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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 26, 1937.

NAVY ESTIMATES SYSTEM CRITICISED

A "More Useful" Form Proposed

SELECT COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT

and

Criteism of the forni of Navy; of staff employed has taken place and other votes and a comment concurrently with a decline in the aumber of issues of passports. Pass- port work is targely seasonal, and the regular stair is based on - the requirements of th slacker temporary engagements, periods

supplemented by Thus, while the regular statt in 1936 was 109, the peak number of employees in that

The peak year was 302,

number In 1927 employed in The increase of stair in this office is was only 281. attributted to a reduction in the weekly hours of attendance, and the Committee consider that the relation

on the size of the staff at the Passport Office are contained in a second report issued recently by the Select Committee appoin- ted by the House of Commons to suggest the form in which Estimates shalf be presented, and to report on any economies which may be effected consistent with the policy implied in the Estimates.

The Committee note that since their of the staff employed to the volume last report the School of Equitation of work should be reviewed.

and the Remounts and Veterinary services have been reviewed by the Army Council. It is estimated that the changes to be made will lead to

an annual saving of £72,800.

Concerning the Navy Estimates the Committee state that they have come to the conclusion that a detailed examination of Navy Votes could be in a future year more undertaken in

CHILDREN'S RISK IN PADDLING

BOY'S FOOT IS INJURED

usefully than at the present stage in the

expansion of the defence services. They think, however, that much examination should not be lon; put- pured. An opinion is expressed that The form in which the Navy Votes are drawn up is not in all cases pa full and informative as it should be In a number of instances it is not The Court of Appeal recently possible to ascertain from the decided that the Fulliam Borough Estimates the total or oven the tip-| Council hod not taken suffielen! proximate cost of important services, measures to protect children from the expenditure on which is distri- risk, when paddling in A pond at buted over different subheads or Bishop's Park, diferent votes. The Estimates ("om-

mitter of 1934, it is stated, recognized "Their lordships dismissed with that complete standardization of the costs the Council's appeal from the Estimates of the three defence de-award by Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord, partments was not possible e desir in the King's Beach Division, of Lov able, but the Committee, while not 10s B to Albert Ellis, nine, and his departing from that view, trust that the Board of Admiralty and the Treasury will review the form and details of the Navy Estimates with the object of presenting the east of the services in a more useful form."

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BASQUE CHILDREN WOUNDED-Hundreds of children wound- ed in Bilbao, Spain, during the heavy bombardment by guns and the rain of death from airplanes, were evacuated from the elly prior to the entrance of the victorious Insurgents. Here, a nun, a nurse and an alde carry wounded children aboard a steamer tak- ing them away from the stricken Basque capital.

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY WANTS GINGERING UP SAY CRITICS

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London, June 25.

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Relay of the Davis Cup Challenge Round

CRICKET TEST MATCH

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1.30 Reuter Press: Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast and An- nouncements,

1.40 Varlety and Dance Music. A Song Selection--Lys Gauty Lionel Monckton Melodies Bollington; Yogi Dogi-The Four Crotchets; Favourite Favourites- The Ballyhooligans; Leave it to Love Maurice Winnick an his Orchestra; You Started me Dreaming-Maurice Winnlek and his Orchestra.

2.15 Cluse Down,

5-8 p.m. European Programme. B-11 p.m. Chinese Programme, 5 p.m. Retay: The Donce Or- chustra from the Root Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.

PROGRAMME

5.20-5.35 5, Bass Drum Dan; 0, I'm an Old Cowhand; 7, Goodnight my Love; 8. He Ain't Got Rhythm.

5.35-5.40 Interval of recorded music from 2.B.W.

the House of Commons to-day (Mr. The Labour Party is said to be C. R. Attlee presiding) a discussion getting stack. Mr. E. Shinwell, M. was inaugurated by Mr. Shrinwell on father, of Rowallan-road, Fulham. P. thinks that it wants gingering up the memorandum he had submitted The boy had stepped on a piece off and thereupon submitted to to the Leader of the Party. He ex-

the 10 Labour glass while paddling in the pond and Parliamentary

Party ડી plained that no personal issues were calling severed a tendon in his left big toc. memorandum

for a more involved, but he had certain sug-

5-5.15 p.m. 1, The Girl with the energetir

pality In opposition.gestions to increase the effectivenesa It was contended for the council Apparently there is nothing revolu- of the work of the party in the House Eyes; 2, Mama Don't Allow that the boy was nut, as the judge tionary in the menorandum and

it; 3, I like Bananas; 4, Where is my Commons. Other had held,

suggestions an "invitee" but merely a AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS

heart. "licensee," and that the only duly tag a tendency to bless the National was unanimously agreed to remit theed music from 2.3.W.

that apart from generalities suggest were also made. After discussion it 5.15-3.20 p.m. Interval of record- The Home Office Estimate, the re- on the council was to ensure that the port nules, contains provision pond did not constitute a "trap" or Government, ratlier than to curse it various suggestions made to a com- of the executive and back 4.017,500 for air raid precautionary fridden danger of which they knew. every possible occasion, the de-mittee

members for services, and £598,000 for fire brigade

Iord Justice Slesser and Lord tailed criticisms are concerned with bench

consideration services. The Committee sugest Justice MacKinnon both

matters of machinery which could and report. Kave the

without that.

In view of the magnitude of the opinion yesterday that it

casily be adjusted

jiny was Im-

"It is understood that the special expenditure and its dissimilarity from possible to say the

public linen-washing. It is under- boy 1425 that already borne on the Vote for the "invitee."

5.40-5.55 9. Blue Skies; 10. River- for instance, that Mr. Shtowell Committee will consist of sla mem- siders tha

webers of the Executive and six mein-boat Shume; 11. By the Waters of tthe Parliamentary bers from the back benches, and it Minetonka; 12, Rose Room. Home Office, provision Tur these ser-

Party should set up a series will examine all committees to specialise on members may care to present.

any memoranda that 5.55-0.00 Interval of recorded One music from Z.B.W. various

subjects as they arise, and of Mr. Shinwell's suggestions which that there should be some kind of a re

0.00-8.15 13, Sweetheart Medley; became known was that every Labour 14, Where are You My Love? 15, central bureau for the examination of questions to make certain

member should coptribute £8. Song of the Islands; 16, Our Little members in their enthusiasm do not tral information bureau, but even

that year towards the creation of a cen- Girl.

0.15-0.20 Interval blanket each other.

of recorded that Labour

with the prospect of an increased musle from Z.B.W. members before

little enthusiasm 6.20-0.30 17, Alone; 18, Ring Dem should hand them in to the central gave the meeting an assurance that 20. Okay liaby..

for the suggestion. Mr. Shinwell Bella; 19, Stompin' The Blues Away; bureau in order to prevent over-there was no desire to undermine lapping and to ensure that every the position-of Mr. Attice as Lender afternoon Ministers are subjected to of the Party, and Mr. Attlee grace a well organised barrage.

fully accepted the assurance. It is The memorandum was considered understood Mr. Garro-Jones has also by the Parliamentary Labour Party Our Own Correspondent.

memorandum on the 0

way which sat on Thursday and who afterwards issued the following statement:

not

of

"I think that putting up a notice- board for children of this age is no good at all," remarked Lord Justice

It is u 749) 44 Lord Justice Creer expressed the put questions on the Order Paper/alary there was

vices should be the subject of a entirely satisfled. This was a very

Lord Justice Greer: I am separate Vote.

The numbers and cost of the staff Inviting place for children. of the Foreign Office, the Committee point out, have increased substantially in recent years. In the main the change

Is nttributable to the increased MacKinnon. complexity of foreign relations.

"The

administrative staff of the Foreign Office, immediately below the Permanent Under-Secretary of State," It is added, "consists of two Deputy Under-Secretaries of State, instead of one, and five Assistant Under-Secre taries of State, instead of a normal "Suppose there had been a parcel complement of three. The number of adders there?"

com

opinion that the notice-board was very near to an invitation to children to paddle.

*A PARCEL OF ADDERS"

of Counsellors ns, however, been Justice Slesser. reduced for the time being from 34

suggested Lord

to 13. These arrangements are large- Mr. N. L. Macaskie, K.C., for the ly due to personal considerations, council; Then I would have been combined in one case with the desir- our duty to remove them if we knew ability of retaining the officer con- they were there. earned in London for a further period;

they are explicitly temporary. Your Mr. R. F. Levy, K.C., on behalf of committee do not think it justifiable, the boy Ellis, said even if he was

"At the weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party held in

that additional posts of high geading merced in his claim was entitled First Viking Dwellings

should be created In the interest of to succeed his claim.

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ACCOUNTING

SAVING THE YOUNG

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0.30 Cinema Organ played by Terence Casey; Fifty Years of Song. Wedding of the Parades; Parade of the Weddings; In & Bird Store.

London: Relay of p.m.

Big Ben "Empire Exchange."

0.45

7 New Light Symphony, Orchestra. Zampa; Jazz Nocturne ("My Silent Love"); Buffoon; Incidental Music to "Mary Rose;" Spanish Dance-- Moszkowsky: Spanish Serenade- Bizet,

and Ilongkong Exchange

7.30 Closing local Stock Quotations Market Report.

1.35 Dance Music. Waltz Would You.

8 Local: Time Signal, Weather

8-11 Chinese Programme.

Individual officers who, for whatever "The child was not there by per-

Following his death at his Hong- reason, have not been promoted in mission of the council," declared Mr.

kong residence on Friday morning, Fox-Trot Smoke Dreams: Fox-Trot Fox-Trot All Alone in Vienna; existing vacancies, and they are glad Levy, but by right. This is a pond

the funeral of the late Mr. Au Tal-There's that look in your Eyes Again; to note that these very exceptional provided out of the rates an his

din, who was G Chinese lecturer in

Humba Hongkong arrangements in the Foreign Ofee father is a ratepayer."

University

LA for

Cucaracha; Fox-Trot Lord will shortly terminate."

Justice Greer,

about In giving

twenty-two years,

hold

Love and Learn; Fox-Trot Check to judgment, said the notice-board at The first Viking dwellings Saturday afternoon

Check; Fox-Trot Goodnight, My The the pond indicated that the council ever known on the mainland of Mr. Au wis

late Love; Fox-Trot May 1 have the Next treated the pond as a paddling pond Scotland have been discovered had resigned on account of his ad- Report and Announcements,

connected with

the It is added that the number uf for children, and

Hongkong University from 1014, and

| Romance? recognised there staff employed in the Establishment was a real danger to them.

by Dr. A. 0. Curle, the vanced age only last year. He suc- and Finance Department, at present All the counell did was to have archaeologist, of 40, has not been reduced since the the pond raked, but though the rake

Edinburgh, cumbed to an allack of typholdso

the

li p.m. Close Down, Immediate

the

hundreds post-War period, though dealt adequately with the

deeper neur

graduates of the Arts Faculty in the me From ZEK; on

8-11.30 p.m. European Program- the Imunense Amount of dimcult part, it had little or no effect on the Caithness. accounting work required at that part of the pool where the boy cut

Frequency of University, many will probably re- 640 kilocycles. period has disappeared.

Hitherto such dwellings had been with which the aged scholar was Masters.

call the popularity his foot.

high esteem 8.03 Sid MacEwan and Lord Justice Slesser and Lors fourd only in the Orkney and Shet- held among his numerous pupils,

Ketty In the Passport Ofee, the report) observes, an increase in the numbers Justice Mackinnon concurred.

Innd Islands, although Caithness was being a man of quiet and reserved gether-Kitty Masters; When the Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old To- occupied by the Vikings to a greater disposition and a most willing helper Swallows Nest Again-Kitty Masters; extent than any other county.

of students in all their lessons. He The Lark in the Clear Air-Sid Mac- "There have been found three or spent most of his years as a lecturer Ewan; She Moved Thro' the Fair. four Viking dwellings in one hollow, on Chinese literature.

8.15 London: The Second Cricket and two dwellings so far have been A well-known scholar not only in Test Match. excavated," Dr. Curle total Press Hongkong but in South Chinn gen- representative.

England v. New Zealand; A Com- "The dwellings all crally, the late Mr. Au Tal-din was have the same orientation and are so a Inn Lum scholar and holder or mentary on the second day's play by close together as to suggest almost the shil kong hok shit degree in the G. 1. Fender from Old Tafford, | the arrangements of a village. Manchu Imperial Examination at

Manchester. years to accomplish, and will prob-

involve the training and "In the first house," he continued, Peking. At the time of his death ho Serenaders. appointment of several hundred there was revealed along the centre sons and a number of

72,, and is survived by threa new probation officers.

the long hearth, characteristle of At the funeral, a *To the 1,000 courts throughout the Viking dwellings. This hearth was!

a large

of story written and told by lan Grant, Inte the country there are at present only 400 covered with peat ash, the burning Chinese scholars students and many Production by F. II. C. Piffard. At present it is difficult to induce full-time probation officers. Some of of neat having on the cupants Mr. Shum Kwong-yuet, Mr. Fung

attended, including 0.50 Dance Music. local authorities to appoint full-time these are attached to as many as 14 both warmth and light. The door Heung-un, Professor Hsu T-shon Waltz-It's a Sin to Tell a Lic. and fully-trained ofcers, because it different courts.

way was in the gable-end. On the Mr. Fang Fing-fon, Mr. Li King-Fox-Trot Chicago; Fox-Trot Let's Fdx-Trot Nobody's Sweetheart; Au Tal-yuen, Mr. Lo Face the Music and Dance; Fox-Trol Sheung-fu.

Chan

Hing-po, Bul Where Are You; Fox-Trot Sing. teachers of the Chinese Vernacular Sing; Fox-Trot Did I Remember: School and teachers and students of Fox-Trot A Star Fell Out of Heaven; the To Shuk Girls School.

Rumba The Lady in Red; Waltz; A The remains will be buried in the Beautiful Lady in Blue. Nan Hol district, where the Inte Mr. Au was born.

FROM PRISON

SURVEY which, it is hoped, will; prove definitely the valúo of placing offenders on probation rather than sending them to prison is being carried out for the new Probation Department of the Home Office.

on probation,

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£5 A YEAR “SALARY"

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0.30 London: The Twilight

A fantasy in music and story with

en Clarence Wright's Quintet. The

of grandeuron.

Mr. Au's

left of the entrance was a platform. Mr. Mr.

In some districts local authorities on which, probably, stood the bed.

9.20 London: Newa and Announce- menis,

9.40 Light Orchestral.

is hard to show ovidence of their remedial value.

The collection of such evidence is merely employ part-time and un- not easy, for, except in the police trained officers at nominal salaries of

USED AS BATH HOUSE records of the most serious crime, anything from £5 to £50 a year.

"The second house," said Dr. Curle, there is no machinery to record the subsequent history of persons placed Now the new Probation Training "has passed through various phases aj of use, in the second of which it Board is preparing to turn oul force of fully-trained officers upon served as a bath house. which local authorities will be able Now, at the request of the Home) to draw.

"Relics were few, chiefly consisting Details of the new and Omes, the clerka of some 20 palice increased scales of salaries 10 be of bone objects which, seemingly. courts in big provincial towns are paid probation officers are to be indicated that the occupants of the collecting dain upon which the Pro-published in a few days,

houses had not been wealthy. There bation Department hope to reach Slace the Home Office a few weeks was an abundance of shards of important conclusions.

At the meeting of the Rotary Club The Davis Cup Challenge found; ngo invited candidates for the two pottery both Viking band-made and This is one move in the Depart~ years

to-morrow Mr. J. Smith, ment's drive to increase the effefency curries with it a maintenance grant

Chief A commentary by Captain H, B. T. course of training, which wheelmade.

Mechanical Engineer of the Kow-Wakelam and Colonel R. H. Drand of the probation officers' service.

"The date of these dwellings is loon-Canton Railway, of £150, there have been 850 ap- probably somewhere

will deliver from Wimbledon. The tank will take at least 10 plications,

between the the address. His subject will be, 11.30 Close Down. Tenth and Thirteenth Centuries." Is Progress?"

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