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GISTER.
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Agenta,
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE. From May 17th to 23rd, 1928. HIGH WATERSE Low-VAL.
[Previous]OJ" Date]On Data
DST
Baromet
29.72
29.72
aid p.m. * 6 am | # poz. 2
29.70
Beng Kopg Standard Standard
Time.
Hong
Kong
Time.
atury
82
78
.92
84. 78
:
Direction
W
-6SE....... | WNW
1
-0-
Sat.19
21.63 (0,10. $0.24
Highest open-air Temperature, 15th;= Lowest open-air Temperatura, 16th
0-Cloudy; D= ghtning; Passing
Overcas
Height.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MAY 17th, 1928.
NAVAL AND MILITARY. CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
* SHOPLIFTING IN AUS
TRALIA.
ENORMOUS LOSSES.
INGENUITY OF THE THIEVES.
HLM.SCORNWALL" COMING EAST BY THE HORN."
With effect from April 12th Com mander H. F. B. Handley relin quished the command of H.M.S. The prevalence of shoplifting is Magnolia, one of the four sloops on greatly exercising the managers of the China Station. Comdr. Hand- eity stores, because articles of every ley has completed the usual two size and character are missed daily years in the vessel, and will be suc from the showrooms and counters, ceeded by Comdr. A., E. Buckland, nys the Sydney Bulletin. The D.5.0., D.S.C., who for a similar include costly gowns, sewing period has been Training Comman machine, a wireless set, daintyder at the RN. Barracks, Ports- shoes, silk stockings, rings, bars of mouth. chocolate, tiek, ironmongery-almost anything is taken, and, a constant vigil by highly trained men and women does little to suppress the
New courses, began on April 18th, including one for executive officers in accountant duties, as Chatham Lient, P. C. S. Tupper Carey, who taker this course, will afterwards. Every day business managers of go out to China to join the sloop city stores are brought intimately | Fazylove..
evil.
in contact with the complex work- It has been decided that thê now ings of buman nature, for it is be-cruiser Cornwall, Captain the Hon. "fore them that the suspected shop W. S. Leveson Gower, D.8.0., which lifter is taken, He is a man whom is to go to the China Station to experience has made somewhat mistake the place of the Vindictive, trustful of appearances and cex will proceed rid the Straits of planations. The delinquents - Magellan and the Pacific. She will clude women in comfortable cir- call at certain ports in South cumstances, hardened shoplifters, America, and will then go on to girls of eighteen, small boys, and represent the Royal Navy at the well-dressed men. Soure, it seems, sesqui-centennial celebrations of the are impelled to steal by genuine discovery of the Sandwich Islands, necessity. There is also the klepto be held at Honolulu under the tomaniac, who steals from instinct.
Training Of Children. One of the most regrettable features of shoplifting is that many inveterate offenders train children to assist them. In a very short period the young neophite develops an astonishing proficiency.
Is it any wonder, men, that managers sometimes speak with a note of hysteria, of gangs of shop liftere pouring into shops at rals times equipped with every accessory
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE,
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
FROM MIDDLESBRO", ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.
The Steamship "BENCLEUCH."
NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Gooda are being landed at their risk into the hararichi and/or extra heardons Godowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co., Ltd, whence and/or
from The wharve, Delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted
fter tha Goods have left the Godowas, and all Goods remaining undslivered after the 18th natant, will be subject to Rant,
All Claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 1st prox, or they will not be re
All chafed and damaged Gooda are to be left in the Godowns, whers they will be ammined on the 17th instant, 10. by Mesura, Goddard & Douglas No Fire Izzarancs has been affected, », Hills of Lading will, be countersigned by GIRE, LIVINGSTON CO., LTD.
Agents
Hong Kong, 11th War, 1928, 16240
AJD
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. "CHINA" HUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
Fox UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE
NONSIGNEES por: Co.'s Steamer:
"ADRASTUS
auspices of the United States Gov. ernment from August 15th to 19th. The women of Cornwall are sub-
are hereby notified that the Cargo will be scribing to a fund to present a
discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, white silk ensign to the cruiser, and where it will he at Consignees risk and any surplus money, if any, will be subject to Terms and Conditions of handed over to the fund for pro-Stage at Hall's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown an viding a drum and file band for the and after 16th Maye ship."
2
Approval has been given for the relief of the Curlew, Capt: H. C. Allen, by the Castor, now in reserve at the Nore, to take place at
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given prior to Blowmer's arrival, but carried on from port to part to the final port of call to which the option exterda
in the complicated system of con Colombo towards the end of July, will be r
Professional Thieves,
cealment known to their trade. There is no end of the ingenuity 1098. The Curlew belongs to the and the daring of the shoplifter. Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediter Capacious bags banging inside ranean, but during the past year conta, boxes with false lids, prami, and many other resources are the has been leat to the China Station, means by which they carry on their and has spent the winter at Han It is well-known kow. The Castor will complete to depredations that many of them work in gangs, which sweep through store after navigating complement in June stare, pilfering from almost every with ratings from Devonport, and counter, yet evading detection.
will be steamed there to commission with a full Devonport crew for her It is the profesional shoplifters, new service. It was the Castor detectives Bay, who give the most which served as the Commodore's trouble. Usually the gang apship with the Grand Fleet destroyer proaches the counter, and while one flotillas at the Jutland battle, 12 of their number makes exacting, đẹ | years ago. mands upon the assistant attending ber, the others steak whatever they can from the counters. Some they.17 are caught, but mostly detection is a difficult matter for the women know the house detectives by sight, and maintain sharp watch while pilfering is in progress.
First Offenders Act. Business house. executives at tribute the alarming increase in shoplifting which has taken place in recent years to the Women's First Offenders Act, under which all cases of this nature are, tried in camera In addition, magistrates have the power to release offenders, and it is asserted that the provisions of this Act are taken full advantage
DAYS' INQUIRY COSTS
£10,000:
CHIEF CONSTABLE AND WATCH COMMITTEE.
14,005 QUESTIONS.
The Home Office inquiry into the dispute between the Watch Com mittee of St. Helens, Lancashire, and the Chief Constable, Mr. A. B. Ellerington, came to an end siter
an average of 62,000 words spoken daily.
a seventeen days bearing... of by the gangs operating in the cityve been asked and answered, and No fewer than 14,005 questions and suburbs. Women who have not previously be convicted are secur ed, and are paid a certain sum a week to commit the actual theft. This can be undertaken with com- parative security, for the Act is a guarantee to first offenders of Ireedom from punishment and pub licity,
The total cost of the inquiry will be between £8,000 and £10,000: The inquiry into the Chief Constable's appeal from the Watch Committee's decision to retire hím cost the borough £16.
The recommendations of the tribunal, of which the president is Mr. T. Hollie Walker, C., will be forwarded to the Home Office
Aggregate Sum Very Large Sydney business houses are unable to imate their annual lomes from shoplifting, but all are agreed that the aggregate aum must be astonish Sir Walter Greaves Lord, E.C., ingly large. The large emporiums in his final address on behalf of employ their own detectives, all of Mr. Ellerington, dealt with the whom have had experience extend-statement of Alderman Boscow, ing over many years of the habits chairman of the Watch Committee, of shoplifters. These then saunter that Mr. Ellerington was unreason unobtrusively through the departable in refusing to accept his sug- ments, and are instrumental to a gestion for allocating the extra considerable degree in preventing police during the coal strike, and the evil from assuming unmanageanida ay mga BAN able proportions. Suspected per- 500 are at once placed in the custody of the police, whose first act is to visit their homes and search thoroughly for stolen goods. Often these searches reveal remark able evidences of the success with which the expertshop-lifter
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the flodowas, where they Tuesdays and Fridays
the hours of 10.35 .. and Nockwilbin the Free Storage period, No Claims will be admitted after the
Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd May, will be subject to Bent
All Claims against the Stammer must.
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*
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210.00
235,00
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be presented to the Undersigned on or HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI VENICE AND TRIESTE
before the 5th June, pr: they will set be recognised.
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[4260 15th May, 1923.
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLØYD, BREMEN
THE
THE Motor Ship
TRAVE having arrived from BREMEN, HAM- BURG and Forte, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at, their risk into the Go dawas of the Hong Kona & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where Delivery can ba
obtained.
All Goods remaining undelivered after the 18th of May, 1998, will be subject to Rent
in any case whatever. No Fire Insurance will be effected by Damaged Packages must be left in the alguses and the Godown for examination by the Con. Сотералу Surveyors, Mesars. Anderson & Ashe at 10 am, on the 16th
1928,
• of 1*); admitted after the
M.Y. "REMO:
M.V. "VIMINALETM
MY. "ESQUILINO"
From Hong Kong.
Baile on/or about 3rd June
Bails on/or about 28th June
** Balls unfor about 24th July
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FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO" TO
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Goods have left the Godown and all HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after whinydate they will not be recognised.
Consignees are requested to surrender their Bills of Lading To the Undersigned for countersignature.
MELCHERS & CO.,
Agenta, NOLDDEUTSCHER LOTD, Baker, Hong Kong, 11th May, 1928. [0949
PRINCE LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM NEW YORK.
This was the man who earlier THE Motor Yonel
JAVANESE PRINCE" had presumed to say that the Council of Action should sit in baring arrived from the above Fort the town hall. One knows the on 10th instant, Consignees of Cargo purpose, was to enable the general are hereby informed that their Goods strike to be carried on, not to ars being landed at their risk into the Codowns of Hong Kong and enable order to be restored. Ho
1
the
is the man who says his advice Kowloon Wharf and Godown Compay should be taken easily and lightly in an industrial dispute
operates. From an inspection of the home of ashoplifter arrested for the theft of a string of beads, Mr. J. E Singleton, K.C., for hundreds of pounds worth of stolen the Watch Committee, in his ad- goods have been recovered. Ou one dress, contended that five members b... occasion some years ago detectives of the constables branch board had Thur 17 m 7 38 601.2018 ware startled to discover a stolen shown that the Chief Constable had #56 12:19 sewing machine in a shoplifter's not acted fairly towards them and 18m 8 169 11 home. They were informed by the that for more than five action
34611 thief that she had placed the board had not been able to 8 34 7 3 m 2 34 3 3 machine under her arm, and bold properly. 70 65
ly walked out of the shop with it.
- Kowloon, and stored, at
risk and expense. broken chafed "and" damaged are to be loft
loft in the
Godowns,
Where they will be examined Thursday, 17th instant, at 10 amelin
All Claims must be presented within Fifteen days of the Voel's rival
which date they here, after
No Claims will be admitted after the recognizal Goods bave left the Godowns," and
it instant will be subject to Rent
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill
will, ba
Bu, 20 9 10 76mg More recently an article as balky The majority of the Watch Com all Goods ramsining undelivered after
mittes, he said; was formed of as a wireless set, valued at nearly members of a comparatively new
Mon: 21m 9:4817B9:34 £100, was removed from a Pitthurt”, and ha was not doing them by be cognteragueð |
injustice, in saying that people
41m 45 8:33 La most cases the shoplifters are who came new to local government
16: 6 al 0: 261m 4 838 & women, though men when they un- had much to learn equally with
1 10 7 6 7 4 05 dertake this traffic show a high people who have been doing irifor
degree of proficienc
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