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No. 22985. *#**** _*#A☆**** HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1932. *#Л¶¶¶XX Price
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE.
On and after MAY END, 1931, until. Further Notice (all previous
Time Tables caucolled
DIARY OF LOCAL Over 20 Murderers at Large
EVENTS.
TO.DAY.
(January 29).
Annual Prize-giving ceremony at Queen's College, in the Great, Hall,
Meating, Annual
Joha St. Cathedral, Cathedral Hall, 15
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0.57 10.64 12.97 1.55
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Lammort's Sale of Household Furniture at Highlands, Austin Avonue; 10.20 a.m.
Taikup Chinoge School prize dis (ribution, 11 .m.
Hockey Radio Sports Club v, Central British Association.
Queen's Theatre: "The Lady Ro- fusen.
King's Theatre: "Only Baps Work.!!
Central Theatre: Beyond Vio- Mary.
World Theatre: "Two Stars! (Chinese film),
In Britain!
UNSOLVED CRIMES BLACK RECORD
FOR 1931.
DETECTIVES HANDICAPPED BY
RESTRICTIONS?
More than twenty murderers, whose crimes were committed in * Great Britain during the past three years, are at liberty to-day—
contemptuous of the efforts of the pollas to oatch thein,
There were 24 deathe in 23 unsolved murder mysteries in the three years. Three other cases which promise to become unsolved crimes (including, the Vera. Page murder) are under investigation.
CAREERS BEFORE CAPTURES.
Star Theatre: "Splinters." Harmaton's Cireus at Kowloon. Tea Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel: Dinner Dances at Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant
Annual Dance at Victoria, Recreato tion Club, 9 p.m.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps any one year since criminal in-ed at Hull. Dance, Garrison Lecture Ball,vostigation was organised and com- Wellington Barracks, 8.30 p.m. plete statistics kept.
Europea 33 Mail: Inword:: Europe za Siberia (Chitral). Out ward Europe via Siberia (Naldora) 3.30 a. m.
This state of affairi has gradually, Miss Margery Wren, strangled in developed since 1928 when the Homesher Ramsgate shop-Scotland Yard Office report for 1997 declared that ease.
the number of unsolved murder Mrs. Alien Thomas, poisoned mysteries tends to diminish almost Lewannick, Cornwall.
Vanishing point. The 1901 Samuel Smith, moneylender, kill. figuras reveal the blackest record.of
In 1931 thore wote IT unsolved
murder mysteries. In each of the cases recorded under the unsolv." ed" heading coroners' jurics re
"Murder, but turned a verdict of SATURDAY,
no conviction followed: This figure (January 30.)
does not include the three other my Cricket-First Division: Indiansteries under investigation. RC Royal Artillery (L.), In the following black list of un Cenigengower Kowloon C.C. L. solved murders the cases in which Navy University (F.). Second Scotland Yard took charge are indi- Division University Recreiented. When no such indication 18 (L.), Kowloon. C.C. v. Craigengow given, it shows that the case was or (L.). R.A.SC." Indian R.C. handled by the local police authori (P.).
ties. Football-Chinces League Yo Won South China B Chinese! Athletic "A v. Eastern, South Chinn "A" Sung Ching.
Macao Greyhound Racing, 8.30
p.m.
Central Theatre: Ten Cents A Dance."
King's Theatre: "Only Sups Work.
Queen's Theatre."The Lady Refuses
World Theatre: Two Stars" (Chinese film).
1931-ELEVEN CASES
Miss Margaret Schofield, a Dews. bury weaver, killed in the street~•
Scotland Yard case, 4
Miss Evelyn Foster, killed at Ottarbuzn
น
+7929-SIX CASES.
bungalow, Swansea-Sectland Yard
Mrs. Kate Jackson, killed in
case.
Mr. Alfred Oliver, bludgeoned in his shop. w Reading-Scotland Yard case,
1,
Mary Learoyd, strangled with silk stocking at Illey.
Mrs. Winifred East, thrown from train neur Kidbrooke-Scotland Yard ouse.
Mis. Catherine Pack ("Singing Rose" throat cut at, Walworth Scotland Yard case.
1. Mr. Violet and Miss Vera Sidney, and Mr. Edward Duff, poisoned, at Croydon Scotland Yard case,
31
WHAT IS THE CAUSE? Why are there so many unsolved crimes? What is the cause of the tremendous increase during the past your?
Miss Louisa Serel, stranglede at Blackheath-Scotland Yard ande."
Mrs. Julia Wallace, at Anfield,
These two queries are the subject Liverpool:
of constant discussion in legal" and Mro. Abigail Whalley, killed in a police circles, while there is grave Star Theatre: "Splinters." bungalow at Blackpool
alarm among the general public that Harmston's Cireus at Kowloor.
Tdrica Ali, Bengajos seaman, kill-titis state of affairs exists. On many Ten Dances at Hong Kong Hoteled at Canning Town-Scotland sides it is folt, and freely expressed, and King's Restaurant. "Dinner
Yard case.
that the findings of the Royal Com- Daners at King's Restaurant, Pen- insula Hotel and Hong Kong Hotel.
Mr. Robert Guthrie Donald, bank mission, on Police Powers and Pro cedure in 1929, throw up such a European Mail:-Outward:cashier, murdered Clydebank. Europe dia Siberia (Gange) & p.m. Mark Sedit, a miner, as Barnsley, barrier of restrictions that detec tives ever since have not had a fan Europe in Suez (Chitral) 10:30 a..
Edward George Welham, shot a chance to gain the ascendancy over Blandford kaanels--Scotland Yard; the wave of murders which has deve- loped. Detectives have not had a Madge Winifred Cleife, strangled chance to meet the criminal on level at Portsmouth.
terms; they have had to fight brutal. Amie Louisa Norah Upchurch,men with kid-glove methods. Golf: Semi-finals of Adamson strangled in Soho Scotland Yard King's Theatre: "The Secret Call"
SUNDAY. (January 31.) Hunting: Fanling Hunt Point to-Point.
Cin
"Central Theatre: Ten Cents A Dance
Queen's Theatre: "Politics." Star Theatre: INW YOTA Nights."
World Theatre: "Two Stars" (Chinese film).
case.
Haying seen something of the
I work behind the scenes in most of the murder cases of recent years.. 1930-SIX CASES. it can confidently be asserted that detcotives have been most keen on Misa Agnes Kesson, strangled on their jobs but not over-anxious Downs-Scotland Yard (sinos the Commission's report) in Encom
run the risk of incurring a repri mand for overstepping the drastic
care.
Beatrice Prendergast, stabbed at Brighton.
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