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THURSDAY, JULY

23, 1931.

IRAK.

Married Couples Who Start in Debt.

OFFICIALS PLAGUED.

ILLEGAL.

Heavy Fines on Club ⠀⠀

Officials.

I.G.P. IGNORED.

and Europe and the United FAMILY TYRANNY IN CHINESE LOTTERY States, and, as with ...the Far East, sometimes the children are well-treated and sometimes they are not. It is not uncommon to read in the Loudon and New York mpers of the brutal treatment insted out to children by their foster parents, what many Sidelights on life in Irak and on; Holding that ho could, not look young servant girls are beaten the customs of the country are upon the ticket issued by the and ill-used by their mistresses. given In 'the special Report, cover-Uninese Athletic Association in Not a great many years agoing the years 1920-1981, drawn up connection with their sweep as be little boys were forced to climb by the British Government, as the ing, any different from lottery Mandatory Power, for submission tickets which coolles brought back- up chimneys in England, and fire to the League of Nations.

ward and forward, Mr. EH was lighted under their feet to Social life in the towns, it is Williams at the Central Police make them move quickly. And stated, has perhaps undergone more Court yesterday afternoon fined numerous have been the cases in changes during the past twelve Mok Ying-kwal, of 78 Sin Hon years than during the previous Terrace, and Chong Shing-chung" of Britain where parents have cast three centuries.

2. Ying Wah Terrace, $400 each, their unwanted children into the The younger generation ask for Mr. T. Murphy (Assistant Direc unloving care of a "baby farm." improvements in the standards of tor Criminal Investigation Depart The West has a great deal about ing the wheels of progress "is the and Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared for living, but one of the clogs hinder- ment) conducted the prosecution which it prefers to be silent, and, tyranny of the family over the in-defendants. whilet our well-meaning reform dividual? ers are to be applauded for their "A man," states the Report, "has fional charge accusing defendants determination to rid the world no individuality, but is merely of having been in possession, with member of the family, and family a view to sate, of 1,715 lottery of an evil and inhuman trattle, interests and dictates govern his tickets at 53, Queen's Road. they should be more careful to

Mr. Lo pleaded guilty to the new discriminate between the actual Facts and the loose exaggerations of half-informed tale-bearers.

News in Brief.

The lowest open air temperature yesterday was 79 degrees." The humidity was 74 at 10 am and 6s at 4 p.m.

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12.

Mr. Murphy cutered an addi-

every action.

"When a young man marries, charge, the original, counts being while he admits that the custom is withdrawn by the prosecution. foolish, he nevertheless spends far Mr. Lo said that the object of ore. more than he can afford to provideganising the lottery was for build- the customary presents of Jewal-itg a club house in Canton and a lery and the expensive three days bathing pavilion in Hong Kong at Leading members entertainment which custom pre-North Point, scribes. The result in the case of of the Chinese Athletic Association all but the very well-to-do is usual were out to raise a building fund Is that the pair start their marri- for buildings in these two places.

Mr. Lo asked for a small fine to ed life in debt.

tyranny."

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"Nor, does the tyranny of the be imposed. He asked his Worship family end with private life. Noe bear in mind that the Ordinance sooner does a man hold a Govern- was very broad and intended ment post than his relatives cover cazes other than the present Chlu Tim-sik, who was banished plague him for special benefits and one.

Mr. Murphy said that during the for life In 1930, was sent to jail, at favours, and he is considered un- tha Kowloon. Magistracy this natural if he refuses."

past three years numerous prosecu- "The morning, for one year, for disobey-

younger generation of tions had been brought before the He girls who have been at school, as Courts in respect of sporting cluba dealers, they were, to the numbering the banishment order.

ayet an insignificant fraction of the and firms for infringement of the of about 10,000 annually, march was arrested in Yaumat by

detective, and said he had comevant uneducated. mass, are begin- Gaming Ordinance and he thought cd across the Saharu to Murzuk back to obtain money to start aming to resent their family that, with one exception, the de-,

It in Fezzan, from which place they business.

fendants had been cautioned. Of the mountain nomad, the Re-wae well-known that charitable "or" were distributed to the northern

Mr. A. C. Tineon, of the China port states: "He lives in a black ganisations could put their applica and "eastern Mediterranean Light and Power Co. (1918) Ltd., goathair tent, loves his freedom, tions through certain channels and consts: Their sufferings on the has reported to the Police that on asks no one's protection, and con- they would be enlightened as route were dreadful: many auc-Tuesday some person, whom he sequently sees even less reason what they should do. cumbed and were abandoned. It suspects to be a dismissed employee, than most men why he should pay

In the present case the Police only found out on Juno 2. It was was stated by a traveller that atole from a kiosk at the junction of taxes."

Argyle Street and Peace Avenue, The camel is the key of the life submitted that there had been a "anyone who did not know the Ho Mun-tin, three electric fuses, of the nomad tribes of the plains, deliberate attempt on the part of way by which the caravans valued at $75. From another and education among the Bedouin the organisers to evade the law. passed "would only have to fol. kiosk in Soy Street nine electric is practically non-existent.

Standing alone the tickets were not "The result of the education of an infringement of the law, while low the bones which lie right and fuses, valued at $255, were stolen." -

the few who go to school is not left of the track." The centre

Chau Kan, a widow, who gave entirely happy. They return to the on the list of prizes there was no of the traffic in Morocco was birth to a baby girl yesterday and tribe,. If they return at all and name or anything to. Identify it.

Continuing, Mr. Murphy said Sidi Hamed ibn Musa, seven then dumped the infant in Canal often enough they stay idiy in the that the organisers should have Road East, appeared before Mr. towns), to criticise their fathers approached the Inspector General days' journey south of Mogador, W. Schofield in the Central Police and despise their women kind; of Police and put their proposal be where a great yearly fair was Court this morning. She pleaded they lose the old partiarchal man fore him. He (Mr. Murphy) was. held. About 4,000. were thus an- ignorance of the law, and added ners and virtues, and lack the sure the I.G.P. would have given nually imported, and an ad that it was the custom in her knowledge to rule their tribes; in it his utmost consideration valorem duty was levied by the country not to bury dead babies short, they return unfitted for would have allowed some sort of

but to either dump them in the tribal life.” sultan, which produced about harbour or leave them on the £4,800 of annual revenue. The Prayo. A fine of $50 was impos- WILL JAFFNA control now exercised by the French over the greater part of Jaggat Singh, an Indian guard, Hong Kong, Thursday, July 23, 1931. Western Soudan has deprived who. was charged with using Morocco of its chief sources of abusive and insulting language, supply. Slavery, however, still assaulting Sub-Inspector H. E Rogers and maliciously damaging flourishes in that empire, just as his uniform at the A.F.C. Installa it does in the Red Sea, although tion, North Point, was again before There is a chance of Jaffna the control of the seaboard by Mr. Schofield at the Central Ma- going wet, as applications for the gistracy yesterday afternoon. Mr. re-opening of taverns have been European powers has rendeded Schofield found the charges proved, sent in, and the polling is likely the smuggling of slaves to Arabia and imposed. fines totalling $106, to take place in October. and Perala a difficult and day-these including the damage done to

Sub-Inspector Rogers's uniform. gerous operation.

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The Slave. Trade.

The motion proposed by Lord Noel Buxton in the House of Lords yesterday, advocating the creation of an information office at Geneva to suppress the world's slave traffic, brings to light the appalling fact that there are over 5,000,000 people at present

in a state of servitude in China, Abyssinia, Liberia, and Arabia

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drive to ta run to raise funds, keeping within the scope of the Gaming Ordinance.

"My instructions," added Mr. Murphy, "are to ask for a subaton- tial fino and to ask you to exercise your power under Section 11 and

Applications to Re-Open courate the tickets."

Taverns.

After the closure of the taverns, and foreign liquor shops, the local 'option rules laid down

WEDDING.

Ceremony in the Union Church,

PRICE JONES.

It is a matter of surprise,

Before the Hon. Comdr. G. F. that for re-opening any tavern. The wedding took place in the Church, yesterday, of however, that the bitter oppon-Court, this morning, Lance-Ser-whole urban area. In this area. Thumps John, second son of the

Hole, R.N. (retired), at the Marine there should be a poll for the Union ents of the slave traffic in East-geant W. Clark, of the Water however, consisting of eight and Rev. 3, Rhys Prics and Mrs. Price era countries should have over- Police, charged Tang Lin-kwai, a half square miles with a popu- of Llanwrtydd Wells, Wald, and As the debate by the Lords looked the disgraceful system of coxswain of the motor boat Shing lation of 44,000, it was impossible Mary Enid, second daughter of the shows, a very strong attitude is slavery which still exists in Rus-the 3.5. Hong Kheng whilst she was for re-opening.

Foo with making fast alongside to secure the required percentage Rev. Hugh Jones and Mrs. Jones

The agitation of Melbourne, Australia.

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month's hard labour in

has been amended. The new the staff of St. Paul's College. rule provides for the Excise Ad-There was a large gathering at the visory Committee to divide the ceremony at which the Rev. E. 0.

Powell officiated. urban area into sections contain ing 10,000 inhabitants each as a The bride, who was attractively maximum and 5,000 as a mini attired in green georgetto, and car- mum. Under this rule the urban ried a spray of yellow gladioll, was area. will be divided into four given away by Mr. E. G. Stewart, parts with two to folly.chend master of St. Paul's 'College Mr. E. R. Price was bast man. The Excise Department is busy

The service was fally choral, Mr. arranging the various polling

G. E. Longyear being at the organ. centres.

After the ceremony, friends wors

being adopted by the public of sia and is known by the more re-flying the flag at the quarantine was carried on for the last threa The bridegroom is on the staff of Britain in regard to this iniqui spectable name of "forced anchorage, at 7:40 am. on July 17, years, and after much correspon King's College and the bride is on tous trade, and the indignation labour." According to investi- without the permission of the Port dence with Government, the rule is no less in virtue of the ex-gators, the conditions in these Health Officer. He was fined $50 posure that the League of Soviet labour camps are every default. Natona has done little of practi- whit as bad as if not in some cal value to suppress it. Of cases infinitely worse than--- course, the issue is an extreme those under which people are ly complicated one. In the first bought and d and labour in place, there is the difficulty that| Arabia and other - Near East many countries do not welcome countries. The House of Lords Interference with their own debate was careful to overlook affairs; and, condly, well this question, possibly because it menning reformers at Home seemed an embarrassing remind- seem obstinately determined to ́er of

saw to keep one' regard the amul taai system in own house China as slavery, which those

who know anything about it will stones ffrer that it is not

the

Slavery of the worst kind un doubtedly does stili exist in

Red Sea

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AEROPLANE HITS A entertained In the Church hall and

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en Hood Struck in Swoop jured.

Over a Road

A party of motorists had an 580. alarming expérience while on their way to Bridgwater Market when, as they were proceeding Across the Moorland Road, which fivides the Royal Air Force hero- drome,t near, a

the young couple Jaft for Stanley, where the honeymoon is being abent."

Years Ago:

Today's dollar la worth 2/8

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