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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1957.

CHINA THE BRITISH HANGMAN

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W.CE

Post Now Almost

A Sinecure

With New Law

By WALTER DAVIS

London, May 23,

The job of public hangman in Britain has become almost a sinecure now that the dbath sentence has been abolished for all but a few categories of murder.

A government spokesman has estimated that the hangman will in future be called up only about three or four times a year.

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From the end of World Wer, time he enters the condemned I until February 1956 when the man's cell until he pulle the House of Commons passed level at the scaffold in a cell motion, urging the Government next door. to abolish the death penalty, the unnual average of hangings was 13.

No criminal has been hanged since the House of Commons vote. All murderers have been reprieved by the Home Secretary, their sentences being mostly commuted to life imprisonment

Out of every 100 condemned prisoners, he says, 99 go cálmly. to their deeth. But once he was involved in a tree-for-all night in the death cell with an named foreign spy about to be hanged.

who

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As Mr Pierrepoint went into is feet ond dived at the exe- the cell, the prisoner sprang to

cutioner. He fought with every- thing he had and it took a long time to get lum to the scaffold.

The Innkeeper

banged

Mr Pierrepoint once 17 me in a day-all war cri minals, in Germany.

He hanged Halgh,

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S. KOREA TO GIVE

AID TO UPRISING

re-

The Government decided to change the law of murder after the House of Lords had reject- ed a private member's bill to do away with hanging which had already been passed by the House of Commons. It broke the parlamentary deadlock with a compromise bill, which has now become law and which reduces

Seoul May 23. prepared to lake and whether the types of murder which camy

Lieutenant-General You he had information that Ted him the acid the death penalty

to belleve such a revit was Ave. Those bath

the sex Jai Hung, newly appointed forthcoming, said, "When killer, Heath, include murder by shooting or

manine, Christie, the Notting Chairman of the South voit took place in Hungary last MAYFAIR

"causing COMPANY,

explosionTM and Himuple

munderer, Area for well known pienos by murder

and Korea

simply of police or

Joint Chiefs of year, the free world pambertselablished over £28

prison Ruth Ells the young night club Staff, told correspondents an attitude should not ofcem.

watched and did nothing. Such Lagerrett & Hobi rad

hoslems, who shot her lover.

be re- 1977 and overal other mig

Now he has retired and de- here today his immediate peated it a similar uprising Hah and German makes. Alsi plaño mooddion of well known German,

votes all his time to an inn task was to establish A takes place in North Korea," Italian makes, Brass. woodwind,

which he runs near Preston, in policy to be taken by ment further.

The General refused to com- ating stracrante, organa, ath, All these instrumente esta be w

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NOTICE

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Sixty-Eighth Ordin- ary Yearly Meeting of SharE- holders will be held at the office of Wheelock Marden & Co., Ltd., 701

Easy Time

The executioner today has an casy time compared with his predecessors of long ago. In the ielen of King Henry VIII (1509-1540), for example, about 2,000 persons were

executed every year for theft and rob- bery alone.

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During that reign and in the next 200 years, visitors to Bri- tain were amazed by the num ber of public executions, which were regarded as much as public entertainment

football match is today. Large crowds gathered round the gallows and high prices were charged for front seats. Thousands of visi- tors, too, paid to look at the condemned man in his ceil.

In the early 19th century, no lower than 200 offences were <stdl punishable

by death. People were executed for such trivial crimes as cutting down a dreo. The judge, pasaing

sen- tence on a man found guilty of the crime at Chelmsford, Essex, in 1814, commented that e man who would cut down a tree would kill a man,

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In 1811, a London judge ob- Jected to the abolition death

penalty

of the picking

for Edinburgh pockets, though offenders could

House, Hongkong, on Friday, still be hanged for setting fre 7th June, 1957, at 11.30 a.m. to a hayrick, or stealing more for the purpose of receiving than one shilling (though the the Statement

of Accounts penalty for this

was usually

and the Report of the Direc-transportation for life).

tu

tors for the year ended 31st December, 1956, and transact the ordinary busi- ness of the Company.

days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors SHEWAN TOMES & CO., LTD.

E. G. SMITH-WRIGHT Director

Reform

Gradually, however, with in- creasing pressure for reform. The Transfer Books of the the death penalty was abolished Company will be closed from for cattle, horse and sheep steal- Friday, 24th May, 1967 unting in 1832, for house-breaking Friday, 7th June, 1957 both in 1839, for larceny by post office employees in 1836, and for burglary in 1837, in 1881, it was abolished for all offences. except treason, murder, piracy with violence and setting are to dockyards and arsenals. These are actually still capital offences today, though no one has been hanged for the last two for many years.

Executions in public were slopped in 1886. They now take place privately in the prison.

Between 1932, Parliament abo- lished capital punishment for all persona under the age of 18.

Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chan- cellor who is hood of the Judiciary bold the House 9% Lords fet before the infest changes in the trder Law that the Government was prepared to abolish hanging as a means of execution it SVIDO mone humane methods could be found. Mr Albert Pierrepoint, Bri-

General Managers Hongkong, 21st May, 1967.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

"ADAPENOR"

Damaged cargo ex this vowel will De mirveyed by Mentre. Paulsen & Bayes-Davy at Hoit's 'Wharf from 20 năm, on May 25 and 27, 1937, and consignees are requested to have thair expresentatives present during the survey.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Axente.

Hong Kong, May 23, 1967.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

"ATHEUS"

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tain's chief hangman for many greats, thinks that dare is

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better method. The way it

dore In Britain, he says, 15

"quicit, certain and humane."

Fastost Means

means

of

De to

"It is the fastest Dacaged orgó ex this vessel ei culion in the world, be arveyed by Moga, Goddard d ) quiclone

the shooting, Douglas at Holt's Wharf from 10 am clearer," he told a Royal comm on May 25 and 27, 1957, and con- | mission which studied the ques- migosen are requested to have thett ( térds of capital punishment door ropenmxcitatires prosent during the 1948 to 1951.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Apart

For Mom, May 23, 1907

Mr Pierrepoint, a stocky, man of 40, where dather and unclo ware bangmen before him

repicons that he takes only nine seconds to do his job, from the,

armed

South Korea's Grave and taciturn as a hang- forces in case of a "large- man, Mr Plöreepoint is jolly and humorous as an innkeeper, scale revolt in North Korea notice

"No against the present Com- in his bar s03 hanging around here which munist regime." always amuses curious visitors who go Bee what a hangman looks like China Mail Special.

General You, answering ques- tions us to what action he was

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These two young

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of tho Women' Royal

been

Naval

Service havÒ sharing

the rigours of survival course on Salisbury Plain, England, with party of Flock Air Arm officers, The girls,” Charlone Gordon, left, and Nin Allen, have been hiking more than 60 miles across open country. They have

been

carrying packs similar to that which any air crow man might have in making a forced landing in enems-occupied country. -Express Photo.

Talayo, May 23. Japan and Nationalist China Government today

opened formal talks officials rald later they inter- aimed at an early trade agree

remaries ment. preted General You's as an indication that South Three sub-committees for Korean forces would

not rico, sugar and fertiliser the hesitate to go to the old of any main

exchanged products movement that began a revolt between the two countries against the North Korean Com were set up at today's meeting. munist Government.--Neuter. -United Press.

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RIGHTE

HK Insurance Company Cuts Share Units

(Continued from: Phzo 10)

1087 dach of the 200,000 shares | Prophet,

(representing Peat of £10 each in the Capital of Marwick Mitchell & Co.), J. A. the Society shall be divided into Remedies, G. R. Ross, J. H. 10. shares of £1 each'

Seth, Mr G. M. M. Sinclair, -"As mentioned in my slate C. G Smith (representing ment, at the present time aur Lowe Bingham & Matthews), shares are one of the most ex- Mra 3. C. Stone, Mry E. M. pensive insurance shares in the Stopani-Thomson, G.

B. S. world.

It is felt by your Thomson (representing Hong- Directors that a split of cach kong & Kowloon Whart £10 share into ten. EI shares Godown Co., Ltd), J. Townsend will enhance the popularity of (representing Smith Maron & the Society and widen its 1st Co., Ltd), R. A. Wadesen, R. pf Shareholdera.

"It is not anticipated that this alteration In the Society's capital structure will have any effect upon our policy towards payment of dividends.

"I have pleasure in proposing the adoption of a Resolution and shall be obliged if a share

holder will kindly second the motion,"

Mr N. V. A. Croucher, seconding, sold: "The Hourd's proposal to sub-divide the So- ciety's shares will be welcomed by shareholders, particularly the small investor, who can add to his portfolio when he has a spare $100.00,

"You, Sir, point out in your statement that Unions art among the highest priced In- murance Company sharea and this, I think, has tended to new strict the number of shore- holders. I am confident a large increase in shareholders will result from the sub-division, and some benent will accrue to the Society.

"With these few remarks, Mr Chairman, I have pleasure in seconding your proposal."

The Resolution was put to the mooiing unanimously.

and carried

M. Shroff (representing Rutton- joe Estates Ltd).

The Meeting was preceded by the Annual General Meeting of use British Traders Insurance Insurance Co., Ltd, subeldiaries Co., Ltd and the North Pacific of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd.

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Notices

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FRIDAY, MAY 24

by Alfa Formosa, USA., 0 pan. Thailand, India, Pakistan Middle Europe, 6 p.m.

Japani, Op.m. Canada. 4 p.m.

By Burtica Thalland, pm Philippines, à p.m. Macsó, a par

SATURDAY, MAY IS By Alt

Present were: the 1on, C. Bloker (Chairman), Messrs Best, Africa, Great Britals, T. Flanigan, G. M. Goldsack, H. Owen Hughes, J. F. Mac- gregor (Directors), L. B. Stone (Gentral Manager), D. B. Sin- clair (Assistant General Mana- ger), A. Abraham, R. S. Barty, D. Benson, A. W. Black, Mrs L. D. Blaker, J. L. Bonnar, J. L. Bray, T. H. G. Braydeld, T. W. K. Chun, N. V. A. Croucher (representing Kelly & Walsh Ltd), P. Dunt, Mrs E. H. Flanagan (representing China Properties Ltd), S. M, Garrard, H. M. C. Gooey, S. S. Gordon (representing Lowe, Dinghum & Mathews), J. I. Corrie Hill, J. Y, V. Hunt (representing Feat. Marwick Mitchell & Co.), K. W. Kong, J. B. H. Leckie, H, S. Lee, J. Dickson Leach, W. W. McKenzie, J. N. Mehto, D. L.

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Peking, Shanghai, Zankow, Mun- ming, Holkow, ? a.m.

Indo-China, France, 9 ama. Thailand Malaya, N. Doetan, In- donesia, Australia, New Zealand.” Ceylon 11a.m.

Philippines_a_p.m. How V.B.A. & D.E. Thailand,

Middle India,

Ebat, Africa, Great Britain & Europe, 8 pm.

Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand 0 p.m.

Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, 6 pan.

By Bartaco China, People's Reptilla 7 a.m. Formana, 11 am. Japan, Nook.

Melaya (Weat Australia, Via Fremantle), p.m.

Maceo, 1 p.in.

Mauritius, A.

Farcelo

Afrin, Brazit,

(Argentine, Parcels direct), p.m.

Philippines, 3 113.

Burma. 2 p.m.

Iraq, pu

China, People's Republic, 0 p.m. Bacao, 5.10.

BUNDAY, MAY 20

By Alt Philippines, 4 p.m.

Formosa, U.S.A., Canada, & p.lt. Burma. Inika, Piclatar), Esat, Adrien, Great Britain de Europe, cp..

Hawail & p.m. Koren, p.m..

By Surface Macao. 1 p.m.

Radio Hongkong

for Teen-Agers Deborah

Huribalt;

8.30 p.m. presented by 1. Time Signal. · Programme Sum mary; 8.02 Popularity Pal pre- sented by ed inomar; 30, Akan Club; 1, Eddle Calvoet (Trumpet). With Peter Yorks and dis Orchestra; 7.10. Á láta of Ekim, Weitten by Goutres Harrison, Produced Lee Bridgmont (BCTS); 1,45, Going to the Pictures. The Crition discuss the pictures they have seen. This week. Chairman: Timothy Birch; 7.30, Weather Report: 9, Time Higna). The Nown; 8.00, Commentary o Stop Press Item: 8.15, Muse Lover Hour Cla doal Requests presented by Alleen Dekker; 9.10. The Golden Butterfly by Walter Besant and James Nice. Drarratised by Howard Agg. 4-Crow Currenta" (BBCTS). (Repeat of Lost Bunday's Broadca2)); 9:46, "Platter parade” presented by Nick Kendall: 10.30, Emesto Legion of the Placa with his Orchestra and Vositate; 105, Weather Report 11, Te Signal. Radio Newsreel: 11.18,Goodnight Munic. Sonata in E Minor for Flute and älarpslenord (Bach); 11:50, Clown Down.

REDIFFUSION

p.m...

Matinee.

Musical --Paulira Alpert and the Leony Kerstin Qulamt: 3.30, Strike Up the Band; & The Story of Bottis Castle;- 4.10, Tea for Twa: 4.30. Musical A.Congs Bearing

with the letter "" 5. Children's Corner Nursery Sing Sơng with Doris Gam- bell; 1.30, Friday Raquests-Pywanted by Betty: 0.38, Blythday Malibag: 650. Showtime __Barthade-Bidney Torch Stringy, T. Pertsonality Parado *Lena Horde; 315, Track TakeTips for Tomorrow's Faces; 130 de Fiber_with_Azul Stordahl's, Özchos- bre, 745, xw Mystery of Nige Lorimer; 3, Timo Signal and the News: 809, WAAher Report, An- DOURONNEMOTEN and Interinde: 6.18. The Top Popular, Musk: MAK Balado Toc Two-A Btudio Presenia- jion in which two vistiOCH HINGE śrete, meselosi answers to osrtain tarka and unlikely strqumsTANONE; 1. Cafe Coțumental. A ProgramZDR ớt French Muato presented by Jest- petto 17:22 Day Show

D Redlinigion Brotlight Interview Within Maja Peber – Kløyd, Managing Director of Peter

103 Piano Blahoshevalo of

Eps, gred by doorge Fryer; 1050, Andre Coinstareta and Debatre; 11, Dale with Dreamland Doris Day, - Dead Marian and the Modernadres: 1130, Prelude to Mid- Bit-Denco Kuala BOOL

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