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Foki acted
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heavenly swindle fined $25
It was alleged in Victoria District Court this morning that three men had conspired to cheat two elderly overseas Chinese of more than $30,000 by using the "tin sin kok”-heavenly swindle--
system of playing fan tan.
This are La Muk-fal alias d Pak kong 54 unemployed of 5ị Humphreys aegme
Kowloon. Kung Tur-wan, alius Kung Hon-ling, 31, of Hot Sten Apartment House, Argyle-street
Dierten: #ti The apartment house with: the third Berused, RUDA Flore-chu
29. 85
Bikk + Tai Hang Teng Fasettien Estate
Thes pleaded not guilty Bo usparing with others Iol ceuskals to heal and defraud Eri Akt and Tseung Kwan-san etį mones tiv meaux ut a trick i during the game of fan tan was alleged the offences Book pince between March und July
Cear
Spare coin
MX Lærebard, Crown i trammel, sur 15 si Rok' wan Carraguised system of cheating
and Levonped as swtodlers were !
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with it AWAY if every
banker The gamblers
Sal fub tan was
number
beads. and the Took out fou at a flode best un whether are or four pieces ized pondit at the end Worl. The “heavenly 124 banken kup u spare VOUR Ligi marpeal”
swindle",
The to times were usually elder - ly retaed overseas Chinese, and they were told that they wound Ploent
mar-a
Hakka
at the system but ther serve theasvisés to be cheated. 74 sard
Mi Loans said the "Hakka IN adways woo: the Just garce and harm BFF A search was
me of
roum and the Thissing
usually They
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SEAMAN FINED $1,000
FOR HAVING FOLIDOL
A crew member of the motor vessel Szechuen was fined $1,000 by Mr
K. A. S. Phillips at Central Magistracy this morning for possessing a quantity of Folidol-an agricultural poison-without a permit.
Holiday public transport arrangements
Cross-harbour and Hongkong-Macao ferries, buses and
froms in the Colony will all run additional services during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The Star Ferry will maintam an abi-noght service on Christ- mas Eve and services will con
or Christmas tum up to 3 am Night and Boxing Day night
On New Year's Eve, the Stor Ferry will also run an all-migl service sumilar to the Christmas Eve scherlufe.
bound next the victim were then undured to play again
Be od Treung had been im Camaro in 50 years and reirred In the Colony last year with hus life savings Kung Tui wan tel him, and induced lum to join S up to 3 um offers to cheat "Hakka (sa?" win, was depicted as being rieb and stupid
C: the night of New Year's Day The Sta Ferry will also
Final game
The Hongkong and Yannat
Perry Co will continue ther Services for both vehicles andi passengers up to 8 am s Satur- nay, December 23
They will maintain all sught.
on Christmas Eve and continue their services up to 3
Services
When they played, the "Hakk.. 1821 Just US$1,300, but 114 fast game, he won it all bark
well as at the cash Tseung w Christmas day and Box- bad The missing 10 cent can ing day
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חת
track sucessfully,
th
in his trouser cuff Foursel The next day by using
Teung was the $300,000 but in firmad game lost Mus amount and %10,000 of his own. The m
was found under the
UK KARD
table.
M. Lenard
sad the other complainant, L Wate
tail
"an astonishingly simalar
He lost $22,450,
FERRY BOATS
vehicular The
Jerries will also maintain an all-night ser- Vive en New Year's Eve.
Tie three Hongkong-Macao ferry boats, my Talloy, DAY Fatshan and ss Takshing, have announced additional services for TIR Culting weekend and fa! advance bookings are open i
realised he had been cheated, as from today,
nd went to the police,
A self-confessed metaber
Christmas
party
The
school children of Huyter. House School at the Corian of Macdonell-road, had
stmas party
The Jastro he whole of the morning.
There were Biggs, games and other entertainment
Refreshments were served at intervals and cach frequent child received. present from headmistress, Mrs M. I.
stuff Ridge and her
Her
in relurn, the
terer cheers.
Tomorrow, the
children gave
senior school
Chat War-dong. 32. : 22
* Cheung Hong-street, eighth floor,
North Point, pleaded guilty the offence
will have a similar programme. Į
Dutiable goods
revenue rises
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Collection of revenue from On both Christmas Eve and a duiable commodi New Year's Eve, the Kowloon Novender, with the exceptio The in sin kok" would myr | Moton. Bus Co. Lad will x of methet alcohol, increased try evidence on how
nov The system i tend then services from Tsim-
$8,818,00)
Fast year's shatsu and Jordan-road workod, he said,
The case is continuing
Mr A. Zimmern, instructed b Mr P Lo of Peler Lo und Co is appearing for Li Max-fal, and Mr Lawrence Leong, instructed by Mr T. S Tong of T. S. Tong and Co is appearing for other two accused.
courses up to 2 am.
con-
This will apply to routes Nos.
agure $15,574,205.
: Tu Diretor of Commerce
i. 2. 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13. and Industry states that a 1018) Buses and trams on Hung-of $19,392,327 was collected last kong island will not extend month, representing an increase their services beyond the usual over the October figure of
at night but will put on $18,036.677. more vehicles in their day umel venue from tobacco and liquor services to cope with shopping was attributable to the Christ-
May period
the
hours
The hearing is before Judge B. J Jennings,
crowds.
The
rise
In re-
Hevenue Inspector
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A 29-year-ol teahouse Tuka.. Wong Yam, was fed $25 tais mming fur accepting illegal bets on borses Th 01 Happy Valley on Saturday
Inspector Y
Lain. pro-
secuting, told the magistrate that acting on information a party of pulier west to the Golden State Teahouse, al Marsh road, War-
From the Files
25
years
·AGO-
December 1936
chai, wherE defenclarit worked, HIS Excellency the Governor,
as 8 loki
MidW iwa
The proslice Changing money and slaps
paper to him
Sir Andrew Caldecott, yes- terday inspreted the new jail at en Stanley, where the huge white
of building throw open hospitable doors probably for the only time during
On the seps of paper were written names of horses running. at the Royal Hongkong Jockey Cjul: raer meeting at Happy Valley that afternoon.
Defendan fTerre
the existence it now
euumences.
During a thorough round of the wards, workshops and quer- ters, the huge throng of visitors admitted the found mult to interest them, and there were the usual jocular Folks, Supported on this oc- casion by several incidents,
Filipino seamen did not pay
duty on cigars
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Kers will teki
Court the Chan was arrested on boxed Br
Two Filipino slap Szechưen on Saturday with ¦ with
is of Foiicol This is was fed altrowed to be imported The 12 lins of into the Eldonny Pohol were brought fremm Formosa, and the labels on the tins lag heen torn of
Me Benjomits fit, represent ng Chan, said in mitigation that Call trương lợn asked học nhật it. Formosa to bring the tins auto the Colony und had no know ledge of the contents
LENIENCY
Chan made no effort 1o hide the tits, and uncovered the
parcels containing The without hesitation
poison
Mr Liu said Chan had a wife and four children
support
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He hart been working as steward on bourd the ship since 1953 A conviction would pre- judice kip
Mr Jita promotion. added
Mr Liu asked the court for Jetency un Chan's behalf
The poisoTIS were ordered!
confiscated for destruction
!
seamen caught of duttuisie
vigars were fined $100 each by M JE Dargan at North Kow- loon Magistracy this morning
Jamie Dosbares, 24, was stop- ped by
policemen yesterday evening at the junction of Tai; Nam-street and Pei Ho-street He had 375 rigars on which day! of $67.50 had not been paid
The other defendant. Verilo Correos, 30, had 300 vigars on which duty of $54 had not been paid.
Defendants admitted that Their cigars were trom the ship and That they had intended to sell them
To report
on Goa
Mr Vital Sacherenko, mana- ger of Agence France Presse Hongkong Bureau, left yester- day afternoon by Swissair for Karachi on his way to Goa to survey and cover the Indo- Portuguese crisis.
His Excellency had the mis- fortune scald slightly Jils tight bund near the wrist, and was treated by Dr G. 1. Shaw, Medical Officer of Victoria Jail. Tom Governor's A.D.C.,
Capt W J R Cragg, found himself temporarily locked in Cell No. 13. and Mr G P. de Martin was in a similar plight in Cell 82. through the automatic device on the doors.
Curs
trt
Thirty-three Chinese police- women forming the first jeniale be Shanghai, witt officially assigned to duty this week
six-month jollowing A special training.
These policewomen received their diplomas at a quiet cere-
held al the Lunghua Police Headquarters last week from Gen. Tsai Ching-chun, director of the Public Safety, All high officers of the Bureau attended the ceremonies.
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DVANCE bookings on rail-
ways and in hotels at the seaside and inland resorts in- dicate the likelihood of an ex-
eptionally heavy Christmas Fush, and shops and stores in London and Its suburbs, and the provinces, report business on & scale unequalled in recent years. In London, on Saturday, shops remained open throughout the afternoon and They were be- sieged by immense crowds, and today shops and
pavements again presented a congested and
mated appearance.
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