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Around the Courts
A VACANT SMILE
Arouses Magistrate's Suspicion
BIRCH FOR ROBBER
Sequel To Outrage In Shatin
Sentence of four months hard labour and 12 strokes of the birch was imposed by Mr. Wynne Jones When charged before Mr. Wynne-
at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Jones at Kowloon Magistracy yes-on a Chinese named Lain Hing terday with loitering," a Chinese named Wah Kee Chaung amiled vently in the dock, as a result of which he was reamended in prison for medical observation."
The defendant was alleged to have bech found loitering outside the, stairs of No. 196, Prince Edward Road. the residence of Mr. Wallace Harper."
11 was stated that, defonduos was found by Mr. Harper outside his door shortly after midnight on Saturday, and handed over to the police. Defendant had been seen in the vicinity four times in two days. and had once before rung the belt to Mr. Harper's flat.
"I love two kids in my house, your Worship, and I don't characters of this type to hang around," said Mr. Harper.
want
Defendant gave a rambling ac- count of why he was there, and ended up by saying that he was invited to go there.
His Worship: He's crazy. Court Interpreter:- think 60, Air. He doesn't know what he is
talking about.
ICT
His Worship:-I'll remand him
seven days in prison medical abservation,
WINE IN CAKES
Chinese Woman" Fined'
for
who was charged with robbery on February at a place just below the Chee Wan Shan Temple, Shatia Gap.
ก
ARMY MEDICAL
CHIEF
Major Gen. Hartigan
(Special Air-Mall Servics)
Loadan. Feb. 9. The War Office announces that Major-Gen. J. A Hartigari, G., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.B., Hon. Physician to the King, at present De- puty Director of Medical Ser vices, Aldershot Command has been appointed Director-General, Army Medical Services, with effect
from March 1, 1934.
According to Inspector Dorling. the complainant, Wong Chan, and her mother, Chan Sze.
of 427.
He will succeed Gen. Sir Harold Chatham Road, Hungham were B. Fawcus, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.9.0., walking down the road from the D.CL., M.B., Hoa. Physician to the temple on the day in question | King, who is retiring at his own when they were met by the defen- request. dant and a man not in custody..
Gen. Hartigan, who is 30 years The men stopped the two of age, entered the R.A.M.C. lo women and robbed them of a pair 1899, having taken his medical and of gold and Jude bracelets, $1,35 | surgical degrees at Durham. He in cash and a metal wrist watch, served through the South Africa The elder woman shouted "Save | War, being present at. among other Life." and one of the assistants | engagements, the Battle of Paarde- in the temple rushed out and. berg. During the European, War after a short chase, arrested the he was mentioned in "despatches defendant. The other man got six times, and was created 'a D.9.0. away and nothing was discovered. and a CMG. The C.B. was con-
After the two women had, given | ferred on him last year. evidence. His Worship passed sen- tence as stated.
DOG SUMDIONSĖS
Three Europeans Fined
Three Europeans were summoned before Mr. Wynne-Jones at Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday in re gard to dog offences.
Mr. J. J. Cameren was fined $8 for allowing his dog out in Corn- wall Street Kowloon Tong, with..... out a muzzle on February 9.
Mr. C. B. Easterbrook was Bum- moned on two charges of allowing his dog out in Prince Edward Road without a muzzle and failing to take out a licence. Defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and stated that he had forgotten to get the licence. He added that he had got it now. A fine" of 85. was imposed on the first charge and a caution administered on the second.
For evading duty of $13.25 on five, gallons of Chinese wine, a Chinese woman named Chan Sin was fined $130 with the alternative of six week's imprisonment by Mr. Balfour at Central Magistracy yesterday,
It was stated the woman had a fairly bad record. The last time she forfeited bail of $100 for a similar offence. Sht was one of the When the name of Mr. H. Golden- women who went aboard steamers berg was called in respect of having arriving from Tientsin and the allowed a dog out in the street North, selling cakes. She pet bot-without a muzzle, his Worship suid: ties of the ug ka pi wine under the cakes that were left over, and left the ship.
J
Elysees had been torn down and was burning furiously.
At the Arc de Triomphe was an overturned bus
Blok we went towards the Tuiler ies. Here for the first time I saw an attack Mobile Guards, who drew their on the crowd by the
swords during the advance. The swords flashed menacingly in thei light of the lampposts,
What was left of the terrace of a cafe was destreyed in the rush.
Hammers for Riotér
Suddenly came towards as a big motor-lorry driven by a young man with a tweed cap.
It was filled with spades, ham- mers, and picks, which a couple of fellows inside were throwing out to the crowd, inviting them to break windows with the implements-
A police car 想想W them. It sounded its siren, and in a moment some half a dozen other police cars and lernes were giving chase.
So many people had used the entrances to the Underground as What, again, Mr. Goldenberg "" cover for trench warfare that the Defendant:Yes, your Worship.authorities closed the stations in A fine of $3 was imposed,
WHAT I SAW IN PARIS
THE NIGHT
DURING
Luxury Shops Looted and Burned: Mob Attacks the Louvre: Tube Stations as Trenches: Gas Mains Cut Open And
Set on Fire
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, February 9.
I want to tell you what 1, 2 Londoner, saw and heard in Paris during the night, writes a corres- pondent. I have seen:
Luxury shops along the boule- vards and in the fashionable streets of the city burned and loated by mobs:
Gas mains cut open and set on
fire:
Tube stations seized by the rioters and used as trenches:"
Mounted policemen charging, at barricades amid shouts of "Thieves, murderers, assassina."
The white batons heamed under the electric standards.
The batons fell with a thud.' I ran for cover. My companion re- ceived a hearty kick in the chin.
Barricaded Hotels
All the hotels were closely barri- caded for fear the crowds should take them by storm Heavy iron grilles had been drawn in front of the entrances with just "tiny at this hour of the night might space, so that any guests returning not be altogether locked out..
vard de la Madeleine. Here a We turned back into the Boule- tremendous crash of glass told us that three of the huge shop windows of the store Trois Quartiers had come tumbling down.*
A barricade in the middle of the street, made up of bits of broken lorries divided police from the fa- surgentes,
During the night a mob tried to emash the windows of the Louvre, Museum with iron bars. They had to be driven off by mounted police
Another mob managed to isolate the St. Lazare station for a time and held it against police attacks, I arrived at the Gare du Nord yesterday evening and managed
Water Mains Broken after a good deal of difficulty to find a man with a car who was Four more newspaper kiosks willing to drive me round the city. burning brightly, a couple of water We drove through practically mains gushing water several fest descried secta to the Place Vehigh, tar blocks dug out from the įdome, and from there followed the middle of the roads set on fire and Rue de Castiglione, towards the daring, three gas mains pierced and Tuileries Gardens and the place de ses on fire to these gave up huge la Concorde.
fumes of white fire.
A Baton Charge
The battle turned and became more concentrated at the corner of the Rue Royale A heavy iron We turned into the Boulevards.laappost was wretched away and No cafes open, no animated ter- sent crashing into a glass shop. races. And suddenly the road front. The Restaurant Weber was ahead of us was black with people. a field dressing station, with per~ We left the car in a side street, hapa a dozen ambulances stationed and made our way through the in front of it.
crowda..
There must have been a thous sand people. We pushed our way through to the front line. A shrill whistle, the screech of brakes on
Around the entrace stood a crowd watching the wounded, being taken in and out. Doctors inside made the first dressing before sending them off to the various hospitals”
a couple of police. lorries arrived The Champs Elysees was fairly) on the scene, from which jumped orowded. The crowds began tear- out some hundred police, who | ing up wooden bencher täit lined started immediately to rush at the the streets, and were throwing 'foremost men in the crowd.
The crowd lined up across the middle of the street and began shouting Assdesida, murderers Then they turned back to run afty yards before turning round boce more and facing the police with "Thieves, murderers.
Lot
them in the middle of the roadway. Aha these, with a gooti“ ta! broken glass,made ficul |
Half-a-dozen trees had been wrenched down and set fire to, the twigs and bark crackling curiously.
Every Lidak along the Champa
the centre of Paris, and trains ran through these stations without stopping.
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