WAR ON THE MOON]
DEITY.
12-HOURS' RIDER MAIN SUPPLY,
CANTON'S AMELIATORS". BUT NO MORE FOR PEAKS
NEW PLANS.
**SUPERSTITION ELIMINATION
DAY."
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTOX, August 15. September 27, as everyone knows, is Mid-Autumn Festival, or, as it
RESIDENTS.
FROGRESS OF HARBOUR SCHEME. །
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The Government are to
солт
once an experiment on Monday ext of extending the hours of water supply from the rider mains to twelve daily. The Daily Freas was officially informed that the
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929.
SLACK POULTRY DEALER.
SUED FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT.
ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGĖS.
"Dilatory habits pervade the atmosphere of Chinese commerce of this nature," remarked the Puiste Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) in the Summary Court yesterday when the Wo Ping Tung Kee Restaurant
THE BURGLARY AT ROUND THE COURTS.
SINCERE'S.
TWO MEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED
·VALUABLE' GIFTS,
MASTER," BOY" AND A CHOPPER.
PLEA FOR LENIENCY.
Mr. K. Wohle of No. 39, Hum- phrey's Buildings, Koricon, sum- moned his cookboy balore Mr. T. At the continued hearing of the 1S. Whyto Smith at Kowloon Magis- case against two men charged with tracy for assault. complicity in the burglary at Messrs. Sincere's recently, a Chiness girl, living at No. 40, Gage Street, who was given several valuable
Defendant, giving, evidence said that his master rang the bell, when was reprimanded for being too long. he was in bed. On anwering, he He was then told to get some hot to the kitchen.
water and went
is generally called, Moon Cake the new concession during the pre. Co. sued the Fook Kee Lam poultry pieces of jade by one of the defend-Later his master cams to the kitchen
Day.
The Committee for the Ameliora tion of Customs and Manñers, look-
rent month may be of no definite duration but will depend solely upon the rainfall during the next forsright. The hours of supply will be 6 m to
p.m.
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and complained about him (witness) being too slow, Defendant told his master that if he was not satisfied He was told to leave but demanded Le could engage another servant,
stall, Central Market, for breach of ants, gave evidence before Mr. T.
contract to supply old Putti. Hazlerigg poultry to the restaurant daily. The girl said that'she had knowD The damages claimed amounted to the second defendant (who is only. $308.80 "
charged with receiving stolen pro-his par ap-perty) for four months.
The Peak supply will remais as at present.
Mr. F. H. Losaby represented the Although some of the smaller plaintif and Mr. M. K. Lo reservoirs are beginning to over-peared for the defendant. How, Tytamtuk reservoir is still only at the 33 feet level.
.
Increased Consumption.
It was pointed out that the com- pletion of the Aberdeen scheme will permit a more constant low and stumdy pressure in the rider main dietrets.
From
what she knew, the defendant had been away from the Colony recent
and returned
gi. on July Witness understood that he had been to Shanghai.
ing well abend, has decided that the Festival is another of China's bonds of superstition and must be
Ininenced by Market Prices. as strictly forbidden as an English
During the course of his judgments His Lordship observed that defend Maypole in Oliver Cromwell's day.
ant's salesman wrote out his firm's offer to supply the plaintiffs with However, realising the light and
old native poultry as required for frivolous nature of the popular
a period of one year at 44 cents per It will also result catty. No particulars were written mind the Ameliators are organising in a greater draw from Pokfulam although a verbal agreement had reservoir. Even though this reser-been reached that accounts were to counter festival of their own. It voir is spilling at the moment, be settled every ten days. is to be called "Superstition Elimi limited pressure from this source,
it is only possible to obtain a Supply proceeded in March but when the account was presented, de- nation Day"; it will be held on
In addition to supplies from fendant's salesman was paid 2100 the 15th day of the 8th moon and is also to be drawn from Tytam to been delivered and, on April 9, the Wong Nei Chong reservoir, water on account of 750 catties which had the chief event will be a lantern cope with the increased demands.
assist the rider main system and to defendant arm summarily stopped
delivery. procession, when baubers and the It is of interest to note that the In His Lordship's view, the dis 2-hours supply through the rider continueace of delivery under the lanterns themselves will bear the rains, which has been in force for contract amounted to a renuncia- Committee's favourite slogans clear-five days, has resulted in a daily tion, despite the fact that it had consumption of 8,000,000 gallons, ly demonstrating to the people the compared with 1,000,000 under the probably been influenced by fluctunt restrictions formerly in force. This firm thought they were acting within ing market prices and the defendant conforms to official estimates, which their legal rights. also state that, when the 12-hours' supply is brought into force, daily consumption may total 3,000,000 gallons.
folly of their beliefs.
No doubt an appropriate food of oratory by the usual mercenaries of the soap bax" will be let loose zimultaneously.
The Moon Cake Festival is a least in honour of the earth's satellite. Special cakes are baked; sugar candies of all shapes and sizes are for sale and bakeries are also decorated with flowers and fancy figures, dwarfed banyan trees and a host of symbolic articles. In the evening, after feasting, boys and girls make special offerings to the moon. No doubt a student of mythology would find kinship with the Michaelmas celebrations of a
past generation in Europe.
But the "Amelintors" have no interest either in mythology or the amusements and customs of ordinary people. Their intentions are known and bakers are hesitating to stock the goods appropriate to the sea:
zon.
justify the renunciation and would The defence had failed legally to have to pay damages. So far, judgment was in favour of the Harbour Fipe Line.
plaintiffs and the defence wodd A notice to mariners states that have to pay costs up to yesterday. operations in connection with the The parties might agree the dam cross harbour pipe-line are now ages but, failing agreement, could tonding 730 feet from the position proceedings were taken, however, being carried out over an area ex- apply to the Court., Before further of the intersection of the contre His Lordship invited reference to lice of Nathan Road on the Kow-the report on the case of "Poyzu, loon ses front.
Ltd. z. Saunders (1010) (2.K.B.
"A crab dredger, junks for de- 581). positing rubble and three diving. barges will he employed.
The area will be marked by six COASTAL STEAMER
sampany and all vessels employed will fly, as a distinguishing igual,
a square red flag.
All shipping must give this area a wide berth and under no circum- stances attempt to pacs between the mark, veacls."
AGROUND.
RESCUE.
On July 24, said the witness she met the second defendant at å Chinese boarding house morning and the first defendant was in the
present. The following day, both men called at her house at 10 o'clock in the morning and left just
about 1 o'clock and the second de before noon. They returned at fendant presented her with a piece of jade suitable for mounting. The girl was requested at the same time to see a jeweller about mounting another piece of jade which the ing all these proceedings the first second, defendant produced Dur
actual burglary) was present defendant (who is charged with the
Witness said that she had asked the second defendant how he came by the jade and was told that he had received it From a friend in
same night, the second defendant Amoy who owned a judo store. The
gave her a brooch.
Defendant admitted that he was holding a chopper in his hand when he quarrelled with the complainant, but this was only be because he had Just been chopping wood. that he beard the quarrel and going The house coolie in evidence said
to the kitchen saw defendant with the chopper in his hand. He took it away from hire.
Mr. Weble "remarked to His good servant and he did not wishe Worship that defendant had been A
press the charge.
Worship said, it was not for him. Addressing the complainant, His to make rules as to servants' work- ing hours; he could only tell the himself. did. He would never ring complainant what he (His Worship) for his boy at 11.30 p.m thought the case a serious one. Ser- His Worship intimated that he vants could not be allowed to con- front their masters with choppers. He would like to have a little time to consider the sentence.
had been excited, and asked for the
Mr. Wehle said that both of them
J'defendant to be let off this time.
Defendant was fined 850 or one month's hard labour.
THEFT OF A CLOCK. "A Chinese who had only recently been released from gaol was con- victed by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith office of Messrs Lyon & Hall, of stealing a clock from the branch
Nathan Road. A sentence "of tour months hard labour was imposed.- WARRANT FOR ARREST ISSUED.
Defendants' Statements. Evident was given as to the statements made by the defendanth when they were first charged at the A Chinese, Leung Lan Yau, was Central Police Station. The first Whyte Smith at the instance of Mr. summoned to appear before Mr. defendant spoke a peculiar dialect Ling Put Cham for use of labels HENRY KESWICK TO THE only interpreter found rendered it and for possession of a quantity of (believed to be Foochow) and the which resembled the trade mark of the complainant's cholera mixture, into Cantonese and another inter- the mixture on which false labels preter la tura had to render had been applied. it into English. This was a slow summons, and Mr. H. C. Lee, whe Defendant failed to answer the
when the statements had to be asked His Worship to issue a war On her way to Hong Kong on
formally proved yesterday after-
rant for the arrest of defendant. Monday, the sa Ulrikka (Nor-Con before the Magistrate.
After hearing evidence of service of the summeas, His Worship issund wegian) experienced engine trouble
the warrant. when she was off the outer bank of West Hainan, and went ashore A wireless message was sent to Hong Kong and in turn the follos. ing radio message was transmitted from Hong Kong, to all vessels in the vicinity: »
CHINESE WILL CASE. S.S. SUISANG ALSO HELPS, process, but it was even mère so, appeared os behalf of complainant,
PLAINTIFF'S SUDDEN
WITHDRAWAL.
DEFENCE TO BE GRANTED
PROBATE.
Something in the nature of a DOWN WITH TABLETS AND surprise was created when the dia
ARCHES.
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Another thing that the Committee has resolved upon is the tearing -down of all stone tablets and arches in the streets of Canton. The Com- mittee states that these arches were put up during the Manchu Dynasty when feudalism was at its height They are expressive of feudal ideas and must therefore be banned.
"S.S. Ulrikka ashore on outer bank of West Hainan. Seventy passengers aboard and require nasistance."
The answer made by the first de fendant to various charges against him, were to the effect that he was left stranded in Hong Kong. He did not know the language and had mother was over seventy years of no friends. He added that his
age. The defendant further admit. ted that he broke fato Sincere's and stole the jade.
BUCKET SHOP SWINDLE.
The second defendant's statement pute over a Chinese will, before the
was to the effect that had be known Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan), yesterday owing to the suddes8 in the Supreme Court, collapsed
he was receiving stalen property he This measage was picked up the would have notified the Police. withdrawal of his claim by the Sneddon) on her way to Hong trial.
Suisang, (Captain B.J.J. Both men were committed for plaintiff, Dr. Hung Sai Chuen, the Kong from Singapore. This vessel Kwa Cheong, who died on Febru-replica. Receiving none, the Bui. fifth con of the late Dr. Hung broadcast the message and asked for ary of this year.
The plaintiff claimed that a will sang altered course to give any.
assistance required. one and asked for probate to be dated February 22 was the true granted The defendans, two other sona and a concubine of the de- ceased, denied the plaintiff's daim Many people surmise that the and alleged that the signature to next thing will be destruction of the will cited by the plaintiff was the temple gods, unless the Gov-pot that of the testator but was a ernment has the sense to buy a
forgery,
uzzle for the Ameliators.
DISCOVERED BY 'CANTON PATROL.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Ship Refloated. Another radio message from Hong Kong was picked up by the Suisarg stating that the vessel had been refloated and was being towed to Hoihow. In the meanwhile, the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Tug
repairs.
FIVE MEN SENT TO PRISON.
SOMERSET L.I. MEN SENT TO PRISON.
Privates Harry Brigg And Thomas Wynes of the Somerset Light Infantry were before Mr. E.. W. Hamilton at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday for stealing, four gold watches from a shop at 26, Queen's Road East:
Both defendants pleaded guilty, Private Brigg stating that he was short of money and went intending to steal to get some money
out
His Worship said: "I suppose it is the old story of trying to go Home. I.cannot regard this case leniently, as two men from your Regiment were not long ago -sen- tenced by me, and the sentence" pass- ed on them did not seem to carry much weight. I therefore sentence you to six months' hard labour
"PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF" each."
maan.
Henry Keswick" left hurriedly Plaintiff to Pay Costs,
and rushed to the assistance of the
INNOCENCE IN WANCHATI. Mr. F. C. Jenkin (counsel for bank of Hainan, but sent a wire labour were imposed on two men, dez and described as a Panama
Ulrikka. She arrived at the outer
Sentences of six months hard plaintiff) said that the case would
A woman named Natalia Fernan- less massage stating that she could while three others were sent to pri-zubject was summoned before Mr. probably be a very long one sad, THREE BOMBS IN A 'BUS. the hope that something might not find the Ulrikka
son for four months each in con- E W. Hamilton for soliciting This message was also picked up be saved out of the small estate, by the Suisung which reported that nection with the Bucket Shop!! he had conferred with his client the Ulrikka had been refloated and swindle. which has been occupying Seraphinea, gave evidence that the A K.0.5.B. private, named W. and it had been decided that plain
the First Magistrate, Mr. E. W woman, accosted him in Wanchai. tiff would withdrar his application was on her way to Hoihow. for probate. He could not oppose ed to Hoihow from whence the will
The Henry Kerwick then proceed. Hamilton for several hearings. This the defendant denied. She At the conclusion of the evidence said that he was the offender and probate of the second will eited by tow the Ulrikka to Hong Kong for yesterday, his Worship ordered two had said to her, "Hello Mary, " the, defence.
of the seveni men arraigned before and she had told him to look else Mr. H. G. Sheldon, counsel for
him to be discharged. Dealing where for his Mary" the defendants, said he was pre- Proceeding Under Her Own Steam, with the others, he said that the CARTÓN, August 15.
A member of the Military Police, pared to prove the other will. He The local agents, Mesra Kals case was as plain as a pikestaff. An said he arrested defendant follow- had not expected the case to end ten & Larsen, informed our repre- old firm of good reputation went in a complaint by the K.O.S.B. Three botabe were discovered last like it had done. He had an expert sentatite that fall details of the into bankruptcy. They vacated the night in a 'bus belonging to the wither who had been down in grounding are not yet available, premises and left their signboard. The defendant declared that the Fook Loa Bus Company. The dis og Kong for two days but it but that the Ulrikka reosted with behind. The defendants went into had spent the evening in all in had been thought that he could be the high tide and is proceeding the premises and altered one letter nocence at the Queen's Theatre. covery was made by a Police patrol, allowed to return to Canton. He slowly under her own steam to Hol of the name and then the evidence Questioned by the Magistrate abe who stopped the 'bus in Sap Pat was the lawyer who attested the how. The nature of the engine showed that they went round and admitted that she was living, an in- Po Street and searched the passed-Kong again next week.
will and he would return to. Hong trouble is also unknown at the time ordered goods, sometimes for the moral life. Two convictions were
of going to press.
firm and sometimes as travelling proved against her, one for keeping gors for contraband in the ordinary Mir.. Sheldon suggested that he The 4. Ulrikka, registered un- tradesmen The victims, it appears disorderly house. course of their duties. Naturally should proceed with the general der the Norwegian flag, is com- ed were all under the impression
Fined $30, or two months' im no one claimed the bombs, so the the special evidence later and call was under charter to Messrs. Chan fat they were dealing with the old prisonment,
firm. Police took all the passengers to His Lordship agreed but Mr. Yue Teng.
His Worship, continuing, said J.O.J.L ASSAULT CASE. gaol for strict questioning. Most of Sheldon aid
that
further Built in 1800 by Messrs. Nylands that the evidence showed that the them were soon released but four might proceed in chambers, Sir ex Uto, has a nett tonnage of 839 goods against which they had paid boarding-house runners
thought ho considered that be Verksted at Olso, the s.s. Ulrikks, defendants ordered $6,000 worth of The case against three Chinese men were kept in custody awaiting Ileary Gallan agreed to this course
charged tons and gross, 1,430 tons. She is 8100 or 8200 and almost all the with assaulting two other Chinese further investigation. The author and made an order on the counter. a steel screw steamer with engines, goods had disappeared. That in aboard the J.C.J.L. a. Tjitaroem ities are of the opinion that a Com claim, kammekond installed by the builders developing dicated intent to defraud and His was continued before Mr. T. S.
Judgment was entered for defen- 100 "N.H.P. Her dimensions are, His Worship added that the man Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magis". munist plot is going on and special dants with coats for the proceed. Length 231.5 ft. Beam 35. feet and ner in which the books of the firm tracy yesterday and the hearing was precautions are being taken.
ings up to yesterday.
Depth 10.3 feet.
were kept was riddiculous.
adjourned.
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