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GAMBLING CLUB RAIDED
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BY POLICE
"THIS IS A VERY BAD CASE
A private club, frequented by OF CRUELTY AND ILL-TREAT-
HAVE overseas Chinese, where "Pai-kui" MENT; THERE BEEN WORSE, BUT I HAVE NOT was played, was raided by a police Byron HEARD OF THEM," SAID MR.party under Sub-Inspector
R. A. D. FORREST AT THE CEN- and Det-Sgt. Soutar last night.
The club was situated on the first TRAL MAGISTRACY THIS MOR- NING, WHEN CHIN MUI-YICK, floor of No. 21, Cheung Sha-wan AND HER HUSBAND, NG KAM- Road and twenty-one Chinese were SHU, WERE CHARGED WITH arrested on the premises.
The persons found on the UNREGISTERED KEEPING AN MUITSAI AT NO. 9, POKFULAM | mises were mostly well-to-do Chin- ILL-TREAT-ese from America and they called ROAD AND WITH ING THE MUITŠAI, LO YUI, six or seven taxis to take them to Shamshuipo Police Station instead AGED 12.
of walking.
Chow Ha-ho, clerk, was charged with assaulting the child.
Inspector Fraser said the girl re- ported to No. 7 Police Station. She was pledged to second defendant for |$100 in Canton, and came to the Colony five months ago owing to
the war.
pre-
At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, the case was brought be fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen by Det.-Sgt. Soutar, who informed the court that the gamblers had failed
to appear.
Chan Hung, 58, who was charged She had to do all the work in with keeping, had his bail of $50 the house as no servants were em-estreated as did the twenty other ployed. She slept on the floor on gamblers, who were on bail of 89. a thin mat and had scanty cover- ing. Her meals, which consisted of what was left over, were taken in the kitchen. She did not get to bed till 4 a.m.
and had to be up before 8 o'clock in the morning.
BURNED ARM
Some time between December 31 and February 6, the woman burnt
⚫LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY her arm with a cigarette at 4
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o'clock in the morning because she failed to open the door for the The husband night-soil coolie.
once hit her with a pole because the rice had not. been cooked pro- perly.
was
'MAGICIAN' GIVES COURT PERFORMANCE
was
A performance of a street show witnessed at the Kowloon appeared Magistracy when a man charged with begging in Shanghai Street yesterday.
Cheung Wing by name, he plead- ed not guilty and claimed that he returned skill in magic for public approval.
to
On other occasions she beaten with a feather duster by both first and second defendants.
Third defendant was employed On by the
defendant. second
Cheung asked to be allowed Monday, he told the girl to retrieve an incense burner that had been demonstrate.
When he had finished his per- thrown in the rubbish bin. She could not find it and he struck her | formance he requested the Magis-
hard. across thetrate to discharge him. several times
satisfied with Mr. Macfadyen,
skill, bound him over
ankles.
Mr. Forrest cautioned the de- his fendants on the charge of keeping for one year and ordered him not an unregistered muitsaï in view of to give public shows in Hong Kong. the circumstances under which she was brought into the Colony.
On the other charge, he fined the woman $500, the husband $250 and the third defendant $100.
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THE COLD SNAP'
Yesterday's "cold snap" repre- sented by an average fall in tem- perature of six degrees and felt more sharply because of fresh winds, is likely to continue for day or so.
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Maximum temperature yester An inquiry into the death of Chinese, Leung Kin Sang, 29, for-day was 59 degrees, and the ther-
283, Chatham mometer fell steadily during merly residing at Road, was this morning held by Mr. night to a minimum of 55 degrees. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon This morning at 10 a. m. it had Magistracy.
It was stated that the deceased was riding a motorcycle with an- other man. Travelling along Na- than Road, toward Tsim Tsa-tsui, he collided with a lorry which was three quarters of the way across Nathan Road.
The lorry was crossing Nathan Road from Soy Street, at the time of the accident.
risen again to 59 degrees, with fresh breezes and overcast skies.
HIT BY FALLING TIMBER
Two coolies were yesterday ad-
the
The cycle struck the front mud-mitted to the Queen. Mary Hospital guard, and was thrown heavily pin-with severe injuries about the ning the rider to the ground. The head. They were working on pillion rider was found to be suffer-South China Transportation Com ing from an injured arm and both pany, premises at North Point, and Hos-a large piece of timber fell on were taken to 'the Kowloon pital, where the driver died the them. same day.
The driver of the lorry was ab- solved of all blame. Death was due to Peritonitis, following a ruptured stomach.
Mr. Himsworth_returned dict of Accidental Death.
vár-
The Rev. K. MacKenzie · Dow Minister of Unión Church, Kennedy Road, left on the Kweiyang for ́a round trip to Bangkok for health | reasons. He is expected back at the
beginning of next month.