HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Alarming Increase
Of
PHILIPINE
Burglaries In Kowloon CLIPPER IN
K.R.A. Decry Ineffective Police Patrols: Need For
New Station Discussed
Among matters discussed at the monthly meeting of the Gen- eral Committee of the Kowloon Residents', · Association held last week. was a subject which has been causing much concern of late to residents of the Peninsula,
This is the recent alarming increnss of crime generally in Kow- loon, and the notice of the Association was particularly drawn to the frequent' and numerous burglaries in the Kowloon Tong/ Homuntin d'strict.
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HONGKONG
GENERAL
Arbitration
Court For Russians In Shanghai
U.S. PROFESSOR ON
WAY TO IRAQ To circumvent complications
arising from a transfer of juris- -PAN-AMERICAN- AIRWAYS | dicular over-White-Russians in PHILIPINE CLIPPER (Cast. P. Shanghai from the Chinese courts 'Adams) brought eleven passstigers in the settlement and French for Hongkong' when it. Arrived at /Concession to the Nantao District Kat Tak yesterday afternoon from Court, Mr. N. Ivanów, Russian Manila, with" U.S. "malls, for the lawyer and head of the Russian Colony dated San Francisco, Oct. Emigrants' Committee, is reported to have come to an arrangement
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MR. CARL BUNJE, executive of with the.' extra-Settlement Madrigal and Co.. Manila, is on althorities, to establish an "arbitra- business trip to Hongkong;
tion court to try all Russian civil China MRS, STELLA HOARE, Hongkong cases, reports the North An imposing list of the houses sitate patrols being considerably resident, returning to her home Daily News. burgled in a comparatively small lengthened and it was alleged that area of this district was laid be in some instances a single con-after a short stay in Manila
MRS. CATALINA FÁRRELL, fore the meeting, and it was re- stable has had to patrol as many resident of Manila on a pleasure vealed that ohe house alone,as three beats
trip to Hongkong:
A decision of the authorities concerned recently to place all the 25.000 White Russians here under the jurisdiction of
the
received the attention of robbers It was not surprising therefore MR. JOSEPH A PARRISH, exe- Nantao Court was regarded with no less than six times during the that criminals have become more cutive of Standard-Vacuum ou general disfavour by a large sec- last three months.
daring of late, and the scarcity of Co., Manila, on a short business tion of the Jocal Russian com- It was pointed out that during the patrols accounts for the tar-visit to the Colony:
munity. A responsible Russian the past few years, particularly diness of police in responding" to
even pointed out that quarter since the influx of war refugees whistle calls for assistance,
such a move was contrary to the from China commenced," repeated representations had been made to
Rendition Agreement and would cause considerable confusion.
COURT'S JURISDICTION He explained that both the Chinese civil and criminal codes
ADDITIONAL STATION
SENOR JOSE DE MENDEZONA, executive of Azucarera Don Pedro, Manila, also on a business visit to the Colony:
MR. WAYNE MAY, Pan American meteorologist, travelling
the Police Authorities regarding The need of better protection in the increasing number of larcentes the Hamuntin/Kowloon Tong dis-Airways and burglaries, as well as nuisances trict in particular had been re- on duty; and petty offences, and although cognised for a long time, and as DR. DON PITTMAN, Professor specified that the court having in each case the submissions re-far back as 1929, the Association of Utah State University, en route jurisdiction over" a juristic persona, ceived courteous and prompt at- advocated the erection of an addi-to Teheran, Iraq, on a three-year. would be the court of the district tention from the Police, the situational Police Station for this area, teaching and study assignment, ac- of residence of the party con- tion generally has grown from bad which is considered to be the only companied by his
Mrs. cerned, or where a civil debt or effective solution of the problem. Blanche Pittman; and the follow- criminal offence occurred. In the Kowloon Tong is still, as it has ing Chinese businessmen from case of a Russian residing in the There was no doubt that the always been, policed from Kowloon Manila: Mr. Kuan Ming, Mr. Chiu French Concession committing an Inevitable increase in the number City Station which is approximate, Tal-cao, Mr. Lam Yuek. Choi.
to worse.
„NO EFFECTIVE PATROL
the Mongkok Station over a mile
away.
wife,
DEPARTURES FROM HONGKONG TODAY
THE PHILIPINE CLIPPER IS
offence in the Settlement being transferred to the Nantao Court for trial, he said, a distinct viola- tion of the criminal code would
be evidenced.
Another objection was whether
-of bad characters consequent upon the other nearest police station is ly one mile and a half away, and the abnormal expansion of Kow- loon's population largely of the re- fugee class, had not been coun-¡ tered by police measures effective | It was the unanimous opinion scheduled to leave Kal Tak this the police of the Settlement or enough to prevent a serious cor- of the meeting that the present morning on her return flight to French Concession would
hand responding increase in crime; that strength of the Police Force in San Francisco, via Mantia, taking over Russians wanted for offences at the present time the residentist Kowloon is inadequate to cope with the following passengers;
committed in the Settlement to districts of Kowloon are not effec- the persistent increase" in crime, MR. JOSEPH PARRISH, of the the outalde court for trial. A thira tively patrolled by the police, espe and it was decided to bring the Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Manila, barrier would be the difficulty cially in the night time.
execute judgments against Rus
| matter directly to the notice of returning after an overnight's, which must arise in civil cases to
It was ascertamed that during Government, strongly urging that business call in Hongkong; thẻ păst few months, ever with the personnel of the Force be MR. CHARLES K JAROSLAV, sians, the limited number of police avail- strengthened as soon as possible, engineer connected with Maraman The decision to form an arbitra- able, a considerable portion of the and that sympathetic considera-Co., making a business trip to to court with Russian arbitrators Force has been taken off patrol tion should be given to the urgent | Manila, accompanied by MR. still leaves the question of actual duty and allocated to special duties necessity for the provision of an ERNEST K. ROBERTSON, also of Jurisdiction over White Russians. such as guarding essential pre- additional Police Station in the the same firm; mises. This would naturally neces. 'Homuntin/Kowloon Tong area.
MR. WILLIAM BOND, PAA 011- cial, on a business trip to Manila, and Mr. WAYNE MAY, PAA meteo- rologist, travelling back on duty;"
PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH AS and the following Chinese Clipper
COMPLAINANT.
SHANGHAI COURT ACTION
The Philippine Commonwealth. represented by the law firm of Allman, Davies and Kops, figured as complainants in a prosecution In the First Special District Court, Shanghai, on Sept. 27, against Mr. Kaö Yhin-kwel, mänäger of La Union Cigar Factory, local elgar" manufacturers charged
under Article 255 of the Chinese Crimif- nal Code with falsely mirëpre- senting cigars manufactured „by. his company herë as cigars made by a Manlia factory. Judgment" was reserved" urif Oct, 1, reports the North China, Dally News,
ILLEGAL PRAC FICES. Counsel for complainants stated that owing to the increasing prac- tice of local cigar manufacturers). to misrepresent the locally-made j produce as those of the Philippines, the Philippine Government ap- pointed mis la firm to atop such illegal practices. Warmings, said, · were issued from time to time to some ofenders, resulting "In a diminution of such cases.
he
THE NAZIS NEED S'HAI SAUSAGES
It is reported by the Cen-.. tral China Daily News that in view of the urgent need of sausages in Germany and
Shanghai Ita's,
merkants have been transporting them to those two countries - via Vladivostok. In view of this increased demand by the Axis powers, it is admitted, local prices have gone up. Large yukhtities of sausages have been exported after the Mia- autumn Festival here
commuters:
Mr. Chua Gon, Mr. Lee Chik- gèe, Mr. Tan Tiong and Mr. Muck | Tong-peng.
The next Pan American Airways
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
די
unsettled.
SOLDIERS PREFER GAOL TO $75 FINE
"As. this is your first convic-
flying boat to arrive in Hongkong tion, and as your character has will be the CHINA CLIPPER, which been good, I will give you the is scheduled to reach Hongkong on option of a fine. I fine you - $75 Tuesday next, Oct. 15 and to leave each, or one month's' rigorous' on her return trip the next morn-imprisonment in default," said Ing.
the Firth Magistrate, Mr. L... Goh, to two young privates of the Loyal Regiment, after they had pleaded guilty to a charge of Orchard theft of a motor-car in Road, B'ngapore,
The men, William Walmsley, and Robert Thomas Tyrer, however. elected to go to prison because they said. "It would take them six months to pay the fine."
An inward service by Imperial Airways over the new route, which omits calling at Hanol, is expected to arrive in Hongkong this after-
noon.
An outward service is scheduled to take off from Kal Tak on Satur- day morning.
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An officer, who was present in | court, had told the magistrate that
TRIED TO BRIBE NAVAL it could be arranged. for the fines
OFFICER, FINED
A fine of $500, or two months' rigorous imprisonment, was Imposed on Wang Ches, a Hainanese "boy" employed at the Admiralty Mess, Naval Base, Singapore, when he was convicted on a charge of offering a bribe of $200 to Paymaster-Ćominao- der, N. EL. Sherbourne, R.N., with a view to getting his assistance in a mailer which concerned his official duties”
ACCUERD'S DENIALS
to be paid:
The prosecution story was that the accused stole the car, belong- {ing to Mr. A...... F. Walker.
Second-Lt. P. Rogers testified to the men's good army character. and added that it was desired to retain them in the services..
NEW INDIAN REGT. HERE
The 5/7th Bn. Rajputana Rizes arrived in the Colony on Ipseday to replace the 5/8th. En of the same regiment, which had been atrisioned in Hongkong for over three years.
It is learned that the 5/6th Battalion will leave for India shortly.
The 5/6th En. Rajputana Rifles. came under the Indianisation scheme some years ago, and as a
The $200 was ordered to be con- ! Subsequently, both of them went fiscated. It was alleged that the La Union
to a nearby post office, but find- In his evidence, Paymaster-¡ing it closed, witness went to a Cigar Factory had used words in-
Commander N. E Sherbourne shop with the intention of buying dicating that their products were those of the La Union Cigar Fac- said that he employed a Chinese a stamp in coming out of the tory, Manila. A warning it was compradore named Ah Beng to dis shop, however, he found that the stated, why given to the local the catering at the Fleet Shore accused had disappeared factory which was unheeded. In Accommodation. He had found it "The next morning. I reported consequence it was stated, a don necessary on several occasions, the matter to Rear-Admiral T. B. plaint was made to the police and however, to complain to Ah Baby Drew in his office at the Naval the factory of the local manufac about his service: t.
Base, and be pakëd me to keep turers on Chungking Road was "The accused came to see me the money in my safe, saying raided by the police recently, on a on Aug. 20, and asked for my ad- that he would investigate the warrant imted by the First Special vice regarding his brother, who matter himself.” District Court. A quantity of was in trouble. I brought him to cigars, labels, wrappefs and boxes my Houss the next day, and he were seized and a prosecution. în- told me thất Ah Beng was his In his defence, Wang Chee result about 80 per cent of the ̈stituted “agkinst the defendant. brother, and that the latter was claimed that he gave the money | Regiment's officers are Indians
DEFENDANT'S ASSERTION" I
worried because I was not satisfied to Mr. Bherbourne, whom he had The newcomers have a much Defendant asserted that his with nữ service.
knowny" for about eight or nine smaller percentage, ⠀ months, in order that it should be cigars were actually manufactured from Manila tobacco and argued which, I later found, contained
"He then took out an envelope, given to the Far Fund. that his factory had committed four $50 Enter,
He did not, at any time, men- The National Government has no infraction of the law. Mr. Wel brother had asked him to give it he did not know.
saying that his tion the name of An Beng, whom issued. amandate commending lington C8, Bang Assisting
General Chien Trung-tkeh, the late to me "Municipal Advocate, prosecuting,
"I have no reason whatever to firector of transportation of the asked for a conviction and the Continuing. witness said that doubt Commander, Sherbournes National Military Council for his seizure of the cohnscated labels, he suggested to accused that the evidence, and there is no sugges- meritorious service in commant- wrappers and cigars, some of money be given to Mrs, Drew's tion that he wanted to get the nation. General Chien passed away which were in containers on which Fund for the entertainment of accused into trouble,” said the on July 31 while on his way to appeared the word "Honolulu" sailors and that the accused Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, beture Chungking as a result of heart and in some cases "Havana, Cuba" should post it himself.
passing sentence,
fallure.
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