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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 1984.
BISHOP HALL AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
STRONG PLEA FOR ABOLITION
TWO COUPLES FIGHT
QUARREL OVER “SQUEEZE”
EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD licensed
OF TWENTY YEARS
"IMPERSONAL"
JUSTICE
A Chineso married couple, both hawkers, and another couple, both unlicensed hawkers, were engaged in a free fight in Tung Street yesterday.
FRAU DOLLFUSS IN RICCIONE
The male PAINFUL SCENE AT
unllconsed hawker struck the other man in the stomach with a bamboo polo, Tho women also joined in. An Indian constable came on the scene and all parties were taken to the Central Police Station.
STATION
DEEP MOURNING (Special to "Telegraph") Telegraph. Copyright; Telegraphie
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DOG-OWNERS FINED
MUZZLING ORDER OFFENCES
RADIO BROADCAST
Several owners of dors were A Talk On Dr. Morrison summoned at the Central Magis-· tracy this morning for not comi
lying with the muzzling older.
31. A. Cooper, Lugard fall,! Hongkong University, was fined $10 by Mr. Macfadyen for al- lowing his brown and white ter- rier to go abroad without a muzzle fund without a lend.
J. F. Grose, of 6 Condult Road, Keston for allowing his yellow chow
was also fined $10 bỷ Mr. Hamil
Received Aquat
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By Rev. Allen.
PIANOFORTÉ RECITAL
From ZAW on a wavelength of 355- metres.
1-2.15 p.m. European Programme. 1 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
Sir-As a trial for murder has
When brought before Mr. Mac- Just been concluded and another fadyen in the Central Police Court
1.08 p.m. Hecorded Music, murder has recently been com- this morning. Acting Sub-In-
1.15 pm. A Relay of the. Hong- mitted, I wish to raise again with spector Cunningham said the first | 1. *** **
dog to be without a muzzle. Dekong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong- the citizens of Hongkong the defendant pald 15 cents to the third
Riccione, July 81,
fendant said the dog had had akong Hotel Grill Room (by courtesy
of the Management). question of the death sentence. defendant and; this mency Wna A painful scene was wit-muzzle on, but it had slipped off."
supposed My proposal in that for an ex-arrest. Yesterday
to guaranteo against nessed when Frau Dollfuss Road, was fined $25 for allowing Cheung Wing-kal, 89 Robinson perimental period of twenty years four were causing obstruction, and arrived here to-day from his dog to be without a muzzle on every death sentence. should be together with other hawkers were Vienna, after attending the Repulse Bay beach.
commuted,
morning, al
told to move by a Welhaiwel con- This is matler for
stable. Recalling that he had made Governor-In-Council; I do
the the "payment", the third defondant wish to suggest that it can be bamboo pole,
not became angry and picked up a settled by an expression of civic opinion. It is, howover, my hope. "The question of squeeze has that if a measure of public sup. been gone into but we cannot get port is forthcoming for an expert-jany corroborative evidence that mont of this kind, the Government any money was pald", added the will accede to our request.
prosecuting officer.
My reasons are na follows:
The man who used the pole was (1) Hongkong provides the Aned $10, the other man $7 and the British Commonwealth with antwo women were fined $2 each. admirable laboratory for experl- ments and should be so used.
SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
(2) In the case of an experi- ment in the abolition of Capital Punishment, Hongkong has the advantage of a highly trained and efficient Government. Frequent Uso of the death sentence is al- ways a sign of weak government. The Hongkong Government IA strong enough to dispense with it altogether.
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convinced that thought of penalty never deters a murderer. Therefore abolition could not, I hope, lead to any In- crease in murder. For the same reason I do not believe abolition would lend to a decrease in the number of murders committed. Any slight incrense or decrease in
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(4) In the early part of this year
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REDUCE SUMMER
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The New South Wales Railways! have been experimenting with various coloured coaches to de- termine the effects of enlour on temperature.
The department has now found, says Austral News, that an ex- terior cream paint reduces the interior temperature by six to ten degrees,
PLEA FOR DISCUSSION.
funeral of her husband.
Sergeant Dall said defendant was met at the station by her two the beach.
The widow of the Chancellor was swimming and the dog was on children, who had obviously been
of their father's assassination. told, while their mother was away, trick, taking a dog on a bench, in Mr. Hamilton-It is a filthy
Little Eva, who is only five anduny case.
bitterly,
half years of age, was sobbing Several other Chinese were fined
while her younger for the same offence. brother, unable to understand what it was all about, was crying in sympathy.
CENTENARY
Frau Dollfuss is in deep mourn-MORRISON ing and she wept as she embraced her children. Signora Museolint, who was also present, could not restrain her tears in the pathetic scene.Reuter Special.
AUSTRALIA'S
DR. ALLEN ADDRESSES
ROTARY
"Emphasis is being laid through- out these centenary celebrations on
1.30 pm. Reuter Press Bulletins. Rugby Press News, etc.
2.15 p.m. Close Down,
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 6-6.16 p.m. Children's Concert. 7.10.30 p.m. European Programme. York 7 p.m. London and New Stock and Commodity Quotations.
7.05-7.30 p.m. Orchestral.. Gopak (The Fair at Sorotchinsk")
(Moussorgsky). Corteze den Nobios ("Minda")
(Rimsky-Korsakov). London. Symphony Orchestra con- Eleging Melody (Greig):
ducted by Albert Contes.
Willem Mengelberg and his Con- certgebouw Orchestra.
1. Heartaches:
2. The Last Spring. Bavarian Dance, Op. 27,
No. 1. (Elgar). Bavarian Dance, Op. 27,
No. Z. (Elgar),
London Symphony Orchestra cón- ducted by Sir Edward Elger, O.M. 8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
7.30-8.15 p.m. Variety.
Fox Trot That's a Pretty Thing- I'm Hitching my Wagon to you.
The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. Song-Si-Petite.
DEFENCE the fact Robert Morrison's memory Song Sana Tol-Tango Chaste.
is a common possession ... ought to serve therefore as a un CRUISERS TO BE-serve as a reminder to us of how ifying force. Let this centenary
COMMISSIONED
with her defence plans.
Australia is pushing
much we owe, even in our baitince sheets and our soaurity, to the mon ahead and women who from time to have come to these ahores, and not -by
Mlle. Lucienne Boyer (Soprano), Selection--Love, Life and Laughter. Vocal Duet-Gee, Oh Gosh, I'm
New Wayfair Orchestra.
Grateful. Vocal Duet-What's Good for the Goose, la Good for the Gander,
Sam Browne and Girl Friend.
Sang---The Very Thought of you.
Ray Noble and His Orchestra. Song-A Place in your Heart
Sam Coslow. (Tenor). 8.15-8.47 p.m. A Concert Violin Solo Hungarian Dance violin Solo-Cavatina (Raf)
No. 2 in D Minor (Brahma).
(Op. 86, No. 3),
Arthur Catterall.
recruited in batches
Six hundred men arc to be all as missionarica, prompted b Piano Solo-Truc.
for H.M.S.
Phaeton,
the just that impulse to disinterested Plano Solo A Thousand Goodnight's. the cruiser service which brought here Robert
Raio da Costa- Accompanied by the which the Commonwealth Govern Morrison" said Dr. E. L. Allen, in Fox Trot-I Love you Truly.
New Mayfair Orchéstm. an experimental period would be Temple, the Archbishop of York, from Britale for £2,500,000. The dress at the Rotary Club tin, ut
ment has decided to purchase the course of an interesting ad- Waltz-The Show la Over. due to other reasons. My con- are convinced that the arguments Defence Department has been re- the Roof Garden of the Hongkong viction is that Government, find-used to justify the death sentence commended to commission two of Hotel yesterday, on Dr. Morrison, ing at the close of the expert in the past are no longer valid. the five destroyers given to Aus-the pioneer British missionary to mental perlod considerable We believe that we are interpret-tralia last year by the British China. Increnge in the number of murders ing the mind of Christ in pleading! Government and now in reserve, committed, would abolish the for abolition.
states Austral News,
Rotarian M. K. La presided, and death penalty altogether.
Catapults will be installed in guests welcomed included Hon. I pointed out that once a murderer
the cruisers "Australia" and Sir Thomas Southorn, Messrs. S becomes "known intimately as a per
I therefore write to ask any "Canberra" to enable the launch-F. Mittock and A. Tinney (Shang-Song-Liebesfeier (Weingartner). son" to the community, the demand men or women of goodwill who ing of the new Seagull V am-hai), T. Ramsay, W. H. E.. Thomas, Song-Es blinkt der Tau (Rubinstein). for commutation of sentence he share my views, or who wish to phibian aeroplanos carried by House H. Owen Hughes and Meta Sienemeyer, (Soprano).
Cello Solo-Menuet (Paderewski. camos acate. For this reason it discuss them further, to com-onch, and consideration is being S. V. Boxer.
Op. 14, No. 1). would be virtually impossible for mulcate with
soon as given to closer co-operation be
Cello Solo-Spanish Danco tho_death sentence-to-be-carried Fossible. Our desire for Hongween Australia and New Zealand
(Aragonesa)-(Cassado). kong is that she should continue on naval, military and air force
Gaspar Cassado. the good work begun by our mattera.
Song-Do net go, My Love fathers, who, by their honourable
(Hagemann), traditions of trade, have made
Song Phyllis has such Charming Hongkong what it is. To con-
- Graces, (arr. Lane Wilson]. tinue their good work means for
Tudor Davies (Tenor); our generation that we should go
Light Orchestral Munte. forward to new ventures of faith
Symphonic Rhapsody on "I Heard you in community life, letting gradual.
Singing" and "Bird Songs at spire us, so that British justice! ly higher and higher ideals in-
Eventide." in the Far East stands, not for conservative self-righteousness,
out on any European. We would know so much about his tempta- tlone, about his difficulties, about the reasons that, led him to act, that we would insist that the full rigour of the law was stayed in his case.
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SINO-JAPANESE CONFERENCE
COL. SHIBAYAMA'S STATEMENT
Peking, Aug. 1.
BLANKET DEAL SEQUEL
BREACH OF CONTRACT847-9.10 p.m.
PROVED
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A claim by N. S. Noses & Co., Ltd, of 17, Queen's Road Central, against Sheung Ip & Co., and Lo Tez-leung, partner, of 27, Wing Lok Street, for $38,719.20 for
Symphonic Rhapsody on "I Pitch my Lonely Caravan". (Eric Coates).
Eric Coates and Symphony Orch. Potpourri aus der Operette, "É
Gasparono" (Millocker),
Marie Louise (Meisel). Love's Last word is Spoken (Bixio).
Edith Lorand Orchestra.
Marek Weber and his Orchestra. Mr. II. G. Sheldon, instructed Danse des Apaches (Cuthbert
any reason reflecting on British ment and understanding dealing Colonel
a statement to pressmen, breach of contract was successful Justice. Justice must necessarily with unfortunate men and women, military attache, said that Japan A. MacGregor, at the Supreme Shibayama, Japanese before the Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. be impersonal, and the central who, because of their upbringing fact about mon and women in that and their environment, senace our is prepared to send responsible Court this morning.
a Sino- conference
they are persons, Once a man of common life. woman becomes known to us as a
Veleased to Peking for
New Light Symphony Orchestra. 9.15-9.43 pm. From the Studio. A Talk on "Dr. Morrison" by The Rov. E. L. Allen, M., PH.D.
9.45 p.m.
In a matter so vital, I know that General Huang Fu return from plaintiff, the defendants not putting Glow Worm Idyll (Link) person, impersonal treatment of have no need to apologise for Hangchow, He added that Japan in an appearance.
Clarke). should by Mr. F. E. Nash, represented them becomes intolerable,
(5) But Capital Punishment writing at some length, but I am, is more desirous
than ever to
Plaintiff formally gave evidence not only means treating a person Sir, most grateful to you for your effect a closer co-operation with that impersonally, it means destroying courtesy.
China in all respects.-Central August, 1931, to buy 400 bales of defendant contracted in
blankets, there being 100 pieces in fench bale, at $1.65 per piece. De- fendant failed to take delivery and the goods were eventually sold by public auction at a loss of $38,719.- 20.
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not
RONALD HONGKONG.
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that person. Whatever our beliefs about life after death, our theory of Capital Punishment is Based on our bollefs. A penalty! DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF which destroys the personality, Keven of who has himself ARTIFICE 18 ALLOWABLE IN DE- destroyed another person, is a CEIVING A RIVAL; WE MAY EMPLOY survival from more primitive days. EVERYTHING AGAINST OUR ENEMIES. This survival is only possible be-Richelieu. cause of a habit of impersonal į thinking about those whom we do not know ne persons.
SURIVAL OF PAST.
Lai Lai, a coolte, was sentenced to one month's hard labour by Mr. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy plaintiff with costs, this morning, for the thaft of a cat belonging to Kwok Yung, a shop foki. trapped the animal in Belcher Street. Inspector Hourihan sad defendant,
His Lordship gave judgment for
Feeling the need for a smoke, Li Sze, 46, unemployed and poorly clad, snatched fe packets of Hatamen" cigarettes from a widow's stall in Two cases of diphtheria with one, Des Voeux Read. Brought before Mir. death, two cares of typhold, two cases (6) Capital Punishment sur-Macfadyen in the Central Police Court of meningitis with two deaths, two vives from the days when retribu- this morning, the man pleaded guilty tion was considered moral netion. and was sent to prison for two weeks, death and ifty-nine death from
Punishment can be defined
AB-
(a) Retributivé
(b) Deterrent
(e) Reformative
of puerperal fever with one tuberculosis were reported la the Sentence of
ong month's hard local health authorities last
week. Inbour was imposed by Mr. Hamilton, On Monday one case of typhoid was at the Central Magistracy this morn also reported.
WINDING-UP ORDER
BRITISH FILM DISTRIBUTION CO.
Reuter Press Bulleting, London 1 pm. Stock and Commodity Quota- clone.
-0.50-10.10 p.m. From the Btudio.
A Pianoforte Recital by Mrs. Nura Kania.
1. Sonale;
Beethoven.
(n) Allegro Vivzeo. (b) Adagio Grazioso, (e) Allegretto,
2. Two pieces from Davidsbundler, Op. 0... Schumann. 10.15-10.30 pm. Dand Selections, Dance of the Tumblers ("Snow
Blaiden'') (Rimsky-Korankov). Golliwog's Cake Walk ("The Child-
ren's Corner") (Debussy), The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band- conducted by H. Walton O'Donnell. Songs of Wales.
The Regimental Band. of I. M.. Grenadier Guards conducted by Captain George Miller. Router Press Bulletins, Rugby Mid-
10.30 p.m.
followed by New York Opening Que Bt Preas Nows, Further London Stock and Commodity Quotations,
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LATEST SINGAPORE
A winding-up order in respect of ing, on Mak Kin, unemployed, who
the British Film Distribution Co., Capital Punishment plainly can-
admitted the theft of $45.16 from a The first instalment of an interest-Ltd., was made this morning by the not be the reformative. An ox-Lane yesterday. Detective Sergeant struction of the atom appears in the Gregor, on the application of the women, Shea Kam, in Spring Gardening article on the nature and con-Chief Justice, Mr. A. D: A. Mac- perimental period could show Fitches and the money was not. August number of The Rock. how far it is or is not a deterrent., covered. Defendant said to droppal author, the Rev. Fr. D. Lawler, SJ, McNeill, Instructed by Mr. O. E. C.
The company, represented by Mr. D.tations, The retributive view of punish the oney in trying to get away.. deals interestingly with a subject that Marion, of Besare. Deacons. ment la no longer considered
is receiving incrassing attention from Mr. McNeill said there was no tenablo by any outstanding Chris-i While a woman was asleep on the scientista Other articles help to unusual feature about the applien tian thinker. It originates. In a flour of No. 40 Sal Street, grount make the current number of The Rocktion except that it was made by the legal and therefore, an impersonal floor, in the early hours this a more than usual interesting one. view of life. The law is useful to wrench o gold bangle from her morning, a male occupant attempted
company itself and not. by a Just because it in impersonal, but wrist. The movement awoke her and pleaded guilty before Mr. Macfadyen had boon set out by Mr. Palmer in creditor, the reasons for which Chłu Choung, 22, unemployed, when the final question of destroy-she called out. The mail was caught in the Central Police Court this mornan afklavit. He asked that his ing a personality is concerned the and taken to the Police Station. limit of useful Impersonal action nearing before Mr. Macfadyen in the counterfeit Hongkong ten-cout pieces, permission to appoint the Official roney quotations, (buyers) from Sin-
Aping to the possession of one hundred Lordship grant the order and received the followingStraits cur has boon roached.
Central Police Court this morning, and was fined $50, or one month's Receivor as liquidator of the gapore today for raw rubber (7) Lastly, please understand the mity to chur ako 48, plead hard labour. Detective-Sergeant catate this is not an official letter, but an watching and was sentenced to one was in two rolls. Defondant was ar
ed guilty to n. charge of attempted Fowlie, prosecuting, stated the money Increasing number of Church month's hard labour. The complain-rested in Des Voeux Road Central. Satisfied and made the order as Ape/Juns
His Lordship expressed himselt Ost/Deer: ****lipii lóndora, led...by Dr. Williamant was Leung Yik, a concubino.. He had come from Macao.
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