MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY
TRIAL
To be held on Monday, August 3rd, over R course of about 105 miles on the Island.
Open to all licensed solo motor cyclists.
SILVER CUPS
will be awarded both for solo and teain entries.
Entry forms, rules and particulars may be had on application to H. G. Williams, Wine and Spirit Dept. Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
ENTRIES CLOSE ON JULY 23rd.
It will be of great assistance to the Committee if motor cyclists intending to compete, will please send in their entries as soon as possible.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, · THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931..
OUR OVERCROWEDED appreciative Azi the results
PRISONS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Referenen to the overcrowded rtite of Victoria Gool and
gratifying. Thanks are again lue to the visiting ladies for their voluntary and willing fforts. The female prisoners took no part in the atrike.
Lai Chi Kok Prison.
U.S. PRESIDENCY,
GOV. GENERAL OF P. I. NO CANDIDATE.
Manila, I'l. July 8. vernor-General of the Philip Colonel Dwight F. Davis, the
he will not be a candidate for the pine Islands, declared to-day that
Presidency of the United Staics in the general elections which are to: he held next year.
Garden: work continues to give the proful employment. Other work impossibility of aegregating thenne at Lai Chi Kok apart from different einsson of prisoner is the necessary ankeep duties me In the annual report for cooking, cleaning, etc. are string 1930 of the Superintendent of and net making, basket And Prisons, Mr. J. W. Franks, which makhur and grass mut- has just been published.
making. During the
In an interview here Colonel year It is stated that there were matmaking was successfully added Louts, flasouri, and who was the coir Davis, who is a Republican of St. 6.493 prisoners received tuto to this list. Prisoner No. 3225 Secretary of War under President prison that year, as against 5.779 raped of 2nd June, 1930. He Calvin Coolidge, pledged his in 1929, 59 per cent. of the totul | hus not
been reemptured. The strangest support to President admissions being on account, fennduct of prisoners generally Hoover. He said that he wil
revenue offoncés.
Forty-four boys were admitted
www very good,
General.
support the candidacy of Presi- dent Hoover for re-election next us Juvenile Le, under 16 years of age, during the year. with
year, 9sa pani-bments were awarded sentences varying from 48 hours for bretches of prison discipline as
Colonel Davis' denial of his detention to 12 months
hard garpared with t for the preced-alleged realdential aspirations Jabour, but only 19 were tirated in
was forced by an article published your, Corporal punishment
her na Juvenile Offenders; the others was fatleted in twenty-five enses
this afternoon by the in the ophions of the Superintension Tres. A Food Cons-hilippines Eleraid, the strongest dent and Medical Ofeer being less was appointed to enquire el in the English language in the Filipino-owned newspaper publish- over 16 years of age
intre the diet for prisoners and The percentage of
convicted t otporary Improved scale of diets Philippine Islands. prisoners admitted to prison with wax approved as from 7th Derms previous convictions recorded plug further consideration against them was 22.8 as con-
of the matter. pared with 23,8 for 1929.
Victoria Gaal (Male Prison). 14,091.535 forme were printed and issued to various Government. Departments and 79.701
101.
No Ald Society.
In support of its contention that Colonel Davis is being groomed na a candklate for the Presidency on the Republican ticket the Philip pines Herald, of which Don Manalo With reference to the Secretary Burgos is the editor, published of State's despatch of 12th No long quotations from A letter Vamber. 1990, Buelaving a copy of written by a United States Senn- the revolutia of 1 Coloninitor. The name of the Senator in regard to who is the authority for the state- bind or repaired, as compared her Conference with 15,61142 forms and
Prison Admluidration and Prisonment that Colonel Davis is being geneed for the Presidency was XX1 booka, in 1925, Buring the Services and drawing attention to
ast livalved. Year type to the value of $2.600 ments in the Committee's re- Jort to the tour to state was cast. A Linotype Machin
that was installed in Getoler and is a
Fu zoblition to th ment of the Prisfotog De Harment.
Owing to the demolition of the Printing Shop which was sidered un: fe, a tenkammare shop was elected in one of the Yards. +ther work done in the Prison
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11.
included matmaking Tailoring, rarpenteringt. tinsmithing, paint- laundering. shoe-making.
101
mapmaking. netnunking husketmaking in addition to the pecessary upkeep, work of cuoi-, ing, lemming and miner ilch- ing repairs.
(01-
Dark
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Com-
VORTH
Polom) Davis has been Governor General of the Philippine Islands succeeded Colonel Henry 1. Stimson, the Secretary of Stale, Ma ad- ministration hart been most
enecessful and he has won the respect and the friendship of thy Filipino people. in the provinces The fius su peasants refer to him.
"Papa' Davis."
41 The Pulier ape Trisna De- two
partments in the Colony are e parale as Promuntended by mille.
(3) There a
Discharged Prisoners Aid Society in This Volnay, Such and la- stitution might do The-Cul werk in mosisting mended ver charge.
For some times Colonel Davis has recomheen mentioned as a "dark horse" after dis- candidate for the Presidency bat Lolay marked the first time that Given better accomanda he has commented publicly on the
elgersistent rumours,
b
ut be held and lectures The letter from the unnamed given but until it is possible Senator which the Herald printed
few
casey
much На 91% aft tar prisoners convicted are not British born, and 23% are banished for periods vary- ing from 5 years to life after completing their sen- tences in prison. It is douht- ful, whether any system of nuentional nr vocational training would have much value in these case. The would only way to Judge
In consequence of the removal
To riegate the different in its editions of to-day was a o, the Printing: Department re-
esses and to separate the private one. Consent for its arrangement of parties was noees-
from hopeful Pases
the publication was not received until added to the sary which
habitual, the prospect of after it had been received here gestion to the Yards, and in-
reforming the criminal in and then of the condition that the - dustrial work suffered in conse-
prison is remote.
name of the writer be withheld, The Gaot was again Schemes are under considera- United Peran, overcrowded and antil # new tion for the building of a new prison is built it. is likely to prison. Unlit that institution is continue to be overcrowded.
occupied little or nothing can be A general strike of convicted dong effectively to separate the prisoners occurred on 16th Decem-different classes. ber. Labour was resumed gell- (4) Except in
rally on 24th December, A
where unproductive labour Special Committee of norials
used as a deterrent. Was appointed to art with the
every convicted prisoner in Superintendent. nf Prisons its
Honickong is now employ- dealing with five gering eases of
ed on some form of useful insubordination
arising out
work. Many develop inte good tailors, carpenters, I mat-makers and printers and with better facilities I am confident better work- ing results would be obtain- ed. Fifteen years ago the ajority turned the handles of machines known A 'cranks', or carried shot and stone, both forms of Babour producing no rc- ault except perhaps the development of certain muscles and dull discon- tent.
the strike. The remainder of the strikers were dealt with by the Superintendent under his
powers.
OWIT
Two prisoners escaped on 9th October. They were recuptured. Victoria Guel (Femule Prison).
This prison was also over- erowded. The ground for a new female prison is being prepareil. During the year the working party of English and Chinese re- sident ladies continued to visit the Prison to instruct the women in sewing rafiawork &e, and to rive them elementary education. The prisoners are attentive and
(5) This Colony's criminal po- pulation is peculiar inas-
be by the numbers of banishers returning to the Colony. A falling off in these numbers might in dicate that instruction in prison had enabled them to become useful members of society in their Own country or it might not. The number of banished criminals who return էր Hongkong varieg with the conditions in the adjacent Chaines provinces.
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