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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

HOUSING QUESTION TO BE PROBED

In reply to the motion by Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., regarding civil servants' housing problem la Hong Kong and requesting the appointment of a committee to go Into the matter, the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Mr. N. L Smith; at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council, said the motion W123 acceptable to the Government and that the propos- ed committee would be appointed in due course under the chairman- ship of the Financial Secretary.

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SHING MUN DEFECT The Hon Mr. Lo Man-kam, pursuant to notice, asked the fol- lowing question:-

Will Government make a state- ment to this Council in regard to the reported defect discovered in Shing Mun, and the position re- garding thereto of the Hong Kong Government, the Consulting En- gineers, and the Resident En- gineer?

$111,632

COLLECTED"

IN FINES

MAGISTRACIES" REPORT

Increases In Cases

The report of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Magistracies for inst YELLF tabled at the Legislative Council yesterday, states:-

POLICE COURT CASES

Tom Pun, 47, unemployed, was Oned a total of $450 or three months' hard labour by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday on charges of preparing opium, possession of prepared oplum, and. keeping an opium divan at No. 29. Ship Street.

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An application for the conflsea- tion of 500 pills containing an admixture of dangerous drugs was made before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest. They were found unclaimed 021 the 8.9. Fuk On at the Connaught Ia, Hong Kong the number of Road Wharf on Tuesday. The ap- cases was 37,044 as compared with | plication was granted. 34,425 In 1935. Fires totailed $72,861.

-Yielding to temptation and In Kowloon the number of cases stealing. a jewel box belonging to was 25.249 as compared with 22.302 her mistress. Ho Yuk, aged 21. in 1935. Fines totalled $38.711. married woman, employed by Mrs. Compared with last year, both Pup Kit-wa of No. 83, Hill Road, revenue and expenditure in Hong second floor. was arrested and Kong show slight increases. In brought before Mr. RAD. Forrest Kowloon, however, 'expenditure at the Central Magistracy yester- shows a great increase and revenue | day. Pleading guilty to the a marked drop: the former arises charge, she was sentenced to three from an increase in personal emo- luments.

pair of gold car-rings and ал electric light deposit receipt. Defendant had taken it from under the complainant's bed and de camped.

months bard labour. The box contained $200 in Hong Kong There were increases of sign!- { 'money; $10 in Chinese currency, a ficance in the number of persons convicted compared with 1935: 'lar- ceny in almost every form; tres- pass and damage on Crown Land; dangerous drug offences; tobacco and liquor offences: returning After the Jubilee Reservoir bad

from banishment; hawkers' offen- alled certain movements in the

ces; and traffic offences of all rock fill and core wall of the kinds; those which show decreases Pineapple Pass

were 00- served

The Director of Public Works replied as follows:

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The facts were communicated

to the Consulting Engineers for thefr advice and Mr. Binnle, who was then on his way to Rangoon, decided to come on to Hong Kong and make a personal inspection.

Mr. Binnie visited the Colony and Inspected the Works In Octo- ber and before leaving presented a preliminary report asking for certain investigations to be carried out. on the receipt of the results of which, he would finally report what remedial measures,

if any

were necessary.

The Consulting Engineers arc still available for consultation by Government and the Resident Engineer who is now out of Gov- ernment service 1s directing In- vestigations and will supervise free of charge and remeak work which may be necessary.

Investigations cannot be com- pleted until the water in the re-

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servoir has reached a much lower level than at present.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary

moved:-

That the Reports of the Finance Committee (Nos. 8 and 9), dated 20th October, 1937. and 17th be November, 1937, respectively adopted. Carried.

BETTING TAX The Hon. the Financial Secre- tary and Colonial

Treasurer mored:-

Whereas under section 6 (1) of the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931. as amended by the Betting Duty Amendment Ordinance, 1934, it is provided that on every bet made on any totalisator or pari-mutuel authorized by the sald Ordinance there shall be charged a duty on a scale to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Législative Council And whereas such a scale was determined by resolution on the 13th September, 1934: And whereas it is expedient to revoke such", resolution and to determine a new, scale;

as

It is hereby Resolved that the Resolution of the 13th September, 1934, (which

published WES Government Noufcation No. 697 in the "Gazette of the 14th Sep tember, 1934) be revoked with effect from the 1st April, 1938 and that thereafter on every bet made on any tobalisator or pari-mutuel authorized under the Betting Duty Ordinance. 1931, there shall be "charged a duty of two per cent. of the amount paid contributed or subscribed.

He said:

A life banishee with a long list of previous convictions-behind him,- Lai Wan, 98. broke away from police custody in Arbuthnot Road on Tuesday while being held on a committal warrant charging him with breach of the Deportation

are common assault; weights and measures offences (Hong Kong only) opium offences; breach of the peace; brothels and procura- tion; . obstruction; firecracker Order, and made a bid for tree- offences; and unlicensed and un- dom. Не was chased, however, muzzled dogs.

and re-arrested in Portland Street. Brought before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday. he was sentenced to three months' hard labour.

An attempt was made to collect statistics of offenders previously convicted and of those who had been bound over and had their bonds enforced. The ratio of the former to the total number of per- sons convicted was 1.68 per cent. in 1936 compared with 1.83 per.. cent. in 1935; the ratio of the con- victs whose "bonds were enforced to those bound over was 8.7 per cent. as against 3.39 per cent. In 1935. This increase, however, means it tle more than an improved collec- tion of statistics.

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POSSESSION "OF"

MORPHINE

Found guilty of possession of eight ounces of diacetyl-morphine. sufficient to make 200.000 heroin pills, at No. 197 Wanchai · Road. The figures for juvenile offenders ground floor, on November 2. Lau show a decrease of both boys and Chuen, aged 42, unemployed sea- girls in Hong Kong, but an "im- man, was sentenced to three and a mense Increase in boys in Kow-half years hard labour when he

loon, and a small increase in giris.

The decrease in Hong Kong Is

partly due to greater strictness in observing the age limit, disregard- Ing the mistakes and lies of the offenders and their parents as to age; the increase in Kowloon is attributed mainly to more frequent Police raids, and partly to the Kowloon population. The penalty of caning evidently has not affect ed these figures, as only 9 were caned in Hong Kong as against 47 in Kowloon for all classes of offen- ces.

Good work continued to be done by probation officers both in the courts and in the remand homes.

FORGED BANK NOTES

Charged with possession of 17 forged (Kwangtung Provincial Bank) $1 bank-notes, Cheung Yuk- fan, aged 28, was sentenced to two years' hard labour by the Chlet Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor, at Criminal Sessions yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of

guilty.

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Accused pleaded not guilty, and the jury empanelled for the case were Messrs. C. E. da Rozario (foreman), G. S. Rodger, Tsof Sal- fan, F.-F. Dunnett, H. O. Marcal.

D. A. Alonco and Ng Chan kwan.

•Conducting the prosecution, the Assistant Attorney General, Mr. E. H. Williams, said that the accused was arrested when he was about to proceed to Canton. Hla rattan suit-case was searched and it was found to have a false bottom.

When searched by Detective- Bergeant EL 6 Brookes, 17 forged notes were found in his breast

THEFT OF MONEY

stood trial before the Chief Jus-

tice, Sir Atholl' MacQregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday.

Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and the jury empanelled for the case were Messrs. J. Wong Chang-ling (foreman), J. J. Whyte, Chung Pack-cheung, J. R. Gomes, Lee Fook-tong, B. O'Donnell Paterson and G. A. Cruz...

Opening for the Crown, Mr. E. H Williams. Assistant Attorney Gen- eral, stated that, accused was ar- rested during a raid by Chinese Revenue Officers, headed by the Senior Revenue Officer, Mr. A. W. Grimmitt, and the Government Monopoly Analyst, Mr. H. A. Tay- loz, at about 8.40 p.m. on Novem- ver 2 last,

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The drugs were found in the rear and front' cubicles of the premises and, questioned by Mr. Grimmitt, accused said that the drugs belonged to him and had nothing to do with his wife and children who were also on the pre- mises.

However, at the Police Station.

accused made a statement alleging that the drugs belonged to one,

Wong Kong.

When charged at the Central Magistracy accused said: "I have been used by some person, be- cause I did not know anything of this. I have so many people, old and young. I hope Your Worship will deal leniently. I have six children, also a grandfather, who who is 78 years old.”

Defendant, in the dock said

the premises belonged to Wong Kong, who had written to his wife and suggested that he and his wife He should look after the flat. found the packets on the premises but did not know what they were. After he had returned from some

returned. dagana

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After a short retirement, the. jury unanimously found defendant

unity.

Passing sentence. his Lordship

I rise to move the resolution standing in my name varying the duty charged on bets made on totalisators or part-mutuel under the Betting Duty Ordinance. At pocket, present there is a sliding scale of

After witnesses had given evi-lea he found the European officers in the flat and opened the packets. duty varying between 1 and 3 per dence, accused made a statement. Had he known that they contained cent according to the total amount denying that he knew that the anything legal, he would not have of bets placed with the part notes were forgeries. mutuel during the accounting year. Thla scale was fixed by re- solution of the Legislative Council of the 13th September, 1934. It, has turned out, however, that it

A remand of 48 hours was grant- said it was quite impossible to be- leads to certain practical "dimeul-

ed by Mr. K. Keen at the Kow-leve there was no one in Hong ties in application. The club

loon Police Court yesterday on the Kong who did not by how know of responsible for the running of the application of Detective-Sergeant the attitude which the Govern- parl-mutuel is obliged under sec Forrest, in the case in which Kwok ment in this Colony had been for- tion 3 of the Betting Duty Or King, aged 20, formerly a servant ced to adopt towards this abomin dinance. 9931. to distribute in prizes not less than 90 per cent of employed by Li Lam-sin residing, able trade. His Lordship added at No. 200 Reclamation Street, was that he was quite satisfied that the total bets after deduction of charged with the theft of $1,500 defendant had possession of the duty but owing to the operation between August 23 and November heroin in order to form it into pilis of the

the sliding scale

net

25. Lcang Tsat, married woman, to be sold for the consumption of amount available for distribution charged with receiving $500 was the unhappy pill smokers in this

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