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CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA IMPROVE IN TEN YEARS

Visiting Speaker's Impressions

GOVERNOR BECOMES

ROTARIAN

AND

IS WELCOMED

An engineer's view of Rassin re-visited proved populur with the Hongkong Rotary Club yesterday, when Mr. R. Cass, assistant In the Director of White Company, Cleveland, gave a talk on this subject and drew the conclusion that Russin would be a serious industrin competitor to the rest of Europe in a

years.

few

Major R. 1. Walker, President, welcomed the following guests: Messrs, C. C. Chang, Shanghai; Hua Tse-Jen, Kailan Mining Administration; Commander Glen, London; C. A. Blum, S. L. Kwok, T. T. Kwok, E. S. Kwan, W. Driessen, U Sz-wing, A. C. 1. Bowker, A. W. Hayward, G. A. Harriman, T., E. Jackson and Perry Chen.

Rotarians P. S. Cassidy and P. II. Suckling were welcomed hack from leave. The announcement that ILE, the Governor. Sir Geoffry Northcote, had consented to become an honorary member of the Club was made by the President, and was greeted with neclamation.

The President read a letter from, ca 160 million uple, Ho result Ruturian Probe W... Nixon should engage the earnest interest of expressing his retret at having to re-all, for there was no doubt that the sign membership consequent upon his Russians to-day were better or than acceptance of a position in London, they were ten years ago in general He had made many friendly contacts living, education and culture. They' in the Club, to which he wished every

success in the future.

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HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

agrarian nation; could only be ob tained by spending money.

SCHOOL SYSTEM

RADIO BROADCAST

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The speaker, said he talked through Greenwich Time Bignal at 8.63 a.m. the medium of an Embassy inter-9am. Dig Den. Beole Concert. protor with children aged from ten 10 am. Big Ben. 'World Aftalek," to 17. In the clues whero · schools | 10.15 a.tn. Örches:re Raymonda. were overcrowded, children who 11 am. Gladys Young in "The Lady's studied during the day gave place Maid."

to others who came to school at 511.10 am. The News and Announcements. p.m. and stayed 10 p.m. They Greenwich Time Signal at 11.10 .sa. Undoubtedly seemed to like

11.30 am. Scottish Dance Muzic. schooling.

4.15 p.am. Big Ben. World Affairs." 4.30 p.m. The Symphonies of Beethoven

their

DECEMBER 1, 1937.

1.30 pm. The Newz_und Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 5:48 pm. 350 pm, 'Green Fields and Pavements

83 p.m. The Twilight Serenaders."* 8.45 pm. B Ben. Beethoven String

Quarioles.

7.10 p.m. Famous London Bulidings: The

Bury of Southwark Cathedral." 7.46 pm, Fred Hartley and his Bextel,

with Cyril Grantham,

8.10 p.m. Royal Tennis.*

1.23 p.m. *Music in the Morning."

p.m. 'World Altaira'

2.15 p.m. Monologues in Melody." pm. Variety. Including my Boon 930 um. The News and Announcements,

Cornedian and

) Rosamond,

Greenwich Timo Signal at 1,43 p.m. Itable, and Frede

Happy Three'}, and Worden and West("Two old 10,15 pm. Dig Den. The Symphonies of

Joethoven~-~-0. Bupported by Harry Gordon

Women') and hi Band.

D

10.40 p.m. Violin Recital by Beatris Marr.

pm. Palace of Varieties." 12 m, The News and Announcements,

Greenwich Time Blynat at 12.16 am, 12.20 311. "Maiters of Moment." 12.33 A.M. Wallet Music.

20 Fests with Emesto and hin

Orquesta Cubana.

Contrary to what was sometimes thought, an effort had been made to preserve the things of old-time Russia, particularly the palaces of the Czars and Princes. Nicholas II could walk to-day if he were alive and find his study and his rooms just as he left them. Other palaces had been

subways, however, were amazing turned into museums.

structures, clean, well-lit and gigan- There were many churches' left, tie, with the longest escalators in the and the practice of religion was still world. Whenever a Russian found llowed. The attitude of the young-himself short of a ideological bock- sters was interesting on Ufa aubject. ground to dimeult converantion he Asked if they went to church, they could always interject "but have you

"No, that is for the ohi scen

Metro?" Usually the replied: people. We are the young ploneers." answer was suflelent-especially for This was an adequate answer as the the country people who would view 12 am. Fred Hartley and his Sextet. interrogator did not know what the monster construction and go back young pioneer was and the matter in wonder. took too long to explain even for n Ruslan, though it was well known they preferred talking to eating!

There

communism in Russia; the country had undergone Isnelul industrialisation but everybody | Inoked forward to communism,

was

our

2 st. Big Ben, The News and An-

nalincements,

Greenwich Time Signal at 2.13 am, 2.20 .m. "The Twilight Serenaders." 2.40 A. The noc Kolitary Bastık. 3.30 . "God's Admiral-Robert Blake,

General-al-Sca.

with Cyru Grantham, 4.45 am. Interval.

3. The News and Announcements.

Greenwich Tumo Signal at 5.15 8.m.

*£*

5.2..

540 am. "Night-Shift.

Bant Food for Thought."

020 nun. Fred Hartley and his Sextel,

with Cyril Grantiiami,

The Russian army was a gigantic concern and every one of its members was eduented in one cultural direction the greatest or another. This was propaganda achievement possible in the Soviet, for these men went back to their villages after their service as finished Soviets educated to a degree “In impossible to their parents.

fre-

850 am. Goodnight."

24 Hours We Had A

Different Baby."

Clergyman's Wife Tells Her Experience With BABY'S OWN TABLETS.

Up to £18 could be paid for a Į pair of shoes by the visitor to Russia.

though workmen's wear was available THEORY VERSUS PRACTICE for about £1. It was evident there-

An idiosyncracy met with lore that buying things was an exquently in Russians, was their strong pensive business for the

traveller, due to the rate of exchange, whose belief in theory as opposed to practice best protection was to place his whole and one found them arguing about a mechanical contraption that had been

Wherever Baby's Own Tablets are: affairs in the hands of an agency, say Cook's for the trip

working successfully, that it was im tried they give satisfaction, as if he did want to pay five times for everything pussible theoretically, despite the proved by the hundreds of letters vidence they would continue to as-received annually from Krateful A lady's shirt blouse of

rayon silk

parents in many parts of the world. would cost as much as 500 roubles, pert: "No, it cannot be done."

For which

was about two months of a workman's salary. Salaries

wife residing at Brant-

from 250 roubles to 25,000 roubles

cross and

take his

Soviet citizens whilst satisfied with

Another peasant, sceptical of be

ranged their lot had some good jokes to tell. view the wonder of Lenin and hile Recording to ability. Artists were One was of a peasant who went to b. 1st paid class because they were tomb, when he came out he said: allowed to obtain

aderem mean royalties and the "He is just like us; he is dead but

of the Communist not buried." (Laughter). probably party were

among the lowest paid.

Housing was a matter in which then told that a message spoken into

the microphone would travel' had got to the stage now where one had still a long way to go round the world, asked if he could could see a full evening dress sud a guide who showed him round displayed in the shop windows some time in the future to provide and he shouted into the microphone:

some apartments sold it was hoped speak just one word into the

strument. Permission was granted Moscow!

12 square metres of space for eachHelp!" (Laughter). Though they ranked second among individual. At present there were

in the world; about nine rquare metres per person, The speaker was cordially thanked industrial producers

Major Walker who said now, the country had not mastered but when one considered that the by the production of the automobile-birthrate was such as would produce address was undoubtedly one of the

of about

200 million best with which the Club had ever the special interest of the speaker. population

one realised the been entertained.

und

Mr. Cass spoke of a recent visit to Russia after several years' absence traveller, from that country. The he said, encountered nothing but help from the Opt and, whenever he was in any sort of difficulty say at the frontier-he only had to appeal to them and the matter was adjusted. His experience was that the Russians removed from his tuggage those book which he had conildently been told sent to the country to mechantse farm would be quite innocuous, and left work. The machines werd soon Finally, he was much impressed others which were critical of the ruined. Ten thousand more

were by the underground route. He had country.

sent, and these lasted only three considered London's subway the best The Russian plan was the greatest months, Stalin ordered more be in the world, though admitting that America's were very fast. Russia's of its kind ever tried, for it operated cuuse, he said, mechanisation of an

The speaker said he was told that people by 1940,

diniculties. Stulin in the beginning ordered 10,000 agricultural machines to' be

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