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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This eriks-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spettings, such cx harbor, plove, and altho.)
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16 17 B
10
13
14
15
116
12
19
17
20
21
23
25
126
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28
129
30
31
32
33
134 135
136
37
39
40
42
43
44
14546
48
149
52
50 51
53
HORIZONTAL
1-Wither
5-Peaceful
-Reputed birth-place
of Apollo and Artemio
10-Near (poet.)
12-To distribute 13-Relation
15-An approach
17-Part of the head
18-Entrance (pl.)
M9-9clf
20-On
22-A color
24-Forward 25-Rhinoceros 28-Worship
30-The act of radiating 31-A cubic unit of
metric measure
33.To apply remedles
10
38-In a direction
toward
37-A morsc]
29-Exist.
©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
MORIZONTAL (Cont.) 40-Conjunction 42-Sailing vessel 43-5att (Latiu) 44-Tumult 46-Girl's name 47-High table land 48-Assert
50 Grasp
52-Corner 53-Fine earthy
andiment
VERTICAL
1-Awe 2-Whole 3-Accomplish
4-A ridge of glacial
Gravel
6-To beat with a cane 6--Indefinite article
7-Meadow
B-Created
9-Destruction
11-Harshnes
12-Precious
14-Repeated
performance
VERTICAL ICont.)
15-To assume a given
hue
21-Net
23-Beautify
26-Anger
27-.yric poem 28-Little island 29-Unit
31-Heavenly body 32-Bracing 3+Degrade
38-Membrane covering
brain
37-Censure
38-An implement for
grasping objects 41-8tupid person 43-A month (abbr.) 45-Dark
olly liquid 47-Unit uses
used in - measuring diameter of wire
49-That is
(Latin-abbr.)
St-A State (abbr.)
SUGGESTIONS FOR SQLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or bota.
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in te-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION. SANTOS GRE ASEA SPAI
NIGER HAP SE DAR ELAN S L-OBLIGATE
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ONEIDA ESTATE AVINA
AH DEVIL
ROB
ALKA
IVORY ELK
CAME THIS ALABAMA Į
DAMPI
DOPE RING?
CANTON DETECTIVE
INVOLVED
THE CHINA MAIL,
PLETHORA OF "WITNESSES"
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A Chinese, who described himself'
The
THEFTS FROM, CLUBS
RECOVERY OF FAN AND CLOCK
ASTUTE PAWNBROKER
Mysterious thefts that occurred
" FRAUD
LIGHT"
CONCLUSION OF THE GIFFORD CASE
JAIL FOR ALL THREE
The trial of Douglas Gifford as a member of the Cantonese de-within the last four or five days, and two Chinese, who are alleg
have conspired to obtain tective force, made an appearance bave been brought to light. In one od to before. Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith. at of the two cases heard, in this con- money from a married woman and [the Kowloon Magistracy, on Saturneetiori at the Kowloon Magistracy also to have intimidated her into day, in answer to a charge of un-on Saturday, the arrest was due in giving them money, was conclud- lawful possession of two taels of the main to a pawnbroker. He eus-ed before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith the Kowloon Magistracy on raw opium, which was concealed inpected a Chinese lad, who was en-at a pocket he carried.
deavouring get rid of an electric Saturday.
Gifford was sentenced to three While patrolling Reclamation fan, of theft, and accordingly tele- street, a Chinese detective noticed phoned to the Police, to that effect. months' imprisonment, and a fur- accused approaching him from the
The Police arrested the boy, and ther two months, when the pro- reveiled that accused opposite direction.
detec- the latter subsequently made his ap-secution tive, when accused had come pearance before Mr. T. S. Whyte had a few months ago signed a abreast of him, informed him that Smith. He was charged with the personal bond of $250 he was a detective and would like theft of the electric fan, the pro- good behaviour for six months. to search him.
A Broken Bond As he stepped for-
perty of the Club de Recreio, and ward to do so. the accused threw to also with the theft of two pairs of
Det-Sergt. Fltches informed the the ground something which the detective did not distinguish, Bor-tennis shoes and a clock, which Court that Gifford was unable to rowing a lamp from a hawker, the were removed from the Craigen pay the bond, and also that his detective found a small jar contain-ower Cricket Club, Happy Valley mother refused to do so for him. Alternative charges of receiving the Thus, in consideration of the fact that Gifford had broken the bond, ing opium.
the two Clubs
he has in all to serve five months" above property of
in jail. were also lodged.
The accused informed him that he was a detective in Canton, and asked to by "excused." This re- quest was not complied with, and he was arrested.
"Many Blows"
Accused denied the charge. He said that he was with another man, when the local detective came up and searched him. Then the lat ter suddenly attacked him and hit him many blows.
to be of
Accused admitted the thefts. Det.-Sergt. Fitches said that had been convicted
His Worship said that Gifford on the first June 4, accused broke into the C.C.C. by climbing through the charge-that of conspiracy to ob tain money by false pretences. skylight of a window, whence he He regarded Gifford as the worse forced a lock, and thus gained erof the three actused, as he was an trance into a room where the clock educated man. Recalling the axiom and the two pairs of tennis shoes about "honor among thieves.": in the early His Worship remarked that to were kept. It was hours of the morning that the theft all
Gifford appearances
lacked Inspector James, who was in occurred.
that honour. In evidence, it had The very next day, the accused been stated that Gifford, when he charge of the case, said that when accused was taken to the Police Sta- visited the Club de Recreio. He saw the other accused were ar-
the same procedure in rested, went up to tion he made the same allegation followed
them
and
but the Inspector in charge effecting an entrance and stole an pointed them out as the offend- examined his body carefully and electric fan, valued at $50. A visit could not find any wound or mark whatsoever.
Accused then called a witness who said that he was an agent of the Standard Oil Co., and he carried un business upcountry. He corroborated the statements of accused.
Inspector's Theory
PLEASE DON'T
WASTE WATER
ers,
With regard to the second ac- cused, His Worship said that he appeared.to have been the person who had taken an exceedingly ac- and ac- tive part in the fraud,
two cordingly sentenced him to months imprisonment.
have known
A Form of Blackmail Third accused, His Worship In reply to the Magistrate, In-by the Police to the Club later said, seemed to have put in some that he was the morning revealed finger prints honest work, and if it were not spector James said
a window ledge. for the fact that he had attempt almost certain that accused and of accused on
Accused went to a pawnshop in his friend were in league or had
ied to extract from complainant something to do with the Canton Yaumati where he endeavoured to
would not have some money, he But the pawnbroker, had a case to answer, and he (His Police and others who were respawn the fan.
not have held ponsible for a great deal of smag-his suspicions aroused, pretended to
Worship) would gling of opium. He said that the take down accused's name and the that he had conspired. As it was detectives and a few shopkeepers price he asked for the fan, whilst however, he should made it their business to smuggle be sent an employee, to telephone that the two other accused were the Police Station. The Police the contraband into Hong Kong.
not representatives of the China His Worship remarked that ac- arrived at the shop a few minutes Light & Power Co. His know- cused certainly had a great num- later and arrested accused.
ledge of electricity, should have ber of witnesses at his command. Accused, when in custody, in-shown him that complainant had A fine of $200 was imposed. formed the Police that he had pawn not stolen any electricity as was ed the clock, valued at $42, to a alleged. Therefore, it was very pawnbroker in Wanchai for only $2 evident that he did have a part and a few cents, and, acting on this in the fraud, which was a form information, the property was re- of blackmail. His Worship said covered without muca
trouble. that he regarded blackmail as 4 From a marine hawker, the two very horrible thing.. Third accused pairs of tennis shoest were also was sentenced to a month's impri- regained.
All the pawnbrokers with which accused hud come into contact dur-
LEPERS' MISSION
BENEFIT CONCERT A SUCCESS
A PLEASING FEATURE
sonment.
Mr. S. J. Collins has been ap- A step in the right direction was ing the last few days, appeared in pointed manger of the New Zeà- taken on Saturday night whes, with Court.
land Reparations Estates-in Samoa.
a gesture of goodwill which was His Worship, addressing the pleasing to note, religious differ-broker who had given only $2 for enges were set aside and Roman the large clock, said that it was Catholic and Protestant co-operat- rather lucky for him that he was ed cordially in the sweet cause of not charged with receiving stolen charity.
property, The broker said that he
Thus we saw the Rev. Fr. A. Riganti, a Catholic priest, taking
St. part in concert at the
a Stephen's Girls' College Hall, or ganised in aid of the Hong Kong Auxiliary of the Chinese Mission
had given $2 because accused had
named that amount.
Ir
ather regard to the broker who WAN instrumen- tal 71 effecting the arrest of accused, his Worship rommend-
to Lepers, whose lepers' colony him on his good work, and also
on Taikam Island was founded by
remarked that accused might de
the Rev. John Lake, of Canton velop into a hardened criminal.
a Protestant clergyman, who is
He sentenced accused to Bix
devoting his life to this cause. months' imprisonment on the charge
"A Ray of Hope"
of theft from the C.C.C., and an-
In the course of the evening. other six months for the theft of
the Rev. John Lake gave an inthe fan, the sentences to run teresting talk to the large audi-consecutively.
ence on the work at Taikam, and
his picture of the ray of hope Pending the
ratification by the
and the security which the poor American Congress of the Lausanne sufferers found in this haven. Treaty, the Turkish Government where they are treated as human has prolonged for another year the beings and not as outcasts be commercial modus vivendi with the cause of their affliction, sroused United States. the sympathy of all his hearera. Taikam Island is about 40 miles south-west of Hong Kong
F.
where a number of fine buildings ence, who accorded enthusiastic re- have been recently erected com- ceptions for his pleasing rendering prising a hospital, a chapel and of Geehl's "A Spring Carol,” and building, and Tosti's "Torna Amore" (in Italian). administr. ion separate living quarters for men Other Occidental items were two
Bolcs
Master by and women. Activities are now violin
good who has a Abraham, in progress for the further accom- modation and treatment of lepere future before him as a musician. from the mainland of whem there. His offerings were "Fantasia” from are now over a hundred in resi"Il Trovatore" Alard, Sarasati's "Les Adieux," and Monti's "Czar- das" all of which gained for him The concert, which was much well merlted applause.
Chinese items in the programme
dence.
The Concert
enjoyed, opened with a pianoforte
duet by the Rev. Fr. A. Riganti included two native songs by Mr. and Prof. E. Gauldi, two pianists Lui Mau-sing; and a Chinese instru- of merit, who charmed their hear-mental selection played by Messrs. Pun In-tat, Tae Shai-cheung, and Ma Ping-lit.
Mission Officials
ers.
The rest of the programme was well arranged, Chinese and foreign
The officers and directors of the musical items being pleasingly Hong Kong Auxiliary of the Chin-
90 that both M. Barinoff, chairman of the intermingled,
Oriental and Occidental memese Mission to Lepers are:- Azneft Oil Trust, together with a
Patrons The Hon. Sir Shou-son bers of the audience
were Chow, K., O.M.G., and the Hon. Dr. number of directors of the Baku of
Judging from s. W. To, LL.D., OB.E.
Chairman: Mr. Li Chor-chi, industry, has left Moscow for the well catered for. Unied States to study the Ameri. the hearty applause which grected
Vice-Chairman: Mr. Lo Po-in. every item, each was able to ap
Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Wong Kwok- can oil industry.
preciate and enjoy the music of the other.
shuen.
Secretary: Mr. Andrew Ling. An official dinner was given in The East and the West blended Treasurer: Mrs. Me Wing-chan. Publicity Agent: Mr. Hin Wong. Athens in honour of Sir Samuel effectively in the person of one of
Committee: Dr. Arthur Woo, Messrs. Hoare, the British Air Minister, the artistes, Mr. Li Chor-chi, a
Andrey Cheung, W. E. Cheung, K. L when he arrived there in the India-Chinese who sang Occidental songs Chau, Chenk, and the Misses Wong Britain air service aeroplane from in a very acceptable manner and See-koo, Shin Tak-hing, and Lynne E. Alexandria.
became a favourite with the audi- Shew.
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