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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 9, 1937

PROTECTION OF

CHILDREN

MEETING OF COMMITTEE

NO INCORPORATION DECISION

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The last meeting of the Executive So- Committee of the Hong Korg ciety for the Protection of Children had before it the usual, or than the usual, amount of work.:

After attending to the minutes and the regrets of those unable to attend, the finance report was be- fore the meeting and this showed in- an excess of expenditure over come of $1,204.73 which was satis factory in view of the fact that for the unusual item of expense the provision of furniture for the Creche at West Point, which was shortly to be opened, was

in-

Unity In Republican Spain

Barcelona, To-day. Several thousand adherents the Catalana Left Wing part- ies demonstrated their soli- darity with the Basques in a giant meeting held in the main square here yesterday.

Speeches were made by Trade Union delegates and repre- sentatives of the Valencia,

Govern Catalan and Basque

deter- ments, affirming their mination to bring about internal unity against the insurgents. Trans-Ocean.

ANDORRA'S POLITICS

cluded. A large cheque had been "Neutral Valleys" And

received from the Women's Auxili- ary Committee, mostly the proceeds of the Society's Ball.

The number of cases dealt with during the month was 1016, which involved 4393 visits of persons and children to offices and 570 visits of inspectors to homes. The average income among those families where the income had been ascertained was $1.85 per head per month.

Civil War

Paris, To-day.

The politics of the tiny. Republic of Andorra are reviewed by "In- formation," where it is stated that relations between the Council of the Neutral Valleys and Spain have been very strained ever since the outbreak of the Civil War, as both the Valencia and the Barcelona Government demand for themselves Miss Seto's. M.B.E.

the right to nominate a successor After congratulating Miss Seto to the Bishop of Urgel, who has on being given the M.B.E., the com-fied to Rome, and who is, with the mittee then dealt with six cases President of the French Republic, which were either too difficult or "Co-Prince" of the Neutral Valley. of too much interest for the branch The Council of the Valleys main- Secretaries to deal with without tain that no-one has the right to reference to the committee. These nominate a successor to any Co- Prince, especially as the greater cases concerned:-

(1) A destitute Mexican woman, part of the population are still whose husband was a Chin-adherents of the Bishop of Urgel.—

who had been expatriat-Trans-Ocean. ed from Mexico, and her family, and concerned the family's upkeep for the last two years and their return to Mexico at the present time.. (2) A very hard case of two children who were destitute --but who could not be dealt with by the branch secre tary without the approval of the committee in view of the fact that the family had only been in Hong Kong a short time.-

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Leper Case (3) A boy without parents and of a particularly promising disposition who was sent to the Aberdeen Industrial Home, the fees to be paid by the Society at a specially reduced rate, if possible. (4) A boy whose father was

The King is having his trout fishing stream at Sandringham improved.

Great Western Railway break- down gang raising an overturned en- gine at Langley, Bucks, was held up for several hours by a snowstorm.

A wreath designed as the King's Colour was placed at the Cenotaph by on behalf of Capt. Fred Barter, V.C., the Royal Welch Fusiliers Comrades' Association;--

When steep banking under a ceme- tery wall at Dartford, Kent, collapsed, bricks fell on the open umbrella of a woman, who jumped aside in time to escape injury."

order that his mother might have more time to look for employment was reported up- on in pursuance of the last drug addict and was unfit to

meeting's recommendation. look after the boy. His re-

No Incorporation moval from his parent and A report came from Shanghai, his entrance into the Taipo which town has not got the advant- Orphanage run by Bishop age of Section 17 of the Juvenile Hall were considered, and Offenders Ordinance 1932, under the Branch

secretaries were which a child under 16 may be the asked to send reports on brought before the Court in children of drug addicts. In event of it being found begging many cases a drug addict is without support, or under the guar- in receipt of a good incomedianship of undesirable persons, and but spends it all on his drug the Court may remove that child without maintaining his from such undesirable guardianship family

and place it in the care of some per- (5) The Committee considered a son or institution fitted to look after detailed reports of two it. The report showed that the lack healthy children in a family of this law made itself felt in in which there were two le- Shanghai: pera.......... The branch secretary "The sub-committee appointed to was advised to lay the matter consider the incorporation of the before he Director Me-Society reported that: the advant- dical Services...

age of incorporation were not suf- (6) A report of a boy being ficient to justify the necessary, ex-

taken into the Boys Home of pense of the fees payable.: the Boys Club Association. in | The Committee then adjourned.