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CARRIAGE OF MAIL BAGS.
A BROKEN SKULL.
THE HONGKONG' DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER STE, 1911.
ALLEGED FRAUD UPON. THE INDO-NAVAL YARD CONSTABLE SENT TO,
CHINA NAVIGATION CO.
PRISON.
After nearly a month spent in examin- ing books, the prosecution was begun, of a case in which an Indian policeman, The hearing was completed yesterday, of Mr. RE. Lindsell, yesterday employed in the Naval Yard Force, was afternoon, of the case in which Cheung charged with causing bodily harm to a Chuen, a clerk employed by the Indo-Chinese dockyard worker. Mr. Leo China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., was Longinotto defended the constable. charged with having obtained from the
In this case
it was found necessary to
Company, on October 5th, 10.6 by false
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pretendei.
Further charges of false pretences had been added and Mr. A."H. Crow (for the Arosecution) now put in 80 charges of forging, receipta in addition to charges already preferred. He said that the only object of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. in preferring 57 separate indictments for false pretences and a large number for forgory was that the alleged frauds extended over a long period and it would be impossible to take the case before the Criminal Sessions on one or two charges involving a low dollars. The Company felt that as the defendant was in a position of trust and was an educated man the offence deser- ved, if proved, a heavier sentence than the Magistrate could give. The evidence would show a carefully thought out ystem of fraud; it would only go back to last December är the peculations would probably be still greater.
Mr. Crew explained that four Indo.
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VESSELS SUMMONED BY WIRE- LESS TO HER ASSISTANCE.
At 9.10 am. on Sunday morning, the New York Mars, a freighter, with no passengers, bound from Dairen to Europe, struck the dangerous Bombay Reef, at the southern extremity of the Parcels, in the China Sea..
WIND AT EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR
'gers on her last trip as are good sailors Such of the Empress of Anați posson proudly narrate to their friends their experiences during one of the worst storms avar known and certainly, the Furst encountered on the Pacific for quits | take a "dying deposition" but the man Hongkong by Measrs. Suruki & Co, who down to 27.5 This figure was spoken of 30 years. A unique feature was the start- According to messages received in ling fall of the barometer, which went ultimately recovered. His skull fractured by a blow with a substantial present the owners (the Ko Soi Kisene somewhere about the record and, the beam of wood with an iron foot. failed, after discharge from hospital, to through a very trying experience whom could remember for certain, but one Kaisha), the officers and crew (45 all told) | NV-C. Daily News mys, vas put to several captains of experience, none of man was able to prove the assault by threatening to smash her” to pieces every proeccate the charge, but Inspector Black rough and boavy seas broke over the vessel and another believed the record for the adi day yesterday. The weather was said he understood the world's record was calling Mr. Bayliss who saw the last par minute. All hands worked hard at the
Pacific was $7.3. of the encounter. Chinese folled to the ground but did not of water in the fore peak tank and
He said he saw the know what led up to the blow,
but at p.m. there was 11. feet
apparently stealing the beam and, when seas were not so heavy so that a partial The constable said the Chinese was day the weather had moderated and the foot in the No. 2 hold. At 2 am, yester spoken to, first struck him with it. He examination of the vessel's condition was took the beam from the man and struck a possible.. It was found that the ship's blow by way of defending himself. Au-bottom had been considerably damaged other Indian policeman gave ovidence to but the message appeared to indicate that the same effect.
it would not be necessary to abandon tht
A sergeant from the Naval Yard Police gave the defendant a good character but added that he had no business to strike the man and it was quite unnecessary for him to do it.
pumps,
vessel,
India responded to the wireless S.O.S. The NXK steamer Tombo Mury from want out by the New York Mars and apparently reached the scene of the dis
unusual, though the weather was cold and off Yokohama, the storm broke with terri
The voyage for the greater part was not miserable, with very little sunshine. However, on the 17th, two or three days
to deal with some of the baggage and was recorded. The big boat rode safely fic violence and an 80 miles an hour wind
cargo which shifted, a little, there was, through it all and, though the crew had practically no damage recorded.
TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICERS.
and when it was all over Dean Symons, The storm lasted for a day and a half, of Holy Trinity Cathedral, voiced the
and all his officers, and thanked them feelings of the passengers in general when, itu nost speech, he mentioned the
sincerely for having brought the vessel fine seamanship displayed by the Captain
credit, which he said was due to the boat The Captain, in reply, disclaimed "all through with the minimum of disconfort.
She was one of the very best afloat and there was very little chance of
Mr. Longinotto: Very necessary inter about 9 o'clock on Sunday night. China launches brought mail bags from some circumstances! The defendant was The captain could not locate the exact herself. ships which the Post Office launches did struck first and it is a nasty thing to bo spot where the ship lay and asked the a storm hurting her.
struck with.
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Mr. Longinotto: He was carrying out his duty in protecting Government pro-
not visit. The defendant superintended the coolies who carried the bags from the
The Magistrate: Yes, that's what the launches to the Post Office. He and the other man thought. Your client certainly ship's officer both received a duplicate laid out the man I saw in hospital. receipt from the Post Office. The de- Mr. Longinotto thought the defendant Iendant rendered an account to the Indo-might reasonably be discharged, China Co. for coolie hire,, supported by The Magistrate: To encourage the Post Office receipts. There had been others 1 altored in a great many cases; for in- stance, 4 had been made into 140, the words “and Shanghai" being added to party, "Lom Swatow," to account for such a The Magistrato: Bis conception of his large consignment. Similarly a became duty.. 92 and 8 became 800. (Much time was occupied by witnesses who traced alterations of this sort revealed on com parison with the Post Office file duplicate copies of the receipts.)
Mr. Crew explained that the defendant collected 5 or 10 cents for each bag and the peculations is 10 months had amount. ed to about $100: He said that the ship ping company had no means of checking the fraud. As long as the ship's tally agreed with the Post Office tally there was an end of it. From the Post Office the firm received a total figure for the quarter.
The fraud was discovered by accident through correspondence with Manila which turned on the number of bags in a particular mail.
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In reply to the Magistrate Mr. Crew added that no report was made by each ship to the office as to the number of bags. The shipping office was not really concerned with the number; that ques tion was vital to the Post Office which issued the ship's officer a receipt.
The hearing will be continued to-day when Mr. E R. Dovey will give expert evidence as to the hand-writing of the alleged alterations, zupu, mas de
CORRESPONDENCE. CRUELTY AND DANGER. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGBONG DAILY PRESS."]
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Mr. Longinotto spoke of the damage a conviction would do to the constable's prospects.
The Magistrato: He will certainly be convicted, there is no doubt about that. The question is whether he should havo the option of a fine.
The defendant was sentenced to month's imprisonment, and the Magis trate remarked that the absence of the complainant did not incline him to take a particularly lenient view, not be right to the public, having regard to the weapon used, to give the option
of a fine.
It would
A MAGIC RING. JUMPED INTO A RICKSHA BOY'S
POOKET.
Mr. G. N. Orme, yesterday morning, with A ricksha coolie was charged before the larceny, by finding, at Kowloon, of a diamond ring worth $1,000. He plead ed" not guilty,"
Macassar Haru which was approaching from the opposite direction to take up the soarch.
This ship, however, though firat expected to reach the scene at 3 a.m. yesterday, it is believed did not get there till: the witazioon --
The Commodore, Hongkong, received a wireless message soon after the vessel struck and notified, the "local Dock Com- panics. The Kowloon Dock Co. despatch- ed the Henry Keswick to her, aid soon) after midnight on Sunday, Tha Japanese authorities have detailed warships at Formoss to go to the assistance of the vessel. The spot whero she lies is 400 or 500 miles from. Hongkong.
MORE ARMED ROBBERIES. SOME GANG SUSPECTED OF TWO EAIDS.
for the papers were full of long lists of The passengers heard another sido the story when they arrived at Japan, boats which had either been blown in or had chosen to return to port to wait for a lull in the storm. One was the vessel convaying the Japanese delegator to the Washington Conference.
DR. SUN'S EXPEDITION. REPORTS IN PEKING.
Pano, October 26th. Rumours of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's prepara- tions for his expedition against the North continue to reach Peking, although it is difficult to obtain confirmation of many. of them. A foreign official despatch re- ceived bere yesterday speaks of an agree ment said to have been concluded between Dr. Sun and General Chen Chiung-ming whereby the latter agrees to contribute towards the expenses of the campaign and receives in return a promise of the govern ment of the two Kwang provinces. The chief terms are said to be
(1.)--General Chen to raise $6,000.000
towards the project; (2)-General Chen's troops not to be employed for the time being: (3.)-Supply and transport services to be furnished by Dr. Sun, while General Chen furnishes a part of the munitions required:· (4)General Chen to become Civil and Military Governor of Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
ing the week end, from all accounts It Yaumati was quite a storm centro dur- began on Saturday night with false alarm of fire which took the police to one a fight occurred at the other end of end of the district. Almost simultaneously Yaumati and a man whose arm had been nearly amputated with a chopper" was given first aid and sent to hospital. Not long afterwards another man got involved. in trouble and followed his compatriot to hospital to have a wound in his face twenty million dollars would be required It is estimated, says this despatch, that stitched. Just at the time that duties are to finance the contemplated expedition, changed a gang seized the opportunity to commit an armed robbery. If appears of this sum is to be obtained through a and rumour has it that a large proportion that they must have watched the man loan from American sources The Ameri- volvere and got away with everything of and give little credence to his last state- house, threatened, the inmates with re-received no information of such a loan going off duty pass by and then optered can authorities in Peking, however, have value. The description of the gang tallies ment. with that of a party who committed an armed robbary in Elgin Street, in Hong-atsenion to the activities of Canton and That General Wa Pei-fu is turning his
UNEMPLOYMENT IN SHANGHAI,
preparing to meet the threat from the Bouth should it materialise is indicated by a report received in an official quarter that General Wu arrived at Fochow ou Monday evening and that General Hsiao Yao-nan, Tuchun of Hupeh, had sent one of his staff to confer with him there. The
ment and the hardships of the wageless arranged at Wachang, and he will after- Inspecting Commissioner's stay in Yochow will only be for a few days, as he ha We are hearing much about unemploy-planned to reach Wachang on the 30th from various parts of the world. Within wards come to Peking to discuss with the instant... A public reception is being
blem which, while not as large, perhaps, NG Daily News, has developed a proof the hostile attitude of Canton. the last few months, Shanghai, says the Government measures to in taken in view
its peculiar complications. No jobs are ANTICIPATING TROUBLE AT its size, is the more intense because of as exista in other cities of the world of j«
in Shanghai and the man who in ordin. open for the foreigner as a day-labourer
Dr. Schoonemaker, an American visi-kong, later. They had a much bigger tor, said that on Sunday evening he and haul at this place, the value of the pro- a lady were driving in rickshaa in Han-perty stolen being estimated at $500. kow Road, towards the Star ferry wharf, when suddenly the lady called out to him that her diamond ring had slipped off her finger. They pulled up and went back to search. Failing to find the ring they went to the fire station to get a Fight, suspecting the coolies, the witness searched The second search was also fruitless and, pocket of his coolie. them. He found the ring in the cost that the ring was in his pocket. It must The accused" said that he did not know have accidentally fallen into it. This atrocious method has been adopt ed to get rid of the pest. It is now said impossible, ne the man's coat was a tight Inspector Spear suggested that that was that thess poor creatures are flesing to fitting one. Macao and Hongkong to avoid so terrible fallen into the footboard of the ricksha, Apparently the ring had a fate In Macao one was arrested and and he pocketed it while the doctor and sont into prison. Here they seem in the lady were in the fire station. Hongkong to be ignored by the Police,
$12,-Rumour has it that in Canton the authorities have been persecuting & number of attractive leper-girls who have been inducing people to keep them Many were found in the brothela Thosa who were caught were sent away in -boat- and it some distance they were
ordered to be burnt to death.
and I am informed that two of our local | order, that the lady might give evidence.
A remand was granted until to-day in lads have already contracted the disease. Burely the Government ought to have
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the matter investigated at once, and the Sanitary Department should keep a strict INDIAN CONSTABLE SHOT. watch for theas poor creatures and, when AN ENCOUNTER AT THE MONUMENT
found, have then isolated and treated in
a human wayYours, etc.,ja
PRO BONO PUBLICO...
BIG FIRE AT. CANTON, DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT THREE MILLION DOLLARS,
HAPPY VALLEY.
In the early hours of yesterday morning un Indian constable named Jundar Singh, Ball, a shot twice by a man whom he stopped on suspicion near the Monn- ment at Happy Valley.
PEKING.
ary times might hold & position of respon- BUILDING BANKERS VAULTS CLOSE sibility finds nothing lower in the scale to which to resort in a crisis,
TO LEGATION QUARTER.
At the British Chamber of Commerce, alone, 103 applications for positions are on sle. Some of these come from other
A recent Peking news item says:— countries or from other ports in China, means certain that there will not be. Peking Chinese bankers are by no
ber, are left actually in the city out not very distant future. At least this is but deducting those and also the 26 now trouble in Peking-trouble-between arm- employed through the efforts of the Chamed and more or less lawless forces in the of work.
the logical conclusion from things which have been happening behind the Regines Building recently,
"ONUE TO EVERY MAN." The Frohman Amusement Co. has con structed a fine piece of moving picture
It seems that for something over a)
space behind the buildings at the west month various of the banks have been occupied building vaults in the open
of but interestingly close to the Legation end of Legation street-a region outside
He saw two men in Morrison Gap property in Once to Every Man," in Road carrying & rattan basket and he which J. Sherrill is starred with Mabel Quarter. Every evening messengers from the basket pat it down and put his handed with knocking once at every man's various kinds to be stored, in these asked to see the contents. The man with Withee. The opportunity that is credit the banks have brought valuables of to his pocket,the constable supposed to door is the basis of a plain and straight vaults Gendarmes have been on guard get the key. Instead, he produced a re-forward plot upon which is built an through the night, and in the morging volver and shot the constable in the interesting and rugged entertainment. the messengers have returned to reclaim. thigh, inflicting a severe wound The The young hero has been left the heritage what they put into safe keeping the night constable fell to the ground and the mat of an appetite for drink. The inmber before. fired another shot, this time through the camp where most of the action takes shoulder and the constable became un-place is the scene of his fight against the light have been marked by feverish conscious.
For the last few days the hours of day-
for this ultimate triumph, not alone over completed, the number of messengers to fight his battle is directly responsible vaults, and, as fast as these have been oraving. The girl who helps the youth activity in the building of additional his inherent weakness, but over the fistic coming in the evening and morning has champion whom he defeats in a stirring increased. of entertainment that will interest every ring battle in New Work It is a type class of screen follower, for all the world loves a lower who fights and wins the girl of his choice.
A fire broke out on Saturday in cinema theatre in Northern Bay Pat Po, Canton, and was not extinguished before more than 200 buildings' had been doe troyed. The fire started at three o'clock in the afternoon. A strong northern westerly-breeze was blowing at the time, and it was nearly twelve hours before the firemen were able to check the flames from spreading further..
The Saikwan district in which the fire one of the Formosa Channel pilots, who Mrs. Liang, the wife of Capt, Liang, occurred, is one of the busiest section of lives at the corner, was awakened by the the city and the premises of many well-sounds of fring and telephoned Wanchai known Chinese firms were destroyed. Police Station. Biboere & Co.'s branch store and two dire need of first aid when help arrived The constable was in cinema theatres were among the largest and he is now in the Government Civil buildings destroyed. The total loss is Hospital in rather dangerous condi- -estimated at over $3,000,000.
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