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CATHOLIC NEWS PRISONER'S
AND NOTES
(Continued from Fare 3.).
LEAP TO
DEATH
Inquest At The Magistracy
· At an inquest conducted by Mr. K. Keen sitting as Coroner at the 'Central' Magistracy yesterday afternoon it was revealed that on the inorning of December last, a man, named Lo Tung, aged 22, detained for enquiries, lesped to his death from the first floor of Police Headquarters building.
Chief Det-Insp. J. Murphy was present on behalf of the police and the following · jury was tm- panelled-Messrs. H. H. Blyth (Foreman), J. J. Guterres and Lo Pan Wal.
ernment
FATALITY AT
QUARRY
Inquest Verdict
Sitting as Coroner at the Kow- Joon Magistracy yesterday, Mr.. E Himsworth conducted an enquiry into the circumstances ɛattaizding
stonebreaker who killed as the re- the death of Chol Tam Wih, 32,
sult of a blasting accident at a quarry in Thi Kok Tral His Wor ahlp sat without a jury.
D. Y. E. Ng of the Kowloon Hos- Medical evidence was given by
pital which disclosed that the deceased sustained.· ́multiple In- juries. Deceased was brought in to the hospital at 11.15 sm. December 26, and died at 8,05 pim. on the same day,, har
on
Cheung Kul, mother of the de- ceased, told the Court that she w u short distance away from her son
Dr. Isaac Newton, of the Gov- Civil Hospital, · deposed that the cause of death was multi-when the accident occurred. She ple injuries with haemorrhage as heard the explosion, and on turn- the contributing factor.
ing round she saw Chol lying on the ground unconscious.
An Indian constable testified tehat on the night of November 30 he arrested Lo » Tung outside a shop window in Ice House Street He was unscrewing nails with a scrow driver. He was taken to Central Police Station.
The deceased, before he died. "made a statement in which he said that the blame was entirely his own as the gunpowder he used for the blasting was illegally obtained from another stonebreaker.
His Worship recorded a' verdict, of accidental death.
houses of the poor to whom they distribute relief. Each Conference has "representatives on the en- eral Council; which meets once a month At each of these mettings a report is read from each of the Conferences, and thus there is a review each month of all tha charitable work done by the Bo- elety. As each Conference attends to a special section of the city there is no overlapping, and the monthly pooling of information secures that deception by unde-" serving applicants for help is re- duced to a minimum. Certain ex- penses, such as education, are borne by the central body rather than the individual Conferences. A large number of children are
educated either completely helped in the expenses of their education by the Society. The Hon. Secretary for the coming year is Mr. Peter Lo, and the Hon. Treasurer Mr. A. A. Alves.
CATHOLIC ACTION CONGRESS IN CANTON During the coming week there will be a Catholic Action Congress in Canton beginning on Monday and closing on the following Sun- day. As Catholle Action is a gen- eral name for works of zeal and charity carried on by lay Catholics with the approval of the Church authorities, the Congress will be very wide in ita scope. Consider-
and at 11.30 am. witness was in- able help in organising this Con-
structed to take Lo Tung out for As a result of a Police raid on gress has been given by Bishop. further enquiries a consequence a common gaminy house on Thurs- Yu Pin, the Vicar Apostolic of of a statement made by Lo Tung. day, 14 participants were charged Nanking who was the chief or-
Witness took him to the prays, at the Kowloon Magistracy yester. ganiser of a very successful Con-Western district and Western mar- day. gress of a similar, kind in Shang-ket but could not find the man Chan Hung. 24, coolie, the keep- hal two years ago. Bishop Yu Pin they were looking for. They reer, and seven others forfeited their reach Canton on Sunday turned to Central at 1.05 p.m. but bails when they failed to appear. next. A number of delegates from Sergt. Cashman was not there. The remaining Ave were each si various parts of South China will Witness took Lo Tung back to by Mr. E. Himsworth. be present, and many prominent the sleeping quarters where ne laymen who have been associated
handcuted him to a bedstead with various Catholic activities witness sat, opposite him. Deceas will take part in the discussions.
ed expressed a desire to go but CATHOLICS IN KWANGTUNG again at 2.30 p., to look for the Recently issued statisties know man, Ah Chan, At 1.50 p.m. the that the number of Catholica in deceased expressed a desire to obey the Kwangtung Province is 132,-
a call of nature and witness com- 117, which is an increase of over piled with his request. On the 8,000 on the previous year. There way back to the sleeping quarters are nine ecclesiastical divisións in Lo Tung asked the witness to wali the province, have in all 333 under a pretext. Lo Tung sudden- priests, of whom 113 are Chinese.ly swung his right hand with the There are under Catholic auspices handcuff and made a swing to
strike witness.
throughout the province 491 schools with an aggregate of 28,- 341 pupils, and fifty medical dis- pensaries in which 188,700 cases were treated within the past year.
IMMORTALITY
(Continued from Page 3)
No. Theosophy gave the teach- ing of Reincarnation, not Résur- rection, Transmigration or other corresponding theories, but con- taining them all which the true doctrine of Immortality.
LIFE AS A MINERAL S Man the spark of Life had long
Wanted To Be Out
Det. Lau Fook, in evidence, said tehat he received the deceased at
8.20 a.m. on Dec. 1 in the sleeping: quarters of the detective office. At
a.m. Sergt. Cashman arrived
As witness was trying to ward of the swinging blow Lo Tung turned and ran to the verandah. He put both hands on the rallings and jumped over, landing in the compound. The injured man, was rushed to the Government Civil Hospital where he died two days later.
Without retiring the jury return- ed a verdict of accidental death by misadventure.
LORRY DRIVERS
IN COURT
ago plunged into life as a minéral Dangerous Driving
His embryo consciousness then became the life behind a group of plants. After more inexpressible seons his life was expressed in animal forms. At last he took his Arst birth oa man, as a savage.
He gained his experiences through
life after lite. The Law of Ab-
solute Justice in which Theo- sophists believed, rules that for all his trespadies - against the progress of evolution he ceived, exact retribution whether In his prezent life or a future one. "Through his sufferings, through
re-
his fortunes, through his sorrows, through his ecstasies he learnt the Jesssons of Life. And so on he progressed until he once against reached the consciousness of the original Divine Spark and became Himself divine.
The practical reaction to the Theosophist's theory of Reincarna- tion, was to realize that all were Gods in the Becoming and that nothing was impossible for them. To realize that joy and ecstasy
were the strongest accelerators to progress. That the struggle for life need not be so bitter, as there was so much to do more worth while than breaking hearts in making millions...
One should be fearless and build constructively not only in the world in which one's body now lives; but one should remember; that beyond the present ilfe there
Charges
A lorry driver, Tsang Lin, sum- the Central Police Court yesterday moned before Mr. J. A. Fraser, at
for driving without due care and caution, was fined $10.
Sergt. C. Mottram said that the defendant drove his lorry from west to east along Connaught Road Central near the Cheung Chau Ferry wharf at a fair speed and shot across the road to pull up off No. 117 instead of waiting for a break in the trame. Another lorry coming from the east had to swerve sharply out to avoid it. It was very skilfully done but it was dangerous
Tsol Shu, another lorry driver, was similarly summoned and fined $5. Bergt, G. Fryer stated that the defendant turned into Arsenal Street from Johnston Road at. 20 miles per hour.
A fine of $5 was imposed on Wong Chan, also a lorry driver, who was summoned for speeding in Connaught Road West His speed was 24 miles per hour. Egt. A. Bethell prosecuted.
HEROIN PILL CASES
1 more, beyond the world there Wong Tak, 25, pleaded guilty to
is more, more beyond the solar system and the universe and should build accordingly
Mr. Knudsen is the Presidential Agent of the Theosophical Society in the Orient and is staying in Hong Kong for two weeks, He will be giving a lecture on The Evolution of Mind and Morals in Daily Life," next Thursday.
the possession of 462 heroin' pills at 53. Main Street, and was sen- tenced to six months' hard labour by Mr. JA. Fraser at the Central Police Court yesterday. Tang, Ki 48, charged with the possession of 1.090, heroin pills at 13. Kam Wah Street, was similarly sentenced. Inspector T. O'Connor prosecuted In both cases."
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GAMBLING RAIDS
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Failing to appear at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday in answer to a charge of keeping s common gaming house at 39, Haiphong Road, Chan Chuen, 33, coolle, for- feited bail of $50.
Eight other defendants, who were participants in the game. were each Exed $1.
The sum of $2.65 which was found on the table was ordered to be placed in the Poor Box
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