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FINANCE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Finance Committee followed, the COLONIAL SHORETARY promid-
TEB MAILWAY MOTOR COACHES AND TRAILER
WEDDINGS.
BOGERS-HALL
THE HỌNGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUSEDAY, JANUARY 17:8, 1912
At St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong) yesterday afternoon, Bergeant Henry George Bogers, BAMO, was married to Mi Louie May Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. G. Hall, of footing, London, Miss Hall arrived in the Colony by the qz Himalaya on Sunday. The
The Governor recommended the Council to vote & sum of $10,000 on account of Kowloon-Canton Railway, Special Ex-B.W. penditure Motor Coaches and Trailor.
so that as suas of $18,000 should be re- voted as there is still a large amount of work to be done before the conches can be put into service...
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THE IMPORTATION OF RAW
QPIUM.
CHARGE AGAINST CHINESE SHLPOWNERS.
An intaresting case came up for hear ing at the Magistracy, yesterday after noon, when the owners of the Chinese coastal vessal, the Chàng ra were charg ed with allowing their vessel to be used
The owners of the vessel are known a
Mr. N. L. Smith, superintendent of the Revenue Department, prosecuted, and Mr. M. K. Lo 'represented the defend
trip. The meas room used by the Com pradore's staff was also used by these four man. The packages containing the
opium belonged to the passenger w HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE
photo he had seen. He did not sɛk the Captain to anchor off Chaung Chau.
After evidence had been given by the
Chief Officer to the effect that he searched the vessel for opium after leaving Hai phong without success, the first defend
from Messrs. Butterfield & Swire about
This was all the evidence and Mr. Lo ten years ago for $920,000.
the opium bolonged to the mysterique He suggested that it was 'the passenger a passenger who disappeared at Hongkong. intention to lower the opium into the water when the decks were deserted. His accomplices in Hongkong would be there to pick it up. He asked the Magi trate to find that the owners had done all in their power to prevent smuggling. Mr. Wood said he would have to im pose & fine, but before doing so would like to know the estimated profits on the 12,000 taela.
The CHAIRMAN: This amount is a re-brido, who was given away by Captain for the importation of 19,000 taels of raw ant, Mr. Li Pak Chuen, stated that the Foto of the sum required for the motor. Enwright, R.A.M.C., was tastefully attir opium valued at $24,000 into the Colony vessel was purchased by the Company: coaches and trailer for the Railway. The ed in a dress of white satin charmeuse on the 26th December, 1921. total expenditure at the end of, 1081, with overdress of white ivy leaf silk lace against the voto of $953.000 is 1218.717, She wore her mother's wedding veil and and the Manager of the Railway has ask-necklace af pearls presented by friends the Hing Lee Steamship Company and addressed the Court. He contended that at Messrs. Selincourt's, London, and a the four Chinese charged were Mesars, gold bracelet, the gift of the bridegroom.i Pak Chuen, Yu Pai Yne, Kong Tak The bride carried a shower bouquet of Fat, and Pau Chiu. white roses and chrysanthemums Was attended by Miss Avice Marsh as bridesmaid. The bridesmaid's dress was of pale blue satin with pink sash, and her hat was in the same shade of pink. She wore a brooch presented by the bride- groom. The bride's present to the bride- groom was a gold seart pin. The Rev. M. W. Showell, C-F., was the officiating clergyman. The happy pair. received a large number of presents, including one from the Garrison Sergeants' Mess. reception was held after the ceremony the Military Hospital."
The vote was approved. THE VISIT OF K... THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The Governor recommended the Council to vote sum of $100,000 on account of Miscellaneous Services, Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
The CHAIRMAN: The Executive Com mittee appointed to carry through the Derangements for the visit of HRH. the Prince of Wales has submitted estimantes "which aniount, appròximately, to $100,000 and it is necessary to take a vote for that
@um.
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK: made up?
How is that
The CHAIRMAN: I could give the hon. member details: I have the list in my ofice, but it is very approximate. If hon. members would like it, I could send for it: it covers' many items.
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK: What is the Agure for the building on the "fast
site
The CHAIRMAN: $30,000.
The Hon. Mr. BIRD (appealed to by the Chairman"for confirmation): I expect it will cost that, including the lighting and decorating of it.
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK: Is it possible to answer, now, the question of which the Hon. Mr. Lang has given notice?
The CHAIRMAN: I cannot at present: 1 think, perhaps, I had better say nothing
for the moment.
The vote was approved.
THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $10,000 on amount of Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Expenses of Vaccination.
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It
SAVAGE-NORBURY.
ants...
Chief Preventive Officer P. Watt stated :—
About 9.30 o'clock on the morning of the 26th December, 1921, I was patrolling the waters of the Colony between Green Island and the North-West corner of Lamma Island, in a private steam launch. I saw the lights of a vessel moving in my direction off Cheung Chau Island. The Alights
at
The wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, yesterday after noon. of Corporal Ernest Savage, eldest son of Mrs. Savage of Liverpool, and Mr Ruth Norbury, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woods of St. Helen's, Lancashire, and widow of the late Sergt. Major Harbury of the South Lancs. Regt,
who was killed in action in 1918.
The Her M. W Shewell, CE is the officiating clergyman.
The bride, who has been an assistant mistress at the Higher Grade Girls' School, St. Helen's, Lancs, arrived in the Colony this week by the P. & O. as "Himalaya. She wore a drem of Ducheme satin, with corsage of silver and mauve brocade, with an over-dress of lavender grey georgette, finlehed with silver tassels She had a picture hat to match, with float ing vores peas. She had a gold pendant veil, and carried a bouquet of violete set with opals and amethysta, the gift of the bridegroom.
The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a gold wristlet watch Mrs Thompson was the lady in waiting and Sergt. G. Holland, RAH.C., acted as best man. After the ceremony a recep: sion was held at the Military Hospital:
CHICHOI
remained stationary between Lamnia and Cheung Chau. 1 steamed in the direction of the vessel. When a few hundred yards away, lights were dashed from the stern of the vessel which was lying at anchor. I boarded the vessel and the persons on the deck seemed to disappear. Electric lights were lit on the ship 1 found the Compradore, and placed Chinese revenue officers on dif ferent parts of the deck. I went to the Captain's room, and informed Captain Fletcher that. I intended to search the vessel. He and All right; carson In a Chinese mess-room, in the after part of the ship, on the starboard side, found 21 bags similar to the one pro- duced, piled around the mess-room. The door of the messroom was unlocked. A small door communicated for this mess
the Compradore's room. room to ended the Compradore and showed him the contents of the mess room. He said he did not know what the cargo was. I then called the Captain and, in his and the Compradore's presence, I opened one of the bags. It contained seven paper parcels
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At the Captain's request I opened one of the parcela and found it tied in a manner similar to the one contained raw opinm. The bags were all produced, with about 15 feet of loose rope attached to each. I had them re- moved to the cabin af my launch. I then made enquiries of the Compradore and the Captain as to who took this cargo on board their vessel, but could elicit no 1informat.on. The Compradore said they had no licence to carry passengers and that they had open-board Later in the morning Mr. Li Pak Chuen with another gentleman who spoke Eng lish came on board. Mr. Li Pak Chuen was introduced to me na the owner of the Fessel.
Mr. Taylor of the oplum factory said that raw opium could be purchased in Haiphong, at 15 cents per tact and sold in Hongkong at $2 per tacl.
The Magistrate: That makes the profit something like $18,000.
Mr. Lo pointed out that the maximum penalty was $3,000.
The Magistrate: Is there any reason why I should not impose a fiue for the
whole amount t
Mr. Lo: The Company has done all it can do to prevent this.
The Magistrate in imposing a fine of 80,000 said that he accepted the evidence of the Chief-Preventive Officer: He was
of the opinion that a number of people on board were aware that smuggling was
thought, had been stopped for that pur going to be attempted. The vessel; he pose. The whole of the evidence for the defence was suspicions.
Mr. Lo asked that payment of the fine could be decreed for one week is the owners had not the ready cash at the moment, the vessel-to-remain-is-police-f custody until the ine was paid.
Mr. Wood agreed and made an order to this effect,
SPORT.
GOLT.
GOVERNOR'S SHIELD..
The final of this competition was played at Faning on Sunday, when J. W. Franks and D. Valentine (of the Prison Dept.) beat Lt. Col. Wyndham and Lt. Doddington (of the Wilts. Regt.),
SERVICES. SHANGHAI.
-QINGLEŞİ -
-A match was played at Fanding yester- day morning between the Services and the team which has come to represent
SHANGHAI,
Scores:- Ferrier Barrett
Beath Roberts......
BKEVICES.
Bagnall ....... Leslie Smith
Sheffield Bowen Kennedy Jotham
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There was a wedding at Macao, in the The CHAIRMAN: This vote is in connec Church of St. Lazaro, on Sunday morn tion with the vaccination campaign. The ing, in which great local interest was
I informed him what I had Shanghai in the Interport match. The campaign is going on vigorously and manifested. Mr. Tingo Chi, son of Mr. Chan Chi, compradore of the Green there are various charges in connection Island Cement Co., Ltd., of Hongkong found on board his vessel and where 1 result of the morning's play was & win I told him he could have every for the Services. In the four-ball Four- with those who are doing the work, and was married to Miss Maria Esperanca found it. especially the charge for the purchase of Choi, daughter of Joel José Choi, a mer-opportunity' of finding out from his Com-somes played in the afternoon, the Shang- lymph. The campaign. is very successful, chant and property owner of Macao, in pradore or anyone on board his vessel hai team won. On the whole day's play and in order that our supply of lymph the presence of a congregation which as to who brought the cargo on board the Services won by 11. should not run out which would be dis- completely flod the church. The bride the ship or who it belonged to. He astrous when everything is doing so well, was dressed in white (northern style) and asked time to consult with the Compra- we have to buy lymph as it offers. wore a veil and orange blossoms. The dore and asked if the Compradore would costs $1,000 for 10,000 tubes and the pre-bridegroom was attended by Mr. F. be allowed ashore. I allowed the Gom sont purchase is for 25,000 tubes. The pre Prata and Mr. A. M. d'Eta, of Hong adore to go ashore with him and told sent offer is 20 per cent. reduction on the kong. A reception afterwards at the him I would "detain everyone else on price paid in 1918, and we are going to residence of the bridegroom's parents, board till 12 noon. He then asked to see Lake 50,000 tabes at a reduction of 0 per was largely attended, and wishes for the the opium. I took him on board my Peebles cant. That will possibly carry us nearly happiness and prosperity of the newly launch, and in his presence broke the to the end of the present campaign.It is
the opium. That afternoon-1-again-tw impossible to say how many people will wedded-pain were conveyed in the usual seals on the cabin door, and showed kim Mr. Li Pak Chuen on board the come forward. We had 100,000. tubes in way, with champagne and cake accom-
Chung.ro. He told me he could not stare and the proposed purchase would paniments.
find out who the opium belonged to. bring it up to 160,000.
During the hearing of Chief Preventive Officer Watt's evidence the Captain of the vessel (Mr. Thos. Fletcher) kept interrupting the witness, and the Magis trate, in administering a sharp robake, gald If you kept on interfering wil. have to ask you to leave the Court.
Cross-examined by Mr. "Lo, witness
In the last cam- paign 300,000 people were vaccinated. I think one tube is enough for two people. The vaccination is being conducted on very careful principles so that there is no risk of infection."
The vote was approved.
OBITUARY.
MRS. C. M. W. REYNOLDS. Hegret will be felt amongst a side circle in the Colony at the death, which occurred at the French Hospital, yester
DAVID TSOY RETURNS FROM day, of Mr. Jennie Frances Reynolds, said that he was not aware that vessels
CANTON.
SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR UNLAWFUL ESCAPE.
David Toy, who escaped from police custody on Christmas night whilst await
ing extradition to Singapore, where he
wife of Mr. C. M.-W. Reynolds, secretary
to the Sanitary Board, with whom great of this type carried passengers. In some sympathy will be felt in his bereavement cases cattle drovers travelled with the Mrs: Reynolds went to the French Hos. vessel, but there were no cargo pas- pital a few days ago with influenza; sengers. double pneumonis supervened yesterday Mr. Lo: Am I right in saying there morning and death occurred at three was a passenger on board who corres clock in the afternoon married six or ponded to & photograph found in one of MIS Beropids,
or the rooms but not claimed }
Witness: I could find nobody to an Cook, formerly manager of swer the description of the photo. There
seven years ago, was the daughter of
is wanted on a charge of embezzlements award Hotel; who still resides,] was nobody.on, board like the photo..
was sentenced to six months' imprison ment, at the Magistracy, yesterday, on charge, under the. Offenders' Act, of escaping from legal custody. The hear
Cumming
FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES.
Bagnall and Ferrier and
Barrett...!
Leslie Smith 1 Sheffield 'and
Bowen...1 Roberts and
Beath... 0 Peebles and
Kennedy and
"Jotham... 0 Cumming .11
FOOTBALL.
GARRISON LEAGUE,
At Sockumpoo yesterday in a drizzling rain ".D" Co. Wilts secured the Garri- son league championship by beating 83rd Co., R.GA, in the last minute of the game...The match was kecaly contested and a draw was expected. With only a minute to go Lancaster received a long pass from Trivett and going in sent in-a
in Colony She leaves a little. The witness further said that when he hard drive from about 30 yards range: daughter. The funeral takes place this boarded the vessel she was about a mila Phillips in the goal, stopped the ball; ing the case was brief, as the defendant afternoon. Mrs. Reynolds will be buried from the shore and that Revenue Officers which was very greasy, but it dropped in her mother's grave at Happy Valley. were kept on board during the time she from his hands and Flanner running up was unloading, but nothing further was tipped it into the net with Phillips Fourid,
beaten.
ploaded guilty and sentence was immed- iately passed.
"OH, LUCKY JIM.
WAS IT AN ACCIDENT ?
?
Cept, Fletcher was then called to the Mrs. Sherwell from the stand kindly witness-box and gave his reasons for handed to each member of the Wilts anchoring off Cheung Chan Island. He team a league medal.
arrived too late to make the Sulphur Corpl. Amor, captain of the winning Channel in daylight and as the channel team, called for three cheers for Mra. was dangerous to navigate in the dark Shewell and these were heartily given.
Mr. Collins was in charge of the he decided to wait for the daylight. He
garac. would not risk his ship in the dark Thero were three or four passengers on board but he could not say whether they
EYE COMFORT
Taoy was arrested at a boarding house, in Canton, on Friday evening, by, the Chief Chinese detective of the Hongkong CHINESE SHOT WHILST FISHING. police force. Prior to his arrest he was making preparations to flee to Swatow
A mysterious affair occurred in "Junk and had just purchased a coat for $1.70 to assist in completing his disguise. He Bay early on Saturday morning: involv- alleges that his capture was solely dusing the death of a Chinese Asherman, to lack of funds which, he states, were aged 4 years. According to the story successfully cut off by the Police, in related to the police by the master of the boat in which the deceased Chinese was Hongkong.
employed as a foki, they were fishing off were passengers travelling with the cargo mens botter health and better results Ngamatong when three mast junk) or not. Ho was responsible for the passed within 40 feet of the fishing boat, navigation of the vessel from port to from your work, and if your eyes require coming from the direction of Hongkongport He simply went from his room to glasses you have careful, and expert Someone on board the junk was heard the bridge and from the bridge to big examination in fitting the proper correo.
A rifle room. to cry out Robbers, shoot,"
tion, Eye confort requires also just do expert care in the manufacture and You will adjustment of your glasses. find it worth while to consult a reliable firus, devoted exclusively to optical work; Mr Lo I can assure you it is not over ten years experience in the Colóny” You will find no better equipment any Mr. Lloyd George.
The Compradore of the vessel said that where than in the office and factory of he recognised the photo as that of a maa The Hongkong Optical Op.necessors to who travelled on the Chung-to from Hai Clark & Co., Manufacturing and Re- phong to Hongkong. He was one of fracting Opticians, located in 63, Queen's four cattle drovers who travelled on this Road Central-ADVE.
Jim Marcus, who was an assistant director to R. A. Walsh in making of was fired and the foks on the fishing boat Mr. Lo: "Can you recognize the photo William Fox's comedy-drama, This is was wounded in the stomach, whilst as the of anyone who has travelled on The Life," was a happy individual when hauling in the net, and fell into the water. your vessel? he began his picture. He and George With great difficulty the master of the Witness: Impossible for me to recog Walsh were the only ones originally boat explained that they were not nise it. It may be Lloyd George for all selected for the cast who were not on the robbers. Another shot was fired and the bow. hospital list. Even Walsh was laid upjunk drifted on its course. The body of for a few days, Laving been injured the Chinese was picked up and the during the making of the The Yankee matter reported to the police. Way.
As the affair, occurred in the dark This Is The Life" will be shown at there is little hope of tracing the the World Theatre to-night for a three- mysterious junk which may now be well days' run.
out of Hongkong watera.
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