1938-12-10 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 10,

Bank Clerks Will Demand Right

To Wed

"PRIVATE LIVES ARE OUR OWN"

Sacked Man Gets £1,000

Bank clerks of Scotland are to press for the immediate removal of the rule which forbids them to marry until they are carning £200 a year, it was announced recently.

A few hours earlier in the statements that reflected on his Court of Session, Edin-professional capacity.

Counsel described the

burgh, William Edward Not-memorandum as 'n masterpiece! skilled and cunning. man, ex-bank clerk, who of

phraseology."

married when he was earn-

"WIFE STOOD BY'

minute sumining-up, put this ques right to explain their attitude to the into the jury: "The bank had a Minister

Was of Labour. explanation an attempt by the bank

this

to

ing only £180, had been Lord Keith, in his forty-five- awarded £1,000 damages' for slander against his former employers, the Com- mercial Bank of Scotland. to excuse themselves after the event by attributing Noinian's dismissal to the real Notman had claimed £5,000. motive which was not

motive or not the chief motivethe He alleged that after his dis-real motive being his decision missal in 1935 the bank wrote marry?" to the Ministry of Labour sny- ing that Notman's marriage against their advice was the Notman said: "People are too often dis- impressed by the psychological effect proximate cause of his

created by sumptuous furnishings of missal, but that he Was not ar banking houses. Too often high satisfactory and was unable to mahogany take normal responsibility

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The jury reached their decision by ten voles to two after a two-hour retirement.

After he had heard the verdict, Mr.

counters hide traners and cracked shoes.

"I never renreite

Klazed

the bank's marriage regulation.

"My wife, deprived of me com- fort of a home and in indifferent health, required my alti. When my repeated pleadings for permission to marty failed 1 acted upon my own Initiative.

"En

time my

of trouble--and heaven knows I had my share in the

that months

followed-m15 wife stood by me. When 3 was unem- ployed she kept our home going.

"When my resources were almost ut an end I made application to the bank in my desperation for a job as a messenger or a porter. I was told here was no likelihood of as vacantey being found for me,

"That was my darkest hour. It took me over ten years in the bank to reach a salary of £180 per annum, i got my present Job in May 1937.

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Jerusalem, drutetorn by fre- quent rioting and clashes be- tween Anbs and Jews and Arabs and the British governors, presents a war-like scene these days. Here are British traps above the Suleiman rood, opposite the new Late of the French hospital, prepared to check mar- auding terrorist bands. Scores of lives have been lost in the Holy Land during fighting.

My salary to begin with was £2 a week. Already I am over the £200 mnek."

'UNJUST

The mincement of the bank elerks' decision to fight the marriage bar was contained in a statement Issued later by Scottish Bankers' Asolation, which helped to ruise money for the aetion. This read:--

"The care has acted as a com- plete and tellint exposure of the unjust restrictions laid by the bables upon the private lives of their employees

"If the banks desire their staff to live at a certain standard then they have an obligation to pay then a salary which is adequate for them to marry at a reasonable aye.

The banks must not be allowed to practise economy at the ex- pense of the civil rights of their werkers."

A special meeting of the associa- tion in Edinburgh will discuss a plan of action in delal,

In addition to the marriage ques- tion they will press for full trade union status and the abolition of secret reports such as the report on Notman referred to in the trial.

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Students Are Representative

Lawrence, Kas.

All of Kanens' 105 counties are re- presented in the enrolment at the University of Kansas for the drst se- mester hut there are fewer students from other states. The enrolment is 4,574, compared with 4,589 tast fall.

Liquor Stores Totalled

San Francisco.

Miss Lucille E. Hinshaw, Oklahoma Slate director of Scientific Temper- ance, told the national W. C. T. U. convention here that there are 437,- 000 legatised liquour stores in the United States and only 245,000 churches.

G.P.O. Address "Dead"

Pittsfield, Mass. When Walter S. Marden, Democra- tle leader here, found on his desk n ulrectory addressed to "Republican Headquarters, 74 North Street, City," he returned it to the post-office with this inscription "Died. Left forwarding address."

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