1936-07-25 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,

HONGKONG'S UNWANTED CHILDREN

How Colony Cares For Its Juvenile Wrong-doers

A

VISIT

THE

TO

REMAND

HOME FOR BOYS

"Telegraph" Staff Reporter

IF you are ever bored with your work, disillusioned about life or temporarily depressed with the futility of things in general, here is the tonic.

All the boys sent to the Remand Home come from the Juvenile Court, either on being sentenced (for purpises of discipline) or for enquiries regarding their parentage, etc. The Home is housed in the building which was for many years the Relilios Reformatory.

Take the No. 5 bus down to Causeway Bay and spend an hour at the Remand Home for Male Juveniles 'where about 50 youngs- ters are serving their "sentences". A talk with the genial supervi- sor, Mr. C. P. Fallon, and a round of the buildings watching the boys at work and play will convince you that here at least is an institution which is doing a worth-while job.

Fart of the fascination of the place, This was the big washing day of the is bound up with the personality of week. Apart from the baths which Mr. Fallon. He is enthusiastic about each boy takes every day, and the the high walled-in acre or as where- speelal attention given to the new- in he spends 24 hours of his day. camer, there is any day when the Furthermore, the boys reciprocate by buys bath with disinfectant and warh a willing reapret and discipline which their clathes under supervision.

anty.

SCHOOL CLOCK TOWER

We went through the washing room minkes Warders and locka unnecwhere a hoy was still serubbing a pair The entrance to the Home is!of pants," "That's a boy who has been treated for scabies, the common somewhat forbidding. High Chinese skin linense, Now he is white walls run completely round getting rid of the smell of ointment. The building which stands just A lot of boys have sentiles when they

come here and 1 rive them the etni above the French Hospital. Ament trentnient and keep them apart policeman is on duty at the gate, from the rest until it soon. Usually which is locked as soon as you it only takes 48 hours."

In the kitchens one f the boyn enter. After that you leave the! prison atmosphere outside and was helping the cook. Another was

newing his jacket upstales in the j enter a place which to many of bistrooms, where double bunks are

An unusun angle of the main entrance and clock tower of the

Staff Photographer. the youngsters is a luxury they provided, une above the her. These

last three boys were not under super-new Central British School in Kowloon, are loth to leave.

1 signed re visitors' book, vision at all.

10/14

the 160th

"We have a staff of Chinese padiens in the Inst 16

man here, but apart from that we months, in reply to my query, try

the prison to get away from Mr. Fallon explained that allntmosphere. Whenever a boy til, parenta and boys' friends, Y.M.C.A.he is sent to the Government Civil! lecturers and probation officers Hospital and in one hundred surt

cases only whe Ind has tried to

tire cape, though all

entered their

Nobody names,

visits the Home for philanthrople (ordinary patients. purposes only.

" have very little trouble with As Mr. Fallon said: "What them here. The thief thing 1 lush could they do? The Government out for is that the boys do not pick cigarette ons dropped by the supplies everything and visitors up, could

do nothing for the boya policemen and take them upstairs to

When they do thai,

smoke,

We should be glad if the public Them in the well for a night, took an interest in our rattan work, though. They

could

put) ›

The ardinkey routine is that they

come anget up about 6.30a.m., wash and

afternoon and buy or order articles."

RATTAN SHOP

cume downstairs for an hour's drill,

instructer were bually and quietly "At 8 am, the boys have break

contented.

BED AT SEVEN

I take the drill myself and give them He took me along to the rattan, the Swedish exercises used to take shop. A dozen youngsters under an 28 years ago! weaving rattan inta baskets

and fast. ronger at noon and an after- mats. They were clean and appeared noon meal at four o'clock. Frem

to 7 pm, is recreation time and the their We don't put anybody here with boys play football. That a sentence less than three months," favourite game. They played base said the supervisor. "It takes a con-ball for a while until one of them scientious boy that long to learn the got a swipe in the eye! work. All these boys in the rattan shop are up for larceny.

They go to bad at seven, and 1 "Look

here than it gets old, well practically follow the war

at that youngster. He is i

I find it is good for the educated, son of rich parents and of: they do.

hraith have my mests with the a superior class altogether. He sim Doys always, partly to keep them ply won't sing honic. He doesn't from lighting. I only have the same like his step-mother, so he runs away number of reals as they do and feel nsel

gate into trouble. When he sumes here he is absolutely tractable better for it: Europeans ont fur tou

ranch met out here, I think."

Mr. Fallon said there were in boys in the Home at present, plus seven who were on remand or waiting to be dealt with.

no

and willing. Step-mothers are as great a trouble here as they are Home in Enghund!"

THE CLASSROOM ·

We went along to the class room from which the sound of ringing young voices chanting Chinese had Iren coming for some time.

A youngster stood beside a black- board on which a Chinese lesson w written and as he moved the pointer up and down, the class of seventeen followed him aloud. It was a cle- mentary lesson about a large house which was for rent.

Big Flying Boat Is Coming to Hongkong

I

17-TON MONSTER HAS

TAKEN TO THE AIR "Telograph" Special Representative UNDERSTAND that Imperial Airways will substitute one of the giant 17-ton, 24-passenger flying boats on the Singapore-Hongkong service within six months.

This decision has been arrived at, I understand, in view of the possibility that first-class mail will be carried throughout the Em- pire by air mail in the near future.

The first of Imperial Airways 28 new flying boats has already taken to the air.

A trial flight was made at Rochester on July 4, reports by this week's air mail indicating that the take-off, handling of the machine whilst in the air and landing being extremely satisfactory.

This Imperial Airways machine, the first of the new fleet, is the argest flying beat in the world,

It has four engines, weighs 17 tons, and is equipped in carry 24 passengers by day, and sleep 16 by night, while travelling at a top spred of 200 miles-an-hour. It can also carry about three tons of mail, niuch more than at present enters Hong-

I asked him if the boys were stifikong by steamer. loodeed after in any away after, they ; When the new fleet is completed, left the school.

the flying bonts will be operated on They are returned

oversea service. parents, but they often come back, practically every Imperial Airways

their

FIVE DAYS TO LONDON

JULY 25, 1936.

RADIO BROADCAST

Sporting Commentaries From Daventry

A DANCE PROGRAMME From Z. B. W, on a wavelength of 355 metres (945 kiloeyelen):

1-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-12 midnight. European Pre- gramme.

7 p.m.. A light Violoncello Re- eltal

by Pablo Casals, Apres un Revo (Faure); Chanson Villageoise (Popper); lenuet (De- Gavotte Tendre (e- macher).

7.13 p.m. Ereales Jacques Iber!). 7.30 p.m. Marck Weber and His Orchestra.

Selection-The Mikado (Sullivan); Songs without Words-potpourri: A Night in Venice-potpourri; Faust Waltz (Gounod); Gokien Rain-Waltz (Waldtonfel).

p.m. Local: Time Signal and Wenther Report.

8.03 p.m. A Variety Programme. Jazz Pianoforte Medley by Charlie Kunz; Song If You Love Mo; My Heart and I.....Evie Hayes (Con- tralie); Band-Hawallan Parailse; Dream Time; Vocal-Sweet Sue, Just You...The Dixie Derils.

8.25 p.m. A Relay from Daven- try.

England v. All-Tala; m cre-wit- hess account by Howard Marshall, of the Second Tent Match, front Okt Trafford, Manchester.

8.35 p.nt. A Variety Programme. Picnic: Orchestra Teddy Bears' Mouse in the Clock; Vocal-I'm All Alone: Little Piccaninny Mine...... Les Allen and His Cana

Canadian Bache- tora; Organ Solos-Caprice Viennois foselil's Serena you are Mine.

Sydney Gustard; Sang Say that Welter Booth (Tenor); Guitar Solo

Mood Ruby...Len is.

9. A Relay from Daventry of the News Bulletin (Copyright by Reuter) nul Announcements.

9.20 p.m. "Great Bass Ballads" by Norman Allin and Chorus.

4.30 p.m. A Itelay from Haven-

try.

Sporting Commentaries.

England

Y. Al-Hadia. The Second Test Match, from Old Trafford, Manchester; and the Davis Cup Challenge Round, from Wimbledon.

9.43 p.m. A Relay of Dance Muste from the Hongkong Hotel, Grill Rom.

11.30 p.m. A Relay from Daven- try.

The last portion of Sporting Com- mentariest

All-India. England v. The Secont Test Match, from Old Trafford, Manchester; and the Davis Wim- Cup Challenge Round, from bledon.

11.55 p.m. Dance Music. 12 midnight. Close Down, TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME

The King's Unveiling of The Canadian War Memorial ELSA ALVES TO-NIGHT

10.30-11.30 a.m. Relay of tha Morning Service from the Union Church.

11.30 a.m.-12.15 pm. A Relay of the Mormug Service from the Hon London by the new, speeds service-Yat-Church (Chinese). {after the Atlantic service con- mences) it will be possible for a Hangkong traveller to tour around) the world in 13 days, at a cost of only £500.

Imperial Airways and Pan Ameri- en Always will open up the North Atlantic route in the near future un der the agreement recently pleted.

com.

12.15-2.30 pm. European Recorded Programme.

14.15 p.m. "Concerto in A Minor," Op. 16 (Greig) played by Arthur de Greef (Pianoforte) and the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra.

12.50 p.m. Vocal Gems "Rigoletto" sung by the Light Opern

Company.

fly one to Local: Time Srnal and

American internal air service,

United Air Lines, the largest direct from New York to San Fran

ciseu,

replied. "They nearly all say

Pan American Airways will bring they have no parents or friends, ut

A bi-weekly service from Croydon you back to within 40 miles of your fest, in order to curry sympathy, Then I put them with the other to the Cape will bring South Africa*arting place by lying your over the world's greatest ocean airway from San Franciscu to Alnene, in Honu- Midway Island, Wake Island, Jula, Geam and Manila.

youngsters and they talk to each to within four days of London.

A bi-weekly service to Australia ather at night. They often tell the The boys sat at a little desk inch thith them and others split' on them. will reduce the transit tim half way but as the supervisor came in and Thi yigsters generally like being and the world to seven days, shouted "Attention!" they stood up here, but we had a difficulty when wẹ

Passengers will be able to journey smartly.

Istarted up because Cairese aged from ludia to England in 21 days The supervisor explained that the 24 said they were under 15 in and from Singapore to England in boy at the blackboard knew all the larder to come here, eat good chow | four days.

You will be able to travel from characters and he was taking the

Hongkong to London in five days lesson. The Chinese constable in the and kick a ball about half the day.

in more comfort than you could room was the real instructor, but the was a great life with their rela boys got a great kick from airing ties bringing sweets on visitors' day

obtain on a train. their knowledge, to formed school mates.

"This little chap leaves. to-respect.

their

lese-it-

till

the we tumbled to it. Now magistrates are very careful in that When a buy is arrested he is taken

It is probable the Hongkong will see the first of the new lying boats on au experimental flight in Decem

Un rough reckoning it will take-

Five days from Hongkong to London:

One day from London to New York;

One day from New York to San Francisco:

Five days from San Francisco to MRCOG.

Report..

1.03 p.m. Concert Items, Songs-Die Forelle (The Trout) (Schubert); Hedge-Roses (Schubert) ...Sophie Braslau (Contralto); Vlo- lin Solus-Tambourir. Chinois (Kreis- ler); Menuet (Dabury).. Szigeti; Songs

Joseph

young. ("In a Persian Garden”) (Liza Lek- mann); Silent Noon (Vaughan Wil- liams).....

Stuart Robertzón -(Bari- (Continued in Page 5.)

KING TO

|BROADCAST

The boat is undergoing its trinks THEATRE TICKETS TO-MORROW

morrow." he said pointing to a sturdy up to Centrul to be charged and re- boy with a nien open face and clearanded straight here he never seen skin. He was on the streets when the prison cells. We keep him apart this

week, the preliminary

flight

Immediately after the trials it will handed over to Imperial Airways

he got into trouble fighting another until we know whether he is coming being an unoflicin one,

When he came here he knew to the Home to serve a sentence or bay. nothing, but now he knows all the

not. Most of them come hero for characters and is the smartest boy in the school. Only nine years old. He goes out to-morrow, but I shall have him back again, I expect!

THEY RETURN (

gging, hawking or stealing and easily pick them out, All the larceny people are much cleaner and are better workers, while the hawkers are usually lazy and have to

When the boy has parents or re-watched on the job, latires we send him to them after he

be

"We have two probation oflcers, n

has Anished his term with us, but Chinese Y.M.C.A. speaker, and the they often get into trouble and re- prison ductor making regular visits

FOR

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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RELAY BY ZBW HONGKONG listeners will be able to hear His Majesty the King for the second time during his Reign to-morrow night.

The ceremony of the unveiling by His Majesty of the Canadiani

with them, or if they have no parents, public interested in our rattan work. turn. When parents can do nothing here but we should like to get the YOLA AND PAUL Free tickets to the Star Theatre War Memorial at Vimy Ridge in they generally go to the Aberdeen In:

"They needn't be seared of enming

dustrial School where they are well to see u it is so nice that Farewell Appearance

looked after until they are grown up the Chinese policemen always hope

pensioned off!"

SOLUTION

We can only take 60 boys here and to get a billet here instead of being they must be between seven sind 16 years of age, English reckoning. At Aberdeen they are over that age.

The class was instructed to proceed and the voices rosa again as the polnter went over the blackboard. The boys wore quite interested their work and, remembering how used to enjoy the pause which a visi lor to the class ročni always' brought,; I felt they were somewhat unappre- ciative of my call.

il

"There's a chap who is hopeless, He will finish up in Aberdeen, I ex- pect," said the supervisor pointing to a quite innocent looking youth of 14 or so. "The fellow next him is one of the Fei Kei or 'Flying Squad'. He ed to smuggle tobacco and made 30 or 40 steamer trips before he was caught-hence the name."

WASHING DAY

Outside the class-room- Auttered an array of garments hung up to dry,

The illustration here shows how the rook did its journey in the "brain-teaser m Page 3 of the Supplement. You will find that the tenth move brings hịm on square 10 and it ends on square 21..

At Gripps To-night

Hongkong's duttering reception of ap- Yola and Paul on their return pearance at the Hongkong Hotel last Saturday night prompted these two favourlies to stay over in this Colony for another week.

As a result, dance-goers will have an opportunity again to-night to sce these master eccentric dancers in action in entirely new numbers.

Dinner dances are proving re- markably popular at the Hongkong Hotel this summer, despite the heat. and with the additional attraction to-night of Yola and Paul, there should be heavy bookinga.

have been posted to the vinners.

FID

ONE

The following ten entrice were lie frst correct ones received:

Miss M. T. Gutierrez, Mr. W. H. Lapley, Bilas N. Osmund, Mr. Folur

the presence of the President of the French Republic will be broadcast by Daventry, and re- layed by Z.B.W.

The event marks the consummation conceived of a project which was after the War and has taken over ten years to complete.

There are nearly 12,000 names on the base of the Memorial, which in dedicated to the Canadian missing who have no known' graves. Over six thousand pilgrims from Canada have gone to Europe to take part in the ceremony, and fifteen kundred from Great Britain. It is anticipated that at least 100,000 people will take part in the ceremony.

The actual ceremony by the King will take the form of unveiling a figure at the bane of the Memorial. Both the English and French languages (the latter for the benefits

In addition to to-night's appearances, Yola and Paul have been booked by the Hongkong Hotel Management to Watson, Miss Socorro Baptista, Miss of French-Canadians) will be used in appear at a Special Tea Dance to be Peggy Silva, Miss Cecilia Peraira, the service; which, together with the beld in the Roof Garden to-morrow Mr. V. M. Barradias, Mr. O, Tavarca, Incidental proceedings, will be des

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GSI 14.97 metres 21,470 kilocycles. GSG 16.86 metres 17,700kBocycles Electrical recordings will be broad

In white, in order that they may be cast by Daventry (not by ZBW) in harmony with the white stone of from Transmission IV (GSO, 19.70m, the Memorial, and will be' as incon- 16,180 k.c.; GSD, 26.53 m., 11,750 k., spicuous as possible, in order to avoid and (SB 41.85 m., 0,510 k.c.) at 3.45 striking a jarring note or detracting an on Monday: Transmission G from the spectators interest in the (GSP, 19,00 m. 10,310 k.,; GSF, 19,52 m., 10,140 k.e. at 7.40 n,m, on Daventry's broadcast of the Cere- Monday and Transmission VI (GEF, mony, which will be relayed by ZBW. 10.82 m., 15,140 ke. and GSC, 11.32 will commence at 9.30 p.m. to-morrow m., 0,640 k.c.) at 10.40 s.m. on Mon- night on Transmission 3, employing day. All times quoted above men the following transmitters:

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