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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21977, 29 December 1936, Page 8

Burma's bad name for crime remains, according to official reports issued by the police recently. The report says: "A committee was held in 1.927 under the chairmanship of a learned judge of the High Court, to investigate the causes of the frequent murders which occur in Burma, and every attempt has been made to find a remedy, but without avail. The police can do nothing to prevent murder or grievous hurt cases—and the difference between the two in Burma is often merely fortuitous. The progress of civilisation may effect a reduction of this deplorable offence, but for some inexplicable reason offences against, the person have shown a tendency to increase during the last 20 years, whilst offences against property show a decrease. The authorities have littlp doubt that in rural areas this is due to a feeling of unrest as a result of the weakening of Government authority caused by mischievous propaganda." Belfast, Northern Ireland, will experiment with trolley buses by running them on the same lines with street cars and comparing performance.