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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1989.

ALLEGED TRAFFIC IN BOYS BETWEEN CHINA AND MALAYA: COMMONS QUERY

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· London, To-day.

Does the buying and selling of Chinese children

still persist in Hong Kong and Malaya? Has attention been drawn to a statement by Mr. P. Oakley, Assistant Protector of Chinese, Selan- gor (Malaya) that it is no offence to sell a boy? These two questions were asked in the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. W. Leach (Central Bradford, Labour).

The Colonies Secretary, Mr. Mal- colm, Macdonald, said that attention had been drawn to a press report of the statement..

BRITISH REPLY TO HITLER

The buying and selling of chil- dren, with a view to slavery, pro- stitution or other immoral and un- lawful purposes, was forbidden by

London, To-day. law both in Malaya and Hong Kong. which

The Labour member, Mr. Commission The recent

the investigated the problems of mui Arthur Henderson, asked tsai in Hong Kong and Malaya, made Prime Minister in the House of searching enquiries of any system Commons yesterday whether the of transfer affecting boys, but re- British Government had answer- ported that no such system involved Hitler's declaration that the ing an element of bondage, either on pretext of adoption or on any other pretext, was found to exist.

Fuehrer was prepared to nego- tiate with the British Govern- |ment regarding the naval arma-

ment.

BOYS SENT TO MALAYA

Mr. Henderson also asked whe- Recently there had been cases of

intended to inform boys sent to Malaya for the pur-ther it were pose, it was believed, of removing Herr Hitler that England had no them from the zone of hostilities desire to enter into a race against

Germany for a supremacy

armaments or in China.

Mr. Macdonald had taken steps in to assure himself that the authori-affairs. ties in Hong Kong and Malaya were co-operating

either

in economic

Mr. Chamberlain answered that to maintain the reply to the first part of the strict watch against the develop-question was in the negative. The ment of abuses.

If the circumstances warranted, specific controlling legislation would be enacted.-Reuter.

BRITAIN'S NEW CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF

LONDON, TO-DAY. ADMIRAL SIR DUDLEY POUND HAS BEEN APPOINTED LORD COMMISSIONER. OF THE CHIEF OF ADMIRALTY AND

NAVAL STAFF.

He succeeds Admiral Sir Roger

text of the answer is still under- going consideration..

an-

Mr. Henderson thereupon asked. for a reply to his second question, whereupon Mr. Chamberlain swered that he had already said that text of the answer of the Bri- was still under tish Government

Trans-Ocean. consideration.

"ASSASSIN" GOES OUT WITH

A PEN-KNIFE

Washington, To-day. A young man trying to climb

Backhouse, who has relinquished the the fence round the White House appointment owing to ill health.

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew

Cun-yesterday was arrested and found

ningham has been appointed Com-to be armed with a stone and a mander-in-Chief, the Mediterranean, penknife. with acting rank of

Admiral, in

He gave the name Frank Twers,

succession to Admiral Sir Dudley and

Pound.

is stated to have told the police he intended to "kill. Roose- Rear-Admiral T. A. V. Phillips velt because he was not good to has been appointed Lord Commis-the poor." sioner of the Admiralty and Deputy

Twers is being held in hospital

Chief of Naval Staff in succession for observation. to Vice-Admiral Cunningham,

Reuter.

"NIKS.

Pod

Reuter.

WATER POLICE STATION ROBBERY

A cat-burglar has apparently been active in the precincts of the Water Police Station, as indicated by a report-made by Mr. W. P. Thomson, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kowloon...

Mr. Thomson reported that be- tween 6 à.m; on May 6, and 12 noon. on May 9, & clock, in his quarters at the Water Police Station, was stolen.

The clock was valued at $80.

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