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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 19, 1941.

Convicts Said Almost

Running British Gaols QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

Violence against prison officers is on the increase because the staffs are too small to enforce discipline. This charge was made to a "Daily Herald" reporter re- cently by Mr W. J. Brown, of the Prison Olicers' Association.

"The convicts are running things almost entirely their own:

way. They do not hesitate to swear at and abuse prison officers Inter-School Sports

as much as they like," he said.

"It is absolutely impossible for the warders to keep the men under effective control, and they go about in fear of bodily injury

at the hands of the very men they are supposed to be guarding.

"The situation has been very bud for a long time past. Now, Army Rugby League it is rapidly getting out of hand. Under-Staffed

"It is approaching a state where the warders have the other au- thority that to keep the conviels jacked up.

"It is the outcome of continued chronic, and acute, under-staffing. There are not nearly enough warders 11 the prisons to keep the men under;

they should be.

The risks to the warders grow

grenter day by day.

bers

No Proper Control

Sgt Blackman Breaks Leg

In Heavy Tackle

UNFORTUNATE accident to 'Ser-j

Excellent Competition Anticipated

La Salle Places Well In Yesterday's Heats

PLACED in all events but

grant Blackman (R. Engineers) who the shot put during the heats

his leg following a heavy

broke tackle, marred the Large Units for the Inter-School Sports at Rugby League match against the Caroline Hill yesterday, La Combined Small Units at Sookungen Salle College issue a strong yesterday.

zh will be held on the

There was serious under-stafin in nearly all the prisons even before our Association succeeded in having! the warders hours reduced from in

Batineers, however, won by 14 challenr for honours in the to 14 a week.

reduction in hours, without points (a goal and three tries) to i, finals w That #corresponding kerense in the num- and have thus consolidated their same track on. Friday.

St Stephen's College, on the heats of prison-control personnel, position in the League table.

Tries were scored by Martin (2). results. Should gather many points de a bad situation much worse.

the events, in which ease Rees and Birrell-the latter Leon in the verting his own with a magnificent they, too, will be in the running for "The warders are not able to exer-kick from the touch-line,

the Champioship. else proper control simply because į there are so few of them. They are so really outnumbered by the con- viris that they are at risk trying The Royal Artillery were surprised!

when Middlesex left the field win to impose a rigorous discipline.

Through sheer fear of bodily in-ners by 13 points (two pgals and a jury they have had to rum thinga try) to 3 (penalty nual), after leading with as Juose a rein as possible. 15-0 at half-time.

The unvicts are taking advantage i Freshwater played an excellent

for

Artillery Beaten

Outstanding performances yester- day were the lines of A. P. Silva (La Salter in the 100 metro-114 sees- and Sin Kwok-bum (King's College) in the 400 metres--57 secs.

Qualifiers were:

B) met Sio Kwok-tom Uking a College), Chow lon-sh (Smith), 10 combigeyim (Wah Yan), Lam Kwok-fenste Fran May, Fong Hhi-young (Qaren's),

They know they can get away tried the winhers, • na seured two 1500 Chick-Tan thuerti's), and A. P. Silva

of t

with almost everything short of just two, walking out of the place.

(Kingu).

while Berry, besides converting is Sala,

scored another. Keeble re- Tong Jiang, Wong Ki-bm Ristered the Gunners only points King-cheung (5) Stephen's), Fine Size St Stephen's), and Cheng Kim- penalty goal chemie in Salle "We need at least 1,000 prison: when he converted a wartiers to regain.

the men. That would control of for a string infringement.

increase the

prison Malts by about a third.

"The disturbances In Dartmoor, Parkhurst, Exeter and other prisons, during the past svo or three years have all been simply due to the fer- rible shortage of prison staff."

The Prison Officers' Association has asked Air Herbert Morrkon to re- ceive a deputation to discuss ways

British Money

In America

FROM PAGE ONE

Rim metres --N. Castro (La Salle). J. Navter (Da Salle), Cheung Kat-mui (Wah You. Lee Kast-ben (With Yan), K. and Macauley Molemned (Queen's (D.R.S.).

Pole Vanit-Mateus Ng da Salle), 1 Heredian (1 Sullo, Hate Tam-ynan (5) Stephen's), Chans King-cheum! (St Step her's) and Kwan Wahsan (St Paul, 200 metres-A. P. Silva (Ln Satte), A. | Mickremute (La Salle), Fout Hal-yeang - Km Chính - 20), tương Chi-to (Kingst Wong Wing-kren (kms), and, Chan Shiuskel (Wals Van). Shot-Put.-a Watun (St Stephen's), less easily plastu Wah Yan, aut Tong Kwok-tun

(St Tal)

at means of dealing with the mat- 16,000,000 of marketable serurities | Ma Chan-ling St Stephen's), Woo Shat-

Dr.

Constant Threat "Something will have to be done —and done rapidly-If the situation is not to get entirely out of land." Me Brown concluded.

metre Remedios (La Salle), 2.

and $0,000,000,000 marketable investments,

The nominal value of United King-re bei Salle). Hall (105) 3. dem investments in Canada is Macauley (DBS). Sin Kwok- $2,000,000,000 and in South America | (Kings), Lan Kwok-hting Wals Yan) $4,500,000,000. The

The market value, and Way Shab-tak (St Paul's).

1ph Jump-Malette Ng (La Sallel, A. sald Mc Smith, is much less than the Mackechnie La Salle), Cheuk Ming-leë The wanders inust not be forced | noming value,

Qumatsk Leuni: Lal-ysten 151 Step- to work under constant threat of At the beginning of the curent-ho), Liat Hong-bony (D.B.S.; and A bodily injury, And, they must be year, Britain held $292,000,000 até 151 Joseph's). reinforced with suffelent men to en- solt $34,000,000 official dollar balances able then-to keep proper control of and $205,000,000 private balances, the prisoners."

Capital Assistance

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Honie Office Denial The Home Office Inter issued a denial of the statements.

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"Die passiblity of an assault or altempted assailt by some prisoner risk which always exists." adds the Time Office, "but such occur

exceptional. rences are

"Discipline at the present time is well maintained, and nothing hos occurred to justify the suggestion that prisoners are out of hand."

Filmland Is Anglophile

A STRIKING plea for union of

The

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¡, Britsin had given candial assistance

totalling $171,000,000

United States, defence plants in connection with, ortlers for planes,

monthly

expenditure Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Indib and the United Kingdom was $1,750,000,000, of which United States accounted for the ($1,500,009,cm3,

fiscal During the current

year, Canada is expected to spend $1,400, 600,000 in direct war effort.

AID BRITAIN

defence.

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the British Empire with thej dered necessary for United States: U.S.A. comes from Sam Eckman,

Accidental Revelation the shrewed and energetic Metro-

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (Reuter). Goldwyn chief, who has run itsThe accidental revelation of two items in the proposed United States London end since 1928.

In the New Year issue of the expenditure for aid to Britain, was "Kinematograph Weekly" he made during to-day's debate on the

dollar seven billion

appropriation. fervently supports the complete | A Representative referred to the inooling of the resources of the purchase of $50,000,000 at tobacco. English-speaking people against Money for this purpose would come a common foe, towards a real from an allocation of $1,350,000,000 earmarked for agricultural and other Anglo-American fusion.

commodities.

The Information, given above was revealed accidentally; it was not sup- pressed, but it will be struck off the House of Representatives records.

"When

I was a boy. American it Is understood that lists of further school-books still emphasised the items exist but President Roosevelt wickedness of King George III and does not wish to make them public. his ministers, The Englishman de- picted on the stage and early films was either a villain or a silly ass will a monoele. On the English side has been a tendency to regard all we offer with suspleinn,

Films' Help

"Films can help make and cement this Anglo-American unity which is so essential.'

After quoting numerous fine Holly- wood boosts of British kicals, as well as of the real America, he concludes:

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us go on mo

on making them. don't care whether they are made by British or American companies, so long as they are good enough for the English-Speaking world, showing men and women of all creeds and colours that they are all united by the common heritage of freedom) which rules wherever a Union Jack or a Star and Stripes may be flown."

Four Hundred Wives Are British Again

Eight hundred British-born wives: of Germans resident in Britain have! Applied in the past year to have their Brilist mutionality restored;

bren Naturalisation has already granted to half of them, announced! Mr Herbert Morrison, the Home Secretary. In the House of Commons: recenly.

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Recorder's Hopes

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Mrs Alna Armstrong, aged 22. who pleaded guilty to taking a five- werk-old baby out of the care and rosegzweten of her mother, was at the Old Bailey recently bound over for three yells

It was made a condition that, she should live with her parents and continue at work,

She took the baby from a peram- bulator outside a stop at Edmonton,

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