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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931.4

PROPOSED CUT IN THE DOLE.

AN ESTIMATED SAVING

.

OF £42,7000,000.

London, June 5.

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF PARSEE LADY

.IN INDIA.

Mra, Dinbat Ruttonjeo, whose death at the age of 60 years has boon reported from Bulsar, Bom- The Royal Commission on Un-bay, India, lived in Hongkong for employment Insurance, appointed many years, and was connected by the Government six months with the well-known Parsee family εικό, πνε

Issued an interim roof that name in Hongkong, She was the wife of Mr. II. Ruttonfee, port,

and mother of Mr. J. II. Ruttonjec, of the Queen's Road firm.

Judge Holman Gregory and four of the six other members have made recommendations which, | if put into effect, are estimated to produce annual savings of £31,- 800,000 on the working of the in- surance schome, and £10,900.000 on "transitional benet"that is, benefit commonly called "old" drawn by insured workers who have exhausted their statutory rights.

These estimated savings would

be drafted na follows:

Limitation of Insurance benefit; to twenty-six weeks within any year. £9,100,000;

TRAFFIC OFFENCES,

FINES IMPOSED FOR RECK-

LESS DRIVING,

There were a number of trame cases heard by Mr. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy yesterday.

A summons for driving in a dan-| gerous manner in Bonham Road, noar the Ying Wah College, was brought against the driver of one of the Hongkong Electric Com- pany's vehicles.

ᏁᏌ

Inspector Alexander said that ho The late Mr. Ruttonjce came was walking along the road in a to Hongkong towards the and of westerly direction while a motor the last century and loft shortly car, driven by Mr. G. H. Wilson, before the autbreak of the war.

was coming in the opposite direc- for about 20 years, during which driving at about 20 miles an hour, She was a resident of the Colonylon. The defendant, who time she was an active worker in passed between the Inspector and the interests of the local Indian Mr. Wilson's rar, the defendant's community, and was also known vehicle brushing past the officer's in Shanghai and other parts of leg and causing Mr. Wilson China,

swerve to the left. Mr. J. H. Ruttonjec is the only His Worship: I suppose the child, but there are two grand-trouble is that the rond daughters and a grand-søn.

Mr. W. Armstrong. The news of the death of Mr. William Armstrong at Whithaugh, Increased contributions from Newcastleton, on May 12 came as employers, workers and the Staton distinct shock to many of the £0,000,000;

older residenta of Shanghat. Reductions in the rates of or-where the deceased spent 44 years dinary benefit, £7,500,000;

in the service of the Municipal Police Reductions

in allowances for

| dependents, £1,100,000;

Mr. Armstrong retired from the Reforms in regard to intermit-

position of chief of the Criminal four tent short time and seasonal work-Investigation Department era and married women, £5,000 years ago and returned to his home in Scotland. Soon after his 000;

arrival there, however, his heat. to fail. For some time began prior to his death, he was under constant medical care.

Reforms in the grant of tran- sitional benefit, £!0,300,000,

Minority Report.

dissents

narrow.

to

Is too

Inspector Alexander replied that the defendant should have slowed down and sounded his horn, A fined $30 was imposed.

A Frightful Speed.

A similar finc was imposed on the driver of a motor lorry who was accused of dangerous driving in Queen's Road. The defendant was! stated to have driven his vehicle at

speed of 25 miles an hour near the Koshing Theatre. He took a bend on the wrong side of the road. When spoken to at the time the defendant said that he had gone on

side to nvold the pedestrian, but it was pointed out to him that in avulling one be might have knocked down several

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His Worship sald that 25 miles

Though a man of definite tai- A minority report, signed by enta,

Mr. Armstrong, was well others. the Labour members,

known to comparatively few pen- | from the majority recommenda- pie in Shanghai, for his was a an hour was a frightful speed for a tions, except as to some of the pro- retiring nature. After coming motor lorry at that spot and in- posals regarding formalities, and out to the Far East, he perfected posed a fine of $30. expressus the view that no himself in both Japanese and Chi- On a summons of sounding his changes should be made in the ex-nese, while he spoke French fluent-horn unnecessarily whilst driving a isting scheme until the Commis ly. Though nat traveller, he motor cycle in Wongweichung Road sion present their final findings, was very familiar with the recently, Kwok Hin-wong was fined The majority report bases ita Shanghai district. It was during $7 by his Worship on an admission

of the offence being made. recommendations on the assump his term of service at the. C. 1. D. tion That unemployment may con- that photography and finger print Unue at the present level. Re-work began to play an important garding its proposal for an all-part in crime detection, and the round increase in weekly contribu-deceased was an authority on mal- tions, these, in respect of an adult tors pertaining to these two male worker, are at present from branches of his profession.

A new Government has been the employer eight pence, from the Owing to his habit of mising formed, with M. Renkin as Prime worker seven pence and from the with Chinese in all walks of life.Minister and Minister of the In- Exchequer seven pence halfpenny. Mr. Armstrong is remembered by terior, and M. Paul Hymans as The suggestion la that these Coll- nny of them with sincere act-

Affaire.--- tributions be increased Lu ning [pence in respect of each party. and with proportionate increnses for other classes of workers,

Reduced Benefits.

nurntion.

Cardinal Rouleau.

Quebec, May 31. His Eminence. Raymond Marie, Cardinal Rouleau, died here to-! Regarding the suggested reduc day. Cardinal, Rouleau, the Pri tions in the weekly rates of benefit, mate of Canad, was 75 years of Death was induced as the those at present in operation are.-- age. Men, seventeen shillings; women, result of injuries suffered in an fifteen shillings; adult dependents, automobile accident last autumn. nine shillings; children of - depen- Born at Isle Verte. Queber, in dents, eight shillings, child depen- 1866 Cardinal Rouleau was educat dents. Two shillings. Thus a man, ed at the Seminary of Rimouski wife, and two children, at present e entered the Order of the drawing thirty shillings benefit Dominicad Fathers and after serv- weekly, would under these pro-ing as a priest he was the first posals receive twenty-seven lings:

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NEW BELGIAN CABINET,

Brasseis, June 5.

Minister for Foreign Reater.

STOMACH

PAIN

shil-Prior of the House of the Domini-No

can Fathers in Ottawa, Ile was the Provincial of the Dominican Province of Quebou and then he became the Bishop of Valleyfield.

- Attention is being called 'in con- nexion with this proposal to the riduced cost of living.

The late Churchman had been Regarding transitional benefit,

a Cardinal since 1927. In the Line majority report

pp same year he was decorated by stricter conditions, including 1

Pallium. quarterly review of claims. Every claimant would be required fo

The death of Cardinal Roulean

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the preceding two years, or not less

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much rearer Bolvency. Their solution of the moral problem is t and "nians test",

payment of that it

than thirty during the previous six oppose any cuts in the pay of the years, the amount paid to certain workless.

workers being considered a recom- The Times says the majority i

have

20.

I. L. P. Disapproves. The Independent Labour Party benchit in such a manner have already announced strong dis- shall never be in the Interest of any approval of the majority recom-claimant to draw benet ruther mendations, and a decision to than to work. oppose any attempt to give them The Manchester Guardian legislative effect.

siders the report

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