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COLONY'S CRIME REVIEWED.
LG.P. ON GROWTH OF COMMUNISM.
The 1930 report of the Inspector General of Police (the Hon. Mr. E. 1. Wolfe) had just been made public, from which we take the following in- teresting extracts:
THE
These Guards have been travelling regularly on the ships for over six months-and-no-aftempt at pirsoy has heen made on any ship provided with them, though it will be noted that two foreign ships, which carried Guards, were piratcil, one in July ani another In November.
TU
All the Shipping Companion, with possibly one exception, have expressed Themselven satisfied with the Guards provided, which they state ara efficient and which are certainly very much less costly than the Milltary Guards. It in however felt by the Polley Authorities that this work which the longkong Government has undertaken at the express requent of the Home Authorities and at consider- able inconvenience and some expense, and which is also entirely outside ita normal functions. Is not appreciated to the full by all who bairt by 1. Communism.
In
During the period under review local Communists attempted to carry out demonstrations on minn occasions The October, between May and places selected were usually in the the Central Market vicinity of ja Victori and occasionally on the Now Reclamation in Wanchal, the idea being, apparently, to attract
much attention as possible. all, twenty-re leading Communists were bankhed and one local news- paper the Sia Yat Po was promerib- ed by the Governor-in-Council and the Offee closed. the Manager and Editor A nerious effort st being banished.
In Industrial interference
maltern Was in connexion with the strike of some six hundred female workers SLE
A meeting was
pon-
the Nan Yeng Tobacco Ca's premisen on 10th November, broken up by the Police and the lenders, all Communists, were victed and subsequently deported. The most serious occurrence however was the murder of 1.8.C384 The On. a member of the Police Anti-Com- munist Squad, who was trapped by Communists in the Nga Fok Resta-27- Ant. Yauti, and shot dend on the 11th December, while attempting to obtuln information in evanexion with a Cumwanist Anniversary. Follow- ing bis murder considerable further Anti-Communist Police activity en inued, resbaling an important organisa- tion within the Colony which has been definitely suppressed for the time being.
Gambling.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931.
8.4711.
The vigilaner of the local authozi-
Following on the restrictive mea. sares adopted by the Poller during waveriding years since 1928 in prev-mL the runing of irregular latteries by all and sundry in connexion with che Jocal Face Meetings, which had as- sumed very serious proportions, the tire coupled with the precautions now necessary legislation to Fanble Potia taken on all large steamers in the to deal more effectively with such at-dunger zane ndoabtedly accounta teries was enacted during the year for the marked improvement in the when Ordinance No. 12, amending the "piracy" situation in South Chinn. iambling Ordinance No. 2 of 1891, The only ralical change In the Piracy was passed, The effect has been to precautions during the year was the reduce muzels lotteries to more reason- change over from Military to Police
graph. able proportions and to eliminate Guards referred to is an earlier para regular sweepstakes,
Hawkers.
The cost of the Force amounted to $2,007.797.83, as against $1,445,490.7% in 1923. The enhanced figure is ine
The total number of cases reported to the Police during the year 1930,
Revenue and Expenditure. was 24,031 an against 21,140 in 1929,
The revenue collected during the being an increase of 3,701 canon or
It was found necessary to tevorezder 11.2%. The average for the last fix the distribution of stallholder hawkers year amounted to $487,109 as against Compared with years In 22,034,
$463,1-18 in 1929, The estimated value of property throughout the City und Kowloon,1921 when the revenue was $259,376, stolen during the year was $1,196,688 owing to increasing trafic congestion na against $560,485 in 1929 an in- on the one hand and complaints from the collections have doubles,
$900,200. The average for the Sanitary Department on the other. A number of tails had to be cancelled the last five years is $714,574.
The value of properly teavered at the annual relicensing in October
Lo Lo cnuken, firstly the revision of during the year was $72,410 or 6% of to meet the first diffenlty, and in con- the property stolen as against $57,617exion with the latter, it was decided salaries based on the Salaries Com or 11% of the property stalen in 1999 to enforce more strictly the reguin mission Report of 1923 which was a decrease of 6% in ratin between the tien dealing with the dimensions of adopted by the Government and ap. the stalls. Incidentally, it was de-Proved by the Secretary of State with property stolen and property recover.
rided to insist that all stalls must be effect from 1st January, 1930, an ed.
Included in the sum of $1,126,088 | self-contained, particularly the food only the phenomenal drop in the
interference with sterling value of the dollar. shown in the estimat d value of pro-stalk; to prevent perty stolen are the amounts which revenging. Amented Regulations for were embezzled, mis-appropriated, or Hawkers were niso drawn up and stolen by clerke ur servants of banks submitted for consideration to the invernor-in-funcil. They have since and business hetzes, surk thefts are classed by the Palier & "preventeen, approved. able Crimea."
Arias.
T
Traffic.
The increase in moter trafle which amounted to close on one thousand vehicles during the year is unfortun The rehetion in ately also reflected in the number of stalls entailed a reduction in revente fatal accidents which show a regret- but it has certainly proved satisfac-nhle increase from thirty-six in 1920 tory, as the ever increasing ronges to fifty-nine in the year under review. There were 20 arms seizures during tion due largely to expawling motor The disregard of motor traffic by the year, of which 19 were charge
fransport of all kinds has been effec- pedestrians in the City and Kowloon Cases and 7 no charge caNER, The tively checked in the portion of the even where crossings for passengers only seizure of note was on board the City dealt with. The Rakwers Staff are marked out in white lines, arid the
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on the mainland has been chiefly en-further fact that youngsters are per- Revenue Beers seized 188 Automa- gaged in enllccting hawkers as far as mitted by their parents to indulge tic Pistols of French make and 18,000 pessible on to smeta specially prepar unchecked in ball games in motór rounds of ammunition,
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sightly appearance of the streets Such a procedure is, of course, not possible in Victoria an there are vacant spaces available
4.5.
The muzzling order was cancelled on 30th July and again brought into force with effect from 8th December, 110.
Three hundred and ninety-three dogs were destroyed in 1930 ns com- pared with 668 in 1929.
1920 1940
Dogs Licensed
Dogs Licensed (free), Dogs Impounded
Dogs Destroyed
3,5 3,500
37
31
70
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