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A scratch race of the Hongkong Boat (lub will be held on Monday, 3rd September. The following are the crews:-
J. Hance G. C. Fullerton A. Ellis
G. Young
C. Herbst
J. Danley
G. R. Stevens T. Wil!
J. Wilson H. Bain J. Winterburn S. Stevens
On Sunday night Lance Sergeant Watt was duty near Canton Wharf when he saw a man coming along with a bundle. On stopping him and searching the bundle he found it con- tained letters which the man was evidently going to take to Canton. He was charged with a breach of the Post Office Ordinance on the 13th inst. and fined $100, or two months.
At Saikung on Sunday last an Indian con stable saw & Chinaman, who was preceded by four other men, carrying a bag. He stopped the man carrying the bag, and on examining the latter found it contained 150 rounds of revolver ammunition. He accordingly arrested the man, and was about to take him away when the other men set upon him and the bag was taken from him. Ultimately the men ran away. He followed and re-arrested his prisoner and again secured the bag. At the Magistracy on the 14th inst. the man was fined $250, or three months.
Sergeant Garrod was walking along Queen's Road Central on the 14th instant when he saw a Chinaman 'coming along who looked suspi- ciously bulky about the coat. He stopped him, and on searching him found he was carrying a bag containing 53 letters from Canton, which he was delivering, and that he had also in his possession some lottery tickets. The man, who gave the name of Wong Ui, was subsequently brought before Mr. Hazeland, who fined him $100 or two months for committing a breach of the Post Office Regulations, and $25, or a week, for being in possession of lottery tickets.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
· On the 15th inst. Messrs. Lane, Crawford, and Co., one of the largest and oldest retail firms in China, celebrated its jubilee. It was founded by Mr. Ninian Crawford, who was joined shortly after its establishment by Mr. T. Å. Lane. The present Mr. D. R. F. Crawford (just now away on a holiday) has been connected with the firm for over 40 years. The Shanghai and Yoko- hama houses were originally branches of the Hongkong firm, but they had been separated now for some years. The present premises in Queen's Road Central have been occupied by the firm for 50 years. They have recently, however, been sold, and a new building on the Praya Reclamation is being erected for the firm's occupation.
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The following have been appointed officers of the Kowloon Bowling Club:-President, Mr. W. Ramsey; vice president, Mr. W. C. Jack, secretary Mr. J. Macdonald; treasurer, Mr. J. Wilkie; committee, Messrs. A. Ritchie, N. | Mumford, A. Ewing, T. Skinner, J. Henderson, and E. C. Wilks.
[August 18, 1900,
At the Magistracy on the 11th inst. Mr. Haze- land complimented Chinese Constable: No. 249 on his arrest of a suspicious-looking character on the 10th at midnight. He saw a man standing in a doorway in Queen's Road West, and on going up to him and examining him found he had on him a couple of fighting irons. He took At the Magistracy on the 10th inst. Cheung Suhim into custody, and he was fined $100 or three Ki, clerk, was charged with keeping a house at months. No. 7, Li Yuen Street East, as a common gam. ing house and 11 others were charged with gambling therein. Mr. Mounsey, who appeared for the defendants, argued that the house was used as a fruit-club. His Worship reserved his decision until Friday next.
At the Magistracy on the 10th inst. Wong Fat, coal merchant at Fung Man Lane, was charged at the instance of Inspector Duncan with having in his possession weights five per cent against the purchaser. The man had been supplying coal to the Government launches, and as it was suspected that he was giving_short_weight a report was made to Inspector Duncan who sent for his weights and found them unjust. A fine of $200 was imposed,
At fire broke out in the Arsenal Yard on the night of the 10th, which, but for the energy dis- played by some of the workmen, might have had most serious consequences. The outbreak took place in No. 9 store room, which is filled with fuses and other highly inflammable goods. Some empty cartridge-boxes and several boxes of fuses caught fire. The watchman gave the alarm at once and the City Fire Brigade was summoned, but fortunately were the Brigade arrived on the scene the fire had not had time; to spread much, and the flames were ex- tinguished.
A plain-clothes constable from Kowloon was strolling along Queen's Road West on Thursday afternoon. 9th inst., when he saw a dirty-looking coolie running down a by-street with an umbrella under his arm. He gave chase, caught him, and took him to No. 7 Police Station. While he was there a man came in and complained that he went into a shop leaving his umbrella out- side, and that when he came out again he found it had gone. He identified the umbrella in the station as his. On the 10th inst. Mr. Hazeland sentenced the thief to a month's hard labour. Another man who stole an umbrella under exactly similar circumstances, and was caught in the same way, was similarly dealt with.
Lali A Fung, mistress of a brothel at 568. Queen's Road West, appeared before Mr. Haze- land on the 15th inst. charged first with taking a girl named Chan Tai Ho in pledge, and secondly with unlawfully detaining her against her will and compelling her to become a prostituts. It seems that the girl is married and her husband came to Hongkong from Hoihow. She followed him, and 48 she had no money with which to pay for her passage, she borrowed $20 from a man who was on the boat. She had no where to go when she landed, and this man took her to 568. Queen's Road West, on the 15th March. She says she saw the mistress give the man $20. She was not willing to become a prostitute, but the mistress compelled her, beating and pinching her when sl.e re. fused. Ultimately her husband happened to see her, and he gave information to the Registrar-General's department, who took the girl out of the house. The case was adjourned until to-day.
Robert Kent and Roderick McNiel, two sea- men staying at the Sailors' Home, appeared before Mr. Hazeland on the 14th inst. charged with being drunk and disorderly in the Western Hotel and refusing to quit, and the second defendant was further charged with assaulting Constable Abley when in the execution of his duty. The constable was on duty, at the Koshing Theatre the previous afternoon, when Mr. Varrelman, of the Western Hotel, sent for him, saying that two men were fighting on his pre- mises. He went and arrested the first defendant, whereupon the second defendant came behind him, caught him by the shoulders and struck shim. The constable, however, stuck to his man and ultimately got him to the Police Station. The first defendant was fined $5, or 14 days, for drunkenness, and the second 85 or 14 days for drunkenness and $10, or three weeks, for assault-captain and chief engineer (both Chinaman), ing the constable.
Last week a Chinaman presented himself at the Central Police Station and charged a man, whose name he gave, for assaulting him by throw- ing a kerosine oil case at him. The Inspector in charge investigated the complaint, but as no corroboration whatever was forthcoming he refused the charge, and made an entry to that effect in the book provided for the purpose. At about two am, on the 13th instant the man who made the complaint was found dead in his quarters at No. 2, Gilman's Bograr, Queen's Road, and his clansman reported the matter to the police, alleging that the man had died as the result ofthe assault made upon him last week. The man said to have committed the assault was arrested. In the meantime the body was examined by the medical men connect- ed with the jail, and as they certified that plagne was the cause of death the man who had been arrested was let go.
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At about eight p.m. on the 11th inst. the
of a steam tug belonging to Messrs. Butter- field and Swire were walking towards Shauki- wan when they were set upon by three men. One seized the captain by the queue, snatched his watch and handed it to one of the others, and then knocked the captain down. The engineer had his unbrella taken from him and he was vigorously belaboured with it, so much so that he thought discretion the better part of valour and took to his heels, calling out lustily for the police. A Chinese constable heard his cries and came forward. On seeing the constable the men ran away, but the limb of the law was too fleet of foot for one of them, whom he caught and took to the police station. It transpired that this man had had some trouble with the captain, and it is surmised that he got two friends to join him in making an attack on him by way of revenge. The man was brought before Mr. Hazeland on the 13th inst. and re-
manded.
Between seven and eight o'clock on the night of the 11th inst. a Chinaman residing at 73, Queen' H Road Central, retired to have a bath. As the lamp was burning low he took up a tin of oil to replenish it, the light still burning. The oil thus becama ignited; the lamp exploded and the man was badly burned about the head. He was taken to the Central Police Station and from there to the Hospital.
At about 8. 45 p.m. on the 11th inst. Indian con- stable No. 622 was on duty in Yaumati when he saw a man named Lo Sam gambling with sticks. On the constable going up to him the man tore his jacket and attempted to strike him. Another constable found him on the ground surrounded by a crowd of coolies, who were beating him. He arrested the defendant, the others running away. At the Magistracy on the 13th the man was fined $3, or 14 days, for gambling, and $15, or a month, for the assault, being also ordered to pay $7 compensation.
Luk Li, keeper of a brothel in Ship Street, was on the 13th inst. charged on remand with taking part in purchasing ono Lau Sai Kau for the purposes of prostitution. The girl said she was a married woman. Her husband was a coolie in Hongkong and sometimes at Yaumati. Her husband sold her on the 13th May to the defendant. It was not the fault of the defendant that she bought her. She did not force her to be a prostitute. She had no money and her husband could not support her, so she became a prostitute. The defendant was discharged.
A coolie named Cheong Ping was charged at the Magistracy on the 15th inst., along with two others, with robbing one Wong Tai of a silver watch valued at $20. The complainant is the cap- fain of the steam tug Tow. He did not know the defendant. At about eight o'clock on Saturday night he and the engineer and two others went to Shaukiwan. On the way the defendant and two others came up behind them. The defen- dant took hold of his quene with one hand and with the other took his watch. He caught bold of the defendant, but the other two decamped. The engineer, who was called as a witness, said he ran away on the men coming up. The de- fendant was discharged.
A somewhat interesting law suit, and one which is not without local interest, is engaging tho attention of one of the United States Circuit Courts. It is a claim made by the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining Company against the Frankfort Marine Insurance Company, of Frankfort-on-Main, on a policy for the charter money earned by the Government trans- port Morgan City up to the time the vessel was wrecked in the Inland Sea. It appears that the Morgan City was chartered for $600 a day net, and that the plaintiff Company paid the defendants a premium of $750 for $25,000 of insurance on the charter party to be earned. The transport was wrecked last September, and up to that time she had earned under the char- ter $13,400. The total amount of the charter was $54,000, so that the loss resulting from the wreck was $40,600. The sum sued for repre- sents the proportion of insurance earned by the transport after the making of the charter.
Madam Alice Esty Marsh, professionally known as Miss Alice Esty, is expected to join · her husband, Mr. Alec Marsh, in Hongkong at no very distant date. New photographs of her appear in several of the home illustrated papers recently to hand. Madam Marsh is an American, born and educated in Boston, but she has thoroughly settled down in England, though travelling remains one of her greatest pleasures. According to an interviewer in The King, of the forty-eight operas that make up her répertoire, Madam Marsh finds it hard to make a special choice; but one of her most plea- sant recollections is that of a concert at Bal- moral in 1898, when Her Majesty personally presented her with an enamel pendant set with pearls. On this occasion Madam Marsh and her husband, after the concert, were bidden to re- main during the evening in the drawing room- an unusual honour.
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