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The visitors to the City Hall Library last week included 463 non-Chireso and 209 Chi- ness;
those to the City Hall Museum, 167 non- Chinese and 1,687 Chinese.
Only two fresh cases of plague and two deaths have been reported since last week's issue, both occurring in the 24 hours preceding noon yes- terday. The numbers for the year are now :- cases, 1067; deaths, 1009.
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The Right Rev. the Bishop of Nova Scotia preached at the morning service in St. John's Cathedral on Sunday, the 23rd inst. His address was one of the most eloquent and impressive ever preached in the colony.
Sergeant Dymond and a party of police raided a house at No. 51, High Street, on Sun- day morning, and on the ground floor found a number of men sitting round a table gambling. One of the men endeavoured to escape by getting through the window. He, however, fell and injured his foot, and had to be taken to the Hospital. On the 24th inst, the offenders were placed before Mr. Hazeland. The keeper of the house, & cripple, who had to be conveyed to the Magistracy in a chair, was fined $15. He said he understood there was no objection to Sunday gambling. The case against the injured man was withdrawn, and the others were fined $2 each,
On the 21st inst, some passengers from Singa- pore wore landing their belongings at Praya West when a loafer came along and picked up a bundle and made off. Two boarding-houso runners gave chase, and one caught him, the other coming up immediately afterwards. In giving evidence at the Magistracy on Saturday they said that the Chinese watchman who was called mistook the first runner for the thief and began knocking him about. The watchman, however, denied this. In sentencing the defen- dant to a month's hard labour Mr. Hazeland observed that the man was evidently, one of these dangerous class of thieves who went about snatching things.
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Chung Po and Lo Sing appearod at the Magi- stracy on the 21st inst. charged with keeping a common gaming-house at 366, Des Voeux Road, and 20 other men were charged with gaming. The police raided the house on the 20th inst. Chinese constable who was sent in advance of Sergeant Dymond and party found a crowd of them playing pui kau_round a table on the verandah. When the Sergeant appeared there was a stampede. One man got over the veran dah, falling to the ground and taking a portion of the verandah with him. The Sergeant went to look for him, expecting to find him seriously injured. He was, however, nowhere to be seen. Twenty-two arrests were made. Two of the defendants were fined $15 each and the rest 83 exch.
At the Magistracy on the 21st inst. Rossina George, mistress of a brothel at No. 397, Queen's Road West, was charged on the information of Sergeant Murison with selling intoxicating liquor without a license. Leon Victor Case, a man-out of employment, said that on the night of the 20th inst., between seven and eight o'clock, he went to 397, Queen's Road West He saw the defendant there. He bought a bottle, of stout and one bottle of German beer. He paid a dollar for each bottle. The house was a brothel.-George Mare, also unemployed, said he went to the house. in question with the previous
- Witness. He saw the defendant there. He bought one bottle of stout and one bottle of beer, paying a dollar for each bottle.- Sergeant Murison said he sent the two previous witnesses to the house in question. He follow ed ten minutes afterwards. He saw the defen-
One of the men injured in the coolie fight at the Chind Sugar Refinery died on the 22nd inst., Lis spleen being ruptured.
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Lieut. F. Maitland, who has resigned from A Machine Gun Co. in the Volunteer Corps. has been appointed Lieutenant to the
Res rvo" Company.
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A boatman was on the 22nd inst. fined $25 for dredging within the man-of-war anchorage. Dredging in this portion of the harbour is pro- hibited because it tempts the men on board the war-vessels to make a little money by selling to the boat-people brushes and other articles bo- longing to the ship.
The officials of the Supreme Court are grumbl- ing about being deprived of their holidays this vacation. Last year half the staff wero on duty while the other half were free, at this year they have all been ordered to attord at the office, though they have practically nothing to do.
[September 29, 1960.
On the 23rd inst. a boy eight years old fell off a cargo-boat at Yaumati and was drowned, A man named Li Lam was on the 24th inst. sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for stealing nine pieces of timber, valued at $54. He was observed to go coolly up to the timber, put it in
a truck with the assistance of three coolies whom he had engaged, and go away with it. He was followed, caught and given into custody.
There has been a good deal of gambling of late on the hill-sides in the vicinity of Aberdeen. Owing to the good look-out kept, the police have found it difficult to get hold of the offenders. On the 23rd inst. a 1 ang cf.men were observed gambling on the hill-side near Deep Bay. Four constables managed to get among them, and made four arrests. On the 24th inst. one of the men arrested was fined $10, and two $3 each.
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There will be a scratch race of the Hongkong Boat Club, for spoons, rowed on the 8th and 9th October next. The contest will be rowed in Notice is given in the Gazette that torpedoes heats. The following crews have entered:- will be run on the torpedo range at Kowloon, No. 1-J. D. Danby, C. Hance, T. Oppenheim, from Tuesday the 25th instant, until further F. D. Bain. No. 2-G. M. Young, G. Grimble, notice (Saturdays and Sundays excepted), be- H. Kennett, T. J. Wild. No. 3-J. Hance, D. tween the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily M. Graham, C. Sherrington, H. M. Bain. No. The range is about 1,000 yards straight out 4-E. Herbst, G. R. Stevens, S. Stevens, W. from the pier. All ships. jurks and other ves- Winterburn. sels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
At about seven o'clock on the 24tli inst. On the 23rd instant two seedy-lcoking in some commotion was caused at Praya East by dividuals called at tho different pawnshops in the antics of a Chinaman who turned out to be the West End of the town and endeavoured to a lunatic. He came along in a rickshaw, and get rid of a silver watch. The pawnbrokers, when opposite No. 2 Police Staticn he stopped, however, smelt a rat, suspecting that the watch rushed wildly towards the harbour and jumped had not been come by horstly, and the last one in, commencing to swim about in an upon which the men called detained one of them, aimless manner. Sergeant Ritchie and a and sent word to Sergeant Dymond, at No. 7 lnkong got a boat and went after the man. Police Station. The other man, who was stand-, They had the greatest difficulty in cetting him ing at the door, got away. Before anyone ashore and to the Police Station, as he fought arrived from No. 7 Police Station an Indian and struggled most violently. He was sub- constablo passed the shop and the pawnl roker sequenly cent to the Lunatic Asylum. called him in and handed the man he had de- tained over to him. Subsequently the other man was arrested. On the 24th inst. they were both taken before Mr. Hazelard and sentenced to two months' hard labour for being in unlawful possession.
Several lots of Crown Land were offered for competition on the 24th inst. by Mr. G. J. W. King at the offices of the Public Works Depart ment. Shaukiwan Inland Lot No. 394, containing 2.350 square feet, was sold to Mr. Tsang King for $900. The Upset price was 87 5-Kowloon The Annual General Meeting of members of Inland Lots Nos. 1,107 and 1,108, containing the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society was held each 13,500 square feet were bought by Mr. A on the 26th inst. in the City Hall. Capt. G. Shelton Hooper at the price of £8,220, the Up- C. Anderson presided. The following officers set price being $8,100. Quarry Bay Inland Lot were appointed :-President. Mr. Jas. McKie, No. 6, containing 523,039 square feet, was pur- proposed by Mr. David Gillies. reconded by Mr. chased by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire for G. Murray Bain, Vice-President, the Hon. $52,324. The upeat price of this lot was $52,804. T. H. Whitehead, proposed by Mr. Fullarton A man named Hung Hó entered a house Henderson, seconded by Mr. J. C. Peter; in Winglok Street on the 22nd instant, and Honorary Secretary, Mr. David Wood, and while no one was looking appropriated a pair Honorary Treasurer. Mr. D. R. Crawford, proof trousers and concealed them under his jacket. posed by the Hon. J. J. Keswick, seconded by Before he could get away he was discovered by Mr. James Mackie. The following General | the occupant of the house. Asked what he Committee was appointed by ballot Messrs. wanted there, he said he had come to look for Bain. Stewart, Robertson, Law and Peter. It a friend. This excuse did not suffice, and the was decided that a ball should be held on St. Andrew's Day on the same basis as last year, subscription being $10, first gentleman guest or married couple $10, subsequent gentleman guest or married couple $5.
The other wook a man and woman named, Fung Kan, alias Fong King Tsoi and Chan I, were sentenced to six months' hard labour for kidnapping a small boy. The man was a ser- vant at the Hospital Sister's quarters, and an examination of his room caused the police to suspect that this was not the first kidnapping case with which he had been concerned. They accordingly prosecuted enquiries which have re- sulted in another charge of a similar character being preferred against him and his partner. It seems that in June last a girl named Tai Mai was missed from her home at No. 54, Graham Street. On the 19th of August the woman who acted as amah at the latter address was going down Aberdeen Street when she saw the little
man was given into custody, when the trousers were found on him. On the 24th inst. he was sentenced to two months' hard labour, the last fortnight to be passed in solitary confinementi being also ordered to receive four strokes with the birch rod.
"There does not seem to be an honest cinder- boat man in the colony. If not stealing coal they are stealing something else." This ob- servation was made by Mr. Hazeland on the 22nd inst when sentencing Tse Kau and Tsoi Leung, two cinder-boat men, to a month's hard labour for stealing a large copper cooking kettle from the transport Itaura early on Friday morning. The second defendant was also sentenced to an- other month for damaging a lock at the Water Police Station at Teim Teat Tsui. It appears that one of the Lascars was working on deck when he observed the defendants carrying the kettle along the gang-way, to a boat which was alongside the vessel. roused
dant go from the hall to the kitchen with an girl on the verandah of No. 7. She at once went the Sangar (head Lascar), who. To the
empty beer-bottle and an empty stout bottle. into the house, secured the child, and carried her defendants to be arrested. The boat with He seized the bottles. He then went into the to the Police Station. The police went down to three other men in it made off. The defendants hall and found four glasses containing beer and the house, bat found that the occupants had were subsequently taken to the V
Water Police one containing stout. Seaching the house he already flown. The other day the girl was Station, and in the afternoon the second defen- found concealed in the cookhouse two quart asked to take the police to the place where she dant was caught endeavouring to pick the pad- bottles of beer, two pints of beer, an empty stayed when taken away from her home, and lock. He had torn some wire off a bucket and whiskey bottle, and 19 bottles of wrated water. she at once led them into the male defendant's with it made a very paseable skeleton key. He He seized the bottles and arrested the defen-room at the Hospital Sisters' quarters. Some had broken the pivot in the padlock, and when dant. —The defendant denied selling the beer; of the articles of clothing found in the room caught was busily engaged trying to fres the the beer was for her own consumption. She were recognised as the girl's, and the girl padlock and himself at the same time. also supplied beer for two other girls in identified the defendants as the people with defendants excuse for being on the Ilaura was the house. A fine of $100, or two months, whom she stayed. The defendants were brought that they had gone for cinders, by Mr. E. D was imposed, and the two first witnesses were before Mr. Hazeland on the 25th inst. and re-Пle's orders. The second officer said they had allowed $10 each.
manded until Monday next.
no right on the boat at all.
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