55. Various private firms co-operated by displaying posters and distributing booklets on Safety First matter, but a greater measure of public co-operation is still required. Fences were erected in Queen's Road Central and East, and also in Nathan Road, Kowloon, with a view to teaching pedestrians to walk on the footpath and not in the road.
56. The co-operation of the Press was most valuable in publishing both articles and pictures dealing with Safety First.
SPECIAL EVENTS (CRIME).
57. Seizure of Coining Machinery-On the 5th February, 1936, a raid was carried out at 64, Wai Ching Street, 1st floor. In the front cubicle of the floor Police found machinery and other paraphernalia for the making of counterfeit Hong Kong five cent pieces. The occupant of the floor was arrested and charged. At the April Criminal Sessions he was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment with Hard Labour.
58. Murder and Suicide. On the 18th February, 1936, following a report made at Tai Po Police Station, Police visited the 1st floor of an unnumbered house on the Main Road at Tai Po. The staircase door leading to the floor was bolted on the inside and the door had to be forced. Inside were found the decomposed bodies of an entire family, i.e., the parents and their three female children aged 12, 10 and 8 years respectively. A letter was found on the floor addressed to the Police, which indicated that the writer and his wife, owing to illness, were taking their own lives and the lives of their children. At the Post Mortem examination it was found that all had died from the effects of Poisoning. Subsequent Police enquiries confirmed the information conveyed in the letter.
59. Bomb Explosion. On the night of the 18th June, 1936, a bomb exploded in the porch of the British American Tailoring Co. at No. 261 Des Voeux Road Central. Two street coolies who were sleeping in the porch at the time of the explosion were injured, one very seriously, and two female passers-by were also slightly injured. All the injured persons were removed to the Government Civil Hospital where three days later the severely injured man died. At the Coroner's inquiry a verdict of "Manslaughter against some person or persons unknown" was recorded. Police have been unable to establish the identity of the person who threw the bomb.
60. Highway Robbery with Violence. In the early morning of the 6th July, 1936, three European males engaged a taxi in Nathan Road, Kowloon, and directed the driver to drive along the Castle Peak Road. When between the 5th and 6th milestones one of the Europeans spoke to the driver who stopped the taxi. After some consultation among themselves
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55. Various private firms co-operated by displaying posters and distributing booklets on Safety First matter, but a greater measure of public co-operation is still required. Fences were erected in Queen's Road Central and East, and also in Nathan Road, Kowloon, with a view to teaching pedestrians to walk on the footpath and not in the road.
56. The co-operation of the Press was most valuable in publishing both articles and pictures dealing with Safety First.
SPECIAL EVENTS (CRIME).
57. Seizure of Coining Machinery-On the 5th February, 1936, a raid was carried out at 64, Wai Ching Street, 1st floor. In the front cubicle of the floor Police found machinery and other paraphernalia for the making of counterfeit Hong Kong five cent pieces. The occupant of the floor was arrested and charged. At the April Criminal Sessions he was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment with Hard Labour.
58. Murder and Suicide. On the 18th February, 1936, following a report made at Tai Po Police Station, Police visited the 1st floor of an unnumbered house on the Main Road at Tai Po. The staircase door leading to the floor was bolted on the inside and the door had to be forced. Inside were found the decomposed bodies of an entire family, i.e., the parents and their three female children aged 12, 10 and 8 years respectively. A letter was found on the floor addressed to the Police, which indicated that the writer and his wife, owing to illness, were taking their own lives and the lives of their children. At the Post Mortem examination it was found that all had died from the effects of Poisoning. Subsequent Police enquiries confirmed the information conveyed in the letter.
59. Bomb Explosion. On the night of the 18th June, 1936, a bomb exploded in the porch of the British American Tailoring Co. at No. 261 Des Voeux Road Central. Two street coolies who were sleeping in the porch at the time of the explosion were injured, one very seriously, and two female passers-by were also slightly injured. All the injured persons were removed to the Government Civil Hospital where three days later the severely injured man died. At the Coroner's inquiry a verdict of "Manslaughter against some
against some person or persons unknown" was recorded. Police have been unable to establish the identity of the person who threw the bomb.
60. Highway Robbery with Violence.In the early morning of the 6th July, 1936, three European males engaged a taxi in Nathan Road, Kowloon, and directed the driver to drive along the Castle Peak Road. When between the 5th and 6th milestones one of the Europeans spoke to the
the driver who stopped the taxi. After some consultation among themselves
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