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MASON'S

DELICIOUSN

O.K.

SAUCE.

NOTICE

Hongkong Taily Press. **

ESTABLISHED 1857,

No. 23015. 伍拾仟卷萬弍第 1.玖拾式月叁年申壬 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1932.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME TABLE.

On and after MAY 2xp, 1981 until Further Notice (all previoua Tiong Tholos cancelled).

UT TRAINS

No. No.

STATIONS

20.

No. No. No. No. No.

10.8. 12 34

・AM AM

Koloat.....

Yaumati

Shatin

Taipo:

Taipo: Marko

Fanling Sheungahet

Shamohan

Canton

„Dep. 6.40] 8.08 || 8.28 0.15 10.18.12.002.182.38)

| 0.43)

7:00

7.30

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8.34 10.24:12:08 130... 0.87 10:38 12.2015... 0,52}|10.50) 17,38}|1,8£;; 0:57) 10:54) 12187 1,65|| (10,09||11.04|12:47 2,05:

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS.

TO-DAY.

(May

Rogatina Day. Whist. Drive

Seamen's

stitute.

Rowing Command Sports, Nerth Point, 9:10, 8.m.

4,00): 4,41) 1235) 7.40:

4:40 5.48 7.48 6.03 5468 8,00

...: 5.15 6:08 8.19 ....6.19 0.12 8.17 ...6.2002) 8.37

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11.09.

5.40

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STATIONS

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Canton Shutushum Sheungsauf

•Fanling .... Talpo, Matko..

Talpa Shatin Tanmail.... Kowloon...

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.Dep.||1:40| 8.26||10:18 ...

Dop.7.45 8.30 10.23.

Dep. 7:58 8.44 10:30... Dep. 8.118.66 10.48.

17.50 2:48 4856:22) 12:01| |2:63} ;. 4:46. |†8,22{{

19:08 8,02 4,49 8.88

12:20 8.15 8,098.40... 12.823.47 147,31

„AFT. 8:17 9,01 10,54||11:12| 1388|1.88| 6,20 2.0717.891

O Sundays and Public Holidays only

*For First Class Passengers only. Will stop at any station on request

Further information may be obtained at the Railway Offices, Kow loon or Canton, from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son Ltd, Bong Kong, The Amercian Express Co., Hong Kong, or The China Travel Servios,, 8... Quonna. Road, Hong Kong.

By Order,

R. BAKER, Manager, BRITISH, SECTION, KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

Central Theatre: "Honeymoon

Lane."

King's Theatre: "Delicioua,"’`

Registered as Nexspaper at the General

Post Office in the United Kingdom,

BILDING (Sonth. Arcade),

LAZARUS

Ophthalmic Options.

BRAGTAHOKH Price Single Copy, 10 cts.

REFORMS IN THE HOME

POLICE

RAISE THE PAY STATUS AND STAN- DARD OF THE DETECTIVE FORCE.

LAWS THAT HAMPER POLICEMEN INTER WORK.

We are. becoming inorasingly candidates, who should be required Queen's Theatre: "West of Broad-lax in our attitude to the criminal to pass a stiffer examination than way."'

writes A: A. B., in the Evening that sot at prosent for the entrants Star Theatre: Show of Shows" Stamlard. This tendency shows it to "the Force" The pay should World Theatre: Half Shot"at self by a growing indifference to uertainly be higher, though I do not Sunrise."

injuries to life and property, and attach so much importanca to the money as to the prestige and social status.

Ten Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Be pulse Bay Hotel, Peninsula Hotel and King's Restaurant.

morbid sentimentalism which decries the enforcement of a strict discipline in prisons and reforma tories

THE TRADITION OF DUTY. Why is Borstal a failure Be The three most efficient and india European Mail-Inwand: Europa cause potential young criminalspensable branches of our national #in Suez (Ranchi); Outwards are not disciplined as sternly is service, the Navy, the Army, and Europe via Siberia (Asame Mari) boys at a public school. Why are the Civil Service, are the least 8.30 a.m.

16 persons killed every day and lucrative, thanks to our priceless Tides-High at, 8.55 and 21.17; 1500 injured on the streets by motor tradition of public duty. The so- Low at 2.03 and 14.50,

traffic?

cial stadding and repute of the Because juries will not convice national detective force should bo THURSDAY,

reckless drivers of manslaughter, more like that of the officers of the (May 5.);

and because magistrates inflict ab-Indian Police, or, I was going to Burdly light penalties. Crimes ssy, of the Royal Irish, Constabu against property with violence have lary, but that revives memories of increased; are increasing, and cught to be diminished Worse than this, the number of undetected crimes is rising.

Ascension Day. Holy Thursday. Chinese National Holiday. (An- niversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Inauguration as President of the Republic of China in Canton, 1991).

Customs Holiday.

Church Rally, Sailors' & Soldiers Home, 8.30 p.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACA) GTMANNGAT UG., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD Chamber of

HONG KONG-DANTON LINE

SAILINGS From HONG KONG-Dally at 8 am and 10 p.m. (Sundayi 10 p.m. only):

BAILINGS From CANTON -Dally at 8 am and 4.30p.m. (Bundays 4.30 p.m. only).

HONG KONG-MACAO LINE.

SPECIAL SERVICE.

FAHINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 8,am, &* 30 p.m.

(Sundays excopted),

(Stadnya excepted),

MAILINGS From MA PA O-Daily at 3 am, &.2.p.m.

SPECIAL MACAO EXCURSIONS OK SUNDAY, 8zu MAY, 1932

S.S. "TAISHAN"

will leave Hong Kong at 9.30 am. and Macao at 6.80 pim.

·S.S. SUI TAI":

will leave Hong Kong at 8.a.m. and Macao at 4 p.m.

SPECIAL SALOON FARES.

WEEK DAYS.. --Bingle: $3.00; Kuism: $5.00% BIGORSIONS—Singlet #2:50; Return::84,00%; 20

V —— AS104mbrust Company's Steamers are fitted with Wirelona,"

If you like cheese with

you will like

your biscuits

CLUB CHEESE

a crisp flaky biscuit in which the cheese is introduced into the biscuit in a way that is known only

CARR'S

CARLISLE

established 1831

180 to the Th

WR LOXLEY & CO. YORK BUN DING

TONG KONG

"Old unhappy far-off things,

And battles long ago." It is said that the police are ham- pered in their detective work by· RESERVE FORCE NEEDED. the judges rules about interrogat

ing suspected porsone or those who It is also obvious that we must could give valuable information. Meetings Hong Kong General either, increase the number Those rules are mainly the fruit of

Commerce, 4.15 p.m.;

regalar police or establish a new one of those absurd bursts of sen Sopiety for the Prevention of auxiliary police for special service timentality aroused by the prolong- Cruelty to Animals, Jardine's in controlling motor traffic. As the ed questioning of a young woman Boardroom, 6.15 p.m.; Theosophical competition to get into the force is by an inspector or superintendent. Society, 6 p.m.

keen, I suggest that a reserve train--partly over the tes-table. Queen's Theatre: "Kept Husing police force might be created of bands,"

younger men, at lower salaries, who

THE HYDE PARK CASE. might cut their wisdom teeth in the

The police will tell you, in cer checking and pursuit of road-hogs.tain districts, that they know all After being trained in the reserve about their ariminals, but that they these police cadets might past into are afraid to arrest them on suspi- the regular force, as young men eion, for the purpose of interroga. 'pass from Woolwich and Sandhurst tion, after the Hyde Park ease. into the Army, or from a training. This I dare say is true, but only hip into the Navy. This would proves that the rules must be re- twen 16 and 20 off the streets, and take a number of young men bevised.

A great ery is always raised on would be less expensive than in these occasions about personal - creasing the regul for.

King's Theatre: "Delicious."? Central Theatre: "Honeymoon

Lane,

Star Theatre: "General Crack" World Theatre: Shows,"

"Show

.. of

Tea Dances as King's Restaurant Rnd Hong Kong Hotel: Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Peninsula Hotel and King's Rea

taurant

Tides-High at 9:15 and 22.00; Fow at 2.30 and 15.30.

FRIDAY.

(May 6.)

Ascession of King George V., 1910, Beginning of Summer, Lí heia, His Excellency the Governor Planves, Queen's Pier, 11 am

Ovorsens Longue Concert, Helena May Institute.

REFORM FROM THE TOP.

berty, and you might think, that Habens Corpus was boing abrogat- ed. If the British public would! only attend to and resist the really All effective, reform, however, serious invasions of personal liber- ought to begin at the top. I am by that are committed daily by informed that there is little dis Socialist legislation in the House tinction in the pay, and conse of Commons, they would be more quently in the pensions, between profitably employed. But that's the policemen engaged in detective another story. work and those employed in patroi-Iroferred above to our impuyable dental duties of maintaining lawder, in relation to crime, the de ling the streets and in the inci tradition of public duty. Consi and order. The commissioners, oc plorable situation of the United rather the inspectors and superin-States, where there is no such Lendents, choose from the ranke tradition, and where the federal the more intelligent and better constitution decentralises the admi- Jumble Sale at Hong Kong Union educated constables for employment nistration of justice to such an ox- Church Hall, 2.30 p.m.

in detective work. Indeed, & con- tent as to render it powerless. Thu, stable who is not ambitious and notorious Al Capone could not be prefers a quiet life will often retried on a criminal charge because fuse detective service, as the work the State judges and police are of patrolling the streets is, in most said to be in his pay. To enable quarters of London, an easy if him to be tried in a federal court monotonous job.

He had to be prosecuted for a civil offence. against federal law, o cordingly he has been convicted and imprisoned for evading the income-

St. Stephen's College dinner to Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Chinese Merchants Club, 7.30 p.m.

Choas: Open Championship of the Colony A. C. Ridlington v I. A. Bonlanin; D. E. Carvallo 2, P. T. Rozarin; S. L. Hussain v. G. W. Greens; BW Paul H. W Randall.

King's Theatre" Delicions.” Queen's Theatre: "Kept Hus

bands,"

Central Theatre "Honeymoon Lane."

Star Theatre"="" Ceneral Crack World Theatre: Show Show"

Toa Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Fenin, sula Hotel and King's Restaurant, Luropean Mail-Outward Europa 17. Biberis (Empress of Japan) 10 am,

Tides High at 0.35 and Low at 250 and 18.10.-

This system strikes me an absurd It must be obvious that the work of detecting crime requires many higher mental qualities than those fax possessed by the average constable; and a superior education. In many A LINDBERGH LESSON. cases, for instance, a knowledge of prin French, or German, or Italian Or take the case of the kidnap. must be indispensable. I am not a ping of Colonel Lindbergh's baby. detective fan, nor a reader of detocThat happened nine weeks ago. In tive fiction. But the task of in what other country, calling itself ravelling a clue and pursuing it civilised, would such a crime be has always seemed to me to require possible 1 And it is not the first some of the highest and rarest of case of the kind~~~I'wo years ago human qualities, especially in these the child of a prominent Snazeler, days, when the criminals are them was kidnapped, and, the father selves highly educated, with all the resources of modern, invention at their command.

paid a ransom of £10,000 but as hà was not a Lindbergh, and the American press saw no money in A great detective must have some- it, the affair passed unnoticed.......... thing like a mathematician's braing The failure of justice in America the power of concentration and ab-is partly dus, to, the federal conati- straction, which is much racer than tution and partly to the corruption is commonly, upposed of public life. We are not fadurai

My suggestion that the Crimin sed in England, thank Hoaren al Investigation Department, should. Bus, the best check on corruption is |be reorganised, sea, separate ser-centralisation, which, would be pro- vies There should be different vided by a central national deteo qualifications required from the tive formae, such as I have skotched:

Per Month. 83.

JUST ARRIVED

A SHIPMENT OF

TUBORG BEER

Purveyors to

The Royal Danish Court.

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