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YESTERDAY'S · EFFOFT SAT ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH HALL
MR. NEWBRONNER SENTENCED." Anaval Chief Petty Officer appeared Yesterday St. Andrew's Church Ball, at the Magistracy yesterday morning says:
The Bangkok Timce of January 28th Kowkon, was temporarily converted into charged with amoulting a Chinese cook hive of industry. As one entered by the and with doing damage to a door and might well have thought that Daniel New But for the twitching of his eyelids one side door the hum of machinery could be breaking a bottle at No. 23 Spring Bronzer was quite unperturbed by the (Shanghai). Mr. L. W. BUWERN, Fellow of Members British Chamber of Commerce, heard whilst the scene inskie was typical of Garden Lane, and further with behaving sentence imposed upon him by the lutes the Institute of Chartered Hipbrokers, Incons
sewing factory at Home.
A working party of Kowloon ladies had in a nolly and riotous manner, in the national Court this morning. He listen porited by Royal Charter, London. congregated there for the purpose of makSpring Gardon Laus neighbourhood. The ed to the reading of the judgment, which STRAYSHIP AGENTS AND SHIPBROKERS. ing "urgent wants" for the Yuansa Fu Crossman, of H.M.S. Tamar and the closely, and evinced no emotion when of any Tonnage, Passenger and/or Cargo, New ran to twenty or thirty pages, very For the Purchase, Sale and Charter of Vammala Hospital Work commenced at nine omplainant in the assault charge was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment and/or Old, with delivery China at Very Low clock in the morning and continued right Lai Kwan, a cook of the A Chan and a line of Tes. 1,000. He was led from Prices. through the day until seven o'clock in the restaurant, In the broken door and the Court with manacled wrists, the evening, with a break of one hour for tifin bottle chargo, lai U Nam was the com ghost of a smile upon his features. His and a small break in the afternoon for tes plainant. The case was taken in Mr. J. mother, Mrs. Jelstrup, was a pathetic About seventy ladies attended in the It. Wood's Court, morning and something like sirty put in an Lai Kwan was the only witness called her son was sentenced. In imposing the igure in Court and broke down when appearance in the afternoon. Round the before the case was remanded till to heavy term of imprisonment the Cours walls of the Hall were placed notices with morrow to enable the defendant to obtain took into consideration the prisoner the words "Please work hard," but this certain witnesses. Lai Kwan's story was previous convictions in the Straits, and incentive did not appear necessary, for the that he was in the premises of 23, Spring the fact of his social standing in Bang- ladies worked at a high pressure throughout Garden Lane lato on. Wednesday night kok-the owner of a large racing stable]" the day and by the middle of the afternoon when the defendant knocked at the door.and motor cars. His attorney is ap- they had more than accomplished what He was told that the restaurant was pealing. they had set themselves to do.
closed for the night and therefore he About Afty of the ladies were kept buy could not be admitted. The sailor broke throughout the day operating sewing macapen the door and went inside the house. bines, whilst others were engaged in rolling He took the witness kicked him in the leg bandsgos, packing the completed articles or and strick him in the body and on the handing out material to the ladies engaged head. Two passing Europeans came to in cutting out or sewing. Something like his assistance and the defendant was got $30 worth of material was purchased for outside after which he was handed over conversion into hospital atores and by 3 p.m. to the police, and they went up to the the following approximate list of articles police station, had been made; 24 linen cloths, 24 dusters, 500 RM, bandages, 36 many-tail bandages, 250 swabe, 36 bed sheets, 36 draw sheets, 12 padded quilts, seven nurses' coats and 40 anita,
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Defendant to witness: How did you get that mark on your left knee!
Witness: It was where you kicked me Defendant denied. this, and made 2 statement to the Magistrate in which he when he was arrested he was holding the gave his version of the affair. That
The working party, which was organise by the ladies of the church, was quite a new venture. It has been voted an
witness by the collar with one hand and unqualified success. It should be statedrying to "dish his leg up" with the that the ladies have been enabled to buy other. He stated that before the alleged the $500 worth of material by means of Bult took place he was with a friend subscriptions raised amongst the gentle. and he bought four packets of fireworks men of the congregation. A small number three of the packets oya window sill from a boy in the street. He placed of these subscriptions are still outstanding while he lit a cigarette. As he did as a and the lady organisers would be glad to receive these as early as possible.
hand came through a trap door placed in the window and stole the crackers He alleged that the hand was that of the witness. He knocked on the window and some-one inside told him in fairly good English. "We no open for business Row,"
He looked around for a Sikh policeman but was unable to find one. Accordingly, he went back to the shop and The case in which the third and fourth missiles were hurled at him, though he knocked hard on the door. A number of Engineers of the motor ship, Kong Ning was unable to say what was their nature. naned Kong Tai and Kai King respectively He did not go inside, and Lai Kwan and Lo Hot, an electrical fitter, are charged came running out at tremendous speed with deserting their abip on the 4th inst. He took up the chase, and they ran down and with willally damaging the ship's Stanley Lane and other streets, and a Lengines, was hoard before the Marine couple of Europeana joined in the chase. Magistrate (Commander C. W. Beckwith,They caught him eventually; there was a R.N.) yesterday morning.
THE SS "KONG NING.”
"THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO. DAMAGE HER ENGINES.
The defendants pleaded not guilty. From the evidence of the Captain Pyne and the Chief Engineer (Mr. James White) it appeared that at the same time is the toen were found in the neigh bourhood of the lubricators a jar cont uining powdered glass was also found in the vicinity. According to the Captain, the weasel was consequently delayed and would not be able to sail until ber engines had been examined and put into working order. One of the four lubricators belonging to the motor engines, had been detached from the ship, and this was produced in Court. The Chief Engineer explaited at some length where the powdered glass had been poured into the labricators and the results that might have arisen had not this been discovered. Directly the engines started running there would have been a gradual heating up of the working parts and intense friction would be caused by the powdered gland,
After hearing further evidence the Magistrate again remanded the case in order to give the Police a chance of secur ing the second engineer.
. THE G. & S. OPERAS. The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Senson at the Theatre Royal opens to-morrow night with a performance of "The Goridoliers.".
The Indian and the Straits papers speak in the highest terms of the Companys per- formances. Of the Gondoliers The Timee of India said: "The dressing, choruses and scenery were flelightfully refreshing and invigorating and one left inquite a rejuvenat. mind. The performance, owing
late
rush
to so many encores was not over till rather The Singapore Free Press of January 20th contained the following reference to the.
to see these operas By nine o'clock yesterday.
people in Singapore many awing to rush on the Booking plan of the G. 8. Operasi, & queus hail formed out de booking office at am. and it grew mo mentarily till it streamed meross the road to the Cricket Club and blocked the traffic. Not one $5 Beat left for The Mikado,
Gondoliers," Yogizen
of the Goard and "Pirates of "Penzance by 4 p.m.
We are informed that Hongkong, in this respect, is running a close second to Singa pore as very few senta are left for the ürst few operas.
Point there were a great
A cable from Singapore says. "Katinka" the famous American musical comedy (which the Company give in Hongkong on the 19th and 20th inst.) is "still"breaking records.”
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HONGKONG C.C. ». UNITED SERVICES.
The following have been selected to represent the. Hongkong C.C. against the United Services on Friday and Saturday, 18th and 17th February, at 11 am on the Club ground:-B. Hancock (capt.), T. E. Pearce, E. B. Reed, G. R. Sayer, L J. Davies, R. E. A. Webster, H. Owen Hughes, E. J. R. Mitchell, F. H. Farthing, H. E. Hollands and D. E. G. Nicholson,
INDIAN R.C. v. THE NAVY.
The following will represent the 1.R.C. in their league match with the Navy to- srrow (Saturday) at Sookunpoo Val- ley: A. el Arculli (capt.), A. H. Rum: jahn, S. H. Ismail, S. D, Ismail, A. H. Madar, J. S. Curreen, N. B. Kitchell, Sirdar Khan, S. A. Ismail, A. R. M. Samy and S. A. Rumjahn,
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INDIAN R.C. 4 XI: .R.E.
The following have been selected to re- present the Indians 2nd XI. in their league match with the Royal Engineers to-morrow (Saturday) on the Military gorund, Happy Valley: E: Moosdeen (capt.), . Nazarin, D. Rumjahu, H. D. Rumjan, F. M. Areul, 1. Finssan, Rumjahn, A. K. Mina, J. Ackber, Kitchell and Y. A. Wahab. Resqrve: A. G. Abbas...
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CIVIL SERVICE. UNIVERSITY.
The following will represent the Civil Service 1st XI. v. University in a League fixture on the latter's ground to-morrow, at 2.15: A. E. Wood (capt.). G. E. Sayer, E.. W. Hamilton, E. B. Reed, A. R. Sutherland, F. J. Ling, E. C. Fincher, F. H. Holdman, A. W. Grimmitt, F. Baker and E, W. Gardiner,
A motor-bus will leave the Pavilion of the Hongkong CC at 1.45 p.m.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION FOR BOMBAY.
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The Primary Education Committee of the Bombay Corporation have recom- The jury acquitted Water, a young mended the arrangements necessary for workman, on a charge of murdering the introducing free and compulsory educa Jegal representative of a company where tion in only two municipal wards of the he was employed, states a Paris message city, at the estimated cost of Rs. 200,000 of November 1st. Muller lost his right non-recruiting expenditure, and monthly arm in an accident, and was awarded expenditure amounting to nearly Rs. £20 annually, but demanded 240, and 50,000. It is proposed to put the scheme when refused shot the firm's representa in operation from July next The tive dend. Muller at the trial pleaded Government will contribute half the cost that the refusal to increase the pension and the other half will be met by the made it impossible to support his mother. Several of the jury burst into tears. The municipality from the income realised by acquittal was received with chicers in levying an additional general tax of half
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Henri Marcelle, a diminutiva boy of eighteen, goes down for twelve years and Ho for ten, Tan was discharged owing to lack of evidence.
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