Shanghai, Oct. 5.
message to contributors to the Central British War Fund in thanks for the contrlbutions of £2,500 and £1,505, which were cabled to London for the relief of sufferers from the German alr raids, was received by the oMfcials of the fund yesterday. The two sums were cabled home on Septem= ber 11 and October 1, respec~ ively. The Lord Mayor's mes~ sage read: your generous gift towards relief air raid suffering in London—Lord May girl, victims of maltreatment, strayed. children and others. Continuing the investigation into the condition Toeal dancing hostesses in ther "teens officials of the section wmerviewed 40
{iris from three cabarets, 'Experience derived {rom the past nine months, It was stated, disclosed the necessity' of training juveniles before placing them in various local Industries for employment, owing. 10 their education, "A gift of $500 wax gratefully received for the bench of orphan children and will be devoted to: special training of juveniles in an Institution before being placed' for industrial employment, Continued Education Urged was stressed that young. people In employment should continue their education. In the new autumn term of the night schools of the Couneit for apprentices, 22 beys previously placed in employment wore admitted, Others admitted were 30 juveniles from various factories Reverting to juvenile delinquency the report stated that 63 young people the Chinese court in September, G0 of whom were charged with stealing and only eight being regular employment. Twenty were fated to have been previously con-violed, one a many as eight times, Forty-four were. sentenced either to imprisonment, detention or sent to 'Twenty-three boys wore interview= ed prior to leaving the reformatory fand' also two girls in the women's detention heave, Eight of them wer placed for observation in the Friends' Receiving Home, after which their future will be decided upon, Police Commissioners
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