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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15,
HEROIN CASE DEFENCE DISBELIEVED
Arraigned before Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, on a charge of possession of eight ounces of diacetylmorphine, sufficient to make 200,000 heroin pills, Lau Chuen, 12, unemployed seaman, was sentenced to three years and six months' imprison- ment at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
The jury empanelled comprised Messrs. J. Wong Chang-ling (Fore- man), J. J. Whyte, Chung Pack- cheung, J. R. Gomes, Lee Fook-tong, B. O'Donnell Paterson and G. A. Cruz
Mr. E. H. Williams stated that accused was arrested during a raid by Chinese Revenue Officers, head- Jed by the Senior Revenue Officer, Mr. A. W. Grimmitt, and the Gov- ernment Monopoly Analyst, Mr. H. A. Taylor, at about 8.40 p.m. on November 2 last.
HOLLAND'S
CONSCRIPT INCREASE
The Hague, Te-day.
A large increase in the Nether- lands conscript army was voted by the Lower Chamber yesterday.
The annual conscript contingent has been raised from under 20,000 to 32,000,- from the Spring - of 1939
The period of training will be eleven, instead of eight and a half months-Reater.
1,000 PERSONS TO THE ACRE IN VICTORIA
The housing situation in Victoria is at the same time a sanitary problem, a social problem and an economic pro- The drugs were found in the blem says the annual report of Dr. rear and front cubicles of the Wellington, issued to-day. Victoria premises and questioned by Mr. is the centre of attraction for the Grimmitt, accused stated that the stream of immigrants from China, drugs belonged to him and had most of whom are poor people who nothing to do with his wife and live from hand to mouth. Accom children who were also on the pre-modation is limited, but the people A must find shelter somewhere mises.
However, at the Police Station, cubicle rents from seven to ten dol- accused made a statement alleging lars per month, a bed in the passage that the drugs belonged to one, costs two to three dollars, food Wong Kong-
costs at least six dollars and the
Accused at the Magistracy said. javerage earnings of a coolie are not "I have been used by some perabove eighteen dollars.. son, because I did not know any- thing of this. I have so many people, old and young. I hope, Your Worship, will deal leniently.
The City of Victoria for the area. occupies is over housed and gross- over-populated. In certain dis-
I have six children, also a grand-tricts a great deal of improvement father, who is 78 years old."
has been brought about but in some
acre,
Defendant, in the dock said the 200 acres, where there are approxi- premises belonged to Wong Kong, mately 1,000 persons to the and sanitary conditions are bad."- who had written to his wife
Government his wife
has appointed a suggested that he and
He Housing Committee to enquire into should look after the flat. found the packets on the premises the situation with a view to bring- but did not know what they were. ag about some improvement. . The After he had returned from some problem is not an easy one for there tea he found the European officers is no space to expand. It can only in the flat and opened the packets. be solved by demolition and the Had he known that they contained erection of a new type of house anything illegal, he would not have which will be sanitary and at the returned...
same time more commodious.
His
COLONY'S VITAL
STATISTICS
After a short retirement, the Jury manimously found defendant guilty. Passing sentence, Lordship said that it was impos- sible for anyone to be in Hong- Kong without knowing and know-- ing well of the attitude taken by the authorities in dealing with Hong Kong's high infantile mor- abominable offences like this. He tality rate is again the subject of was satisfied that the object of de-comment in the annual report of fendant în having possession of the DMS.S. A total of 9,905 known drugs was to make it into pills for cases of deaths of Chinese children unhappy pill smokers.
LAST-MINUTE POSTPONEMENT
under one year occurred, while 19 non-Chinese infantile deaths provid- ed a mortality rate among Chinese of 38.83 as compared with 56.92 in 1935.
non-
The Chinese infantile mortality London, To-day rate, if births registered (26,853) Yesterday afternoon's session of represented the total births, which the non-intervention committee was they do not, would be for 1936 postponed indefinitely at the last 372.42 per thousand, as compared minute.
with 316.35 per thousand, which
It is stated that a further ex-was the equally incorrect rate for change of views on certain points the previous year.
neressary. Trans-Ocean.
Shanghai, To-day.
Deaths registered among the en- tire civilian population during 1936 gave a crude death rate of 26.60 as Japanese marines who have been compared with 22.90 in the previous ntinuous war service in Shang-year. The death rate among non- Thai since the outbreak of hostilities Chinese was 10.8.
have left Hongkew for the Sasebo It is also revealed that bronchial Naval Base Our Own Correspon- pneumonia was responsible for by dent
ar the greatest proportion of deaths, Four cases of smallpox, one of 4.54 per thousand dying of this diptheria and one of typhoid fever, disease, with the total in 1936 giv were reported to the local Health as 4,493, as against 2,416 attributed Authorities in the 24 hours ended to tuberculosis and 2,712 to bron
midnight on Tuesday.
chitis.