THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936,
CHILD BEGGARS IN H. K. STREETS Society for Protection of Children Weighs Pros and Cons
TRAGIC LIVES OF UNWANTED YOUNGSTERS
BUT MANY MENDICANTS ARE TOOLS OF PROFESSIONAL MASTER BEGGARS
LENGTHY consideration was given to the problem of child beg-
gars at the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Protection of Children this week, over which the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall presided.
Initiating a discussion on the children, and there methods were as subject, Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg much open to a member of the generall stated that beggar children who public and to the pelico nx they were were fit and well fell under two to the Society for the Prutection of hends-those children who were] Children. It had also to be borne in taken out begging by theird that the Society's inspwetors and parents, as a sort of added induce-|na sintus beyond that hild by an or ment to sympathetic members of dinary member of the public. the public to put their hands into .It WAN, TUOTTOVAR, R question? their pockets; and those children whether the Society should, in any who went out street begging by ease, ask is inspectors, to devote their themselves. The Society had time to the suppression of nelivities dealt with a good number of cases which could be equally well suppress. of children of the first class, andled by the police of the public. The in almost every ense it had found; inspectors had an exceedingly arduous that the underlying problem was tay's work every day, the ense report one of poverty,
Where possible, the Society had found employment by
getting
for the past mobile showing that they!
1 bal visifed &90 humes and had attend. :
ed to 3337 persons who hud eunje to! the Society's ollees, which meant, n
a muie, that a child had to be attended!
hawkers' licorices for the parents to m every ease. It was impossible i
in an effort to make them self-jto expect them lady inspectors to go supporting and to remove the need for begging. Ordinarily, also, the
on patrol in the streets and try to ente the child beggars, These in spretors were well known to
the
host of a chance tu catch these Children, even if they wanted to.
Society had in such euses provided hips, and they would not have a food in the family had got on its fret, and in most ensen it hud | aim heen found nervsary to pro- vide medical attention for children.
BENEFIT OF CHILDREN
The second class of children those who went put berging independently --presented a great den! niore ficulty. The pulley of the Society, in every type of cuse, was to give first and final consideration in what was for the benefit of the child,
In runsiering the case of thong children who went out bearing by themselves, there were twen pohtits to be kept in mind one, the welfare of the child; mid the other the not uncommon irritation of the pedestrian when pestered by these children.
One was a matter for the Society, and the other a matter for the police,
The whole problem was one touch Ling goed onder in the streets rather
of children. than the welfar
nrad. therefore not of real comers to the Society,
Answering a quvation by the Hon. Me. M. R. Lo, Mr. Hazlerigg stated that, so far as he knew, no chill had!
been brought before the Juveniles Court, under Section 17 of the
Staff and pupils of the Pin Ying School, Happy Valley,
Steamer's Mysterious Trip To Canton $90,000,000 HOARD FOR HONGKONG
-STILL WAITING FOR CARGO
Juvenil. Offenders Ordinates, fLURRIEDLY removed from docking a few days agoʻto
begging in the streets,
PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS
children to beg.
!
proceed to Canton on a secret mission, a well-known British steamer is still waiting for her commission. ni
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17. p.m. A Violin Recital by M.
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Sir William Harnell did not
1 He Robert Radford (Bass). 1111 winds and Woves together agree with the suggestion that the children cane là no harm by
Roamer (Men- She was sent to Canton, it is now revealed, in order, andel); 2.
delssohn) Father O'Flynn (Vil- hogging. They had bear in mind to ship the entire bulk of silver to Hongkong in the event fiers Stanford): the possibility that professional beg-! Kars, some of whom might be extra of war menacing the city. Arrangements had been made (alware German).
dinary well off, employed these for the hasty transport of silver bars from the bank vaults to the vessel's hold, a precious cargo valued at, according which chiron "egged for, the firm to Mr. H. O. Tong, approximately $90,000,000. might well be dealt with by thr!
The naval authorities had been notified that the transfer of the By going out begging in the day- Society. The trouble about dealing time, these children did ant, us was with the problem as a whole was that silver might be made to the British port and a gun boat escort would
emily what happened in England, they had no fequate machinery; it have been provided. The silver was to be stored in the Bank of the German Band; 9. Darlings, jo avoid going to school, or, if they went was terrible to think that there were China's vaults here, it is thought.
ut in the evenings, make themselves a few institutions in the Colony into wift for school the next day. They?" "which chßdren esüld be Sent." would not get any schooling even if
it was, however, important to remem- her the conditions impler which these beggar children lived.
It sovmed to thin
that cases In
they did not go begging. Again, During the course of the discussion, they did not slip away from, possibly reference was made to a little boy desirable nies and decent home in-who was so paralysed that he could fluences they substituted begging in only crawl about the streets pushing. the day for playing in the gutters of a tin in front of him, and also to the slums, at in the evenings for another bay who explaited an unsight-1 sleeping in overcrowded bed-spaces in ly affliction for the purpose of heg-
An insanitary tene-ging. Ta,this, connection, it was sug
rested that the Society might he ablef AIDS FAMILY
overcrowded
ments:
If these children dit manage to enjole an ocensional ten cents out of the pockets of pedestrinns, the money would either go to improving the! child's diet as a single entity or to diet of the whole Improving the family.
t help by getting such cases brought
Malays, Chinese For S'pore Air
before the Juvenile Court with a view | Volunteers
to children needing medical attention wing sent to the Tung Wah Hospital,
BEG OR STARVE
and at
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Her- Erie Contex Medley; 2.
Lohr Medley;
Musical 4. Comedy Medley.
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1. believe in Miracles; 2. Listen
vous aime beaucoup: 4. For me, For The¬teamer-had-wiredy-been---you.
8 pm. Local: Time Signal, Weather waiting several days when the de-
Report, Stock Quotations and An- parture of Chan Chai-tong put nouncements. an entirely new complexion on i 8.05 p.m. A Relay from the Tai
Plug Theatre (Chinese). affairs.
11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05 p.nu. European Programme from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 610 kilocycles.
It was thought that the position would not now warrant the trans for but then the Kwangsl threat: In enter the city made the authori. ties nervous and the ship was asked to stand by a little longer. RAPID expansion of the S.S.
In the face of Mr. Tong's an- Volunteer Air Force will take nouncement on Monday, that Nan. Mr. P. H. Loseby, Hon. Director of place as soon as new hangar and king now desired that no silver the Society, pointed out that in many staff accommodation is available should leave Kwangtung it is un- instances if it were not for begging, i
Enlistment of likely that the vessel will ship Kallang. The net result from the child's large number of parents
Chinese, and. other the preelus cargo, point of view seemed to be that by children would die from starvation. Malays, begging it got more food and more From enquiries mad, it supeared that Asiatic recruits for training as fresh air than if it stayed at home. there was a good deal of organised pilots and ground-staff will then attended by Mr. Shod. Chen, Probably when children of this type begging in the Colony, in which the
come under review.
Bank of China, Hongkong branch, grew older they were absorbed into orguaisers made use of cripple chil
they dien, etc. He had conferred with the Ten ranks of labour just s
European pilots have, was held at Canton yesterday would have been if they had not gone police on the subject. Personally, in already been given commissions in afternoon and a final decision is begging at all.
cases with which he had dealt he had the V.A.F. This does not in expected shortly. been singalarly unsuccessful; in some, It was extremely doubtful, when instances, children sent to un infus diente, however, that any definite tuked at in the light of cold reason, trial hem had run away after a few policy has been decided with whether the children got any real months. There was, however, cergard to the training of pilots of
for a hospital for the other races and nationalities. harm from begging, and it was open tainly need to argument whether, for the present, treatment of children who would be!
The present shortage of the Society should take any steps to come blind without treatment.
modation at Seletar has necessitated prevent them froin begging.
the
If the happy day arrived "when
everybody in the Colony was assured of
DISEASED BEGGARS
.
accom-
A conference of bank manauzers,
It is understood that the ship is still under charter to the Kwang tung authorities.
a slow start in the building-up of the have already had some dying experi: Volunteer Fogee, and there will be no ency, is being built up.
The new quarters at Kallang will be possibility of reaching, full establish-
ent until the new quarters are rundy, rendy early next year. A large staif of skilled mechanies of various grades TRAINED NUCLEUS
and ranks will then be caliated in ad-f Meanwhile a nucleus pilets who dition to pilots and observers,
After further discussion, it was de decent home conditions, and when at cided that the Society should approuching. least compulsory primary education the police with a request that diseased the brought before was introduced, then the Society children be might find itself bound to intervene in Invenile Court, with a
view to their being sent to hospital for treatment: Continuing, Mr. Hazlerigg stated that the Society. Itself would do what that the Society for the Protection of it could in informing the police of Children was responsible for the pass known cases of this kind, and, so far ing of the Juvenile Offenders Ordi- as it could, would assist such children
the matter.
nance of 1932; in which apecin! provi. sion was made for the treatment of children who were found begging.
PUBLIC CAN ACT.
Under that Ordinance, any person. whether acting from sympathy to wards the child or from irritation at
after treatment. I was also decided
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1.
8.05 p.m. Orchestra.
Out of the Bottle-Selection; Tell her the Truth-Selection: Savoy Irish Medley; Savoy Welsh Medley; The Big Brondenst of 386-Selection.
8.27 p.m. A Planoforte Recital by Arthur Rubinstein.
Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76
La Cathedrale Eng (Brahms); 2 toute. Prelude No. 10 (Debussy): . Sevilla (Sevillanas) (Albeniz); Navarra (Albeniz).
Old Numbers by the j
Mills Brothers.
1. Ther Rug: 2. Some of these days; 3. Sweet Lacy Brown; 4. Miss Otis regrets; 5. My Headache. Noves Bulletin and
9 pm. A Relity of the Daventry Announcements, (Copyright by Renter).
The New Mayfair
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Georgians.
10 1.5. Close Dawn.
Big Ben from Daventry,
BRITISH CRUISER LAUNCHING
Ás 17 18 THE CHIEF. CONCERN Oy: Sergeant Davies upplied for an to rest to the police the desir- WISH MEN TO RETRENCH THE Evite de order to confisente 220 15, of sugar, ability of enquiring into the question LIFE BY. THE REASONINGS, OF PHILO, which was found unclaimed and un- of the exploitation of children by SOPIFY, IT 15 THE EMPLOYMENT OF manifested on board the ws. Seistan, professional beggara.
FOOLS TO MULTIPLY THEM BY THE lying alongside the Douglas Wharf, LOCAL LISTENERS TO SENTIMENTS OF SUPERSTITION.--Addi- on July 8. The order was granted.
The meeting niso received the case. report for June which showed that now eases lealt with during the
whatever..
HEAR DUCHESS OF
KENT TO-NIGHT commentary on the launching
being pestered, could take a child month totalled 121, and that (01.enses An application for the cunilsention. An order for the confiscation of heggar before the Juvenile Court. were under supervision at the end of of 426 10. of salt, which was found eight bags of wolfram ore, found un- of H.M.S. Sheffield by H.R.H. which had power, under Section 17, to the month. The average income per unclaimed and unmanifested on beard claimed and unmanifested on the s.st. make an order taking the child out of hend per month of cases assisted was the . Fat Shan, at the Canton Now Chang, was granted to Chier the Duchess of Kent will be Daventry at the custody of its parents or guard. $1.80, as compared with $1.87 in May Wharf in Connaught Road Central, Revenue Offer A. W. Grimmitt by broadcast from
num. to-night, with tana and placing it in the custody of In platteen eases there was no inconie was granted by Mr. Burgess at the Mr. Burgess at the Central Magis-1-15
sub- some other fit person or institution.
Central Magistracy
sequent electrical transcriptions vais morning. trucy thế purung, It had to be remembered, however,
The financial statement for June
at 6.30 am, and 12.45 a.m. to- that accommodation in suitable in-
morrow. stitutions in longkong was very showed that there was an excess of
expenditure over income amounting to Hennessy Road at about 4.m. 10- Arrested by constable Mackenzie at limited.
To-night's broadcast will be Two men, Lee Choi and Lau Bong, $982.56. Another way in which the mutter
day after a chase, Chan Kin-ahl, 28, uppenred before Mr. Burgess at the through two of the following could be dealt with was by prosecut- A request by the Council of the unemployed, appeared before Mr. W. Central Magistracy this morning, transmitters on Transmission III: ing a child for mendicancy under the School for Deaf and Dumb for Schofield, at the Central Magistracy charged with possession of 74,370 G90, 19.76 metres, 15,180 k.c.
member Vagrancy Amendment Ordinance of Chinese-speaking
of the this morning, charged with the lar-heroin pills. They pleaded not guilty. USD, 25.53 metres, 11,750 kr. 1912, and if the Court were natinfled Society's Committer to be appointed cony of eleven tooth brushen and a Mr. M. A. da Silva
hat the parents conduced to the child on the Counell was accided to Miss quantity of haberdashery Road, Nash acted for the secondi defendant, be through GSB, GSF and GSG
appeared for the
GSB, 31.56 metres, 9,610 k.c. Arat defendant, while Mr. F. E To-morrow morning's relay will being in the street for begging it Shin Tak-hing being- nominated, showcase at No. 323 Hennessy Rond could, instead of imposing a ne on
The meeting congratulated the Hon, ground floor.. Defendant admitted Chief Revenio Offlcer A. W.. Grimmitt
(Transmission IV) and to-morrow -the child; fine the parents.....
Mr. R. 1. Kotewall on his appoint the charge and also a previous con- anked for a week's formal remand, There were, therefore, two legal ment to the Executive Council of the viction for larceny and was sentenced which was granted on bail or night's through GSII, GSG and
GSF (Transmission II!), methods for dealing with
thene Colony.
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