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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1937.
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SNATCHER Carpenter Who Was Out Of Work
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Appearing before Mr. W. Scho- field at the Centrni Magistracy yesterday Leung Kal, 29, unem- ployed, was remanded for forty eight hours for medical examina- tion on a
charge of snatching a handbag from Mrs.. Platt. on February 8.
Det-Sgt. Estall, prosecuting, said that Mrs. Plutt, who resided at 373, the Peak, was in the act of board- ing her car in Gloucester Road when defendant snatched the bag from her hand. Mr. Dyer. of 5, Queen's Gardens, who was hearby, caught him. chased Leung and The bag contained $17 in money and articles valued at $20, which were all recovered.
In reply to his Worship defen- dant said that he was born in the Colony and that he had been an Itinerant carpenter but was now out of a job..
PICKED POCKET
Lam Chi, 36-year-old unemployed appeared before Mr. W. Schofield
CRIMINAL
SESSIONS
Murder Case On The Calender
The Criminin Sessions for Feb- ruary will commence on February
CLAN CHIEF'S FORTUNE
Devoted Nurses Remembered
"THEFT OF GEESE
AND CHICKENS
Lol, Lau
unemployed. Vas brought before Mr. W? Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday for the theft of two" geese and ten chickens.
of his
fowis. As complainant had been
Unregistered Mui Trai
Mau Suk-ming, 38-year-old mar- ried woman, was summoned before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central | Magistracy yesterday for keeping an unregistered mu sai at 3, Li Kwan Avenue, ground floor, on January 28.
Inspector H. W. Fraser of the
Det Sgt. Estall said that Mr. Bequests to nurses. "In recogni- Morgan, of Mount Parish Govern-" 15. and the calender, as posted uption of devoted care and atten- ment Quarters reported to the po- S.C.A., prosecuted.
tion" are included in the will oflice of the loss of some in the Supreme Court, is as fol-
Sir FitzRoy Donald MacLean of lows:--
Duart Castle, Mall, veteran chief of the Clan MacLean, who died on November 22 last at the age of 101, leaving unsettled estate of the gross value of £183.430 s id. with net personalty £180,080 os 3d, on which Estate Duty of £58,- 143 10 11d has been paid..
Chan Tak-cheung; Lam Yan: Wu Lai; Liu Chol: Wong Nin, alias Kam Chak; and Wong Htin, all on charges of breach of the De portation Order.
Wong Sheung-sang, possession of dangerous drug and Importing drug.
Chan Yuk-man and Wong Fong;
So MI-chan, Chung Chin-you and Wong Lin; and Tsing Chung-slu alias Yu Kwong: possession of dangerous drug.
Tsang Hop possession of arms and ammunition,
Wong Yip, uttering a forged note and possession of a forged. note.
Lam Chol: Lam LI-Kwong and Chan Hak-mul, robbery by two or
more.
Wong Fat-chi, murder.
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ARMED ROBBERY · Village Scout Fired At
An armed robbery occurred in Po
at the Central Magistracy yester-Kok village. New Territories, in the day charged with picking $4 from early hours of Tuesday. the pocket of Leung Shing. 44, Asherman.
According to a Police report Fung Kam-chan said he was asleep when Inspecor O'Connor informed his he was awakened, by a person try- Worship that defendant came outing to force open the door. His wife of a tea house at Chi Ma Ti and Leung felt a hand in his pocket. Compainant turned and saw de- fendant's hand being extracted from his pocket.
Defendant.
a police supervisee, was ordered to be placed under police supervision for two further years.
who
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was sleeping in another room. He saw three men enter, two wearing masks and the other armed with a revolver. The robbers forced him and his wife on to a bed, and while the man with the revolver was covering them, the others ransacked the house. They took the away money and articles to total value of $18.
A village scout reported that he saw a fourth man standing in the alleyway leading to the house. The man fired a shot at him but miss- A spent shell and two live ed. rounds were later found.
Burglar Caught In Kowloon Flat
A witness to a pick-pocketing incident, Chan On. was warmly commended by Mr. W. Schofield at the Centra, Magistracy yesterday. His Worship sald that he had performed his duty as a good citizen in apprehending Chan Fal-
Appearing before Mr. E Hims kee, who snatched a purse from a
worth at the Kowloon Magistracy Chinese woman, Chan On was yesterday. Wong Sam, allas Wong given $4 for bringing the culprit to | Po-ching, alias Wong Sin-wab, was justice as he was an unemployed | charged with house breaking and the larceny of articles and money to a total value of $81 from Mr. Phillp Coombs, of 51B, Hillwood Road, second floor.
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Defendant, who said that he was an unemployed black-smith,, was sentenced to four months' hard labour.
Banished Gaoled
In the witness box, complainant said that abous midnight on Tues- day, he was disturbed by a sound in the hallway. He made investi- gation. When he met defendant Sentence of six months' impri- he struggled with him, and at same Eonment was imposed by Mr. E.tima told his amah to call for the
police. Defendant was Himsworth at the Kowloon Magia-
taken to tracy yesterday on Ng Pan, 43, n returned banishee who was deport- ed from the Colony for a period of
the Water Police Station, where he was searched and a watch and a
$10 note were found in his posses-
ten years in October last. Inspec-sion.
tor Rogers sald that defendant was His Worship sentenced defendant arrested on Monday.
to six months' imprisonment.
How To Avoid A Slump
While we shall be prudent to way to make a slump inevitable. take such steps as I have indicated There is nothing wrong with the to prevent the present recovery very moderate prosperity we now must be to from developing into a precarious enjoy. Our object boom, I admit that I do not see stabilize it and to distribute it more much sign of this, except, perhaps, widely, not to diminish it. in certain special directions, writes a Home currespondent For the moment we have the rearmament expenditure superimposed on the building activity and on the large non-recurrent investment in work- ing capital and in renewals which are characteristic of a recovery as such; and that is a situation which suggests caution.
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POSITIVE PRECAUTIONS Thus we need constructive pre- parations against the future. Re- cent experience has shown us how long it takes to prepare for useful and what careful Investment; handling is necessary to develop a psychological state in the invest ment market which will accept a reduction in the long-term rate of But, on the other hand, our ex- Interest. Moreover, it will be much port Industries remain, on the easier to check a recession If we whole, inactive; the peak of the Intervene at its earliest stages. For non-recurrent investment in in- if it is allowed to develop, cumula- creased working capital (which in tive forces of decline will be set the last two or three years has in motion which it may prove al been much larger per annum than most impossible to check until they have run their course. If we are. the cost of rearmament now is) may be behind us; sooner or later to be successful we must intervene the building activity will relax with moderate measures of expan-. and the cost of rearmament is slon before the decline. has become neither permanent ΠΟΤ inrge visible to the general públic. One enough while it lasts to sustain pro- factor only shall we have in, our sperity by itself. (in 1938 at least favour-namely, the improvement seven or eight times as much was in our export trade with the raw- spent on new building as on re- material countries which I now armament). Thus our main pre- anticipate with confidence at a occupation should be concerned date not far distant. In other di- not so much with avoiding the rections we shall be hard put to it. perils of a somewhat hypothetical in my opinion, to develop useful boom as with advance precautions activities on an adequate scale. against that sagging away of The menace of the next slump; activity which, if it is allowed to and what that would mean to our cumulate after the usual fashion, institutions and traditions. If it will once again develop into a comes, should be at our elbow, sump. Too much alarm about a urging us to new policies and bold- hypothetical boom will be just theness of mind.
Sir FitzRoy left his Scottish property upon trust for his son. Lachlan MacLean, and his heirs;
£1000 to his son-in-law, Briga- dier-General Marsham;
Annuities of £52 each to Miss Livingstone and Annie Annie Hewitt;
£100 to the Clan MacLean As- sociation:
£200 and an annuity of £200 to his nurse-companion, Miss Ger- trude Stainton; £50 to his former housekeeper, Alice Fox; annuities of £52 each to his former coach- man. Frederick Goddard. and Eve Wenham. widow of his gardener. James Wenham.
THREE SMART GIRLS
Dainty Deanna Durbin, a bril Hant and altogether charming per- sonality will be introduced to local movie fans. when Universal's gay comedy drama, "Three Girls," has its first showing at the Alhambra Theatre, to-day.
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the same locality from where he robbed before he took the police to
recovered his former loss and found defendant and the fowls there. Defendant was in the hut and the geese and chickens were out in the yard.
Defendant admitted the thefts when questioned.
Mr. W. A. Mackinlay appeared for Pang Wal-ying who was the present occupant of the house, and. informed his Worship that Mau. Suk-ming had been absent from the Colony for a long time, and the present that he represented occupant who said that the giri was not a'mui tsal.
"Inspector Fraser said that the giri, Lai Yuet-ying alias Fu Yung,
Sentence of three months' hard 21, was the mut tsal of Mau Suk- labour was imposed.
COLONEL COMMANDANT.
R.A.M.C.
The King has approved the ap- pointment of Major-General H. Ensor, D.8.0., ns Colonel Comm
Medical mandant Royal Army Corps. 10 succession to Major-. General O. L. Robinson, who has attained the age limit for the ap- pointment
Three Smart Girls" tells the amusing story of three daughters of a rich New Yorker who upset
mance with a gold-digging blonde their father's May-December ro- The title roles are played by little
Miss. Durbin, Nan Grey and Bar bara Read.
As the father, Charles Winninger essays a new type of role and turns In a grand performance. Miss Barnes plays the part of the gold- digger and Miss Brady is ideally Surrounded by a cast of estab- cast as the blonde's scheming uished cinema favourites including mother. Mischa Auer is a hit as Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray an impoverised nobleman whom Milland and Charles Winninger. the three youngsters. hire to luze this youthful newcomer to the the adventuress away from their screen lives up to advance notices giddy parent. of her musical genius.
She proves, too, that she is much more than just a singing child prodigy. Possessing exquisite beauty and rare charm, the talented youngster gives a smooth per- formance.
Ray Milland and John King provide handsome romantic in- terest as sweethearts of the two elder of the three girls. The re- mainder of the cast includes Ernest Cossart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Lucille Watson and Nella Walker.
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ming, and that he would ask for
an adjournment for further in- quiries.
informed
Mr. Mackinlay
his Worship that it could be adjourn ed sine dio and if there was fur- ther action his client would ap- pear.
A week's remand was granted.
Stole From Employer
Tze Hong appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday for the larceny of $28.79 from his former employer..
Sub-Inspector Darkin sald that
with which to pay bills on January defendant was given the money 30, but he had not been seen since.
His Worship ordered defendant to pay $26.79 amends or a fine of $50 or a month in gaol.
DAUGHTER OF GENERAL W. BOOTH DEAD
Miss Marian Booth, daughter of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and sister of the present leader, General Evangeline Booth, died at her Sudbury home, aged 72.
She took no active part in Salva- tion Army work, having been an invalid all her life, but her father gave her the honourary title of “Staff captain,”
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