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, in the rockin' rollin' rhythm of the seal As 15 funsters cry, "anchors,

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1935

SKILLED LABOUR SHORTAGE

SERIOUS SITUATION IN BRITAIN

INDUSTRY'S PLIGHT

The shortage of skilled labour throughout Great

Britain, to recently

which reference was

made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Com- mons, is arousing grave alarm in many of the country's greatest industrial centres,

At present the shortage is most engineering and serious in the

is ex-

allied trades, where almost every branch of the industry periencing a dearth of skilled workpeople. The building and textile Industries

alsu affected; a national shortage has been created by the housing "boom".

are not

are

news-

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HONEY SYRUP

FIVE KING'S CUPS

RACING PIGEONS.

POPULAR

By W. H. OSMAN

If the man in the street were to be asked in which sport Ave King's cups were competed for each year it is unlikely, that he would be able to furnish the ans wer. Racing pigeon fanciers are King proud of the inct that the has. honoured their sport by such a handsome tribute, and

that he is a regular competitor in the principal events of the year.

It is estimated that between now and September 10,000,000 pigeons will travel on British railways.

At the present time there wro no fewer than 1,000,000 young birds being reared from whom their breaders hope to secure n good percentage of future champions. Every year pigeon fanciers can compete for well over half a million pounds.

The fascination of the sport is universal. It attinots such great sportamen as Lord Lonsdale, Mr. J. B. Joel, and Sir Wiliam Jury, numbers ad- and in its ranks herents in all stations of life. Racehorse trainers such as J. L.. በጾ Gordon Jarvis, jockeys such Richards and his brother Clifford, Rugby football internationals, pro- fessional footballers, well-known trade such losses will have to be cricketers like George Duckworth, faced by both parties.

Employment exchanges in the PUT two cupfuls of honey into a Midlands are being besieged by large jug with the juice of firms for skilled workpeople who three lemons, and stir in sufficient

avatiable: Ingal

water to give it the desired cons papers are carrying hundreds of sistency. Keep the jug in a cool advertisements for vacant posi-place until required, when half a tions which cannot be filled: in glass of the syrup and a favouring some centres, industrialists are

of fruit juice should be mixed with borrowing labour from areas far soda water. outside their own towY79, This supplies their immediate needs. huk further nggravates the general problem for others.

Fears are expressed that unless immediate steps are taken to pro- duce some kind of unified policy for the problem as a whole, some of Britain's most important in- dustries will soon be unable to undertake the volume of work which is required to be done, and consequently will suffer heavy damage.

ENGINEERING

The same story in told in almost every engineering centre of im- portance in the Midlands and North. In Sheffield, 34,000 men are unemployed, including 6,000 on short time, bat many industries are lacking the skilled workpeople they require.

the wicket-keeper, High Court jud- ges like Mr. Justice Rigby Swift are among those keenly interested in the keeping, training, and racing of pigeons.

Aided to the interest of training and getting pigeons fit for raclag and in most cases each compe titor is his own trainer) there is also the fascination of endeavour- In the words of the Chancelloring to breed champions. Success- of the Exchequer: "The great ful breeders have different me difficulty of the employer is not thods, There are the Inbreeders The situation within the en- to find work for the unemployed, who pair together close relatives. with but to find the unemployed with There are line breeders who only gineering trade is viewed apprehension, particularly in view the qualifications to do the work mate together birds that have of the Government's programme which is there for them to do."

common ancestors, and there are for increasing the size of this Royal

cross-breddera who pair together Sudden expansion of any Air Force. The motor manufac-trade which required a quantity

birds that are not in any way turing Industry, which has much of skilled labour would create in-

related. in common with aeronautical con- soluble difficulties. struction, is, in many parts of the

one!

It is often asked how the win country, employing every skilled The general explanation given er of a race is decided. I should man that can be found. In is that the state of the engineer- be understood that the birds are Coventry and Darby, two of the ing industry during the past ten all sent together in charge of biggest centres, the margin be-years has discouraged parents trained experts called convoyers, the and upon arrival at the race point tween requirement and supply no from placing their sons in Jonger exists.

trade; that many skilled workmen-it may be 50 or 600 miles away and that the recent contraction of were killed during the Great War; are all released together. industry has led firms to employ, and prepare for employment, the minimum number of apprentices.

The ominous question is, there fore, being asked: where will the great number of skilled workmen who are necessary for the Govern ment's construction programme be found 2

com-

The increased use of plicated machinery to do the work An authority in Coventry has of many craftsmen has lost in stated that with the greatest dif-dustry the skilled men capable of ficulty no more than 200 additional | producing and working the same

could be found in the sur-machines. rounding area for employment in the motor indratay.

men

In places, not only is there a shortage, but for certain types of There are still thousands with- work men no longer exist who are out work, but they lack the essencapable of carrying it out. tial qualifications for skilled;

manufacturing of motor engines TRANSFERS NO REMEDY and similar work. The highly-

Beyond transferring

spare

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Includes: Ha-Cha-Cha. Wine Song, Baby Take a Bow, etc., etc.* CHAPPELL'S 3rd SONG AND DANCE ALBUM.

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Includes: My Kid's a Croonor, La Cucaracha, Panama, etc.,-

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FRANCIS AND DAY'S 58th SONG AND DANCE ABLUM,

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Across

10 Dolly, how? (anag.). 6 A gentleman of colour,

9 The Scandinavian who makes

Annie grow.

10 Shaken out of a towel?

11 Where praise is necessary, but not without a general calling to

account.

12 Well-known dramatist. 13 Only partly greet.

16 Your bed isdaily.

18 Girl's name (poor girl!). 19 These days come in November

and December, when fires

going.

лге

20 After teatime the girl returna

for a retainer.

on The one quality of any life.

2.

Good advice.

26 Sweet singers who lacked neither

wisdom nor charm.

J'urner,

77

Lawrence

and

for

Before being sent to the race rach bird is ringed by the murking committee with a rubber race 30 In country the lalty leave m ring and is then placed in the room for the clergy. race baskets, which are sealed. 31 You'll find it just outside the houre; it only hus a short start, Upon its arrival at its home this

and there's plenty of time, any rubber ring is removed from ita leg and placed in a special record-2 When an undergraduate has

ing clock which shows the hour, minate, and second of its arrival.

in

The distance from the race point to each individunt loft is known, so that it is possible t calculate the average speed yards a minute at which the bird has flown, and the bird making the highest speed, or velocity, as

skilled operator of the complicat-tabour from one area to another. it is called, is the winner of the

taken any stops towards producing

race.

ed machinery which has come into few industrialists appear to have being in recent years is also lack ing. Men cannot be found either a solution to the problem. Most pigeons is not a great one: for The cost of keeping a team of to set up the machinery or to industrial centres are supplied although, having regard to their work it.

with their training colleges, and a bulk, birds eat a great deal, this few firms have sound and useful amounts to a maximum, of only It is further pointed out that schemes for the training of ap-1oz. per day, which means that

prentices.

two years at least would be re- quired to train men for any such

work as aeroplane manufacturing:

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each bird will cost about 2d. or 34. But the general unpopularity of per week for feeding. The entry and that it will take between five the engineering industry an

fees for the races are not high. and seven years to supply the re-remunerative career, during recent quisite number of young crafts- years, has prevented full use being Areas can be of little practical men, who have been properly made of these facilities. Their trained from youth upward.

FACING LOSSES

full use cannot HOW benefit assistance. industry for some time.

Where men have been employed It is generally agreed that as in skilled craftsmanship in these Preparation of this character only મ minute percentage of areas, they have probably done no would probably involve financial | Britain's 2,000,000 unemployed are active work for five or ten years loss for both the firm responsible qualified for the vacant positions, They are unsuited for the mors and the employee. It is felt, how.transfer of Inbour in largo complicated tasks. In age, they ever, that in the present state of quantities from the Depressed have passed their prime,

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way.

heen, he will keep earlier hours. Gives netion to

n none of distinction, and proof of rightful possession (hyphen 5-4),

Down

1 The reverse of a sip.

2 A rudimentary form of life. 3 Gave upor way.

4 Composer of Chinese origin.

5 River of German origin.

Destroyed, as the children Israel did the Egyptians.

7 This is most annoying.

of

A mere imporing name for a type of setter, but it certainly has a way with it.

11 Priest.

15 It's simply disgusting, this action.

uf a mutineer. 16 A scoundrel who has cream tins,

but is not, necessarily, a milk- the

man.

17 Lift

the shade, and see slippery customer.

19 This king didn't like children. 21 Mixed,

23 Where one has not only a good twist, but has something to drink.

24 Naughty children to upset poor

pussy just for a game.

25 It may talk of equal nonsense. 28 Wales (anng.).

29 Merely the fragment of a shred,

but it supplies a clue.

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HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: WOMEN'S AUXILIARY.

The children cannot fight starva- tion and disease. We can, but only with your help.

Will you help us? No donation

Is too small: All will be gratefully acknowledged.

Hon, Treasurers:

Mr. A. McKELLAR, 'CĄ,

c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.,

P. & O. Building.

Mr. KWOK CHAN,

c/o Banque de L'Indo Chine,

Hong Kong

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