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That argument, however, has WHERE THE been anticipated above by the re- ference to the need for immediate
relief of bona fide cases.
GOES.
MAEY HOTEL “BOY” AND A
(Continued from Pags 1.)
Finally, is it not time that the regulation or law were repealed system of depoaks.
a
$15,500
It has now
LITTLE GIRL
Chase by Inspector and Detective.
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
making it essential for the Police been decided that it is more correct to charge a British subject, sick for the ordinary process of credit- and destitute, with being Ing revenue and dobiting expendi-
ture to be adopted.
In the Kowloon Magistracy this vagrant, exposing him to the
Pipe Line to Stanley.. morning a Chinese was charged. |shame of appearing in a public Public Works Extraordinary: before Mr. Butters with child Police Court; there to run the Hong Kong Waterworks. Pipe stealing and coramon assault, al from Tytam to Stanley.leged to have taken place near gauntlet of all the Chinese idlers Line
Mongkok Market. who congregate day after
In 1929 a water pipe line was pro-, Inspector Fallon prosecuted. day? Why cannot such cases be posed to R.D.L. 914--St. Stephen's The complainant, Hui Shin-yeo, dealt with privately in the Magis College, Stanley-at the expense of aged seven years, of 172, Saigon the College authorities and the Street, atated that about 3.30 on trates' Chambers? The same end could be achieved and, if ne-amount paid was placed to D. N. A. November 29, her mother sent her account. Later, Government ap-out to buy pickles, and accused cessary, a committal ordered to proved the extension of this pipe accosted her in the street, seizing the House of Detention until the line to Stanley Village and agreed her by the wrist. She alɗp add- Police had time to move on those to pay 2/3rds of the total cost ofed that accused affered her
the scheme.
cigarette picture if she would ac- humanitarian lines that they aro
The work was carried out and company him. This she did and Jever ready to adopt in such cir- charged in the meantime, to
when
near Mongkok Market, he took her into a doorway and as- cumstances.
suspense account.
The Government's. share wassaulted her. He then left and she $15,500 for which a vote was taken followed him running and crying later, but through an oversight pay-in the direction of Canton Road, ment to the credit of the suspenia where Inspector Fallon, and a account of the amount so voted was Chinese detective gave chase and
arrested him. not made.
Chung Cho, a Chinese detective,
News in Brief,
Presumed to have used bricks during the combal, two Chinese men, living at 414 Queen's Road West, were sent to the Government Civil Hospital yesterday, each suffering from a broken head.
A disatrous fire occurred at Tai; Po Road, Shamshuipo, yesterday afternoon, when a large shed used a dwelling house was burnt A Chinese girl nge 1 to have been burnt
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down.
believed
death.
la
to
A revate of the above amount is therefore requested in order to and Inspector Fallon gave evi- dence of the chase and capture of close the suspense account.
The above is to be met from say-accused, ings under Sai Ying Pun New Market.
Accused, who is employed as a "boy" in the Peninsula Hotel, denied accosting the girl and added
Fuel and Light, Medical Department: Other that he was not aware that he was being chased, the reason for his Charges: Fuel and Light, $100.
Provision made in Estimates, running being a shortage of time. Mr. Butters held that there was $400.
The vote is insufficient owing to not sufficient evidence to convict. the increase in the price of gas and and dismissed the case. the sum of $100 is now required to
The following forthcoming wed-cover the cost of fuel and light to GETTING RID OF YEN
dings are announced-Leo Weill, the end of the year.
R.B.L. 218, Pokfulum, to Veronica
The above is to be met from say-
What is tragic, however, {fact that whilst roses were dress; Lorenz Svend Jubus Svend- {being sold in the streets een, No. 16, Macdonnell Road, to for "Our Pcor Day," à British Lina Maria Dellinger, No. 3, Bowen subject "was reduced to such
is the Margory Jefford, of the same ad-ings under conveyance allowance,
Road.
a plight, as to surrender himself Tang To-fat (18), a cook, Hving
Police Telegrams.
Provision made in
Police Force:Telegrams, $200.
$600.
Estimates,
Owing to an increased number of telegrams sent in connection with
HSI-SHAN.
Reported to Be Still in Shansi Province.
PROTECTION OFFERED.
Shanghai, Sunday.
to the Police and by the latter at Shek Wu Hul--market,-Sheung Indian-deportees and undesirables,It is now ascertained that the
charged in open Court as a com- day committed, for trial at the
Shui, New Territories, was yester mon vagrant because he was sick next Criminal Sessions by Mr. and destitute. The irony of it E. I. Wynne-Jones, in the District December 31.
The above is to be met from Tang is on a all must surely appeal to all who Office (North).
17 savings under Secret Service. delight to be acclaimed as work-charge of murder en October
at the Shek Wu Hui village. ers in the sweet cause of charity,
Miscellaneous.
Provision made $110,000.
movement is to escort Yen Hsi-
the vote of $600 is exhausted.
It is estimated that a further Shansi troops are moving towards sum of $200 will be required up to the north of Shanei and Suiyuan. According to political circles, the Shansi-ites are about to take the Ninghsia province in order to en- large their sphere of influence for Volunteer Corps-6-wheel motor. the purpose of feeding and sta- However, The fate of the Briton in ques- A Chinese was charged before $1,986; Treasury-stamps, $1,652;tioning their troops. tion, who is known to be a Bar-Mr. Butters in the Kowloon Court Police Force-Clothing & accoutre- another report has it that this in Estimates, shan to Mongolia, via Suiyuan, rister of the Middle Temple, and to-day with stealing and breaking ments; $7,000.
an iron water conductor, the pro-
and thence to foreign countries. whose credentials are known to perty of the P.W.D. in Shantung
There are many rumours cur- The provision made in 1930 the authoritics here, may well be Street. It was stated that he
Estimates was based on a rate of rent about Yen's going abroad, Thejbut, up to the present, the Shansi the fate of many another Briton was caught by a watchman
war lord is reported to be still sums provided have, in consequence in a British Colony. It is freely moving the broken pieces. Sentence exchange of $1 = ls. 10d.
of six weeks' hard labour WAY acknowledged that some of our passed.
of the fall in exchange, become in-staying in the province.
Warrant of Arrest. sufficent in coses dealing with ster- charitable organisations perform
A number of cases Interviewed by a Taiyuan cor- ling payments. really admirable service and that! There was a large attendance of in which small excesses have been respondent, Mr. Chao Tao-wen, any public subscriptions entrust-members of the English Association occasioned" appear, and a vote for the close follower of Yen, intim- ed to them are well spent. Their at a lecture given by Mr. W. W $10,698 to cover the total axcess so ated that the Central authorities
Hornell in St. John's, Cathedral far concerned is requested.
had merely urged Yen to leave record of relief is one of which to Hall yesterday evening. The District Office, North-In-China, but the warrant of arrest Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1980 he justly proud. But-and it is lecturer dealt in able and inter-cidental Expenses, $60.
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IN DISTRESS!
F
Ie
an important, but there is on eating manner wwith "The Roots of Provision made in Estimates, This, continued Mr. Chao, went
Convention in Poetry," and traced $350. occasion a tendency to delay the the development. of symbolism in!! grant of relief. even after the art, particularly on poetry. bona fides of the person in dis On opposite pages of the China
Li Tok (26) a married woman, Mail yesterday were the followingtress have been established be-
yond all doubt. No respectable residing at 133 Tal Nam Street, in |paragraphs:—
a report to the Police has alleged citizen becomes a beggar of his that at about 8.30 o'clock last night, "Yesterday's sale of roses on own free will reduced to wait whilst walking upstairs to her the occasion of Our Poor Day,
husband, who had organised by the Society of St. for weeks, if not months, until house, her
living with Vincent $4,400.87. The record of $4,500 tion deigns to hold one or more hind. and was established in 1928."
against him was still in effect.
to indicate that Yen might be at Owing to certain unexpected calls any time made a prisoner, while on this vote the balance is now less leaving the country. On this ac than $10 and a sum of 860 is need-count. Yen was to delay his de- ed for the customary requirements parture, concluded Mr. Chao.
Persistent reports are circulat- for the rest of the year.
The above is to be met from saved in Peking that the Central Ings under local Public Works. Government has decided to drive Harbour Department:- Repairs, Yen Hsi-shan away from China Minor Improvements and Stores for by armed force, and that Shih Yu-san's troops will be despatch- her, Launches and Boats, $10,000.
Provision made in Estimates,ed to Shansi for the purpose.
Yea to Depart. powder, $140,000. 2
General Shang Chen, chairman Owing to repaira to Police
do Paul, realised sorce Committee of some organisa- not been
suddenly appeared from be-
threw
•
"A native of Plymouth, Eng-meetings and imperiously resolve which appeared to be a mixture of land, was this morning brought what is to be done in the matter pepper and powdered glass, at her, Launch No. 1 costing $16,750 the of Shansi, has received a tele- General but caused no damage, nor was she vote is insuficient to meet the ex-graphic reply from before Mr. E. H. Williams of relief not, from their own injured.
penditure for the remainder of the Chang Hsueh-liang to the effect charged with being a vagrant, pockets but from subscriptions
year, which is estimated at $10,000 that a special train will be sent and he admitted it, adding that he had no means of support. freely given by a generous public. Appearing before Mr. Butters and a vote for this amount is re- from Peking to Shihchiachwang, upon General Chang's arrival at Detective Sergeant Whant said It is to be feared unfortunately in the Kowloon Magistracy yester-quested.
day afternoon, Detective Sergeant The cruising launch, for which Peking, for the conveyance of that he came down from that at times the wrong people Naughton charged a Chinese with a sum of $100,000 is provided under Yen Hsi-shan to Tientsin en route North China about four
get themselves voted on to posi- obtaining 53 cents under false pre- Police Department, Special Expendite other countries. The wire adda weeks ago, and yesterday he gave himself up to the Police tions of responsibility in charit tences from hawkers in Shanghai ture, was intended to replace the that General Chang will be re- as being sick and destitute. (able organisations.-- people whe Street and Reclamation Street above launch, but it has been de-sponsible for the protection of Defendant was stated to, have told cided that, instead of being Xen. General Shang has submit The Police were trying to do have not the understanding heart, the hawkers, that he was collecting scrapped, No. 1 Police Launch can ted the wire to Yen who has not what they could for him."
people who have not the sense of money on behalf of the beat con- be kept in service for some time yet decided on the date of his de- perspective to judge whether a stable and also guaranteeing them and that her replacement can be $1,000,000 for Railways. case for relief is genuine or other immunity from arrest for obstruc-deferred.. $4,400.87 from the sale ofwise, people who cannot or will December, 9, bail being fixed at 350 | Ings of $4,000 under the vote con-under, Chiang Ting-wen will fol-
tion. The case was remanded till The above is to be met from any-
cash and $50 security.
The first question that arises will be: How much of that
not see that good advice and pro- mises of consideration "In due
roses can be released for the immediate relief of the Briton in distress, who has been committed in open Court to the House of course" avail nothing to an indi vidual in the plight of the Briton Detention? The second question is: If the Society responsible for who appeared in the Magistracy Our Poor Day were not aware of yesterday and was formally com
A WEEK'S DISEASES.
During the week ended Novem-
"A
2
On December 1 two cases typhoid fever were notified,
of
parture.
The National 9th division veyance and motor allowances and low the 2nd and 3rd National divisions under Koo Tsu-tung and $6,000 under the vote stores and Chen Chi-cheng for the western equipment for lighthouses.
"Supply" of Lymph.
[and. Fodder, $1,000. .......
• Provision
riade Estimates Provision, made by Sup
plementary Vate
$4,500
part of the country, with the ob Medical Department:-Animals ject of developing the north- western provinces and of strengthening the border defence. It is learned that Fresident Chiang will request the appro- priation of $1,000,000 to be hand- ed over to the troops for the con- $6,5as struction of light railways, so as
to facilitate military transporta The Finance Committee on tion. Canton News Agency. November 6 recommended that this
Total
2,000
Õƒƒƒ‡¶)|˶μμÐ2Пу}ƒ¦ ¦ [?¶±RECKI Ten Years Ago.
[From the "Chian Mall" of
December 1, 1929.)***
the Briton's plight before his be-mitted according to the law's ber 20 the following cases of die- eases were notified to the Medical decrees to the House of Deten-oneer of Health; ing subjected to the indignity
tion pending investigation by the
Cases Diseasòs and humillation of appearing be
Diphtheria 2 fore the gaze of curious specta Felice as to what can be done for
Enteric Fever.... 7. bim. There is not sufficient tors In the Magistracy, will It
Paratyphoid Fever 1 now act with promptitude in the thought given to the policy of the
Cerebro-epinal. Salvation Army-feed the body
Fever matter of temporary relief?.
first and then look after the soul. Influenza In rising these questions we Charitable intentions of them- hasten to add that not the slight-selves do not relieve a man's pre- est reflection can be intended in sent need bite to eat and a bed phoid fever was reported. respect of a Society to whom the tolleron. It may be argued that circumstances of any individual
charitable organisations must Case of need may no
not have been have something tangible on which It so olivious that any to act as even they need to be tin and wolfram ora daring the Medical Department: Govern-
early part of 1930, the vote for inment Laboratory, $70. protected against the professional eldentel expenses is insufficient and Provision made. in Estimates, this picture, which has in the title
ber who preys on every a sum of 870 is now required to $200.
Barns role, Mary Pickford, the world's (Continued at foot of receeding sweetheart, should avail themselves firm, or individual cover the Incidental expenses to the
Column
cf, this Inst chance to believe his to end of the year.
wever
cannot act
too
vota should be supplemented 67 82,000, but this is now found to be Insufficient and a further $1,000 now requested. septembra
The requirement la fu connection with the supply of lymph for vac-| cination.
the above, is to he met from” shy- sta lags under provisions for patients. Owing to increased sampling of Government Laboratory.
On December, 2 one case of ty-
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To-day's dollar is worth 3/4d.
The Hong Kong Theatre is show- ing for the last time to-night, the touching drama "The Foundling" and those who have not yet seen.