1931-10-15 — Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

Civil Service Pay,

To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.)

Slit will be noted that "Best" bus completely shifted his position From maintaining that, as between the Civil Servant sind this commercial employee, in the matter of salary, there is Trally no

difference, ta Rrint salmitiinst the difference but pled-

ing justification for it.

polart #bott bonuses, is such an which with "Because"

me-in-the-street obacasion, the

light does the hypothetical "hardships" about tu la inflicted on the Civit

regarda in

the

25413212

Ite

Sersion by his being paid his large inst incremented salary nt only

circumstances } $20 to Dis

where the Jour Rhinermented sterling-ent nurantia 2432824 wall

*** 14. De Pearwiny in

# TH window-dressing. of 130 whatever, argumentative forces The bonus paid trener, jal vircles in the post are cancelled 1- ant by the which weren't.

writer has been with his firm for half the length of a fivil Servant' entire career, at hate arves 4*12 a bonus, or heard of obey SOLVIN vaguely That t month's pay ers handsome given once In a very retiring allowabes for AB MAIL much ban for a tavernment Ser vant. Nor can he see that past ***

*

buatan Coven of paid generally. which they weren't, and of a value

**

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

PRETTY WEDDING AT KOWLOON.

A pretty wedding was solemnised at the Rosary Church on Saturday, when Mina Elizabeth Catherine Prasson became the bride of Mr. Jose Maria il'Almada e Castro. The above group was taken After the ceremony, (Phota: Mee Cheung).

£1,000 HAGL OF MANTELPIECES.

WEST-END HOUSE

STRIPPED.

LEAVE TO APPEAL SOUGHT.

ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL CASE.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1931.

BRITISH TARIFF

THREAT.

"CHANGE WOULD BE

A DISASTER."

A note of alarm was sounded be fore the League Assembly's Second Commission by Dr. Posse, a high official of the Germun Ministry of Commerce, at the possibility of a change of tariff polley in Great Britala.

It was after M. French Minister

hd spoken

Rollin, the of Commerce, strongly in favour of

a resolution on the subject that Herr Posse inge.

He referred to the economic negotiations In progress between Great Britain and certain Con- tinental Powers, and said that his country would be glad to take part in tiem.

Then he turned at once to im medinte issues,

+

"believe," said Herr Pocese, " is the general opinion that change in the commercial

#1

policy

of Great Britain wonkt be a disas ter for the whole work, and i hope Bome way may be found to sur mount the obstacles which seems to prevent its maintenance."

Apprehension.

were

not

Future prospects, in the Ger- man delegate's view. bright, and he viewed with a 'cer- bal apptelension rumours of in- creases of tariffs by certain Euro- pean countries which had hitherto considered as the kist bul- warks of Free Trade.

ניון

Pusing at a workaman carrying Another development in the ease

This would appear to refer to comparable with that of regular out renovations a gang of thieves in which the headmaster and substantial increments. for who, apparently, speelalte in teacher of the Yeuk Chre Boys' the suggestion that Holland is in-

have antique furniláre ad ftimes, jand

Giris School, were Ren- by gone, have

tending to impose an all round 12 tures wurde in the

The Dave Moin eight-mantelpieces terced to terms of Imprisonment per cent. tarif.) any bearing whatsoever upon

of He anid change of policy by salaries of present-day commercial valued at over 1,000 from an onby Mr. Fraser for possession

Tend Cavendis documents eniculated De occupied house

these countries would and Government employees,

to cause a breach of the peace, was recorded Krave trouble, and he emphasised yesterday afternoon when Mr. G. R. the danger that might accrue Hall-Bratton applied for leave to other methods for maintaining the appent in the ease of the head-national economy were put into the prohibition master. Chan Won-cho,

"peration, notably

The

house, which has been empty for about a year, stands on the site of that in which tomney, the painter, lived,

unsiders that they no tuore | sQUILTS. 11. to do with the present generation than had the ancestry of the lamb, in the Wolf and Lamh table, to do with him, though precisely the same argument is being used, fur Be me purpose, and with the pieces, same amount of logic.

A;LAT!4,

are

at

10

it

mea-

in

uf the missing

It will be recalled that the head-of imports which could not fail 20 beautifully

carved muster and a teacher were original to have gravely deleterious conse

and quences, seeing that such in both statuary piece in marble, once le sentenced to six month

in Romney's studio. Another one year's hard labour respective aures, and others like them, might With reference to. "cula;" HOM gemine Adam mantelpiece, ly, but at a re-hearing of the case threaten the existence of the com.

the Government king s

preacht whilst two

attributed at which Mr. F.C. Jenkin, K. C., mercial treaties Printing Gibbons,

and Mr. Hali-Brutton appeared on force tendencies led him to feel tagonist insists on regarding as a "cut" that which, in any atteminl The thieves, who made

sys-behalf of the defendants, Mr. ed form, was granted the niet tematic search of every room, also Fraser altered the adminster's anything but optimistic about the of International cantile man sterling paid, mind took a number of valuable mah-t

sentence to a Bne of $500. The sen- development ogany and an increment the

tence on the second defendant was asked himself how far European

economie t-wood

relations. He often you) AM

several

candoors and drawers. argue only at cross-purposes.

Heavy Larry Used,

difficulies must go before it was Concerning

brend: It is believed this thinves

realised that an arrow aimed at a neighbouring country often neted with his

as a boomerang.

buttered

rared #gly large pen- extensive "yemavats,"

wardr

k

not altered.

Co-operative.

On Tuesday morning, Mr. M. K. appeared before air. Fraser and salary and quickly more than one day to carry out applied for "leave to take the case

A heavy

the teacher to the Full Court of sion, surely it is the Civil Servantorrs must have been dard to cart Appen), and this application was who has his bread doubly butter-away the fittings.

"In our efforts," said Dr. Posse, ed, plus, in the form of perquisites instructions have been tasted granted.

At yesterday'a application, Mr. "to combat the crisis and devise and privileges, a thick layer i of Jan ports for a sharp look-out to and honey on top, with marmalade he kept for large parking-enses, in all-Brutton said his application effective measures of mutual ald I avrup round the edges. En which, it is believed, the mantel was on the ground that the convic-we must perpetually accentuate comparison, the por mercantile pieces may be shipped to America Lion was erroneous in point of fact and extend the stem of econo

steden | Al

and also that there was no evidener employer has for his partinn but for disposal to buyers of

an which a Magistrate could pro- dry bitter morsel, with works of art scarcely the hope for his old wr One August 1 foar Adam mantel.perly convict. He reminded his

even a hard crust.

pieces were stolen from a house Worship that under a section of the

The German delegate. in Referencs

your files, sir, occupied by the Ars hitectural Ordinance, his Worship could only again a

and again will refute the relation in Redford-quors, Wir refuse the application if it was a clusion, expressed the view that bok Mr. Hall the report of the experts who sat allegation that the public have any Two marle Adam mauepiece frivolous one.

apojen in November, 1920, ligation assured his Worship that at Geneva three weeks ago thir desire, in unfavourable times,

from a house in Portland-place,

This application was very far from Walter Layton being among their store against Bio Civil Servant.

frivolous. It was a case of a man number) might prove in the end As if the Government, in any case,

being fined $500, and he consider to contain the only effective re- with its reulily-ny-d- ankie

en he had been wronged, and want-medies for existing ills. ctive sympathies

Fed to make things right. He also) In his remarks, which prejded

tive and retropect

were

L.C.C. ORDER.

CUT DOWN EXPENDITURE.

mir co-operations, striving, while safeguarding our own national in crests, to have consideration for those of other countries."

con-

where the Cortines of its servantų

· wanted to glear kigself in the eyes the German delegate's speech, M. are concerned, would allow them!

the French Rollin.

Minister of of the public. Such an assumption in the part of

laid stress on the im- Commerce, His Worship said he required | C "Because" is utterly unsafraated

undertaking inter- time for consideration and adjourn- | PG:

portance of and availings, as are his efforts

Sir William Ray, ceplying at afed the case whlil tomorrow morn-national public works with a view to shift the objective

meeting of the London Countying. Cas resentment Colony's might be claim that the Tuscarora Council to Labour criticism of the Beep belonged to the Himalayan holding-up af schemes, stated that

10

will

to relieving unemployment,

The French Minister laid parti cular stress on the development of commercial agreements of the na-

System) and can be accounted for during the next six years there THE KING'S LION CUBS,ture of cartels. only as the projection of his own woul unjust and biassed viewpolut.

would be a new standard of e- penditure in national and munic

The public, su far as I can inter-ipal life..

pret for them, simply maintain

That, as

matter at

Mr. Angus Scott, chairman of social, the Finance Committer, said that

interpretatival past or a

TWO BORN IN THE ZOO.

Te

His resolution lays it down that economie agreements such as were recommended by the recent Com- mittee of Economie Experts would in The birth of two lion euths

lend to create favourable condi- welcomed economic and moral justice, with the loss of education grant to the the Zoo recently Is out regard to words of double Council would be £1,400,000.

by the authorities there, and by ions for the progressive lowering and without regard deduct a half of the 15 per

From that, however, they had to Zoo visitors too, from diferent of customs barriers.

The resolution therefore nt points of view. The happy acognises that governments should blematical future, at according which was to be cut from teacher ents are Pat and Doris, the without delay support all efforts salaries. That was estimated in a|sinio tions belonging to the King... Hiring the only to

presre full year to be £630,000, so that

of this kind made by producers in whether the be 6d, or 6/-,

Visitors, especially the youngs- should lus some sort of go-ordinate net loss would be about £80-ters, are always eager to see a 200 their countries.

It calls on the League's econo 000. tion whereby it would be impos-

other young creature, and possible to lend to the conclusion

to a

pra-

baby, whether it be a baby lion or Sir William Ray's amendment to a baby penguin or a baby wolf or mic organisation to take any steps sible for two sections of the cothe Labour motion of criticism a cubs will have a hearly wel of these agreements, to take all

in

was carried.

the

those of consumera,

MYSTERY OF THE WIGGIN REPORT.

hath munity.

drawing their salaries from the mme source, lo

It conveys an in-these all committees to come when they appear, in public steps to ensure their publicity, to Fest

so completely out of step as sirnction to

follow their activities and to safe- secure reduction of expenditure. view. they are at present.

Could anything to more reason-

Zo cubs at first are unafraid guard all legitimate interests, par- able? Yours, etc.,

and trusting and do not object to ticularly REASON WHY. tily" made decision when they the approach of strangers--though either countries or persons."

ceived South China's further let their mother may-and that makes lers on the 23rd and 24th Sept. them more fascinating than ever. The Soccer Dispute.

On the 1st. October, more than one As they begin to grow up, how- Sir-The statement made by the week after the first application ever, this attitude towards visitors II.K.F.A. after their meeting for justponement was made.

usually, changes, and by the time camera has reversed their position.K.F.A. still thought themselves they are adult any Big Cats, such care that uspute, as the justified in saying that the Chin-as lions, born jazoo Consult

(Continued from Page 6.) H.K.P.A. have abandoned a great se had shown great lack of the less tolerant of strangers than

utterly ignoring deal of the areaments they put in judgment in

most of the jungle-born animals recommending a new attack on all may say, here in paren- who have settled down to Zoo life the questions in dispute. There forward in the itement which them.

of the

At Whipsnasle. of the 1st. October: Then Interport did not graph

the with the ILK.F.A. at all.

reared three cubs—n_llon ("Guo")

raining, compromise measures auch the blame was put entirely on

There is no mention of the Ser- and two lionesses (Elizabeth unas have been fashionably since the Chinese-In-that they had utter

and Treaty of Versailles, Pnt and ly ignored the II.K.F.A., and that vice match the disallowance of Lurline). Last year

The primary concern they had shown a great lack of tact which led tr. the resignations. The Doris presented another three Wiggin Committee, restoration of and judgment." In the statement silance on so important an issue cubs to the Zoo-one lion and two the confidence of the Investing after the Council meeting. the can only be regarded as an aduis-lionesses. These are the three

public, could be achieved by, one Chinese (the promoters

thes that no defence could be offer whose capers the open enelo Interport) are only blamed

Aure at Whipsnade give auch plea of the many pieces of repair work On the tel. Oct.. the B.K.F.A. sure to visitors to the country Zoo. view. But the inference in that Zthat the experts obviously had in having acted wrongly in not com-

Elizabeth and Lurline, however, municating earlier with the H.K.led "Wanderer" to belleve that they F.A.. which serves as a thin ox-had nothing whatever to hide. The have been retained at Regent's this time the approach must be for the League Management Counell Meeting of the 18th was Park and they are now being fundamental and prompt in the Committee of the I.K.F.. to have held in camera. Comment would gradually introduced to their sense of doing something that will "mutual confidence." future mates. Caesar and Juja, retrieve acted "Imatily and without careful be superfluous! consideration."

Also the H.K.F.A. no longer take two strapping young Hons from There should be no more politico- South China's first letter was their stand on Rules 5 and 12. Kenya who live next door to ther financial patching. A reshuffle in Lionreparations and war debts would ment on the gist, Sept. and the Apparently "Ex-official" had taught at the eastern end of the H.K.F.A. League Management the present officials the proper in-House. The Zoo parted with Gus, appear to be indleated as the single and they are" well stocked with method favoured by the committee Committee had two other oppor- terpretation. Yours, etc.,

at largo. tunities to reconsider their. "has-!

appeared in the Hongkong Tele- thesis that the pro communicate-Two years ago -Pat and Doris must be no more recourse to time-

of

forud.

lions. INTERESTED SUPPORTER.

of the

RADIO BROADCAST

CHINESE CONCERT FROM STUDIO TO-NIGHT.

The radio programme to be broad- cast by Z. B. W、 on'a wavelength of 366 metres to-day la

0.00-8.00 p.m. European pro- gramme of Victor and H. 3. V. Re-, corde kindly supplied by Messrs. S. Moutrie and Co.

5.00-5.35 p.m. Variety,

Orchestral-Amina.

Orchestral-Animal Antica.

The London Palladium Orch. 13760, Humorous Dialogue-The Chicken

Chasers.

Alexander and Mose, B3870. Cornet Solo-il-cause. Cornet Solo-Por You Alone.

Sergt. George Morgan. 13825: Song To My Manny. Song-Let Me Sing and I'm Happy.

Gene Austin (Tenor). 22341, Plano Solo-The Match Parade. Plano Solo-Would You Like to Take

a Walk.

Rale Da Costa, 13858. 5.35-6.06 p.m. European children's

convert from the studio.

6.85-6.33 p.ns. dance records.

Selection of latext

Thank You Most Sincerely.

BL of Nowhere.

Ambrose and His Orchestra. BG017. A Summer Evening..

St. Mary's Chimes.

B3831.

Marek Weber and His Orch. Makiny Faces at the Mun in the Moon.

kin' Down the Highway-

Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankeer, 22751.

My Brother Makes the Noises for the

Talkico.

Fourteen Rollicking_Sailors.

Jack Hylton and His Orch. R6024. 6.33-6.52 p.m. Operatic. Song-Fall-From Secret Caves

and Bowers (Verdi). Toti Dal Monis (Soprano). 7108. Orchestral-Lohengrin-The Swan

Chorus (Wagner). Orchestral-Lohengrin-Procession to

the Cathedral (Wagner). Symphony Orch. and Chorus. 9017. Song-Boris Godounow-Farewell of

Boris (Moussorgsky),

Foodor Challapin (Bass), 6742. 7.00 p.m. Stock quotations; mail notice.

6.62-7.32 p.m. A Concert,

Vocni Duet-My Song of Lova (From

the "White Horso Inn"-Stolz), Vocal Duet-Your Eyen (From the

"White Horse Ina"-Stolz). Winnio Melville and Derek Oldham. 88854.

Violin Solo-Ruralia Hungarica-

Presto (Dohnanyi), Violin Solo-Ruralla Hungarica- Molto Vivace (Dohnanyl).

Fritz Krelaler. Song-The Hazel Dell (Root). Olive Klino with Male Quartet 4005. Song-The Gateway of Dreama

(Callahan-English).

1428.

John McCormack (Tenor). '1453,,| Guitar Solo-Courante (Bach). Guitar Solo-Sonatina in A Major

(Torruba).

Andres Segovia. 1208. Vocal Duet-Love, What Has Given You This Magic Power (From The Land of Smiles"-Lehar). Vocal Duet-I Bring a Love Song

(Hammerstein and Romberg). Winnie Melville and Derek Oldham.

£13885. 7.32-8.00 p.m. Musieni comedy, and talkle tune,

Gems from "Sunny Side Up." Gems from "The Love Parade." Victor Light Opera Company. 30008. The Milhonaire Kid-Selection.

C2231. New Mayfair Orchestra. "White Horse Inn"-Vocal Gems.

Light Opera Company. C2229. 8,00 p.m. Local time; weather report.

8.03.20.30 p.m. Chinese studio concert.

10.30 pm. Eugby mid-day press

10.33 p.m. Close down.

nowa.

ANOTHER MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

ABANDONED LAUNCH NEAR DERELICIT CANOE,

Rome, Sept. 4. Circumstances reported to-night from Spezia deepen the mystery of the derelict canoe which was recent- ly found in the Gulf of Genoa. The canoe contained the dead body of u young Parisian dress designer who had set sail from Monaco for with her friend, the Sabourad,

thore arrived at Spezin an Italian barque towing a curiously fitted motor launch which had been picked up abandoned near the scone of the canoe tragedy. The launch, which is named the Charis-Craft, with a 60 horse power Chrysler motor, is

reported to bear the No. 2490.

The bout has sents for eight people, and under each seat the life. belt were found untouched. -A

ward rifle was also found on

together with a French flag and a black bordered yellow pennant with the insignia of two stars over an anchor.

The launch has been benched and consigned to the police, who are still engaged in trying to unravel the canoe mystery. The Italian papers, in working out a theory of the affair, now surmise that the woman was killed on land, placed In the canoe, towed out to sea by the launch, and abandoned-the murderer, with or without accom- plices, then returning to the shoro, und afterwards sending the empty launch out to soa again with the engine running.

POWELLS

10, Ice House Street

Agents for

"Jaeger” & “Morley's"

PURE WOOL

SWEATERS

and

UNDERWEAR.

In these two British Makers we have the best procurable. We strongly feature these firms' goods knowing they give the wearer every satisfaction.

White and Coloured Pullovers--with and with- out sleeves, and many fancy and plain styles. Coat Sweaters, Waistcoats, etc. Prices range from

839.50.

$12.50

to

ARTS CRAFTS

FOR STAINED & LEADED GLASS

WINDOWS.

PENINSULA HOTEL

"ROSE” ROOM.

Commencing on Saturday, 17th October, 1931

LES

(until 1 a.m.)

DEJEHANS

ET

WILLIAM RIMELS

from the

MOULIN ROUGE & CASINO DE PARIS WILL ENTERTAIN NIGHTLY

(Wednesdays excepted).

AT

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

· THESE ARTISTES

WILL APPEAR ON

and for the

WEDNESDAYS

CARNIVAL DINNER DANCE

од

SATURDAY, 31st OCTOBER, 1931,

(until--1- a.m.)-

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.