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FURTHER RESTRICTION woman held
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| Furthor restriction of the water supply was; ani, nounced--officially yesterday. From to- morrow, the hours of supply will be restrict- ed to between 6:30 am, and 1.30.p.m, and'
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4 pm and 9 p.m. daily; 3 Mrs, L. M. dos Rémerlos, Mru. M. L. Wilson and Me. R. Hanson An official release said thaty exceptionally hot dry Jones arrived in the Colony, yen-
woother in the first half of September with terday from Bangkalt by the ms. Hermod.
Mr. I. E, Dankham left for Yokohama yesterday by the sa ilenyang.
a total rainfall of only 1.355. inches for 15 days (compared with the normal average of 10.049 inches) has caused a very serious de- terioration in the water supply position,
con-
month only some 5,400 million
A number of residents left gallons of water-the same qual- for the United Kingdom yester thy by BOAC. They included Misa V. CM. O'Connor, Ma 1. A. Gomersall, Miss S. . Cal- throp, Misa J. L Honnor, Mies Y. 1. F. H. Whitefield, Mr. D. L 14 M. Binnington, second, Lt. Jerram, Maj. W. D. Bazley and Lt. J. A. Smith.
Gunman charged with murder
the
A. mildotbaged. Chinean. woman was arrested by the Chinese mourity authorities at border town of Bhumchun two days ago, said the "Now Life:Evening Pral" yesterday, The report added two.platsle and a bag of exploslys powder wich, found in the possession of the woman. The Chinese authorities bellova that the to a Kuomintang averet agent.
The report said that a search of her hut near Bhum- chuo esculled in the diccpvary. qf four.hand grenades,
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Shortage of small coins
American, four Chinese sent to prison for bribery
Inthis judgment given at: Gantral'yostorday, In the scard of on American and 'faur Chinoso; Mr. Reynolds found the defendants guilty on all charges and Imposed by ouch of thom a torm of imprisonment,
The defendants are Ng To-ping, aged 40, travel- ling. trader, Charles: Joseph Murphy, an American, aged 34, Ngai: Won-nam, aged 28; unemployed; Thomas Cheng, aged 37, Master of the Hankow Store of 130 Taipo Road and Tsang Tat-man, aged 40, partner and supervisor of the Yot Yuet Electric Bulb. Workshop.
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First defendant was sent I have considered this aspect of
Departure for Yokohama yes- At the same time, consumptity as was in store at the begin- terday by BOAC Included F... tion has increased by matening of December last year.
Litila additional rain can be D. than 2,000,000 gallons daily pa Hiclunan, D. Pretorius, Swanepoel. Mrs. V. Fattal, F.
expected at this edason of the with the compared
corrca--
year and indications Cessford, Chua Boon-qube, Mixs
supgest that the Colany may be facing A Parent, lanics. McAulay, W. Punding period last your. 1. K. Collings, F. M. Cuirajoni, At the present rate of
drought such as it, has ex- portanced from time to time, in J. M. Ingram, Nogiwa, A. C. 9. sumpilon, unless there is addi- Adams, V. Onorato, B. Dayaram,have in hand at the end of this onal rainfall, the.. Colony will
past notably in 1928/20
more acute tenced to nine months and a the case very thoroughly and I fine of $3,000 or three months; have come to the conclusion that B. Arlan and Mrs. R. Ring,
when less than 20-Inches of
The shortage of amali. coins second defendant, six months the difference in the evidence. rain foll between September
became more acute, over the and a fine of $1,000 or Wo attributed to the circumstances.
of these witnesses can fairly bo and June.
the situation months; third defendant, nine Such a drought would be in-week-end, and
"It is very probable that Mr. more dangerous at the may get out of hand, as it did months and a fine of $8,000 clunie, for instance, could give a Anitely present
time in view of the great- at the end of last Chinese New
or three months; fourth des filler and more accurate account ly swollen population of the Year, unless remedial mea-
fendant, six months, and a fine of the conversation of Juno 11 Colony.
sures are taken quickly, of $1,000 or two months; fifth and 12 than Mr. Shaw and In- Government has therefore de-
Since Sunday all the trams and defendant, six months and a spector Hung Hung-cheung who cided to enforce further water buses have been demanding pay fine of $2,000 or three months. were awkwardly placed trying to restrictions immediately. As from,ment of the exact fare from pas-
The first four defendants are hear and see what was going an Thursday until further notice, sengers, and those who were un-
Mr. Thomas Clunie the sum of colling in Mr. Clunie's room. the daily hours for the supply of able to do so had to leave. Re-charged with corruptly promising through the lattice work of the water in all districts will be:questa for coupons
instead of
And of course, ns
ns is.to be ex- 6.30 am. to 1.30, p.m. and 4 pm. small change were met by a repraesist them to obtain oficial ap- purported to give a verbatim or
$8,000 on June 11, if ho
would
*pected, "- nano of tho witnesses that eaupons were used up or
licences in Issuing Government takes this measure unavailable.
to mator veliicies,
strictly chronologien account for the welfare of the com-
All five defendants are charged the conservations. More striking noon, was charged before Mr.munity as a whole. The public is
with actually tendering $6,000 to ta. me was Mr. Some of the
Thomas Clunie at 40, Mac-pondence of the Crown witnesses finding the premium on amati Donnell Road, ground floor on or nearly all the essentials.
June 12, and pli defendants are consequently conaltier that these change too much
accounts taken together of additionally charged, with c have, roasted to the issue of coupons to customers in place spiring together on divers dates stitute a reasonably accurate ac- count of the conversation In between May 20 and Jupb: 12, of small change.
question. 1950. In the smaller eating houses, notices are put up that customers
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Among those who, left Bingapore yesterday by BOAC were E. S. Rouben, Tan Ken hu, H. K. Lee, E K Dens, A. P. Downie, S. T. Ferris, W. Orr C. C. Khakhur, N. R. Rastogi C. P. Burgman, P. P. Sing, Aw Boon-how, J. H. Houtzager, N. L. Knox and A, B, Atunod.
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A group of school children to in the their studies United Kingdom were among the passengers who left by BOAC fe London yesterday. The pas- sengers included J. H Calthrop; P. B. Bagley
Cheung Ho, aged 33, unem ployed, one of the four men who chose to shoot it out withi Yuen, the police at Chuk Pingahan, on Sunday after
for
As for the ferry companies, the to
""no change" police has been put
restaurants,
P. V. Dodge at Taipo Court urged to take the strictest pre-up since Friday. yesterday with the murder of cautions to avold
unnecessary
Police Constable 344 Tong Kei, waste of water. Waste detection Cheung, who was captured in work on the part of the. Water- the gun battle, faces two addition-works will be intensified. al counts of possession of art and ammunition and robbery at No. Tho Yuen Wai Village, Ping shan, last Saturday.
Constable Tong Kel was shot Cooper, Coke and kilica in the exchange of . Spencer Cooper: H. Are. The police killed the ring
J. M. Whitefield: D. Leader of the gang, Duck
Yeung On, Dinnington; R. M. Perram: W. seriously wounded another. Chan D. Bagley; J. A. Smith: i. A. Ning, who is now in Kowloon Gomersall: S. M. Calthrop: V.Hospital. Another man, L. Ying, C. M. O'Conner; A. K, Fairburn; escaped, J. L. Hannor and Y. 1. F. I.
Chon Ning, it is understood, Whitefield,
will face various charges when h recovers sufficiently to appear. in court.
Mr. Aw Boon Haw left for Singapore yesterday by BOAC. Mr. Awls to roturn to Hong Keng shortly after Inspecting his business establishments in Singapore.
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Yesterday, after the charges were read and explained to him, Cheung Ho was remanded threa days.
Mr. N. K. Littlejohn, Acting Waterworks Engineer, stated that at the end of August the Colony's water storage position was quite satlanetary. The Mainland Re servoirs were completely full and those on the Island full 15 98.1
their capacity. per cent of.
Maximum storage capacity of the Colony's reservoirs is 5,970
gallons. million
Storage on 31 amonted to 5,920 mil August lion gallons.
But the continued hot dry weather experienced during the first half of this month has caused a serious and rapid: falt in the reservoirs..
Man given two from the Colony.
years' hard
for larceny
Among Kwong's exploits was
"FOUR MEN IN A JEEP! Starting at 7'o'clock Lonight
The defendants were all re-i
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the close
of
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con-
agreo with Mr. Chan that the
and must tender the exact the case for the prosecution way second defondants, respectively, conducted by Mr. A.A. Shaw, are only receivable as evidence must not expect any small change presented by Mr. II. Chan and statements made by the first and amount of their bilis,
ofagainst the person making them Superintendent Assistant
on any of the three charges.
Small shopkeepers, the class hardest hit, say the only way they can get small change is to pay the racketeers a 20 per cent premium.
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Court Brevities
Mr. Alfred Y. Hon, who held a watching, brief on behalf of complainant, sald that his client reserved the right to claim com- pensation elsewhere.
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Conspiracy charge. """with" regard to the spiracy charge accept the .evidence of the second defen- dant's meetings and conversa- tion..
with Mr. Clunis. evidence of the nature of the conspiracy.
In giving his decleton Mr. Reynolds said: "The admissibility of, and the weight to be attached to evidence- procured' by means ગ of police traps, has been con- sidered by the Courts in a num- ber of cases. There is no doubt to its admissibility and s weight most depend on the cir- cumstances of the case. There is a great difference in the weight to be attached to evidence 5 first four defendants in the con- crime induced by the Crown spiracy charge, witness.
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Distinct warning.
"Mr. Chah has criticised' Mr.
Mri Reynolds quoted docu- mentary evidence and pointed out linking the their collaboration
His
"The
Worship added, cvidence against the fifth de- fendant is much less complete
Clunie for not, when it became and is essentially confined to the ofcar that second defendant was meeting of June 12: but con- attempting to bribe him, tap, sidering-1 That he was, at this meeting at all; 2. That he was ping him at once, 31. Mrtroduced as one of the partners Clunia's evidenca is correct, and or a new.
member: 3.
3. That he the second dauently was shown, and lookad
envelope beanng Chinosé.“ fandant when ho first volcad cluracters and appeared, to take
accept it on this point, he did for distinctly
warn
him intentione, but second do
od that he was only!
fendant paraletes in his attempt part is the conversation in Chin
perhaps as Mr. Cluniere which took place as inter-
Ypls.: making it
to tho substantial naccesary.
it appear that morali ""On"
would be bribe
"If after the sixth visit when..
What is really needed, said Mc. Littlejohn, is two or three good tropical storms the "backwash" Picading guilty to charge of of a typhoon passing well away assaulting Wong Wing-chong, Trong Mau, of 25 Pilkem Street, Unfortunately there is
nikird floor, was fined $250 und guarantee that rain will now fall
bound over in $300 for one year in sufficient quantity to improve by, Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon The Consular Section of the
substantially the Colony's water
Yesterday American Consulate General,
position and it might well be
who was discharged on Toung, consisting of the Units listed be-
that Hong Kong is due to ex- a count of, impersonating a police low, will move from the Hong
was alleged to have as On six counts of simple lar-perience a season similar to those officer, Kong and Shanghai Bank Build ing and Edinburgh House to the ceny, larceny from dwailing 1800-91, 1002-3, 1928-9 orsaulted complainant in front of 1032-33 when the rainfall was the Nathan Hotel on September new Consulate building at 580, and larceny from the person, well below normal. Garden Road, opposite the Peak u 40-year-old unemployed Tram Station:
man, Kwong Ha, was given Shipping, Invoices, Notarials two years' hard labour by Mr. and Pension Unit which will be James Wicks at Kowloon yea-
This evidence I feel driven open for business in the new
terday.
conclusion that fifth de- building on September 25, and
fendant was an active plotter in Visa, Citizenship and Pussport
then the conspiracy to offer a.bribo Units which will be closed for the larceny of a $70 gold ring Rediffusion with broadcast the
A fine of $3,000 was imposeń
to Mr. Clunie. I, therefore, .con business from September 23 from the anger of one Kwong Lo first of a serien of six quarter- through 20 and will re-open on while the latter. lay sleeping in our talks by Captolt John Cocks on Ng Man-ching, aged 35, af. 18
Hinder.
the title "Four Men In A Temple: Street, third floor, by according to Mr. Chimie, second vict each of the defendants on the
defendant made a specifie of u
charge. September 27..at..the new build- Thistle Strent, on August 3
On September 5 defendant stole
-Mr.-Wicks-at-Kowloon yesterday.{ bribe to -him- Mr-Olunlehad plent Ing
the defendants--gave- Captain Cocks arrived recently for the possession of radio com-
second defendant to be evidenco on oath or mode Jacket, containing $230, from a a
cause His in the Colony after making an munication apparatus and main charged with that offence, then shop at 48. Square. Stroet latest theft
on 8,000-mile journey by jeep with taining and operating a radia the was committed
evidence
would have been statement, nor was any evidence ¡September 13 when he walked three other young Englishmen station.
The radio
that of Mr. Clunie alone and the called on their behalf. 1, do not
accept
the suggestion put in equipment were into a boarding. house at Sai fron London to Hong-Kong,
In this series of talks over found by, Detective Babyinspector perpetrators of the offence would cross-examination of spine of the
Crown witnesses that
money Young Chol. Street and stole antusion, Captain Cocks will Richardson last Saturday on the have got off, scot free,.. Jacket, four tins and eight cartons
It is no doubt the duty of Arrested on information given trip started and his many adven
on Street,
commission of crime. No doubt dants believed to be an ordinary Government franchise or route, across France. to the police carly yesterday tures en
It would be most reprehensible legal de morning, Kwong admitted all the Spain, North Africa, Arabia and
For importing 20 taols of gold,
the mptor vehicles. In question. charges.
ovidenco ∙to this:Colony.
certain class (say a Strong and cogent a crime of Lagod 28, was fined $3,000 by Mr serious assault) was intended to would have been necessary to
James, Wicks at Kowlion, yes, allow such crime to be carried can terday. The gold was returned out simply in order to obtain **MALEO Me that any of the cle-
had even such hollef,” to defendant.
ovidence AT STANLEY
to secure a conviction. Kwong, who came here from "But in other crimen of a.more More sentence was based, Show asked the Court to Two handbags belonging to
Government registration of the Canton on Monday, was arrested clandestine nature (and of which consider recommendation for employees of the Catholic Centre were lifted" about noon yester population of Stanley and theon information outside the Kow-bribery is an obvious example) banishment but His Worship. sald Hallway Station in suspect, were warned im that he had no power' to grant day while the centre's gift and surrounding districts will take loon-Canton
after he had gone through the mediately be became a suspect the request as there was a special book store was being patronised place on October 2, 8 and -4. by a large crowd. Each contain- The people to be registered Customs. Kwong produced the then that type of crime would rehedule in the Ordinance govern. Irig $40. In money and personal will be required to go to the gold from his person before he flourish and the law becomes a Ing: déportation,
headquarters in was X-rayed: effects, the bags belonged to Miss Kai Fong Eulozła Lopez and Miss Pansy Stanley Village where they will Chung The: polite were: im- be photographed and particulars rrediately notifed.
o their familles will be lakom.
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A fine of $30 was imposed on Mrs. A Stableford, of Watson Building. Mok Cheung Bireet, by Mr. R. W. 5. Winter at Kowloon yesterday for driving a car with out a licence along Chatham Road on August 5
Defendant, who had been in the Colony for the last four months, pleaded that she possess eda United Kingdom" driver's ifeerice and was unaware that she
required to have one here. For the larceny of
of $700 worth of refrigerator cauipment from the Royal Engineers, Shimshulpo Camp' where he was employed as a; Atter, Won-Cheng,
was'
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was sentenced to six hard:.
Inbour
Winter at Kowloon yesterday.
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laughing stock. The cat's paw would be sentenced and the prin cipal go free
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"Mr. Chan has also contended Haymont Jores Guyatt, mis- that the evidence in the: ense is stoppry of WA Chatham Rond, na consists cannot accept Ratbnen. Jerale Jones, also a mis- stent with extortion as ground floor. Kowloon, and Miss with bribory.
that contention. I consider that slopary of 12 Chatham Road. the evidence points most strongly love announced their forthcoming to bribery and that any likeness wedding.
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second defendant who wished to ride with the hounds and hunt for every Dice with the hares,
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"I find that Mr. Clunie made no demanda por money but
• merely agreed to accept the -bribe offered to him theough the second deferidunt. Evmicif Mr. Clunie, having been offered bribe, had himself mamed spesine sunt, would considers that he had been bribed-if he were offered and.. Sub-Inappport Wan the
utyots
Trung winh
repate
man, of 20A Alen/ erat was
dnes 12.000 or six months for.re-
the stolen goods,
told
W. H.
been ordered to off refrigerator, parts to Hung
Mr
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submitted on behalf of that the ovidunde
"Mr. Shaw Inspectors
Camp in Un Long. On Sunt. Havanagh and Hung Hing,
day, as a road block in Un Long, choung, was so contradictor was intercep "police who to make none of the versions
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