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BUS AND CAR COLLISION. ACTION FOR DAMAGES.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921
ALLEGED HOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWOŁ
COOLIES
CHINESE DARBY AND JOAN. PRETTY SCENE IN LOCAL POLICE
COURT.
A Daily Fress representative-"was a casual witney of a pretty scene yesterday morning, which should not be allowed to pass unrecorded.
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A CASE THAT HAS NET, WITH MISFORTUNE.
A cap, described by the Puisne Judge as a vase that had niet with some mis- Cheung Shi, an unemployed coole, of „fortime, was heard in the Summary Court no fixed abode, and Cheung Chung, of yesterday morning, when the Chung Mei 1. Aplin Street, also an unemployed Garage Company. Ltd., sued the Chungcoolie, were charged on remand before It took place in a local police court. Hing Motor Bus Company for $300 dani- Mr. E. W.. Hamilton at the Kowloon and out of regard for the well-known ages, due as the result of a collision in Magistracy yesterday afternoon, with modesty of the gallant European police the New Territories.
having stolen with, violence nine: 100 officer concerned, the latter's identity is Mr.C. H. Lyson appenced for the plain- | Rupee notes, $234 in Hongkong money, withheld. tiff and Mr. G. S. Hugh Junes represented $1.30 in Singapore money, and various An aged Chinese, of feeble appearance the defendant,
articles of clothing from Cheung Kam and tottering gait, was charged with Fong, a Chinese woman, ou September bawking without a licence. In his anxiety not to be late, the old man turu- A man who had been originally chargedjed up a full hour too early. A police with the two defendants, but afterwania officer. being struck with sympathy at his discharged on the police offering no evi-age and obvious trailness, questioned dence, was called as a witness. He testi him, and discovered that he had been fied that on September 13th, the second for many years in Australia, where he defendant gave him certain sums of
had learned to speak excellent English. money.
He was now far beyond work, and forced
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The case is one that has been on the Court list for some considerable time, al it should have been dispused of several weeks ago but,
the Pune Judge'explained at the mutset of yester. day's hearing, owing to the absence of Mr. Campbell Prosser from the Colony and the regrettable death of Mr. B. S. Corke, both of when were interested in
13ch.
the se, the proceedings bad, to be put said that on September 13th, on receiving to sell trißes in the street in order to
back. It was a case that had met with some misfortune.
A Chinese detective, in the witness-box, information from an informer, he made a
The Sergeant gave the old man 50 cents, Mr. Lyson "explained that it was some latter's instructions, witness went with a report to his Inspector." Acting on the
and pointed out, a nearby tea house,
CANTON NEWS.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT-]
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY. CARLES TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
REPUDIATION OF DR. SUN YAT SEN.
The Kwangtung Provincial Assembly is } <! forwarding to the League of Nations a cabie, It reads, in part, follows: message repudiating Dr. Sun's recent
Tact
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, irregularly com stituting himsel! Canton Government, is incompetent as spokesman of South China. He has desperately misled the World and maliciously libelled the tizens of Canton when informing the League of Nations that Caston citizens opposing his oppression and devasta tion were rebels and reactionaries. Ia
he is a rebet disturbing local peac and international goodwill by his iuís. rupresentations. The Consular Body and the British Naval Authorities in Canton on August 20th. in preventing Dr. Sun Yat Sen from bombarding de fenceless Canton, performed a humani tarian duty deeply appreciated by all Chinese and should never have been considered as intervention, imperialistic or otherwise."
THE
"INEVITABLE CONFLICT." The conflict between the merchant class of Kwangtung, and the Kuomintang Bol-
considerable time ago that the case was party of pelice to a house, where they where he suggested that the old gentle shevisis led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen, long!
conyuenced and asked that the evidence found the second defendant lying op a -takin de bene erve be read over.
His Lordship did so and read the exi- from below. As soon as he saw the wit- bed. The Arst defendant came in later dence of a' Chinese Seaman on the sa
uesa, the second defendant palled some
the Court.
man could spend his hour's wait in considered inevitable is expected in the greater comfort than in the corridor of early part of October, unless the Kuomin tang yield to popular demand for govern Thank you very much indeed," said ment by the people in the next few days. Į
threw them on the bed.
fetch my old wife.” And he promptly went and the merchants was brought tá à
ment, the witness hired the ear on March he went to the scene of the alleged rob where he found an aged lady, "even the six representatives of the Canton.! On the next day, continued the witness, to another part of the Court precincts, breaking point the September 2sih, when 19th to take a trip round the New Terri bery, where he found several cloth ceri. feebler than himself, who had come to merchants sent na ultimatum to Generals: turies At Tai Lan Ting village they fentes (produced) in Chinese characters stand by her husband in his trouble,
(It had been previously stated that these
Pesidrat Grdt, who with his wife and nutes from his right hand pocket, and the venerable offender. "I will go and The long standing issue between Dr. Su
two infants were the occupants of the plaintiff's car, According to this state-
heard a motor-hus coming
up-bebind.
Arm in arm, and resting painfully on
Fan Shek Shang and Liac Heng Chao of the Yunnanese, mercenaries in Canton
Five minutes later whilst they were pro-documents were notifications that money sticks, the venerable couple tottered of delegates of Dr. San' for the settlement eeeding up a hill the defendant's lus, it had been sent tu the complainant from to the tea house. On his return. the old of the arms' question with the merchants. gentleman was discharged, by the Magis history of the negotiations the merchanta Concluding a long letter envering the
attempting to pass, collided with the right front wheel, causing plaintiff's car to swerve into the bank. If the vehicles had been going at low speed it is quite pos Sible that the motor bus could have The witness
passed without tourbing.
Hangoon).
Inspector A. Hutchins stated in evi-
information that a robbery had taken Jenee that on September 13th, he received place, and that the robbers were in a House at Ma, Lung Kung village. Send-
trate with caution.
COOLIES STONE POLICE STATION.
heard the driver of the defendant using a party of Chinese police in plain! RESENT ARREST OF COMRADE.
clothes on ahead, witness went to the house. A Chiucae detective pointed out
blow his hora eiure passing the car. The bus drove en and did not stop...
After this evidence had been read, Mr.to him seven 100-Rupee notes, which were Lyson called the driver of the plaintiff's
AGEM:
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FIFTEEN FINED.
For being in unlawful possession of a lying on a bed. On the 15th inst; wit-quantity of wood, suspected, to have been wherego coins of one rupce each were ness went to a money-changer's shop, stolen from the Government Plantation
handed to him.
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He said that his car was doing 14 or 15 miles per hour. The bus did not stop until he hailed it after his car had swerved into the haak. ffis car
Jater, the Woman complainant laid closed vehicle.
information at the police station that she Cross-examined, the witness sait he had been robbed. At an identification was 2 years of age and a fully licensed parade held at the Yaumati Police Station, the defendants were placed with thirteen others of similar height, build, first defendunt without hesitation. and dress. The complainant identified the
The hearing was until next Thursday afternoon,
further adjourned
driver.
- Alr. Hugh Jones: Did you expect the bus to overtake you1-No.
Then why did he sound his horn "There were peuple on the road.
Did you move further to the left hand side because he was coming-Yes.
What do you estimate the speed of the bas-Thirty miles per hour, when he passed my car.
For the defence Mr. Hugh Jones said the case would be that the var ran inta the bank before the Lus reached it. The
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A HABIT IN MEXICO.
A CHINESE AND HIS
ARMOURY.
A Chinese, who stated that he had been
car stopped suddenly and therefore, years in Mexico, was yesterday Although the driver of the bus. tried to avoid a collision, he just scratched the fined $500 with the alternative of six midguard as he went past. The accident months imprisonment by Mr. Hamilton, was in no way due to the driver of the at the Kowloon Magistracy, for unlaw- Lua,"
fully having in his possession oan Mauser pistol, one revolver and 180 rounds of ammunition.
The bus driver said the plaintiff's car was zig-zagging just before it hit the rock. He touched the side as he went past, but he did not know that until afterwards.
The case was adjourned until this morning.
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representatives say:
The frequent failure of the Govern ment to keep faith and its repeated attempts to mislead the people have com- pelled the people to withdraw their con- fidence in the Government. Its repeat- ed promises to promote democracy and champion the peoples' right Eave never been fulfilled, while its work of destroying the self-government and free- dom of the people has been done with at Pokfulam Road, a coolie was fined great force. Finding it exceedingly or, in default, seven days' imprisonment, difficult to tolerate so untrustworthy a at the Central Magistracy yesterday.
Government, we hereby withdraw our-
ing a disturbanes and throwing stones at
Fitleca coolies were charged with creat selves as representatives of the Merchants Volunteers dealing with the Government. the Pokfulam Police Station in connection in the arms mutter, and, we shall be no with the arrest of the defendant in the longer responsible for the action of the
Volunteers in the future." previous case, and were fined $10 or two weeks' hard labour cach, with the excep tion of the fourteenth defendant, who was fined $10 or three weeks' hard labour for spitting in Ceart in addition,
H
DR. SUN RETURNING TO CANTON.
**MILITARY PLANS COMPLETED.".
PORTUGUESE. AT VARIANCE. Canton Times, & Canton Government
The Following is "taken from
RESULTS OF MIMICRY· OVER GARDEN WALL
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, a case Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the was resumed in which Mr. H. A. Barros summoned Mr. F. Rozn for assault, and the latter issued cross-summonses for as- ault against Mr. H. A. Barres and his brother, Mr. F. Barros.
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As all military plans have been com- pleted and mobilisation" of the troops for the Expedition is nearly at an end, there support the campaign. remains the work of devising means to The respon~ sibility for this falls on the local Gor-
erament. Hence, it is President Sun's
intention to return to Canton for a while in order to reorganise and improve the finances of the province, so that the Ex- pedition may not be handicapped through lack of funds.
refusal to accept the post of Minister - On account of Mr. Liac Chung Kala of Finance, and Mr. Koo Ying Fun's delay in assuming clicó chiefly on account of the disorganised state of the financial situation, President Sun's return is oon- sidered necessary.
According to evidence given at a pre Mr. J. Aimada Remedios, for therious hearing, a certain amount of ill defence, said the defendant was return. | feeling bad existes for some time between ing to his home in the Country and in all the parties, it being alleged that view of the unsettled state of the Country members of the Roza family had a | he brought the arms with him for his different times mimicked the strammering Jown defence.
diction of Mr. H. Barros over the garded ROBBED IN TRAMCAR. In answer to the Magistrate, Inspector wall. This is said to have culminated in | ENCOUNTER WITH PIRATES CONDUCTOR REPORTS LOSS OF 9oMoody of the Water Police, said the the incident which formed the subject of
police were satisfied that defendant was the cross-summonses. not, attempting to smuggle the arms, although they were hidden under the canvas in his box.
لود با
The police have received a report from Leung Ou, a conductor employed by the Hongkong Tramway Co., to the effect that whilst travelling in car No. 41, near Tin Ilan Temple at, Whitfield, on Sunday, he was robbed of $23, the property of the Tramway Company..
ile had this money in his right hand side pocket. Two men boarded the car near the temple, and when he pulled the communication cord and blow his whistle these wen jumped off the car and escaped.
The Magistrate: If he comes from Mexico he probably habitually walks shout with guns on him, but he must have seen the dotices posted up in the ship.
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SMALL RIVER STEAMER TURNS TURTLE.
NO LIVES LOST.
News has been freeived in Hongkong HOUSE IN KOWLOON CITY of an accident to a mall river steamer,
RAIDED.
ARMED ROBBERS DECAMP WITHOUT LOOT.
the s.8. Ti Sing, which left Wuchow on Friday afternoon for Hongkong, with 100 passengers and a considerable amount of cargo.
BY H.M.S. "ROBIN,”
ONE PIRATE LAUNCH BUNK'; At yesterday's hearing His Worship ANOTHER CAPTURED. said that he had devoted much thought to the case, and had come to the conclu: Following upon the newa of the last sion that both sides were very largelying active in the Canton delta it is satis
few days that pirates were again becom- to blame. He was of opinion that the factory to be able to record the sinking ght had been started simultaneously by of a pirate launch and the capture of
both sides.
Each of the principal parties (Mr. H. A. Barros and Mr. Roza) was fined $10, and in addition Mr. Rozs was ordered to pay Mr. Barros $5 to defray his doctor's bill. All parties were further bound over in $100 to keep the peace' for six months.
TRESPASSER "HEAVILY
FINED.
another by H.M.S. Robin, The captured pirates have been taken to Kongmoon and there handed over to the Chinese authorities. Although it is not yet com- firmed, it is believed that the two launches attacked by the British gunboat were those that attacked the Shekki passenger junks early on Sunday morn ing.
It appears that late on Sunday after.. Boon the gunboat encountered the two launches in the Sailem chaunet aud.. suspecting, them, called on them to stop, FOUND IN SERVANTS' QUARTERS, The launches turned and fed, with the gunboat in hot puranit. Hoping to A Chinese coolie, who was found tres outwit the patrol, the launches stonmed passing in the kitchen of No. 6. Cox's up a greek with the intention of getting Road, Kowloon, occupied by Inspector S. into shallow water. The Robin forestall- Eccleshall, of the Sanitary Department, et this action and opened fire on the two was yesterday morning sentenced at the launches, sinking one. The other sur- Kowloon Magistracy, by Mr. E. W. rendered. It is not known if any of the Hamilton to two months' hard labour pirates were killed or wounded, "but the with the option of a fine of $100.
Naval meu linded over to the Chinese Overpowering the officer, the intruders The Tin Sing which is commanded by with the intention of finding a friend em into their hands.
The coolie said he went to the house authorities at Kongmoun all that fell started to search the promises, but before of some 6 registered tons She was refuted by Inspector Eccleshall who ex-pirates had made very elaborate arrange- Capt. David Morgan, is a wooden shipployed there as a "boy." This story was There is reason to believe that these they had made much progress one of the built in 1000 and purchased by her pre-plained that he had not employed a "boy" inants for an attack on the Kongmoon occupants raised an alarat, which caused sent owners the Luen Mow 9.8. Co., of for the last 17 months. them to tako their departure without any 65. Connaught Road Central, about seven
convoy the same evening. This convoy The defendant's record showed that he consists of three river steamers running Jook
years ago.
had two previous convictions for stealing, btween Hongkong and Kongmoon.
A house in Kowloon City, occupied by a Chinese military officer and his family, was broken into on. Bunday at 7, by four Chinese armed with revolvers and a dagger.
At Ho Lok Village, near Monk's Head, the vessel went ushore and, inter turned turtle. Fortunately, no lives were lost.
The passengers and most of the cargo were taken off the ship by the..s. Kal Sung belonging to the same-Company.
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