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UNITED STATES OF INDIA
DAVIDSON INQUIRY
REPORT
FEDERAL PLAN
London, July 27. With the issue lo-night of the Report of the Indian States Inquiry Committee, the work of all three Committees appointed after the second session of the Round Table Conference has been completed.
The next important stage in the Indian situation will be the announcement, promised during
the present summer, of the floy- ernment's dreision on the com mupal question.
renched
The States Inquiry Committee, over which Mr. 4. 6. C. Davidson
exided,
unanimous. nclusions after #t 10,000-mile tour among the Indian States, were held with 88 Rulers or their Ministers, as well as with deputa- tions representing whole classes of the smaller States..
during which personal discussions
IDEAL SYSTEM.
The purpose of the Committee was to explore speriße financial problems of each state, bearing in mind the principle that the ideal system would be to arrive at an arrangement by which the Federal units would contribute on a uniform basis to Federal re-
sources.
of the existing rights
# each
BETTING LAW
USELESS
POLICE UNABLE TO
STOP GAMBLING
THE
The pollee in London ennnot stop street betting.
This was admitted by the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in his evidence before the Royal Commission on Latteries and letting.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1932.
POLICE PETITION YANKEES SUFFER REAL
SEQUEL
NEW DUTY HOURS
ISSUED
MEN STILL VERY
DISSATISFIED
SETBACK
Outhit Indians in Second Game and Lose
New York, July 27, Thanks to some brilliant work by Cleveland Indians, Rube Wal- berg and their leavy bitters, Phil-
shined adelphia Athletics
Lwo full games on the New York Yan-: Rees to-day, with the Indians equally successful.
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What Is tantamount to a reply Sir Trevor Bigham, Deputy Com.to the recent petition submitted to the Metropolitan the Government by the Junior missioner of Police, who was the principal wit-members of the Hongkong Police that there was a vast amount of form of a revision of the hours of issue in the second game of Cleve- ness before the Commission, said Force has now been received in the Morgan's home run settled the
ready money betting on private duty. These are contained in Orland's double header with premises which was practically un-ders issued by the Inspector General Yankees. The Indians, registered touched by the law.
of Police to become effective on twelve runs from 9 hits. poliec action with regard to street the men who will be affected by
"It is not too much to say that Monday next, August 1,
Dissotisfaction is evident among betting is, for practical purposes, ineffective, simply because of the the changes, which are described ting facilities," he said. largeness of the demand for bets unfair and injurious to the
"Some alt of the men concerned, " parts of London are so riddled with street betting that to deal with it affectively would require a very much larger number of police than
the Athiettes to beat Detroit 13-8 Foxx, Simmons, MeNair and Miller hit for the circuit to enible
in their first game. In the second, Walberg pitched wonderfully, al- lowing seven scattered hits, blank- ing the Tigers completely,
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(Verdi) The men directly concerned are
Eva Turner (Soprano) 12124. Yoel Germa-Talen of Hoffman (Affenbarb), those on street patrol. Previously Pittsburgh Pirates in the Na- Vocal Gem-Stenon (Thomas) they were required to patrol the tional won both games of a double song Manon Lerant-Malden so Fair (Pur- Victor Opern Company 335075, streets for stretches of six hours aheider and are gradually drawing be made available without day, but recently orders were is clear of their rivals, prohibitive expenditure. It is not to the effect that the tours of by any means every policeman who duty would be increased to eight has the ability or the desire to per day to be performed in stretches of four hours on and eight hours carry out the duty effectively,"
could
off.
were
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hit by Terry, Lindstrom, and Moore (Giants), Vaughan and Piet (Pittsburgh). Only the most flagrant cases could
Herman and Durocher (Cincinna It was against this arrangementti Jolley (Boston Red Six), VOS large amount of business was consignatories regesting a reversion Kabel (Washington, be dealt with, he said, and a very
that the petition was drawn up, the mik (Cleveland) Wyatt (Detroit). ducted with impunity. Even so, in 1981 there were 3315 prosecutions. and the total fines amounted to
over £20,000,"
the
to The old times.
WORSE STILL.
There has now been a revision
these
Sir Trevor, "the operation of the the method by which the duties
"Speaking generally," abserved i betting laws, from the police point are to be performed and The work involved examination of view. is very unsatisfactory, are stated to amount not only a They have a bad influenes on policenial of the request of the junior officers of the Force, but the im- State under its particular treaty administration. They
greater hard- with the Crown, and examination police, who should be the friends position of even in detail of the contributions of the law-abiding public, in a post which certain States make, and Lion of antagonism to a very that for the first ten days of a It is pointed out, as an example, the value represented by the ter- part of, which is law-abiding in math an officer is required to do. ritories which some of the States all respects except those rising from
the taste for gambling.
have ended to the Crown in r turn for guarantees of a military
nature.
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his eight hours duty at a single
stretch from B.m. to 4 4. and. according to the,strel reading
of the Orders, no time is allowed for tiffin; while in another i- stance the eight hours are to bet performed within
period L twlve hours, having a break
our hours in between.
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"A grave objection to them is the templation to the police which they The Committer has prepared are bound to give rise to, and to balance abent for
sometimes suc- Indian which the police
01 State, debiting the amounts incumb
What makes this aspect of respect of certain immunities the matter worse is that the public,
According to some officers, the enjoyed, and crediting it with its reeing the extent to which illegal elreumstances are even more ag- contribution to the Crown, which betting is carried on with apparent gravated when there is a change into the re-impunity, is liable to form the con-of shifts, in which ease a man is eventually passes venues of the Government of clusion that corruption is wide will do sixteen bours, punctuated India.
spread, and to ignore the efforts with rests of four hours between The object of the Committee has that are made to enforce the law | every four hours' duty. been to suggest terms which could be fairly reasonably accepted both by the States and British Indin as a basis of mutual and volun- tary association. So far as the "Some, no dorbt, have founda- States are concerned, such as- tion," he said, "but a large num- angiation inust be achieved -with | ber are false and are actuated by cach individually, as only in the desire either to injure rivals in very general sense is it possible the trade or to diseourage" polier to speak of the common interest | activilies. The subject, therefore, of the States, na contrasted with the interests of British India.
"GOLDEN SCALES."
as far as it can be enforced. There' The Orders issued by the In-
is ne department of police work inspector General of Police contain which accusations of dishonesty are the tabulated times of duty so common.
ase orders in connexion leave, str.
is a cause of constant anxiety to polier authorities, and any change which would relieve it would be heartily welcomed."
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WOMEN TO ARREST WOMEN
NEW POLICE- ORDER
The recommendations of the Sir Sydney Skinner--To put it
Lord Trenchard, Commissioter Committee are thus intended to baldly, they say that the police are
of the Metropolitan Police has provide material for a settlement | “squared." fs that only gossip or A get-together sapper-dance, issue an order that, in future, with each State on its entry into is there any real basis of fact?
inaugurated by the members of
when women are to be arrested the Federation on a basis of 3. Sir Trevor-That is a very dilli- the Anzac Corps of the Hongkong on warrants, women police shall -alance sheet taking into account cult question to answer.
Volunteer Force, will be held at he engaged on the duty. individual credits and debits,
Dealing with the action taken in the Peninsula Hotel to-morrow In cases of emergency it may The Committee, however, points | regard to lotteries, Sir Trevor suid night.
he necessary for men detectives out that by the very fact of their | that i was not the practice of the Over 120 residents have signified to art in the first instance, but entry into the Federation, the police to interfere with lotteries of their intention of being present as soon as possible the responsi States would be making a contri-a private inture.
at the function, the primary object (bility will be handed over to wo- bution "which is not to be weigh- The Chairman-Apart from the of which is to bring together the men officers. ed in gulden scales".--British Wire- Irish Sweep, which has submerged Australian and New Zealand resid Hitherto women have played less.
us, are lotteries kept within reason-ents in the Colony,
only a secondary part in the arrest able bounds under the prescent law?
When Dancing, the music for which of members of their sex. - is very difficult to say what will be rendered by the Peninsula such an arrest involved a rail- reasonable bounds are; there is an Dance Band, will be interspersed way or motor-ear journey a male enormous number of lotteries go with several musical items, and police officer who executed the
the entire programme will be re- warrant was invariably yayed by ZBW.
panied by a police matron or a be obtained from any member of
Tickets, which cost $5 each, may policewoman.
In future the woman police the Auzac Corps, or from Mr. Coffeer will travel alone, read the
BOAT WOMAN
DISCHARGED | FR 1995*
HAWSER THEFT NOT PROVED
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Mr. Hitchens--Have you idea why gumbling 'has increased? -A mere natural growth; it is disense which is catching. -
accom.
It was suggested to me that itde Saille Robertson, of the long-warrant to the accused if already was simultaneous with a marked kong Brewery. decrease in drinking-There has been a marked decrease in drink ing, but whether it is co-related to an increase in gambling I cannot pay
- On
insuflicient evidence, Mr. Fraser, at the Kow loon Magistracy this morning, dis- charged Leung Pak, the mistress of a junk, who was charged with unlawful possession of two coils The Chairman-No police action of steel hawsers.
can possibly stop the success of the Inspector Diston said the Irish Sweep in this country?-Not hawsera were found hidden in only cannot stop It, but can hardly defendant's junk yesterday. De-interfere with it in the slightest de- fendant claimed to have bought gree. the hawsers twelve years ago, but the police would say that they not as old as that. They
were
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BONFIRE OF GOSPELS IN THE STREET
INCIDENT BEFORE THE DUBLIN CONGRESS. All Australian detained, make the arrest herself, and New Zealand residents of and give evidence when the case) The Rev. T. Hongkong, and their friends, art
C. Hammond, comes before the court.
Superintendent of the Irish function, which promises to be now cordially invited to attend the Uniformed policewomen are Church Missions, Dublin, sponk- a recognised part of the ing at a united Protestant demon- Anzac dinner, held on April 25, even more successful than the last Metropolitan Police, and the new stration in the Kingsway Hall, order has a bearing on the ap- London, said that there word pointement of trained uniformed poriod in the history of truth policemen as detective constables when her adherents found them-
the Crimial Department.
Investigation solves sadly outnumbered. A striking instance was afforded on the Saturday preceding Congress Week in Dublin.
Following a quarrel with a woman relative, Cheong Sam-ho, aged 39,
narried woman of 68, Third Street, is stated to have committed suicidé yesterday by taking what appeared to he opium poisoning. She was re- moved to the Government Civil
norning.
Publication of Winners were taken round to some warships that a test case against a news Hospital, where she died early this
Mrs. Stocks-It is conceivable in harbour, and the police were for the publication of the prize- winners might be more effective
told that these hawsers
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were
similar to those used by warships. than "chivvying" one or two people. 7- The value of the property was $50.
After hearing the evidence, his been considered as to whether it on behind such action,
Sir Trevor-The question has tion?--You want solid public opin- Worship discharged the defendant. would be a proper thing to bring
Later Sir Trevor said that from such a case before the Courts, and the point of view of protection it was decided that it would not be against fraud it seemed to him that wise to do it. I would not advise the prize-winners' names should be #prosecution for the purpose of published. testing the legality,
WATER LEVELS.
WEST NORTH AND EAST RIVERS
The Chairman-1 got a letter Inst night from a person in America saying that he had heard I had been made Chairman of this Commission, and asking if I could tell him how Sir Trovor Yes, and the nows to get a ticket in the Irish Sweep.
The Chairman-If you succeeded everybody would be shouting, "We want this news, and why shouldn't
The following table issued by the we have it?" Kwangtung River Conservancy Com- mission shows the height of water papers would say that it was an im. (Laughter.)
in English foot on the dates named portant plece of nows which a large
Sir James Leishman-Do the
to the West, North and East Rivera: number of people wanted, and they police sometimes have sweepstakes
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"An earnest man." he continu- ed, "conceived the iden of dis tributing copies of the Gospel ac- cording to St. John in the streets. He was warned, I believe, by the Civic Guard that his action was in contravention of a police regula tion.
The following cable at the close of the sugar market yesterday "At any rate, he was set upon has been received by Messra. Pen-by a crowd. His bundle of Gos- trenth and Co.
pola was used to beat him on the head. The entire stock was confls. cated, torn to pieces, and publicly burned,"
"I have here a few that were rescued from the flames,” Mr. Hammond added. "What was the ground of the assault? He was giving out Protestant books and insulting the Yellow-the Pope's colour.""
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