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WAGES AND UNEM-ITALIAN UNEMPLOYED

PLOYMENT.

WARNING BY SIR W. BEVERIDGE.

1.

TRADE AND THE DOLE.

Quo vadis? To what destiny is this great country being driven by

more

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930.

GOLD RESOURCES OF EMPIRE.

AIDED BY PUBLIC WORKS.

(Continued from: Page 1.) Rome All the statistical data now available for the frst

six neither country is at present months of the current yenr in- deate that the world-wide crisis anxious to have one. is casting its shadow over. Italy. Without looking farther, I think Here it is perhaps felt one may say quite definitely that aetudly than in many other Euro-any sort of Empire bank is no more than a very distant dream. pean countries, determining con-

it and tinuous price deflation, marked Nevertheless,

when agricultural depression, industrial economic co-operation within the bound to receive an important lip in the near future-the need for closer financial and banking co-operation between different parts of the Empire will be em- phasised. Means will have to be devised meet the need, but they are likely to be evolved by slow stages and in response to actual experience of proved require ments.

CINEMA NOTES.

"MONTANA MOON" COMING

TO QUEEN'S THEATRE.

DIPLOMATIC GARB CONTROVERSY.

U.S. MINISTER IN CANADA CAUSES STIR.

IN REGIMENTALS.

forces which it, has ceased to con stagnation, heavier unemployment Empire begins to grow-and it is where Miss Crawford, together with the full dress uniform of an Am-

trol or to understand?

In a remarkable volume of un-

employment just published, Sir William Beveridge, one of the world's leading economists and a statistician of the highest rank, makes a masterly diagnosis of the causes of unemployment; traces the course of the disease since Mid- Victorian times to the present, and addresses to Great Britain a calm lint serinus warning

and reduced trade

Yet, in spite of all these adverse factors, the general opinion in in- lustrial circles is that Italy, still suffering from the grave economic error of the lira's stabilization at too high a rate, will sustain the present severe strain and will surmount the difficult trials.

3

has

Joan Crawford, usually associated with society.drawing rooms and flap- per boarding schools will be seen in n new environment in "Montana Moon," her latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of- fering which will be shown on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.

Washington--The martial ap- For this production was made on a cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Moun- Pearance of Hanford MacNider, tains, 200 miles north of Los Angeles new Minister to Ottawa, clad in her director, Malcolm St. Clair and crican infantry colonel when he a supporting cast which included John presented his credentials to Vis Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, count Willingdon of Canada Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin, Cliff Ed-revived a controversy concerning wards, Karl Dane and Lloyd Ingra- the proper apparel of an American ham established location headquar diplomat that began almost with ters.

The pleture is said to be unique the Revolution. Supposed to have in the respect that the majority of been settled on several occasions, is extra players were recruited from either by fiat of Secretary of the staff of cowpunchers on the State or by act of Congress, Tanch, whose activities, including the photographs of Mr. MacNider in riding of bucking broncos, tasoing his regimentals just reaching the of steers, handling of stampedes and capital indicate that the

moot other purely Western pursuits were

question is stili as moot as ever. general atmospheric detall. included in the story as part of the

Benjamin Franklin set a style It is reported that during the mak- for American envoys at foreign same subject published in 1909, period of 1930, and they can hardly important to remember that caning of the pictures,d to adhere to Posts that has been the back-

members of the demands the close and inmediate be expected to increase so long as sultation and co-operation bet the company mile routine which includ-ground for all succeeding contro- attention of politicians, industrial-įrice» remain at their present ists, trade unionists and, indeed, of high level. Imports, too, have Empire are not wholly lacking_ased reporting for work at 7am versies of the subject for a cen all intelligent and patriotic persons declined, and the adverse trade it is. Barclay's Bank, to mention wearing the same clothing during tury and a half. He is said concerned for the welfare of their balance shows an improvement of only one of London's Big Five, has scenes while the temperature rang have worn a "coat of chestnut- ed intermittantly between 50 de coloured eleth without any em- native land.

1,400,000,000 lire over the frst very important connexions in the

grees above zero in the morning and "In the aftermath of war" half of last year. The trade Empire, and that the mother of 78 above at mid-day, riding her broidary; wore his hair without! writes Sir William, summing up a delicit, however, remains very high Banks herself the Bank of Eng back almost all day long with cow-dressing it; used large spectacles closely reasoned chapter on an in- over 3,000,000,000 lire), and it is land is by no means anapproach boys, having dinner at 6p.r. and re-staff of crab-apple stock." What- dustrial situation which, he says, possible, in view of the smallerable in relation to banking, credit sponding to "taps" at 9 am.

exchange difficulties in none can regard with "easy optim- Italian harvest, that wheat imports and ism") "Britain is seen in the grip will become heavier in the second various British countries overseas of two forces--

is clearly proved by Sir Otto half of the current year. The changing

Niemerer's recent mission to economic balance

During the first six months of 1930 the total foreign trade greatly I declined. Exports fell from This book, which amplifies' and 7,514,000,000 like 1$375,700,000) in confirms the statements made by the first half of 1929 to 6,612.000,- the same writer"in a work on the 000 lire. in the corresponding

of the world.

The secret revolution birth-rate.

Lord Beaverbrook's Dream, Machinery will be evolved as experience grows, but it is also

London and many parts of the a strict

were

Laurel and Hardy in *The Rogue Song.” Comedians, playing in their firat reelers, Stan

to

and carried in his hand a white

Electric Business Grows.

industries is confirmed by the heavier consumption of electric "The two to sume extent nowhower, offset by no decline in im- are working in opposite directions. ports of coal and fuel oils; the but neither is adjusted naturally to igures for goods loaded in Italian the other. Each works separately, ports show 4,665,376 tons in the blindly, and all but uncontrollably first half of 1930. as against to an unknown end."

4.799,687 tons in the corresponding Sir William recognises frankly period of 1930; the decline of goods the possibility that the check in unloaded is heavier. but this is British material progress at the accounted for by

the smaller turn of the century, and becoming wheat imports. The output of the general since the war.

iron and steal trades declined by “Marks the begiming of a per-284,893 tons, corresponding to A manent shift in the economic«imilar moderate decline in build- balance of the world, transferringing activities. On the other hand, industry competing Nourees of the output of rayon' rose by over power elsewhere,"

1,000,000 kilograms, and the out- put of hyperphosphates by about |100,000 tons.

The sustained output of Italian Australia, which was undertaken feature picture after stardom in two-stentation for the envoys of the

Laure and Oliver if the

Something in Ifand.

4

('IT!-

The two great problems which Sir William analyses and phasises in his diagnosis of un- employment are:

1. The contioned and astrously wasteful dislocation of

the labour market, and

economie

to

At

by him as the express envoy of Britain's central bank,

ever the modern world thinks of this costume, it represented, a Quaker simplicity for his day at the lively French court, and as- tablished a precedent for UB- Hardy, the laughmaking dus of the democratic republic that has set serven, associated their humour with the tone for all future develop. Such missions will doubtless be grand opera for this splurge. In ments.

need arises, and The Rogue Sang", Metro-Goldwyn All Other Nations Have Uniform: repeated as

ison will gradually be establish Mayer's

picture, filmed en- ed in increasingly practical form. Lawrence Tibbett as a talking Technicolour which intra- Whether from this stage the Empire will proceed to something picture star, it fell to their lot of present, the United States has not far more definite and concrete in furnish the comedy relief. The pic-adopted a distinct court dress, or the shape of any new Imperiale is now showing at the Queen's uniform, for its envoys, and they are. frequently distinguished in institution depends to 3

large Laurel and Hardy are a reigning assemblies abroad by the fact that extent

the course of the two-reel team, Laurel started with they alone wear simple evening Empire's reonomic policy.

the old Karno

Karno company on the stage

mon

AIRSHIP EXPERTS

BAFFLED.

(Continued from Page A.)

Lure

Theatre.

Alone of all great nations

at

in England, and went to America with dress, or morning coats, instead Charlie Chaplin. He was

of the elaborate diplomatic chosen

Cos-

to direct lardy by Roach, and instead tume, military uniforms, knee the two gol together and formed a breeches and the like, which the comedy team that took fans by storm, ministers of other countries affect.

The new picture is a romance of Russia with Tibbett as a singing chief. Lionel Barrymore directed the pic- ture. Tibbett sings songs ranging all the way from 'opera magnitude to love ballads.

above

six-

The question arises whether the uniform assumed by Mr. Muc- Nider is actually legal, for Con- gress has handed down an edict ain this subject. However, at the protocol division of the State De- partment which handles such mat- ters; it was said that emendations of the original Congressional Act of 1867 and State Department in- terpretations of it, have paved the way for considerable latitude in dress and in the exercise of in- dividual discretion.

Unemployment figures are also high. When compared to a year ago they show progressive depressequently died in hospital, in sion; when compared other which he declared that a moment

"The Cuckons,” countries with a dir-

population of before the crash he received an

"The Cuckoos," opening to-day at similar density, but with more order to release half ton of the Central Theatre, offers powerful

new structures, emergency water ballast, but the theme in talking pictures of the (2) The abnormal rise of real they show a remarkable degree of crash came before he could do so.

musical comedy type. The comedy is wages out of due proportion to the resistance to the trade crisis.

the keynote and is featured During the flight between Car singing, and increase of industrial productivity, the end of June 322.287 workers:

To-day the real cost of labour to were totally, and 21,887 partially dington and Beauvais, not a single

Bert Wheeling.

and Robert Woolsey, the employer for each unit of out unemployed, a seasonal reduction 5.0.S. message was received from famous fummakers of "Rio Rita," are

of 11,894 for the former and

Howland, of the R.101. This was significant as headlined. Jobyna put is probably as much as on 338 for the latter as compared to indicating that those aboard at 100

foot comedienne of Broadway fume. The first act of Congress to this sixth or more higher than beforei the war, at a time when competithe figures at the end of May, but no time felt that there was any cially for the picture. Mitchell Lewis, out American history has attract- was brought from New York espe- matter, which practically through- tion is unprecedented. Having a marked increase over the corres-thing wrong with the airship's

us a gypsy chief, instils drama into ed more attention than the subject interfered with the harsh but in figures for 1929 (195,325 behaviour. Nothing appeared to the plot with his diabolical plans, would seem to demand, followed a effective correctives. uf

and 10,970).

go wrong until the moment before which are

foiled

by the antics

circular from Secretary of State: the crash.

Wheeler and Woolsey.

day Director Paul Sloane had

Marcy in Queen Victoria's The Fatal Nose-Dive.

beautiful sets built, Radio Pictures requesting American envoys to set dancing chorus gracefully proceeds an example of simplicity abroad in The two main features of the ex-

through intricate ensembles, Dorothy their clothes in keeping with de- perts' report on an examination of Lee executes clever specialty dances mocratic traditions. This circu- the wreckage were that no part and Marguerita Padula sings colour-far caused immense tribulation to of the main structure broke in the ful gypsy songs. Throughout all, Mr. Buchanan, then American re- air, and that the fatal nose divertually every scene Wheelerness, where ridicule was heap-

comedy predominates.

presentative at the Court of St. was made at an angle of from 15 to 25 degrees from the horizontal. and Woolsey are active with theired upon the idea.

clowning

ning antics and wisecracks. -Reuter and British Wireless.

wage

klow

the

BISHOP ON SEX WRITERS.

LAMBETH DECISION

DEFENDED.

miny

June Clyde, as the niece of the wealthy

Buchanan finally solved the pro-

ped byna Howland, is kidnap-blem by buckling a black-hilter

Rypsies. Hugh Trevor plays

Wheeler her sweetheart.

and Wool- sey appear as fortune tellers who use their psychic powers to locate the "gal." Their efforts along this line are the last word in comedy.

AMERICANS FEEL THE

PINCH.

THE USA. TOURIST ABROAD.

sword on his plain dress suit. In other capitals, American envoys likewise reverted to civilian sim- plicity, in varying degree, and where criticism was expressed it was reported to Congress.

MacNider Had Small Excuse.

or

demands that restrict employment, Programme of Public Works. we must either devise alternative| The decline in June is account- correctives or expect unemployed for by agriculture and ment on a large scale from this building and allied trades. Un- cause alone.

employment has increased in the Sir William is equally candid in textile trades, owing mainly to the the course af penetrating e depression in the silk industries, posure of the degeneration at the severely affected by falling prices unemployment insurance scheme.

and by the situation on the Ameri- A State which undertakes to can market. The activity of the lieve adequately and indefinitely a industries has also declined, from a bottomless purse all the as shown by $2,323 unemployed as unemployed, will soon find itself against 21,613 in June, 1989. With subsidising the manufacture of on-

of combating unemploy- employment; carless i1 adopts ment during the coming winter counter measures.

months the Government has de- During ten years of "unexampled cided to rary out an expensive unemployment t OFRO of programine of public works all over the five suceussive Governments | Italy at a total cost of several in charge his set UN foot hundred million lire, which will any scientific inquiry into the provide work to about 100,000 causes of unemployment; each has men.

It resulted in passage of a law A defence of the resolutions on turned itself and Imperial Parlla- One of the main causes of dis-sex passed at the Lambeth Confer

in 1867 prohibiting uniforms ment into a Board of Guardians satisfaction in the country is that

official dress with the exception ence was made by the Bishop of vuting on rates of relief.

while wholesale and retail prices Lichfield (Dr. J. A. Kempthorne)

that ex-officers of the Union army Sir William reiterates the vital have both declined in recent years, at the Lichfield Diocesan Confer-

were permitted, "where the place necessity of a scientific organisa- the latter's decline has been less

ence at Stafford.

London has made an annoying and occasion warranted it," to ap- tion of the labour market as a marked, with the result that there

discovery during the 1980 season pear in their military uniform at certain means of limiting un-has been an almost negligible re- The strongest conflict, declared for American' tourists. For the state ceremonies. This is the law employment.

duction in the cost of living. In the Bishop, was waged between the first time since the War. United at present. If Mr. MacNider had He comes down decisively in an-deed, the latest figures available Christian Church and the advocates States visitors have been looking only been a Union officer, it is other reasojfed argument on the show that the general cost of of laxity.

carefully at both sides of their pointed out, the propriety of his, side of a policy of national living index realculated on

eostume at Ottawa would have the development by public expenditure" basis 100-June, 1927) has risen rendered useful service by making

The Lambeth Conference had dollars.

Though the Wall Streets crash been unquestioned. (such as the Liberal Party ad- from 90,40 in June to

The printed instructions of the 91.02 in it clear that the Christian religion may have made the season less Department of State interpret the vocated at the last election) as a July,

reverse has, per valuable means, with proper sufe

The prevalent business depres-was not one of mere prohibits and lucrative, the

haps, in these straitened days, in- act of Congress as permitting the guards, of grappling with the im- sion is reflected in the scanty

creased our feelings of respectful wearing by American diplomatic mediate problem.

transaction on the stock exchange i

"We declare that sex relationshipkinship. The Americans, at last ficers of the dress "prescribed A Solution Possible..

and by the progressive decline in is something beautiful and sacred, conscious of the pinch of universal by local usage as appropriate upon

of ceremony." Occasions value of private securities. The said the Bishop.

depression, have travelled to

clause is taken to cover the uni- He points out that if the harder general index number for these

England cheaper, spent Icss We want to rescue it from the money; and returned earlier.

Form of Mr. MacNider, who, it is fell from 130 in April to 127 in plan is adopted of raising pro-

pointed out, is a colonel in the ductivity to overtake wages, rather May and to 121 in June. All cesspool of thought and conversa- The number of arrivals has

reserves. than of lowering wages to meet classes of securities were affected tion into which Home of our hardly fallen below the average,

modern writers have degraded but in the experience of great is recalled, newspaper contro

In some instances in the past, productivity, trade union leaders with the sole exception of are in honour bound to encourage metallurgical.

it, and reaffirm that the home shipping companies, the first-versies have arisen over use by every means within their power improvements

industrial

·

technique and organisation; and if output is to overtaké consumption it means at the, very least that for some time to come there should be no further general rises of wages."

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

STAKES RESULT.

the

taboos.

This

r

of

is at the centre of of human class and cabin passenger list has uniforms by American envoye, well-being, and that the founda contracted, while the tourist and such a case involving Frederick H. tion of the home is our

third-class accommodation Lord's principle and standard of

has Winston, Minister to Persin, who been more crowded than ever, be- wore his uniform as a brigadier- marriage lifelong and india. soluble union 'For better for worse'

fore. And, whereas first-class re-general of the Illinois militia to a of one man with one woman, and

turn passages during September stato function of the Shah. the exclusion of all others on

and in early October are usually John W. Foster, in his book, difficult to arrange, this year have "The Practice of Diplomacy," either side."

been obtained without trouble. wrote that "some ministers have Those who were troubled by what Just as there has been a re-made themselves ridiculous' by London, Oct. 20. The result of the Cambridgeshire they supposed the Bishops to have distribution on board ship, there securing an appointment in the more economical militia service of the United Bald should read the resolutions has been-a.

RACE WON BY A RANK

OUTSIDER.

The record of the past 20 years of dealing with unemployment is depressing. But his conclusion is

"practicable to-day as it was prac was as follows: ticable 20 years ago."

that solution of the problem is Stakes, run at Newmarket to-daycarefully, concluded the Bishop. selection of hotels. At least, four | States and making use of the uni

Mrs. Hartigan's The Pen 1.They would find the strongest stress famous London hotels, extremely form." Mr. Foster and other re- Lady Nunburn Holmes Racedale 2. on the need for self-control and un-popular with visitors from the cognized writers on the subject Mr. Dewar'a The Recorder 3. selfishness in married and unmer- There were thirty-one starters, and ried alike..

other side, have missed the usual agree that it is customary for A European police officer-shot a the winner barely came home by a

demand for superlative quarters, American envoys still to cling to man-eating tiger near Yenang-head, with half a length between

The resolutions were emphatical-while certain more modest, estab-the traditions of Franklin, al- yaung, a big oil field in Burma, The second and third.

lishments were pleasantly sur-though many representatives have tiger had killed. two men and wound- Betting was 60/1 The Pen, 100/9ly on the side of strictness rather prised at their American book strongly advocated a diplomatic

than laxity. ed, three, and killed eight cows. Rapedale, 7/2 Recorder-Router.

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