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No. 21,973 號叁拾柒百玖仟登萬弍第 日肆初月壹拾辰戊

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

UP TRAINS

STATIONS 34's No. 1 No.10' xa mài No. 3 No. 11 No.14 Xa 19 Hall No. 16 NGT NAM IONIAM AMAM | ANG AMAM A.2. [TOON 1.M.; FM.| Y.N.]P.M.| FALË 1.3.| PAL,

Cowloon.Dep 8.40° 8.35(6,30] 9.08) 9,1510,00|12.13) 1.15) 1.25 2.33 2.43′ 4,80 5,40) 7,36 Foamati, Dep, 642 ---

Skatin...Dep. 7.01|

Taipe ...p.7.25

Talpo

Market, Dep, 7.90

Bhrang

2.43,

| 4,85 5,48) 7.4 ' £30 6,000 7.38 5.04.6.19 2.09

5.08 6.17 8.18

8.25 10.06 1212 13 9.3810.2012.80 1

9 5310.33 19.43 1.48

Fanling.Dep. 7,30)

9.810.87 12.47 1.52 10.1010.47.19.67 2,02

3.10

3.30 -

aki.Dep. 735) | 8.07 | 9,43|10.15 10:59; 1.02 2,07) -- Kham-

shun.-ám. 7,41 8.45 9.12 0.51 10.2110.58 1.08, 2,18 5.05

Canton ...rr.) - 12.05) ---

|

| 5,18||6.27 8.23

3,25| 3.84 5.23|| 6.31.8.27 8.31 3.30 6.39 6.38 8.3s

5.49

16.30 -

DOWN TRAINS

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HONG KONG. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1928.

WOMEN POLICE PRAISED.

POST-WAR WAVE OF CRIME.

DETECTIVES AND PUBLICITY,

LAW OF THE RICH

DIVORCED WIFE, '

BARONET'S DAUGHTER AND

A DOCTOR.

misconduct of his wife, Mrs Winifred May Willis, daughter of Sir William Waters Bulter, Bt.

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(December 15th.) - Golf: Bogey Pool, Fanling.

(King's Building) at noon.

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Fauling Hunt Meet Sheung Shui, 3.30 p.m.

LOSS” TO, THE HUSBAND.

Damages amounting to £3,000 Sir Charles Haughton Bafter, to Mr. Howard L. Willia, & Bir were awarded in the Divorce Caurt Chief Constable of Birmingham, inmingham auctioneer, living ** giving evidence before the Police Hagley-road, Edgbaston; who was Commission, over which Viscount granted a decree nisi owing to the

Cricket Division I. Navy .. Lee of Fareham presided, declared

Kowloon (F), Craigengower that he could see no usefulness in

Royal Artillery (F), Hong Kong putting womer

C.C. Under 30 t. Over 30 (F). into uniform and Mr. Willis, said that his wife was stationing them at certain corners, Gordon Herbert Hackney, a Bir-L), Kowloon - Recreio (L), Hong now living in London with Dr. Division II.: Indians . R.A.S.C where they stood ál day apparent-mingham doctor. Damages were ong Electric s Craigengower ly doing nothing, as he had been claimed. done elsewhere.

Dr. Hackney had put in no No "independent

Football: Lai Wah Cup Final. No.3 No. 31 No.7 No. No. No. 17 No.19 Hayao. 1136, body of so-called women police denied the misconduct, but did not answer to the charge. The wife

Second Division: Eastern should be permitted. In all cases contest the case. they should be members of the reAn interesting question of law

STOKO regarding gular police force and under the amounting to £4,000 a year made settlement Shemskar Dep. 7.18 8.05 10.0 10.3 11.27,11,48 808 4,895.47 6.19 6.40 6.50 direct control of the Chief Con- by Sir William Batter on his Khangahai..Dep. 7.95.8.12

daughter.

STATIONS

20, 1

Canton ...Dep.

IF

A.X. A.M: AM. AK |AMA.M. P.M. | P.M. P.3 P.M. P.M. | P.M.

10

8.95

6,57 stable.

10,4

11.55 9.15 1.4 5.34 6.25

Paling

Dep. 7,30 8.18

Tipo Market Taipo ...Dep," 1,44 8.2) 10.34 Shatin Dep. 7,57 8.44 --- † Yazma Dupe 911 956- Kowloon Art 817 9.08 11.0

Dep, 7,40 8.48

10.47 10.37

12.00 3.9) 4.50 5.5

19.11 3.31 5.00 6.06

11,01) —

12.18 3.36 5,04 6.13 | 11,14) - 12,30′ 3,49 | 6,17| 6.28 11.98.1243 401 | 3.20 6.88 11,3212.07 13.49 4.07 3.88 6.44 7.00 7.20 7.83

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Sir Charles Rafter added: "The women police, have been an unquali fed success in Birmingham, though their duties are not quite what their adrocates wish them to be. We

think in Birmingham that we have

discovered the

true sphere of women's usefulness in police work, We need more, and I hope we will have them when finances permit."

Sir Charles Rafter remarked that there seemed to be a wave of very terrible crime since the war.

The Chairman: Crimes of vio.

lence 1-Yea.—***

The Chairman, referring to the sure on witnesses, asked if any question of alleged improper pres criticism had ben directed against the police from outride. sources.

Sir Charles Rafter: No. The Chairman asked if there had been any criticisms by defending solicitors in the Birmingham: Police

Courts:

Sir Charles Rafter (smiling): Oh, that is an everyday occurrence.

Palico And Public.

Sir Charles Rafter stated that the public idea was that a police man was a villain, adding empastic alis The policeman is a most respectable man for his class of life, as respectable as any in the count

The Chairman: Possibly more re- spectable than many persons in our professiona

The Chairman : Do you find in Birmingham that the relations be- tween the police and the public are good 1-Very good indeed.

The Chairman: Are there not more points of irritating contacts between the police and the public than many years ago I leave out) the question of motor cases for the present i

Power Of The Court. Mr. Justice Hill: What is the law

Queen's, St. Joseph's v, Na, South China B v. University, K.0.9.8

. R.A.F., Chinese e. South China "A", Small Units . Kowloon, Recreio e. Royal Artillery.

Royal H.K. Yacht Club 5th Championship Race.

H.K. Philharmonie

Society:

about loss under & settlement The Tom Jones," Theatre Royal, court will have power to protect the p.m. husband and the child.

He said that if the husband's loss were to be taken into sècount by the

jury in assessing damages he would have the benefit of that twice over, for Mr. Willis: So far as the bus Sir Ellis Hume-Williams, KC. band has seen it, there is no life in be loser under the settlement, but terest in it for him. He would not he would lose the income which the wife was contributing to the house- hold or for the benefit of the child. Mr. Justice Hill. Yes, but on secured to the husband. variation of settlement that can be

Sir Ellis Home-Williams said that he would exclude los under the settlement from his claim for damages at present

of

said that the ascertainment

Mr. Justice Hill,mming up, damages in divorce was a pronais matter.

"Not Vindictive,” "We are not here," he said, "to punish wrong-doers. That is not the function of the Divorce Court The damages must not be vindictive or hy way of punishment."

The question was what loss had the husband suffered by the loss-of-

Hackney. his wife, owing to the act of Dr.,

He added that in one way is might be said that the husband) could not be compensated in cash for the loss of his wife, but the law gave the husband a right to mone- tary compensation.

and Dr. Hackney had been guilty The jury found that Mrs. Willis of misconduct.

The foreman of the jury, when asked about damages, said: "My lord, we have considered this matter very carefully, and we think that there is no sum adequate to com- pensate the husband for his loss The damages cannot be less than £5,000"

Mr. Justice Hill: Very well,

Sir Charles Rafter replied that he did not think so. Last year in Birmingham they carried out 86,000 inquiries, and there were practic. ally no complaints., He regarded the work the women police were doing as preventive work. They £5,000. were removing persons from the

An order was made for the pay streets who would otherwise be ment of the damages into court criminals in a very short time and putting them into respectable posi- tions, Some of these cases were women that a policeman could not approach.

It seems always to be forgot. ten," he added, that the object of the Police Force is the preven tion of crime, Great attention and great flair are given to detective work, Police work should be silent.

Detectives As Héroes.

within fourteen days.

THE ARMY AND THE LAW.

POWER AND DIGNITY" OF

A COURT RECOGNISED.

Mention was made in the King's Bench Division of the action of Aspinall British Instructional Films, Ltd., a claim by a soldier The Chairman Is the great pub-for damages for personal injuries, licity given to police work nows alleged to have been received while days the result of greater activity he was taking part in the making on the part of the Press, or a of a film, entitled "The. Betreat

greater desire on the part of police from Mons."

Queen's Theatre: "Barbed Wire." World Theatre: "The Prince of Pilsen."

Star Theatre: The Escape." Tea Dances H.K. Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 4.30 pm

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Sunday,

(December 18th.) 3rd Sunday in Advent.

Goll: Bogey Pool, Fanling, semi- fine) of championship.

Fanling Hunt: Paper Hunt (December Cap) Jardine's Bunga- low, 11 a.m.

Tennis: Chinese R.C. Mixed Double Final.

Cricket-First Division: I.R.C. v. `H.KV.D.C. (F),

Gardens, 4 p.m.

KO.S.B. Band Concert, Botanical

Queen's Theatre: "The Patsy."

Urbervilles, 5.15 and 8,15 at 2.30 World Theatre: "Tess of the

and 7.15, Chinese Picture The Lady Detective."

Star Theatre: The Bugle Call"

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officers for advertisement-It does Mr. Thorn Drury, C., for the not occur in my Force, but I am soldier, said that he did not pro- airaid it is growing. I do not wish ceed with his application to ex Helena May Institute, 10.30 to 1 Sale of Cakes, Candies, etc., to express opinions upon other pedite the trial, as one officer and Police Forces, but I de think it is ten men were being retained in p.m. (In aid of Union Church a great pity and a great harm this country until the action bad Funds).

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