THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.: THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1936.
SERIOUS CRIME WAVE
FILLS COLONY
JAILS TO LIMIT: RECORD CONVICTIONS
CONVICTIONS DOUBLED IN LESS THAN
FOUR YEARS
2,260 PRISONERS RELEASED BEFORE SENTENCES EXPIRE:
MORE LONG-TERMERS
"Tolograph" Special Representative.
It Pays
"Advertising, has fulfilled its part in keeping railway activities to the fore, and it is safe to say that it has contributed in na small mea- sure to increased patronage. of rail-travel."
Anual Report of Kowloon- -Stallway, 1935,
"TWILIGHT SLEEP"
Officials in Hongkong are perturbed by the serious in- FOR H.K.
crease in crime during the past five years.
At no time in the history of the. Colony have the prisons been so overcrowded.
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Most of the crime, fortunately, is of a petty nature, but it is adding enormously to the work of the Police, the Magistrates and the Prison Officials.
So overcrowded were Hongkong prisons last year that 720 prisoners had to be released before the expiration of their sentences in order to make room for new prisoners.
In three years, a total of 2,260 prisoriers have been re- leased in this manner.
FRUIT
ON VOYAGE FROM · AUSTRALIA
Australian fruit destined |for Hongkong will be given "twilight Sleep" before leav-
PUBLIC BATHS NOT POPULAR
HEALTH CAMPAIGN
NEEDED?
TS another health campaign
RADIO BROADCAST
Relay of Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel
CHILDREN'S STUDIO ITEMS: needed in Hongkong? From Z.B.W. on a wavelength by Judging from statistics 355 metres (845 kiloeycies): contained in the Annual 6-8 p.m. European Programme, Reports of the Sanitary Hotel Dance Orchestra.
5-6 p.m. A Relay of the Hongkong Department for the years
1930 to 1935, there is seri- ous need for one,
GP.M.
Children's Studio Concert. 9.30 p.m. Dance Music,
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Band Selcetions. Marche
(Schubert); Vil- innelle (With the Swallow) (Dell Apart from the informacqua Malaguena (from "Bonbdil" tion contained in the Re (Moskowski); Lin Tarantelle de
Helephegor (Roch Albert); ports in question, no one March "Le Prophete" (Meyerbeer); Grand (doubts but that the filthy Sing a Song (Iles): Colonel Bogey March (Alford); Youth and Vigour habit of spitting in the Lautenschlager). streets is on the increase.
Coolie class Chinese, ignorant
of the dangers that arise from this habit, are not sufficiently warned.
ing Australia, as the result There are comparatively few of experiments just conclud-public notices warning Chinese against expectorating in the In less than four years the number of prisoners ined on a voyage from Mel-streets. Hongkong jails has doubled...
Each year sees an increase. The number of such convicts. in In 1980 there were 5,624 prison- prison at the end of last year was ers convicted by ordinary courts, the greatest in the present decade, In every previous year since 1926 Since then the number has risen, there has been a stendy decrease in until at the end of 1936 the pri- the number of persons" serving long] sons were sorely taxed to find sentences, accommodation for the amazing total of 14,790 sentenced during the twelve months.
bourne to Tilbury.
In other ways, too, the practice When the P. & O, liner Strath- ef leanliness seems to be on the naver arrived at Tibury half-a-wane in Hongkong. dozen boxes of treasure were
Despite increased population taken to a West End club.
They were the first
better tropical and
facilities. fewer frulis to be taken 1:3.000 miles from Chinese are patronising the Public the Australia by the Annual Report of the Superintendent sleep" method.
new "twilight Baths of Prisons chown that 1935 was an They had been "put to sleep" in abnormally bad year.
Melbourge in a perfrętly ripe condl-
on five weeks beforehand and were] carried in ordinary wooden boxes, in existence, as passlug through four different seven in 1930. temperature zones, from 40 degrees
In every branch of crima,
The number of whippings carried out by order of the Churts was 50. highest since 1911.
THREE EXECUTIONS
It is a startling fret, also, that most of the new criminals are not old "ngs." Each year sees an in- creasing number of new hands.. In 1930 the percentage of prisoners with provious convictions was 22.8. By the end of last year the per-compared with none in 1934, one in centage had dropped to 14.1,
NEW TERRitories CRIME Crime is on the increase in every part of the Colony. In the New Territories the number of convictions entailing prison sentences have risen from 280 in 1930 to 774 last your representing an increase of almost 100 per cent.
saners were
There were three executions,
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1 three in 1932, none in 1981 and two in 19:0
Only as regards the efficiency of the Prison administration is the picture not a gloomy one.
For instance, there was only one escape, a prisoner, who has not been recaptured, making a getaway from
michlkok prison.
to 100 degrees:
One of the boxes consisted of
pansion fruit. The fruit was perfect. Ordinarily, Australian passion fruit
throughout
Colony.
erected
NOT USED NOW
the
7:30 p.m. Song Hits by Turner Layton (Tenor).
1. Piano "Show" Memories; 2. Up
the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire;
I should lose you; 4. Sophisticated Lady,
1.45 m.
"Tunes of not-so-long- ago," 1921-1924 played by the New Mayfair Orchestra.
ther
8pm, Local: Time Signet, Wea- Report, Stock Quotations and Announcements. ............$05-44#~ Chinese-Streito Cancer?:"
11 p.m. Close Down.
8.05-10 p.m. European program- me from Z.E.K. on a frequency of $40 kilocycles.
8.05 pm. Harry Roy's Tiger Rugamullins.
Gershwin Fox-Trot Medley: Shine,
My Sweetle went away, Sweet Jenny Lee: Farewell Blues, You Raseni You, Muddy Waters; Waltz Medley; Rockin' Chair, Georgia on my mind, There are eight of these baths derbies, I wonder where my baby is Lazy Day: Sweet Sue Just you, lleebie to-night?
compared with
But last year they were used on 152.387 lewer occasions than
in 1930.
is not as we see it in Hangkong, dried The habit of bodily cleanliness and shrivelled by cold storage, but is has steadily decreased since the firm and rounded. This Was its1939 health campaign.
Women
condition when the sample shipment
Landon arrived in
and children are the Next, a case of enormous golden chier offenders. Since 1980 mere yellow lemons, each the weight of than twice as many men have used six large eggs. When cat and squeez- the baths as have women and With the exception of 1933, when fed they drippel Hike a inji.
children combined. there were no escapes, this was the Another Box contained perfectly Although the majority of the pri- lowest figure for the present decade. ripe grapefruit of glorious colour and In six years men have patron- convicted for minor The number of breaches of dis-ey stringless flesh. These were find the baths 4.580.624 times. #B crimes, there has been a serious rise çipline in all prisons were the lowest wrapped in "treated" cellophane, in the number of convicts whose Just year since 1929. Only 324
javerage of just over three times; The shipment also included a cuse sentences denote that they were im-breaches were recorded and there were of
pears. Exch wero absolutely
year. prisoned for seriaus erime.
only five occasions on which corporal sound, streaming with juice and panishment was necessary,
delicious with flavour. This compares with the record year]
The extraordinary thing about the of discontent, 181, when there were 807 breaches and 47 occasions when
paral-punishment was administer
Mui-Tsai Commission Task Ending
TO LEAVE SOON
"Telegraph" Special Correspondent
I understand that the Commission investigating
ed,
New Facilities For Tourists In Colony
USE OF SPORTS GROUNDS
the question of Mui Tsai in
Sporting facilities ordinarily Hongkong, appointed by the
open only to members of local Secretary of State for the clubs and associations will bo
available to Colonies, will finalise its task made in order to depart by the tourists, if present plans mature.
loon.
These tickets
8.30 p.m. "Duo for Plond and (Schubert) played by Sergel Rach Violin in A Major (Op. 162) maninoff (Piano) and Fritz Kreisler (Violin).
8.55 p.m. "Pan Americana" (Her bert).
9 p.m. A Relay of the 'Daventry News Bulletin and Announcements (Copyright by Router).
Piccaver (Tenor).
9.20 p.m. Four Songs by Alfred
1. For you alone (Gecht); 2. Kashmiri Love Song (Woodforde- Paden); 3. Trusting Eyes (Gartner); 4. I Heard you singing Coates).
9.35 p.m. Marek Weber and
Orchestra.
his
Faithful Jumping Jack (Heykens); Standelsen Heykens); The Coolies of Sumatra (Jessel): The Caravan WOMEN DISLIKE BATHIS
(Bayer, Fr. Leopold); Where my mysterious "blanket under which patronised the baths only 2.160,- Sweet Song (Molloy); Spring's In the same time women have Caravan has rested (Lohr); Love's the fruit sleeps in that is is invisible, 856-Limes--and--children-2,109,555 entschmeister Regimental March-
Delight March-Intermezz (About); odourless and tasteless. Ta cost" "in negligible.
(Jurek).
times.
10 p.n. Big Ben from Daventry.
Australian fruit-growers are going in 1930 the baths were patron-Close Down. to use the mystein for all shipments sed 1,609,004 times. But last
of fruit to the Far East, Singapore and Europe.
Hongkong housewives will be nhle
to obtain Australian fruit that is as sound as it was on the day it was picked.
year unly .1,456,657 people patronised them.
The individual figures show that 798,775 men, 430,684 women and
Fruit is extraordinarily cheap In 379,685 children patronised the
DESPOILERS OF COUNTRYSIDE
Australia. Pears Kell s the baths In 1930, as compared with TREE CUTTERS APPEAR
equivalent of 10 conta
Hongkong 758,144 men, 36,750 women and currency a dozen. Grapefruit are od 361,763 children last year. (20 cents) a dozen. Tropical fruits, only type that such ny papaya (known as paw-paw
The
has maintained
in Australia), passion fruit, mangoes, comparative cleanliness are the nectarines and guavas tire
also children. ridiculously cheap."
Present High prices in Ilongkong visiting due to the fact that more than 50 per cent. of each shipment is lost through conlamisation.
would allow
Hongkong's cleanest year was in 1931, when 848.798 men, 416, -300 women and 389.560 children
patrenleed the public baths,
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
IT 18 A MAXIM WITH ME THAT ́NO; The Japanese gunboat Saga
YAS EVER WITTEN OUT OF RE- here for Canton this morning. PUTATION BUT BY RIMSELF.-Richardi
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IN COURT
A 34-year-old street coolie, Cheung Hon. appeared on remand before Mr. Mucfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, charged with unlawful possession uf 405 cattles of freshly cut wood nt So Uk village, Cheung Sha Wan. Inspector Ellis prosecuted.
Mr.
G. B. Twemiow, of the Botanical and Forestry Department, stated that when raid was conduct- ed in defendant's hut in the village, left thirteen pine trees and five wild trees, valued altogether at $75, were found, Defendant elsimed that his Reeciving injuries when a
wife had bought them. rack
Evidence was called. after which Warg Mo Kol, Chan Ching, 59, stone $75, or two months' hard labour was fell on him while he was at work at defendant was convicted. A one of breaker, has been admitted to the Government Clail Hospital,
inflicted.
Interviewed yesterday. Mr. W. B. I. liner Talma on June 6.J. Carrie, Chairman of the Hong- The Commission, which com- kong Travel Association, told the prises Sir Wilfred Wood Miss Telegraph that it was proposed to Picton Turbeville, Mr. C. Willis issue books of tickets at the new and Mr. J. Jeff will proceed to Travel Association Kiosk in Kow-MAN Singapore, where evidence re- lating
the Bentley. to Mui-Tsai in the holders to visit certain sports gunda Federated Malay States will in the Colony, such as golf, tennis and Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours also be heard.
horse-riding, and would cover alleruling at 10 am today totalled The party, with the exception of expenses at the Club which had 0.6-inch, The total since January Mr. J. Jeff, will then return to agreed to participate in the scheme. i is 18,72 inches, against an average
For instance, a book of tickets of 21.99 inches, Hongkong, proceeding Home via would cover the complete require- Canada after a further short stay ments of a tourist who desired to pla in this Colony.
rolf at, say, Fanling."
Carrie Although Mui-Tent is apparent-kaid. "One coupon would be for rail ly a big question at Home, it is or car fare, another for green fees,
Another in
for caddles fera, nul an- gradually becoming extinct Ifongkong, at least so far as regi- Unused coupons could, of course, be other for meals and refreshments. strations are 'concorned,
The forthcoming wedding is an- For stealing a wall clock valued roturned." During 1936 the number of Mui- The new Travel Association head-nounced of Mr. Walter Ernest Bryant at $2.50 from No. 286 Reclamation Teaf registered fell, for the first quarters, tenders for the construction quarters, Hongkeng, and Miss Grace sent to prison for three weeks by Howel, Police sergeant, Police' Head-Street. Lam Tim, unemployed, was time, below 2,000.
of which have already been called.
the Kowloon During the twelve months, 339 will be erected at the gateway lend-, residing at 280 Prince Edward Mr. Mineflyen at
Magistracy this morning. Inspector romoved from the to the Hongkong, and Kowloon
Godown
R. Shannon stated that defendant was Company's wharyes, on the.
names wore
Mr.
The American Mail Line steamer resident McKinley will arrive in Hongkong on Friday, May 20, daylight, and will sail for Manila at
5.m. on the same day.
year, so that the total is now well the Tourist Association will be in full inspector Sabey prosecuted. below 1,900 At the beginning of swing by the next tourist season. 1934 it stood at 2,726.
HONGKONG CENTENARY
Before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy, Chun Yung-
A 14-year-old girl, Mak Chol, was yuk, aged 21, unemployed, pleaded knocked down by lorry No. 430 guilty to the unlawful possession of Queen's Road Central, yesterday, a pine tree, valued at $18, at Tak-U- rerelving injuries which necessitated Ling village, and he was given the her admission 10 the Government option of a fine of $15 or serving Civil Hospital.
hard (wo months'
labour. Mr. Twemlow was the complainant,
BRITAIN AND CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
London, May 27. S.C.A. lists, leaving a total at the site at present occupied by the Cus-prison for two weeks by Mr. Balfour trict watchman, and come out carry in the House of Commnens to-day Chan, Shing, 25, coolic, was sent to seen to enter the premises by a dis- The Foreign Secretary was asked end of the year of only 1,929 girls. toms shed.
fot the '.' This number, I understand, has
Central Magistracy, this Ing the clock. The door, of the flat what was the Government's polley Special booklets, including
an morning for the theft of a pot plant was closed but not locked, and all towards the maintenance of the in been reduced still further during elaborato guide to Hongkong, the first five months of the current nirenty in course of preparation, and from 12 Lan Kwai Fong. He is to the inmates were out at the market dependence of Czecho-Slovakin, Mr.
be sent to the country. Sub- when the theft occurred.
Eden replied that the policy was that which resulted from loyal adherence A fine of $50, or six weeks hard to the Covenant of the League of Appearing on a charge of stowing labour, was inposed by Mr. W. Nations--Brülsh Wireless, Asked whether the Tourist Aaway on board the steamer Hin Sung Schofield, at the Central Magistracy sociation had drawn up any plans from Sandakan to Hongkong, Chun this morning, en Tung Wal, aged 30 for publicity in connection with the Ching-wan, aged 28, unemployed, was years, a coolie employed at the Royal with four previous convictions, Sun Still under police supervision and celebration in 1940-41 of the Cen- fined $6 with the alternative of Naval Hospital, who admitted aSul, 19, unemployed, was sentenced tenary of Hongkong Mr. Carrie serving three weeks' hard labour, by charge of theft of a quantity of brass to three months hard labour and a
a negative reply.
E. Himaworth at the Kowloon screws, the property of His Majesty's further two years' police surveillance we will probably have to start something early next year,"
Mok Pik-ione, compradoro shop at the hospital. Acting Sub-Police Court this morning for the Bafil.
of the ship, gave evidence that on Inspector MacDonald a defendant theft of two sleeping mata from 123, secutions under the Female be a world-wide affair, and someone dant
"Doubtless, Centenary publicity will the first day out of Sandakan, defen was arrested when he was trying to Wellington Street. On a charge of Domestic Service Ordinance; will have to start handling it before questioned, stated he wanted to get hawker in O'Brien Road. The screws was bound over. Detective Sergeant was discovered, and, when dispose of the screws to a marine receiving, Wong. Cheuk-chuen, 20, securing 100 convictions. Balme?? Die end of 1987,"
Reductions in the number of registered Mui Tsal aro mainly äc- counted for by permanent depar- tures from the Colony, restoration to parents or other relatives and marriage.
Last year, the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs instituted 86 pro-
hennt, this morning. The com- Govarninent, from thocarpenter's by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central
back to Swatow.
were valued. DE SU.
-Guild: prosecuted.
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CYCLE STOLEN FROM HOUSE
THIEF PROMPTLY
CAPTURED
who
-26 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Telephone 59101.
stated that he was visiting friends at No. 27C Nathan Rond, and ho left his bleyelo in the passage way. He heard the bell being rung, and, when he looked down the banisters, saw a shadow in the passage way. Witness and his friends ran down but found the machino had dis- appeared. They all ran out into the street and round the corner of the. The theft of a push-bicycle belong building to Peking Road where they in Austin Road, from outside No. Defendant was riding the macon ing to Mr. R. 1. Holden, of No. REW defondant with the 270 Nathan Rond, ground floor was very badly and when ho saw he was the charge brought against To Hung being pursued, dropped the machine kan, aged 23, unemployed, when he and ran away, but was intercepted appeared before Mr. E. Himsworth by a Chinese detective and arrested. at the Kowloon Magistracy this -morning, eg
A fine of $10, or one month's hard
Evidence was given by Mr. Holden, labour, was imposod.