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P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND * EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(Companies Incorporated in England.)

Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for STRAITS, JAVA & BURMA, CEYLON. INDIA, IRANIAN GULT, MAURITIUS, E. & S. AFRICA, AUSTILALABIA, INCLUD ING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, RED SEA, EGYPT, EUROPE, ETC. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS (Under Contract with HM, Government}

All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route-and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

Steamiera

+*SOMALI

RANPURA

RAWALPINDI †*BANGALORE

NALDERA CORFU + BHUTAN

CHITRAL *BEHAR

Cargo only

SANTHIA

TALMA SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

Tons From 'Kong about

6,000 10th July.

17,000) 23rd July 17,000 0th Aug.

0.000 13th Aug.

17,0001 20th Aug. 14,600 3rd Sept. 0,000 10th Sept.

17,000) 17th Sept. 0,000 24th Sept.

† Calls Casablanca

BRITISH INDIA APCAR 8,000 18th July.

10,000 30th July 8,000 13th Aug. H.000 27th Aug. 10,000 10th Sept.

Destination

M'neilles, Havre, L'don, Hull, H'bg, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay. Marseilles & London. B'bay, M'selles, Havre, L'don, Hull, H'burg, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London Marselites & London.

B'bay, M'scilles, Havre, L'dan, Hull, H'bg, R'dam & A'werp. Marecilles & London.

'bay, M'seilles, Havre, L'don. Bull, 'burg, R'dam & A'werp. All vessels may coll at Malta.

BAILINGS (SOUTH.)

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY,

Attempt To Find Solution To

H.K. Slum Problems

(Continued from Page 9.) that had mistakes been avoided, the operation expenses could have been dollar per month. The accounts also reduced by thirty per cent.. and, had show that despite mistakes due to it been possible to realise the optimum

other Ignorance, and

unexpected size of the Settlement the overheads items of expenditure from the sum of could have been reduced by fifty per that the Settle- $746.04 twelve familles have been cent. This means provided with decent accommodation ments could be operated with sub- for a period of five months, their sidy of afty cents per head per month. children educated, their health safe- 18. The approved statement of ac- guarded, and

little done to counts for the six months from No- amellorate their hard and joyless vember, 1937 to the end of May, 1030,

is reasonable to estimate oppended:

life. It

龠

FOUNDING EXPENSES ACCOUNT-1st Nov. 37 to 31st Dec. 37.

Debit,

JULY 9, 1938.

BANKS

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorized Capital................ $30,000.DU Issued and Fully Paid-up.... $20,000,000 Reserve Funds?

Sterling

****** £8,500,000 Hongkong Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000, 200 HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:--- T. E. Pearce, Esq., Chairman.

Hon, Mr. J. J. Paterson. Deputy Chairman,

Г. П. Малист, Кла. G. Miskin, Esq.

3. IC. Bousfeld, Esq. A. H. Compton, Eag Hon. Mr. B. II. Dodwell K. B. Marelson, Esq M. T. Johnson, Esq. Hon. Mr. A. L, Shields D. C. Edmondston, Esq. Acting Chief Mariager.

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

CALCUTTA

COLOMBO

Credit.

Rent Nov, and Dec. 37

$140,00

Construction of Cubicles

100.00

Electricity Deposit

10.00

Wiring, etc.

10.00

AMOT

Rocka, ledboards, Utensila

Expenses

64.00

DOMBAY

Balance to Capital A/C.

$374,86

$174.00

Tenant's

Reats

OPERATION ACCOUNT—IR 39, 38 in 3ive May.38.

Expenditure, Income.

$177.20

CANTON CHILVOU

Stent 4 Flats

$200,00

DAIREN

Rent Common Room and School

70.00

School Expennen

9,72

Warden's Wagen

50.00

Sapitation

14.10

Electric Light

23.40

HARBIN

Cleaning

1.00

317 83

Transport

2.00

ILOILO

POU

$405.08

495.00

JOKORE

KOBE

$ 17,01

25.00

4.30

6.73

$ 53.35

Port Swettenham. S'pore, Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta,

Balance to Capital Ave

DO.

DO.

DO.

MITSCELLANEOUS

DU.

Debit,

B.3. Apear Line Steamers have execilent recommodation for ist & 2nd class passengers EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN BAILINGS (SOUTH)

EXPENSES ACCOUNT-JA Dec. 17 to 31st May 28,

Credit

Christmas Entertainment Burglary

Replacing Stolen Wire

DoorE

Heplacing Cubicle Curtain with

BRANCHES -----

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

MUKDEN

NEW YORK

15

CANADIAN PACIFIC

STEAMSHIPS HOTELS-

RAIEAZYS -- AXPRESS

BERTHING PLANS FOR 1939 ARE OPEN MAKÉ BOOKINGS EARLY—ło securo accommodation desired

TO CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE

via Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama EMPRESS or JAPAN vin Honolulu EMPRESS OF ASIA. EMPRESS OF CANADA via Honolulu EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

.Noon, Fri.. July 22. .7.00 am, Fri, Aug. 5, ........Noon, Thurs,, Aug, £Bu 7.00 am, Fri., Sept. 2.

Air-conditioned equipment on C.PR. Trans-Continental Trains. Frequent Canadian Paolfo Atlantio sailings to European Ports.

MUAR (JOHORE)

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF JAPAN-

PEIFING

RANGOON

SHANGHAI

.Fri, July, 15.

Tolophono

20752

NELLORE

TANDA

NANKIN

7,0001 5th Aug.

7,000

2nd Sept.

7,000

1st Oct.

Madamee to Cupled Aze

3 53.35

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart

CAPITAL

Debl

Subser igiflo365

Regular monthly sailings from Rikong to Bhangbai & Japon & Hong to Australia. Hong Kong to Sydney-ID days

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

4,800, 13th Juty

"BANGALORE RAWALPINDI

17,000 20th July

SIRDHANA

CORFU TANDA

Shanghal & Japan,

Shanghai & Japans

8,000 21st July. 14,000 4th Aug.

Shanghal & Kibe. Japan.

7,000

4th Aug

SHIRALA

8,000

4th Aug.

*BHUTAN

4,000

5th Aug

"BEHAR

6,000

14 Aug

Cargo only.

All dates are approximate and mitrjeet

16

Shanghai & Japan. Japma

Shupha & Japan.

| Shanghai & Japan

alteration withou!

notter. parcel+

measuring not more than $ c.ft, will be received nl the Company's Once up to noor on the day previous to sailing.

For Passego Rales, Handbooks, Freight, etc., apply

Agenti

P. & O'ding, MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Phone

Connaught R.C.

NDL

·FAR EAST EXPRESS

PASSENGER &, FREIGHT SERVICES.

Date

From Hong Kong to

Venari

Ports

EUROPE

Potlan

Genoa, Botterdam, Bremen. Hem-

burg

July

24

Dotshal

Marsilica, Oran, R'dam. Hamburg.

Bremen

AUK 1

STRAITя & CEYLON

Paledom

Danku

Potsdam

Donau

S'pore, Penang.

Singapore, Belawan, Colanibo

Belawan.

Colombo July

Aut

24

4

Manila

July

24

Manila

Jaux. •

Dairen. Kobe. Osaka

Stanghal, Yokohama, Kobo

S'hal

Aug.

11

Taku, Yokohama.

July

27

|Aug.

11

MANILA

SHANGHAI & JAJAN Guebenau

SHANGHAI NORTH

CHINA & JAJAN

SOUTH BEA

ISLANDS

Neckar

Madang, Baltunnus, Tulagi, Rabau).

etc.

Friderum

Subject to Alteration without Notice.

For Passage and Freight apply to:

ACCOUNT-Isi Nov. 37 to 38 May 38

CONCLUSIONS

53.35

Credi1.

8749 DU

Balances from:-

Founding Expermes Aye

$374,90

Operation Aje.

$17.83

Mine Expenses Aze

Balance in hand

$749.00

;

$740,04 2.00

$749.00

can be

Srx manlis' experiment with Sorial in proved Hving conditions Settlements

provided within the economic con- pumampata 1 following;

puas of the poorer class of Chinese, vven after converting tenements

confusions

I A seteme. 7111 novossurity badly designed, if there is a willing- leziteal to that of Sortal Settle; ness to subsidise each person to the ments, but one based on similar ideas, extent of 50 cents per month. Social is practicable. However, to achieve Settlements has indicated that it this it is essential that the many necessary in the event of a similar mistakes connected with the running scheme in a much larger scale, that

to

FOOCHOW HAIPHONG |HAMBURG HANKOW

HONGKEW

KOWLOON

KUALA LUMPUR

PENANG

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

SUNGEI PATANI

SWATOW

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

Current Accounts opened in Local Car rency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorier periods in Local and other currencies on terma which wil be quoted on application,

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to various sizes TO LET.

Hongkong. 2nd May, 1830.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Dustness of the above Bank conducted by the Hongkong and Shang- h Bankng Corporation. Rules may be obtained an application.

FOR THE HONGKUNG AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION.

B, C. EDMONDSTON,

Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong, 2nd May, 1933.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

incorporated by Royal Charter 1153 HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. 38 Nabopsgate E.C.1.

$3,000,000 Paid-up Capital .... Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 Reserve Fund

................................... #3,000,000 MANCHESTER DRANCH: 71 Mastey St, Manchester. of Social Settlements be eliminated. the tenements should be constructer For example, the method of compute in such a way as to permit "Basic

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Waste the

Rent"

requires Rent" being economically applied. Alor Star Ipob amendment. it is economically an It has not been possible

1latio accomplish Amritsar sound, with teuements like those of this at Wai Ching Street owing to the Bank

Karachi Batavia

Klong Wai Ching Street to base the rent one unfortunate design of the tenements. Bombay

Koba dollar per head for so many square in ather

Kuala it has been im-Caloutta In other words, feet, particularly when providing ac-)

Canton with ac possible to adapt

any success

Cawnpore commodation for large families, us the plan of charging one dollar per Cebu this will always leave a wide margin hend for so many square feet per Colombo between income and running costs which must be met in the form person, as the cubicles could not be Delh

laid out to permit of this. However. Hamburg subsidy.

It would appear to be more tenuiments could be specially built for Hankow practicable it properly designed this purpose, and there is no doubt Harbin lenements are built and rent charged that the "Basic Rents" could be suc- to cover a certain percentage of the cessfully applied. running costs.

this. The

be

Saigon

Seremban

Shanghai

Singapore

Sitiawan

Sourabaya

Силтриг

Taiping

Kuching

Tientsin

Madrum

Tongkat

Manita

(Bhuket)

Medan

Tsingtao

Halphong

New York

Pelping

(Peking)

Hongkong

Penang Rangoon

Yokohama Zamboanga

Foreign Exchange and General Bana- Ing business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixco Deposits received for one year or shorter periods nt rates which will be quoted application.

The Dank's Head Office in Londo undertakes Executor & Trustes bualnem and claims recovery of British Incom Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ancvetained at any of its Agencies &he Branches.

D. J. GILMORE,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 1st June, 1030.

Manager,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Union

Building

Canadian Pacific

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

Monthly Service to

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

via LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS

also taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for West Indies ports. Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Rio Grande do Sol Buenos Aires, South America.

M.S.

NEXT SAILING:--

"TAI YANG“

21st July

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents.

Hongkong Bank Bldg. ཙྪིངྐརཱིསཔཊྛིཀསཙྪིཡནྣིམསྨིཾཨསཾརཱིཏཱཨརཱི ཨཏཱིཤེསཏཱིཡསདིསཏཱི ཨརཱིཡཏཏྠིསཨཏྠིསམརཱིཏཔདྡྷིསདྡྷིསཏྟིཔཊྛིཏསདིསདྡྷིབྷཱསདྡྷིཝདྡྷིཡསཏིཨཔྤཡསཱིས

OUR BRITISH

$3,000,000

1,800,000

1,050,000

18

1,247,030

DANKERS:

The Bank of England & Midland Dank, Ltd.

BRANCHES ¿

Ipah

Modran

New York

4.--Wai Ching Street tenants have 2. There has been a number of been subsidised to the extent of ap- weaknesses connected with the Social proximately one dollar per head per Settlements scheme which can be month, but the factors chiefly con- briefly enumerated as follows:-

tributing to this have already beer The type of tenement Wis not outlined, and many of them could be suitable for the idea behind Social climinated as a result of the ex- Settlements. One illustration will pertence gained from Social Settle-

could demonstrate

sponsors ments. Capital charges originally attempted to arrange the reduced and running costs could be cubicles so

that each cubicle was reduced by about 50 per cent. It is provided with

window, this factor belleved that If Government under- being regarded as essential to the look a big-scale Social Settlements object of giving healthier conditions. scheme, it could be conducted suc-

Head Office:-13, Gracechurch Btreet, The plan, however, could not be put cessfully with a subsidy of not more into fert owing to the design of the than 50 cents per person per month.

London, E.C.J. tenements. In attempting to carry

5. The children's kindergarten has Authorised Capito! Subscribed Capital out the iden, cubicles

were made

proved such a success, that it is felt Paid-up Capital either too large, or too small, and be to be a vitally necessary part of any Reserve Fund and Rest fore famfiles were prepared

red to rent

13 It them, it was found necessary to alter scheme such as Social Settlements.

It has obvious advantages. the partitions. This increased the

cheap to run, the overhead charges initial expenditure on the flats. It

In the was a mistake which need not be re being comparatively small.

ease of Social Settlements, voluntary peated in any scheme of this nature work on the part of the teachers has Bangkok

Another disadvantage is that the been

contribution. Important an optimum has never been realised. Should a similar scheme be

put For a satisfactory operation of such a effect on a big scale, it might be Deiht scheme, it is essential that more than found necessary to engage teachers, Galle charges of a warden's quarters and exorbitant charge, and it is well to schoolroom are not in proper pro- remember that greater number of portion to the income derived from children would be able to use the one!

two charges, schootroom which is now used by a the four flats. These however, would become economically very small number of children. sounder if they served ten flats, or

6. It is felt that the employment Furthermore, as has been painted of a warden is of considerable im- out in an earlier part of this report, portance, and in the case of Social the sponsors permitted families to Settlements it has shown itself to be In order to economise, take up residence who, in some cases, necessary.

the the warden might be given free ne- were not capable of paying "Basic Rent." While this may sug-commodation In return for part time: gest

that if families with better means services, as has been done recently had been admitted, it would have at Social Settlements.

into

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN Ave Bals be workert. The overhead out even this would not prove an

AGENTS

MELCHERS & CO.

Queen's Buildnig

Telephone 27772.

CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., SHAMEEN, B.C.

ENY.K.

TELEPHONE 30291

INE

(† Cargo only)

SPECIAL CALL AT BOMBAY

8.8. "akozakł Maru"

...sailing July 16th.

en route to European ports

San Francisco via Japan Ports & Honolulu

Chichibu Maru (from Kobe) 13th July Taluta Maru (from Kobe) 9th Aug.

Seattle & Vancouver (Starts from Kobe)

Hikawa Maru

New York via Panama

Nagar..

Mon,, 18th July

26th July

South Ambrica (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Hilo, Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama

Atago Maru (From Kobe) 23rd July Helyo Maru

London, Marsoillos, Antwerp & Rotterdam

Hokozuki Maru

Suwa Maru

Terukuni Maru

18th Aug.

10th July 30th July 12th Aug.

Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus,

and Marsellies.

Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports

Kitano Maru .................................. 23rd July ·

Kobe & Yokohama

Hakusan Maru (via Kluns. S'hal) 18th July Kamo Maru (Nagasaki Direct) 19th July Haruna Maru (Via S'hai) i-30th July - General Passenger Agante in the Orient for the CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

even more.

defeated the original idea of provid- 7-The Wo) Ching Street Social ing unproved accommodation for

the

Settlement hus indicated the lines

Bombay Calcutta Colomba

Kuantan

Kandy Karachi Kola Bheru

Kunta Lipla

Penang Rangoon

Shorighei

Blmia

Hongkong Howrah

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Kuala Trendsaru

20

and

HONGKONG BRANCH. Every description of Banking Exchange Business transacted.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Local currency and FIXED DEPOSITS received in Leens Currency, STERLING & US, tained on application. DOLLARS on terms that may be ascer

D. BENSON.

COUNT THE

poorer classes, this is not necessraily along which a large scale scheme "TELEGRAPHS”

true.

those It is obvious that even

could contribute towards solving families who do meet the "Basic Rent" requirements must be of the Hongkong's social problem. The es-

of this

sentials to its success are:-a. A grant poorer classes. Proof

Per Capita subsidy, b.-Emicient: furnished by the type of resident in supervision, and c.The institution Social Settlements, including those of schools. paying the full rentals. They are in most cases casual labourers, several

of them being wharf coollies. Their

average income la $20 per

month,

and,

in order to live, they cannot afford to pay more than the rentals charged by Social Settlements.

Another adverse

factor in the

the

charge

of Social Settlements is that budget of the sponsors are renters and not owners of the flats. Thus the normal profits from the flats required by the landlords must be met by sponsors, which form another part of the subsidy. If atmilar fints were administered by owners not looking for a preat, this important would be eliminated, bringing the scheme further within the bounds of practicability. In this connection, it should be pointed out that the owners of this property have not in- creased the rents since the sponsors of Social Settlements took over the flats gesture which has been

appreciated.

rently it cannot be claimed that

the sponsors have realised all of the avowed objects of Social Settlements, and though, the experiment has fal- len short of the hopefully anticipated Fasulle certain beneficial execia con bobbieved It has been shown that

THE

EVERYWHERE

SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC

SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELS

"WAY DO

(with limited, but exceptionally good passenger accommodation)

HOMEWARDS. to:

Port Sudan, Port Said, Tripoll, Algiers, (Oran), Antwerp, Rollerdam (Amsterdam), Hamburg. Copenhagen, Gothenburg & Scandinavian poris..

MV. "NIPPc/. M.V. "NINGPU

walling about salling about..

OUTWARDS to: Yokohama, Kebe & Osaka.

· M.V. "NINGPO" M.V. "NAGARA"

PASSAGE FARES TO LONDON OR ANTWERP. ALV, "NIPPON", M.V. "NINGPO"--1st Class ... Cabla de Luxe

Agents:

Other vessels

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

· Hongkong.

Phoria! 30909.

.28th July. 27th Aug.

17th July. 15th Aug.

£58.10.0 £84.0.0.

£53

G..E. HUFGÈN.

Canton. Phone: 11495.

ACROSS

33

1 The gunman's wage (10). B A restful thing to think of in u

dominion (4),

10 Has the Alm company been

wrecked?

(two words, 6).

11 The skeleton in the bath (6), 12 Belief of an Indian and many

more (5).

15 Smart daily extremes (5).

18 No amateur starts such a gor-

ment (5).

19 No tyro (two words-3. 4). 20 Sober without the second letter

It is Bald (5).

21 There's an evine character In

this play (5).

22 not be a shady character The Aim star who suffers this need

(2).

23 This fracas has a boring end

(0).

24 Remove the second letter and

fear la no more'(6),

Telephone 28021.

CROSSWORDS

15

28 This and this beheaded may be:

part of a nursery game (0).

31 The idea of this form of docu-

ment is that no particular par

son, dull got the bird (two words 5, B).

32 Tree that is mostly a shrub (4).

33 "Near misses" (anng.) (10),

DOWN

2 It results from the deal, and

comes after it (4).

3 Care for most of this foreign

port (8).

4. Noted remedy for the blues (5).

5 One so bent to sinister shape

(5).

0 Give (5).

7. Refers merely to a show plece in the shop...evidently (ibree

words-3, 8, 4).

8 The half-crown the conjuror has palmed? (three words-4, 2, 4). 13 Does this song irritate John

Bull (two words 3, 4).

14 Formerly quite enough for a

model (7).

15 Lack of qualification (10),

10 By no means locally (three

words-4, 3, 3).

17 Be voeal with poetle heart (5).. 18 An Instruction to make 25 down

famous is put on (5).

25 Only part of this fame is enough.

for

(6)

B port (6).

28 Tapestry artist in classical art 27 Stirring advice that keeps us In

ekgo (5).

28 Not the younger growth (5). 30. Not a lady who has made her mark in the inner circles (4).

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