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ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL: QUEEN'S ROAD RAID:
29,
At the Central Magistraty yesterday, Li :: Yuk-lok. rattan chair-maker, "who was charged with possession of counter- fait coins of 10 and 5 cents pieces, and possession of moulds for making coins, at No. 53, Queen's Road East, second floor, on June 25, was committed to stand his trial at the Criminal Sessions, by Mr. T. J. Houston.
acting on
Outlining the facts of the case, Sub-Insp, W. N. Darkin, said that, informations received, he and a party of police raided the fat at 6.30 am. on June 25.
He found the rear cubicle of the second Boor, closed from the inside. The door was later, open- ed by defendant, who responded to a knock by Lo Kong, F.SC. 75. A search was made of the cubicle and several articles, consisting of metals, liquid and equipment, in- cluding counterfelt coins were found in the room.
Analyst's Evidence
.
1.
the fiat on the morning in quas- tion When he reached the place. the rear cubicle was shut, but was later opened by defendant various articles were found in the
room.
IMPORTANCE
OF FIRST AID
Need For Employers'
Co-operation
STO
'Employees of firms, factories, etc., where large numbers of
angered. employees are asked to give sympathetic consideration to the formation of a First Aid Division for their Arms.
GENERAL
Celebration Aboard New Motorship
ARGENTINA MARU'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
The reputation of the 0.8.K.
· Line was` certainly enhanced yes- terday when their new 13,000-toxi ms. Argentina Maru made her debut in Hongkong on her maiden on the round-the-world
voyage The
statement
It is said that "Industry, and Commerce being the life blood of the country, all loss of life, efficiency, and boars of works impedes Its proper cir- culation, First Aid, therefore. becomen of vital importance in preserving earning capacity (with the consequent security to the workman and his de- pendants) and in addition to treating accident and sudden 'Uness it teaches and applies the very important "Safety First principles."
life.
service.
The local representatives of the OSK Line and the master of the Argentina Maru Captain -M.
hosta Yajima, were
yesterday afternoon st a cocktail party on board the modern, de luxe motor- ship, to members of the shipping fraternity.
LATEST DESIGN
Door Always Closed Kwok Tsin, allas Kwok Man- tain, principal tenant of the pre- had sub-let mises, said that he the rear cubicle to defendant, who of $10. paid a monthly rental
A thorough inspection of the Defendant had tenanted the room door .of
vessel Was made by all guests. for seven months. The the room was always shut when-
Line The success of the 0.8K. ever defendant was in the room,
and of the Argentina Maru was and locked when he was "out.
toasted by the visitors, who also Mr. V. C. Branson. Government There was a noise of metal being. Analyst, gave evidence stating moved about in the rooms at
To-day in Hongkong, the neces- enjoyed native Japanese dances stty for a First Aid training be-rendered by attractively kimono- that he received a sealed package times. containing four bottles. a pan, a Tang Ho, wife of the last wit-comes more and more apparent.clad dancers. bag and six packages from Sub-ness, said that she let defendant and the Hongkong Tramways Co.
The Argentina Maru incor- Insp. Durkin
Into the premises at about 11.15 has sponsored a division of Its and conductors that if The packages received were p.m. on the night of June 24. He drivers
an accident occurs prompt First Dorates the latest in motorship found to contain, 157 grammes of was alone. Antimony, 940 grams of pieces of Sub-Inspector Darkin gave, evi-Ald measures are taken, saving design and construction Spacious- time, and, more important, perhaps ness is paramount, with lighting
and ventilation playing an im- į aloid, tin And lead. There ware dence of arrest.
which
Defendant's Denial
portant part. The decks are wide also 106 10-cent pieces,
Railway companies, docks, fac- and long, the public salons are were made of tin and antimony Defendant made together with a small amount of denying that the articles found in tories workshops. collieries, etc., "roomy' but due to the interior He said that in England have trained First Aid decoradon, which is ultra-modem, lead. The approximate compost-his room were his. tion of this was 80 per cent, tin. they were given to him by three employees with First Aid stations they produce an air of intimacy. and half of his friends the night previous ready to deal with any accident The indirect lighting gives a coal 19 per cent. antimony
appearance with sophistication. per cent lead. These were silver to the raid, He happened to meet or sudden illness, thus minimising loss of employment and wages, or these friends while he was out
particularly in the lounges, dining plated.
saloon and small theatre room Another package contained 105
Necessary Adjunct
"The de luxe cabins of the same 5-cent pieces, having the
denote First Aid is also a very neces-metorship
the artist's At first defendant refused, composition. There were also 181
would leave sary adjunct of A. R. P.-First touch indoor plan and decora- unfinished 10-cent pieces and 33 they said that they.
night only. Ald parties. stretcher-bearers,tion, while the first-class accom- 5-cent places. One of the bottles them there for one
to contain 50 cc. When they brought the things ambulance drivers are of primary modations are comfortable and was found
a that night he went to look for importance, and if firms will have modern in the extreme. diluted nitric
with gas.
Chinese cent. The his friend, a
policeman a number of trained First Aid per-
THREE FEATURES strength of 35 per
the intention of sonnel, ready to act in emergency, other bottles contained water and No. 219, with
Three outstanding and delight- this will go a long way in pre-
Argentina other gases suited for counterfeit asking him to raid the place..
When asked by His Worship venting panic, will give a sense ful features of the purposes.
de-of security to those working on Mare are the small, cozy taproom where the policeman lived. fendant said in Lockhart Road, the premises, and more especially containing the usual bar and ap-
tables, Li ground floor, the number of which prevent loss of life. Civil autho-pliances, stools and
rities will thus he released for colour scheme of which is most he could not remember.
pleasing: the open air with cover- He falled to locate the friend major Incidents. that night and returned home at
Lectures in First Aid and A. R. Pjed roof game and dance pavillon. 4.30 am, when the three friends (Voluntary Aid Course) are being with a background of lovely un- invited him to tes. He refused to conducted by qualified practitioners usual garden boxes and
Besides these, four moulds were found in a pot, with four double moulds, intended for making the new laue of 1937. The latter ap- peared to have been unused. A quantity of lead, brass and tin were also found among the con-
tents.
Lo Kwong PSC. 75, said that he and the party of police raided
a walk, and they suggested leaving even death the things in his room.
but
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939. -PAGE 7
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LADIES
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SHOES
AND
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SLIPPERS FROM
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CHILDREN'S GYM SHOES
60 c. PER PAIR
CHILDREN'S SHOES FROM
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I
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Ladies'
AND
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MEZZANINE FLOOK.“
The House of Quality & Service
flowers, go with them and was arrested in (B. M. A) and Grade I Lecturers situated adjacent to the open air of the St. John Ambulance Asso- swimming pool on the boat deck; the morning.
and the pool, which is lighted for UNCLAIMED ciation.
night swimming, has convenient and modern shower rooms.
PROMISSORY NOTE A.R.P. EXAMINATION
CLAIM
RESULTS
Further evidence
heard Was
The Air Raid Precautions Officer before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell announces the following Air Raid at the Summary Court yesterday Precautions Examination Results: Tuen Mui School Class:-In- in the case in which Chui Kwai- yuen, of No. 7, Gap Road, claimed {structor: Mr. K. S. Leung." $50 from Wong Man-Yoon, student, Passed as A.R. Warden Instruc-
Chinese tor:-Chan Ching Shan.
for payment under promissory note dated in Novem- ber last.
Mr. M. A., da Silva represented the plaintiff, while. Mr. Alfred Y. Hon appeared for the defence.
Mr. Hin-shing Lo, barrister-at- law, was called to give expert evidence on Chinese writing.
was recalled Man-icon Wong for cross-examination. He denied that he had ever written to plain- tiff, giving him any specimen of his signature.
Plaintif Chul Kwai-yuen, was aleo recalled.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hon in
connexion with a car, he said that he had negotiated with man, named Kun Tsai, to buy a
car.
The hearing was further ad- journed to August" 16.
CARELESS TRUCK DRIVER FINED
TELEGRAMS
The ms. Argentina Maru is in- The "following unclaimed tele- deed a travel conveyance which grams are lying at the office of the any passenger in the first or Great Northern Telegraph Co. special classes would enjoy whe- (Ltd.):-
Miss Chang Su Ngor c}o Chu c/o Hung Chop, a motor-truck driver ther it be a two-day trip or one for the N. A. A. F. I, was fined covering the QS.K. Line's round-7530, from Shanghai. $10 when he appeared before Mr.the-world service.
A. A Macfadyen, at the Kow- loon Court yesterday, on a sum-
for driving without due care and and caution at 8 am on June 27 at the junction of Nathan Road and Haiphong Road.
MEN OF WAR IN HARBOUR
•
The following men of war were
harbour yesterday:- Sloops: Lowestoft. Gunboats:- Tarantula, Seamew.
mons Passed as AR. Wardens:-Tang Kwong Yan. Leung Lai Ng: Chot Sau Fan, Yu Chek, Leung Chee, Ip. Wing Sum, Lam Ybet, Tse K Yiu, Choi Tak Hing. Shek Yuek The complainant in the case in Kuch. Ng Chiu, Leung Sul Wah was Mr. John Watson, of the Mok Sik Wu, Tsang Wal Chee, Colonial Secretary's Office, who Ngai Mo Yin, Leung Yuet Yiu, claimed that.. Hung had taken a Mok Sik Yu. Ma Chan Blu, and turn without appropriately sig- nalling. Hung has been driving Yu King Ying..
Queen's College Class: Instruc- since 1918. tor: Mr. Cheng Kim Wah.
Passed as AR. Warden Instruc- tor:-Lo Yu Yán.
Short Course The following members of the Italian Convent have passed a Short Course in A.R.P.:
to
2905, from Shanghai 3467, from Shanghal 0051, from Shanghai.
Nagaigist c/o Japanese Consulate General, from Tokyo.
AIRPORT NEWS
Imperial Airways;
NORTHBOUND
Moth,
Thanët.
Thursday:
Pan-
Destroyers: Tenedos, Thracian, Scout, Duncan.
Submarines: Parthian. dora, Regulus, Rover, Orpheus.
Foreign men of war:-American: Gold Star; French Argus.
H.M.S. DUNCAN DAMAGED
Passed as AR. Warden's:-Ng THEFT OF PADLOCKS Shau Ying. To Chan Chan, Wong
Pleading guilty to charges of Kam Wah, Lai Shuk Yu, Chan largeny of a yale padlock and Sing Lee, Au Che Ming. An Ching corbin padlock at George's Bulld- Sing. Ip Yan Sau, and Chan Fong on July 9, and of a padlock
E. M. B., Duncan was slightly Bhum.
at York Building on July 18,
collision with a and possession of a crowbar damaged in a
practice target during exercises for an unlawful purpose, Cheng
The des- at Wehalwe recently. Sap-sam, 30, was sentenced
the Colony troyer arrived in two months' hard labour on the Bister Mary Grosse, Miss Clari;
yesterday and has gone into dock! for repairs. Tells, Mother Erminia Castilho, arst court, six weeks" on Mother Josephine Palmery, Miss second. and six weeks on
third by Mr. R. Edwards, at Cen- Although the temperature yes-
Daisy Anna Mary Chan, Miss terday remained low, humidity rose to 91 per cent. The maximum Mabel Ha, Sister Lucy de Sousa, tral Magistracy yesterday.
A: The locks had been sold to Miss Pauline Yick, Miss Victoria temperature yesterday was Arias, Miss Gwendoline Ho, Miss stall-holder for 80 cents. degrees, as compared with 95 de Geraldine Jorge, and Sister Mary grees last week, and the minimum
Rangel. 75 degrees.
TEMPERATURE LOW
80
the the
COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS Mr. W.N. Brummel, of Hong Thirty-six cases of tuberculosis, kong Land Investment, appeared Ave cases of enteric fever, four as complainant and Det-Bgt. E. cases of dysentery. three cases of Intermittent rain tell yesterday,
cholera, two cases of measles and but not sufficient to cause any FIRING PRACTICE T. Etewart Prosecuted..
Firing practice will be carried." Defendant had previous convic-one case of diphtheria were noti- unlawful fed to the Health Department on for to-day indicates occasional out from Fort Davis between the tions for larceny and
July 18. hours of 10 am. and 2 p.m. to-day, boarding of vessels. rata,
material readings. The forecast
י:
POP-ONE TYPE OF SCREECHING REPLACED BY ANOTHER
MY WIFE USED TO
PLAY THE VIOLIN A LOT
BUT SINCE THE
CHILDREN CAME
SHE DOESN'T
GET A
CHANCE
TO!
CHILDREN
ARE A COMFORT, ARENT
THEY!
Hongkong.
Bangkok,
Delphinus-4 p.m.
SOUTHBOUND
Hanoi,
Friday: Hanoi, Bangkok. Dorado, Derebola 7 & 7.30 am. Air France:
NORTHBOUND Wednesday: France,
Hongkong. Service-book.
Hanoi
SOUTHBOUND
Wednesday: "Hanoi, France. Service 1.30 pm (same day). Pan American Airways: EASTBOUND
Thursday: U.S.A., Manila, Hong-
.kong.
Honolulu Clipper-2, p.m.
WESTBOUND
Friday: Manila, USA Honolulu Clipper-8.30 a.m.
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1939
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