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HOUSEBREAKING ESCAPADE. ESCAPADE.
A Chinese who was charged before. Mr. Whyte-Smith at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with bouse breaking and stealing several articles of clothing from No. 4, Hong Lok Street, pleaded guilty to the theft but said 'that another man broke the lock on the door."
The Magistrate pointed out that even if the defendant did not break the lock, it was housebreaking, and sentenced the defendant to Bix months' hard labour."
Setting ou to intervene in a quarrel between a man and his wife, 1 Chinese was subsequently re- prouched by the woman and her son. When he appeared before. Mr. Whyte-Smith ut the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, he was "fur- ther charged with assaulting the It was alleged that the defen-" dant had attacked the complainant with a hand plane, causing a super ficial wound to his wrist.
Describing the events that led up. It was stated that the defendant to the present case, a police officer and another man were seen to 15- said that a man and his wife werecend the stairway of No. 4, Hong häving a quarrel. The defendant Lok Street, by the occupant of the stepped in, and abused the, woman. ground floor, who knes that the The son of the couple, who was tenants on the above floor were out. standing by, objected to the defen He went to investigate and found dant's interference and told his the two men in the flat, who im mother that she had been abused.mediately ran away. The other The mother turned her attention to made good kis cscape but the defen- the defendant, who then assaulted dant was chased and caught. her son with a hand plane.
The defendant was fined $5.
SHANGHAI FOREIGN AREAS.
NEW CHINESE FEDERATION
FORMED.
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
A call was received by the Central Fire Station at 9.35 p.m. last night to the effect that a portion of the roof of the Sai Ying Pun market had collapsed.
An appliance was at once rushed
GETS INTO BED AND UES AWAKE WONDERING WHETHER IN FUNGLING AT SWITCH HE PUT PORCHÍ WIGHT ON AND IT'S STILL
BURNING
-OPIUM ARRESTS" ON S.S. CHENGTU.
THREE MEN CONVICTED.
When a search was rande by revenue officers on board the ax Chengtd, which arrived in the Colony on Wednesday, three cases of illegal possession of opium were discovered. The offenders appeared before Mr. Grantham at the Central
Magistracy yesterday, when a con- viction was registered in each case.
Cheung Yan, who had 45 taels or his person, was fined $1,500. The drug was stated to have been tied round his shine and in-his-waist-
band..
Among the effects of Lau Chu Wau, a box with a false back was found. When it was opened, the officers gaw 75 taels of opium hidden in the box. Lau was ordered to pay a fine of 82,000.
In the case of Liu Hing Yuen, who had 176 taëls secreted in the false bottom of two baskets; he was fined $3,000.
BAG SNATCHER'S HAUL.
Was
A report was made to the police last night by Tong Wing Shiu, a married woman, to the effect that whilst she The "Shanghai Special District
walking along. Queen's Road Central, opposite the Citizens' Federation" is now in The process of formation, designed
Central Theatre, shortly after 9 to take under its wing Chinese liv to the scene, but upon arrival itp.m., a Chinese stole up from ben ing in the foreign concessions, re-
was found that the accident was not hind her, and snatched a handbag ferred to in the title of the or- ganizations as a special district," of a serious nature. Digging, opera. which she was carrying, and made The preparatory committee for the tions, however, were begun, but good his escape. federation has held a meeting in nobody were found buried in the their office in the former Chinese General Chamber of Commerce building, North Honan Road.
At this meeting the following resolutions were passed:
(1) That the Shanghai Special District be divided into three dis tricts, each with a branch office, as follows: 16 District, French Concession: 2nd District, Interna- tional Settlement, south of the Soochow Creek: 3rd District. In ternational Settlement, north of the Soochow Creek,
(2) That measures he devised to "restore" to China wharves now owned by foreign concerns.
(3) That measures be devised to "restore to China the telephone franchise in the Settlement.
CHINA'S CONDOLENCES TO PORTUGAL.
SYMPATHY OVER MINIS-
TER'S DEATH.
débris.
SHANGHAI BANK ROBBERS.
DEATH SENTENCE ON P.C.'S
MURDERER.
The six persons responsible for the hold-up of a bank, messenger in Shanghai on March 12, who was robbed of 820,000 while taking the sum from the Joint Savings Bank to another in Canton Road, ap- peared in the District Court for the last time on June 7 and were sen- tenced
The bag itself was of little value, but the total value of its contents amounted to $181..
The bag contained a pair of jade bangles, two diamond rings, one gold ear-pick, "a piece of jade stone mounted on gold, a pair of ear-rings, six American coiná valued at $40, apd some local paper money.
CHINA PROPAGANDA ABROAD.
TO COUNTERACT FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS.
To facilitate the circulation of accurate news reports concerning China as well as to supply the Press in China with foreign news and comments in regard to Chinese affaire, the Foreign Relations Dis- cussion Committee, at its meeting in Shanghai on June 7, decided to petition the Ministry of Foreign Afairs to open newsgathering or
newspapers in the capitals of other gans and publish Chinese-owned
important cities in various foreign countries.
It transpired during the hearing. that the leader of the gang, who was arrested with another ma while watching a football match at the Pioneer Field, was also rea- ponsible for the murder of P.C Hale in Kueichow Road in 1929, and he received the death penalty. It may be recalled that the bank Nanking, June 7-Upon receipt messenger was held-up as he was of the news of the sad death of about to emerge from an alleyway Dr. Antonio Patricio, the newto enter the Commercial Bank of Minister of Portugal to China, China. The four robbers who were who was at Macao en route to all armed enatched away his bag Nanking. Dr. C. Wang cabled and, jumping on a waiting-cnr out- to the Chinese Minister at Lisbon side the alley-way, disappeared in to convey to the Portuguese Gov a westerly direction.
It was pointed out at the meet- ernment the sincere condolences of Chinese detectives later received ing that often misleading news re- the National Government at the information that two of the gang ports are despatched to loss" of the distinguished diplomat. were at the Pioneer Field and ar countries by foreign news agencies foreign According to a message received rested them there. From informa and newspaper correspondents in to-day, the Portuguese Foreign tion received from these two s China resulting in the creation of WOD Wong impression concerning tion for the Chinese Government's raided and four other persons were China in foreign countries, which condolences, intimated that a succes- arrested and the money was dis should be rectified as soon as pos sor to Dr. Patricio will be ap covered on the premises. The mensible-so-ge-to promote mutual un pointed shortly and will sail for were given sentences from four derstanding between Chinese and China in the near future..
months' imprisonment upwards.. foreign peoples.
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