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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Borstal Institution For Colony
NUMEROUS reforms UNDER STUDY"
Prison reforms in the long will undergo wholesale changes according to
plans laid out by Major J.L Wi- cocks, Commissioner of Pri-. saris, who has proposed
should offenders young separated from
criminals
GENERAL
CHINESE WIDOW ROUND THE POLICE COURTS
SUFFOCATED
BY GAG
FATAL SEQUEL TO VILLAGE ROBBERY
AT CENTRAL
CHARGE WITHDRAWN
AT KOWLOON
TSE FA CENTRE
In a raid on an alleged tse fa The prosecution of Mrs. Lillar Mueller, 30, stenographer, of No. distributing centre at No. 44A. 16, Fort Street, second floor, Bay Pak Tal Street on Friday, nine A 60-year-old Chinese widow was View, charged with breach of the persons were arrested and were murdered and $1,000 in money and Defence. Regulations, was with-charged before Mr. Emsworth on jewellery stolen on Saturday when drawn, on the application of Insp. Saturday.
Portallion, three intruders ransacked a house F. T. J.
when de- L4 Ah-chi, 24, of Shanghai, who In a lttle village off Kowloon Tong tendant appeared on remand be-was charged with keeping a com- The robbery occurred about 3 fore Mr. Sheldon on Saturday. mon gaming house, was fined $75. p.m. In Ngau Au Village. The
"She was alleged to have been second, and fourth accused were farmer, working in the fields, rush-found on Jan 20 in the Bay View each ned $3 for gambling, while ed back to his hut on hearing his district, hardened
which is outside the others had bail of $3 each estreat- dog barking. He was met by two pounds of the area to which her
when they failed to appear. Sgt. A.E. Haynes said that the gaming house served as the dis- tributing centre of tse ta for Hongkong and Kowloon and many gamblers in the house described themselves as screen stars.
that
be
Main points in the scheme w/rebbers as he entered the hut and movements ste confined.
prison
be the establishment of a for new offenders within. Stanley Prison, convertion of the Remand Home into Reformatory
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for Borsta! In Boys. erection of a stitution on Lamma Island and the "placing of juvenile first offenders under the administrative control of the DMR
was bound and gagged. He was
In applying for the withdrawal, pushed into another cubicle where' he found the widow
Insp. Portallion told the Court that' was being bound and gagged by another he was acting under the instruc
tlons from the Commissioner of Police,..
robber,
The other occupants came back trom the market after the robbers had made good their escape to find that the widow had suffocated.
The matter has been reported to At present young and old pri-the Police and Detective Sergeant suners are mixed together and ity C. MacPherson is conducting is proposed that the two storeyed investigations. printing shop be converted into an isolated prison for those between
the ages of 17 and 21 years, with
accommodation of 200 pri
soners;
The sum of $17.84 picked up during the rald was ordered to be placed in the Poor Box.
HEARING FIXED Hearing of the forgery case in which Lui Fook-wing, alias Kong
"ADTOMATIC PISTOL Keung, 45, broker, and 'Li Wah-
Pleading guilty to the charge of sing, allas Li Pong 37, unemployed, were defendants was fixed for Feb. possession of an automatic pistol 12 rounds of ammunition, 23 at 2.30 p.m. when they appear and ed on remand before Mr. Lowry on Leung Fuk-hi, 40. unlicensed ma- Saturday. Lau Lam-shi, married rine hawker, was fined $50 by Mr. Saturday. The gun woman, of No. 104, Wellington Barnett on Street. was the complainant. and ammunition were ordered to
First defendant was charged with be confiscated.
forged document on:
B.W.O.F. BALL PRIZE-WINNERS uttering a
It was stated that the 'Police,
PHYSICAL CULTURE With the isolation completed.
The following prize-winners, in June 18, 1940, purporting to be the on information carried out a raid physical culture and an educa-connexion with the Charity Ball will of Lau Mau. deceased, by pre- on the second floor of No. 165
will be introduced held at the Peninsula Hotel on senting same to the Probate Re- with a view to placing them in Friday night in aid of the a.w.gistrar of the Supreme Court. the upward path and reforming D.F., are announced:- them.
tional course
RAFFLE TICKETS
Mr. C.J. Norman, of the Eng- Cash. Order-value $100,
list Prisons Service, recently appointed Assistant Superinten dent of Prisons. Hongkong, who was formerly Housemaster
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Borstal Institute in England, has been entrusted with the separate branch within the main prison.
A Borstal Institute, it was learn "ed, should be established on Lamma Island to accommodate 300 boys between the ages of 14 and 19 years. These youths will dergo training and education
period sufficient them.
2
donated by Lane. Crawford, Ltd. venetian Point Banquet
No. 2031
Cloth 3yds x Żyds with 12 Napkins donated by Mr. A Campbell ....... No. Six Bottles White Label Whisky & Stx Bottles Gordon's Gla. Anony- maus Donor
one Case of Foster's
Lager Beer donated by
No.
for
to reform
L. Rondon & Co. No. Special Prize".
REMAND HOME The scheme also provides a change in the present system of confining the "bad" and "good" Juveniles together in the Remand Home. The Remand Home for Boys at Causeway Bay is to be transformed into the Causeway Bay Reformatory.
795
Reclamation Street where they found the arms.
STOLE CHICKENS Second defendant was charged;
Convicted of stealing three with. together with two others on:
valued st $10. Tsoi May 31, 1940, forging the docu-chickens, ment in question and dated June 3hum. 52, was ordered by Mr. 26, 1939 with intent to defraud,
"Mr. M.A, da Silva appeared for both defendants.
Himsworth on Saturday to be ex- pelled from the Colony and $1 was granted to him for travelling
Det. Insp. C. H. Goodwin was in expenses from the Poor Box. charge of the case.
UNAUTHORISED COLLECTION
Charged with taking part in a collection, of money for a chari- 204 table or benevolent purpose with
Defendant was seen carrying
the chickens near a hut at Castle Peak Road on Friday by a Chl- nese detective. When questioned accused admitted that he nad stolen them from So Ho-min, a
out a written permission from farmer, "at Castle Peak Road. the Commissioner of Police at 876 Connaught Road Central on Jan.
De Luxe Remington Portable Typewriter donated by Davie, 30ag & Co. Ltd..... No. 1320
LUCKY NUMBERS
Decanter with 12 Glasses donated by China Em- porium, Ltd. Three Bottles Black Label Whisky donated by Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ltd.
Also under consideration is a proposal to establish a Prison Camp at Aberdeen where certain Three Studio Portraits.-
first offenders will be detained and employed in demolishing part of a small hili and raising the level of the swamp.
H.K. DENTISTS UP IN ARMS
No. 405
30,
two spinsters. Cheng Wal- ching. 19, and Tam Yuk lin 18, appeared before Mr. LOWTY Saturday, when they fined $5.
were
Sgt. Waldron prosecuted.
JUMPED INTO HARBOUR!
on
each
D. O. "SOUTH
TO BE EXPELLED Pleading guilty before Mr. S. F. to the Balfour. on Saturday. charge of farceny of one cottob singlet and one pair cotton trou-
How a man travelling third class sers from an unnumbered house on a tramcar had his hat snatched at Ha Pa Village, Tsun Wan, on was related before Mr. Sheldon Jan. 29. Lau Sam Chol was order- on Saturday, when Lo Keu 17. ed to be expelled from the Colony. No. 719 unemployed,
with was charged
REMANDED FOR INQUIRIES larceny of the hat, valued at
!
Mak Hing was remanded for 48 $2, from Lai Yam, 44, shop foki hours, for inquiries, when he ap-
Com-peared before Mr. 257 of the Wing On Insurance
Balfour on Saturday charged with larceny pany.
Sentence of one month's hard trom an unnumbered house at Ha 862 labour was imposed. Sub-Insp. F. Pa Village, Tsun Wan, on Jan, 31
D. R. Tuckett, prosecuted.
donated by Mr. E. A. von Kobza
No.
No.
No. 1126
One Carton Schlitz Beer -donated by L. Ron- don & Co Three Bottles Grant's Whisky donated by L. -Rondon & Co. Bourjois Perfume-don- ated by "China Import Trading Co. Colonial Dames Make-
New Govt. Register Up-donated by A. S.
Offends
That they were being treated like hawkers, in spite of their de- grees, was how a properly qualified member of the dental profession put it in voicing his opinion of the new Registration of Dentists Or- dinance.
An oficial of the Hongkong Dental Association stated that the properly qualified dentists of the Colony could not agree that the present Dental Register meets the objects
by originally intended legislation.
Encouraged by their acceptance on the Dental Register, scores of unqualified Chinese, it is alleged. have hung up large signboards with the English word "Dentist," whereas they formerly only ex- hibited small signboards with Chi- nese characters,
A petition was sent to Govern- ment in connexion with the new Register and, in reply to which, Government, rejecting the peti- tion, stated that consideration of any amendments would be post- poned until six months experience of the working of the Ordinance 1s available.
PRESTIGE OF. PROFESSION The "Association had also written to the. Dental Board on the im- portance and advisibility of pro- tecting the prestige of the dental profession as the Ordinance con- templated admitting several hun- "dred "quacks" into practice O'x
equality with the qualified.
No. 1210
Watson & Co., Ltd. No. Two Bottles John Haig
Whisky donated
by
83
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REGISTRY WEDDINGS
The wedding took place at the
Supreme Court. Registry,
оп
Grande Price. Ltd..... No. 1131 Saturday with Mr. T.S. Whyte- One Ivory Penholder &
Letter Opener donated
Smith, Registrar of Marriages of- ficating, of Mr. Cheng Yik-chuen,:
by Miss Maddy No. 408 merchant, and Miss Tong Tak-
Powder & Lotion -don-
ated by Colonial Dis- pensary Basket of Fruit-donated by The Sunny Farm, Ltd.
No
No.
hing, of No. 4 Breezy Terrace.
Other weddings that took place. 463 with Mr. J. Reynolds, Deputy Re
gistrar of Marriages, officiating.
were:
Mr. Fang Leung, merchant, of No. 39 Haiphong Road, and Miss 677 Pang Long-Yue of No, 137 Pelho
Street: and.
286
No. 1159 Toast Racks-donated by
Mr. A. Campbell Toast Racks-donated by
Mr. A. Campbell
No. PROGRAMME PRIZES 350.00 Compradore Order: -donated by The Dalry Farm Gentleman's Wrist Watch donated by Sennet Freres
Lady's 'Silver Compact. Cigarette Case & Comb -donated by Sennet Freres
Cut Glass Powder Bowl -donated by Falconer & Co., Ltd. Magnum of Champagne
No. 573
No. 574
No.
No.
(Pommery & Greno)----- donated by Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co. Ltd. No. Electric Iron-donated by
Mr. Kong Jong. merchant, of No
158 Nathan Road, and Miss Wong Yeck ho. of No. 17 Poplar Street,
Bosco at the
ST. JOHN BOSCO COMMEMORATED The Feast of St. John 272 was solemnly celebrated
St. Anthony's Church, West Point, yesterday when many members of 535 the Catholic faith gathered to
DESTITUTES CHARGED
Chan Yin, Lal Chór, and L. Sang were ordered to be expelled. and Wong Kam was remanded for: 48 hours for further inquiries, when they pleaded guilty to be ing destitutes.
"AT HOME"
MR. HO SHIU QUE
ENTERTAINS
A very gay party was held on Saturday night at No. 14 Wongnel-· chong, Road, residence of Mr. Ho Shiu Que, President of the Y's Men's Club of Hongkong, when he entertained members and their
friends.
the
Interesting games added to the delight of the evening in course of which Miss Emily Khoo very cleverly rendered a few violin, solos. The party was a huge suc- cess and dancing went on until the early hours of the morning.
Among the many present were Mr. and Mrs. Yinson Lee, Dr. Li Shu-pul Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sin, Commander and Mrs. Chau, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wong. Mr. Wong Kwok-fong, Dr. F. L Tseng, Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Wong, Mr. A1- bert Chan, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Wong. Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Lee, Mr. observe the occasion.
and Mrs. Lum K. Chu, Mr. and Rosary was said at 5 p.m. after
Mrs. Wee Tong-lee, Miss Emily which a sermon in English was Khoo and Mr. and Mrs. Cômson 380 delivered. Three more Masses Tong.
of the
120
General Electric Co., of China, Ltd.
No. Magnum of Champagne (Pommery & Greno) -donated by Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ltd. No. 527 At Mrs. Stanton's Bar (Para-
In reply to this the Secretary of the Dental Board stated that the dise), a Gentleman's Silver Ciga-
Board had resolved hot to offer rette Case was found. The owner
Course
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were held in the day.
Previous to the cecasion Solemn High Mass was sung for all Bale sian Co-operator and devotees of St. John Bosco on Friday last.
LA SALLE OLD BOYS DANCE.
The La Salle College Old Boys' Association held a succéssful ́an- nual dinner dance in the Rose Room, Peninsula Hotel, on Satur- day evening when a large gather ing of students of La Salle College ports that his brief case contain and their friends and relatives
Mr. G. 8. Kennedy-Skipton, re-
any objection to the Ordinance will have to pay $10.00 to the B.W.siding at No. 565. The Peak, re but added that the Board would O.F. to redeem.
recommend the appointment of an Mrs. Stanton's Raffle Winning ing $84 in money and some bills were present..
The evening was featured with additional dental surgeon to the Ticket No. 131. If unclaimed, was lost between the Hongkong, Board when other amendments to ticket will be held and any win-Club and Exchange Building on a gay dance and entertaining ca
Friday. the Ordinance became necessary. nings given to B.W.OF.
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