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CANTON RIDE.
GREAT SUCCESS OF OPENING MEETING,
[ao cua owy CoRARKPONDENT.}
CASTÓN, Nov, 18. The Canton Ride. held the open- ing meeting of their senson on the Aviation Ground at Shekpai in the
eastern suburb of the city, kindly feat for the purpose by Generals Leung and Wong, of the Canton' Aviation Department.
The meeting was very well at Landed, some 500 people, foreigners
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THE GUY FAWKES
CARNIVAL
MURDER OF FATHER JUSTIFIED!
SON'S STATEMENT AT SESSIONS TRIAL.
YOUNG WOMAN, ACCUSED,
A remarkable statement was made
HEALTH BUREAU
CASE.
DEFENDANT COMMITTED TO SESSIONS.
MAGISTRATE AS WITNESS.
Kwok Chun Sing, former manager
At the Chinese Chamber of Com- [[10 THE EDITOR OF THE "noxo Koya at the Criminal Sessions yesterday of the Hong Kong branch of the
merce yesterday, interesting cor.
respondence between the Chung Walt Company and the Nam Pak Hong merchants in connection with the examination of goods intended for Canton was féad.,
DAILY PRESS."
SIB,--The Committen, of the Guy Fawkes Carnival Fete in aid of the Helenn May Institute (Kowloon (Uranch) Funda wishes through the Is would appear. from the corres-medium of your paper to thank all and Chinese, all, enthusiastic suppondener that recently the Canton those friends who helped to make porters of the Club, being present. Gaverrunent, acting on instructions the feta such as success. Amongst the Chinese present were from Nanking, established a Luréat Lieneral Gaston K. Wong, General
for testing goods imported into Tsui Ting Kai, Commander Chen Canton in order that no spoiled, Hing Wan, Mr. Fan Ki M, Com-inferior
UT unwholesome goods misstoner of Finance, Mr. To Yick should be imported into the city. Ilim, of the Canton Military Hend quarters, and Mr. Tong Man Kai. Walt Company of Hong Kong to The bureau aprinted the Chung
-Chief of the Telegraph Administra represent them here with a view to flon. There were alsi a number of assisting local merchants who might foreigń Indies présent. These sup be shipping goods to Canton. Ap. porters of the Club first assebled pareatly this appointment, which at the Tooi Si Club in Tangshan necessitates the examination of at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, goods in Hong Kong, is resented by from which they proceeded en masse the merchants of Nain Pak Hong,
to the rneecourse.
The Aviation Ground lent itself admirably for the purpose of u teinporary racecourse, and the arrangements of the course reflected great credit on the Committee in charge, which had spared neither time nor energy to make the meet- 18g succEBS,
who are the biggest Chinese mer- chants in the Colony. These busi. ness men protest that examination of the goods in Hong Kong would sometimes occasion such delay as would ultimately lead them to miss the market in China:
The merchants accordingly wrote Although the Club is still in its to the Chamber of Commerce asking infancy, there were no less than 20 starters in the varions raves. Many them to intercede on their behalf. owners sportingly started ponies The Chairman at yesterday's nivet which had no chance whatsoever.
One of the big attractions of the ing (Mr. Li Yick Mui) indiented meeting was the band, kindly let that the. Chung Wa Conipany were for the occasion by General Gaston already negotiating with the lound K. Wong. Splendid misie was authorities over this question, and rendered, which added greatly to the pleasures of the afternoon.
when the restait of these negotia There were altogether four ragestions were kanin, the Chamber The first race was won by Mr. would be in a better position to Livin's Albatroas, 150 5. Al- batross, the favourite, justified the confidence of his hackers by easily finishing four longthi nhead of Mr. Walek's Zircon II, 153 lbs., and Mr.
take action.
Trade Mission to be Entertained.
The Chrimah announced that is
by a Chinese to the effect that Health Service Bureau, made un- the murder of his father was justi- Į other appearance before Mr. R. E. | Gabla recording to Chinese custoni Lindsell at the Central Magistracy which demanded the death of a man yesterday, when he was committed guilty of indecently assaulting a for, trial at the next Criminal female relative. The witness was Sessions on the charge of uttefing the brother-in-law · of a vilinge forged document for $520, eight uniden, who stands charged with months' salary paid by the defend- the crime. Another accused in the, on Behalf 8f the Barents, to We are grateful to Lady Peel forcise, Tang Yung, whose fridl on a AT. X. Leulg Who was alleged so kindly opening the fate, the Hon. similar charge will take place to by the complainant, Mr. Slow Mr. E. R. Halliinx for speaking on morrow, is the wife of the deceased. Cheong Loong, proprietor of the behalf of the Committee and to the It was revealed in the course of Bureau, to be a fictitious person. President and Commitine of the evidence" that "the" body of the de-
Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham, Kowloon Cricket Club for leading ceased was exhumed, two days after magistrate at the time the case was s their beautiful cricket ground, burial without a Magistrate's order first heard, was called as a witness to the Officer Commanding the A. or a doctor being present; which for the defence. At the previous and S. Highlanders and the 2nd Bt. was commented upon by the Judge, sitting, one of the witnesses for the Punjabis for lending their pipers The case came before the acting prosecution told Mr. Lindsell that and drums, to Mr. R. M. Dyer, Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Wood) his depositions had been taken down C.B.E., for permitting Mr. Jenner and a jury. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy the case came up in May. This incorrectly by Mr. Grantham when to help on the Committee and for appeared for the Crown, and Mr. witness stated that he had given the loan of "Thi Hainan Seal" and Les d'Almada, jnr., defended, in-ovidened regarding one Yeung, and the Chinese Divers; to Comminader structed by Mr. W. D. Owen rise then Magistrate, Mr. Granthaia, Morris, R.N., H.MS. Tamar, to (Messrs. Hastings, Dennys & Bow- Miss Capell and her pupils, to the ley).
had probably misheard bis and had Lilliputians, to the following who In the course of presenting his taken down the name of T.. K. gave donations:-
case to the jury, Mr. Fitzroy men- Leung. tioned that Tang Yung caught her husband in the net of making over-
Messrs. A. Gocko & Co...... Messra. Davie Boeg & Co.... Messrs. Mitsui Bussan Kai-
sha
Mesars. Aninatie Petroleum
Co...
Dr. Kotewall............
H.H. the Chief Justice...... The Majestic Theatre
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Magistrale's Evidence, Speaking on this point, Mr. Grant- tures to his daughter-in-law, Pun ham said that he was certain that
Chin Ling, the accused, on the the name of Yeung" was not
30 morning of September 1 at Sheung mentioned, and that he had taken
10
50
15 The Village, Au Tan. It was not down the evidence correctly. Mr. clear exactly what happened, but M, K. Lo,, for the prosecution, To the following firms for gifts there seemed to have been consider pointed out that the witness in ques
ham on more than one acrusion that
he did not know of T. K. Leung." The latter replied that cases were frequent where witnesses made con- tradictory statements.
and nasistance :-Messra. British.able excitement. The matter betion bad mentioned to Mr. Grant- Americau Tobacco Co., Botelho came serious later in the day fol- Brothers, Bitzor & Co., Blue Bird lowing a meeting of the villagers. Co., Colonial Dispensary, Café Cheung Yau Pak was killed and Pavilion, China Light & Power Co., buried the same evening. China Gas Co., Club de Recreio, Mesura, The Dairy Firm Co, Der A. Wing & Co., Gilman & Co., Ltd.,
Ferguson's 'King Constantine, 142 ten party in Chinese style will be Mr. Howard, Mesara. John D.
Bus.
Hutchison & Co., Hong Kong and
The second race provided the surgiven by the, Chamber to a partyWhampon Dock Co., Ltd., Melchers prise of the day when H.E. General of Canadian trade representatives
& Co., Kwong Man Loong, Keller,
would be brought to show that Tang Counsel continued that evidence Yang assaulted her husband with an iron bar, and that Pun Chin Ling also joined in the assault. A rope was then tied round the man's neck. Decomposed Body.
Mr. Kwok Chun Sing, after by Mr. Lo, who asked why deten giving evidence, was cross-examined dant had failed to comply with the firm's orders in regard to the em ployment of T. K. Leung.
Mr. Lindsell (to defendant): Can you tell where Mr. T. K. Leung is now!
Chon Miug Shu's Glorious Stag, 183who will be arriving in the Colony Kern & Co., Ltd., John Manners & evidence that he examined the bady Colony. I don't know where he is.
Sine, 170 lbs. in a very close finish.
Dr. Kenneth Uttley stated in ut the Kowloon Mortuary on Sep- Cheung's neck with a deop indenta tember 4. There was a rope, round
Defendant: He is not in the
Mr. Lindsell Have you not seen him since April 1
Defendant: tried to find him,
After hearing further evidence,
im. (Mr. Lo Ming Wan up), carry,this werk. He asked all those who ing top weight, unexpectedly best General Tao Yick Hin's West Lake, can do so to be present and assist Brockelmann & Co., The Peninsula Co.. Nestle Milk C., Renter 100 s., and Mr. Hardt's Macau in every way to ninke the visitors Hotel, St. Andrew's Church, Messrs. tion. The body was in an advanem but without success.
The third race was a steeplechase. welenine in order that they mayenng Fook & Co., Taikoo Sugar state af decomposition all over and his Worship committed the defend- the first of the kind ever attempted carry away the true spirit of co-Refinery, Union Trading Co., Harry by the Club. Thirteen ponies faced operation which the Chinese mer ed big number of starters, the the starter. Owing to the unexpect chants of Hong Kong are willing hurdles proved to be too narrow give to all foreign traders. The for the race, which caused several tea party will be given on the after-
noon of November, 20.
to
ponies to lose their chânce. West Lako, one of the favourites, ran out after the first jump, taking with
Help for Kwangsi, him about half of the field, leaving the course open to nenu Side, An appeal from the city of Nan- Zircon II, H.E. General Chen Mingning in Kwangs has been received Shu's Tivi (r. Bjuke), 180 18., by the Chamber, The appeal states Mrs. Crowe's Gold Medal (Mr. K. T. Crowe), 10 lbs., Mr. that the city has suffered terribly Schmidt's Fuchs, 142 s., and Mr. daring the recent warfare between Baist's Scheick, 170 lbs. Tivi and Kwangtung and Kwangsi aud that Zircon 1. dame to grief at the last fence. Macau Sinc finished well, much money is needed for the work but was closely followed by Gold of reconstruction. There were also htt
"After the 4th race, Mrs. R. T. any individual cases of suffering. Cenwe very kindly, presented the The Chairman asked those who can fizes, which consisted of silver,do so to assist as generously as cups.
possible,
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Afr, Crowe replied on her behalf, expressing the appreciation of all thaso present for their volunteer work to make the Ride a success.
CANTON-WUCHOW AIR SERVICE.
MUI TSAI BEATEN.
MISTRESS HEAVILY FINED.
position had been partly hasten- aut and fixed bail at $600. he was of the opinion that decom-
ed before
of
Wicking & Co., Wing On Co., Winged by a severe, beating administer- Hing, A. S. Watson & Co., Ye Olde the opinion also that the wet wea
death. He WAD
ther had assisted decomposition. No marks were visible owing to the stato of the body.
Printerie,
also to all who helped:--
His Lordship: Why did you not ask the Hong Kong Government to put him to death-Because I was not so clever as to think of it.
In
Mesdames Bishop,
Carruthers,
Witness said he was unable to Dalgleish, Dinnen, Donald, Evans, stato the cause of death. The state agrned that he was originally cross-examination, Witnesa Ferguson, Ingrum, Jones, Lewis, in which he found the body was charged at the Taipo, Police Court Mariow, Martin, McIntosh, Min- the deceased had been struck on
consistent with strangulation. If in connection with the murder. nett, Orchard, Rendall, Scriven, the head sufficiently hard with a Smaller, Shellshear, Telfer, Thom. stone or stick to cause death, wit- linson, Ware,
ness would have found marks of it, but there were none.
Misses Joan Bishop, Braga, M. In answer to his Lordship's ques- Braga, Myra Chan, Margaret Chan, tion, witness agreed that it was Esther Chau, Agnes Chan, B. Chan, to the neck after death,
possible that the rope was applied Chong, Claire, R. Cole, Dudley, were the ease the signs of strangula If that Field, Fox, Gardner, Gittins, Licktion would still have occurred. It Kacker, Kwok, Law, Lopez, Mac- from shock after a series of blows,
was also possible that the man died grann, Moon, Mow Fung, Murray, Remedios, Robinson, Smith, White, Weller, Wentworth, Whitley Smal ley,
said that he knew that his father Questioned by the,, jury,, witness had been killed by the two women because his mother told him so.
His Lordship explained to the jury that this was no evidenes so far as they were concerned.
In answer to a further question, of any previous occurrence similar witness said that he had not heard to the one in which his father was involved, but ho had beard that his father had kidnapped somebody and had been in Victoria Gaol. Son Threatened by Father.
Several witnesara who were subge. Cheung Luk Shan, younger son of quently colled deposed to the deceased, in his evidence, said that burial of the body, I was stated he left the village early in the that the body was along on a morning and returned at, 11 am, biboo pole and carried to the when his mother made a report to hillside, where it was buried face him. As a result he went up to down, a witness explaining that it his father and said: You are a was usual to bury in this position man, over 60 years of age; why according to Chinese custoin when should you behave indecently to a man had misbehaved ne in this father raplied: Get away; never ed stated that the ends of the rope wards your daughter-in-law "The case. The last Chinese witness call-
Mestra, H. Annis, F. Bishop, W. CBface, C. Burford, Bond, L. A Chinese wonian residing at 114, Cole, C. G. Copley, C. Carruthers Woosing Street, was brought before C. Canniford, R. Dormer, J. J. OPENING ON DECEMBER 1.
Mr. H. R. Butiere at the Kowloon | Ferguson, E. F. Fincher, J. Gren Magistracy yesterday on sharges of ham, W. R. Hill, A. Hill, F... (MÓN OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.;
keeping an unregistered multani Henner, V. C. Labrum, J. C. Lynd,mind about my affairs. and with assaulting her.
3. Marshali, J. Miller, E. R. Witness said that a little later CANTON, Nov. 17. Mr. J. Barrow, of the S.C.A., pro. Murphy, T. Rees, Simpson, Smith, he was in his uncle's house, when his father entered with a knife with It is officially announced that the scented, and Mr. F. C. E. Rendell J, Sweet, A. W. Tickel, D. Trafford, the intention of killing him, mon- air service between Canton and appeared for the defendant. J. Wilson, C. L. Wenham, P. White, |tioning that witness had told some Wushow-will-be-formally in- The muitai stated that she was R. Wong, F. Wong, R. Woolley, S. of his warning not to interfere in people about the incident in spite augurated on the first day of Desember An elaborate opening given to the defendant when she M. West, Licut. Jewitt,
hia affairs. Witness, escaped from eremony is being prepared under was three years old. On November
the house and complained to the the auspices of the Canton 11 her mistress (the defendant) sug.
villagers. After the evening meal Aviation Department at Tai Bha
in his uncle's house, witness found Tait. The serial route, in addition gested to her that she should be.
that his father had been murdered to its carrying passengers, will also como a prostitute. She refused and It is very inucli regrotted that by his mother had the accused entry nail and light packages. It defendant then beat her with a Miss E.. L. Rogers, the Hon. Socre. He asked the villagers to bury the takes only about an hour's time by air to traveres the distance between Chinese foot-rule.
tary to the Committee, was taken body, which was done by five men
carrying it away to the hill...
The Guides, Cubs and Scouts and members of the Belilios Old Girls' Association.
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which was fastened round the neck were used to tie the hands and feet for slinging on the pole, but they were unlied before burial.
in
In-
Exhumation Irregularly. charge of An Tan Police Station,
Crown. Sergeant Bastings,
gave evidence of exhumation. He said that he heard of the nilirder at 19.30 p.m. on September 3 vealigations were immediately made, and at about five o'clock the same evening the body was exhumed. Witness said that he noted on the instructions, of the Divisional In spector North. The body was found buried under one foot of earth with rope round the neck, wer to his on the day. Miss R. Mow Fung villagers punish him in some other Lordship, said that it did not ap
His Lordship: Why did not the Mr, Fitzroy, in answer to nobly came to our help and saw way such na sending him away from near that a Magistrate's order had Miss Rogers work through. the villagot
been obtaineil to exhume the body, Witness: My father was a very and further that no doctor was pre fierco man. Who would dare to turn sent at the time. Kilenced hit it him out of the village f
Witness went on to has that he was desirable
His Lordship remarked
'doctor, bould that a
radia de amserbermann
with fever a few days before the fetö "and" was unable to be present
these two big commercial entros. In reply to Mr. Rendall, witness This is only one of the three stated that her mistress beat her projected aerial routes for Kwang frequently. tung, the other two being the
Dr. Tang Yee Yuan, medical Canton-Pakhoi line and the Can officer at the Kwong Wah Hospital, ton-Swatow. line. These two lines are expected to be in operation stated that he examined the girl.
The Committee hope to clane sandtime during the early part of and her back then can mark 82,000 when, all expenses are paid, on back. She had a bruise on which suns will be handed over to The following airplanes liave been the left chin, and, numerous small the Kowloon Branch of the Helena,
standREVIAR her Tress in Aviles Map
next year,
and the Changlang. They ate very severely,
army planes, but am being rebuilt. The defendant was fined $100 for to render them adaptable to carry-keeping an unregistered mis sai ing passengers,
and 830 for assaulting her
KATHARINE CREABY,
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a
China a man committing such an done decently and in proper order." The Crown had closed their case when the Court adjourned until 10.30 a.m. to-day.
President, Fote Committee, offence would be shot by the Helena Moy Institute;
Government.". November 17,
(Continued on next Tolumn)
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