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THE CLUB LUSITANO,
NEW BUILDING ALMOST COMPLETED.
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THE 'HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,
"honour
anong
AT A GOVERNMENT HOUSE BANQUET.
TROUBLE OVER THE DIVISION OF CLOAK ROOM TIPS.
SPORT.
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES."
LAWN TINNIS. HOW A GAOLBIRD SWINDLED
YESTERDAY'S MATCH. The Portuguese community ja Hơng-
FELLOW-PRISONER.
ong will be celebrating, next month, the The principle of
In anticipation of a vorzi keed struggle, The end of the story was heard, yestar a largo crowd assembled at the Stand completion of their big chemo to provide thieves was not observed by Daniel day of the gambling party in the, ser- Court yesterday afternoon to witness ons deral club premises. The scaffolding David Jesus, formerly a clerk in the Farents quarters at Government House, of the semi-final matches of the Cipon aear the foot of Ivy House Strees is Eastern Acetylene Company, who appear.cf the chimney fre that interrupted the Doubles Championship, but the crowd down and the new premises of the Cubed before Mr. R. E. Lindell, yesterday proceedings, the constable who was "on wore disappointed and the match provid Lusitano are revealed to view. They will fternoon, on a charge of fraud. The the carpet in relation thereto, and theed but poor tennis in comparison with the be a notable addition to the central build: han recently came out of Victoria Gaolult that he made on the sergeant who big open doubles match of last week ings of Victoria, although not on one of and he turned"a friepdship with a fellow-
"put him on the report." the principal traffic ways
The players in this match were Messrs. The new prisoner to accoun!
At the first hearing, the Magistrate [F., A. Redmond and G. B. Sayer and in order to roh the building has ;} frontage of four proner's wife, on & protest of getting
(Mr.. R. E, Lindsell) suggested that the Messrs. Ng Sae Kwong and W. Lock Wei. storeys to Biddell Street and of three money to her husband to ease the hard with his men. Mr. P. F. J. Wodehouse were not pressed throughout the match,
sergeant seemed to be
unpopular The last named couple won easily. They es of his lot in prison. For some (Deputy Superintendent of Police) men with the exception of the last sot, when reason, the man did not go to the wirioned, in regard to this, that the police Sayer and Redmond won the first four direct but approached a school boy and at Government House had been doing games,
storeys to fee House Street, in which
thoroughfare is the entrance to the Club. The premises have a frontage of fet and depth of a little over 60,fert. The ground floor in Duddell Street has been let to the Sino-Sean Javian Bank.
#pporting,
no,
Very
After that tho two Chinero
Of clasient design, the lee House Street 35. Elgin Street, said that the defend Charles Varrelmäll, a school boy, living frontage has bold, massive culumas from ant came to him with a message from the first floor level up to the main cornice, a man at present in Victoria Gaol, named to hustle them a bit." That account- did not play, ararly so well as by did
the second floor Santra, whom he knew, to the effect that ed, Mr. Wodehouse said, for the con verandah. The entrance is imposing, with he wanted twenty or thirty dollars, to stables complaints that they had been Pillars supporting a pediment beneath bribe the cook at the "Gaol to serve better reported for minor irregularities. which appears in held lettering the food. Defendant said that Santra sug- inscription Club Lusitano. Projecting gested that he (the schoolboy) should get pediments and columns in the end bags the money from his wife, through a girl, of the first floor afford a pleasing break The transaction was begught about and in the line of frontage. Domes with flag the schoolboy asked for Santra's receipt. staffs at either end of the root are not This was promised for next day, but the visible from the street but give the build- idefendant, never retgrusi. ing" a handsome appearance when segn om a distance. In Hongkong, of course, thern am always two architectural'aspect to be considered: the street view and the
told him to send a girl to the prisoner's their duty so badly that the Captain asserted themselves and won the next six wife to collect $30.
Superintendent bad directed the Eurogame which gave them the set and the frequently and had also jastructed the was predominant throughout the match pean ofheer on patral to look them up match The resule was three sets to love Of the four players, Ng Sz Kwong Chinese sergeant at Government House and his play was perhaps the only plens- ing feature. His partuer was erratic and and Sayer were not in their usual form. against Rumjahn and fail. Redmond Both players have shown up well in match Mr. J. W. Deakin, custodian of 'Gov
play this season. Towards the end of the ernment House, said that the constables this cost the English players the match. last set Sayer double faulted twies and conduct, recently, had not been satisfac than three-quarters of an hour was all The match was soon over; & little more tor. On the night of the fire the A.D.C.that was required to play it out. was calling for a lukong for ten minutes without getting one.
The scores were-6-4, 6-2, 6-4. There were no other tournament matches on the Fourts yesterday.
view from neighbouring "ummits and
hillick's
Constable 391, giving evidence on his she gave 220 to a Chiness girl to hand assaulting the sergeant, politely demur
Santra's wife, a Chinge woman, said uw behalf in reply to the charge of to the schoolboy. She afterwards wrote
red when the Magistrate desired to hear reived the money. Receipt of this letter April 8th. This affair began on Thun to her husband asking him if he had history of the events of Saturday night, led the prisoner in communicate with the day night, April 8th," he said. There Ascending the granite steps at the en- trance, the visitor enters a handsome,ings were set on foot,
Governor of the Ghot and these proceed banquet to the Prince of Wales
that night." lobby and passes through very handsomely The prisoner. Aboni Santra, was the "ing in social eireles and they have a Affairs of that kind cause heartburn designed swing doors; fitted with bevelled gla,into the half of the Club. On the next witness. Er sand the defendant was reflex act 34, apparently, in humbler | right is a billiard rooi, with two tables,
a prisoner when he began to serve his and behind that the bar. On the left sentence. He had known the man for a a smaller billiard room, and beyond that long time. He fell the defendant, when The secretary's office, behind. is laratory the latter was released, that be could arorumadation on the Hüab system. The right; he also mentioned his wife's ad- tell any friend that he (witness) was all bar is quite a handsome apartownt with dress but he did not authorise defendant a long counter running from end to end, any body. Nor did he say anything about to colleet any money from her or from with ample root for the staff and every bribing the Gaol evok. convenience for quick service. The lea The defendant, it the witness-box, said ture of the room is the beautifully. dethat, in the fact, Shntre asked him, as signed „wnia-couted setter and overmantel Charlie
a favour, to go in 18. Elgin Street, and at the fur end. The mantels throughout wall right "
to tell his wife that he Halid this, but be the Club, like the mouldings and many did not ask the boy for any money, other enrichments, have been designed by said he could sugerat no reason why this In reply to the Magistrate, defendant Mr. AG. Hewlitt. Lic.R.I.B.A., underlegation should be made against him. who superintendence the building has The Magistrate: You are convicted. been erected. The original sketch plans,
Inspector Grant aid there was only by the way, were the work of the late fendant hat he had been known to the one previous conviction against the de- Mr. F. Eadell Rosser.
police for many years.
The building is of re-inforced concrete and the fine staircase is'ako of concrete, cased with leak. On the first Boor are
detestable action,swindling your own The Maginte: This is a mean and
iriend.
Six months imprisonment.
is dominated by the steep, palm-dadant. slope of los House Street which, on a starry night, will give the note of romance. The idea of a permanent slage
AN ARMS CASE. DISPUTED OWNERSHIP,
SPEEDING.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Rumjahn e M. W. Lo
Open Championship Singles.-S. à
Davis . Licut, A. S. Lindsell.
Cheb Championship. Capt. P. H.
A Dinsdale r. R. K. and D. J. Valen Handicap Doubles.-R. M. Smith and Nelson and Capt. R. Tomory. tine; A Brearley and H. E. Smith . L.
FATAL
LANDSLIDE AT: MAU
TAU-KOK.
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TWO MEN BURIED AND ONE INJURED.
spheres, The.custable explained that that night the guests left the not-extra heat of 83.80 in cloak-room tips. the constables to be on duty by 8.30 p.m. Quarry. Mau Tau kok, on Monday after
sergeant had left a 'chit telling A serious landslide occurred at No. 7, C301 decided that his superior officer was displaced. It is feared that two of quarry. but had not come himself until 10.30 p.m. noon, veral hundred tons of rock being not, therefore, entitled to share in the men have been buried in the drbeis, bat Next morning. C381 heard the sergeant been traced. Another coolie was injured 33.60 and refused to give him any of it up to the present their bodies have not utter dark threats about himself that by falling rock, whilst a number of others he had better be careful," and so bad very narrow escapes, As to the call for aid when the fire broke
ik
out, the constable said the sergeant
It appears that blasting operations bad dressed the crowd of gamblers gen-been arried out at noon in the quarry rally.
I was off duty." added the and the workmen were busy during the Policeman, "And I did
morning, the constable asked the Magista pot where the blasting, had taken not think heiternoon, clearing away the resulting fall tween himself and the sergeant the next without any warning, there was a verg meant mr. Regarding the fight be of earth and rock. About four o'clock, trate to believe that the incident roto place. Huge rocks, some of which are heavy landslide which commenced from the sergeant, who then abused and struck estimated at 100 tons weight, rolled down accidentally. He chanced to bump
reported to the Captain Saperintendenting a the bottom of the quarry but they him. He did not even know he had been the facing and nearly trapped those work-
fight you would have been abrent fromed under the falling mars: Another coolia of Police.
The Magistrate: Then but for this working on the face of the rock disappear- fortunately managed to escape. Two men orderly room" that morning. A fine of $50, was imposed.
working at the bottom could not get away in time and was pinned by "n piece of rock.
SINO-FOREIGN COMPANIES IN CHINA,
11
NANKING, CHAMBER'S MEMORIAL
TO PEKING.
다
at one end of the ball-room has been JEST HAD TIME TO TAKE THE Japan, while there are
ACOTER
in
per share on 230,126 shares, $338,589.00 To place to Reserve
a card-rom, reading-room and library, fitted with now, glass-fronted book-cases;
Arte party was formed immediately. dining-room, ladies' cloak-room and ser
The ojured man was released with dif vants' quarters. The principal apart
culty and sent to the Kwoug Wah hospital, ment on the top flour is a ball-room, 76 Laudell yesterday, with the unlawful poa- A Chines was charged before Mr.
immense quantity of rock which fell. but the bodies of the two buried men have not beeu recovered wing to the feet long by 97 feet wide. This is a well-sion of a revolver and 356 rounds of proportioned and handsome room with ammunition without a perait. The de-
Blasting operations will have to be carried coved ceiling, supported from steel trusses Earpress of Russia.
fendant had come from Canada by the
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of
out before this can be accomplished. and steel lathing. This arched ceiling
The two unfortunate men are sald toi Nanking has sent in Ap Evidence was given by a boatman, who memorial to the government concerning came to Kowloon recently from the Sha U in toreating be brothers of the name of Fang. Both greatly enhances the appearance of the aid that his pan was engaged by the
the formation of Sino-Foreign compaies Ching district. The quarry is rented by "room. Three handsome doorways on defendant, who gave him the grass bag to spite of the denial of Mr. Lu Chung yu.
in China. The despatch says that im Kiu Kec and sub-let to one Tsang Tan- either side, giving on to verandahs and the bag and found the contraband, the mines, that the company is a pure Chip- take ashore. When a constable.opened director-general of the Lung Yen iron corridory, lend a sense of dignity and im-hostman took him on board the Emprese institution without Japanese capital portance, and a lovely chandelier, appar-f Russia and pointed out the defendant. in it, it is an open secret that the said ently of cld Venetian glass, which has been bag was his, but later, deried ownership in the fourth year of the republic by
The defendant at first admitted that the iron mining corporation was organized
COMPANY REPORTS. brought from the old club premises, gives was. Hall, who represented the Tato Judin, former Minister of Com
HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD. phis fine room a fiual touch of grace. It defendan, said that his client denied munications and Minister of Finance and states:-Your Directors have pirheure in The report of the Board of Directors, may be prophesied that the bafi-room will he had ever, engaged the post to take!
that the bag was his property, or that Mr. Lu Chung-gu, former Minister to bea favourite addition to the dancing it a horr
Japan, with
submitting the accompanying statement) Sino-Japanese capital and .accommodation of the Colony. At either
A fellow passenger was produced to inct of Sing-Japanese co-operation in ended 2th Fegruary, 1999.
that there is no suficient reason why this of the Company's accounts for the year end are alcove and bug of the verandahs Chinese passenger and not to the defend. should be hidden from the general public account available for appropriation, after testify that the bag belonged to another the development of Chinese Industries
The balance at credit of profit and los because there
is no law in either China allowing for depreciation is 8792,710.40 or Japan to forbid Chinese Japanese on and your Directors recommend that this operation in the promotion of
be disposed of as follows:- timate business, though there, is prac
Of any no Sino-Japanese concern
To pay a Dividend of $1.50
in this Country. Hence, the memorialists
some regulations and rules Inspector Climan charged Emangel Government making Henri at the Magistracy, yesterday, be very and Sino-Foreign concerns in Should be promulgamated by the Central
it fore Mr. Lindell, with having driven China to state clearly and unmistakably compulsory for motor-car No. 173 at an excesive spoed their real nationality and standing so a Articles of Association. Hon. Sir UP.
Dieselors.accordance with and to the danger of the public on April not to mislead the Chinese in their legiti Chater, C.M.G., and Hon. Mr. Lau Cha The building certainly does credit to 3rd. the Committee of the Club and to Mr.
Defendant said that the corner was n
mate business relations with these com Pak retire, but being eligible, offer them- panies. Hoplitt, who has evidently spared no
very bad one, and no driver could have rialists say that for memo wives for re-election.
On the othe gone fast there without disaster.
the sake of pains to adorn and enrich & fine design.
prestige and honour in the Far
Auditor. The accounts have been Inspector Cashman estimated the de- the British, French, German, American audited by Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.G.A., It is noteworthy that the Portuguese fendant's speed at 30 miles an hour, and Japanese governments should instructo retires, but offers himself for re-elec community has been able to carry out this Walking along Breezy Path opposite the their antionals in this country to state
Nethersole Hospital he heard a car pass it clearly when they .scheme, which will involve a cost is the behind hini on Bonham Road. The noise Chinese in the co-operate with the |
A. Ó. Lang, Chairman. neighbourhood of $300,000; without re the car was making gave him the impresful company or corporation for commer organization of any law.
Hongkong, 12th April, 1922. courte to my gmetal appeal. Since the ion that it was going very fast, and becial purposes instead of hiding the fact CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND old premises in Shelley Street were sold, the number as it rounded the bend. There,
turned round and just had time to take from the general public.
Further, the
• MORTGAGE CO., LTD. the Crab has found temporary accom
Chinese Chamber of Com- were five or six European children coming
orce in Wuchang reports that owing norce modation in a four-storeyed" domestic down the hill and he had to run several to the uncertain nationality of the newly held on the 20th inst. the Consulting Com
At the meeting of shareholders to baj formed Bino-Italian bank, Mr. Lu Tiao-mittee and General Managers will recom- paces for "all be was worth," to stop the Rants Ordinance would them. He thought that had the children was, former Civil Governor of Rupeh,mend viz. Bay-it Gains Road. HE. the Governot crossed the road in front of the car, said bank, could not obtain the lease of who is the principal shareholder of the of Macao laid the foundation stone of would have been imponsible for the deertain building within the British
now-building-in, December, 1920, is fendant to pullup
Defendant said that he was not going
Concession of Hinakow some the presence of H.E. the Governor, Bitfaster than 15 miles an hour.
time simply because the British authorities E E. Stabbe, and it is hoped that both The Magistrate: Even that is exceed bank really belongs and Mr. Lu was did not know to what rationality the gentkernon will be present again, nexting the limit in a 10-mile area.
Inspector Garrod mid that the defend-of the Hupeh Agricultural and Commer- forced to borrow the temporary house month, when the Club formally takes up ant had hitherto had a clear record. its residance in its new home.
cial Bank in Hankow-Asiatic Newa A fine of $10 was imposed.
Agency.
abandoned in order not to limit the dancing are
It will be easy to fit up
a temporary stage when required. Dress ing room accommodation is provided on either side of the stage
teem
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To carry forward to next
Acedunt
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ago,
A dividend of 80 cents per
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250,000.00
124,021.40
$739,710.40
the
$100,000.00 To place to Reserve Fund... 300,000.00 To place to Bad and Doubt-
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10,000.00
2,831.KO
0,678.12
$422,500.02
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