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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928.
IMMORAL LIFE.
PRISON FOR AN OLD WOMAN.
not it is desirable for greyhound Corps is thereby maintained at a racing to be introduced into high level and in this annual train- ing great assistance was received China, it is interesting to note last year, as in previous years, that Major Duncan Campbell has from the officers of the Royal Army arrived in Shanghai as General Medienl Corps, to whom grateful, thanks are due, as also to the Medical Practitioners 01 Manager for the Greyhound As- sociation of China, which is Colony who interest themselves in cubine of a Shanghai Chinese at
+
the
SALE OF, A GIRL.
Daughter of the fourth con- present living in Sydney, Austra- affiliated with the Greyhound the work of the Corps.
Vaccination Campaign. a, a young girl under 21 years Association of England. Major
During last year 1002 men and of age left her home because her Campbell has already commenced
115 women (not all members of mother had arranged a morrisge rutting through their paces the the Brigade) were instructed in which was distasteful to her.
The girl went to Canton where freyhounds which have arrived First Aid and Home Nursing; of
104 women she secured the address of a girl in China, with a view to starting these 635 men apit
living in Hong Kong.. greyhound racing in the coming used. The Corps has also help-cousin
od in the First Aid training of Correspondence passed between spring. Whilst it is possible to Hong Kong Police and Firemen: the two and eventually the girl were came to the Colony to make her have too much of a thing, whe-and First Aid certificates ther good or bad, and here in granted last year to 70 European home with her cunisin here.
Polien, 127 Indian Police, A18 The cousin suld the girl to an for the Hong Kong the race meetings Chinese Police and 107 Firemen elderly Chinese woman provide quite enough opportun- These figures are good: buť I shall purpose of leading, an immoral ilies for those who like an occa- not be satisfied until all Hong Konglife. As the girl did not have any An at- Police and Firemen are trained in money, she submitted. sional gamble, it is difficult to see First Aid.
tempt was made at the Secre- why greyhound racing should be In the spring a vaccination cam-tariat for Chinese Affairs by the condemned, as worse than any nign was begun by the Corps at old woman to register the girl as other form of racing or gambling. the request of the Hong Kong Lovin "unfortunate," but without
ernment. Vaccination stations were suCROSS. It appears to be more a question established at suitable places all The old woman then took the for the financial backers of the lover the Colony and in the New girl to a house in West Point, and persons there she had to lead a “sly" life. scheme to deside whether the Territory; and 106,625
(mostly Chinese) were vaccinated The girl told her story to one of | appeal would be sufficient to guar-ee of charge. It is noteworthy her visitors who took pity on her, antce a return-in Hong Kong it that the Chinese residents of and posing as the girl's uncle, he is pretty certain that the returns Cheung Chau and of Aberdeen communicated with the police whe have on several occasions Invited went to the house and rescued the would not justify the outlay.
the Corps to send them men to girl, at the same time arresting carry out vaccination work and to the old woman. deliver health lectures.
FIRST-AID WORK.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE *.
BRIGADE.
ANNUAL INSPECTION..
Mr. Ralph's Promotion. H.M. the King has been pleas
In Court.
Yesterday afternoon the old
ed to approve of the promotion of woman appeared before Mr. R. E. Mr. Ralphs, the Assistant Com-Lindsell to face charges of har- missioner of the Corps, to be Com-bouring the gir! and procuring mander of the Order of St. John, her for an immoral purpose.
Mr. E. H. Williams, second and of Dr. Koch, the District Sur- geon of the Corps, to be an Offeer assistant at the S.C.A.,. told the of the Order. Roth Mr. Balpha story as outlined above, when he There was a smart turn-out of and Dr. Koch have been actively appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. W. D. Owen, who defended, Ambalance work members of St. John Ambulance connected with Brigade at the annual inspection for many years.
They have ren-submitted that the girl was not
Sentence of three months"
ARMY ENGLISH.
The
NAME "TANKETTE"
BANNED.
London, Feb. 8. mechanisation of the
by II.E. the Governor yesterday anddered most valuable service to the forced to lead an immoral life, but the various units taking part gave a Hong Kong Corps and I congratulie so of her own free will. She on their well-had agreed to the transaction be- convincing demonstration of variate them warmly
tween her cousin and the accused. at very low pressure and this mayous first-aid work.
earned promotion.
Addressing the accused, Mr. Mr. Morris, the District Super- Under the command of Corps account to some extent for the
Italston, the intendent of the Corps, was award. Lindsoll said that it did not mat- absence of accidents in the past. Superintendent J. It does not, however, free the Brigade runrched in Murray Parade in December last the long serter whether or not the girl was Government from its responsibil-round at 5 p.m., with stretcher vice Medal of the Order, Javing willing to lead an immoral life. young girl to an im- parties and accompanied by motor completed ten years' efficient ser. In this Colony if anyone intro- moral life she was liable to a ity in the matter.
ambulances and motor cars flying vice. He has set the Corps a fine duced
example. the Brigade's Bag.
heavy penalty. Generous Chinese. ILE. the Governor, accompanied
The thanks of the Corps are due The repart of the Committee of
by I.E. the Ollieer Commanding, Civil Research which is investi-Major-General C. C. Luar, Lady to those gentlemen-all Chinese-hard labour was passed.· gating the working of the Steven-Clementi and Capt. Whyte, A.D.C, who have generously subscribed to son rubber restriction scheme is to H.. the Governor, arrived at funds in order to enable the Corpa 5.16 and was met by Mr. E. Ralphs to carry on its work. It is a mat- being awaited with considerable Assistant Commissioner), Mr. A. ter both for surprise and regret interest and it would appear from Morris (Superintendent), Mr. Ho to me that the European commun- organisation despatches received this week Kom Tong (District Officer), Dr.ty does not join in giving finan-THE that the Committee's decisions W. V. M. Koch (District Otheer), einl support to an
Dr. Ma Luk (member of the Pin which is performing work of so will be made known by the end of unce Committee) and Mr. C. H. much value to the Colony. I feel! that the mere fact of drawing at- the month. In Malaya, the con- Blason (Divisional Superintendention to this anomaly will result Army, with its introduction, of census of opinion among pro-ent), ducers appears to be against any precipitate removal of restriction and in favour of the continuance of the present regulations for at least twelve months to enable the Research Committee to make a Hong Kong, Saturday, March 17, 1928 thorough investigation of the subject. In Ceylon, opinion among the prolazers appears to be the other way on the grounds that re-
was Mr. E. Ralphs with insignia of weapon which is to be known The boiler explosion at a striction confined as it is at pre- 1.Quarry Bay oil factory serves to jrent to British companies merely greeted with the Royal Salute the flier on promotion from the rank simply as the "Light Tank." And to the band of the 1st Battalion, K.O.S.Bof Officer to that of Commander of it is understood that other words mitans encouragement call attention to a deplorable lack
and witnessed with interest the de- the Venerable Order of the Hes of mixed and spurious ancestry of leg supervision in long Dutch producers to develop their being present) inspected the Corps
When the process which is now Kong over the installation and up. industry at the expense of the monstration, the more spectacular Pital of St. John of Jerusalem in will be similarly quashed.
Dr. William Vincent Miller. Koch, generally known as "mechanisz- kiep of boilers in local factories. British producers. The present items of which such as the trent- In Britain, under the Factories' scheme certainly seems defectivement of "violent" cases attracting from the rank of Hon. Serving tion of the Army" was yet in its.
in that it does not embrace all in the inspection were the nurses obliged to prosent periodical re-producers and it is possibly one unit and dressing station. ports as to efliciency, certified by experts, but in Hong Kong there is no such provision except in the efse of ships boilers, the steam pressure and efficiency of which are tested at regular intervals, The result is that boilers may be
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Officers Decorated.
in its being speedily rectified. new and nameless weapons of Among the many spectators pre-
The Corps deserves well of the war and freshly-developed prin- sent, comprising chiefly friends of members of the Brigade, were Lady Colony and I wish its henficent ae-ciples of strategy, is obviously tivities ever increasing recognition fraught with possibilities danger- Ho Tung, the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.
and success.
ous to the purity of the English tongue. It is all the more grati- Wolfe, Mr. R. C. Tredwell, Mr. Li Yau-tsun. Mr. Ip Lan-chuen and Dr. Sir E. Stuart-Taylor.
Officers receiving decorations and tying, therefore, to learn that the Army Council has constituted it- Corps officers present were Dr. 11. J. Corps members whose nails had self a kind of British Academy, Valentine, Mr. A. el Abeulli, Mr. successfully competed in cumpet and that its provision is combat- ing the danger as soon as it has Wong Kwong-tin. Dr. J. E. Doveytions were then announced by Air.
G. W. C. Burnett and the presenta shown its head.
Jay E. thei and Mr. I. D. Trever.
Following
the were
Governor's Remarks. ILE. the Governor, whe
Among
considerable attention. Included
Addressing the Brigade. at the
conclusion of the demonstration,
H.E. the Governor said:-
tion was Governor. awards:
made
the British Realm.
Officers and members of the upon
Hong Kong Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade!.
An Army Order is being issued to prohibit the use of the word Tankette" to describe the
other to that of Officer of the infancy, the word used was the Venerable Order of the Hospital of gly and cumbersome "mechan St. John of Jerusalem.
isation." But militarists and of the tasks of the Committee to
The Long Service Medal of the philologists soon contracted an un- cvolve a
more comprehensive
Venerable Order of the Hospital expected alliance, to produce the of St. John of Jerusalem, conferred simpler delinition, which is cer- Alfred Morris, Districttainly more pleasant to the ear, as scheme. If an effective method of compulsory restriction could be
Superintendent of the St. John it is probably more convenient in Ambulance Brigade in Hong Kong the use.
Trophies Awarded. applied to all rubber producers,
The strength of the Hong Kong Corps of the Brigade has increas- The presentation of trophies,, irrespective of nationality, few
AS follows: The Ralphs! would oppose its continuance, ed from 31 officers, and 150 rank war Ceylon is apprehensive lest; un- and file in 1926 to 49 officers und | Shield. For General EfEcievey at
A "PILL BOX.” introduced into factories here
less something is done to dis-234 rank and file at the end of Annuit Competition, awarded to the and used long after they have
courage rubber cultivation in the last year, and, whereas there was Chinese Y.M.C.A. Division.
The Duty Cup, for best record of GERMANS BUILD A FLYING in 1920 only one Nursing Division
FORTRESS. passed the point beyond which it
Dutch East Indies, it will not be with 16 members, there are now getan Ambulance Duty performed is dangerous to allow them to re- main in service. In the circum, long before the Dutch can supply two Nursing Divisions with 39 during 1927, awarded to the Mong-i
There are also eight kok Division. all the rubber the world can ab- members.
to
An aeroplane bristling with It is interesting drivers.
Attendance Cap, for heat attend- stances, it is astonishing that
sorb. In Malaya it appears to be analyse the list of officers. It nowance at drills and lectures during guns and incorporating a ma- there have not been more serious the opinion that the present price includes 21 surgeons, of whom nine 1927, awarded to the Railway Divi- chine-gun pill box has been
being ladies,sion.
built in Sweden to German de accidents in the past. If the local
of rubber is only an indication of are European, two
The Ho Fook Efficiency Cup, signs, and has provided at last a law was brought into line with
what would happen were large eleven are Chinese and one Indian.
Of other officers there are 28, of awarded to the best team in the positive answer to the question: by No. Can commercial aircraft be con- that existing at Home, it would.)
stocks to be thrown upon the mar-whom ten are European (including Railway Competition, won
verted into military aircraft? not necessarily involve the crea-
Chater's Swimming Shickdi. The machine is a three-engined tion of a large staff of officials.ket, as would happen with the an-one lady), fifteen are Chinese (in-3 Team.
nouncement of removal of restric- cluding one lady) and three Home Insurance Companies in
tion. Any such removaly it is indian. The Hong Kong Corps of awarded to the Division obtaining all-metal Junker similar to the the Brigade. has thus developed the highest number of points at the commercial aircraft which land at large measure relieve boiler own-
argued, would result in a period into an organisation in which annual aquatic competition, won by Croydon. But it has been modi
fied with such remarkable in- of intensive over-production, low Europeans, Chinese and Indians the Kowloon Division.
Ellia Kudoorie Shield for Team genuity that not only would it be prices and general demoralisation, work side by side in furtherance
of a common beneficent aim. It Race, won by St. Joseph's College able to work effectively as a night bomber, but it would also be able The two views, it is hardly neces- has officers of all three races, who Division.
ers of their responsibilities in the matter by providing the services of trained supervisors-the cost
has ever arisen.
are.
be hoped that the legal advisers earlier it is made the better in Every member of the Corps pass-sion. of the Government will be prevail- view of the fluctuations in the ed a First Aid Examination dur
"
London, Feb. 4.
of which is included in the gen- sary to add, are being exhaustive-co-operate willingly and efficiently; Ho Tung Cup for Life-Saving to do a certain amount of day eral policy. Similar measures
ly examined by the Committee and no friction I am glad to say, Competition, won by King's College bombing, and the fighting that it
In this respect Division.
necessarily entails. could, presumably, be brought and-whichever way the decision the Corps sets a high standard to Swimming Championship Cup, There are two gunners' cock-
is to go-it would appear that the the whole Colony.
won by St. Joseph's College Divi- pits, each having a movable into operation here and it is to
mounting for a pair of machine The Nam Yan Cup, won by the guns, and below the fuselage is a movable turret or "pill-box" for The Chan Chan Nam Cup, won a third gunner. The gurther in their 3rd annual examination, while
this turret is able to fire in any some have passed as many as nine by St. Joseph's College Division. annual examinations. The Import- The Divisions then reformed, and direction below the machine, and Coincident with the announce-ance of these annual refresher marched past His Excellency who attacking aircraft coming from
hail of bullets. ment of a forthcoming debate at courses cannot be insisted upon took the salute at the base before any direction could be met with a the local Y.JLC.A. on whether or too strongly. The efficiency of the leaving the ground,
ed rumours.
ed on in view of Monday's explo-market caused through unfounding last year; and many passed Kowloon Division. sion to draft a measure which will give more security to those residing in areas surrounding It is said that boiler factories, local factories usually use boilers