

HOME THE NURSERY OF THE IN- FINITE William Ellery Channing.

bo remembered is that if more modey is being apent on the sal- aries of the Junior Staff, tlie same is true of the higher grades of the service, even quite apart from the big sum allotted by way of ex-

The Ben Lino s.a. Benavon, from change compensation allowance, Home, Straits and Philippines For example, the Cadet Servico ports, is due llere on the 26th in-

tant. shows an increase of $89,959, and the Santor Clerical Staff an ad- vance of 352630, to say nothing of the many other branches in which sterling-bald servants are em- ployed. Incidentally, It is in- teresting to note that the yearly

The silk farvarded from Hong cost of thirty-air Cadets is $300,-kode by the Empress of Russia on 468, whilst the Government ae 20th August arrived in Now York cures the services of over six (St John's Park) on 13th Septem- hundred members of the Juniorber, having been 21 days in transit, Clerical Staff for $730,021 per.

The Gazette contains revised scale of charges in respect el

intenance and Government hospitals.

annum. Another point on which Mr Hallifax laid some stress was that since 1924 the subordinates haye been enjoying lodging al jowances equivalent to an laereas in salary of from 10 to 15 per cent. These allowances, however, were long overdue, and it must not be About Hong Kong. forgotten that, sterling-paid off- cers greatly benefit from rent al- lowances or the renting of quar- tera at a relatively nominal aum per month.

LOST ART OF WALKING.

The Motor Far and the Liver.

If I am over called upon to sug-jadventure a greater choico gost an aim for a now 'politiegl ways and byways. party, instead of proposing one. Yat, to be candid, a walking holi- more solution for the very dimcult day is by no means everybody's make money. To get the good and the problem of how to poor people richer, I shall pleasure out of it one must be a

scheme Atment in put forward

for bit of a poot, or a philosopher of ccomplishing the much easier naturalist, and, in any event, one thek of making the rich poorer must be possessed of that spirit This, not because I grudge other which finds adventure in everyday people any of the ease, comfort, realities as well as on the acreen and happiness they have managed or in the serial.

Lucky is the man or the woman to obtain, but because I dní very sceptical as to the power of money who can enjoy walking tour alone; for the difficulty of Ending alone to secure these things."

Roal poverty is of course, & the right companion is enormous.. very serious handicap Indeed. Neither age nor sox is any guide His Excellency the Officer Ad But, except la the bands of philo as to suitability or unsuitability. the There are boys of twolye who make ministering the Government has pphers who rarely have appointed Dr. J. C MaaGown, handling of it-I'm not at all ideal compantang for a walking Ch.B. (Edin.), to be a mem-liro that more money than a bare tours and one of the follicat and bar of the Advisory Committee of sumciency is not often nearly as most sporting walking companions great a handicap. Of course, it know is a woman well over 60. the Peak Hospital.

heedn't be, but so many people act In addition to reasonable, physical as though they believed that any vigour, the essential quality is that thing which costs money has a big combination of continuous seber ger real value than things which expectation, with a capacity for cost nothing; that things rich poo-humorously and happily turning pie do must have great advantages material difficulties, and what over things that poor people do; grousers would call disappoint-- and that sitting down and "lying ments and failures, into amusing back" are preferable to having to occasions for the exercise of philo stand on one's legk and use one's sophy and ingenuity. **** muscles.

At the same time it is just as In remarking that all salaries

I read that in America there are well, by a little prevision, to re will be open to revision when the

about as many motor cars as there duce the material dificulties of u are people; and in this matter we walking tour to a minimum. Any- proposed Commission sits, Mr.

muat bo running our American one contemplating such a tour Hallifax was no doubt seeking to

cousins close. Almost every wook should get himself into reasonable. I hear that one more of my physical condition before the convey a grain of comfort to the

acquaintances has possessed him actual time for the holiday arrives. subordinates whose appeal has

self of some kind of motor apr, This is to be necomplished poly been turned down. But a very

and, for all practical purposes, by the taking of regular walking pertinent point is how long they

will never walk again. And my exercise, the actual walks being ppor friend, with one foot in the increased in length day by day. will have to wait. The oxchange

car, evidently expects me to con- No alternative exercise takes the compensation schéme is said to be

gratulate him on his good fortune place of this. It is foolish for only temporary in character,

and his good sense,

man or a woman who for years Well, the motor car and the has xeyer walked beyond two or awaiting the findings of the Com-ARCELO RESEA mission when it eventually site.

motor-cycle have contributed, and three miles in a day, suddenly to The friends of Mr. J. W. Morris, are contributing, quite consider embark on a recreative enterprise It is to be noted, however, that Passenger Agent of the Dollar ably to human health and to the which may involve footing it to the the allowances are budgetted for interests in Hongkong, will be glad Joy of life generally. They have:

Do you know that-----

Staunton Street was named after Bir George Staunton, the famous translator of the ori. ginal Statues of the Tatsing Dynasty (the ponal code of China)?

He was a trusted servant, of the East India Company long before the cession of Hongkong and, later, as Member .of Parliament, strongly supported the policy of Sir John Davies in face of much current criticism.

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In respect of the whole of next to learn that he has fully recover given to thousands of human faces uno of twenty or thirty miles be

If practicable it is a good plan less and that he has already air attractiveness, which they to harden the feet by doing a corr ed from the effects of his recent wholesome colouring and fresh-een sunrise and sunset. left the French Hospital:

might not otherwise have had. Plenty of people have been thus tain amount of walking with bare lured into the open, and have had feet on grass or flat stone-paving their minds and bodies stimulated or even board fopra-dally for a in ways that simply do not hap. weeks before a really long Foot-comfort Yeong of the fundamental hecessities of pen in drawing-rooms or in cet excursion. tage living-rooms. All this is to the good, and very much to thee an endurable walking holi- day; and too much care cannot be good.

taken in obtaining properly stting Bocks 'or stockings, desirably But there is no getting away furnished with a separate com from the fact that man is a biped,partment for the big too, and eggy and although, apparently, science.

Three lots of Crown land art is well on the way to provide him but properly tting boote or shoes. with reasonably effective substl-with soles of modlum thickness. to be offered at the P.W.D. offices tutes for every part of himself, he plenty of room across the toes, low on October 9th. These are New will be wise to look these gift heels, and soft, pliable uppers. Kowloon Inland Lot 1167, Sham-horses fairly in the mouth before sterling-paid

What kit to carry depends on in- shuipo (952 square feet, upset he saddles them.

When grown men have got so dividual factors, including the price $1,428), New Kowloon Lot

The less 1168, Shamshuipo (5,814 square far away from natural habits of state of one's purse. Kowloon. Inland Lot 2143, Mong-vers working they have to resort one has to crowd into the ruck- fect, upset price £8,720), and living that, in order to keep their money one has to spend the mora kortsui (about 20,660 square feet, to dumb-bells, indian clubs, deep sack On fine dry pights the breathing, and singing in the bath, hardly pilgrim can, by a little in- upset price $46,237.60).

it is time to think about stock-genuity, cut out hia, hatel bill

altogether. taking.

Personally, I like, on these occa-

MYSTERY THRILLER.

LON CHANEY FILM AT QUEEN'S TO-MORROW,

your, so that it la evident there will be no very quick decision on salaries generally. In the meap- time, apparently, the subordinates

Bankruptes notifications state must battle with the increased that a arst and final dividend of cost of living as beat they can. We $7 per cent, has been declared in submit that if à case was made the matter of Ho Kau, junk owner of Wo rung Street, and a second out for temporary allowances to and final dividend of $11 per cent, the higher-paid civil servants, in the case of the Hop Lee Invest- In the course of bis Budget then the claims of subordinates to ment Company, of Shamshuipo.

equally consideration were speech on Thursday, the Kon, Colonial Secretary took occasion strong. Indeed, it can be cald that to refer to the recent grant of they were feeling the burden of exchange compensation allowances the cost of living much more to civil servanta paid on a sterl-acutely than the ing basis and also to the un-officers. In the circumstances, it successful petition sent in on be- would have been common justice half of the Junior Clerical Staff to have decided that if one section setting forth a claim for increased of the Service was to wait until salaries. The burden of his re-the Salaries Commission reported, marks was an effort to offset any

ail should have done so.

impression that the subordinates

For most of us, the way in which we shall spend the working hours sions, to be burdened with the are not being fairly treated in

China's Problems,

of our day is pretty much deter-minimum of baggage, and my comparison with those who are

mined for us; but our holidays practice is, on arriving at the final town of my day's fortunate enough to secure a sub- The pessimists who want to

are, or should be, a little bit of village or stantial addition to their salariessee China's affairs stabilised be-

life that we can call our own, to journey, to expend a few shillings at the hosier's on some clean fore, believing it, receive ample

live just as we choose. under the exchange compensation | justification at every turn. Wo Strange and uncanny huppen- In the course of my life I have clothing, posting the cast-offs back scheme. An analysis of his read thought that there might arise Ings that chill the blood and grip not taken many formal holidays, home. If one's tour is fairly from the consors achieved between the imagination occur in an old but I have managed to sample mapped out in advance, it is quite marks, however, shows that he Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the haunted English castle during the most of the usual varieties. So easy to make use of the parcel- falled to dispose of the contention Kwangsi Clique, and Mr. Wu Ilan course of an amazing series of ad- far as my experience and taste go, post and poste-restant system, to that the storling-paid officers are min's cronics, some form of per ventures in Lon Chaney's latest there are two kinds that I parti-secure the advance arrival of rugs,

manency at Nanking which would mystery thriller, "London After In fact, securing distinctly pre-give China the centralised admini-Midnight" which, according to cularly want to repeat a holiday clean shirts, socks, and so on, and on horseback and a holiday on thus to be independent of hotels ferential treatmelit, as we hope to stration HO much needed. The special announcement in thie

I am afraid that there is an all show in a moment or so. The im- meeting of verification, duly held issue, will be screened at the pot. If one is fond of riding, and and hosiers alike.

lucky enough to have a horse to on Thursday, did not |pression which is left is that very prosced according to the expect to Tuesday next. Chaney, "the even in these days of tarred ronds look upon walking se just a slow However Quene's Theatre from to-morrow ride, probably a riding holiday is, too common tendency to-day to scant consideration has been Lions of its sponsors. There was D man of a thousand facea," is the and reckless motorists, the most and laborious raaans of locomotion.

was expected shown to the representations of decided bitch, It

that the CEC. Standing Com-central figure in a thrilling story the Junior Clerical Stuff, and that mittee would formally announce of ghosts, weird apparitions, tricks enjoyable form of break with rou-In fact, it is (apart from its more But a walking holiday is nearly most pleasurable of physical move- tothe appointments to the five new of spirit mediums and baffing tine which our country can afford. external advantages) one of the

murder mystery. A brilliant sup Government Boards, but beyond co- remove the feeling of grievance opting Messrs. Wu Han-min and porting cast has been assembled as good; indeed, in some ways Itments, comparable rather with which these subordinates still en-Sun Fo, the Committee did nothing, for the production and it includes is better, for it leaves one more dancing or swimming than with the beautiful independent, more completely de-motoring or riding in a railway tertain,

Wherever Wang Ching-wei may be, Marcelino Day,

"Rookies," Conrad tached from external responsibili- carriage.

.H. R. and however much he may be an heroine of Much was made by the Colonial athema to Wa Han-min, he is ap- Nagel, a well known performer ties, with an even bigger range of Secretary of the fact that the em-parently still a power in the land, with many screen successes to his and thus the disagreement. Pre- credit, Henry B. Walthall, of oluments of the Junior Clerical sumably this is the period of poli- "Birth of a Nation" fame, Polly

"The Birth of a Nation?" D. W. Grinth's stupendous pro- Staff will in the coming year,show tical tutelago of which Mr. Wu Moran and Claude King.

duction, The Birth of a Na- an increase of $104,154, but when Han-min so glibly speaks. We we-examino-the manner in which confess that at the moment we

last time to-day at the World cannot see that it offers any better of China. We are told that 'con- THE JUNGLE PICTURE AT THE tion," will be presented for the this sum is,made up it is quickly prospect of peace and harmony than tracts of great value are about to

QUEEN'S,

Theatre. Many spectacular and magnificent scenes are to be seen seen that it does not repre- during the period of military do be signed between a group of mination. It is of course possible British manufacturers and the

"Chang," the marvellous jungle in this picture, which is played sant any very material bene yet that the diflculties may be Nationalist Government, and also film which has thrilled Queen's by Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walt fit to the great majority of smoothed out, but if wo

learn the lesson of the past few that a romantic story of difficulties audlonces since Monday, will be hall, Mao Marah, and Mirian the employées coming under days, it is as well to await, do-overcome lies behind the forms shown at that theatre to-day for Cooper There are only three this heading. In the first place, finite results before subscribing to tion of the syndicate. It appears the last time. The producera performances and those commenco $25,000 of the amount is due to the general feeling of satisfaction that Professor John W. N. Smith, or "Chang have caught with this promptly at 280, 6.80, and 9.15.

which normally would be evoked. late of the Hongkong University, necessary increases in the por Mr. Han-min made an inter and therefore, very well known camera à nervo tingling story in pm. The orchestre plays at 9.15

The Third Degree." sonnel; accondly, atipulated (or esting statement in an interview, in this Colony, has been the lead which, nature in her fiercest mood,

Presenting some now and ar normal) increases in pay account declaring that the firm esablishing figure in the negotiations, wild boate, of the jungle, brave

ment of the five new Government This may can nothing; on the men and women, are the untrained resting tricks of the camera and for by a further $19,555; whilst Boards must come before any other hand it may mean quite actore. Tew scenos depicted on screen technique, "The Third a sum of $42,250 is absorbed attempt, can, be made to solve the lot. John Smith is an acknow the screen have been more exciting Degree" will be shown for the last. by the creation of more higher gigantic reconstruction problems lodged friend of the Nationellate, than the stampade of a hardo, of time to-day at the Star Theatre. facing the country. To some ex- but too much crodenco given to a elephants numbering over four The heroine of the alm, Dolores. posts. It is, of course, true that tont this has a bearing on report unconfirmed from any hundred who trample down an on- Costello, in a series of thrilling... a certain number of subordinates the report in the Daily Erother source is likely to lead one tire Siamese village in their mad incidents, establishes the Inno- will benefit from this latter sum of the formation of a British syndi- little more, sbogo the Chinese side in screen art and by far the most Others in the cast include Jason press ostensibly giving details astray. We should like to know a rush. Chang" is something new cence of the man she loves.. but the most of them will hate for the reconstruction of of the question before ezhibiting unusual pictufe yet seen in Hong-Robards, Louise Dresser and Rock- unaffected by it. But the paint to parts of the war-ravaged areas enthusinam.

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