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FLOGGING TO

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IN THE NAVY

Request Made By Admiralty

The Admiralty, has asked the Government to abolish fogging in the Navy.

This was announced by Sir Terence O'Connor, the Solicitor-General, when a Standing Committee of the louse of Commons again considered the Government's Criminal Justice Bill recently.

Sir Terence moved an amendment, which was passed, applying to the Navy the section of the bill proposing to abolish corporal punishment. It was not necessary, he said, to do this In the case of the Army and the Air Force, because flogging did not apply there.

Sir Archibald

Southby (Cans., Epsom), a former naval officer asked when the Admiralty's request reach ed the Home Ofee and why the Committee was not told of it when they were discussing the abolishing Blogging.

clause

Sir Terence said the Admiralty expressed their view some time ngo, but it did not seem proper to try to Influence the decision of the Com- mlitee simply because the Board of Admiralty had taken that view,

Sections applying the proposal to abolish penal servitude, hard labour and prison divisions to the Navy were also agreed to.

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possible, and do all we can to'reform him; but the man who is irreform able, the man whom previously you would have liked to fog-that is the man from whom you must protect Hoclety by keeping him in preventive detention.

Sir Terence said the clause was one of the most important in the bill.

" goes a long way," he added, "to answer a good deal of the argu- ment against the abolition of flogging. We are now leaving the law without any sanction against the hardened criminal. This clause is in effect the sunction which is going to be operated in many of the eases which have defled any treatment previously Lex- cept that of the Inh."

̈DEMANDS FOR INQUIRY Sir Terence submitted an amend

to redraft the clause giving ment courts power to make reception or- ders against persons of unsound mind. Two medical practitioners would now be required not merely to give certi- Bentes, but to give evidence in court on the grounds from which they formed their opinion.

The amendment and a clause giving power to order remand for Inquiry into a person's mental condition weru agreed to.

$12,000 Opium Importation

Charged with being concerned in WHIS 201 the importation of over $12,000 worth nuthorised Instrument of punish:- of chandu into Singapore on Marchi ment in the Navy. Corporal punish-1, a Chinese, Low Tng, who claimed ment is now retained only for trial to the offence in the Singapore nutiny and closely allled offences Criminal District Court recently, had in peace time, the maximum sen- further hearing of the enarge post-

poned lence being 25 Istics.]

"PROTECT

SOCIETY"

The problem of the persistent offen- der was discussed on the clause pro- posing corrective training for offen ders between 21 and 30 and preven tive detention for offenders over 30. The bill provides that the sentence in such cases should be not less than two years and not more than fir

years.

Mr. R. 1. Turton (Cons.. Thirsk and Malton) moved an amendment to give courts power to impose sentences up to 10 years' preventive detention for certain offences such rape.

Mr. Rhys Davies (Soc., Westhough- ton) objected to the idea that offen- ders should be "clapped into prison and left there to rot."

Sir Terence O'Connor, resisting the amendment, said he doubted whether the totalitarian regimes had anything quite so formidable as Mr. Turton proposed.

Str. William Wayland (Cons., Can- terbury): The Committee burn their boats behind them when they abolished corporal puntaliment, which would be a very effective punishment for the cases which Mr. Turton mentioned. Although I do not like the German code, I would certainly

to

"The alleged offence was sald have taken place in Stanley Street. The amount of chandu concerned was, 1,524 tahlls.

The accused was alleged to have had a consignment of rubber-cloth consigned from Hongkong by the steamier Gustave Diederichsen, while trading under the name of Chop Soon

long.

When customs ofeers, led by Mr. A. H. Capel, examined the rubber cloth, they found, the chandu con- sealed in íí.

POSTPONEMENT ASKED FOR

Mr. Mork Morrison, counsel for the defence, asked for two weeks' post- ponement before the hearing of the cate, she received no instructions and had no knowledge of the case.

Furthermore it was "very compll-

eated."

Mr. Wallace Kemp, prosecuting officer, sald he was prepared to carry on, as he had all his witnesses and the exhibits in court.

Mr. L. B. Gibson, the judge, re-

marked that the case was down for trial and he would proceed with the formal evidence, and then adjourn the case afterwards.

adopt the German way of treating Chair's Afire, He's

such cases.

"SANCTION AGAINST CRIME" Mr. Turton appealed to the Govern- ment to strengthen the clause before the next stage.

"For the young offender," he said "we should show as much mercy as

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"Hide And Seek" In Church--And Why

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CHILDREN have been allowed by the vicar, the Rev. Arthur Parr, to play "hide-and-seek" in the parish church here-but only to illustrate a simple address he gave them..

This was revealed recently when the vicar attacked, at the annual Parochial Church Council meeting, the apathy of some adults towards the church.

Ho pointed out that the mosl successful church attendances were made by the children off Bream.

The vicar suggested that the grown-ups should drop in at the children's services to see how woll they were attended,

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He added: "I hope you will not THE Duke of Northumberland -recently confirmed the report criticise me when I reveal that to encourage the children I have allow-that he and his mother, "the ed them to play hide-and-seek in the Duchess, are vacating Alnwick church."

Castle, Northumberland, and will live in 20-roomed Lesbury And the vicur explained his House, on the estate. statement: "The children did not Alnwick Castle has 200 rooms and Jactually play hide-and-seek," he employs 100 servants,

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What happened was this. I call ed two children out, and told one of "Owing to the very heavy incidence them to hide behind a pillar and of Death Duties incurred twice with- pray and another to pray in full view in 12 years, together with the present of the congregation.

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