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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930,

SPAIN TO HONOUR LEAVES AFTER 30

DE RIVERA.

"LET FASSION BE SILENT AND HISTORY SPEAK."

PARIS CEREMONIES.

Madrid, Mar, 17. "Let passion be silent and his tory speak," concludes the Con- servative journal, Epoca, in the course of an editorial commenting -on the sudden death of Frimo de

Rivern.

It is notable that Epoca has al- ways been one of the strongest opponents of the Dictatorship set up by Primo de Rivera.

The phrase sums up the feeling in the country generally, and the Government has issued a state- ment, expressing regret at the ex-Dictator's tragic death, point ing out that the dead leader was responsible for the pacification of Morocco and that he reached the highest post in the State. The Government has recommended the King to order that the honours due, to a Captain-General be rendered

to de Rivera.

YEARS HERE.

MR. W. L. PATTENDEN GOES:

ON RETIREMENT.

OLD TIES SEVERED.

Hongkong lost another of its best-known businessmen to-day, when Mr. W. L. Pattenden left for Home on retirement, thus severing a connexión with the Colony which has lasted for over thirty years. He will be greatly missed, not only in commercial circles, but also in the social life of the Colony and especially in connexion with church and Y.M.C.A. activities.

SHANGHAI CIVIL SERVANTS.

BÓNUS TO COVER DECLINE IN SILVER.

TEMPORARY MEASURE.

Shanghai, Mar. 12.- Taking official notice of the greatly increased cost of living in Shanghai during the past few years, and the serious situation which has arisen as the result of the fall in the price of allver, the Shanghai Municipal Council has de- cided to grant as a temporary relief measure,

a substantial monthly

of the Municipal staff... bonus to every foreign, employee

.Mr. Pattenden joined Messrs. The action was taken at a meet- Allen Bros., East India merchants, ing of the Council and, as stated, of London in 1888, and left them is a temporary measure pending to come to the Far East at the end the decision of the Council on the of 1899, arriving in Hongkong on final recommendation of the February 3rd, 1900, as an assist- Salaries Commission, which is in- ant to Messrs. Gilman and Com-vestigating the situation so far as pany of which he became a partner Municipal employees are concerned. in 1911.

The monthly bonus in no month. instance will exceed Tla., 75 per The bonus, the Council

with Messrs. Gilman, shortly after In 1919, he severed his connexion

A message from Paris states the business changed hands, and that the body of the former Dic- tator has been placed in a special van of the Fyrences express with full pomp and honours, including the Band of the Garde Republic- aine. President Doumergue was represented. De Rivera's son, the Spanish Ambassador, is accom- panying the body to Spain.- Reuter.

PARITY DOCTRINE

ANOMALY.

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the proposals which the British delegation had made at the Con- ference for the total abolition.uf; the submarine, to suspend for the present, the submarine part of that programme.

The House need not view with alarm the prospect of a supple- mentary estimate to meet future needs in this respect,

the new

joined Messrs. W. R. Loxley, and Co., as General Manager. That position he has held ever since.

During his residence in the Colony, Mr. Pattenden has served The provision made in 1929 for as a Director of the Hongkong and construction of sub- Shanghai Banking Corporation, the marines amounted to £80,000 and Union Insurance Society of Cahton, no greater figure than that would Ltd., and Humphreys Estate and be asked in respect of 1930 unless Finance Co., Ltd, his wide ex- he had to ask for a provision for perience in business matters being the three submarines provisionally of much value to these concerns. Included in the 1929 programme.

Submarine Issue.

Should this necessity unfor- tunately arise, and he would not delude the House into thinking the contingency might be ignored, the supplementary grant might have to be increased to a more material size, but it would still represent a small fraction of the reduction of the estimates as a whole and mean that the

it would still

altimate saving on the 1929 con- struction programme would be no less than £6,500,000.

Referring to the Singapore Base. Mr. Alexander said that a considerable slowing down of the work on the scheme had been found possible without in any way prejudicing the ultimate decision. If these steps had not been taken, the net expenditure in 1930, after allowing for the con- tributions from the Dominions and from Colonial sources, would have been three times as much as the expenditure for 1929.

The final decision as to the fu- ture of the Singapore Base would be taken as soon as possible after the Naval Conference had conclud- ed its labours, and after consulta- tion with all the Overseas Govern- ments affected.

Mr. Churchill's Criticism. Mr. Winston Churchill (Con- servative) said his party did not assent to the present proposals and the estimates of the Govern- ment,

Mr. Pattenden will long be re- membered for his keen interest in the Church life of the Colony. He has been

a member of the Com mittee of the Diocésan Boys' School since 1911, a member of the Coun cil of St. Stephen's College for some years, Hon. Secretary of St. John's Cathedral Church Body, a member of the Board of the European Y.M. C.A., Chairman of the Naval and Military Y.M.C.A. (Chéero branch), and a member of the Court of the University of Hongkong.

decided, is effective as from Jan- uary-1, last. The bonus is not to employee be issued to any Staff during long leave.

The Council also decided that the minimum rate of exchange for the first Tls, 500 per mensem of leave pay be fixed at Tla. 8 to the pound sterling. This decision will prove of great financial benefit, to Muncipal employees who are go- ing Home on leave, although the monthly bonus will not be paid during the period of absence on long leave.

THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

SPLENDID DONATION BY CHINESE MERCHANT.

Mr. Wai Shiu-pak, of the Yee Tin Tong, 182 Queen's Road Cen- tral, who has recently purchased properties in Hongkong to the value of $360,000, has made a donation, of $10,000 to the Hong- kong Society for the Protection of

Children.

This unificent gift will be-of invaluable assistance to the newly- formed Society and will rolleve the Committee of much anxiety, for it will, in conjunction with the Government's contributions and the subscrptione already received from the public, place the Society in a position to commence on a smail scate its activities on behalf of the children of Hongkong.

Mr. Wai Shiu-pak, who was born in the San Wai District, has for the past twenty-five years been resident at Saigon, where he has large financial interest, but he He is an Unofficial Justice of the now contemplates establishing his Peace, and has for some, years been home in Hongkong. He has for a member of the Licensing Board. many years past been greatly in- In all his manifold activities, Mr. terested in child welfare matters Pattenden has worked in a quiet and in this connexion has contri- and unobtrusive manner and has re-buted largely to charitable institu- vealed sterling qualities in all hie tions in Indo-China and in France. work. He will be long remembered in the Colony by a large circle of friends, who will wish him many years of happiness and prosperity in the Old Country.

THE CONFERENCE PROBLEMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

been

mooted officially-British Wireless and Reuter.

Japanese Differences,

Tokyo, Mar. 18..

to

The need for a Society designed advance the cause of child

welfare in this Colony has long been obvious and we congratulate Mr. Wai on the splendid start which he has given to the new Society.

JAPANESE

PROTEST

TO BRITAIN.

COMPLAINT AT INDIA'S COTTON DUTIES.

London, Mar. 17.

In the House of Commons, at; While officials continue to be ex- He asked why the reduction in tremely reticent regarding the pro-question-time, Mr. Arthur Hender- cruiser strength was announced spects of Japan's acceptance of the son, the Foreign Secretary, stated

from communication

the before the Conference began instead latest terms proposed by the Japan that the Government had received of becoming a part of the general American Agreement, the circula

on Japanese Government complaining of conflicting reporta tion process of disarmament. Whereas every other Power stated its re- the subject appear to indicate a at the discriminatory effects of quirements at the maximum, we strong difference of opinion between the proposed Indian cotton duties began by announcing an enormous naval experts and the Foreign Of on Japanese goods, reduction of armaments and the fice, despite recent official assertions

to the contrary," conference then proceeded on a

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basis of seeing how much more A semi-Official statement emana-sarily be consulted before a reply ting from the Navy Office takes to Japan could be made.-Reuter. strong exception to the proposed strengths both of the eight-inch gun "cruisers and submarines, and asserts:-"The Navy by no means. accepts such a proposal."

could be cut down.

"There is a grave danger," said Mr. Churchill, "that the Conference may become a process.not of general naval disarmament but of dia arming Great Britain, while the other Powers become actually stronger."

Mr. Churchill pointed out that before the war we had 146,000 sea men and marines and after the war '99,000. We were now to re- duce that number to 94,000,

Enquiries from official sources, however,have brought forth a flat denial that this represents anything more than the personal views of cer- tain officers."Reuter;

During the same period, the to some other items.

LARGEST BANK IN UNITED STATES.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR MERGER NEARLY COMPLETE.

. New York, Mar. 17: It is reparted in Wall Street that negotiations for a merger of

United States, the next strongest Apart from asseverations that the Chase National Bank, the naval Power, had increased ita per the Naval Conference is doomed Equitable Trust Company and the sonnel from 67,000 in 1914. to 114- to failure, the speakers, refrained inter-State Trust Company, have 000 in the present year. In the from raising conference-problems, practically been completed. face of such figures, what became of the doctrine of parity?-British liberty of re-examining the posi Mr. Churchill reserved complete

If the combine is effected, as Wireless' and Reuter.

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