1933-12-06 — Page 7

BRITISH REPLY TO DE VALERA®

(Continued from Paga 1.);

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933.

JAPAN'S RISE IN HENRY THE

COTTON FIELD

Free State as a member of the Large Sums Spent in

British Commonwealth."

ALIENS ISSUE.

British Machinery ··

London, Dec..G.

MAGICIAN

Hlin

HONGKONG SLUM SCANDAL

(Continued from Page 1.)

RADIO BROADCAST

"District of TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

HIGHER WAGES NEEDED. It scams a reasonable deduction

OPENS AT KING'S TO-DAY

ing and it is found that in the Society's cases during the past Jenry, famous "Man of Mys- year the Westorn tory" with his "Show of Won Hongkong showed a percentage of Prior to reading the despatches,

ders," will be the attraction at 68.02 bed-spaces while Mr. Thomas had been asked if ha During the twelve years from King's Theatre for four days start Hongkong, which embraces the Eastern would bring to the notice of the 1921 to 1932 inclusive, the declaring to-day. Irish Free State citizens both in od value of domestic exports of Hongkong on a triumphal tour anded a percentage of 69.46. Kow

Henry comes to nawly built reclamation area show. the United Kingdom and the Freetoxtile machinery and parts for it is easy to understand his unloon showed a percoutage of 66.86. State, the disadvantages they textile machinery from the United precedented would suffer both in status and in Kingdom to Japan aggregated witnessing his performance.

popularity after the way of entering the United £14,382,000, stated Mr. Runciman splendid equipment, his startling Kingdom from a declaration of the in reply to a Commons question illusions and mysteries, the skil that, while paucity of accommoda Irish Free State as a Ropublic.

ful manner with which he arṛanation in the vicinity of work is n The Minister replied: "No Sir,

The Agure included textile. I do not feel that any steps such machinery consigned to Formosa as those indicated are necessary, and the Japanese lenged territories The contingency has not arison in China, the President of the and I hope never will arise. Fur Board of Trade explained. ther, the advantages enjoyed by British subjects as compared with allens in this country are auth elently well known and appre cinted"

..

LABOUR QUESTION.

Mr. George Lansbury (leader of the Opposition) asked Mr. Thomas whether the other members of the Commonwealth would be consulted in this matter.

Mr. Thomas emphasised that as the dispute arose through the re- pudiation by the Free State of the obligationa of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It was a matter between the tifo countries and he did not wish to bring any other Dominion into it.

The British Government's desire and intention was not to close any door to an honourable settlement.

ALL AFFECTED.

The Government did not desire to drag the Dominions into the dia-

pute, although no-one could refer to any member leaving the Com- monwealth without realising that the other Dominions must be affected.

He hoped that the contingency would not arise but if it did the House of Commons would be in- formed of the whole situation. He trusted that no-one would say any- thing likely to embitter the situa tion.

to-day,

He mentioned that British ex- ports of other types of machinery during the same period were valued at £14,859,000.-Reuter.

LADIES' COLF

November Handicap

Events

tain's Cup Competition of the Ladies Section of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club in November with a score of 87-10=71.

Mr. Wren qualided for the Cap-

The Eclectic Competition for No- vember, on the New Course, Fanling, was won by Mrs. Perrin who returne a card of 1—0.1/3=72.1/3 Mins No.

1/3, was second.

HENRY ARTIST: IMAGICIAN

contributory factor, overcrowding is rather the result of the Inck of means to rent better accom. modation near to work or to pay the cost of transport to and from work from outlying districts where there are empty houses than the direct result of the nature of the premises available.

If this deduction be correct, then, although slum clearance may be successfully tackled, overcrowding cannot be elimi nnted unt! there is an increase In the standard of wages. After stressing the need for the establishment of infant welfare centres in each of the Society's districts, and an arrangement by which the Society's Inspectors could have their offices in tho premises of the centres, thus main taining the closest possible liasion with the medical officers in chargo, the Committee states:

A

SELECTIONS BY THE MUSIC

MAKERS IN EVENING

From Z.D.W. on a. wavelength of 356 metron:

4.30-7.30 p.m. Chinese programme.

.7.30-10.30 p.m.

gramme.

7.30-8 p.m.

. gramme.

European pro-

Transcription pro..

Rp.m. Local Timis and Weather Report,

8.3-8.13 (Approx).

"A Talk by Father Robert Cairns on St. Francis Xavier and Sancian Island."

8.15-8.33 p.m. gramme..

Transcription pro

8.33-8.40 p.m. Band-Policeman's Holiday (Ewing). Band-Wee MacGregor Patrol

(Amera).

Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards. 8.40.9 1.m.

A relay from the Soldiers' and Sallors' Home of the Lecture by Pro- fessor W. Brown, M.A., B.Sc., on "Pompeii," by courtesy of the Com-

mitter.

5-9.30 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by The Music Makers. 9.30-10.30 p.m.

Hotel Grill Room.

A relay of the Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong 19.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Presn News

10.35 p.m.

binson, with a score of 80-5.2/3-74...ed his programme, his pleasing

POVERTY MAIN FACTOR. and commanding stage personali- Entries are invited for the Cham-ty, the extraordinary smoothness

Poverty, as in previous years, plonship of 1934. This will be de- with which each highly trained again stands out as the cause of elded by match play over the Ok assistant plays his part, and the the greater number of the cases Course nt Fanling. Entrants must have handicaps of not more than 24 master magician's exquisite and brought to the Society's notice. The lists are posted at the Houses at Fanling and Happy Valley combine to

Club bubbling scene of humour-all During the year under review it

Close Down. make the entertain-appeared as a factor in 800 cases.

All relaya from the Hongkong Hotel and will clase on December 24.

ment surpassingly enjoyable.

Owing to the bad trade condi- are by courtesy of the Manago.ment, It is expected that the first round Featured In Henry's perfor-tions now prevailing much un and during the intervals rerorded will have to be played off by January mance are the Invisible Flight, employment and part time employ-music will be broadcast from the 15, 1984.

the Phantom Princess, the Devil's ment has been encountered. Studio. Own Trick, the Vanishing Goat,

Last year your Committee re- Perplexity and the famous Sand ported that the average monthly Paintings,

income per head in the Society's cases was $2.93: this year it has to report the oven lower averago of $2.49.

EXCHANGE RATES

Mr. to Water, the South African | Paris. High Commissioner, and Mr. Geneva Dulanty, the Free State High Com-Berlin missioner, heard the statement.- Helsingfors. British Wireless and Reuter.

Oslo...

Athens Milan

AND SO SAY ALL OF U.S.Shanghai

Dec. 6. 83.19732 10.80 13.70

FOR THE POOR

220

19.00 F85 02.1/10

สน 1/3.0/16

The Society of St. Vincent de 6.74%

8.13 Paul acknowledges with grateful 30 thanks the following donations 111 and gifts to the Fele held on 3rd 10.3/32 December:

DONATIONS & GIFTS TO FETE

Dec. 1. .84.9/32

.17.02

13.825

.22034

10.30

5851

62.21/32

Buenos Aires

• ច ម៉

1/3%

New York.

.5.08

Amsterdam

.8.20

Vienna

.30

Prague

111

Madrid

10%

500

Hongkong

1/54

Brusacla.. Stockholm

23.72

Peel

562 11.E. the Governor and Lady 1/5.3/16

10.30

:22.40

23.624 19.30 St. Joseph's College pupila

22.40

by Rev. Matthías

110

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.4%

officers okohama

.1/2%

Montevideo Belgrade

4.1/10 Mr. A. G. Everett 1/2.15/18. Mrs. V. Sorby

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polies for the ordinary licensing Bucharest. Kystem.

ENORMOUS COST.

Prohibition is estimated to have Copenlingen.. cost the United States £1,500,000,- | Lisbon............ 000 since it was enforced on July | Hambay

1, 1919, in its toll of lives, includ- Rio... ing criminals, prohibiton and the victims of bad liquor.

110 Anonymous through Hong- 1/6.1/64 kong Bank

F. C. M. F. 243

Didi_.......... -6.07 18.9/16 Anonymous

18%. A. el Arculli 100.3/18 Anonymous ➡British Wireless.

There is undoubtedly a tendency among those applying for relief to minimize their income and in the case or casual labourers it is impossible to devise any surg check, but Information gathered from many source goes to confirm that wage rates substantially

as represented by the applicants. |

NO INCOME.

In 167 cases' dealt with during the year there was no income at. $25.00

all, while in a further 643 cases 41.00 the income was at or below the figure of $4.00 per head per month 60.00 which the Society recognizes pa 40.00 the poverty line-the minimum income required to keep body and 20.00 20.00 soul together, 20.00 __Apart_from___the__Innbility_to. 20.00 obtain adequate and decent accom- 10.00 modution, the most immediate con- 00 sequence of poverty is the inabi- 6.00lity of parents to obtain sufficient Messrs. Nanyang Bros. Tobacco food for themselves and their Co. Ltd., 5,200 cigarettes: Messrs. children. 1 Wing On Co., Ltd., Greco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage, Ltd., gifts to "Hot Dog" stall; Central Trading Co., 7 Cases "Longevity Brand Milk"; A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd., 20 doz. acra- Pretoria, Dec. 5. ted waters and various articles:

The amount of liquor actually fontran!5.02 sold under Prohibition, through Silver (spot)....18.0/16 bootlegzėra, much of it being Silver (forward).18% synthetic concoctions, is believed War Loan......100% to have exceeded the per capita Agures ruling before Prohibition came into force. The anti-Pro- hibitionists estimate it at 200.000,- 000 gallon a year.-Reuter.

S. AFRICAN UNITY.

OPPOSITION PARTY TO JOIN

GOVERNMENT

Dr. Cogan

READY. VICTIMS.

It follows naturally that many half-starved mothers have little or no milk for their babies and that the coat of any good prepared milk food is beyond their means. They

the progranime between 5 and 6 pm. Should reception prove satisfactory, will he substituted by a relay from Daventry.

UNITED SERVICES

GOLF

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14. Surg. Cdr. Craig and Cpt. Nonevieler.

1.8. Major Wren and Col, Fasken. 1.43 Comdr. Shears and Lt. Cdr. Stephenson,

1ds. Capt. Sedgwick and Henson, 1.62. Capt. Willis and Comdr. Tufnell.

Lt.

1.50. Lt. Cdre. Grant and Armat- rong.

2.00. LL. Wyburd and Surg. Lt. Kemptherne.

2.4. Major

Mounley Walker..

2.8. Lt. Jeffers and Capt. Quinlan, 2.12. Lt. Williamson and Lt.Cdr. Stephenson.

2.10. Pay Com.de. Bayley-Jones and Sg. t. Cr. Weekes.

2.20. Major Thosts and Lt. Cragg, 2.24. Capt. Benn and Sgn. Lt. Cr. Sloane.

2.28. Capt. Wells and Lt. Cdr. Rundle,

2.32. Capt. Barry and Williams, 2.36. Inst. Lt. Smyth and Lt. Cr. Rust,

New Course Thursday Dec. 7th. 9.00. Capts, Morgan and Fowkes, 04. Majors Grellier and Tyndali. 9.8. Lt. Car Atkinson and Lt. 0.12. Lt. Cdr. Wilson and Major 9-16. Lt. James and Comdr. Dock-

Russell.

9.20. Sury. Cdr. Craig and Capt. Nonwoller.

ROOSEVELT'S PLEA. President Roosevelt has issued proclamation announcing the repeal of the Prohibition Amend- ment, and calling on citizens to

It is anticipated that Mr. Mrs. Wellington. various articles; fall back on the cheapest varletics co-operate with the Government in Tellmann Roos will announce his Mrs. D. Capell. 2 tea-conies; Mrs. of tinned skim-milk (often sold efforts to restore greater respect reconciliation with General Hertzog Rusell Almond. Miss Maris Roza-without adequate intimation of the for the law by confining pur- and General Smuts on Wednesday, Pereira and Messrs. Komor & nature of the contents of the tin)Withington. chases of alcoholic beverages to declaring his support for fualon of Komòr, various articles; Sincere and on cereal pastes, with the in- Hcensed dealers or agencies.

the Nationalist and South African (Co. Ltd. and Sun Co. Ltd. toys: evitable result that the children yo The President urged that

partica. Rester.

Koller & Kern, 1 caso Purico; State should authorise the

Fletcher & Co., Ltd., and Kwong suffer from malnutrition and are turn of the saloon, either

The St. Andrew's Club are holding Sang Hong, Ltd., various articles: ready victims of disense. old

a grand Christinas fancy dress dance Wing Coffee Co., 1 case apples: style or in modern

During the year the Society sup- gulac. He St. Andrew's added: "We must remove for Thursday, December 21, comntencing & awonts: French Convent. St.

Church Hall on Blue Bird Co., Lt.. notata chirs plied milk, or other food in 702 ever the menace of the bootlegger at 8.30 pm. There will be prizes Francis Convent and Italian Can-

cases, and the cost of this supply and others who profited t

for

the heaviest item in tho the given

Various competitions,! expense of good government, law

dress is optional. Tickets, Gloria, oranges: Star Store. Fancy

vent. Various articles Thom's Society's budget. members and Indles $1 and and order."

members (gentlemen) $1,59, can be 1.000 Charterfelt cigarettes; Kow- The naws that Utah had rati-obtained from members of the con- Joon Confectionery, sweets. fied repun was flashed by tele-mitter. graph and radio throughout the country.

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CHINA TO DECORATE SIR MILES LAMPSON

VICIOUS CIRCLE.

The vicious circle of poverty, over-crowding and disease stitutes, as heretofore, the enemy

con-

A fine of $80, or one month's gaol MINISTER HONOURED. which the Society has to fight and without hard labour, was imposed by Mr. Balfour at the Central Magistracy The lynching of "Old 'Man Pro-this morning on Yin Siu-ying, hibition" from a flagpole was the elderly Chuchowncao woman, who signal for an outburst of rejoicing Chinese prepared tobacco at the Chiu Ievading duty on 8 lbs. of on Broadway. The effigy was On Wharf. The tobacco was conceal- Inter placed in a coffin and drawned in two flour bags under through Broadway by a camel. clothing in a basket. Defendant

Supplies of liquor and wine are pleaded ignorance of the law. plentiful, and the many now con coctions Includa a. "New.. Deal? The P. and O. liner Somali is due Sir Miles Lampson the second cocktail, which is proving most here from Shanghai at 6 popular-Reuter..

Friday.

a.m.

корте

Nanking, Doc. 5. Acting upon the petition of Mr. Wang Ching-wel, the Executive Youn has decided to confer upon on class Chal-yu (fterally Brilliant

Jade) Medal-Reuter.

unnecessary

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF vions year, with a deficit of

0.24. Major Wren and Col. Fasken. 10.00. Comdr. Shears and Lt. Cdr. Stephenson.

10.4. Capts. Sedgwick and Benson. 10.8. Capt. Willia and Comdr. Tufnell.

10.12. Lt. Cdra. Grant and Arni- atrong

10.16 Lt. Wyburd,and Surg. Lt.. Kemnthirre.

10.20. Major Mousley and LE: Walker.

10.24 L. Juffers and Capt. Quin- Jan. Stephenson.

10.28. Lt. Williamson and Lt. Cdr.

10.42. Pay Cdr. Bayley Jones and Sen, Lt, Cdr. Weekes,

10.30. Major Thoyts and Lt. Cragg.:

10.40. Capt. Bonn and Sgn. Lt. Cr. Sloano.

10.44, Capt. Wells and Lt. Cr. Rundle.

Rust

10.48. Capts, Barry and Williams. 10.52. Inst. Lt. Smyth and Lt. Cr. 144. Lt. Meara and Pay Comdr. Portor.

1.48. Comdr. Raomo and Let Buckley,

1.52. Lt. Nicolay and Cursey. .1.50. Lt. Gill and Syer.

2.00. Capt. Mitchell, and Major Eastwick-Field.

2.4. Majors Sarsfield and Denvir. 2.8, Lt. Burnett and

Comdr. Lindsell.

2.12. Lt. Robinson and Major Anderson.

it is recognised that, save in its educational work and in those cases in which it finds employ- ment, the relief which it brings is | but a palliative and does not ramove the underlying chuses. Though this may be felt to be an unsatisfactory state of affairs, it is at least a consolation to know that the Society in lustrumental in suffering and in saving mony

much preventing

Ilves.

The Society concluded the pre-

$4,218.19 on the year's working THERE IS A NOBLE MANNER OF Four cases of diphtheria (one imed as unfortunately again to BEING FOOR, AND WHO DOES NOT ported), two cases of typhoid (one report a deficiency on the year's Imported), three, cases of meningitin wording but the amount this year KNOW IT WILL NEVER BE RICH-with two deaths, and 53 deaths from is only $295.19. Sencca.

tuberculorin, wera. reported to the local health authorities Inst week. On

Having rogard, to the fact that Monday two cases of diphtheris (one the expenditure during the year A very successful evening was were also reported.

Imported) and two cases of meningitis under review amounted to $24, Mr. E. A. von Kobza-Nagy spent at the Hotel, Ceell on the

658.13 ns against $21,586.29 during writes to inform us that "Hong occasion of the Grand Dance held by

the previous yoan, the position kong has been put on the map the ship's company of the II.M.S. tory Medical Benevolent Service treat unsatisfactory.

The St. John Ambulance New Terrt- cannot be regarded as wholly as regards photograph," Inasmuch Berwick, by kind permisalon of Capted 11,048 cases during Nevember, e- as one of the successful comment and Mrs. C. G.. Sedwick, last night cording to ita monthly report. Of the tors in this year's Hongkong Tele-The dance hall was tastefully decorat total, 140 wore maternity canca, 4481

ed with streamers and bunting new cases and 7,377 old cases: The Chane. Kwai, an employes at the

Comur graph Amateur Photographie: Com while the Berwick Dance Orchestra bustest contre was Cheung Chau, with Naval Dockyard, was removed to the Goddard, petion has schloved the distinction was in attendance. There was

farge gathering of over 200 guests, 1810 patients were sean by & doctor with a lacerated arm, caused through. Douglas.

A 3,289 casos (5G materally). In sil. Government Civil Honnital yesterday including Capt. Sodwick, fears of and 1,112 were treated in their own the H.1.8. Berwick and their friends. I'village.

it being caught in a machine which he was working,

2.40. Capt. Browning

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of having two of his pictures hung "on the line" at the Paris Salon Exhibition.

on

2.10. Lts. Linton and Bryant, 2.20. Majors Mackenzie and At kinen,

2.24. Lt. Cdr Beckett and Lt. Norris,

2.28.

Lt.Cdr. Crockett and Pay Totley. 2.32 L Brown and L. Car.

2.80 Major Mullany and

Cutler and Lt.

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