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THE CANTON-KOWLOON

RAILWAY

MANAGER'S SATISFACTORY REPORT *FOR 1932

RECORD TRAFFIC EARNINGS

Mr. Robert Baker, Manager and Chief Engineer of the How- loom-Uanton Railway, states in his report for 1952 that in these days of world-wide" depression when most railways are suffering from reduced earnings and in many cases heavy losses, it is gratifying to „be able to report that the year 1932 proved a most successful one

for this Railway

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The met operating revenue of $333,412.16 represents a return of -4 per cent, on the total capital. Both gross and net receipts were

by far the highest in the history of the Railway.

No Untoward Events.

Conditions in South China were uch that no untowned events affect jď through traffic hetwoer Hong nd Cantor, and with the excep. fion of two Occasiona on which through running was suspended for few days, on account of small vashouts on the Chinese Section, be train service was maintained

atisfactorily throughout the year. There were na typhoons.

The reconditioning of the truck on the Chinese, Section was so far Advanced by October that it was possible to increase speeds and re- luce the through journey to 3 hours And 8 minutes is from the 1st of, Movember.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933

CUSTOMS OFFICIAL

SENT FOR TRIAL

Alleged Manslaughter

JUNK TRAGEDY OUTSIDE

LYEEMOON PASS

Mark William Hallums, of tho Chinesa Maritime Customs, was at Central Magistracy yesterday coal mitted to stand his trial at the next Criminal

Sessions for the man- slaughter of a three-year-old Chinese girl on board a trading junk out- side Lycemoon Pass on April ́`1. The accused was alleged to have fired a fatal shot when he was in oharge of the Custonis launch Kwan Lin which was chasing the junk on suspicion of smuggling.

The charge against Mr. Hallums was brought as the result of a ver railway seriously affected the re- diet of manslaughter returned ceipts on local goods traffic.

Accounts.

Between July 1 and the end of December, six monthly cash in stalments of $10,000 each wars 'paid by the Chinese Bection towards the purchase of the three tender loco motives.

Running Expenses were $268,238.30 against an estimate of 8286,730.00. Under subhead Coal, a saving of 822, 186.17 was effected, but under Lubricants, Locomotive Oil 85,702.10 more than the amount provided was required owing to a rise of 67 per cent. over last year's prices.

The expenditure under Mainten- ance of Equipment was $77,035.12, or 82,007.88 less than the sum pro- vided.

against him by a jury at a Coroner's enquiry at Kowloon Magistracy, which investigated the circum- stances surrounding the death of the child.

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THE PRISONS

Victoria Gaol Overcrowded

WOMENS

MODEL PRISON ·

AT LAI CHI KOK

The report of the Superintendent

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OUR MILK SUPPLY

Registration of Cow-Shed Required

SANITARY BOARD

DISCUSSION

An item on the agenda of yester of Prisons for the year 1832 states day's Sanitary Board meeting aris that the number of prisoners receiving out of correspondance relative éd into prison during the year and

to milk supply from non-dairy the corresponding number for 1931

sources, was the subject of some were as follows:

discussion by members of the Convicted by Charts 5,921 6,381

Board. Debtors

44 53 On remand

802 1,379

Total

1831

1932

6,767 7,793

The percentage of convicted pri- soners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 19.9 as compared with 21.8 for 1031.

year.

Mr. T. Megarry presided over the meeting, others present being, Mr. A. G. W. Tokle, Acting Director of Public Works, Dr. G. W. Pope, (M.O.H.), Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. C. Hall, Dr. Li Shu Fan, Mr. C. Champkin, and Mr. O. J.. Ros (Secretary),

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The meating was preceded by, 269 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Terriwelcome to Mr Champkin who is tories against 200, for the previous serving as a member during the

absence from the Colony of Mr. L O. F. Bóllainy. All the items on the agenda were of a formal nature. excepting the one relating to the milk supply.

Victoria Gaol (Males).

Mr. J. A. Fraser, assistant 18,576,579 forms were printed and Attorney-General, appeared for the issued to various Government de Crown, and the accused was repre-partments and 88,677 books bound as compared with sented by Mr. M. A. Mackinlay.or repaired Mr. F. G. Nigel watched the case

14,929,770 forms and 82,210 books on behalf of the Chinese Maritime in 1931. During the year type to Customs.

the value of $1,877.00 was cast.

Other industries in the Prison Lieut.-Comdr, F. T. Boswell, of included matmaking, tailoring, car the Royal Naval Annament Depot,pentering, tinsmithing, painting, gave technical evidence in regard and basketmaking, and the necessary laundering, shoemaking, petmaking to the shell which struck the junk upkeep work of cooking, cleaning and the child. He stated that ac

and minor building repairs. cording to the mark found at the The Gaol was again overcrowded. stern of the junk, the flight of the The through fares by express

The workshop accommodation is raids were raised and partially ad

shot must have been upwards. inadequate. usted on the 18th of November,.

Maintenance of Why and Strue-Probably only the fragments of the at the British Section continued i tures expenses were: 88,625.22 less shell struck the junk as, in his

than estimated.

opinion, the shell struck the water seven yards or less, and burst on Referring to the Revenue Account, firet within a distance of about the impact. He visited the launch Kwan tau and found certain damage cooking, to the protective plating screwed string and pat making, basket and on the star-board side. There was brom making and grass matmak a hole which might have beening. Coir matmaking was euccess caused by a shot, and three places,fully introduced in 1930 and the about five feet apart, on the top bulk of this work is now dose at edge of the plating were

also Lai Chi Kok.

Two prisoners escaped, one damaged. In his opinion the

o suffer exchange loss on the down foint Sectional fares to the end of

he year,

the local passenger receipts amount ed to $491,711.18 as compared with 8401,328.10 for the previous year, an increase of 22.52 per cent. The local goods receipts were 230,717.14 or 8624.84 more than for 1931.

Lai Chi Kok Frison (Males). Garden work continues to give done, at Lai Chi Kok, apart from useful employment. Other work the necessary routine duties of cleaning, etc. included

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With regard to that item the chairman explained that two Chi- nose dairies were drawing their milk supply from non-dairy sources. Under the byo-laws, these `dairies would require special permission from the Board, but in these two the special permission should not be cases the M.OH. had stated that given.

Certain members however had asked for an opportunity for discussing the matter."

Further expansion of through assenger trathe with the present oaching stock is impracticable. The express trains were originalis tonded to be composed of seven

The substantial rise in the local odehus each; for some years past passenger traffic receipts was due to hey have consisted of tea coaches an increase over the previous year ind the new expres engines were of 8.58 por cent. in the number of lesigned for this load. In order to passengers using the Railway. The damage was probably caused by April 3 and qne-on" April '13. They meaning of the words in the section! accommodate present day traffe, it Chun for the greater part of the heavy traffic to and from Shum snow frequently necessary to haul year was attributable to consider welve and sometimes as many able development at the border Thirteen coshes, and at festival town of Shum Chun in Chinese Ter-

simes to run duplicate trains com- | ritory,

posed of stock drawn from local brains; so that any expansion of

more than two shots.

Accused's Statement.

Evidence regarding the statement made by the Accused in the Water Police Station was then given by

He said that on Inspector Lane,

have not been recaptured.

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Temale Prison-Lai Chi Kok,

Mr. M. K. La said that he was ons of those, who wished the matter to be discussed because he was not M.Ö.H. When the bye-laws were Very clear about the decision of the drafted in Mr. Sayer's time, he un- derstood that the object of putting enable the Board to trace the source in the section in question was to of any infection should there be an epidemic and was really directed against supplies of milk from out- side the Colony. He did not want it inferred from his remarks that they should go behind the ordinary

but he did not think it was the in- tention of the Board at the time the bye-laws were drafted to pra The new Female Prison at Lafvent any dairy from darrying on, IF Chi Kok was opened in April.it was otherwise fit to be a dairy. Provision has been made for the The cost of Government servants

segregation of long sentence prison-

It was stated by the Chairman travelling on duty on signed war-

ers, short sentence prisoners and that the supply in question came through traffic necessitates the runranta, and of Government goods the morning of the tragedy accused persons committed but not convict from a cowsbed which had not been

conveyed by railway, which in pre- vious yeare was shown in the In- came to the station with a Mr. ed. This Prison has supplied a registered as a dairy. come. Account, was provided for in Boyle, and reported that there had long felt want and although it is the estimates of the departments been an accident outside Lycemoon measure pending the building of a only intended as a temporary concerned and the various debits pass. The Police did not know of permanent Female Frison at Stan- Expansion of goods traffic, parti-accepted by transfer. The total the matter then. According to the ley, it is a model establishment of Foularly upwards to Canton, is more charges for these services amounted statement which was red out by its kind and is a step in the right hopeful. The traffic exists, and to 89,993:34, and thus afforded a Mr. Wynne-Jones, the Magistrate, direction for the better accommoda notwithstanding the disadvantages direct increase to the revenue for the accused said on the morning in tion of prisoners in Hong Kong. the railway labours under with re-

the year.

The administration he again to gard to shipping and customs for

The foreign passenger receipts Liu to Lyceoon Pass on receipt thank the visiting ladies, both Eng malition in comparison with the

were 8577,085,30, as againss of certain information that a trad-ish and Chinese, for their yall River routa, when the new vehicular 8479,808.00 in 1931..

ing junk had left Shaukiwan with able services in giving free instruc ferry service herosa Hong Kong

The foreign goods earnings were

a cargo of sugar on board. About the prisoners.

tion and elementary education Harbour is opened, through goods 833,580.84 as compared with five miles from "Waglan the launch' traffic by rail is expected to im- 831,067.87. for the previous year. eighted the junk and signalled to Claims butstanding against the her to stop. The junk was in Chi- Of 5,011 sleeper renewals, 4,762 Chinese Section on account of sus-nese, waters then and on sesing the wars laid with Timeproof: con pension of Through and Joint See lanch return to British waters, crete sleepers, 05

tional traffic and Demurrage with ordinary

The launch then fired a shot, and reden sleepers. The number of mained outstanding at 81,025,533.98. the junk began to throw bombs, into grossing and bridge timbers renew, No additions were made in 1939.

the water. On each occasion when ed was 154:

ning of regular addition trains which is not possible with the limit ed stock owned by the combined Sections.

¿prove.

Trafic.

The year under review constituted a new record for the line in traffic earnings. The increased revenue was attributable to the accelerated service of express trains between Kowloon and Canton o lay as the Foreign trade was concerned, and to the growth of the border town of Shum Chun as affecting the Lical Teceipts.

25 1250 C

question he took the launch Kwan

The accumulated deficit at the the launch tried to approach her end of. the year stood at the junk threw bombs into the 89,844,311.58, an increase of 8384,947,35 over the previous year.

ILLEGAL OPIUM DIVANS

BOY OF SIXTEEN CHARGED

AS · KEEPER"

water.

́Sub-Inspector. Rozeskwy deposed to having visited the junk in You mati!Shelter. He found two can- nons on board as well as a basket containing shots and a jar of gun powder

After the evidence for the pro- Becution had been concluded, Mr.

| Fraser-tendered to his Worship the statement made by the accused at the Coroner's däqfiky." He said that if the defence objected to it, he would not pross for it to be put in but he wished his Worship would make a note that he had tendered

The total number of ordinary fare paying passengers irrespective of season and pass holders, carried

A boy of sixteen pleaded guilty during 1932 was 2,182,634 of which 1.123,576 65 $17 per cent, were For when charged yesterday with keep eign, and 1,689,050 or 481 per cent, ing an opium divan and with being Local, with normal time table in possession of opium. Six other of 24 trains daily and two extras men appeared in the same dase on it. A HINT A DOS TENDA on Sundays The local figares, dia a charge of smoking opium in the prove the contention that the Rail divan.

way does not fulfil 20 mg. The boy was sentenced to six The train capacity of thin sind strokes with the cane and the smok line' is fast-reaching its limit and the time has come when seriotis at ere were fined $25 each. tention must be given towards pro- viding additional passing places."

Goods Trame.

In another chee a man who plead

Self-Defence Plea:

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od guilty to keeping an opium divan would reserve his defence.

He

to.

603 punishments were awarded for breaches of prison discipline se compared with 807 for the preced- ing year. Corporal punishment was inflicted in sixteen cases for prison offenses,

Forty six prisoners were whipped by order of courta was good.

The discipline in all three prisons

The health of the prisoners 'gen. erally was well maintained.

The conduct of the Staff, with some exception, was very good.

the M.O.H. stated that it was not As a later stage in the discussion suggested that there was anything wrong with the milk

Mr. Lo pointed out that as the whole matter could be smoothed puf by the registration of the cow shed as a dairy, the best course for the Board to take would be to call upon the owners to register and the pre- sent question before the Board therefore would not arise.

ed.

This course was eventually adopt-

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Two European warders at Lai Chi Kokt committed suicide by shooting themselves while tempor. arily insane, and one European warder died from natural causes.

Kwok Hang Ki, the young motor The site for the new gaol at derman of Messrs Goeke & Co Stanley was approved in December.who was found guilty on April 25 on a charge of fräuhutené conver? sion of a car, to his own use; ES Festerday sentenced to one month's hard labour.

JW. FRANKS, Superintendent of Prisons, March 8, 1933.

A second charge of obtaining SMALL-POX ON THE WANE 81,000 by means of a forged cheque itong bu

at she American Express Complay. was withdrawn, It is satisfactory to note that c cording to the Medical Officer of Mr. Hin Shing Lo, for the de- like to call any evidence, Mr. were only fresh cages of small that his ollent was of poor family.

Asked by his Worship if he would Health's report for last week, there fence, pleaded for leniency, stating | Mackininy said that if his Worship pox, and so far this week, there has and has sentence wouldeep him found that the prime facie case of been only one case notified. Deaths the Crown had been provedl, he last week from small pox number away from his wife children, and ed eight. There were four cases of Aged mother. He was more a fool diptheria, three of typhoid love in a criminal Through his dill- was fined $225, or in default, to wished to draw his Worship's at and eight of meningitis, prende he had secured a good post- serve three months' hard labour. tention to the evidence given by Eighty four deaths from tuberod, "Lion and then he hid got into bad The case had cocupied The receipts from goods traffic third man, who was convicted seaman of the Customs launch. The lose were reported, were again regrettably small, the of keeping a divan and possession seaman said that dynamite was

many days and the inquest into the death of the soliool teacher, høl Down traffic (Le. originating from of opium was fined $200 in all or, being thrown into the waters by the Canton and Chinese Section atain default, eight weeks' hard labour, people on the junk when the shote Oriminal proceedings direct. Métis also had several bearings." He ask tions) being far less than that. ori-

were fired by the accused The Mr. Fraser replied that had the pd his Worship to take these facts ginating from the British Section.

seaman was speaking the truth, and accused made the statement to the into consideration. Out of $78,380.26 receipts on dur

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if the Court accepted the latter effect that the shooting occurred ward goods the British Sections of Japan on April 19, presented its Fart of the evidence (that the dc within British waters, before the he would take into consideration The Magistrate said in any case share was 828,400.07 a medal to Miss Maryse Hils the cused fore the slipta) they would enquiry, it would never have been the fact that the defendant had 845,580.18 for the Chinese Section, French airwoman who, arrived in have to accept the first part also hold, and the present proceedings been in custody tinee March 41. whilst the total inward goods Tokyo by deroplane the previous Mr. Mackinlay contended that the would have been commenced forth- Under those circumstances he would amounted to only 810,234.81, the Sunday from Paris. Mis Hils is shots were fired in self-defence. A 6 British Section's share. being

Chinese Section's the fifth airwoman to receive the 84.982.02 and

Continuing," Mr. Mackinlay said His Worship observed that us no model, the others being the Hon that the defence had been greatly witnesses for the defence had been $11,252.79.

Mr. Victor Bruce; Miss Amy The increasing number of motor Johnson (now Mr. A. Molli hampered owing to the expense in called, he would have to find that a lorries transporting goods by road, son); Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh ourred, and what the Crown should promie facie cand had been proved normally carried by rail, between of the United States, and Miss have done was to commence the and accordingly committed the ne- Kowloon and points served by the Marga von Etglorf of Germany, (Continued, at font of nezt Voluma)|cused for trial.

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