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MUST PLAY THEIR PART

By SYLVIA DUNCAN

A few days ago I sat ne the "parent" member of a Brains Trust on Child Welfare and Paychology. The other mem- bers were a teacher, a doctor, and a child psychologist, Fred- die

Grisewood was Question Master. Towards the end of the session he suddenly looked up from his question paper and said: "It seems to me t it's the parents we need to educate. not the children }"

in

Obviously it was intended as a joke--but there has been

a true word spoken many jest, and this remark was in- spired by the fact that practi- cally all our anawers reverted to the same theme: "It's up to the parents."

Mothers Should Begin

One of the questions put to

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PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIMINAL

BY THE WAY

By Beachcomber

Since words now mean whatever a speaker wishes them to mean, there is no harm in calling a "It match overlasting because. may, atrike

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thousand times." It may last heavy smokers month, or it may not. So it fa everlasting. I prefer the Strabis mus cigarette, which is alight when you buy it, and will amoko for ever-that is, for half an hour, unless, you allow it to go out.

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Hollywood News

The suggestion that Dame Shir- ley Templo should be Chairman of the Warking Party

for the

internal braco-plug setting

dustry has been turned down. is felt that

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For Mme. Stromboll

iR- it

Loud howls the tempost. Can

she sing

Oh, tell me, is it not absurd - To hear this monster bellowing, "I would I were a little bird"? A little bird The atoutest oak

That grows in Sunaoz clun. I

trow,

Would be the first to see the

joke.

If she alighted on à bough? Chorus: With my coloratura-i- addy and my coloratura-ll-ay.

Food Notes

The following letter appeared in a morning paper:

I have a hot cross bun which in about 45 years old.

Such things as the meaning of gratitude, of tolerance, even of human sympathics and under LTD.standing. This does not apparent- ly apply to the personnel of our postwar Immigration Office. 1 They appear to have leamed noth- ing. Nobody appears to have was: "Should religion be told them yet that the war is over. taught by the church or the school?" The teacher's Imme- Much less is there any indication diate answer was: "How can I of a realisation that there is in possibly cope with all the dif

ferent denominations?" large body of people to whom this

Surely the elements of Colony and the British Govern-ligion should come from 1 ment owe a deep debt of gratitude mother's knee, long before the

When I was a boy I put it in and who are entitled to look to child is old enough to assimi.

an old ton-caddy, and when my Later

father died I came into, possession the Hong Kong Government tor. late outside teaching?

of the caddy with the bun stili in at least, goodwill an acknow- certainly, it is up to the

it. It is as hard as a rock, but ledgment of services rendered individual churches to take a hand

still in a good state of preserva- but wouldn't they get betters In the ways. a variety of

tion. Is this the oldest bun in the world? few months we have several times results by treating parents ns a

By no means. When I was a referred to the attitude and the medium through which they can

girl I put a bun policy of the Immigration Office,

Statute Book in 1947. of a child by his father and the

by n a lovely maharajah. At that imaginative ad-eold and impersonal administra.

moment the elephant was hot have the influence they might the result of complaints of brus-

on a child's religious education. Coupled with

dead by my cousin. only ministration, it will change the tion of a judicial whipping.

Wo had it case, they can queness, and of seeming obsession In any

of punish- Segregation of offenders embalmed, and its mummy is still with the idea that their duty is to handle the theory The practice whole conception

means that they can be roughly in our old guthouse, with the bun must essentially ment and prisons. obstruct entry into the Colony hy of religion

Until now the main objects divided into three classes--to in position. That was 63 yearṇ from

the exampf-in every means or

of punishment have been deter- be kept apart from one another ago next Tuesday, to make things come

home. difficult for those already in the

the bun. I'm afraid

very rent and retributive; deterrent although they may well be in the heart to Colony who happen to be of a na straight-forward in my reply to in the sense that "men are not different parts of the same es-

A Popular Appointment tionality other than British. Noth-a question. "Should se instruc-anged for stealing horses, but tablishment.

Three Kinds

Mr. Morgan Toucher, the newly- ing reported to us until yesterday, tion be given at home, or at that horses may not be stolen"; retributive in the sense that it

First, there are the youthful

appointed Director-General of however, was more fundamental-schoul ?"

was designed to mark the hor~ offendera. A very high por Canals and Waterways, is, at 47, ly serious than unnecessary delay

ror of society (and the judge) centage of successes ia to ba forceful personality. He

docs offence. A case

committed; in expected with at the crime

them. Secondly, all his work himself remain- between there are those who have com- mid-night and

9 p.m.

past

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PAMELS VARNISHES & LACQUERS

05 unnecessary

in Mr. George She's court yester-

reach the children?

Home Secretary Chutor Ede punishment fit will make the

His Criminal Justice Bill will the criminal-not the crime.

young offenders from old offen- dors Whipping of young offen- ders will be abolished.

There is all the difference in

In the

Sunday schools don't always in all probability find its way to the world between the thrushing young of an elephant given to mo

I WAS

Shirking The Task

wo are ahirk the

man

of

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extract

We have not

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for

There is a report that In future

It has long been recognised whenever a Minister makes a

an evil form of speech in the House, a leaflet will

to treat punishment to shut a man in a be distributed to every Member,

I strongly resent the idea that civil law, the claimant gets his

his day comes within a different cate-it should be necessary for any-deserta; in criminal law the pri-mitted perhaps two or threeing three hours ho devotes to gary. The facts should rouse

soner gets his deserts."

serious crimes. Thirdly, there, stud-farm at Chockhurst. He does one to take this job--which es-

not sleep nt Chuter Ede aims to make are the hardened criminals, for not sle

and cats nothing all, every British resident to indigna-sentially belongs to a mother- tion. James Arnold Rainey, des- from me. But,

told, formation of the

criminal the some of whom there appears to but special biscuits made of sea-

weed. He friends dread his mor punishment; be no hope cribed as a Burmese, was charged many parents

task main object

whatever of re-aant humor, though he

a kindly (But experience man at heart, and dresses well, in by the migration Department and leave it to the schoolteacher, while not detracting from the formation.

deterrence of punishment where shows that even the "oldest season and out. He is remem- with illegal entry and ordered to because they don't know how be held in police custody and de- set about it. It is so easy, if deterrence is needed in the in- la may sometimes change). bered at Market Harborough r A most important principle of ja violent outburst of laughter dangerous if it is bungled. Hareterests of society. All traces of ported by the first available ship handled in the right way. Bo the Old Testament apirit of punishment is that short sen- which lasted three hours and forty

for serious It was admitted that Rainey was

crimes do minutes, He refused to reveal of punishment, an eye for an eye tences problem is one egain the a former member of the Hangeducating the parents.

and a tooth for a tooth," will go, more harm than good. Where what he was laughing at, and the

A Labour back bencher, who possible, the criminal should be 3layor's comment, ""I don'

don't blame Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. From these more serious as-

became a popular catchword to the has specialised in this subject, placed under the Probation of him." It was not, according to our court pects of life we come

such as the Rev. Gordon Lang., M.P. Offenders Act. But where that in-the district, Mr. Toucher is a bachelor and the only sign of sen- reporter, revealed that Rainey everyday problems

said: "Our criminal justice has is not possible, ho should be timentality in hlas in the stuffed fought in the defence of this Co- homework. Personally lony during the 1941 hostilities, agree with this, feeling that af hated the sin but never learned given a sentence long enough to raven ho keeps in a case in his enable the prison officials to bedroom, a gift from an old was child should have a daily period to love the sinner. or that in the process he

Human Touch

have a fair chance to reform friend. severely wounded in the head.in which to develop its natural

Of course, Chuter Edo cannot him. inclinations. But with the pre-

The effect of short sentences Nor was it apparently pointed out sent examination system it is make our judges and governors that Rainey was a resident of inevitable, and teachers think it and warders love the criminals is that they "ge in crying and Hong Kong for at least five years in a good form of self-discipline with whom they deal. But he come out laughing." before the war during the whole-providing parents co-operate can and will base the adminis- of which period he was in the by not insisting on listening to tration of our criminal justice that it is employ of a highly reputable firm, the news, or laying the supper on a determination the Hong Kong and Kowloon table, just when the child is in each prisoner as an individual very small room for a very long explaining in plain language what

the spooch is supposed to mean. or woman who time. Wharf and Godown Company. the midst of a difficult algebra case-a

should not be lost to society.

The Root Of It He was mobilised on the outbreak problem!

He agrees with Sir Robert As the Departmental Com which they are not convicted. In Piano practice, again, is all a Peal that undue severity, so far mittee on the Employment of 1987 no fewer than 8,320 men of the Pacific Wat and fought

deterring criminals, Prisoners reported in 1933, "the and women were taken into cus- and was

wounded fighting for matter of the right parental ap rom

root of all evil in the employ tody on charges which ofther this place. These are the facts, proach. I know a mother who actually incites them.

dealt with this particular. dif- Ho agrees with the views of as far as we have been able to as-ficulty by keeping tho plano a great criminal judge, Mment of prisoners is the definite did not result in their convic

shortage of work. Occupationtion or were not certain them at short notice. Is locked, and, only opening it as Justice Swift,

considered who said: "I for prisoners is essential to serious enough to justify a much imagination required to sug- a great treat--for serious prac-have been an associate of crim-their physical and moral needs sentence of imprisonment. Rest that Rainey has earned a tice!

E inala all my life. have de-

.. Training in industry rathor Yet these men and women right to the protection of the

fended them, prosecuted them, than production on an economie had paid a very severe penalty. Hong Kong Government? Could

and for years have tried them. scale should be the primary con- The neighbours would know all I know there is a very great sideration of employment in the about it In such cases "man's any person other than one who did

deal of good in the worst of

Inhumanity to man" is in ovid- not take a crudely narrow view)

case of them." of his functions subject him to ar-

(1) Borstal inmates;

ence all too often. The problem which the Home (2) Prisoners under 36 years

"Seven days," says the magis- rest and detention? Rainey was

I am inclined to pass, the res- Secretary is trying to solve iè of age with comparatively, long trate. "For ever," says society returning to a Colony which was ponsibility for this on to father. how to devise a system of

sentences."

with a sadistic smirk. the place of his former employ- If he is willing to lend a hand, punishment which will foster Much more work and, in par- ment. Even guilty of a technical so that mother can be a com- the good and kill the evil. ticular, more qutdoor work, will

On Remand breach of the law, he is still a Bri- panton instead of a drudge-

On Its Merits

be done by the prisoners of the Chuter Ede will introduce the Remand Homes, tish subject seeking re-entry into and mother is

There can be no doctrinaire future. Moreover, their work long awaited a British Colony which owes him giving the children interesting

useful. Sowing mall not be treated as if they word something more than a brutal slap tank they will soon follow his rule of thumb as an answer. must be more dignified as well where those awaiting trial will

example and lose the idea that Each case must be considered as moro in the face. The mere fact that housework is "Infra dig". Then, and treated on its own merits. bags has been one of the most already convicted. More im he served in the H.K. Volunteers perhaps, mother will be finished But certain principles have be-common tasks for prisoners in portant still, he will try to see, that, wherever possible, the should have been sufficient to earn in time to be able to devote hor como clear and have been ad- the past.

"Ah, sewing, I sce," said a neighbours do not know why for him the most sympathetic attention to all the other essen-vocated by Labour leaders, in- treatment. What has instead hap tial parental dutica that are bo- cluding Chuter Ede, for many pompous Prison Governor to a Mr. or Mrs., Jones or young Master Jones has disappeared." pened constitutes a violence to ing increasingly pushed on to years past. It is only fair to famous fall-bird.

There are innumerable other "No, reaping," was the light- other shoulders. ....

say that Samuel Hoare agreed Hong Kong's reputation and

principles which Labour's Home I was horrified at the sug-with, them, and but for the warning answer. grievous wrolig. It demands to

have Introduced

In the prisons of the futuro Secretary will introduce. Poll- gestion, a fow weeks ago, that would

there must be a far greater tical prisoners will not be treat be righted.

schont was the place for chil-reaching reforms.

vindictivo way, in In 1987 there were 75,000] variety of useful work, so thated in the dron to learn table mannórs!

in the past. Durban, June 27. Forty-six Indian "passiva ro

This seems to Indicate that we convictions for serious offences the prisoner does not feel that which they were sisters" arrested last night at are shirking our duties and of one eart or another. They the work in itself a part of They are a very special caté camp at Umbile and Gale Roads, leaving them to anyone else who resulted in 25.000, sentenges of the punishment. The kind of gory of offendere, Again, flog Imprisonment, penal servitude work which a prisoner performs ging will be abolished for all Durban, were remanded in ous will take a hand. tody for 24 hours by the magis“,

It won't do. However a Govor Borstal-much too high should be related inversely to classes of offendera: trate's court here today on a eramont max plan and scheme figuro Far too high a propor- the kind of critte he has comThe introduction of Chuter- Barna Ede's measure on nriminal re-. charge of contraventing the Rt for the welfare of the children, zidni these were young offenders mitted?'-

- It should lead his mind away form is eagerly awaited. We ous Assemblera Act. The Indiana,

the one thing they cannot re under the age of 18. beaded by the 'ransvaal Indian place is the influence and teach-Reduction of Juvenile delin from them into thoughts of zuunt not let the time-wasting leader Yusuf Dadog, camped on

Bananay na hasa ab that. It will be unduly corporation land to protesting of the parents and the Home, quency a pornsins the most im normal, Happy and useful exist House of Lords put out the against the recent leximation res Others can add the trimmings, portant problem of all for the ence for himself tricting Indiana from purobaiing but we musty, a mogla in future. The art principle Thousands of people are puns Government schedule of bunl *land In South Africa. Reuterat whith our children, wil grow. I must be absoluto peregation of | lähed tvory year for crimes of | deplayed."

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In Father's Footsteps.

Another mother asked how she could persuade her child to help with the housework

sensible about

far-