Primary Teachers to Have Their Salaries Cut "Front Ovx Own ConnesronoeNe Canton, Nov. 30, Were it not for increases "given Canton's primary school teachers. $40,000 month would be on hand for the opening of new schools, the Commissioner of Social Affairs, Mr. Lau Shek-sam, has discovered. ' The '$40,000 would' be enough for the overhead of 30 more schools.
In the lower division, these teach-cers get $40 and $50 if' they teach upper primary classes. Since 1932 these basic Mgures have been me creased by $7.50 a month for each year of service in the school depart ment, and some teachers are gelling as high os $87.50 a month, which Commissioner" Lau believes 10 be too much.
Should publicity be given the fact that a wholesale reduction of salaries is imminent it would be quite unpleasant for the Commissioner, who has been finding out how many branches of benevolent societies there are in the city. There are more than 99, and that many will quietly bbe notified that the government noi their buildings, and they will have fo get along with their main organ-faction and forfeit the privilege of having branches. My next semester Yooms will be ready for classes of 30 new schools, and the primary school teachers' will then find their Pay envelopes very much slimmer, AMI munteipal primary schools are free, but even the very poor ought be able to find $1 for each of their Hitte "ones, the "Commissioner beeves, and next term this will be the annual school foe. Several tens of thousands will be available then for building up the primary department.
Swatow Incidents Settlea A poor peoples' home of Swatow will give $8,000 to the family of Mr. Tsunoda, Japanese consular potice-man who was shot 10d (rect In Swatow on This is the Anal disposition of the case, the Mayor of the port and the Japanese Consul there signing the Papers on Friday, winding up the "Between them the British and the Japanese consuls at Swatow have, according to reports from there, found q solution to the land-solling ease. A British gentleman as head foreign cemetery association had sold a lot and building to a Chinese who in turn gold the property toa Japanese, It was alleged that it was secret deal; that the law was not adhered to.
The Japanese is said to have paid $0,000 for the property, and if he receives $10,200 ho will give it up.
has been agreed that the Chinese middle-man shall pay this amount. and then shall surrender the land {or the original pri cemetery Mok am, Advisor tothe Swatow Mayor, "and Chui Hei-yan Port Medical Oflcor, got aal sen: ences for having conspired to accept a bribe from this middleman when he was arrested because of this land sale #0 that he could be released on ball, KWANGTUNG TO ENFORCE,
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