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TRAFFIC IN GIRLS AND WOMEN.
LOCAL LAW BEING »
STRENGTHENED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1929.
BAZAAR AND FETE.
ATTRACTIVE FUNCTION TO-DAY & TOMORROW. Those who are interested in the cheap sale of neadle work and em broidery are reminded that thes bazaar and fete of the Precious Blood Convent is to be held at Wah Yan College, Robinson Hload Bill AFFECTS MUI TSAI AND to-day and to-morrow. Mrs. R. H. ADOPTED GIRLS. Kotewall will perform the opening
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
There is shortly to be introduced in the Legislative Counell an Ordinance to amend the Protes tion of Women and Girls Or dinance, 1807.
This Ordinance proposes to Inake various alterations in the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, some with view to strengthening the hands of the authorities in dealing with the traße in women and girls, and some in order to get rid of certain difliculties which exist at present in our legislation.
A New Section.
Section 3 inserts a new section 3A in the principal Ordinance. This new section takes one defence away from the defendant to any of the charge under section 3 principal Ordinance, as it provides that it ehall be no defence to any charge under that section that the woman and girl in question, con- sented to the transaction or re 'ceived any part of the considera- tion
It has been suggested that a possible defence to a charge of harbouring under section Is of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897 would be
that the accused was the person who had taken, the girl out of the possession of the person having the lawful care of her, and that
taking. harbouring and
are mutually exclusive 1 is not to 58 supposed that the accused would expressly admit the suggest e fael, but it would be argued
for the pr that the evidenze secution would naturally, fead to that conclusion.
ceremony..
The following stalls will be in operation:-Foul Play, Ma-jong, Ping-Pong Throw, Fishing. Into the. Monocle, White, Mouse Den,
Hitting Squares, The Delphi of Apollo, Huop-la: Weight Judging Hidden Treasure and Ten Cent Balle.
COLONY'S CREDIT BALANCE.
SLIGHT DECREASE AT THE
END OF JUNE.
HALF-YEAR'S FIGURES.
The Colony's expenditure during June exceeded the revenue, with the result that the credit balance at the end of the month had shrunk to $10,017,615, compared with $10, 20.049 at the end of May.
The revenue for Juno was $1,529,335, compared with $1,671 280 for the same month last year,
For the first half of the year, the total income was $11,49-4,673,
perlod in 1928. This was on an estimate for the whole year of $22,278,600.
Of these stalls the most inter-gainst $11.120,424 for the same esting is the Delphi of Appollo. A few beautiful birds have been Intelligently trained to draw oracles at command. Each oracle bears a number tallying with prize. To verify the oracle, an other bird will be commanded by pick the same number from the whole lot, which will have been shulled. The Ma-Jong game
also quite amusing.
The prizes are very attractive. Many boy and girl students from various schools will be rendering In helping hand, and the St. Louis Band will be in attendance. Apart to be had, from the enjoyment there" is the added fact that by
fete the publi patronsing this
wht be aiding a most worthy
cause.
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natural guarding. There is distinct conflict here between the twa Ordiniantes. No doubt later Ordinance would prevail, but it is advisable to make that position quite clear.
Accordingly, the proposed new section 32 provides that the rights of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as legal guardian shall, subject to the provisions of section
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Vienna, according to a cable from Arising from the beam cable the Daily News correspondent in merger, the Post Office has com- that city, has added another laurel pleted arrangements for the trans to its crown as a benefactor to the fer of the beam service to the Marmusical part of humanity, coni Co.'s offices in the elty, while piano is so constructed that the the Imperial cable service will sound waves reach only the player to the Eastern Telegraph | who wears special headphones. In move Co.'s Electric House prenses. other words a musician may short- The actual transfer will become ly, under appropriate by-laws, be compelled to consume his own operative on September 20.
music. It is another dream-or drawing-of the immortal Mr. Spodnoodle come true. The news spread like a forest fire through London, and it brought joy to many a burdened mind outside the scope of medicine and religion, and the expectation of longer life to scores of suburban residents.
The Government will retain con- trol of the wireless and telephone services, the development of which will proceed steadily. The Lon- don-New York service is working practically continuously all day at £3 a minute, and is often engaged for a whole hour by financiers,
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"Bit of a Socialist, ain't he, Australia. Prolonged tests have proved satisfactory, and the In-Jim?"
"Not 'arf, he ain't. Why, he' The expenditure during June auguration merely awalts agree-
charges borrows my money, 'elps 'imself to totalled $1,741,768, against $1,677,- ment regarding 002 for the same month in 1928. Many British business men are
my fags, and now I'm blowed if Outgoings from January to June anxious to use the telephone, es-e don't want to write to my gell" were $9,508,591, compared with pecially those wishing to confer
A recent article in a Home paper 39,867,368 for the first half of with their Australian representa- 1928. The estimated expenditure tives. They say that telephone on "Our Wonderful Language" re- for the whole year was $24.799,853 conversations will replace personal minds "F. C. V." of the young
oversea visits,"
Frenchman who, on being told by "Half-an-hour's talk on the tele-a lady that her daughter was very phone will clear up points which delicate, replied, "But I thought indell- at present necessitate a costly that Miss--was so very journey, occupying over three cate"! months,"
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"THE LAST WARNING"
FINISHES TO-DAY.
"The Last Warning," Universal'as mystery special starring Laura Lai Plante at the Queen's Theatre, now being shown, is hailed as an unusual and spectacular produc- tion.
From the very acquisition of the story through every phase of the work of production Carl Laemmie's orders that this be made into a special were adhered to on a grand scale.
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The following quotations as at the close the market Friday ve been received from their corres- pendents Messrs. Hayden, Stone and Co., of New York, by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, Sassoon House, Shanghai, (cable, address: "Swan-
"The poor foraigner's troubles don't end with the language, how- ever," continues the correspondent, "I was once travelling in a dining car in England. At our table were a young Frenchman, two ladies,
other, When the waiter drought round the wine list the Frenchman asked us all to have a drink. He was so obviously trying to adapt himself to what he imagined was the usual English, custom that it was difficult to refuse without hurting his feelings.
"However, a pleasant converan- stock, (Shanghai), who are not res- tlon ensued, in which I tried to Remembering what a tremend-ponsible for the cable mutilations. explain our English way of stand-
ous success Paul Leni had made in directing Laura La Plante in The Cat and the Canary", Laem-
a charge of taking under section her custody, shall be restored to more terrifying and mysterious
26 of the Ordinance, because under that section practically the whole unus is on the prosecution, whereas under section 18 a con- siderable ont is thrown on the defendant.
than anything ever seen before on the streen..
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Anncordia Cepper... 131 10 of Ordinance No. 1 et 192mle decided to give the director Bethlehem Steel
any star combination a chance to outdo Baltimore and Ohio That section provides, that and tan who wishes to be restore their. spectacular work in this Chrysler Corp. (Cor-
mon) to the custody of her parent or other mystery story. He put every On the other hand, it is just
natural guardian, and any ai facility of Universal studio at Erie Rly Co. posible that the evidence of the
si ander eighteen whose parent their command and gave them a General Motors prosecution would not be suficiente natural guardian, wishus sus free rein. The result is that Generally Bly
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The Word "Harbour." Accordingly, "section 4. of this Ordinance amends section 18 of the principal Ordinance so as to make it clear that the person who abducts or imports may be con victed of harbouring. The one portunity is taken of expanding the word "harbour" into "harbour, detain or have under control."
Section 32 of the Protection of
and Women
Girls Ordinance. 1897, Ordinance No: 1 af 1897, harl a carious history in the five Women and Girl Ordinances enacted between 1889. the year in which the section first occurred, and 1807, and in its present form it is not quite satisfactory, especially in view of the provisions of the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, Ordinance No. 1 of this of 192%, Section Ordinance proposes to substitate a new form of the section,
In the first place: the present section negatives in undesirably wide terms the right of a parent. to the custody of a girl where the parent has parted with the girl for the purpose of adoption into an other family, or had received money for parting with the custody of the girl for any purpose.
Guardianship Vested. The proposed new section 32 does not expreasly negative any right on the part of the parent, but merely vests the guardianship of the girl in such a case in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. It the Secretary for empowers Chinese Affairs as legal guardian to make any order regarding the custody of the girl which he may think desirable in her interests. subject to one qualification which is' referred to below."
In making any such order the" Secretary for Chinese Affairs would no doubt give full weight to the natural and moral claim of the parent to the custody of the girl. Thus, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs will still have the full rights of a legal guardinn, but there will be no provision to su gest that the natural claims of the Baront have been extinguished. Further, there will be nothing to suggest that the parent could not succesfully assert n claim as against a third party to the custody of the girl if the Secretary for Chinese Affairs were not to. his legal right of exercise guardianship.
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In the third place, it might be argued that the declaratory clause of Ordinance Nu. 1 of 1923, sertion 2 negatives the right of
You remember the thrills and guardianship cenferred on the Secretary for Chinese, Affairs, by chills of that outstanding success, suction 2 of Ordinance No, of "The Cat and the Canary?". The production abilities have 1897. Reasons are given in the same Objects and Reasons attached to combined in "The Last Warning." the Female Domestic Service and they have surpassed their pre- Amendment Bill for suggesting vious effort in the mystery fell. that the confilet here is only ap The story is entirely different, parent, but it has been thought and the director, Paul Leni, defies better to make the matter quite anyone to solve the mystery be- clear, and this is being done by forehand. Laura La Plante is dans of a new section 23 which starred.. A large cast is in sup the above bill proposes to insert part. The photoplay is from the
in Ordinance No. 1 of 1923. That stage play of the same name which new section will provide that ran for so long on Broadway.
The story takes place in a haunt othing in Ordinanes No. 1 of 1923 is to affect any right, ored theatre. The ecric things be-- in thegin to happen when a producer guardianship vested
Chinese Aflairs rents a theatre which has been Secretary for under Ordinance No. 4 of 1897, or vacant five years, to be vested in him ander Ordi- nance No. of 1897 is amended by this Ordinance.
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
Right of Search.
Here is the solution to the Section 39 of the principal Ordi-puzzle on another page.
GATE, DATE. DARE, DARN, munee gives to the Secretary for
officer YARN, YARD. Chinese, Affairs, and any authorised" for that purpose by him in writing, power to search any vessel or place where he has reasonable cause to suspect that there is any woman or girl, who may be able to be dealt with under the Ordinance, or in which he has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence against the Ordi- nance is being committed. It also gives power to search for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is in any vessel or place any woman or girl who may be liable to be dealt with under the Ordinance, or for the purposes of nscertaining whether, any offence against the Ordinance is being committed there.
The section, gives power to remove and detain the woman or giri, but it gives no power to arrest, and it gives no power to seize documents or other articles which may be evidence of an uffence. It also fails to make it an offence to obstruct any auch search.
Section G of this Ordinance substitutes a new section 39 which will remedy the above defects. The new section also give to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and to the authorised officer, the right to put questions to persons found in any vessel or place searched under the sections and it requires answer Buch Ruch persona to questions, truthfully, and to obey In the second place, the present any order given connected with
Legal Guardian.
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It also makes it an offence to Secretary for Chinese Affairs the force or induce a woman or girl full and unfetterred right of a who is liable to be dealt with legal guardian. Section 10 of under the Ordinance to conceal Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, however, herself, or to escape with a view considerably limits his right to restore a girl who is a muti taai toto evading or obstructing the
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The repeat programme present- ed by the Warwick Itevue Company at the Star Theatre last night was enjoyed by a small but very ap preciative audience. The even- ing's entertainment was an un- usually good one, the whole thing being up-to-date and far ahead of anything of its kind that has ever been presented in Hongkong. To-night the company presents "High Lights," and if it is hulf as good as was last night's show, it will be well worth while seeing. Those who fuil to attend these en- tertainments will certainly miss
wonderful chance.
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A passive verb.is when the sub- jebt is the, sufferer, as "I am loved." The masculine of "vixen 19 vicar.
Woisey saved his life by dying
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on the way from York to London."
Ab. Mr. Whistler," said an ad- mirer of the eccentric artist once, "I know of only two painters in all the world Velasquez and your- self."
Whisaler in his "Why," said softest tones, "Why drag in Velns- quez?"
On another becasion an admirer said, "I see you everywhere in nature in the sky, in the clouds, in the water."
"Yes," said Whistler with an air of inimitable self-complacency, "Nature: is very apt. She shows a decided improvement since I took her ap."
When you see a man sitting on a park seat and filling his pipe from three separate pouches, you may be pardoned for a certain amount of curiosity (writes a cor. respondent of the Liverpool Post). I saw a man going through such a ceremony the other day, and in answer to my query, he willingly ex- plained his action.
The first pouch contained green nas, of which he put in the bot-
tom of the bowl as much as is usually knocked out by less thrifty men in the form of dottle. Then came a good layer of his favourite plug, well, rubbed up, from the second pouch, and the top dressing was of light cigarette tobacco to ensure a quick take-up on the ap plication of the first match,
"I have been doing it for years,” he told me, "and if everybody did the same, tobacco shares wouldn't be where they are to-day.”
THE HOCKEY CLUB.
TEAM TO MEET H.K.S.R.A. ON WEDNESDAY..
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The following have been selected to tho represent the firnt team Hongkong Hockey Club in their match with the H.K.S.KA. on the Marina ground at 5.16 on Wednesday.-C. W. Woodward, J. Rodger, Gregory, Butler, A. A. Dand (captain), J. E. Noronha, G. E. R. Divett, R. W. Skipp, E. D. Lawrence, E. C. Fincher and C. C. Francis.
Yesterday's -Match.
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The Hongkong Hockey Clab "A" team beat the YM.C.A. hockey play. ery at King's Park yesterday after- Btrenuous noon, following a very
game, by two goals to one.
The Y.M.C.A. were handicapped by the absence of their regular goal-
kach, but put up the
the
the better of the play in second half. T. J. Prico and Watson (who scored) were outstanding play- ors for the Y.M.C.A., who have got together quite a good team and are looking forward to a successful dea
BOT.
Tho Y.M.C.A will be seen out again at King's Park this afternoon, when they meet the Kowloon Ladies, play commencing at 430."
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