WHO IS NG SHING?
LAUNCH MORTGAGE CASE ALLEGATIONS.
THEFT BY AN ALLEGED PRETENDER.
At the continued hearing 'yester day of the action in the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph" Kemp), to decide the
KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
ELABORATE PLANS FOR PARADE.
IMPRESSIVE MUSTER OF
LOCAL GARRISON.
The acial celebration of the birthday of H.M. King George V. had been fixed to be held on June
"
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS - WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1930.
ECHO OF VILLAGE OVERLOADING CASE ENTICED INTO THE
COUNTRY. CONCLUDED. MURDER.
THREE MEN WANTED BY A LENGTHY SUMMING UP. CHINESE GIRL VICTIMISED.
CANTON.
AN INSIGHT INTO CHINESE VILLAGE LIFE..
MASTER'S MISFORTUNE RATHER THAN FAULT.
FAIRY STORIES REGARDING ELYSIAN SCENES.
A very interesting overloading Cheung Fun, a young Chinese case, was brought to a conclusion | girl, was charged before Mr. A. G. at the Marine Court yesterday H. Grantham at the Central Ma when Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N., | gistracy yesterday with enticing an
other
No
matter what cleaning equipment you possess you need a
EWBANK
CARPET SWEEPER
as well
ownership of the launch Sun Chit 3, when a parade will take place menced against three Chinese of sitting as Marine Magistrate, said 11 year old giri, Lam Mui, out ofTO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF YOUR CARPET
garrison past the Cenotaph, at which point H.E. the Governor will take up his position,
at Status Square at 10 a.m. follow On, now lying in Hong Kong, hared by a ceremonial march of the bour, the defendant, who is con- ducting his own casė, gave evidence from the witness-box. In the course of his evidence he went on to re- late the circumstances in which he mortgaged the launch, which he claimed as his property, to obtain
$3,000.
On arrival of H.E, the Governor, he will be met by the General Officer Commanding, the Rear Admirni and the Senior Officer, R.A. F.,, together with their staf and officers. He will be "received with the Royal Salute by guards of honour drawn from the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, the and Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the 3rd Battalion the 15th Punjab Regiment.
After taking up his position at the Cenotaph a Royal Salute of 21 guns will commence.
Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Messrs. Russ and Company is appearing for the plaintiff, Chan Wo Po, who claims ownership of the launch on behalf of the Po On Company of Canton. It is alleged by the plaintif that the defendant, Mak Chun Loong, who attended to the registration and obtaining
The firing party of permits for the launch in Hong Kong, fraudulently mortgaged the will be formed by the H.K.S.R.A. launch by pretending to be Ng and will be stationed at the Murrey Shing, which was the name of a Parade Ground. After the 7th, 14th former manager of the Canton firm and 21st rounds of the Salate, the and under whose name the vessel Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was registered in Canton. Plain-will fire a few-de-joie, The massed tia claims 10,000 as the present military bands will then play the value of the launch and damages.
Defendant, who had not filed z statement of bis defence, denies that he is Mak Chun Loong. He claims to be Ng Shing and the owner of the launch.
Leung Wah, assistant manager of the Yue On Company of Canton, .stated that the atcam launch was the property of his firm but was sold to the Po On Company. He produced a deed of sale, saying that 8000 bargain money was paid by Ng Shing and the deal was completed with Chan Wo Po, the
plaintif
His Lordship: Is defendant Ng Shing 1-No.
"He Stolp Our Boat," Another witness called stated, in answer to plaintiff's counsel, that if the defendant claimed to be un- able to speak the Chiu Chow dialect, he was only pretending, as they had conversed together in that dialect
Defendant asked witness why the Po On Company should settle the
whole of the National Anthem, and this will be followed by three cheers to be given for His Majesty.
The March Past.
The conclusion of the parade will be marked by the various units marching past His Excellency in column of route. "
The massed military bands in attendance will be composed of the bands of the Somersets, the High- landers, the Punjabis and the Volunteers and will be under the command of Bandmaster E. J. Woolcott, S.L.I.
Before Mr. R E. Lindsell the Central Magistracy yesterday, extradition proceedings were com
the Tailno Village in Na Hoi Dis trict who are wanted by the Chinese authorities for an act of alleged murder; said to have been com mitted on May 3 last.
Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assist ant Attorney-General, prosecuted and Mr. Hin Shing Lo, instructed by Mr. Horace Lo, defended.
"
Outlining the case against the defendants, Mr. Fitzroy stated that on May 3, the village appeared to be in state of terror under a
band of people of which the three defendants
that he was satisfied the vessel was overloaded. but in this connection it was, through the misfortune rather than fault of the master, and accordingly imposed the small fine of $23.
the Colony.
Inspector J. Murphy, prosecut- ing, said that the girl had been employed at 48 Robinson Road for some time and appeared to have been well treated. The accused The case had been the subject of was also employed there for about a "month, but nine days previous to several hearings, and Mr. O. E. C. Martan appeared for the defence, the disappearance of the little while Mr. T. B. Lowe of the Har-girl, the defendant left and went bour Department prosecuted.
back to bor" own house.
is
In registering a conviction, the While the defendant was working at 48 Robinson Rond, she told the Magistrate said: "The evidence given by the prosecution was per-little girl a lot of fairy stories were members. The fectly straightforward, and im about the wonderful scenes
pressed me as being given in a very China, and, the girl agreed to go
It struck me as with her into the country. clear-cus manner. being the truth, or at least, their idea of the truth at the time. They admitted a little lop at the time. I think the matter of the lop was a good deal magnified by the de- fence, however.
Magistrate at Nam Hoi had sent the village a letter asking the villagers to offer rewards for the capture of twelve persons described as. bandits. A meeting of the villagers was held and a man named Tam Un conducted affairs. A long discussion was held and a few days afterwards the man Tom En was shot by a party of men, among whom, it is alleged, the defendante were present.
After the murder, said Mr. Fitzroy, no report was made to the Magistrate at Nam Hoi, as appar- ently the village was still terroris ed by the same party of bandits and it was only when a number of seldiers went to the village that the place was cleared up. Mr. Fitzroy mentioned that he would be getting someone from the Nam Hoi Magis- tracy to come to Hong Kong to give evidence.
Brother's Evidence.
.
Tam Tai, a brother of the man
who was shot, stated, in the course
1 adjourned this case in order to go aboard and examine the ship. I then came to the conclusion that it was not impossible to get a fairly accurate reading of the ship's marks. On this occasion the rise and fall of the lop was about 3 or 4 inches Even had the rise or fall been from 6 to 3 inches, I still think that the mean load draft could have been read."
"Slightly Overloaded,"
His Worship continued: "The difference between the mean draft at 9.30 p.m., as set forward by the defence and the mean draft, when the ship set sail (which was agreed upon as 10 ft. 3 inches by both parties) left one inch to be account
On May 9, when the accused had already left 48 Robinson Road, she met the smaller girl in Robinson Road and asked if the latter was willing to go to the country. The girl replied that she had first to get the consent of her employers" and her mother. The accused per- suaded her that that was unne cessary.
At 5 p.m. the same day the two met at Ladder Street, and the girl was taken by the accused to a ship sailing for Kongmoon. The defen- cant's mother was on board and the defendant turned over the girl to her. The mother of the accused left the Colony with the girl, but the accused herself remained be hind.
When the Game Was Up. The girl was taken to Kongmoon Village, where she was compelled to do domestic work in a certain. house. On May 13 or 14 the de- fendant's mother got news that her daughter had been arrested in can- nection with the kidnapping of the girl. She immediately sent the girl back to the Colony through the medium of a female ship runner employed on board a ship 'bound for Hong Kong.
Twenty members from each of the of his evidence, that he actually ed for. I personally am of opinion following bodies have been request saw his brother shot. The unfortu- that this would be accounted for by ed to attend-Ex-Active Service nate man was held up by a gang the sag' of the ship, which was Men's Association, the British Leof twelve persons, four of whom an old one.
"I find, however, that the ship was gion, the Mercantile Marine, St. were alleged to have fired their re John Ambulance Brigade, Boy volvers at him. When the witness in fact slightly, overloaded to the Scouts and Girl Güides.
saw this, he ran away to the neigh-extent of about one inch mean.pected in connection with bouring village to the house of a This difference is possibly account- Witness said that theed for by the master of the ship be- relative, three defendants were among the ing misinformed by his predecessor. There was in my opinion no at four who shot his brother.
Asked why the men should have tempt at deliberate overloading. It was rather the master's misfortune shot his brother, the witness ex- plained that the villagers had re-than his fault. But it must be
The following units will be pro- sent:-12th, 9th and 31st Heavy Batteries, Royal Artillery; Royal Engineers, Royal Signals, 1st Bat- talion Somerset Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Royal Army Service
the
Concluding, Inspector Murphy said that the defendant was sun affair and, when interrogated by the Police, she admitted having enticed the girl.
Wis
Asked by the Magistrate if she had any explanation to give, the accused confessed that she wrong in taking the girl away without the consent of her mother of employers.
case with Dr. Basto, to whom the Corps, Hong Kong Mule Corps, Iceived a despatch from the Nam borne in mind that he had many 8100, or two months' imprisonment,
launch was mortgaged.
Witness: We want to go for Mak Chun Loong because he was the man who stole our boat.
Defendant How is it that you Mr. recognise the validity of Busto's claim ---It was you who got Dr. Basto into trouble, as you stole our launch and mortgaged it to him.
2nd, 4th and 5th Heavy Batteries and the 1st Mountain Battery of the H.K.S. Brigade, Royal Artillery, the Royal Navy, the 3/15 Punjab Regiment, the Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps, the Royal Navy and Marines;
Defendant's Statement.
opportunities to check-up the mean leaded draft figure, given to him as 11 feet. He made no attempt to do so.
Under the circumstances I muat
Hoi Magistrate ordering the village elders to offer rewards for the apprehension of some twelve men, whose names were given. A meet. ing of villegers then took place at the ancestral temple and certain of register a conviction." the bandits were present.
Previous to the finding, Mr. John demanded that a reply be written Leach, chief engineer of the s.s. "Tin to the Nam Hoi Magistrate to the Yat, gave evidence, during the effect that the persons named in course of which he was subjected
These
His Worship fined the defendant
and remarked that he had taken into consideration the fact that the defendant was young and also that she was not the chief culprit in the
case.
SUGAR FACTORY ABLAZE.
THOUSAND DOLLAR NOTE AMONG LOSSES.
In a statement from the witness- the order were not known to the to a rather lengthy cross-examina- | Fire broke out in the godown of
Before going into the witness-box, box, the defendant aid that he was village. With this respect, the de- tion.
defendant called a clerk at Policothe owner of the launch and it was ceased complied... Witness explain-Magistrate, contended that ever Fire appliances from the Kowloon
usual to hire it out to Mak Kat
One time difficulty ed that his brother was the The Cheung At
arose owing to arrears of hire, and of the village at the time. defendant refused to hire out the
Arrest the Innocent! launch any more unless security was provided. Mak Ket Cheung then naked defendant not to worry,
Headquarters as a witness latter said that he remembered a report being made through him on October 29, 1927, by the defendant, who gave his" name as Ng Shing The report stated that the launch had been seized by the Peasant Corps at Swatow.
Replying to his Lordship, witnees said he did not remember defen- dant producing a power of at
torney..
struck out the evidence.
Another witness from the Har-
"
leader.
An interesting point mentioned by
Mr. Marton, in addressing the should his Worship find that thers was overloading, be would ask him to state that there was no deliberate intent. In these circumstances, he would ask that only a nominal fire be imposed.
the Shiu Kee Sugar Factory, in Mangkok early yesterday morning. Station and at Mongkok were m- mediately despatched to the scene, but the fire had gained a firm hold and it was not until an hour and a balf later that the fames were extinguished.
The damage to the property, which is covered by insurance, is losses is stated to be a $1,000 bank- estimated at $7,000. Among the note, the property of the shop master.
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE,
as the amount outstanding was only the witness was to the effect that $1,050.
the Magistrate's order from. Nam Defendant continued that Mak Hoi stated that if the wanted ago, they clashed, as a result of Kat Cheung paid two visits to
persons could not be apprehended, which over forty Tams were arrest Canton in order to raise money without being able to do it. On steps would be taken to apprehended, twenty of whom were still in February 9, 1999, defendant mort innocent persons. It was possible custody! (Laughter.). gaged the launch for 83,000 because that the bandite shot witness The Tam clan explained the he was in need of money and had brother because they were not sure witneas, was divided into three not received the arrears due for of the latter's attitude.
branches. Witness said that one of In anawer to the Magistrate, the three fugitives came from the EARTH COOLIE KILLED AT Mr. Sheldon raised an objection hire of the boat. The next incident
occurred on February 22, when witness said that the villagers wait- same branch as he himselt.
CHEUNG CHAU with regard to-defendant's name, Mak Kat Cheung dismissed the cd seven months before they mads "answer to Mr. Lo, withess
a report to the Magistrate because as stated by witness, being admix. crew. Defendant then placed two
on board to they were afraid of the bandits.agreed that the three clans enjoyed,
in equal proportions, the ancestral A serious accident, marked by the -aible. His Lordship agreed and Indian watchmen
guard the launch and at the same After a time some of the villagers property, cach clan taking the death of one of the four men in- time dismissed the coxswain, removed to another village, and it reins of authority for Cheung Chau
Witness went was thought re-
After having carted earth von bour Office, the interpreter, add mattere sine toon to refer to other port the affair to advisable to a rotation. It was a one year by Yolved, occurred on
faunch until he was arrested and Nam Hoi Witness added that he there was much fighting between that he remembered a report being put on trial at the Criminal was so afraid of the bandits, that the three branches. The income of their iron trucks, the four men were he even dared not recover his the village was about 83,000 per crossing, a light railway which nade in 1997 in connection with a Sessions. The plaintiff failed to rescue effected by the launch. Horing proof that he (defendant) brother's body, having to leave the annum, derived from rice fields, rap over a temporary wooden was not Ng Shing and he was dis-work to other relatives. Even now, mulberry plantations and fish ponds, bridge. When the trucks reached Regarding a certain man named the centre, the bridge gave way and said the witness, the gang still held remembered Mak Kat Cheung as charged.
Tam Shiu, witness said that this the men, with their carts, fell into the coxswain and the defendant did
man was reported as having taken the water. wh In closing, the defendant said:-away in the village. most. of the talking.
part in the kilking, of the us case, Tarek of the earth coolies, man- but he actually did not do so. The aged to get clear of their trucks erdaderabadore they entered the water. Chow. I was hora at Yaumali sad my native place is Shekki, Heung witness said that he was not a party of soldiers raided the village. Cheung Hang, however, was not so Mr. Lo suggested that the man fortunate. While in mid-air, he on one occasion he had acted as by plaintiff, "I know only Mak Kat
was alive and in Singapore, but struck his vehicle violently and, as Cheung. He was the master of my guide for a party of soldiers. The witness said that Mr. Lo could result; sustained severe injuries.. The victim was hurriedly taken other man as his master, Ng Shing, launch.quam in televillage, housed, two clans, the Tams easily mako auggestions. He (ib launch to the Kwong Wah Hos The case was again adjourned and the Fungs. The two parties ness) actually saw this man dead.. were always fighting and two years after plaintiff's counsel had com
The hearing will be continued on pital, Kowloon, but succumbed to (Continued on next Oolumn.)Tuesday next..
britnytted his injuries, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday. menced his cross-examination.
In answer to his Lordship, Vi nesa said that when he asked for their names, Mak Kat
I am Ng Shing and net Mak
Clan War,
his own name and ung gaya shan. Among the witnesses called detective; although it was true that!
to the
He remembered this very clearly.
(Continued on next Column
"ROYAL"
'$18.50
O Cedar
Polish
"SUCCESS"
$22.50
Mops:
No. 2–83.00 EACH
No. 5-$3.50
2 gall tin...$3,00
...$4.50
...$7.00.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
MUSIC
HARDWARE DEPT.
(TELEPHONE 28151)
WHILE YOU BATHE with
THE NEW COLUMBIA PORTABLE
STARTS ITSELF
No. 100
STOPS ITSELF
ALL METAL CASE
ONLY WEIGHS 10 LBS.
PRICE: $39.00
HEAR IT AT
ANDERSON'S
Li
Ice House St.
Tel. 21322.
Yours to command!
The
́s portable!
RIGINAL DHNER
OR
"The machine, to count on"
DODWELL
È CO., LTD.
Queens Building