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POLICE RESISTED.
Charge Against Chinese Youth.
SERGEANT CROSS SUMMONED.
OVER A PIG STY,
.SQUATTER WHO WOULD
REBUILD.
P.W.D. OFFICIAL'S FEARS..
Mr. W. E. Hollands of the
TAXI COMPANY.
VOLUNTARY WINDING UP CONFIRMED.
TO-DAY'S MEETING.
The voluntary winding-up of Yesterday afternoon, Major C. P.W.D., this morning charged a the Hong Kong and Kowloon Willson heard evidence for the Chinese before Mr. R. E. Lindsell Taxicab Company, Ltd. and the defence in which a Chinese named with trespass on Crown land by appointment of Messrs. H. R. Percy Sydney Lui was charged by erecting a pig sty on the hillside Cleland and J. Fleming as joint behind the liquidators was confirmed at an Sergeant Heywood of No. 7 Police at Wongneichong Station with resisting search and Jewish Cemetry and near the new extraordinary meeting of the Company this morning when assault.
filter beds. There is a cross-summons Mr. Hollands said that several there were present. Mr. A. H. against the Sergeant for assault. squatters had en permitted to Rowe (managing director), Mr. Giving evidence from the wit-erect huts on this ground, but N. V. A. Croucher. Mr. J. W. Kew
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ness box, the defendant said that now the Government wished to fill and Mr. T. N. Chau (Directors) STAR
BIG DREDGER FOR LOCAL OPERATIONS.
on the night of July 9 he was sent in the place, so the squatters had and Messrs. H. M. Kew and out by his mother on an errand. their fees returned last March C. A. Fulcher (shareholders):
The resolution confirming that As he was returning to No. 590 and were told to pull down the Queen's Road West, someone sud-huts and vacate the place. They of the previous meeting was pro denly called out to him "Hey," made no attempt to obey this posed by Mr. T. N. Chau, second-
'and and simultaneously a hand fell on order.
eventually Mr. ed by Mr. Fulcher and carried. his shoulder. He was turned Hollands had to go there with a Tround roughly, and then saw that gang of coolies and pull the huts THE AERODROME.
He was being accosted by an down for the squatters. The European Sergeant.
job was completed at noon yes. Face Smacked.
terday, but when witness return-i He asked in English, "What's ed at 2 p.m., the defendant was the matter?" and the next instant again erecting the pig sty. He In connection with the scheme
left the defendant alone for the of the Hong Kong Government | received a smack in the face. At time being, and when he called for developing on the Kai Tack the same time the Sergean: re again at 4 p.m., the sty had al-Reclamation a large civil aero- marked: "You think you are
completely been drome to link up with the pro- smart to speak to me in English, most
posed England to Australia eh?" Then the Sergeant twisted rebuilt.
The Magistrate asked why Mr vice via Singapore and to act as a the witness's arms behind hisi back and tripped him to the Hollands did not carry away the centre for China Japan, Manila and the North, the" "Hankow," a ground. The Sergeant then knelt materials.
Mr. Hollands replied that that sea-going hopper-cutter-suction an him.
could not be done as the materidredger, has, arrived in Hong
Kong for dredging operations. als belonged to the squatters.
been
ser-
When the witness's mother came up and asked the Sergeant
Mr. Lindsell agreed that that Penguin Shoal (near Taikas), why he was treating witness in
a difficulty which Rambler and Belcher's Ridge (op- such a manner, the Sergeant said, constituted
He could not be surmounted, as if posite North Point) and Kowloon “Shut up" and "Go away.” threatened to get the witness's the materials were removed the Point Shoal (off the Clocktower) mother into trouble for interfer-owners would be quite within jare to be dredged and the silt used ing. Witness was marched all the their rights to sue the Goven-in completing the Kai Tack Re- clamation to the requisite size for. way to the police station with his ment for larceny.
Mr. Hollands: They might an aeroplane and seaplane--- arms twisted behind his back.
sue me(Laughter.)
perhaps airship-base.
Four Other Witnesses. On arrival at the station the witness was told that he would be locked up all night as the Inspec- tor was asleep. A long while later ja man in a kimono came into the charge room, and after several books had been consulted, witness was allowed out on bail of $50.
Defendant was fined $5, and The contract for this dredging warned that if he went back he has been let to the Netherlands would be fined heavily.
Harbour Works owing to the great saving which can be effect- ed. The Dutch Company have already in the Far East the big- CONCEALED ARMS. gest and most effective dredgers
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and the cost of bringing such from elsewhere would be considerable, The saving by letting the con- While at the station the wit- ness's aunt tried to use the tele-!
tract locally is believed to be in phone, but she was not permitted
the region of three lakhs. to do so. That same night Mr.
The new dredger to arrive here' A Chinese passenger of the a.s is a vessel of 785 tons gross_re- Brutton personally saw the wit-} ness and saw the red mark on "President Hayes" was arrested gister and is commanded by Cap- witness's face caused by the slap yesterday for the unlawful pos- tain Oversteeg with a crew of 12 On arrival here from he had received from the Ser-session of a quantity of ammuni- Asiatics.
tion and parts of a Mauser pistol. Belawan and Macao, it was berth- geant.
Luger ammunition numbering ed at the Cosmopolitan Dock. The defendant's story was cor- robated by Chu Lai-sang. Secre- 1,500 rounds were yesterday tary of Foreign Affairs at Chin-seized on board the s.s. "Empress of Canada." The contraband was Sannear Macho.
concealed among 2% ewts. of soap was unclaimed. The ammunition and soap were removed to the police station.
As Mr. Brutton intimated that he had four other witnesses to call, the ease was further adjourn ed until 2.15 on Monday afternoon
next.
BOY KIDNAPPED.
HEAVY BAIL FOR MAN AND WIFE.
KING FAUD.
KISSES FROM MILL LASSES.
London, July 19. Later Revenue Officer Lanigan
After a fortnight's social activi- carried out a further search on ties in London, King Fuad of Egypt) the same ship and made a haul of arrived at Liverpool yesterday and three Mauser pistols, gun parts, began a tour of Lancashire to-dny springs and sporting gun am- as the guest of Lord Derby. munition. In this case also,, no arrest was made.
BITTEN BY DOGS.
INDIAN.CONSTABLE AND
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His Majesty intends thoroughly to inspect the cotton milis before returning to London.
The mill lasses of Preston nailed His Majesty with waving flags and threw him kisses.
The latter was evidently delight- ed with his unconventional wel- come.-Reuter.
Preston's-First Mill,
Rugby, July 19. King Fuad of Egypt to-day made a tour of the cotton mills of Lan-
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Mr. L. C. Turner appeared be- fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morn- ing to defend a husband and wife charged with aiding who were 4.30 p.m. another man in the kidnapping of
Place of Observation a five-year-old Chinese boy living or the second floor of No. 40 Gage
Attempting to catch a stray cashire.
West River at Shinhing Of particular interest to the dis North River at Tsingyuen. +28.7′′ Street.
dog yesterday, an Indian continguished visitor was Sergeant Macdonald said that the stable was bitten by the animal cotton mill which John Horrocks North River at Samshmi ... +27.8 charge against the first man was that of kidnapping the boy, while and had to go to the Government erected at Preston. In those days East River at Sheklung....+15'2′′ 8.30 a.m. the allegation against the husband Civil Hospital for treatment. The the only employees were John and 9.30 a.m. and wife was that they took the dog was eventually captured and his two slaters. 10.30 a.m. child to Canton,
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The first an admitted kidnap ping the boy, while Mr. Turner's clients pleaded not guilty."
The thousands of girls employed taken to Kennedy Town for ob- aervation.
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ALLEGED ATTACK.
WOMEN'S CHARGE AGAINST WARDER.
ILL AFTER EATING.
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Paris, July 18. evening meal, four Chinese women A posse of Police arrested were last night removed to the Cachin and Doriot at the offices Government Civil Hospital from of the newspaper, "Le Humanite.” No. 76b First Street, West Point,-Router. suffering from poisoning. They [A cable published yesterday Two Chinese women living in are expected to recover as the re-stated:-Now that Parliament has a hut at Laichikok were yester-sult of prompt medical attention. 4.30 p.m. day removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital suffering from injuries: received through their being aa- Knocked down by a P.W.D. Marty, and Doriot, has automati- saulted with a stick by an Indian motor car (No. 862) near the cally lepaed, and these deputies have been summoned to surrender warder employed at the Laichi-pumping station, a Chinese was and undergo the terms of imprison- kok prison. The police so far yesterday taken to the Government to which they were sentenced have no information as to the ment Hospital suffering from in-for seditious
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