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RANY REFLECTIONS. Now
it has been established beyond abs that a tiger is roaming about theid, with a partiality for the Wanji ap end of Barker Road
and the uter which are to be found in that viny, the doubting Thomases will, perp wase to sneer. Very few gave crend to the Indian constable's statemen these bad seen a tiger, and when pefedy sane and serious resid-
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.
HIS MASTER'S PURSE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5ra, 1916.
A Chinese boy" employed by the headmaster of the Anglo-Indian School,
Causeway Bay, was sentenced to two
months hard labour for stealing a note- book, belonging to his master, and which contained 200 odd in notes.
POLICE RESERVE CASE. Inspector Taylor, of the Special Police
POLICE RESERVE CHARGED
WITH BRIBERY. CASTRO AGAIN BEMANDED. The Police Reserve Constable, R. H.
M. Castro, who is charged with bribery, was again brought before Mr. Wood at the Hongkong Magistraey yesterday. It is alleged against Castro that he accepted $200 on a promise to release a Chinese from Victoria Gaol.
Mr. C. A. S. Russ appeared on behalf
ents of the leak spoke of having heard teserve, saw a Chinese steal some clothes of Mr. Gardiner for the prosecution and
growls the were locked upon with sympathy the victims of their own why Exactly heated inkinations. probably pody could tell. A good sized tigerfas shot last year in the Fan Ling distri, only a few miles away, and as everyof knows, to such an animal the streld of water, which divides the
from a line in Second Street. The In spector gave chiuse, caught his can, and brought him before Mr. Hazeland, who sentenced the thief to two months' hard labour and four hours' stocks.
AMMUNITION IN TEAPOT AND: BOOTS.
Detective Sergeant Clark charged
Mr. Leo d'Almada defontied.
Inspector Brazil said that on August' 10th at the Central Station, when the de- fendant was charged with the offence, he replied. I have nothing to say.”
Ng Chak-wing, an interpreter at the Court, produced a translation of the promissory note for 9200 from English
DREDGING THE GRAND
CANAL.
ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN ENGINEERS.
Messrs. M. F. Carey, contractor, E. J. Purcell, general superintendent, and G. B. Watson, engineer, have just arrived in China in connection with the restora tion of the Grand Canal linking the Yangizo and low rivers.
Messrs Carey and Simms, the contrac- toms, have been employed for the big job of reopening the Grand Canal by the American International Corporation,
at Peking prepared to start work so soon The party are to make their headquarters as the signal is given..
mainlandrom the island would present Chiness with being in possession of 100 into Chinese; which he had made at the it will drain an immense territory and
no insupable barrier. Tigers frequent is crasse from the Nulay Peninsula to the islan of Singapore by the Straits of Johore. Now that a tiger has been seen- in the light of day on two different pccasion by Europeans the sceptics will have to abandon their superior attitude,
The ger's visit has been the cause of more than one disturbed night, I am told. People have seeneyes" and "stripes" on the way home in the fading light of ,evening, and it has left their minds in a very disturbed state. One man had a fearful experience. He had just reached the spot where the tiger was last seen when he was startled by a band, as he thought, being laid heavily on his Soulde". Turning round sharply, he was horrified to Srd himself face to face with the tiger, which had reared on its hind legs and placed a paw on his shoulder. Terrified, the man bolted, but the tiger your caught him, rolled him over, and, sitting down heavily upon his chest, began to sharpen its tooth and claws. This was more than human nature could stand, and, pulling helf kogether, the man, with H superhuman effort, wrenched himself free and rolled with ever-increasing speed down the hillside until-crash He has a large bruise now where his head struck the bedroom floor.
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Someone who res' des in the vicinity of Wanchai Gaj has written asking advice as'te the best methods to be adopted when unarmed and faced with a tiger,, A local sportsman makes the following sugges
tians
Look straight into the tiger's eyes--and hope for the best.
Appear pleased to wet him; the feel ing may be recíprocated.
Whatever you do, don'vueal like a stuck pigs it may lead to a case of mis taken identity.
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Say you have recently come from Macao; the tiger may have heard some thing of febrile enteritis.
rounds of ammunition. It appeared that the defendant was a passenger on the Empress of Busin, and the ammunition was found concealed in a capot and a pair of boots, fifty rounds being in the teapot and twenty-five in cach. bönt.
Defendant pleaded guilty, and after Mr. Faithfull (who defended) had adi dressed his worship a fine of $100 was imposed.
MANUEL SEQUERIA, The gentleman named above made mother appearance in Court on a charge of begging." Inspector Terrett arrested Manuel, who had the audacity to beg from the insprior when the latter was in uniform. The man, said the Inspector, was a great ruisance, going round the various European offices begging, and he would not take a refusal, but waited until he raised some money.
Witness
sad hum on Saturday doing his rounds, and warned the man, Ten minutes after This Sequeria accosted the Inspector and
begged some money. He also tried to beg from the manager of a tobacco store; The beggar was fined 25, with the alter mative of seven days" imprisonment,
*GOLD" BANGLES.
A Chinese went to a pawn shop in Kow loon Old City and raised $10 on a "gold" bangle. After he had left, the shrewd gentleman behind the counter found that
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TAK RED CROSS SCHEME The Canal running southward from ching, when dredged, wili atord one of the caef means di transportation between North and South. But, more in that, restore a great tract of cultivatane land request of the defendant Witness knew that is almost annually swept by food,
Mr. C. D. Jameson, the American Red "LAMBERT nothing of the payment of the money
Cross engineer, who surveyed the terri mentioned in the note,
tories traversed by the Grand Canal and G. Replying to Mr. d'Almada, this wit-Hui River, it will be recalled, reported.
that with the expenditure of hess taid he asked, defendant what he000.cco more than 17,000 square miles wanted the translation fór, and defend could be made immane from floods, and that two crops of grain could be raised. aut und friend of his wanted to borrow in year over its great district, instead some money from a Chinese who could of two crops in five years. Besides in- suring cultivated land against floode, ho not read English. The note had not then. estimated that 1,000,000 acres of fertile
swamp land could be reclaimed. been signed, but was stamped.
The Chinese Government two years A clerk at the Magistracy spoke to
age authorized the negotiation of an Thearing a conversation between the de- American loan of $20,000,000 gold for the improvement of the watercourses in the fendant and Mr. Gardiner, which took Huai River district of Shantung Pro- place outside his office door. He heard vince. This move was brought about by the activities of the American Red Cross Mr. Gardiner say: "I have information Society, which has always led in the to send in a report against you for ob relief of the famine districts, and by the independent reports of several Chinese Ministers who had conducted personal in- taining $200 by false pretences from a Shanghai man." Defendant said: "Ivestigations and had persuaded the late President Yuan Shih-kai to establish a know I owe it. I borrowed this money
National Irrigation and Water Conser- from the complainant and I have given vancy Bureau. After overcoming difficul a promissory note for it" Mr. Gardiner ties the Red Cross finally interested bankers in the project, which seems, now lo be assuming definite shape. then un'd: "If that is so, you had better settle it."
Replying to Mr. d'Almada, witness said Mr. Gardiner also used words to this effect: you pay up this money it will be all right.”
Sung Tsing-kun, an interpreter of the Shanghai and mandarin dialects, said he had known the complainant for more
The gold bangle was solid brass. No than ten years, and introduced him to doubt cunboldened by his success the Castro.
That was in March, when a possessor of hangles again visited the
SOD and wanted $12 on another Shanghai motor car driver was charged "gold" bangle. He was delayed in con-with manslaughter. Defendant was, act verantion mal eventually constable arrived at the shop.......
A correspondent, who follows the proceedings at the Hongkong Police Court with close interest, says that he has rend in each of the local papers. the RAID ON SUPPOSED OPIUM Peated the request. The complainant
DIVAN.
A MYSTERIOUS MAN.
THE FINANCIAL BIDE.
The
Although full details of the plan are not at present available (says the Y.-C. Daily News), it is understood that the work will be divided into two sections covered by two separate lvars. southern half of the Canal in the Pro- vince of Kiangau, north of the Yangtze River, will be dealt with as one under taking, for which a gold loan of 800,000,000 will be floated; while tho dis-. triet through which the Canal passes in the Province of Shantung will be another Joan with an initial bond issue of ture to be financed by a similar gold 92,500,000
Or the Shantung section the agreement with the Chinese Central Government and with the Shantung Provincial Gov- artment authorizes the American Inter national Corporation to make a first issue. of bonds for 82,300,000 gold, the interest upon which is to be seven per cent, per year and the term of the loan 30 years. Redemption of the loan will begin after the fifth year and will be paid in 25 equal instalments,
...
The man was charged with obtaining as inerpreter in the case. During the $10 by false pretences, and also with May and June defendant asked witness attempt in connection with the $13, to lead him some money, but witness had before Mr. Hazeland. Mr. Gardiner one to lend him. Defendant then asked
eared to defend and the case was re Monded.
to be introduced to somebody who could lend him some, and two days later ro happened to come up at that time, and Castro asked if witness thought com- plainant could lend any money, and he advised him to try. About ten days be fore Castro was arrested complainant came to him and said Castro and created him of $200. Witness read through the promissory note and said it only referred to a luat and complainant said that was the trick by which he had been trapped. Complainant said if he did not get back the money he would put Castro into
When witness saw Castro and The Corporation pledged itself to com- Court. mentioned the matter, Castro said the plete the work within 20 months
Under the separate, but similar, agree- the address mentioned to see a friend, On money was quite safe the day the place was raided he paid a By Mr. d'Almada-Complainant saidment which covers the improvements on the Kiangsu or southern section, which visit to his friend. Suddenly, the police that when he asked Castro for the money has not yet been fully surveyed, the Castro wanted to strike him and was American International Corporation is
At the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday a respectably attired Chinese, was charged with keeping an opium divan at 195, Queen's Road West.
Defendant who was represented by Mr. Preston, denied the charge. He said that he was a partner in a respectable druggist shop, bat occasionally bent to
report of the case in which a Chicest boy. of tender years, was charged with the horrible crime id hawk ing without a licence. The widowed mother stated that, there was only the boy to support her, and it was in obedi ence to her commands that he went out hawking. One would have thought, observes my correspondent, that the Magistrate would have known where to fix the blame after this statement. Yet because the boy did as his widowed nother directed him he was ordered to receive eight strokes with the birch." The decision given in this case by Mr. Wood has puzzled a amber of people, who look upon it as an example of the sins of the mother being visited upon the child. Perhaps the boy had a bad re- cord, of which the Magistrate had been privately informed by the Inspector in charge of the case, but on this occasion lu appears to have been guilty only of that the wandering one was an opium in- HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE filial obedience. A little of the kind-former.
rushed in, and he (defendant) was placed under arrest.
During the hearing of the case a mysterious-looking Chinese wandered about the Court, and upon Mr. Hazeland enquiring who he was he was informed
ness sometimes shown to brutal guardian's This sected to impress his worship,
"
very angry.
The case was adjourned until today.
HAUL...
of little children and to fractious full-who, after hearing Mr. Prestou's examni- grown coolies would not have been mis-nation-in chief of one of the rulers, said EXTENSIVE BANK NOTE FORGERY. that this man's demeanour iu' the box placed in this case.
Was very bad. His worship also ex- Through the enterprise of certain Owing to the fact that the approach pressed the opinion that the fast that the members of the Chinese section of the to the platform at Barker Road stationpium informer wandered about is buddo a from 1'e view of the conductor Court during the bearing of the care led Hongkong Police Reserve, an alleged of the dawn cars on the Peak Tramway
put-un ferger of Kwangsi notes, on stic it not infrequently happens that intend-charge. Defendant would be discharged Chinese Bank at Wuchow, is now under
ing papers of theselves left be
And defis untails mach hyzowvenienda
him to believe that it was
and irritarion, espaolally when the so1" | KUROPEAN CH›RGED
rize only runs every guarter of an hour,
should it not be as well if instructioris were issued für all down cars to stop st this station? The delay would not be very serious.
A.
VAGBA CY
A PECULIAR STORY.
1 lir
WITH
arrest.
It is stated that the Government offers s security the lands to be reclaimed and the revenue which the Government will derive from them; also the taxes from other lands which will be improved by the work and which are estimated at more than 80,000 acres, and the taxes and tolls derived from that part of the Grand Canal in south Shautung which will be improved
THE TINE LIMIT.
authorized to float a loan for $20,000,000, US curremy, which will be secured by. the tolls and taxes on the Canal, which are now estimated at G, $300,000 a year.
SEPARATE LOAN FÖR CANAL.
The financing of the Canal project seems to be entirely separate from the other loans which China has been ondea vouring to secure in America
CARS AT SHANGHAI, INCREASING USE OF MOTOR
A recent report by the U.S. Consul- General Thomas Sammons, of Shanghai, The story of the arrest is a must in state that he number of motor cars, teresting one Inspectors Wong Kwong träck, and motor cycles licensed by the The na Un Hew ban discovered that internat at Municipality at Shang- Chinese had been endeavouring to dispose hai increased 118 in 1915. The increase of a quantity of Kwangsi banknotes, and they also had information to the effect class were: Private motor cars, 83; An European who gave the name of that the notes were forgeries, and a trap public motor cars, 3; trade or demon John Kenwett Ross was charged at the was land for the apprehension of the stration ears, 1; trucks, lorries or vans,
Mr. Wood, with vagrancy. Hongkong Police Court yesterday, before alleged forger. On Saturday evening the motor cycles, 27. The number of motor. Inspectors went to a shop at 338, Queen's cars licensed by the International Muni- Road West, after having stationed cer-cipality is increasing from year to year. Inspector Keul, who prosecuted. satain constables at various places in the The number of passenger automobiles to the Central Polier vicinity in case of necessity. They had used in the International settlement Station on Sunday evening and asked is not been waiting long before the dealer had reached 500 by April 1st, 1916. In be taken in charge. The in said he in Kwangsi notes arrived. The Inspectors addition, licences have been issued in had been loved in: the Taikoo Sugar were in plain clothes, and very soon they the French concession covering 148 pas Refinery up to the end of Inst month, but talked business with the note seller. As senger curs, making a total of 707 such he was discharged from there, he had a result of this it was arranged that they automobiles licensed at Shanghai. The no money, and nowhere to live.
should purchase 10 of the $5 Kwangsi numbers appearing on machines here, Ross story was to the effect that on notes for $400 in Hongkong notes, the however, are in advance of licences jesued, August 14th he had some words with his difference in valus bring in the exchange inasmuch as the French concession is superior at the Sugar Refinery, and. It was at once discovered that the giren the use of many numbers which obtaining no satisfaction, he sent in his Kwangsi notes were forgeries and con
have not yet been taken up. resignation. "I see now, he added stables were at once called into arres that was rather a wrong thing to do the man. He was taken to the Central
owed a little money, and the people to Police Station by P.-cs. Wright
The introduction of a limited number whom I owed it came down on me, and Tulley (Reserve) and a search here of cleotris automobiles into Shanghai even came into my office worrying me sulted in the discovery of many more of for it. So, I have no money and no the forged notes. where to go. I have got a few things down, at the Refinery, but there is now another man in my place,
1.
Although perraission had been given resumed there was, apparently for the steamship service to Maeno to be hitch in the arrangements on Sunday morning, for the Tri Sluan did not leave her moorings until about forty minutese man came after the scheduled hour. This delay was the more unfortunate in view of the fani that the ship had to return an hour earlier than formerly in order to comply with the Port Regulations. When
board police-officer who came examine passports was asked by local J.P. the
for the fate departure the only reply vouchsafed was You can consider yourself damned lucky to be going
and One does not, of course, ask that every policeman should have the manners of Chesterfield, but one is entitled to expect cirility. After all, the public pay his salary, even though in this Colony they do not possess any control over him. Rudenes such as that to which my attention has been drawn would not be attempted in England for the very good reason that it would not be tolerated.
BODBEICA RANDOM.
Afr. Wood said he thought he had better put the man in the house of deten- tion so that he could find work
Defendant-Yes, and find a little money to pay my small debts.
The demand for motor cars after the war is expected to be normat
has created much interest among wealthy The alleged forger was brought before Chinese, who are desirous of purchasing Mr. Wood at the Hongkong Magistracy cars of this type. The first electric ear yesterday, and it was alleged against him brought to Shangbai did not prove satis that he knew the notes were forgeries Factory, because of the inadequacy of Chief Detective Inspector Marison the local electric power facilities, but in applied for a remand for a week to allow the meantime this has been remedied, an of the attendance of a bank official from the cars now arriving are operatod satis-
Factorily. Wuchow, and the remand was granted.
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