THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929.
KWANGTUNG'S WAR AMERICAN CHARGED TRAM EXTENSION. MACAO MERCHANT'S ROUND THE COURTS.
ON BRIGANDS.
WEST RIVER GANG
EXTERMINATED.
AN ORDER FROM NANKING.
PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)..
CANTON, Aug. 12. Nanking has issued an order to the effect that brigaħdage is to be put down, once and for all, in three months and local Govern ments are to get on with the task. It is a thing easter said than done
FRAUDS AGAINST KOW- LOON FIRMS,
ARRESTED IN SINGAPORE.
SHAUKIWAN VILLAGE IN
FESTIVE MOOD..
VILLAGE ELDER OPENS NEW TRACK,
An extension of the tramway route from the Shaukiwan terminus
ESTATE
BANK CLAIMS AND HONG
KONG PROPERTY.
CHIEF JUSTICE'S GUIDANCE
SOUGHT.
The affairs of the late Lo Lim Yeuk, who died intestate at Macao
$2 FOR SHORT CUT.
Charged with trespassing on the Kowloon-Canton Railway track 'ht Taamati, two Chinese who appear ed before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith explained that they were merely taking a short cut to their work. It was stated that recently a fence
A man named Alko E. Lilius (39). who claims to be an American. citizen, was extradited from Singa. pore on charges of fraud in Hong/ further into the village was the ocon July 15, 1927, caine before the bad. been put up by the railway casion for much rejoicing on the Chief Justico» (Sir Henry Gollan) athorities at a cost of $1,000 but
Kong, and arrived in the Colony on Saturday.
part of the laifongs, when cars ran
as the Supreme Court yesterday.
afr. Jenkin (instructed by Messrs. Es was charged before Mr. E over the new track yesterday. Wilkinson & Grist) appeared on W. Hamilton at the Central Magis- the opening ceremony which was Kong and Macao property. Mr., C. Tramcar No. 75 was selected for behalf of Lo Wing Kur, the eldest son and administrator of the Hong tracy, yesterday on four counts:-
1. That be between June 7 and performed in the presence of the G. Alabaster, K.C. (instructed by Tao and Hodgson), was for the July 4, contracted debts and Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Beith (Chairman eldest daughter, Lo Po On, and Babilities by obtaining goods to the of the Directors, Hong Kong Tram Mr. H. G. Sheldon (instructed by but the Canton Government bas value of $175.50 from the Pioneer already made good progress in its Silk Store, Peninais Hotel, Kow-ways, Ltd), Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy Johnson, Stokes Master, and (General Manager), Mr. V. Walker Deacons) represented the other campaign against West River brig-loon, by means of fraud; ands and pirates. The work has
and other officials" The vehicle car
The Administrator'a DiMeultias. Union Jack, and cushions were laid Jonkin said he had taken out the gied the Nationalist flag and the
Opening the proceedings, "Mr, on the lower deck seats for the summons for the purpose of ob. village elders, who showed great intaining his Lordship's guidance, And for permission for the local terest in the proceedings.
administrator to take certain step At 10.30 yesterday, Cheung with regard to the
That he between June 11 and been entrusted to the First Beg liabilities by obtaining goods to the June 30, contracted debts and ment and now three shallow draft value of 850.60 from Ahmat Dia, gunboats have been sent to co... tailór, of Kowloon, by means of
fraud; operate with the troops.
The operations have been mainly
;
3.That he between May 9 and July 8, contracted debts and in the Shun Tak district and reliabilities by
beneficiaries.
this does not seem to keep out tres- assets. The defendants were each
fined
SNATCHER'S SENTENCE,
Afteen strokes of the birch was the sentenes imposed by Mr. Whyte Smith on a Chinese who pleaded guilty to snatching a handbag con- talaing $13.81 from a Chinese Chinese pedestrian, who saw the married woman in Portland Street. offence committed made the arrest. The pedestrian was complimented by the Magistrate, who described the arrest as a smart piece of work.
Twelve months' hard labour and
ports are to hand of an important falbe it is obtaining goods to the Fung Yee, the chief of the elders Mr. Lo died intestate, at Mace YOUTHFUL SMUGGLERS.
r;
A Barious Case.
aces in Chrysanthemum Bay, a Kowloon, by means of frand; nod
4-That be between June 1, and particularly notorious haunt and
July 8, contracted debts "and the supposed headquarters of an liabilities by obtaining goods to the active and dangerous gang. Gov-talog of 897.05 from the Exxcelsior ernment troops succeeded in sur Co. of Kowloon, by means of fraud. prising and partly surrounding a Accused, who was advised not to
plead, was remanded. well-armed gang
several hun dreds strong. The brigande were cleverly entrenched and having plenty of modern rifles and several machine guns, they held the Goy ernment troops at bay for several At last they yielded to weight of numbers and while a few escaped to the hills the majority were captured or killed. Among the dead was their leader, Crooked Mouthed. Yu.
hours.
The Last Concubine.
on July 15, 1997, and was est performed the opening ceremony by vived by a widow, six concubines, driving the car over the new track eight sons, of whom seven were Two boys aged fourteen sad infants, and uipe daughters, of thirteen respectively were charged under the direction of Mr. W. whom six were infante. The eldest before. Mr. Whyte Smith with Glendenning. As the car started,on was Lo Wing Kun and the possession of raw opium on the fire crackers were let off along the eldest daughter, who was married, lureshore near the Green Island route to the accompaniment of yells at Lo Po On, for whom Mr. Cement Company's works at Hung- Alabaster was appearing. Thehom. The younger of the two, de- from the village urchins who made rest were represented by Mr.fendant had 26 taels in the posses up a large part of the procession of Sheldon with the exception of the ion, and was fined 2680 or in de- fault twelve strokes of the cana. Mr. Hamilton asked Mr. Reynolds, several hundreds. Adjoining the last concubing.
The other defendant was fined asuv the Chief Detective Inspector, why new terminus was small shop The evidence with regard to her or one month's imprisonment in the caso should be brought into his which was specially decorated for
was that she broke away from the respect of ten taels found on his Court. As the alleged offences the occasion and laid out with re- family after the death of Mr. Lo person. cured in Kowloon, His Worship freshments. The visitors were enter and by Chinese law and custom she had therefore deprived herself suggested that perhaps the Kow.tained here by the elders.
of any further interest in the loon Magistrate might like to bear, The new track means an exten- estate. His Lordship had made az the case Himself.
sion of 385 yards, making the disceder in the course of the proceed.
ings that the need not be served., tance from the Western Märket to
Lo Wing Kun was granted let the terminus 6 miles for a fiveters of administration by the Hong cents ride in the third class.
A Kong Supreme Court on November 9, 1927, and he was also appointed balloon loop at the new terminas administrator in Macao by the
Mr. Reynolds replied that, as the case was a serious one, the accused having been brought back here under the Fugitive Offenders' Act, he had thought the Senior Magis trate should hear the case..
Mr. Hamilton, however, held that
CROOKED MOUTHED YU.
Crooked Mouthed Yu had achiev.
enables the cars always to remain Supreme Court of Macao. ed, considerable notoriety. An
first class in the front. Besides
Mr. Lo's property in Hong Kon5. gly brute, with the facial distorthe case was one that should go be being a convenience to the resid- shares in various companies and a consisted of lease-hold property, tion suggested by his name, he fore the Kowloon Magistrate,”„- had terrorised the district for Asked if he wanted bail, Lilius cats, tha extension brings the per-small amount in cash. It was several months and many diegusting mid he did. He had been in cus- vice closer to the troops stationed worth about six lakhs but in the cruelties are charged against him. There was a price of several thou.tody since July 20 and had not been at Leckan. sand dollars on his head, but for able to get into touch with friends. Fears he had shown great skill-ic olading capture,
7!
There were great rejoicings, when. his body was brought to the city of Tai Liang to be photographed for identification. The soldiers were also delighted to learn that they had earned their "blood" money, and they received warm congratulations from the popula- tion."
From the sorthern border comes
to be not less than $1,500.
Accused was then remanded and
course of administration it was now worth about four lakhs. They were: After the conclusion of the open-concerned thiefly with the lease Mr. Hamilton said bail would haveing ceremony and some more hold property.
erneker firing, the motorman“ zud will appear before the Kowloon conductor, who had both completed 21 years' service with the Company: Magistrate.
started the regular service between the new terminus and Western Market.
MURDER CHARGE NEXT WEEK
The Chinese who was arrested some time ago for the alleged mur- der or an Indian constable - was brougat before Mr. Whyte Smith yesterday. The hearing of the case: against him has been fixed for August 21 at 2.15 p.m.
A" HARDENED CASE.
For stealing two jackets, one from
a cabbler and one from an appren tice, a Chinese youth was sentenced. at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. to two months' hard labour.
The youth had only recently been Bank and Its Depositors.
discharged from gaol, and last Mr. Co, who was a highly respect month, for a minor offence, he re- and public-spirited man in ceived twelve strokes. Apparently Macuo was the founder and sole this lenient treatment has done him proprietor of the Fo Harg Bank no good and His Worship in een- of Macao. At the date of his death teneing the defendant told him he the bank was insolvent, in the was a bad character and, that "he sense that if there had been 1 would have to go to gaol, "run" by depositors, their claim" strokes don't seem to do you any. could not have been met. The sole good." reason for that state of affairs [°
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BATHING BEACH THEFT.···
A Chinese convicted on a charge
The Accused's Baggage. Mr. Reynolds asked for an order to search accused's luggage with the complainants and in the presence of
Statement by Mr, Bellamy. the accused, with a view to identify- ing goods believed to have taken In a statement to the Press Mr. THE REDS ON THE BORDER. from the complainants and stowed Bellany said Our great hand-was- because deceased bad lavest
away in the luggage.
ed very large suma of money put His Worship nid the police could cap is the single track between the in the bank by depositors, in lease. the news that progress is being search the luggage, but they could | East end of the Polo Ground and hold properties in Hong Kong made in the campaign against the rot take away anything from it. He Quarry Bay. It may not be gen-, The bank was" insolvent to the of stealing 81 from Mr. R, La Sala Communist rabble under Chu Tak would even suggest to the police erally known that the Government extent of $691,621.22 (Canton cur- and an electric torch from 3r. V. and Mo Chak Tung by a combined that they did not touch his luggage is constructing a new road which rency), and the amount (in the A Neves while they were swimming force of Kwangtung, Fukien and at all. They should be able to will run South of the present road same currency) invested in Hong at Tai Wan Beach, was sentenced to Hunan troope
prove their case without having re- between Ah King's Slipway and kong property was 8648,724.60. On six months' hard labour. Colonel Chen Wai Yuen, the course to that..
Ming Yuen, i... behind the A.P.C. the date of Lo's death the last Inspector Stimson" informed His Canton leader is now at Fung Shi Before leaving the Court, the tanks at Bay View On this fond named amount in Hong Kong cur Worship that quite a number of in Southern Fukien and is preparaccased addressing himself to the there will ultimately be a double rency was $420,000 but the value irrconies were reported from bath ing another drive on the enemy. Magistrate, asked-May I speak to tramway track and but for the 1925 of the property had increased untiling beaches. People like the "de- The campaign in extraordinarily the journalists in Court!
strike this road would have been was worth $464,100. The total fendant used the sheds for changing difficult owing to the wild and
completed and the double tram amount owed by the bank to de-but when the other occupants left mountainous nature of the country, Mr. Hamilton: I am afraid you track in use about 1827 or 1928. At positors on February 8, 1999, was they searched their clothing for with which the Communist horde may not
Canton subsidiary valuables. The defendant had twe the present time, however, the Gov-8751,483 in ernment has not the necessary funds coins. At the then current rate of previous convictions against him to spare for this work and it is exchange it would be 870,079.29 in and is believed to be a member of doubtful if the new road will be Hong Kong currency. The banka gang of thieves working at the completed by 1932. In these circum was still insolvent and the deposi-bathing beaches. stances and in view of the great tora had not been paid increase in the number of people where there was another bank, the who travel by tram to the bathing
is thoroughly familiar. Numbers, discipline and superior equipment must tell in the long rim, but it is 'doubtful if this formidable force can be destroyed in the allotted three months.
NEW OFFICIAL TAKES
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[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
CANTON, Aug. 12.
THREE NEW ROADS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTOS, Aug., 12.
Mr. Lo also had estate in Macso
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Sub-Inspector Mac Wailey told his $25.00 To $65.00 The for highway in that region reduce the effective speed because of the estate until they were able
DISREGARD FOR HORSES.
beaches near Quarry Bay it becomes Pu Sang, which had been liquidated almost imperative that the present by order of the Court in Macao
A China motor-bus driver was A sum of $800,000 has been tram track be doubled even in the The Court had directed that the cautioned by Mr. B. Whyte allotted by the Provincial Treasury narrow part near the Yacht Club estate should be cleared leaving Smith at Kowloon Magistracy for for the construction of thres high. Some of the recent criticisms of the outstanding only the question of permitting a Chinese woman to ways connecting Canton with the Shaukiwan. service have been justithe Po Haug Bank, and at the re- stand on the foot-board of the bas Easy, South and West regions of fied in that although we have added quest of the members of the family, whilst in motion. He sold that the Mr. Tang Yin Wah was formally the Province. The Canton-Haulcow several new loops to enable more the Court had ordered that the woman wasted, to get off, but he installed the morning as Commis. Railway goes due north so there is cars to be accommodated it is of bank should continue to be carried could not stop until he came to the sioner of Reconstruction, in neces no need, for the present at least, vious that a multiplicity of loops on as 4 going concern as a part registered stopping point.
ion to Mr. Ma. Chiu Troon. new Commissioner, until several These three roads will be com- the car has to be slowed down to to get assets from Hong Kong for Worship that be followed the bus months ago, was the Commander pleted, it is hoped, by the end of about 4 mph, every few hundred the purpose of meeting depositors from President Apartments until of the 58th Division. During the this year. Their construction is yards to enter the facing points claims. the stopping place at the Po Hing inter-Kwang war, he fought with being estrusted to the various dis- If the present low fares are to con- Hong Kong and Shanghal Property Theatre Nathan Road, where he the Canton Army, but had the bad trict magistrates under the supertinus there is only one solution of The Hong Kong investments were told the woman to get of the run- fortune to be captured in Swatow vision of the Provincial Department the Shaukiwan problem and that is perfectly bona fide and he (counning board. He said, that her pre- by Yuen Ha Kou, who had allied of Reconstruction.
double track Meanwhile the sel) would ask his Lordship to sence worried the driver. himmelf with the Kwangsi party,
Company is doing all it can with countenance an application that the means (at its disposal and Hong Kong lease holds and the For several months he was in the PIRATE CHIEF CAPTURED? chiefly for the convenience of the cetate generally should, after the mountaine with other captives, but
bathers—the majority of the Quarry discharge of Jors) debla, be used fus release came when the Canton
Bay-Western" Market cars will be for the payment of the debts of authorities agreed to incorporate
Another China motor-bus driver According to the venacular suitably fitted and converted into the Po ng Bank. He was ask was fined 115 by Mr. Whyte Smith Yuen's followers into the Canton Prees, Fong San Yu, a notorious first class only cars on fine after ing this to avoid a forced sale to for reckless driving in Nathan
pirate chief of Biza Bay has been noolia and evenings for the remain- meet daims of debtors. *.
Road Captain H. M. Oliver, capturedt Wai Yang ntander of the bathing season as from There was also property in of the Hong Kong Singapore JAPANESE CONSUL VISITS 8watow, Fong was responsible for about Saturday next.
Shanghai approximately worth. Battery who appeared as complain- the pirating of a steamer from · The through Shaukiwan cars will; $100,000,0
ant informed His Worship that he CHUNG SHAN.
Shanghai two years ago when three of course, continue to be third cines Mr. Alshaster and Sheldon was leading a battery of horses and foreigners, and about ten Chinese on the lower deck and first class on said they had nothing to add to gans and was about to enter the [FROM OUR OWN CORREAPONDENT.)
passengers were made captive and top. When I arrived in Hong Kong Mr. Jenkin's remarks
Whitfield Barracks from Austin CANTON, Aug. 12. was The Japanese Combi-General for was offered by the Chinese author Contoh Yano is making a visit ties for tes capture to Chang Shan District, the birth. A short while ago he returned to plade of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen Wai Yang, his native village, and The Japanese Consul General knew was discovered by some villagers Dr. Sun quite well and has long who made a report to the magis wanted to make the to Macao and from there he sailed he was arrested. His fellow vil regular 21-minutes service rather to Shocki, where he was welcomed lagers are pressing for an early than two cars (running together) by Mr. Li Lu Chso, the magistrate extention and the magistrate has every 5-minutes and with a doable of the Model District, and taken by telegraphed to Canton for instructrack this would, of course, be a
simple matter. car to see all the places of interest.
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tions
ve years ago a regulse an action or thought Road, when defendant driving service on the Shaukiwan section Mr. Jenkin was entitled to the de- approached from the was adequate. Now, not only in claration he had suggested. He did Ferry at high speed and carried there a 5-minutes service through not propose to go into the facts in through the small gap between out, the day, but on heavy bathing detail because there was no die witness on his horse and the battery days each car is duplicated between pate about them and there was no trumpeter, causing witness to spur Western Market and Quarry Bay dispute about the law. He thought his horse in other to avoid being
the best for commsel in hit, Worship imposed & fins terested to agree to s fm order which they could submit to him 216 and remarked that besides being (his Lordship) in chambers guilty of a piece of impertinence Conneel agreed to his Lordship's the defendant had been a danger euggestion."
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