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ROYAL AIR FORCE ENTERTAINED
AT MACAO.
FLIGHT OF SEAPLANES MAKE WEEK-END VISIT,
OFFICIAL RECEPTION AND LAVISH HOSPITALITY.
H.E. The Governor, The Portuguese Naval Aviation, and the residents of Macao very kindly invited a fight of Royal Aff Force machines to visit Macso for the week-end
The machines were Fairey III. D. Seaplanes, the same type as those in use by the Portuguese Naval Aviation at Macão, except for the engines which are Napier Lion 430 h.p. instead of Rolls Royce.
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The visiting Officers were Squadron Leader C. É. H. C. Macpherson, A.F, Commanding Kai Tak, Flying Officer R. Vaughan Fowler, R.A.F., Lieutenant J. W. H. Healing, R.N. (F.O., RA.F.), Lieutenant, F. W. N. Bassett, R.N. (F.O., R.A.F.), Lieutenant C. G. Trencham, R. N., and Flying Officer F. M. V. May, at R.A.F.
The flight left Kai Tak at 10.30 on Saturday morning, few round Kowloon Bay, then passed to the north of the City of Victoria' taking the southern route south of Lantae Island to neno, which was reached ai 1120, the 44 miles having taken exactly 30 minutes in the face of a strong wind.
The Ë.A.F. Dinner Party. In the evening the visiting cfficers gave a dinner party to a few of their hosts at the Riveria Hotel, at which Squadron Leader C. E. B. C. Macpherson expressed bis thanks on the part of the visitors for the most enjoyable time they had had, In so doing he said this extremely The machines landed near the cordial reception, which has been
Great Island of Tai Pao and were housed accorded" to
Britain's for the week-end in the typhoon-youngest service shows that the bond
proof hangar belonging to the between her and her oldest ally is
as strong as ever."
Portuguese Naval Aviation. It is interesting to note that in the same hangar was the Seaplane Sania Cruz which was the first machine to Ar the South Atlantic, and which has been in service since 1922 and still looks as good as new.
In reply Commander Cabral said that it was a great pleasure to the Portuguese to welcome the Royal Air Force to Macao. For, himself it had a particular significance, as he had spent many months in Eng land working with the RA.F., taking special courses of dying instruction.
An Elaborate Programme, The visiting fight after their arrival soon found that a most
He looked back tipon those months -elaborate programme had been ar
ranged for their entertainment, az some of the happiest he had ex Commander J. Cabral, Command-perienced, and he sincerely hoped
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1928.
TAIPO FISHERMAN'S A DON JUAN CHARGED.
COMPLAINTS.
WRONGFULLY ARRESTED"
AND-BEATEN.
INVITED TO A TRA HOUSE- BUT GIVEN NOTHING TO EAT.
Much laughter was caused during the evidence of a. fisherman of Taipo, one of the emple old fashioned school, yesterday after noon at the Summary Court He was suing a feh shop masster and his joki and a Chiness detective, all of Taipo, for $1,000 damages for wrongful imprisonment.
The Case was heard by Mr. | Justice P. Jacks," Mr. A. el Arquili appearing for the claimant and Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones for the fich shop -master and his foki.
LEARNT HIS EVIL ART EROM:
AN OLD MONKI
·ANOTHER TROUBLESOME
DAUGHTER.
Lam King, a boy employed by. the China Provident Loan & Mört- goge Co., was before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy yesterday charged with an offence against an unmarried girl, Chan Mi Ying, under the age of eighteen, and harbouring her.
Mr.T. H. Williams of the 8.C.A. prosecuted, and Mr. Leo d'Almade Ez. was present on behalf of the parents. Mr. Horace Lo was for the defence.
ROUND THE POLICE COURTS.
ANOTHER" NATHAN ROAD THIEF PUNISHED.
KOWLOON CASES.
For stealing an alpaen coat and a lady's silk cloak from Nathan Road, which has proved a happy hunting ground recently for thieves,
Chinese was brought before - Mr. W. Schofeld at the Kowloon Magis tracy yesterday.
Sub-Inspector James said that the defendant was arrested in the act of pawning the articles and attempted to deceive the police by. claiming that the garments were The mother of the girl said that given to him by the son of the the defendant and his wife lodged master of the Sau Mau Timber in a cubicle at her fat at No. 34, Yard at Hunghom. Eater he ad- East Street, and had been very in-mitted that he stole the articles In his outline of the case, Mr.timate with the family. Witness from No. 400, Nathan Road. He lived with her husband and four had entered the house by climbing Artulli said that the plaintiff is a Asherman living in Taipo market. daughters and a son. The girl was
a drain pipe at the back. The first defendant, Cheung Kang, her second daughter. On July is the resistant of a fish shop at 9th the defendant shifted on the Taipo market, and, the third defea- grounds that the quarters were not dant, Cheung Tal Kwai, is the big enough to accommodate his master of the shop. The second wife and himself comfortably. The defendant, Lai Sang, is the Chinese next day she found that her daugh detective attached to Taipo Police ter was missing. Station
There was a sum of money owing to the master of the fish shop from plaint, which led him to think that he was justified in causing the arrest of the plaintiff. On June 17th, at about 1 p.m., plain tiff was standing cutside Sincere Company, Hong Kong, when the feki of the fish shop came up and the plaintiff that he was told to. arrested plaintiff.
make the arrest by his master, the third defendant.
The foli told
Assaulted In A Boarding House.
The foki then took plaintiff to a boarding house named Wing Yee Fong, close to the Sincere. Co., and
Witness suspected the defendant of having fured her daughter away as she knew that the defendant had taken lessons from an old monk in the Sun Wai district in the art of seducing women!" She made investigations and on the 31st found that the defendant had rented a cubicle on the 7th floor of No. 557, Canton Road and that her daughter was living with him.
She informed the police and had the defendant and her daughter ar-
rested.
Defendant, who pleaded guilty, bad had one previous conviction lar stealing. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
·A· YOUTHFUL THIEF.
A woman who earned her living by keeping a cigarette stall in Shanghai Street lost her day's takings on Monday. A Chinese youth stole a tin box containing the money, but before he could get away a constable arrested him.
The lad pleaded guilty to steal ing the money when he was brought before-Mr. Schofield. He stated that he had been in the Colony for three days and was without work.
The Magistrate ordered eight stoken of the cane and directed that Cross-examined by Mr. Lore the youth should thereafter be sent garding the age of her daughter, to the Secretariat for Chinese witness said that according to Chinese system, of reckoning age, Affairs to see what could be done her daughter was sixteen, but in for him. English reckoning she was fifteen
ing the Portuguese Naval Aviation that not only the B.A.F., but when they got there, plaintiff found Į and three months. Mr. Lo asked
and Mrs. Cabral gave a tiffin party their house, the visitors leaving soon afterwards by the Harbour Masters' launch for Macao, His
Britishers in China would look
upon Macao in the same way as they look upon Hong Kong pointed out that the Naval Aviation
the detective Lai Saug and master of the fich shop."
the withees, if she had scolded her AT CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.
daughter at home for laziness and told her that she was now sixteen. and it was time that she helped to sew like her older lister,
In the boarding house, the plam Hetiff was assaulted by the master of the fish shop, and after that he wae taken to a tea house. All the tea house and after that the plain-
Witness said that that phrase.
AN INDIAN VÄGRANT.
An Indian named Rullah Shah was a Chinese colloquial expression was again before Major C. Willson
be taken literally.
Excellency, the Governor. received at Macao was, small compared to three defendante had meal in the and was not the girl told the vagrant. Sub Inspector Elston
the British Officers at his residence "upon their arrival, and expressed his extreme pleasure at the visit.
The Tennis Club's Hospitality.
the R.A.F., but never-the-leas it was very important, and took its part amongst the necessary adjuncts of the Colony.
In conclusion he called upon Mr. At five o'clock the Foreign ReG. F. Bethell, Commissioner of sidents Tennis Club, gave a Tennis Customs, and Senior Foreign Resi Tea, H.E. The Governor Signor dent, to say a few words on behalf Tagmagniaida S. Barbosa and of the Foreign Residents, and in H.E. Madam Barbosa and their particular the British Government daughter attending with all the Cadets who had worked so hard and *Portuguese Officials and principle
on such friendly terms with the residents. This was a most success-
Portuguese, organisations in their ful entertainment and enabled the
efforts to make the visit a success. visitors to meet their hosts after-
Mr. Bethell, said that Commander "son was entertained to dinner at self, that there was nothing left for Government House, the remaining him to say, except, that it was al visitors attending a large dinner ways a pleasure to co-operate with party at the Hotel Riveri.
their Portuguese friends, and the In the evening the Club Tehnis
The father of
here from Singapore about five years ago, but owing to illness. he was at present without employment.
tiff was taken over to Kowloon Court that as far as he knew his said that his investigations where he was put on.
train and daughter was a good girl and very revealed that defendant arrived taken back to Taipe and brought obedient. He denied that she ever to the Police Station. Plaintiff was roamed the streets aimlessly. detained for two nights at Taipo before District Officer Mr. R. A. C. Police Station, and when brought North, the master of the fish shop alleged that plaintiff owed him $300. The case against plaintiff was then dismissed,
The principal tenant of No. paid the price of the cubicle and 537, Canton Road said the girl when the payment was made the defendant was not standing by
The case was adjourned until to day,
His Arms Held. Plaintiff corroborated his solici- and went on to state that at the shaken by the ecruff of his neck, tor's opening in the witness-box, to explan that "as he was being boarding house, the Chinese deteche felt justified in calling out for tive held his arms others could beat him. Witness
so that the help.
Mr. Hugh Jones: Who suggested also said that although he was going to test-The, master of the under arrest, he was made to pay ssh shop. his own train fare to Taipo. He
Mr. Hugh Jones: Very kind of
His Worship granted the police officer's request that defendant be sent to the House of Detention where he could be given proper medical treatment.
ALWAYS COMING BACK.
The record of a Chinese who was
wards Squadron Leader Macpher Cabra! had so ably expressed him-admitted that he owed the master him wasn't it 1-But the invitation showed that he was a persisteat
Civil in conjunction with the Club Gremio Militar gave an open air dance on the tennis courts, which had been beautifully decorated with flags and hundreds of electric lights
H.E. The Governor and Madam Barboss Commander Zannatti, A.D.C., and Mr. J. F. Breaan, Acting Counsul General Canton, who was also on a visit to Macao were present with the Naval and Military Officers, their wives and the residents.
The weather was perfect and the evening was a great success, and thanks to a cool southerly breeze the temperature was not too kot.
$300.
brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell for disobeying a banishment order
offender. In 1924 he was banished prison sentence for larceny. Two for ten years after a flogging and
entertainments given by them onneked Mr. Hugh Jones to compare other people were eating 1-I tried Colony again and since then he had
of the fish shop about $30 and not was not extended to me. It was Cross-examined by Mr. Hugh five. They ate and I had nothing extended to Lai Sang, the detec Jones as to why he did not try to eat. (Laughter.) to resist when arrested by the Mr. Hugh Jones: What were you months later he was found in the foki outside Sincere Co., witness doing, at the tea house while the his size and build with that of the to get away, but the master of the been twice in goal for the same much bigger man and that he was let me go. pres fokt, saying thất ke latter was fish shop told the detective not to offence. afraid to try conclusions with him.
this occasion had not only been appreciated by the R.A.F. visitors, but by himself and his foreign friends who were lucky enough to live in Macao."
Amongst those present were Com mander Zannitti, A.D.C., Count Villa Franca, Mr. Molasco, Com- mander Carmona, Assistant Har- bour Master, Mr. Hughes and the Government Cadets.
After dinner the party were enter tained by Count Villa Franca who gave most artistic renderings of old Portuguese and Spanish sengs play ing his own accompaniments on guitar.
to
Defendant was sentenced Bat On His Jacket.
twelve months' hard labour and From His Grandfather's Time. Mr. Hugh Jones: Did you put twenty strokes of the birch.. Asked as to how long he had the food in his mouth then 1-No, ted in Taipo, witness said that but I was put in a middle seat, if counting from his grandfather's and the others were in front and time, he had been in Taipo for at the side of me. over hundred years, but that he the detective sat on a portion of himself had. lived there for the flap of my jacket so as to "several tons of years.""
Furthermore DEATH BY MISADVENTURE.
Mr. Hugh Jones: I put it to you (Laughter.) Witness added that
prevent me from getting away. AGED COOLIE KNOCKED DOWN
··BY A CAR. that you went to the boarding even in the train, the detective house with the first defendant in caught hold of the flap of his quite a friendly fashion, and noteket.
A verdict of death by misadven
with his hand on your collar 1-No. Mr. Hugh Jones: At the Station ture was returned by the jury at Mr. Hugh Jones: Have you any in Taipo, who gave orders for you the Central Magistracy yesterday intention of leaving Taipo -I am to be detained -The master of the afternoon at the conclusion of the a fisherman and have no intention fish shop toid the Inspector to have slept in my house that night of quitting that trade. 1 would detain me if I had not been arrested. (Laugh
Witness in reply to further ques on account of the master of the The accident took place near the tions eaid that outside Sincere's fish shop that the Inspector, detain Western Market on the waterfront when the first defendant got hold ed me. dant shook him so roughly that he of the collar of his jacket defen- * Inspector Ran Away'
early on the morning of July 29th. Mr. BE. Lindsell icted became giddy. His giddiness re-
Mr. Hugh Jones: But why didn't turned when he was assaulted in you sue him as well-Because he Coroner. the boarding houe. He called out had run away. (Laughter.)
Save Life,"
inquest into the death of an aged not sue the Inspector for false im-in which he was knocked down. Mr. Hugh Jones: Why did you coolie following a motor-car-accident prisonment too 1-Because it was
The deceased was stated to be 88
Sunday's Programme...
The Return Journey, On Sunday afternoon the same The return journey to Hong Clubs gave a Tennis Tet, several of Kong was made yesterday morning, the guests taking part in the the Seaplanes taking off in forms various matchet.
tion, flew along the front at about Sunday morning was spent in a 500ft, then when approaching Gov. motor trip round Macno, and to level of the water in salate, H.E. Jones. Did you also
einient House they dived to theInvitation Not For Him. Cheungeha on the Macao-Shikki The Governor and Party, who were road, which is ideal for motoring.
on the garden balcony overlooking call out "Save Life" in the street the harbour returned the salute, and defendant--I did, but what is the owed money to, witness said that said that he could have easily pass when you were shaken by the first Asked as to how many people he ordinary course of events the driver
Mr. Hugh Jones: The Inspector years of age, and, according to the ed, your Lordship. He retired the road at a slow pace. In the Mr. Arculli: He has not abscondevidence of the driver, was crossing has left the Colony, your Lordship,
from Service.
A visit was paid to the marvellous | waved the visitors farewell, t
Commander Cihral" in his Ses use. I am a stranger, and eo, who he owed several persons money cd the man, but suddenly, the old Chinese residence and gardens be plane Santa Cruz ciroled the bar would come to my help! (Laugh- and that the master of the fish fellow began to run and was knock- longing to the Chief Magistrate of our coms 8 or 9 Hundred feet above ter.). Why
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shop was not his biggest creditors, ed down. He died an hour after the district, the return journey bee R.A.F., then escorted them on Mr. Hugh Jones: did you He had other, creditors for $500 or admission to the Government Civil
their return flight towards Lantao call out Save Life" 1-Why $600...
Hospital - ing måde so as to reach Macao in Island where he left them and re- shouldn't a man call out "Bare After further evidence from a One of the witnesses who gave
oned
than mege yang asanletad witness for a plainding the casevidence my the inqurilma the pe party at the" Iotel
(Laughter.) Witness than went on was adjourned until August 29th, of the decinsed who was fimself
(Continued on'nezt Column) at 10 am.:
over 50 years of age.
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