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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936.
LOCAL CHILD BEGGARS
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Situation Reviewed
WORK OF SOCIETY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
Lengthy consideration was given to the problem of child beg- gars at the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Protection of Children this week, over which the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall presided.
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Initiating a discussion on the It had to be remembered, how- subject, Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg stated ever, that accommodation in suit- that beggar children who were ftable institutions in Hong Kong and well fell under two heads- was very limited. those children who were taken
Another way in which the mat- out begging by their parents. as a ter could be dealt with was by sort of added inducement to sym- prosecuting a child for mendi- pathetic members of the pubile to cancy under the Vagrancy Amend put thel: hands into their pockets; ment Ordinance of 1932, and, if. and those children who went out the Court were satisfied that the street begging by themselves. The parents conduced to the child be Society had dealt with a
gooding in the street for begging it number of cases of children of could, instead of imposing a fine the first class, and in almost every on the child, fine the parents. case it had found that the under-
methods for dealing with these There were, therefore, two legal
chlidren, and these methods were as much open to a member of the general public and, to the police as they were to the Society for the Proection of Children. I had
"Robin Hood Of El Dorado" lying problem was one of poverty. Where possible, the Socisty had found employment by getting hawkers licences for the parents In an effort to make them self- supporting and to remove the need for begging. Ordinarily. also. also to be borne in mind that the the Society had in such cases pro-Society's inspectors had no status vided food until the family had beyond that held by an ordinary got on its feet, and in most eases member of the public. it had also been found necessary to provide medical attention for the children.
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Bette Davis' portrayal of a giri men can't forget is unforget- table by all who see her in "Dangerous," the Warner Bros. drama
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BENEFIT OF CHILDREN
It WAJ, moreover. a question whether the Society should. In any case, ask its inspectors to de- vote their time to the suppression The second class of children-ly well suppressed by the police or of activities which could be equal- those who went out begging in- dependently-presented
great deal more difficulty. The policy of the Society, in every type of case, was to give first and final consideration to what was for the benefit of the child,
In considering the case of those children who went out begging by themselves, there were two points to be kept in mind-one, the wel- fare of the child; and the other the not uncommon irritation nf the pedestrian when pestered by
the public. The inspectors had an exceedingly arduous day's work every day, the case report for the past month showing that they had visited 510 homes and had at- tended to 3.037 persons who had come to the Society's offices, which meant, as a rule, that a child had to be attended to in every case. It was impossible to expect these lady inspectors to go on patro! in the streets and try to catch these child beggars: These inspectors were well known to the Chinese, and they would not have One was a matter for the So-
a ghost of a chance to catch these ciety, and the other a matter for children, even if they wanted to. the police. It was however, im- The whole problem was portant to remember the condi-touching good order in the streets tions under which these beggar rather than the welfare of chil- children lived.
these children.
By going out begging in the daytime, these children did not. as was usually what happened in England, avold going to school, or if they went gut in the evenings, make themselves unfit for school the next day. They would not
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dren, and therefore not of real concern to the Society.
Answering a question by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. Hazlerigg stated that, so far as he knew, no child had been brought before the Juvenile Court... under Section 17
the Juvenile Offenders Ordi- has delivered some of the most get any schooling even if they did widely discusser pictures
nance, for begging in the streets. ever not go begging. Again, they dia shown here or abroad-and anot slip away from possibly de-
PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS dynamic screen story.
sirable homes and decent, home Sir William Hornell did not al- These are the ingredients that influences they substituted beg-together agree with the sugges-' have audiences everywhere await- ging in the day for playing in the tion that the children came to no !ng the new Metro-Goldwyn-gutters of the slums, and in the harm by begging. They had to Mayer picture, "Fury," showing to- evenings for sleeping in over- bear in mind the possibility that It is safe to say that no one wit-day at the King's Theatre.
crowded bed-spaces in overcrowd-professional beggars, some of nessing the photoplay version of The new team brings togethered and insanitary tenements. "Dinner at Eight" which is show-Sylvia Sidney and Spencer Tracy
whom might be extraordinarily ing to-day at the Star Theatre, -the sensitive brunette beauty who
well off, employed these children to beg... will come away without a feeling recently scored in "The Trat of
It seemed to him that cares in of having been a spectator to one the Lonesome Pice" and the cajole an occasional ten cents out of the most invigorating and punchy, genial typical Americas of the pockets of pedestrians, the Arm" might well be dealt with..by which children "begged for the compelling motion pictures to "guy" who has the critics still money would either go to improv- the Society. The trouble about evolve from the Hollywood studios. cheering over his performances in ing the child's diet as a single en- dealing with the problem as a
It is often the aim of flm en-
"Whipsaw" with Myrna Loy, and tity or to improving the diet of whole was that they had no ade- tertainment to combine tears and
"Rifraft" with Jean Harlow. the whole family.
W laughs with gripping drama, but
quate machinery; it was terrible' intitutions in the Colony into
Ferber stage play.
Here we have enough material to fill a dozen or more talkles Marie Dressler's flamboyant im- personation of a faded musical comedy star who returns from a period of retirement abroad in the nick of time to save a young giri from ruining her life forever, is alone worth going miles "to watch. But there is plenty more.
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If these children did manage tu
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EPIDEMIC OF BICYCLE THEFTS
The strong cast numbers hun- The net result from the child's it is seldom that a motion picture dreds, with important assignments point of view seemed to be that has so successfully achieved this played by Walter Abel, Bruce by begging it got more, food and which children could be sent. alm as has the Metro-Goldwyn Cabot, Edward Ellis, Walter Bren-more fresh air than if it'stayed at Mayer screen version of the cele-nan, George. Walcott, Frank Al-home. Probably when children of sion, reference was inade to a t- brated George S. Kaufman-Edna bertson, Arthur Stone, Morgan is type grew older they were ab- tle boy who was so paralysed that Wallace, George Chandler, Roger sorbed into the ranks of labour he could only crawl about the Hickman, Jonathan Hale, Lella they had not gone begging at all. him, and also to another boy who Gray, Edwin Maxwell, Howard just as they would have been if streets pushing a tin in front of
It was extremely doubtful, when exploited an unsightly looked at in the light of 'cold rea- for the purpose of begging. In brought before the Juvenile Court Tracy is a hard-working young son, whether the children got any this connection, it was suggested with a view to their being sent to garage owner, en route to a dis- real harm from begging. and it that the Society might be able to hospital for treatment; that the tant town to join his sweetheart was open to argument whether help by getting such cases brought Society itself would do what it and be married when arrested in for the present, the Society should before the Juvenile Court with a known cases of this kind, and, so could in informing the police of
For the theft of a bicycle left a small town as a kidnap suspect.
take any steps to prevent them view to children needing medical far as it could, would assist such
outside No. 469 Shanghai Street, A mob fea On hysteria and from begging.
whlist the owner was making, a.. attention being sent to the Tung children after treatment. It was purchase in a shop. Yip Yam, 23, whispered rumours, "storms the If the happy day arrived when wah Hospital prison to seize him and adminis- everybody in the Colony was sa-
also decided to suggest to the po- unemployed was sentenced to six ter murderous. “Justice" without sured of decent home conditions,
lee, the desirability of enquiring weeks' imprisonment by Mr. Q. A. A. It would take too long to list all waiting for the law to take its and when at least compulsory
Mr. F. H. Loseby, Hon. Director into the question of the exploita- Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis- the various plots and sub-plots course. Unable to break into the primary education was introduced. of the Society, pointed out that in tion of children by professional pracy yesterday. which comprise to make up the cell block where he is Laprisoned, then the Society might find itself many instances if it were not for beggars narrative of. "Dinner at Eight" the rioters burned the building to bound to intervene in the matter begging. a large number of
Inspector A, H. Eistor who sp Sufficient to say that, together the
The meeting also received the peared for the prosecution said that ground. Tracy, ·usseen, with the preceding happenings manages to escape.
Continuing. Mr. Hazlerigg stated parents and children would die case report for June which show he was instructed by the DS.F. (K) there are various interludes which
that the Society for the Protec- from starvation, From enquiries ea that new cases dealt with dur- Shattered mentally by the or- tion of Children was responsible made. It appeared that there was ing the month totalled 134, and most concerned with the epidemic; to state that the authorities' were. turn the spotlight on Lee Tracy,deal, he plans a Bendish тел- Madge
for the passing of the Juvenile a good deal of organised begging that 901 cases were under superof bicycle thefts that have occurred Evans, Jean Hersholt, geance getting his two Louise Closser
younger Offenders Ordinance of 1932, in in the Colony, in which the or vision at the end of the month Phillips brothers to press charges that which special provision was made ganisers made use of cripple chil- The average income per head per
lately. No fewer that twenty thefts Holmes. May Robson and Grant result in the indictment and trial for the treatment of children who dren, etc.
had been reported... Mitchell together
He had conferred with, month of cases assisted was. 31 80. with various of twenty-two men and women
Accused was seen attempting to lesser Hights.
were found begglig.
the police on the subject. Per as compared with $1.87 in May. I dispose of the machine" and en- Walter Abel, as the district at-
sonally, in cases with which he In nineteen cases there was no inquiries led the authorities to the Obviously a photoplay boasting torney, uses newsreel shots, filmed
PUBLIC 'ÇAN ACT 80 glittering an array of stars is during the riot,
Under that Ordinance, any per- had dealt he had been singularly; come whatever. 12 prove the
complainant, Lam Hai Sam, 29, No. something out of the ordinary, identity of the lying defendants. son, whether acting from sym-unsuccessful; in some instances,
5 Lincoln-Road who identified the and "Dinner at Eight" is out of Twenty are convicted of murder pathy towards the child or from children sent
bicycle which had been stolen on the ordinary in every way. The th the rst degree and face irritation at being pestered, could home had run away after a few June showed that there was an
excess of expenditure over income July 21. sensitive direction of George death;
take a child beggar before the months. There was, however, cor- Cukor, the faithful adaptation of But Tracy finds his victory a Juvenile Court, which had power, tainly need for a hospital for the amounting to 8982.56.
A request by the Council of "the Frances Marion and Herman J, bitter triumph, one that will sen- under Section 17, to make an ar-treatment of children who would School for Deaf and Dumb for a Mankiewicz, the brilliant camera tence him to worse death than der taking the child out of the become blind without treatment.
Chinese-speaking member of the Hon Mr. R. R. Kotevall, on his The meeting, congratulated the work of William Daniels and that of his persecutors. He makes custody of its parents or guar- DISEASED BEGGARŰ“. Society's Committee to be appoint-appointment to the Executive
Hale.
to
an industrial
The financial statement for
the various details of settings a surprise last-minute move that dians and placing it in the cus- After further discussion, it was ed on the Council was seceded to Council of the Colony and costuming are something to gives the picture an unforgettable tody of some other fit person or decided that the Society should Miss: Shin Tat-hing being no- set a precedent for future films. inale.
Institution.
approach the police with a re- minated
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