1936-10-21 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936.

POVERTY INCREASE AMONG CHINESE

LOWER

WAGES,

LESS

WORK

EXODUS TO SLUMS

SETS IN

UNEMPLOYMENT 'added

to the suffering of the poorer

in class Chinese Hongkong last year, accord- ing to statistics published in the Annual Report on the Social and Economic Pro- gress of the people of Hong- kong.

The Report was issued by the Colonial Secretary last night.

Owing to the fact that Chinese who are unable to find employment in the Colony tend to return to their native, districts in China it is difficult to form an accurate opinion on the question of unemployment in Hongkong.

But, according' to the Government Report, there can be little doubt that there has

been an increase in unemploy-

ment.

Fewer

people were cm-

ployed during 1935 and those.

Roped Boy Marches With Prisoners

Of

War

Government prisoners, most of them strapping youths, one (X) a tragically young boy, are marched roped by their wrists-under armed escort to insurgent headquarters. They were captured as the

insurgents advanced on Bilbao.

OVERCROWDING EVIL IN

HONGKONG

GOVERNMENT REPORT

ON THE SITUATION

who were lucky enough to find RECOGNITION of the serious.

work received less pay than in 1934. "A natural corollary of this is made in the Annual Report on

ncan of the overcrowding and slum problem in Hongkong |

WANTED!

general decrease in prosperity is the Social and Economic Pro- More

an

that many people who formerly gress of the people of Hong- rented rooms and enbicles have kong, issued by the Colonial been reduced to occupying buil-Secretary's Office last night. spaces," says the Colonial Secre- tary in his Report.

Defects in many of the older "Consequently," he adds, "There tenements in the Colony are at- has been an increase in overcrowd-tributed in the Report to ing in the pourer districts, despite Ordinance, passed in 1903, which the fact that rents for Chinese was framed to overcome existing tenements have remained more or conditions. These conditiona, less the same.”

viewed in the light of modern With

the exodus to Hongkong's practice and knowledge, slums, many tenements in the better found to be Inx."

districts have, it is disclosed, became vacant.

The Report states that the depression in local industrien , seemed to have reached its lowest ebb at the beginning of 1935 and during the first nine months the was little, if any, improvement in business.

HOUSING

are

Recruits

For Nurse's Detachment

More recruits are urgently needed for the nursing detach- ment of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps. 1

This fact is emphasised by the disclosure that the authorities, in

"In recent years" states the re-an effort to bring the detachment port, “some evidence has been shown up to requisite strength, recently amongst the artizan class of Colony of a quickening social con-

the circularised the wives of Army scimusness and the resultant desire officers resident in the Colony, to avail themselves of

improved

urging them to join. such is made available, bousing accommodation wherever

The shortage of trained nurses the fact that two members of the

in the Colony is emphasised by

REFIT FOR H.M.S. KENT

THE

ARRIVAL ON SATURDAY

MIE Qagship of the China Sta-

tion,

HMS. Rent, will arrive in Hongkong from Shang- hat on Saturday, en route 10 England for re-fil and recom- mission.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little is 110t aboard H.M.5. Kent, and his flag will not there- fore he transferred to H.M.S. Cumberland, the new flagship before the departure of IIMS. Kent.

Kent is due to leave Hong- kong for Singapore on Wednes- day next weck. Her refit at Home will be Identteat with those carried out in ELALS. Cumberland,

Will entail considerable alteration to her appearance.

Kai Tack Airport Ready For Clippers

giant

Pan

When the American Clipper arrives in Hongkong it will land at the most up-to-date airport in Nursing Detachment were recent-

called upon to aid in an urgent the Far East. operation at one of the local hos- pitals.

A number of the smaller knitting and weaving factories closed down altogether and some of the larger

At the end of last year the total factories worked shorter hours.

"The unskilled labouring classes, strength of the detachment was one During the last three months of however, are still found densely short of a hundred. It is believed the year, however, some of thepacked in tenement houses deficient that at least double that number is Industries' began to improve.

in light and air. This class of Many workers, the Repori dia- labour has to and its habitat as close required to adequately deal with the closes, are working from 7 a.m.

as possible to the scene of its labour, problem of war-time nursing. to 5 pm. for the princely wage of with the result that the Western 13 cents a day!

part of the City of Victoria, which Locomotive drivers are the best

houses the native business quarter paid operatives in the Building and closely adjoins the portion of Trade. They receive from $1.50 to the harbour handling the traffle from $2 per day. Carpenters and brick- the West River and Chinese Coast layers receive 50 cents to $1.25 a

Ports, is serlously overcrowded.

Work on Kai Tuck Airport, day, painters, plasterers and scof- folders from 80 cents to $1.25 a day, "These conditions are being slow- Members of the Nursing Detach-which is also an R.A.F. Base, and labourers from 40 to 75 cents ty mitigated by the rebuilding of

ment receive thorough instruction in is now almost completed. properties which from time to time First Aid, dressing of wounds, and a day.

Employees of the Hongkong are condemned for reasons of struc- treatment of all cases likely to arise Tramway Company receive slightly tural defects.

in the event of war. Part of the higher pay than" Bus employees. This process of elimination is training Includes anti-gas work, and Tram drivers are paid $38 to $45 u however, too slow to create any ap- each of the members undergoes full month, while Bus drivers receive

gas drill.

from $30 to $50, Tram Conductorsciable improvement.

legistation, which calls for

receive $30 to $39, as against the

the provision

of rettsonable yard

$18 to $25 per month paid to Bus space will hasten the removal or

conductors.

able to land in a deep portion of The 25-ton Clipper ships will be the harbour practically free of junks and sampans, and, once its passen- gera and cargo are disembarked into a lighter, be lifted up to new silp- way and housed in the existing aerodrome.

The bay facing Kai Tack Airport

are reconstruction of much of the old or "the major defect of housing is over a intle long, giving ample) The lowest paid workers those employed in fuctorles, Work- property.

female

This, whilst providing improved housing conditions, will no doubt mean increased cust living to the labouring classes

CHIEF OBSTACLE

of i

du to lack of town planning.

space to the biggest seaplanes in the world to alight and take off.

Junks and sampens will not be allowed to enter a defined area when seaplanes are due to arrive or de- apart from Hongkong.

ing nine hours a day,

"But since a large proportion of workers in elgarelle factories rc-

the City was erected in the early eelve from' 30 to 55 cenla oday.

days of the Colony, when town Employees in knitting factories are

planning was little practised even in paid from 20 to 50 cents a day,

Europe, the conditions Lo-day are a while the lowest paid--the em- "Hitherto, the hostility of the pro- heritage, the elimination of wheth ployees in electric torch factories— | perly-owning class to the introduc- involves immense sums

of money, receive from 15 to 40 cents.

tion of legislation requiring audi- and probably considerable opposi tlunal

space and thereby tion if attempted on a large scale, open reducing the eněning power of the property has been the chief obstacle A new Building Ordinance, passed in obtaining improved conditions. It last year, came into force .on can, however, be recorded that this January 1, spirit of obstruction is less evident to-day as a result of education, and of the example set by some of the better class of realty companies whose blocks of tenement houses compare not unfavourably in CS- sential

Iuspects with 'modern European practice.”

AN UNLUCKY SAILOR!

NAVAL COMMANDER

MISSES

THE TROOPSHIP

10

to

The plans for accommodating sea- planes envisage regular fights the Colony within a few years of not only the Pan American Clippers from neross the Pacific, but of the huge Imperial Airways seaplanes now under construction.

When the proposed air mail scheme is brought into force, ali Empire first class mall at present despatched by steamers carried by 'planes.

will be

I provides for drastic improve- ment in the conditions of light and ventilation of old properties in the dinance, were not called upon Colony which, under the 1903 Or-

SMALL CRAFT BARRED conform to modern requirements,

Hongkong's crowded harbour pre- "A higher standard generally is sented many problems the avin- Hongkong's most disappointed The housing of the Colony is all being called for," states the Colonial tion authorities, confronted with the resident is probably Lt. Cdr. J. S. | privately owned, and control la Secretary's report. "Building owners task of providing a safe landing maintained by the operation of the are themselves slowly realising the place for regular senplane services, Dalison, of H.M.S. Moth.

Public Health and Buildings Ordin-| advantages to be gained from It is believed that these problems Lt. Cdr. Dalison was due to ance, a provisions of which also modern constructional methods have been solved antisfactorily. leave for Home yesterday by the mould the character of the housing, allied to proper hygienic principles." In other parts of the world, 'nota-

Generally the houses are built back

bly in America, Troopship Lancashire.

there have been to back in rows, separated by

disputes as to the laws applicable| At the last moment he was rescavenging lane six feet in width

to a possible collision between a called to duly to become Acting specifled by the Ordinance. These

ying-bont and a ship. Senior Officer In the West River

houses vary in height from two lo

British law, however, in well de aboard H.M.S. Tarantula,

four storeys according to the width with special reference to overcrowd- fined. When a flying-bout is in the of the street on to which they front, Ing and its effect on tuberculosis, air it comes within the control of whilst the average height per storey

It was able to hold only one meet the. Air Ministry and is under an

to is twelve tee, a minimum being ing during 1935. The delay in ful-obligation controlled by the Ordinance.

Avoid cofllston with Olling the purpose for which the shipping. Commission was appointed is

Once on the water the flying-boat; tributed by the Colonial Secretary becomes subject to ordinary marl- to absence of members from the time regulations. Being a mechanic- Colony and temporary changes in ally propelled vessel it has to yield Government peracanel.

right of way to saliing craft.

the

Captain W. Dowding, who recent ly arrived in Hongkong from Home to beconte Senior Officer of West River Patrol was suddenly takon this week urid had to be relieved from duty.

re-

Pending Captain Dowding's covery. Li, Car. Dalison will take up the position.

MEET OPPOSITION

"In the City of Victoria,” the Colonial Secretary states in his Re-

Although a commission was ap- pointed as early in the year as May 10 to enquire into the housing dit- Sculties of Kowloon and Hongkong,

nt-

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay Of Radio Interview

With English XI

MOANA BEACH

BOYS

From Z. D. W, on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles);

4-7 p.m., Chinese Programme.

-11 pm. European Programme. Band of H. M. Cold- 7 p.m. *tream Guards;

Selection "The Sorcerer"

(Sulli van); Selection-Trial by July (Sulli- van); Wedding of the Rose (Jessel); Hobomske (Reeves); Americonn (Thurban); Valse des Alouettes (Drigo); Amoretten Tanze (Gung's).

7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotations, and Exchange Market Report.

216 p.m. Variety.

Plano Solo-My Heart Stood Still.. Edythe Baker; Vocal Duet-You have that extra something....Phyllis Stanley and Arthur Riscoe; Organ Solo-Dixon Hits No. 2.... Reginald Dixon; Song-When you've got a little springtime in your heart.... Jessle Matthews; Guitar Solo-Arla con variazioni....Mario Maccaferri; Song-I'm a fool for loving you.

Turner Layton; Song-laleir

d'Amour....Jessica Dragonette.

8 p.m. Time, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m. The Regal Cinema Orchestra.

Drury Lane Memories; King of Jozz-Selection.

8.20 p.m. From the Studio. Hawaiian Selections by the Moana Beach Boys.

Programme.

1. Breeze; 2, Stack O'Lee Blues; 3. On the bench at Waikiki; 4. Maori Brown Eyes; 5. Na 1; 0. Often.

8.20 p.h-Relay from VK3LR of radio Interview with members of the English Cricket XF at Perth,

8.40 p.nt.

A Light Orchestral Concert.

Gipsy Love Overture (Lehar),... Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Or chestra; Song-I dream too much- (Kern).....Llly Pons (Soprano); Waltz Melodies-From near and far. (arr. Hobne)....Orchestra Mascotte; (Continued on Page 4)

PILGRIMAGE TO SANCIAN IS.

HONGKONG'S PART

OF EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

An unique incidental affair in connection with the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress in Manila will be a pilgrimage from Hong- kong, starting February 13, to Sancian Island, 80 miles west- ward, where died in 1552 St. Francis Xavier, the "Pathfinder- Apostle."

Many of the pligrims from the United States will be carried Manila on steamers specially char- tered for the purposes. These ́al-' ready include:

to

The President Plerce, from San Francisco January 8;

Empress of Japan, from Van- couver, January 5;

Tatsuta Maru, from San Fran- elsco January 7;

President Jefferson,

from

Seat- tle early in January.

The Transylvania, leaving New York in December on a round-the- world cruise, will remain in Manila Bay for the duration of the Con-

gress.

All these vessels will call nt Hongkong.

NEW GOODS

Amongst the new stocks of Pyjamas are many ranges of cheek and striped designs

also plain colours.. Materials include

poplin. artificial silk, wool and cotton

mixtures of various weights,

+

"I Dreasing, Gown you will find various

weights from a light cotton robe to the heavier Jaeger Woollen.gown. The Cash- mere powns are just right for present

wear.

Stippers to tone with pyjamas or, gewone or both.

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