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One case of diphtheria notified yesterday.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930.
was MURDER MYSTERY, MR. C. M. KARANJIA.
Miss C. Beattie is a recent, ap- pointee to the Colonial Service, and
coming to Hong Kong as Nursing Sister.
R
"This is not a place of entertain- ment, this is a Court Rald_ Mri Whyte-Smith to n Chinese this norning whom he caught standing at the back of the Court room with a cigarette in his mouth. He was told not to do it again!
AUTHORITIES IN MANILA BAFFLED.
PRESS HELP POLICE.
Manila, Aug. 1.
PASSING OF A PARSEE MERCHANT.
INTERMENT IN HONG KONG.
The death occurred yesterday, at Another suggestion as to the best his residence in Shameen, Canton, means of training some of the of Mr. C. M. Karanjin, whose pass- members of the local secret serviceing will be regarded as a personal force to cope. with the increasing loss by many friends in Hong Kong
An unemployed Chinese, named criminal activities of Manila's un-as well as Canton. Yeung Yec (41), living at 2, Pound derworld was advanced this morn- He was a Parsee merchant who Land, Taipingshan, was alleged to ing when an American in close had been well known in these parts have attempted suicide yesterday by touch with the police force proposed for over 37 years. Coming to Hong cutting his stomach with a raozor, the idea of sending two or three Kong from Bombay in the latter He is now in the Government Civil of the local "secretag" to San part of the last century, Mr. Hospital in a critical condition. Francisco to study the underworld Karanjia joined the firm of Messrs.
methods-there--
MPatel and Co., and after a Acting Police Sergeant P. It is pointed out that sending number of years' residence in this Barnicle in charge of the Hawkers' men to Scotland Yard or New York Colony went to Canton as manager Squad, to-day charged before Mr. would be a waste of inoney and man of Messrs. Patell's branch office in Whyte-Smith-at the Kowloon Magis-power as the technique and mind Canton, where for some years they tracy a Chinese married woman of the criminal is those places are owned the ice plant, which was sub- with obstrucing him in his duty by entirely different from the means by sequently taken over by the Dairy warning the hawkers in Shanghai which local gangsters commit their Farm, Tea and Cold Storage Co. Street of his approach, She wns lawless nets. On the other hand, it Mr. Karanija then went to Shang- convicted and fined $5 or 7 days' is argued that in San-Francisgo the hat and Hankow where he went into hard labour.
police officials have to deal with business for himself. He returned hundreds of Filipinos who commit south seven years ago and opened Arguing over a bargain for a crimes. Many of the crimes com-an import and export business at fruit knife, a Chinese vendor of mitted in Manila have been en-Shameen, with a branch office in knives picked up a chopper and cut gineered by some of the men who Hong Kong. He was in his 60th a purchaser's left wrist with it. | learned their criminal methods in year of age at the time of his death, causing him to go to the Kowloon San Francisco, it is averred. Magistracy this morning with his arm in a sling. Mr. Whyte-Smith fined the vendor $10, and ordered him to compensate the complainant with $5.
Paychology of Crime.
Much sympathy is extended to his widow. The remains are being Manila brought down to Hong Kong for
If two or three of the secret service men were sent to San burial, and the funeral will take Francisco and placed under the place this evening at the Parsee training of the police commissioner Cemetery, Happy Valley, A Chinese boy, a stall assistant of there they would be able to study
SOMERSETS' BAND. Argyle Street, who stole $54, and crime as it is committed by people of their own race. Having the another Chinese boy ball picker,
ENJOYABLE CONCERT AT. who unlawfully received $15 of that same psychology of thought and
WELLINGTON BARRACKS. both at the Kowloon trend of mind as the criminals they Magistracy this morning ordered to are studying, the "secretas" would In receive twelve stockes of the cane in obtain, invaluable lessons in dealing
The postponed concert by the Court. It was stated by Sergeant with crime as committed by Filipino band of the Somerset Light In-
who have adopted Feely that of the 354 only $26.85 gangsters
fantry took place at Wellington was recovered.
American criminal, techniques, it is Barracks last evening, and was at- alleged.
tended by a large and appreciative Juan Cristobal, former Marila gathering of local music lovers.
The most popular items in
sum, were
1)
shortage was improbable. spite of the ingenuity of man, we are ever at the mercy of the rains, which, should they fail to: descend in the Colony for the re- A case of 'alleged kidnapping has
been reported to the Police by Ho newspaperman, in whom the police mainder of this year, might place Tam, who lives at GG, Baulkeley and the city fiscal's offices are pin-wall chosen programme were the
He stated that "ing, to a certain degree, their hope always enjoyable "Merry Widow," us in another grave contingency. Street, Hunghom. We have been led to expect great at about 5 p.m. yesterday, his son of solving the baffling murder of and Finck's fantasia "Bacchana-
The latter was exception things from the Shing Munnamed Ho Chan-mo (3) was taken Roberto F. Gozar comptroller of the " Valley scheme, at least co-eval out of the house by a female fellow University of the Philippines, ap-ally well rendered and met with
tenant on the pretext of taking him peared yesterday before Assistant enthusiastic applause. with the vast sums of money ex- to a cinema. Neither has been Fiscal Lorenzo M. Tanada to help A selection from "Carmen" in the latter in the inquiry being made the second half also pleased, and pended upon it. We do not seen since.
in connection with the killing.
many wore amused by Lotter's grudge the Government one cent
Other persons, including Jose humorous piece "Three Blind A charge of being a member of that sum; we should not grum- of the Triad Society was brought Hizon, step-son of Representative Mice," which to the writer ble even had the sum been larger, against Chan Lip at the Kowloon Quintin Paredes, and Rosendo M. brought pleasant memories of old. or did the F.W.D. deem it wise to Magistracy this morning before Mr. Chanco of the Herald staff, also ap- Scouting days.
Other items in the excellent undertake the control of so-called Whyte-Smith. On the application peared before the fiscal investigat
of Detective-Sergeant Naughton the Ing the case when he resumed the programme were "Trones Wood" "pollution areas." But there is a
"The Bat" man was remanded for a week on inquiry into the case yesterday March,
Overture, feeling in some responsible quar-bail of $600.
Certain papers have afternoon.
"Lustige Brucles" Waltz (in the ters (with which we do not neces-to be translated by the S.C.A. in
first half); and "The Outpost" and sarily associate ourselves) that connection with the case.
At the start of the investigation "Community Land" selections (in the work has proceeded far too
buch weight was given to the in-the second half), Four Shanghai painters bocama formation given by Mr. Cristobal. alowly. The same criticism has engaged in a fight yesterday, which He told the authorities that on the
STAR THEATRE, been applied to the construction resulted in three being removed tonight of the murder. he saw the of the dam nt Aberdeen. It is the hospital,
Mention was made of late comptroller in front of E! "FIGHTING LOVE" TO-DAY AND the case at the Kowloon Magistracy Tesoro, 755, Rizal Avenue, and had suggested that had the former this morning when one of the four. a short conversation with him.
TO-MORROW. - je Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. 8, 1930. been taken in hand earlier, and a who was not taken to hospital, ap- The two were still talking when
Passionate love, developing into larger number of employees en-peared on a charge of disorderly two men approached them. The secenes of tense drama, is the inter-
conduct.
The Magistrate remand-two immediately asked to be exesting thème underlying De Milles gaged to expedite the work, it
ed the case to Monday, the man be-cused and took Gozar salde. A few Pictures Corporation film, "Fight- might have been ready this Suming allowed $50 bail.
minutes later, the three left in ing Love" which is being screened mer to supplement the supply in
garage car. That was about oight at the Star Theatre, Kowloon to-day o'clock in the evening, according to and to-morrow!
The picture, with the informant.
settings in Tripoli and. then the African desert, is an adaptation of the novel "If the Gods Laugh."
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WATER SUPPLY.
Thanks to the fortuitous rain-the event of a crisis. Such a fall, which totalled over thirty-crisis is not likely, but it would
BASEBALL.
IN UNITED STATES.
one inches for the month of July, be bold to say that it is impossi- RESULTS OF LEAGUE MATCHES (due, perhaps, partly to the ble. There is no implication here typheonic disturbances in the that the work has been indiffer- Pacific), the possibility that we ently done, yet, although we are may have anything. but a super-fully aware that a definite time
The
Chat with Victim.
'
Jetta Goudal and Victor Varconi are in the lead, ably supported by Henry B. Walthal and Louis
Mr. Cristobal, however, doubts whether or not the date when he saw Gozar was on July 12 (Satur. day), saying it might have been on Friday (July 11) or Thursday following are the results of (July 10) night. He also says that, Nathoaux.
In conjunction with the current he will most likely not be able to feature the dancers, Dandolo and. recognise him. With regard to the Rowina, are appearing with clever other man, however, the informant alassical and
New York, Yesterday.'
fluity of water this year is more limit is placed on the contracts games played yesterday in the Na-even if he sees one of the two men,
tional Baseball League:-
Pittsburgh
National League,
4, Brooklyn St. Louis 6. Chicago American League. The "result of the
acrobatic dances, is confident he can single out that They received warm applause last man from any crowd he might be night for their "turns."
6, 6.
American
in.
1.
than remote. Tytam Inter- mediate reservoir, following the we feel that the work has not recent raine, is now full to capa-proceeded apace as we should bave city, and quite recently gave an liked. The dimculties, admitted- overflow into Tytam Tak, The ly, are innumerable, and our en- return of the level and storagegineers have had to cope League games are:- of water in the reservoirs for July with practically unskilled New York showed that Tytam Intermediate Chinese labour. The con- -Reuter's American Service.
of the Aberdeen
5 Boston Philadelphia 4 Washington
1:
held 169,000,000 gallons, com-struction pared with 3,000,000 gallons for dam, which has an extensive UNSELFISH GESTURE the same period of last year. catchment area, la an undertaking |
This
The informant was put a trial yesterday when he was made to: identify the man from among the suspects. None of them was iden- tified by Mr. Cristobal as one of the two man with whom Gozar
the informant met the deceased on
Mystery Car.
wont in a garage car on the night p
Ten Years Ago:
(From the "China" Mail," August 8, 1920.]
To-day's dollar is worth
The latest Admiralty Order places Hong Kong among the places at
The story of an unselfish gesture Rizal Avenue." year Tytam Tak held of no little magnitude, and is be- 827,000,000 gallons, and lasting supervised by P.W.D. en which his own life might possibly by Sir Henry Segrave, but for year only 141,000,000 gallons, gleers of long experience and high have been preserved, was told to Mr. Cristobal cannot tell the which appointments to wireless tele The total amount of water stored qualifications. At the same time, me yesterday, writes Thomas number of the garage car in ques-graphy stations will be normally for in the Colony's reservoirs last we feel that would be in the Wisdom in the Daily Herald, on tion. Neither can he state to what a period of two years, with option garage it belonged. He would not of extension up to a maximum of A reminder la given month was 1,140,000,000, whilst interests of this Colony and the June 15.
Sir Henry had hoped to have be able to identify it if he sees it three years.
that an appointment of two years for the corresponding period of Empire in general if Colonial Goy-steel-lined life-Jackets ready for again, it was stated.
Notwithstanding this lack of auf, duration entitles the holder to re- last year it was as low as ernments in future were to em- Friday's attempt on the record, but 168,000,000 gallons. Some Idea ploy none, but British firme in only one experimental Jacket had ficient details to enable the police payment of half cost of passage for and the fiscal's office to work better his wife and family, but frea full, of the discomfort suffered by the works of construction. A fine ex-
Sir Henry refused to wear it him on the case, the investigators, will passage is confined to officero ap general public during the water ample to the rest of the Empire self and leave his two colleagues continue with their work along the pointed for five years or upwarde. famine of 1929 may be gleaned as been set, surely, by Austra- unprotected, Had he worn this line indicated by the informant.
Messra. Hizon and Chanco were
Теп by the fact that whereas in June in which with admirable fore have been so seriously injured, and called to tho flszal's officetears Hence.
arrived.”
Jacket, undoubtedly. He would not
:
August 8, 1940.1
of this year a total of 341,000,000 sight awarded the contract for it would have at least given him for additional information the From the "China Mall" of gallons was consumed, the building a bridge to span Sydney fighting chance for life investigator desires to obtain. amount for June, 1929, was only harbour to a famous British firm Consideration for others also At the close of the inquiry, Fiscal The Kowloon Residents Associa 115,000,000 gallons almost a orgineers Messra, Dorman, contributed to his death in another Tanada gald that he failed to secure tion-hus resolved at last to open its respect. The night before the from the two pnything which may Committee meetings to the Press third of this year's consumption
Long and Company. A policy of tragedy. Begrave was explaining to help solve the problem. They freely and also to hold quarterly general Thus we have every reason to this kind, even if a trifle more us his programme for Friday. We told the investigator everything meetings of members with a view be sanguine in future in regard costly, always pays in the long had been persuading him not to take they know which the facal asked to stimulating greater interest In
out Miss England II with an un-about in an effort to obtain some the Association's activities. to our water supply. Yet those of run.
suitable propeller, for a third had facts that might be of some help in
het pak Minashed on Thursday evening, the solution of the mysteryIn view of the continued drought. though the consequences had not so Acting City Fiscal Sotero Rodas the Sanitary Board has enlisted the far been serious and Fiscal Tanada both dented services of the senior Boy Scouts to received an anonymous act as ('honorary, Waste, Water In- of an un« "I am not going to take any more have believed to risks, he said "bat I've got to have letter yesterday morning, inspectors, who will make house to the record to-morrow, connection with the Gozar mur house visits to ensure that meters the timekeepers must leave der, contrary to what has been and taps are in good workibi
races. on mentioned in a certain section of, and, that there is no
us who were in the Colony last
year have every reason to be
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