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THE GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
DETAILS OF THE 30-YEAR FREE LEASEHOLDS
brily outlined
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COURT MARTIAL
THAT TIRED FEELING.
THE HONGKONG DAILY FREES, TUESDAY,
OR THE HOLDER WHO WOULDN'T EKT vr.
When !
of Corporal Howarth
the R.A.M. went the round of No, a Ward
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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
PRYORE RES LORDSHIP THE CHINS JUSTAS [SUR WILLIAM WES-DAVIEŠ}, ]
TWO
YEARS FOR UNLAWFUL, POSSESSION OF ARMS.
JUNE 301M, 1933.
[BEFORE HIS HONOUR THE PUISNE JUDGE
(MR, JUSTICK QOMPERTZ),]
ALLEGED PIRACY. HEAVY SENTENCE FOR ROBBERS,
Three members of the crew of a fshing of the Military Hospital on the morning | Man Chen pleaded guilty" seater; junk were indicted, yesterday morning for "f April 5th he found several men who day to unlawfully having in his posses piracy or, in the alternative, for toblary were marked up for duties during the diy xion, a revolver and nine ronds of and assault.
soll lying in their beds. He told them ammunition at MasTu Waj on May The Crown Solicitar (Mr. H. K. Halaris) all to get up and make their beds, and 21st.
in outlining the case for the Crow,
ut away for a time, only to find on his
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At the protmetel sitting of the Legis, lative Council on Thursday last when the Bent, Ordinance was discussed at great Tength, the Colonial Sperrtary (the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, (^.3.44, C.B.E.),
His Lordship sentenced "the prisoner to explained to the jury that if they donel ; retäru several of the tired ones still lying two years' rigorous imprisonment. new hong-building. behewa initiated by the Government as a down. He repantal kis order and all mans of contributing to the solutions of cheyed but one, and be affirmed that this was his day for sperial treatment and he had been excused bed making. He was
Another man, Mak Kan Yen, also to unlawfully having a Immediately placed under arrest, and · pleated “guilty
Conet Martial at Murray dagger in his possession at Shaukiwan yesteriluy a Barracks followed.
Major (., P. F. Warton, O.H. E., 2/4th
the preset
acul shortage of houses. Briey, the iden of the scheme is to encour nge how-building by granting hand "any. where in the Colony, without ebarge, on a forty-years Irage." To quinte further
Thursday Just
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MEN WITH DAGGERS.
June 5th.
The prisoner told the Court that
"
on
that the crime, was committed suite the waters of the Calony, that would be piracy, if they found prisoners guilty off matting the offence within the waters! of the Colony, it would be robbery.j Aboard the junk, in which accused were employed, were the master, his wife, two very small children, the master's brother
renewable lease. The price realised Evidence was given" by the corpora, that a pinee of wire was found on the and accused were in charge of the vessel.
, first, to pay back the gost of the and others, and prisoner buildings, and the precords are divided guilty. The sentence will "bi inally between the Government and the' in due courg»,
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REFUSED TÓ GO: TO BEN.
Private McLoughlin, « alb of the
Priser pleaded guilty to the first charge, but not guilty to the other two.
According to the sidesce, prisoner refused to go to bed when ordered to do so by Lec.-Corpora] O'Flaherty on the
ment,
trams-up by an informer, ungaed Lo Lai,, serious, injuries, Having overcome the and the Police. The Chief Justier did not family, the three accused gatheri'd tos believe the story in view of the fact that ether the money, and a quantity of when arrested he was found in possession clothing and escaped in the junk's of n gag besides the dagger. He was - dinghy,
stened to 2 years' rigorous imprison. The ink was peered to Lan Tan, mnt.
ar
MURDERED HIS CHILE...“.
WIFE'S SUPPOSED UNFAITHFULNESS THE CASE,
SENTENCE OF DEATH,
WILS
where a junk belonging to the master's father was lying at, anchor." Assistance was obtained and the there injured People were subsequently taken 10 08. pital. On May 8th one of the prisoners was arrested on the Cheung, Chau Jaunch. The two others were traced to
Magno. They were sent back to Hong- kong and arrested.
The defence put forward was that one)
from the Colonis), Secretary's spech on pombay Grenadiers presides. The pri- weeks ger he was attacked by two mail and the master's nephew. On May 2nd)
the master took a cargo of fish to Macna When there buildings are completed: Soneras Private tieorge Brown of the and badly assaulted. In consequence, he and sold it for 850. He also had an- the ease is allowed at any time that 2nd Batta. King's (Liverpool) Regiment, dorrwed the dagger fröra a friend either $100 or so aboard, making about the value of the land is doubled to self charged with disobeying ił lawful order to take revenge. the whole property, as it stands, in the command.
$600 in all. During the night of May Mr. A. Dyer Ball for the Crown, said 2nd-3rd the master's family were asleep open market on the ordinary 75 years!
was found prisoner when arrested. promulgented this wire was the handle of a pail, which Lan Tau Island, the family were arams»¿ Prisoner said Between two and three o'dock, when near
see who has had the enterprise to put
he had forgotten to leave at home.
by the accused who were attacking them. his money to the concern. The Gov.
wa, sentenced to 12 months imprison. One of the accused get upon the mastre: erument is assured that it gets back at. least the origina¡ value fixed upon the
with a chepper, another attacked the tand and-bire comes the important
On a similar charge Wong dan pended master's brother, and, his wife was struck point of the arrangement from the King's. was court-martinlled by the same." guilty," his excase being that it was a with a piece of wood. all three Sustaining puint of view of the housing question- Court for refusing to go to bed. The lesser, directly by has" söld, must taks his original capitat and re-invest;
The charges were: Disobeying the law it in a similar operation. Therefore, ful commands of a superior offer: as long as the demand is so much in striking a superior offer in the execution exers of the supply as to cause land to of his duty; and sisting an event, doulde its value the lesser will go on building and selling, with the result that new buildings will always be coming into being" While the original; fee for forty years is running the lessoo can only charge a sufficient nett Petal to bring in eight par ent., and piny all expenses, including «, sinking night of June 5th after “Lights nut.” Jund, and insurance and repairs: but He told the accused that if i did not go to there will be no charges in the rent in bed he would be put in the guardom. respect of the value of the land.”
Accused replied that there was not'a man The Colonial Secretary's brief outline, beemed to require explanation and ampli-m.
present who could put him in the guard- Found guilty of murdering his infant
The corporal theri went away to son under preuliar circumstances, fication of certain important joints, and, get permission to have accused placed in Chinese named To Kam Shan with a view to obtaining further details the guardroom. Having obtained that persentenced to death yesterday afternoon of the prisoners dropped overboard a of the scheme, a representative of the assion he wrut back. McLoughlin asked As the verdict of the jury was conveyedantity of fish. This so annoyed the Day Press enlled on Mr. Fletcher - what he was going to the guardroom for, to him the prisoner burst into tears, and master that he struck him and knocked terday.
and added the remark, You're a big when the Chief Justice passed sentence he the junk and struck the master in returu, him into the san. Aceused swam back to Mr. Fletcher explained that while the follow, aren't you?" He then struck him collapsed, and for the rest of the time. This story was borne out by the other two scheme is upen to al it is principally an
in the face, and proceeded to struggle. Tej attraction to the Chinese house-builder., ok five men altogether to get him to ony stood with the support of a European prisoners. They denied that they had
polier inspector.
stolen anything. Euripes end, if they wish, enter into the guardroom.
After the evidence had been taken the the scheme, but it is the Chinese capitalis Prisoner's story was that he had been
The circumstances of the case. as Jury, returned a verdict of not guilty" whom the Government desires le encour to the Canteed warlier in the evening for outlined by Mr. Dyer Ball, who pro- gf, piracy but "guilty of robbery and probably affected his head. He after-dealf of the Crowns were His Honour sentenced the first "and
drink. He was unused to liquor and it
assault..
time as the supply meets the demais, wards went to the barracks and found a that on the night of May 2nd he was seen third prisoners to ten years imprison-
"In addition,” My Fletcher went on to number of soldiers dancing.
we want the whole community to thes, and later preceded to his own hour with his little son in his arms. The, in addition ten strokes with the lash.
He joined by a boatwoman to jump into the Harent with hard labour, and the second prisoner to seven years' hard labour and Jawis the benefit of the value of the land.” mora aui sat on n'chum's feed, as he was In the past, land led bæn 'sold for build- not feeling well.
woman pulled him out of the water, butį ing purpose at extraordinarily high Prisoner's Friend, Lieutenant Agar,, struggled and tried to jump in once! prices, which naturally meant that the M.C. pleaded that the man was unused more. A nearby watchman prevented him rent for the houses built on stich land to iquor and probably did not know what was higher than it would otherwise have he was doing at the time. The excitment and took him to the police station. Menn- keen. Hence, the art scheme would have of the dance may have sent the fumes to while the baby was taken to the Kwong a beneficial effet in reducing rent values, his bend. His record was excellent and Wah Hospital where it recovered con- Kang Pak Lam, a
One of the outstanding difficulties in the there was nothing to show that he had sciousness. "By a strange coincidence the Was indicted for manslaughter, in that very kunity question, Mr. Fletcher said, wer, before been in trouble with the mother was it patiens is the hospital she unlawfully caused his wife's death." was the position of the present landlord.
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well. More remarkable stiil, on hearing The Jury consisted of: Messrs. J. D. The Government, in evolving the scheme, Accused was found guilty on all three the child crying it a nearby ward she Kinnaird. F. F. Duckworth, J. F. F. had not only to think of the future charges, and the sentence will be pro-recognised its voice as that of her own Fisher F. Souter. F. J. Silva da tenant and landlord, but they had care mulgated in due cours
baby. At first she was told this was not, Loureiro, W. I. J. Sousa and C. des Vœux fully to bear in mind the effects of any
so, but on hearing it cry once more shu
Sullivan. such scheme on the present-day landlord.
insisted that it was and this was later The Crown Solicitor (Mr. H. K. He was the man who had paid big, prices
found to be the cage. It was placed in Holmes) in outlining the care said that By stipulating in the
bed with her but later died. This was accused's wife went to No. 7 Police two and a half hours after its admission Station on May 16th, to ask her husband to the hospital.
for money. There was a quarrel, in the sal of the site, if during the surrency A charcoal and firewood shop in Canton!
course of which the woman threw their The areused, Mr. Bali went on to say. of the lease it was considered to have| Road,
Yaumati, Was visited by six had made a statement to the effect that baby on the ground. This 'angered the Doubled in value, they considerably Chinese, three armusd with revolvers, on his wife had gone wrong and it was Prisoner. He struggled with his wife and lessoned any fear of a panic amongst pre- Saturday. They methodically proceded better that both he and his child should kicked her, as a result of which the sent holders.
to bind and gag the fokis and one of the die,
woman had to be taken to the Govern Referring to the point in the Colonial managing partners who happened to be
Dr. Ip Kim Wa, of the Kwong Wahent Civil Hospital; where she subse Secretary's speech that the Government in the shop at the time, and put them in Hospital, gave vid-ner of the child's ad quently died within a few hours after will give and anywhere in the Colony, the kitchen in the rear of the premises. mission to the hospital. our representative was informed that this found in the partner's girdlo, and stola | fending, he stated that it was sometimes his wife came to him for money he had i
Next they opened the safe with a key more or less referred to the immediate from it the sum of 8600. They also stol vicinity of Hongkong and Kowloon.
There would be no object," said Mr. & pair of trousers valued at five dollars Fletcher, in giving land (say) at Taipol
and got clear away.
age to build on a large scale until such
for his land.
schone that the lesson must pay back to the Government half the proceeds of the
or any other outlying place where it could
be bought for practically next to nothing.
GANG ROBBERY AT YAUMATI.
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Questioned by Mr. N. 1. Brewer, de ustible for a patient to die som hours after immersion, though in this case the child had been expected to recover,
Other witnesses were called, including the prisoner himself. He stated that on an occasion, some days before he had Kone to see his wife and found her with
It was mainly to help those who built on A further question, regarding the leage. land valued at a dollar or more a square hold, put by our representative was loot, Mr. Fletcher considered that muchSupposing the supply meets the demand another man. Ho thought it better that; an offer would be of material benel both long before the expiration of the fortye should die.
MANSLAUGHTER!
CONSTABLE FOUND GUILTY BUT RECOMMENDED TO MERCY,
Chinese constable,
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admission.
Ta prisoner told the Court that when one. This so enraged her that she threw their child to the ground. There was a quarrel, during the course of which de ceased fell down. Accused did not want scene in front of the Police Station, and he kicked his wife twice. He had no intention of seriously injuring her.
The jury, without retiring, returned a to the lessee of the land and the tenant years' lease, what happens? Is the leaBrewer was that the child did not die Haines said the prisoner bore # zood verdict of Guilty" with a strong re The defence put forwarded by Mr. commendation to merey. of the house built thereon,
released from the restrictions imposed on the result of immersion, but died at its
In reply to the Puiste Judge, Mr. Coming to the conditions of the forty him, or has he to complete the lease?' years lease, our representative asked, Mr. Fletcher replied that
nother's breasts as the result of her character and last November had bren ** whatever rst, how the Government would deter happened the tense would hold good right hugging it closely to her, and so suffocat-grante a reward of $10 for his 'alertness; mine when the land so leased had doubled to the end of the forty years, provided ing it. The action might have been the on duty in conuretion with a highway Act in value (Mr. Fletcher, in apeech in the Council, said: "When these added tant, the idea of this was to offer the Jury could not definitely find that the three years rigorous imprisonment at the misdirected affection. He submitted that a man named Ho Kwai was sentenced to buildings are completed the lessee in allowed at any time the value of the land-the man who had bought at high ample protection to the present landlord
prisoner murdered the child.
September Criminal Sessions. is doubled, to tell the whole property.") prices.
In summing up the Chief Justice Sentence will be delivered to-day. Did this mean that the whole property (land and honse) had to double tarif inlated to the case of a European who to commit suicide together, if one died pointed out to the Jury that even in a Our representative', third question re- ena where two grown up people agreed value, or only the land?
Mr. Fletcher's answer was that it only house with the obvious intention of living was guilty of murder. This car was leased land under the scheme and built and the other survived then the survivor referred to the land, and to clarify this in it for his sojourn of twenty years or rather different but the circumstaners he gave an illustration of such & sales in the Colony. Suppos that at the were the same. He pointed out, also, that Supposing a man lead from the Govern end of five years he was compelled to there were three verdicts they could bring ment, under the scheme, a plot of land leave Hongkong-perhaps for the price of which was 10,000. On this health or other circumstances over which but insane.
reasona of in.-"not
Binating operations at the Wong Nei. guiltyguilty" and "guilty land he bailt a house at a cost $20,000, he had no control. What would happen verdict they could so decide if they Bowling Green ou Sunday night, a In connection with the last thong Road caused considerable damage to making the total value of the property Would he be automatically released from thought that the prisoner was not respon European
the Police Recreation Club and the 30,000. Then, within five years of build the lease? Or. in the rass of the deathsible for his actions at the time he com Following an explosion large rocks were ing if the value of the property had in of a lessee, would his executors be released mitted the crime. It was quite possible buried into the Club premises, and lad being badly injured. rrenard (say) to $45,000, the owner would from the lense be entitled to sell out. The sum realised To these questions Mr. Fletcher had but that he was suffering from delusions and Master Albert Moss, son of the Chief of by the sale would go. in the first place, to one reply that the use in such cases believed honestly that he was doing the the Fire Brigada, was hit and knocked pay for the cost of the building (320,000). would hold good, and if the legere or his right thing. He added that the case was senseless for time." and the proceeds over and above this executors wished to sell before the land had
Two cuts were would be divided squally between the doubled in value they would have to sell brought in the hare verdict," Guilty was also badly out. One large rock fell
After a #hort retirement the Jury Government and the owner. They would the lease with the property for whatever and the Chief Justice passed sentence hole.
received over his left eye, and his hand
thus share equally 925,000 ($12,500 each) it would fetch.
on to the roof of the Club, making a big and, as the land was originally valued at
As a large number of people Recording. $10,000, the Government would be getting would have to pay the usual Crown rent Peal. A. Maher, A. F. Xavier J. F. On the howling green a number of flower
Mr. Fletcher mentioned that the lege
The Jury consisted of Megars, C. A. remarkable that only one person waa bit, were present at the time it is rather: * profit of $9,500.
to the Government for any land leased Bridget, J. V. dos Remedios, J. R. Way, pote were Alontinued, al foot of next column.) under this selene,
#mashed and three hobs and A. R. P. Davies.
were made in the green,
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a and one.
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How can we account for this? Often-very often.
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