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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 1931.

MILLIONS FACING

STARVATION

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Appiù Vendors Going.”

Business men obtained the vir tually removal of apple vendora | from downtown "struots"beenuso; of sheir discuraging effect upon the buying public. The apple sellers (last year's symbol of unemployment are ressiving other forms of relict. Police operated in a war upou "pan-Handlera" on street beggars? And since the public has been in structed not to give them hlms, except through organised relief agensita, they also have been almost elimihatad.

Consequently, the casual observer in Now York would scnclude that conditions among the aneuplored. wore improving. Unfortunately Buch is not the case, say relief workers.

Actual distress is more widesprend than ever before, m the city's his tory, Mr. William Hodson, execa- tive director of the Welfare Coun eil, asserts. And this, in apite, of the $34,000,000 winter reliéf pro gramme of public and private wol- fare agencies, which already .. under way. It is extremely dopin- ful according to authorities, that funds will be available to care for all the needy.

Those who are suffering most are" the thousands whese cases, because of pride or ignorance, are not cali-f cd to the attention of the relief agencies. Every day, welfare work- era dienver families and individual. who have suffered in silence to weeks because they were too prend

BOIL ALL YOUR MIEK!

DEFINITE STATEMENT BY

·M.O.H. REGARDING DIPHTHERIA,

THREE CHINESE DEATHS REPORTED YESTERDAY.

That it would be somewhat premature to venture, an opinion as to whether or not the diph theria epidemic has reached its semith was the view. takan...by.... the Medical Ofear of Health, Dr. G. W. Pope, in an interview. with a Daily Presa" ropte sentative yesterday afternoon.

We must have at least an other twenty-four hours before We can make such a statement,"" ssid Dr. Pops. "We must first. wait to see if the precautionary measures advised by us have had any effect, and in any case the period of incubation is from two to four days."

It is algnideant, however, 'that out of the 15 osser oficial- ly notified by doctors. yester- day a number should have been included in the previous day's total, as the doctors had been ao overworked in some instances that oficial notification was not made until the next day. Of these 16 cages, 11 ore Euro pean and ive ware Chinese, while one of the latter was im- ported.

Three Chinese Fatalities, Three intalities occurred during the week ending December 3, but

to request aid, or because they did all were Chincae and therefore to not know how or where to applybe considered as for it. This despite the city-wide

part of the

educational campaign carried on by } 'normal' mortality attending diph- social workers.

theria among this race, and not due. specifically to any epidemic.

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Three legions of destitute who, for

reason or another do not ob tain" nid, are suffering from lack of shelter, Inck of food and lack of clothing.

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The total number of Europeans new receiving treatment for this disease either in hospital or private- ly in 65. This Brings the number of cases notified since the beginning of the month to 78.

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Evicted from Homes. When families or individuals no longer ena pay their rent, they are svicted by landlords-turucut into the street, inless friends ori Definitely Adult Epidemic. social workers step in and pay t for them, Evictions in winter un

The fact that only about fifty per doubtedly are, the most pathetic cent. of the 'cases are juveniles de- aftermath of unemployment. Most

of the families evicted are cared for finitely proves the outbreak to be immediately by relief agencies, but an adult one, as the usual propor- Some are pot-because the organisation in diphtheria epidemics is tions are not notified.

While 11 usually 75 per cent. children and 25 statistics are available as to the actrial number of evictions occur.per cent, adults. ring, it is reliable last year's daily rate

Buemployment

The energency Relief Committee, beaded by Mr. Harvey D. Gibson, former presid ents and executive chairman of the New York Trust Company, is the most important of the agencies. Its Emergency and Relief Bureau; controlled by a board representing majc, welfare organisations, inves tigates and approves projects in, un efforts to "create" work, For ex ample, there are many public, and semi-public projects planned, but

Dr. Pope emphasises that re- aldents must boll all milk before use, that crowds in confined spaces must be avoided, and that immediately the symptoms of the disease manifest them- selves the affected person should consult a doctor.

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The advisability of closing places of public entertainment has, it is understood, been discussed in the

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for which funds will not be forth- usual quarters, but up to the time eeming within several years. After investigating and approving these

of going to press no order to this. projects, funds are appropriated effect has been made. from the Emergency Committee's wer cheet and werk is started na mon du possible, thus furnishing employment. These projects include repairing public buildings and boa pitals, building, roads, landscaping parks,, ete,

Public Breadlines Abolished. The unemployed register at the committee's Bomo 40: bureaux throughout the city, and, when' work has been created," the men are employed three days a weeks at 88 a day and women"five days work ut 83 a day. It is estimated by committee research workers that, the average family of four can eke out an emergency existence on 815 a week. Most need casse are given employment first, of course.

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ROBBERY TRIAL.

SEARCH OF ACCUSED'S BELONGINGS.

ALLEGED DISCOVERY,

An identification parade at which neither of the two necused on trial

at the Criminal Sessions were pick-

ed out by the victims of a robbery,

Public breadlines have been prae and the finding of a pair of ear- tically abolished under this new rings among the property of the plans. Relief leaders declared that

the relief through work systems as first accused, according to the police far superice to breadlines and evidence, were subjects of lengthy ratuities in proventing distreue cross-examination when Det.-Ins. Breadlines, they point out, are sub ject to abuse by professional beg. Fallon gave his evidence before the gars and by persona not in actul Chief Frutico (Bir Joseph Kemp) need, menawhile many persons and jury 'yesterday. distress will not use them because of pride.

The two nocused; Chung King Moreover, food is given to indi-Man and Li Fat, are charged with viduals in the breadline, and white robbery at a house in Kak Hang the head of the family inay 'receiv

nough to sustain himself for three Village, Kowloon City, and they or four hours, his family at home jare defended by Mr. Hin Shing Lo. is not benefitted unless its membara ¡Impector Fallón stated that thore cemo to the line and stand in the cold with him.

were 18 persons, including the two

To prevent duplication or ratief, accused and another auspected per- the Emergency Committee has estaon, at the identification parade." ablished direct contact with the

City Welfare Department and with. They were all dressed like and tha the Mayor's Committee, as well as witnesses called, failoil to identity with the Social Service Exchange any of the suspects as those they which net as a clearing bosemw in the house on the day of the all appeals to aid for the varicus

robbery

chrity organisations,

In answer to Mr. Lo, witness-kald that no complaint was made to him hy ono of the women witnokken to the effect that she could not pick any of the alleged robbers owing to the parade being held in the dark, as stated by the witions, in her evidence.

~~Inspector's Evidence. Inspector Fallon stated that the pair of oar-rings, which had been identified by one of the women wit nesacs as property taken frora her on the day of the robbery, was found in a basket pointed out, to the police by the first accused na his property.

Witness "further said that eight other pieens of jade ear-rings waro put together and "the woman im- mediately picked out what she stat ed was her own property.

In answer to Mr. Lo, witness, sid" that he did not think it was necća. sary to produce in Court the other." sight. pieces of jade. They were borrowed from pawnshops and had to be returned after the identifica tion. Witness further said that firat accused was not present when the identifiontion took plica Ho twitness) siid not consider it fair to the accused that ho should have bewn there.

Further hearing was adjourned until this morning.

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WAR ON DIPHTHERIA

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Recommended prescription for IZAL gargle:-

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