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HONGKONG SLUM

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WORK OF PROTECTION SOCIETY.

ROTARY ADDRESS.

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Sume idea at the appalling con-

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poor people, destitule parents, destitute chil. j dren, sickness and disease, was i given by Mr. P. M. Hazlerigg. Joint Hon. Secretary of the Hong- Society for the Protection of Children. when

addressing

Į Rotarians at yesterday's lunches treding, Hon. Dr. S. W Tsa presided.

The Chairman said: At our fast meeting we decided to take the responsibility for organising games on certain vacant areas in the City of Victoria. Chur President bus written to the Colonial Secretary of one scheme and this is the reply from him, which 1 am going to read For your information.

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Skilled workmen performing last details of operations on the nong one of the giant dirgible Akron are shown above. This plete Elustratos graphically how a network of perforated gir ders, Bght but strong, form the framework of the airship form. inata in the strong forward assembly from which the dirigible will be moved. She has not yet commenced her flying into.

that,

"My Dear Hornell, Many thanks for your letter of to-day's date, an very pleased to see that the Rotary Club is prepared to under- take the management of twe play- grounds for children and I will ask the Director of Public w Vorks to hurry on the work of pre- paring these grounds so that the Children has been so brief that we the parents were utterly destitute Club may start its excellent scheme can hardly expect it to have re- and had no income whatever, and

the earliest possible moment.'

sulted in any radical change in in 40 cases the family income work- welcome to two the conditions under which suteed out at under $2.00 per bead, After extending Rotarian visitors from Shanghai, children are living in this Colony that is about 60 cents per week, Mr. A. H. Gordon and Mr. T. K.There is a great deal of exploratory a trific under half what I under- King, the Chairman introduced in achieve anything substantial.

be done before we can hope atant you pay for your work to

-timu Mr. Hazlering. He said: Mr.

here, to support an individual for Hazlerigg is the Hon. Secretary of founded in January. 1930, and to war in mind the fact

The Society in Hongkong was the whole of the week. One has the Hongkong Society for the Protection of Children. lic has muy say that its effective life began among the very poor, employment come to talk to us on the subject in August, 1930, with the appoint is not regular, and much of it is of child welfare in Hongkong. Mr.ment of its first Inspector. In the merely casual labour and the In Hazlerigg was, for sometime, a following twelve months thecome, uch as it is, is precarious. Secretary of one of the N.SP.C.C. Society was called on to investigate The adult life, I think, must alware cases, which affected the wel be overshadowed by the fear of branches in England. He has a thorough knowledge of the working fare of 268 children. The most sickness and unemployment. For scheme and he gave us the beneft outstanding fact that has been the child it undoubtedly means, as of his knowledge in Hongkong leaned from the first year's ex-a rule, life in a congested tenement when we started the local Associa-perience is the amount of poverty house and nothing but the streets tion. We are greatly indebted to which exists in this Colcay and for as playgrounds, and all too fre- for all the help he gave in which there is no organised relief, quently insuficient food to build up forming the local Society. 1am Eliminating those cases in which any reserves against disense. sure everybody will be interested the income is such a substantial The Society is charged by its In the welfare of the children in sum as $50 a month, and those constitution with the duty of pro- Hongkong. I think every section cases in which we did not ascertain tecting the interests of the young, of the community is greatly in the income, we find, in the remain- and it is the duty of the Society terested and I am sure we shall being 140 cases, that the family in to ensure, at least, that the young delighted to hear Mr. Hazlerigg come was under $3.60 per head per do not suffer from starvation, Re- speak on the work it has done and of the family had to find clothing, during the past seven months, month, out of which, the members cognising that duty the Society has,

and lodging.

granted food to 61 families. These grants of food were not indis- (Continued on Page 10,)

him

the work it has carried on else- where.

1

Brief History.

Mr. Hazlerigg said: have never had the experience of speak- ing to one of these terrifying meet- ings before and if my voice does not carry properly I hope you will indicate it by throwing something at me.

The history of the Hongkong [Suclety for the Protection

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food

Utterly Destitute.

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