1936-07-23 — Page 7

: 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 childgen, and these methods were as subject, Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg much open to a member of the general | stated that beggar children who public and to the pollen as they were were fit and well fell under two to the Society for the Protection of beads-thuse children who were Children. It had also to be horne in

their mind that the Society's inspectors hadj Inken at begging by parents, as a sort of added judyceno status beyond that hold by an or. ment to sympathetic members ofdinary member of the public. the public to put their hands into

It was, porenver, 11 question their pockets; and those children whether the Society should, or any! who went out street begging by ense, nak la inspectors to devote their The Society hnd],tinus to the suppression of nelivities themselves, dealt with a good number of cases) which could be equally, well suppress-, of children of the first class, aruded by the police us the public. The in almost every case it hath found inspectors has an exeredingly arduou

that the underlying problem was ane of poverty.

day's work every day, the efse report for the past month dowing that they bad visited 510 homes and had attends ed to 1,937 persons who had come to

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Where pasiste, the Sets and the Society's offers, which mennt, a

by getting a rule, that a child had to be attended! found employment hawkers Beences for the parents to in every case, It was impossible in an effort to make them self to expret these Indy inspectors to go. supporting and to remove the need on patrol in the streets and try o for begging. Ordinarits, als, the catch the chibi heggars, best in Society had in such cases provided food until the family had got on ta fest, and in most cases it badehildren, even if they wanted to, also been fumad necessary to pro- vide medical attention for children.

the

BENEFIT OF CHILDREN The spend class of children--thuse i who went out begging independently dif- presented a great deal miner Beally. The polley of the Society, in every type of case, was fo give first and Bnal consideration to what was for the benefit of the child.

those the ease of In considering children who went att hegging by themselves, there were two points to welfare be kept in mind one, th of the child; and the other the not uncommon irritation of the pedestrian when pestored by these children.

One was a matter for the Seriety and the other a matter for the police. It was, however, important themem- bey the conditions under which these beggar children lived.

were well known to thei Chinese, and they would not have a ghost of a chance

tenth these

The whole problem was one touch. ing good order is the streets rather than the welfare of children, and; therefor not of real concern to thei Society,

Answering a question by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Le, Mr. Hazlerigg stated: that, so far no ho knew, na chibi had heen brought before the Juvenile Court, under Section 17 of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, begewing in the streets,

PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS

Faku

Staff and pupils of the Pia Vinje School, Happy Valley.

Yin Fong Studio,

Steamer's Mysterious Trip To Canton $90,000,000 HOARD FOR HONGKONG

-STILL WAITING FOR CARGO HURRIEDLY removed from docking a few days ago to proceed to Canton on a secret mission, a well-known Sir William Hornell elici not mi. British steamer is still waiting for her commission.

She was sent to Canton, it is now revealed, in order begging. They had to bear in mind to ship the entire bulk of silver to Hongkong in the event the possibility that profession beg of war menacing the city. Arrangements had been made gars, some of whom might be extra- ordinarily well off, employed these for the hasty transport of silver bars from the bank vaults children to her.

to the vessel's hold, a precious cargo valued at, according

together agree with the suggestion that the children came to no harm by

It seemed to him that cases in! which children "begged for the firm" might well be dealt with by thi By going out begging in the day- Society. The trouble about dealing time, the children did not, as was with the problem as a whole was that usually what happened in England, they had no adeqimte machinery; it assid eeing to school, or, if they went was terrible to think that there were ant in the evenings, make themselves so few institutions in the Colony into unfit for school the next day. They which children could be sent. would not get any schooling even if they did not go

to Mr. H. O. Tong, approximately $90,000,000.

The naval authorities had been notified that the transfer of the silver might be made to the British port and a gun boat escort would have been provided. The silver was to be stored in the Bank of

China's vauits hore, it is thought.

The steamer had already been

begging. Again. During the course of the discussion, waiting several days when the de-

from possibly reference was to

desirable homes und decent house in who was au paralysed that he could parture of Chan Chai-tong put Malays,

Buenees-they substituted begging in any crawl about the streets pushing an entirely new complexion on the day for playing in the gutter of a tin in front of him, and also to

the slums, and in the evenings for another boy who exploited an unsight affairs. leeping in overcrowded bed-spices in ly, afletion for the purpose of beg. avercrowded 2711 insanitary tene- ging. In this connection, it was sug

ments.

AIDS FAMILY

it was thought that the position

gested that the Society might be able would not now warrant the trans-j to help by gelting such cases brought before the Juvenile Court with a view fer- but then the Kwangsi Threat

Chinese For S'pore

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to to children needing medical attention to enter the city made the ther Volunteers

If these children did innage enjole an occasional ten cents out of the pockets of pedestrians, the money would either gu to improving the child's diet as a single entity or to improving the diet of the whole family.

being sent to the Tung Wah Hospital. ties nervans and the ship was

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Mr. F. H. Loseby, Hon. Director of In the face of Mr. Tong's an- place as soon as new hangar and Out of the Bottle--Selection; Tell the Society, pointed out that in many nouncement on Monday that Nan- staff accommodation is available her the Truth-Selection: Savoy Irish instaners if it were not for begging king now desired that no silver at Kallang. Enlistment

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A Pianoforte Recital point of view seemed to be that by children would die from starvation. should leave Kwangtung it is un- Malaya,

fr enquiries made, it appeared that likely that the vessel will ship Asiatic recruits for training as by Arthur Rubinstein. begging it got more food and more. fresh air than if it stayed at home, there was a good deal of organised the precious cargo.

pilots and ground-staff will then 1. Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76 La Cathedrale Eng- Probably when children of this type begging in the Colony, in which the

A conference of bank managers, come under review.

(Brahms); 2. grew older they were absorbed into organisers made use of cripple chil

He had conferred with the attended by Mr. Shou J. Chen,

foutie, Prelude No. 1 (Debussy); 3. they dren, etc.

Teu

(Albeniz); 4.. runks of fabour just as

European pilots have Sevilla (Sevillanus) the pret ir they had not gone police on the subject. Personally in Hack of China, Hongkong branch, already been given commissions in Navarra (Albeniz).

cuses with which he had dealt he had was held at Canton yesterday begging at a13.

9.17 p.m. Old Numbers by the been singularly unsuccessful; in some)

diente, however, that any definite Mills Brothers. I was extremely doubtful, when lastances, children,seat to un indus, afternoon and a final decision is the V.A.F. This does not in-

policy has been decided with re- 1. Tiger Rag; 2. Some of these looked at in the light of cold reason, trial home had ran away after a few expected shortly.

any real months. There was, however, whether the chiklren got

for a hospital for the

It is understood that the ship is ward to the training of pilots of days; 3. Sweet Lucy Brown; 1. Miss

Citis regrets; 5. My Headache. harn from begging, and it was open tainly need to argument whether, for the present, treatment of children who would be- still under charter to the Kwang- other races and nationalities.

9pm.

A Relay of the Daventry tung authorities. " the Society should take any steps to comne blim without treatment.

News Bulletin and Announcements, prevent them from begging.

(Copyright by enter).

If the happy day arrived when

everybody in the Colony was assured of

DISEASED BEGGARS

cer-

After further discussion; it was de-

decent home coalitions, and when nt cited that the Society should approach BRITISH

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least compulsory primary education! the police with a request that diseased;

brought before was introduced, then the Society children be might find itself bound to intervene in Juvenile Court, with a view to their being sent to hospital for treatment; the matter

that the Society itself agould do what Continuing, Mr. Hazlerigg stated it could in informing the police of that the Society for the Protection of known ensea of this kind, and, so far Children was responsible for the pass as it could, would assist such children ing of the Juvenile Offenders Ordi-after treatment. It was also decided

CRUISER LAUNCHING

sanes of 1932, in which special provi- to suggest to the police the desir-LOCAL LISTENERS TO. sion was made for the treatment of ability of enquiring into the question. of the exploitation of children by) children who were found begging.

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The present shortage of accom- modation at Seletar has necessitated a slow start in the building-up of the Volunteer Force, and there will be no possibility of reaching full establish- ment until the new quarters are ready: at Kaliang.

TRAINED NUCLEUS Meanwhile a nucleus of pilots who have already had some flying expert. ence, ja being built up.

The new quarters at Kallang will be ready early next year. A large staff

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KENT TO-NIGHT.

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of H.M.S. Sheffield by H.R.H.

Under that Ordinance, muy person report for June which showed that whether acting from sympathy wards the child or from Irritation at being pestered, could take a child month totalled 134, and that 901 cases beggar before the Juvenile Court, were under supervision at the end the Duchess of Kent will be which had power, under Section 17, to the month. The average income per broadcast from Daventry make an order taking the child out of head per month of cases assisted was; the custody of its parents or guard-1.80, as compared with $1.87 in May. 1.15 lans and placing it in the custody of In nineteen cases there was no income sequent electrical transcriptions some other fit person or institution. whatever.

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STATE OF RIVERS IN KWANGTUNG

The following returns have been nt 6.30 a.m. and 12.45 am. to-Issued by the River Conservancy Commission for Kwangiung Province, for June morrow.

showing the water levels in English

It had to be remembered, however, The financial statement that accommodation in suitable in shawed that there was an excess of stitutions in Hongkong was very expenditure over income amounting to To-night's broadcast will be feet at the places of observation: limited.

$982,56.

through two of the following named: Another way in which the matter

transmitters on Transmission III: could be dealt with was by prosecut

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A request by the Council of the ing a child for mendicancy under the School for Deaf and Dumb for a Vagrancy Amendment Ordinance of Chinese-speaking member of 1932, and if the Court were satisfied Society's Committed to be appointed that the parents conduced to the child on the Council was needed to, Mias being in the street for begging it Shin Tak-hing being nominated.. could, instead of imposing a ne on

The meeting congratulated the Hon. the child, fing the parents.

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