HARD LABOUR FOR “RECEIVER."
SEQUEL TO CITY BURGLARY.
EUROPEAN OPIUM
CARRIER.
GIVES REVENUE OFFICERS "THE SLIP."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1932.
FUNERAL OF MR. WOO HAY TONG.
LARGE GATHERING PAYS
RESPECTS AT CAROLINE
HILL.
"I have nothing to say," said George Alexander Carter, a sea- OVER A THOUSAND PRESENT. faring man, when he was charged
The theft of fountain pens and pencils to the value of 9800.00 from the Lun Cheong Co. ut 5. Des Voeux Road Central had a sequel before Mr. J. A. Fraser at Kowloon
Magistracy yesterday with having
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.
WORK "MORE STRICTLY ADMINISTRATIVE.”
SIR SAMUEL HOÀRE'S STATEMENT,
NEW MILL FOR BAGUIO.
BENGUET MINING CO.'S ENTERPRISE.
Thu Benguet Exploration Mining Company owner of the Contact Mine, in Baguio, is placing bids with various Manila machinery con- gerns for the installation of a 10-ton
The new mill will bo used as a
day whon a Chinese was charged in his possession a quantity of Tong, the compradore of Messrs Sir Samuel Hoare, was the guest cyanide, leaching plant,
at the Central Magistracy yester- before Mr. Wynne Jones with re opium valued at $28,500,
It was stated that Carter was ceiving the stolen articles.
bringing three trunks ashore from Outlining the case for the prosecu- the s.8. Kashina Maru when he tion, Inspector J. Murphy stated was necosted by, Revenue Officer that on the night of June 13 the Brown who requested that the boxes Lun Cheong Co., at 64, Des Voeux be taken to the Import and Export Road Control, was broken into. Office. This was done, Carter as
On the 25th of the same month,companying the officer, acting on information received, the When asked to open the trunks, police went to defendant's house at Carter asked that he be allowed to 25, Lower Lascar Row. On heiskt go for the keys and a Chinese offi.
up in two bundles.
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interrogated, defendant at first re-cer was duly sont along with him plied in the negative, but on beOn the way, Carter managed to ing pressed, he sent a woman out give him the slip, and when Re who returned in a few minutes with Fronue Officer Brown was told about the fountain pens and pencils tied this, he immediately ordered that the trunks be broken open. This When defendant was later charg was done and the boxes were found Carter waE ed with receiving the stolen artic- to contain opium.
the St. les he stated that he had bought eventually arrested in them from a man (who had since Francis Hotel pablie har. been charged) for 800.00. The ar Carter told the Court that ticles he bought-72 fountain pens, he had 'been out of and 12 pencils-were valued by the job since 1928, Ho added complainant at 8000.00, Mr. Mur- that the hoxes did not belong to phy concluded by anying that he him. They were not the boxes he that other stolen property had been proposed to call evidence to prove found in defendant's house about two or three months ago.
After hearing evidence frouse veral witnesses bearing out Mr Murphy's opening, his Worship de cided to convict, and in sentencing defendant to six weeks' hard lab- our remarked: "If there are no receivers there would be no thieves."
Thousands of Chinese lined th· route to watch the funeral proces.
sia which was headed by the Pipe Band of the Jnt Regiment, follow
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ed by members of the St. John A. bulance Brigade, including mem
stated that the defendant went to Scouts and students from free had taken to Singapore (It was bers of the Nursing Division, Boys Singapore on the Terukani Mary schools of which Mr. Woo Hay and not being allowed to land there Tong had been a benefactor. he returned on the Kashima Maru).
Sentence of six months' hard lab-presentatives of various guilds strong, our or $10,000 was passed on the directly connected with business in charge of possession while au nddis tional six months' imprisonment which Mr. Woo Hay Tong was in was passed on the defendant for terested were also present in large aluding arrest.
numbers. The coffin was borne on the shoulders of thirty-two bearers
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They will be published once a fortnight, the next appearing on July 21st, and the others on August 4th and 18th, and on september 1st and 16th..
The entrance fee will be $5. for the series.
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in the event of more than ona competitor tying, the prize will be divided.
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The correct solution of each puzzle will be published in the same issue of each paper sa that in which the next puzzle of the series appears.
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Date of first puzzlo – July 7th.
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water; just the reverse. 4-This campaigner has little credit with the States at first. 10. Ten 1 Not I'(anag),
meeting. 2-He often follows the field, 21-Possibly a German about
fifty.
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11-You can find this house by a 27.-One may at the iron-monger's
tube.
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one does in the playground. 28-Wander after material for: 13-Absent from the force but... censure: mu
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thens, 30.-Prize poles.
not off the best
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Vertical.
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bird.
He has considerable powers
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An old 1 across..
Crediting proverbially.
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you this tho' he gets near it. 17.In charity overturn the scene
of divorce. 19Their job, if not fighting, is
a daily grind. 20-Was Gloria ill during this
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administrative
A large compressor will be install-
The Secretary of State for India, The funeral of Mr. Woo Hay
Butterfield and Swire, who was of honour at the annual dinner of shot by his nephew in the offices of the Indian Civil Service held at pilot mill to treat surface and un- Messrs. Butterfield and Swire on the Trocadero Restaurant, London derground ores. Further installa June 17, took place yesterday after on June 9, and made an import-tions are planned for the future. noon and was attended by a large ant statement on the present posi-Some of the materials already have circle of friends of the family. Ition and future of the Service. been purchased, it is understood. is estimated that over a thousand Sir Hugh Stephenson, who retir-The plant is to be built during the poople were present at the funeral..ed a few weeks ago from the Gov-rainy season and will be ready to
The procession started from Mr. rnorship of Bibar and Orissa, was operate about December 15.
This will be the first milling Woo's residence at 13, Kennedy in the obair. He said that the Road, at 2 p.m. and proceeded via Service had been passing through operation started by the company, Kennedy Road, Queen's Road East wearisome years of anxiety and un- which is comparatively new, organ Its members would be glad izod about a year ago. The mine Arsenal Street and Hennessy Road rest to Caroline Hill.
to be relieved of politics (they did property lies south of the Balstoc not suit most of them), but what and Itogon minos they wanted to know was whether they were to be allowed to continue ed on the Contact property, and their work of administration. Be 3,000-foot tunnel driven to ascertain was certain in his own mind that the location of one of the main if the 1.0.8. disappeared the ad veins. It is explained that this vein option of the part that the Ser and it is necessary to drive through ministration would crash. His con- is cut off by a large enith fault, vice should play in the future con- the fault in order to pick up the stitution of Indie was that of a vein on the other side of it and
impartial, independent continue survey work.
service, carrying
An operating plant of 100 to 150. out a policy for which itton capacity is to be installed later was not responsible, They would if and when the vein is picked up. provide the permanent heads of
The Benguet Exploration is the all administrative Departments; first among several new mining their advice would be available to ventures in the Benguet district to the Government of the day and proceed with installation. All of would not lightly be disregarded. these new companies have been or If such a prospect could be put beganized within the last two years. fore the Service he believed their The company owns four proper. doubts would be removed and their ties. One is the Balatoc Exten. willing cooperation would be secur- sion, a group of claims between tho ed.
Balato and Itogon mines; another Sir Samuel Hoare recalled the is the Contact Mine, located south observation of Mr.. H. G. Wells that of Balatoc and Itogon; still another the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shanton, the Indian Civil Service (now coris the Prospector Group, adjoining the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, sisting of about 860 Europeans and C.M.G., Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Hon. Mr. A. E. Wood, Hon. Dr. S. W. Teo, Mr. Ho Wing, Mr. G. P. de Martin, Mr. Li Yau Taun, Mr. K. E. Grieg, Mr. J. R. Masson, Mr. J. D. Danby, Mr. C C. Hickling, Mr. F. D. Roberts, Rev. Brother Aimer, Mr. H. R. Forsyth, Mr. Eu Tong Seng, Mr. H. K. Hang, Mr. Ewok Siu Lan, Mr. Ho Kwong, Mr. Mok Kon Sang, Mr. A. Morris and Mr. T.
and was draped in scarle alk, with four artiñcial storks, one on each corner of the coffin with n | scarlet globe resting in the centre.
Those Present,
In addition to members of the family, numbering over a hundred there were present at the funerai
T. Laurenson.
the Hartwell Hill properties of the H1 property of the Gold Hill Min- Benguet Consolidated, and the Gold
ing Company. The fourth is the Thanksgiving Group, on the Ben
and the Zigzag Gate. gust Road, midway between Camp
The Contact vein carries gold assaying at 820 and 22 per cent. of zinc, according to bureau of science.
Leshy reports.
430 Indians) was one of the great cat discoveries of the nineteenth century. But it went farther back, it was the oldest Civil Service in the world. For centuries the pre- decessors of his hosts were a Civil Service before these upstarts of Whitehall" wore ever heard of. It is stated that a local. Japaneso Great men, gathered around ite firm is interested in purchasing the progress, foremost among them ore from this mine if the local tariff
does not make it prohibitive. Warren Hastings, whose bicenten- group of Manila financiere is also ary they were celebrating this year. considering a purchase, it is under.
stood. During the last 150 years, however, H. P. Whitmarsh is president of the Service had built up a record the Benguet Exploration Company;
his far-sighted vision could that not even Warren Hastings with J. H.. Sampson, general manager ever and engineer; and Frazier Brown, bave conceived to be possible. They vice-president, acting president in had given India justice such as the the absence of Mr. Whitmarsh. East had never known before; they had saved. India from the appal-t
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In accordance with Chinese cua- tom most elaborate arrangements were made at Caroline Hill for the comfort of people attending the funeral. A large number of motor cars were parked at Caroline Hillling calamity of famine; they had their interests. Grouter even than though in the face of great financial moral obligation he and overy other attempted, and not without success, the statutory obligation was the difficulties, to develop the rural Minister, and, indeed, every M.P life of the villages and to save the owed to men who had served the cultivator from the rapacious claws Empire so bravely, brilliantly, and of the moneylender..
unselfishly. Parliament would pass
Road and at the entrance to the Cemetery grounds, a large stall was erected whore cold drinks wer served. Those attending the funer al, again in accordance with Chin
ese practice, were given a white handkerchief and A Chines relope containing money (laisce).
no Bill that did not, to the best of their ability, safeguard their rights and maintain the obliga-
Nervous of the Futurs."
To-day, in spite of this great re- cord, they were nervous of the futions entered into with them. They had given their word and intend The coffin was borne to a special.ture. They had been called upon ed to keep it. There was no sall-
lý orented mistahed which accomine dated the majority of the large gathering attending the funeral. Here, after a brief ceremony, those attending the funeral bowed to the coffin and left..
Public Benefactor.
The late Mr. Woo Hay Tong, who had been for over thirty years with Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, whi very prominently identified with various works of charity and amongst the large gathering which attended the funeral were repre sentatives from various charity or ganisations. The late Mr. Woo | leaves a widow, five sons and sover
al daughters
80.
to make heavy personal sacrifices and were faced with
quickly respecting Indian who would not changing world in which the old despise them if they failed to do landmarks were gradually dianp.
asked pearing. They
themselves whether it was worth their while
British Opportunity.
to go on in a service in which theIt was his considered view—and, prospects seem ao uncertain, and indeed, the view of responsible and whether they could advise their respected Indians that for many sons to follow their stopa. He was goats to come there would be in- not surprised at this, but he sug-sistant need for expert adminis- gested certain considerations before trators mich as themselves. Four they gave a verdict upon which so of the wisest and most respected much of the progress and happiness civilians of the day-the chairman, of India depended.
Bir Charles Innes, Mr. H. G
B career
The change in the conditions of Haig, and Mr. Emerson had sent service was not new; it camo years their sons into the Service, Thin ago when political institution were was an outward and visible sign. rst set up in India. It was then of their belief that, though the that the civilian was first called mode of life and the methods of upon to play the almost impossibly government might change, there
as enthralling difficult role of administrator and was politician combined. If he saw the and as wide an opportunity for future of public life in India cor British men of brains and enter- rectly, their great service would prise in the Servicn as ever there become more strictly, administrativo was in the heroic days of the past. -it would be more specialised and If we listened only to the "critics There were several hundred more differentiatod. This change and the pessimista he did not be wreaths, mostly from Chinese firm would be in harmony with what was lieve that we could go on living at happening in overy progressive all. He was fully conscious of the and institutions. Thers was
country in the world. But unless great difficulties which faced them the clock of progress was to be put on every band, but if he thought wreath from His Excellency the back for generations in India, there that there was
an irreconcilable Officer Administering the Govern- must for many years to come be gulf fixed between Great Britain a keen demand for the expert and India he would not be engag mont, Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn. knowledge and specialised advice ed upon his present, task. Because. ***** that; the LC.S. would be able to be believed that harmony would be The different departments of provide.. BURNER achieved he was certain that if once Messrs. Butterbold and Swir also As to fears about the near fu- they set their eyes upon the fu- vate ture, he assured them that the Bri- ture-rather than fix them morbidly sent wreaths, as did the Fong Bin tish Government was going to keep upon the wrangles of the past In- Hospital, Samshui: Commercial As in the letter and the spirit every dians would need our help just as contract that had been made with wo should need theirs, in solving sociation, St. John Ambulanco Bri them. He would carry out his the momentous problems that facou statutory obligation to safeguard the British-Commonwealth of Na gade, and Chinese Boys Scouts, 44 Continued... on rext column.). tions
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