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RISE IN FEES
The Governor, sald:-
The taxation on motor transpori in this Colony seems hitherto to have been exceedingly light In comparison with the current rates
other territories.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936.
REVOLVER IN HANDS OF UNDESIRABLE
GAOL TERM
IMPOSED
Thomas Quiroga, alias Thomas Young, 22, was charged before Mr. J. H. B. Lee at the Central Court yesterday with (a) the larceny of one automatic pistol and 9 rounds of .32 ammunition, the property of Mr. A. A. R. Botelto, and (0) with possession, In connection with this charge, Chan Cheong, 22, un- employed was also charged with possession.
The defendant was only able to speak Spanish and Mrs. Patterson was in Court to interpret.
Det.-Serg. Russell stated that on information received tlie first de- tendant was arrested in the vicin- ity of the Tal Tung Restaurant. The second defendant came along and entered the Restaurant and was followed inside and searched. The revolver was found wrapped up in a towel in a rauan basket. He said that it had been given to him by another man to bring over to Hong Kong.
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The revolver was the property of Mr. Botelho who was in Manila on hoilday. The first defendant was from South America" und was staying at the house of Mr. Botelho who was an acting Consul. First defendant had shown his apprecia-
COUNTERFEITERS on by stealing.
ARE SENT TO GAOL
Implements Found
The first defendant sald that he had been in Hong Kong for seven years. He was sentenced to three months on each charge. the sen tences to be concurrent.
MISTAKEN INDENTITY?
LEAD STOLEN FROM DOCK YARD
Betore Mr W. Schofield at the lead was recovered from the Central Magistracy yesterday. grounds of the Naval Terrace.j Chan Hung, a carpenter employed After duty, witness went with a in the Royal Naval Dock Yard, was Sergeant to look for defendant. charged with the larceny of 123 A pounds or lead from the Yard on June 13.
After evidence was heard, the hearing was adjourned formally to 11.15 am. on Saturday.
Mr. W. A. Mackinlay appeared for the defence, while the case for the prosecution was conducted by Dec Lance-Sergt. Donovan.
The first witness was G. Distin chargeman in the yard. He iden
fled the lead in question as the property of the yard.
was
F* Blunsdon, constable. Royal Naval Yard Police said that on June 13 at about 2.46 pm. he saw defendant walking up the road near No. 4 Store to the South-east boundary wall near the Naval Terrace. He (defendant) pushing a hand cart in which was a sack Witness was on his beat on the verandah of the Comman der-In-Chief's office. Defendant stopped his cart just under the verandah where witness was and tocked up and asked witness the time. He then took the sack and dragged it to the latine, left it there, and pushed back the trol
ey the way he came. At about 3 P. Witness saw defendant again, this time throwing two pieces of white metal over the boundary wall to the grounds of the Naval Terrace. Witness shouted "hey" at, him and the latter walked to the
end side of the verandah, where Ive turned sharply round and
The second defendant said that disappeared. Not being allowed to the revolver had been given to him
leave his beat, he gave the alarm. by the first defendant and that he
In response. to it, another had not persuaded the first defen-.
constable came to the spot, and dant to steal the gun.
acter. He had probably led the first defendant te stealing the gun. Send defendant was sentenced to four months.
Tsang Kwan and Ho Wah wer tried yesterday at the Crimina Det.-Sergt. Russell said that the Sessions before His Honour, the second defendant was known to Chier Justice, Sir Atholl Mac-the Police as an undesirable char- Gregor and a jury en charges of My Executive Counell therefore i possession of two moulds for coun- had before it recently a proposal terfeiting ten-cent pieces and two to raise the licence fees on motor
moulds for countezjelting one cent vehicles*
pieces. Despite the fact that Ho Wah had pleaded "gullty" to the charges and informing the court tha Tsang Kwan had nothing to do with the implements, both de- fendants were found guilty and sentenced to various jail terms of imprisonment.
As a new registration period be- gins on July 1 little notice could have been given of any ennance- ment, and ear-owners whose in- comes have been reduced by the depress.on and who may be said to be living marginally, might not un- reasonably have complained of a lack cf any forewarning: whereas under the light increase of ho petrol tax now proposed the owner can, if he is living on a margin, adjust matters by using his car a tle less....
It
may, however, prove necessary to budget for an in- crease in licence fees from July
next year, and, if so, pru posals to that end will be put forward in connection with the 1937 estimates.
In the United Kingdom the petrol tax is 8d per gallon, in Malaya it is just under 10d per gallon, and here it is round about 40; the present proposal is to in- crease it by five cents or less than
ld.
EXTRA FACILITIES"
The current rate of 25 cents was fixed in October 1931 and among extra facilities provided for motor- 1sts since that date I may mention A new Peak Road and the new Vehicular Ferry.
There is indeed a far greater range for motor transport than when our current petrol tax was adopted.
I fancy that it will be generally agreed that the users of our motor roads should pay for them, and the Agures just furnished by the Colonial Treasurer show that on our present standard of upkeep the proceeds of the petrol tax will just about foot the 1938 b.
Unfortunately, however, tas he uss also pointed out) the item in that Bill for maintenance ($168,- 000) is $119.000 less than the pro- vision in the printed estimates and nearly three lakhs less than what was provided in 1933.
UNECONOMIC RETRENCHMENT Retrenchment of this kind, i continuous, is bound to prove un- economit: what is momentarily saved in repairs is only too soon outbalanced by what has to be „spent on reconstructions,,
I therefore commend this re- solution for your support; I'do not belleve that the five cents rise in duty will constitute a serious hard- ship for anybody but I do believe. It necessary for the maintenance of a reasonable standard in our vehicular communications.
I have left out of account al- together our expenditure on traffic regulation, because I propose to take that into account later on when we review our registration tariff in connection with the 1937 Budget.
The jury empanelled were:- Messrs. R. Nazarin (loreman), „F. J. Tavares, G. Randall, P. M. Xavier, P. S. Sham, J. A. Gonzales and. R. E. Lee.
Mr. E. H Wiliams, Assistant for Attorney General, appeared the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended.
The case for the Crown was that the defendant was arrested at No. 21 Main Street, where, with Ho Wah, he was squatting on the floor in front of а charcoal furnace which was working. Ho Wah had in his hands a mould which when he saw the police he dropped to the floor.
Tsang, went on Mr. Williams, would say that he was waiting there for payment for some med!- cine which he had given to Ho Wah. Counsel contended that it was not reasonable that Ho Wah woud have allowed Tsang, stranger, to stay and waten him in the process of making these coun- terfeit coins.
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The
Evidence corroborating the case for the Crown was called. Crown - witnesses were, Mr. V. C. Branson, Government Analyst who gave expert evidence of the coun- terfeit coins. Inspector Chester-"" Woods and the Chinese constable who effected the raidi and the Police interpreter.
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The defendant from the dock reiterated his protestations of in- nocence after which 'His Lordship addressed the jury who retired for a short while and returned an unanimous verdict of guilty on both charges.
Ho Wah was sentenced to seven. years on the first charge-and five years on the second the sentences to run concurrently Tsang Kwan was sentenced to four years on the first charge and to two years on the second, the sentences to be concurrent.
The resolutic was agreed to un- animously.
CONSUMER PAYS
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Tax Will Be Passed
It is practically certain that the increase in the petrol tax will be passed on to the consumer.
Petrol companies in Hong Kong were not able to say definitely last night what the new prices would be but declared that possibly the whole of the five cents increase in the duty would be added to the retail price,
OBITUARY
Mr. M. J. Quist
FORMER DUTCH CONSUL
It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Consul-General, Mr. M. J. Quist, who died suddenly at Home. Mr. Quist's home was at Laren, -
The late Mr. Quist, whose first appointment was to the Consulate General in Londen, was appointed a consular cadet, eleve-consul as the position was then on March 12, 1908, and therefore had completed more than 30 years' service. He had been in London for two years. then being transferred to Ham- burg.
Owing to quite unforeseen cir- cumstances, his stay in the Hansa Town only lasted for two weeks. and at a moment's notice, he had to leave for Singapore, and then went Home in order to prepare for the vice-consular examination in the early autumn of 1909,
At the end of 1910, the late Mr. Quist was in Shanghai as a vice- consul and in May 1914, he came to Hong Kong in the same post- tion. In 1917, when promoted a consul during home leave, he was, first attached to the Dutch Lega- tion in Rio de Janeiro..but it was impossible to proceed there without great delay and as 'Shanghai want- ed a second man who could replace the consul-general during home leave, he was sent back to the East.
The late Mr. Quit was sent to Yokohama in February 1918 to take charge of the Vice-Consulate. He three stayed there for nearly years, after which he was promoted Consul in Kobe with consular juris- diction in the Japanese Empire, and in February 1923, he was again promoted s Consul-General and since the beginning of March of that year he had been' in Hong Kong,
MR. MOOSA MOHAMED
A member of a well-known in- dian. family, Mr. Moose Mohamed passed away yesterday morning at his realdence in Sharp Street East after a brief illness.
The late Mr. Mohamed had been a resident of the colony for over 40 years during his life of 65 years. He resided for quite a number of years in Shanghai and other Coastal ports.
The deceased, when he left left school joined the staff of Messrs. Deacons, the well-known solicitor firm for some time, after which, he was employed by the Douglas Lapralk Steamship Com-
pany and lett about fifteen years, agoon retirement. Upon his leaving his last employment the deceased resided in Shanghai and only came back to the Colony abont two years ago owing to ill health. Although of indifferent Health, the deceased suddenly took a turn for the worse yesterday and despite all that could be done for him he passed away,
His death will be mourned by his
the workshop" behind the pumping station, he was found: -working with other Chinese and was accordingly arrested. Witness saw defendant in the sume vicinity of the Naval Terrace on the day before
DENIED KNOWLEDGE Defendant giving evidence, deni- ed that he was at the spot where the lead was thrown over the wall at any time on the day in question or on the day before.
Three witnesses who were said to be working with defendant went into the witness box to corroborate his story.
The defence was that Constable Bunsdon was the only one whó identified defendant.as the one one who threw the lead, and he might have made an honest mis- take taking defendant for another man. "Ah Fung, the other man, supposed to be seen near the Naval Terrace on that day was intro- duced by the defence. A witness testified as to seeing Ah Fung on the day in question putting a ladder to the wall. and that he was wearing the same colour of clothing as defendant. Constable Blansaon Iden used defendant mare by his clothes than by his face, as when defendant was ar rested. the former came from be- hind and without seeing his face said "that's the man." Ah Fung
after being questioned on the same ocence as defendant had abscond- ed.
The hearing was adjourned. His Worship remarking that the man, Ah Fung might be found by then.
two sisters, Mrs. S. Ackber and Miss Halima Mohamed and a large circle of relations; deceased's wife pre- deceased him some twer.ty years ago. Deceased was the uncle of Mr. J. Ackber. the former well- known Indian Recreation Club junior division cricketer.
The funeral took place yesterday evening at the Mohamedan Ceme- tery and was largely attended. Mauvli Noor Shah officiated.
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