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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

NO WORK FOR FARM HANDS

MECHANISATION OF LABOUR

EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM

"My father never stood any non- sonso with his mon. I remember when he ment for them and ́wald: "There are ton of you here, and I can't go on paying you 128, a week; It comes to £0. Now, you have got to decide among yourseires whether you will take lia or whether one of you, in to go. They came round all right; they took 11s., and father kept them on."

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The speaker was a farmer's wife in a backward county, where prosecution had been instituted by the Wages Board; a farmer had

been heavily fined, and she Was angry. How remote from the early summer of 1934 was that good Indy's parent!"

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The crisis through which this country passed in 1931 had ita effect upon form wages; forty-two out of forty-seven committees mado downward revisions in the mini- mum figure. Two Welsh countica (Merioneth and Montgomery). where there is practically Inlternative occupation, cut their wage to 278. At the same time, it is fair to remember that the decline in' prices received by the farmer was associated with the fall in the cost-of-living index, and during a period of seven years (1926-1933), while agricultural prices fell 29 per cent, the cost of Hving declined | 18 per cent.

THURSDAY,

FLANNEL SUFT

Made of Navy and White Cloth

WORN WITH BERET

.Smart little suit of navy and white striped flannel, worn with navy corded silk beret and cravat.

TAKE a pint of fresh milk lightly

flavoured with vanilla and awoctened, and stir into it enough powdered or liquid chocolate to flavour.

OCTOBER 25, 1984

CHURCHILL AS FILM EDITOR

KORDA'S LATEST

SCHEME

INTELLIGENT

"SHORTS

The news that Mr. Winston Churchill hos signed a contract with London Films' to edit a series of informative pictures comes na no Aurprins to those who are familiar with Mr. Korda's ambitious plans for programme building. For a long while he has been concerned. with the problem of supplying in-: |telligent. "shorts" with his feature pletures, and he has always been

PARLOPHONE RECORDS

We are now agents for these records and our first shipment from the monthly releases will arrive shortly..

Parlophones best known artists include:

RICHARD TAUBER, JAN KLEPURA, CONCHITA SUPERVIA, LOTTE LEHMANN, LILY PONS, RIA GINSTER, EMANUAL LIST, RONALD FRANKAU, LESLIE HUTCHISON (HUTCH), SOPHIE TUCKER, PATRICIA ROSSBOROUGH, BINNIE BARNES, HAROLD RAMSAY, HARRY ROY and His Orch.. LOUIS ARMSTRONG and His Orch..

TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.

9, Ice House Street. Hong Kong.

Interested in the idea of using the USE ELECTRIC CHROMIC NEEDLES WITH YOUR PICK-UP;

screen to make the man in the street familiar with the political and economic conditions of the world ho ves in.

The present schento is to produce

a anrica of short pictures dealing with auch world problems as Gold, Unemployment, and the Future of Monarchy in a way that will make them clear to the ordinary picture- goor of any country. The subjects will be chosen by the Hon. Winston Churchill, and will be made under his supervision by n ataff of technical experta, while his son, Mr. Randolph Churchill, is take an active part in their preparation,

"The idea," Mr. Korda says, "is to illustrate. Mr. Churchill's specch with diagrams, blts of topical film, and other dovlece, and it will in- volve a considerable amount of work on trick, stages, besides ex- tensive research. It should be Interesting to the ordinary man and woman to see what in the gold standard, what is Fascism, and so on to learn the meaning of the words they rend in the newspapers and so often do not understand,

of the series, which is to be called "We are working now on the first

The Captain General. Its plan is to ahow the way the leader of an When it is at blood heat only, atirarmy works-what he must do to in a large teaspoonful of rennet and win a campaign-how Chesar did pat aside to net.

It-how Napoleon did it-how Foch material, and I did it. We have much interesting presented in a very simple and In- think it can be

ABOVE THE MINIMUM.

To-day actual wages often riso well above the minimum. Horse-CHOCOLATE JUNKET men, cattlemen, and shepherds are shid

to average 374. had 388.; thanks to the Agricultural Wages Act, which is only ten years old, the farm worker is no longer called pon to bear the brunt of deprem sion. The records of the Board are set out in its "Report of Proceed ings under the Agricultural Wages Boart (Regulation) Act, 1924" (II.M. Stationery Office, 18. 3d.) They explain why the agricultural worker, his wife and his children, are better housed, better fed, and better clothed than they have been in living memory, why amusement can find a way into their lives, and sume recreation other than that provided by an annual fair and a on Christmas Day for who did not have to tend stock, is available to-day. The ugly side of the Report lies in a brief statement reading as follows: "The total arrears of wagon below

with a layer of thick cream, and When it is firm, cover the top then a thin layer of grated or powdered chocolate.

teresting way."

Princess: Steps IN TRANCE FOR

The Reels O' Tulloch

FOUR YEARS

FOLKESTONE MAN RECOVERING

the minimuni rates recovered by the HIGHLAND BALL AT for four years is regaining his Ministry since the introduction of the Act amounted to £102,675 in September 30, 1933."

The one problem that no Wages

BALMORAL

In the stately oak-panelled ball-j

Tulloch.

A young man who lay in a trance health at Folkestone after being in hospital for six years.

Act can solve is that of employ room of Balmoral Castle Prince of Station Cottages, Dover Road, He is Mr. Victor Stanley Cleave, ment; the Report states definitely that many farmers are cutting their danced the stirring Reels

George and Princess Marina Folkestone, a railwayman. wages bill down to the very mini- mum required for maintenance. To make matters worse, mechanisa-

It was one of the Brat dances of tion in driving men off the land. the Highland ball given by the returns show that King and Queen for the servants permanent agricultural labour has and ghillies of the Balmoral, Aher lost nearly thirty thousand men in geldie and Birkhall Estates, the past twelve months.

The latest

GERMAN IMPORTS OF RAYON

LARGE INCREASE IN

the

In the early summer of 1928 his henith broke down, and he was re- moved to the Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Gosham. On the following day he fell asleep, and for the

next four years ho re- mained in a complete trance, know- [Ing nothing of the outside world,

Princess Marinn spent most of

morning In the ballroom Hope of his recovery had been practising with Prince George the abandoned when on Whit-Sunday, unfamiliar Highland steps and 1932, he opened his eyes again. turns. The royal pipers played. He slowly recovered the use of and she had the benefit of expert his limbs, and to-day he is back tuition from the King's piper. at his home on leave of absence

from hospital. Pipė-Major Forsyth,

About 300 guests, including VOLUME

tenants and members of the Bal and Prince George and Princess moral staff, were invited to the Marina. Germany reports an increase in ball, which began 9.30 and con- silk and rayon imports for the first tinued until long past midnight. Tulloch, "Dashing White Ser- In addition to the Reels o' quarter of 1934. Volume for this Highland dreas WAB generally period was 4,183 metrie

geant," the Queen's favourite tons, worn, and the many tartans made

dance, was on valued at 19,656,000 reichsmarks, an

the programme, ever-changing pattern of

also the Paul Jones. compared with 3,649 metric tons, brilliant colour. valued at 18,734,000 reichsmarks The King and Queen, as is their The Paul Jonos is usually in- for the like period of 1933. Tetal custom, appeared first in a gallery, cluded, as It afforda guests exports of silk and rayon Also in-They later took their seats in a opportunities of dancing with creased in the first quarter of 1934. Lecess of the ballroom while the members of the Royal Family. Volume increased to 4582 metric pipers played "Wieland Laddic." tons from 4,006 metric tons in the

Towards the end of the evening same period of 1933. but their| Their Majesties were followed a Greek air was played in honour value showed a marked decline. by the Duke and Duchess of York of Princess Marins.

SALESMAN SAM

Double-Action!

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS -

Acroon

1 Probably an uncomfortable bed, even if part of it is proverbially HOTL

This sounds a suitable weight for a little drink.

10 "A tiger can eat more than two ent's is an example of this fault. 11 If this part of your car is bent you can't be it on, but you might get on bent frùm it, 12 Lured.

13 Lack of seriousness shows it in

a inx.

17 An exclamation (If you want a teaching position go round the square).

is certain.

19 Timo to yourself at the end 21 Just for a rag reverse this fish. 20 Far from proverty-stricken. 23 Fly that fa

animal.

↑ bane to somo

Youngaler that seerns to adviso

28 Foreign head-covering.

to bare a fish.

20 One who comes from...a...fine

morah. 30 Scatter.

31 Not a workman's appeal to the

assistants,

2 Kind.

Down

3 You could make a skier of this

man.

4 Slave though perhaps not leg-

ally one.

French painter of fame.

1 Mistaken.

7 A trophy for the most speedy. 14. Commonplace.

8 Precious stones.

16 Wherein the grapes lose their

form.

16 Protections from the head of them seem to suggest it's almost

belfish.

17 Qua of the farmer's flock, 18 An outstanding feature that is al rubbish if you reverse it. 22 It's a big step to get n

riding position.

24 Chean-man.

6 By this rather

good

classical "name Quem Elizabeth was known. 26 Dnagerous.

Yesterday's Bolatlan

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They change so fast, there should be

a new picture at least once a year, for photographs of the children never grow up.

Make an appointment to-day.

THE MING YUEN STUDIO 17, Queen's Road Central (First Floor) (Between the H.K. Hotel and Dairy Farm Store, Queen's Road C.)

Professer W. Brown will address Nile," in which he will relate his the Arts Association of the Hong-experience of a journey made this kong University to-morrow ni 8.45 summer through Afrien. The lec- p.m. in Room "K" of the Univer-ture will be illustrated with lantern. sity, his subject being "The River slides and is open to the public.

Teething troubles

Because SCOTT'S Emulsion containa 44% of pure cod liver

oil and lime salts

for bone formation,

it prevents teething troubles, rickets and soit bones. Ask for genuino

SCOTT'S EMULSION

TH GUY WHO ROBBED GIM-WHOOPES! THAT'S ALL!

LETS STORE IS LOCKED UP

EH, CHIEF?

SAFE AND SOUND, HOWDY! HE'S SUKKER SAMSONI A BAD

HOMBRE !

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