HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Wife Describes Treatment In Mental Hospital
"A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT SHE RECEIVED AT THE MENTAL HOSPITAL, where her husband took her against her will, was given at the Kowloon Court yesterday by Chung Yuk-ming, 38, who is summoning Nip Kai-yu, alias Nip Ping- chuen, of the Beray Company, foi separation and separate main- tenance,
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AT CENTRAL
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Mr. Sheldon, in passing sentence,
Appearing on remand before Mr. H G. Sheldon at the Central. M^- | Witness," who “began telling her down in à jar of water and 1gistracy yesterday, La Man-tung, story to the Court on Thursday was pressed down and water was paint salesman, was fined $200 or afternoon. in which she alleges thrown over me."
two months' imprisonment on systematic insult from her hus- "I remained there one week. I charge of assaulting a Polles om- band and instances of assault, oc- tried to get out and get in touch cer. On another count of disorder cupted the witness-box for the with my family the third day, ly conduct while drunk, defendant whole of the afternoon's hearing Läter I was discharged and, on was cautioned. ...Three sisters in white uniforms my discharge, my husband and caught hold of her, witness re- my family were waiting for me." lated, and she was dragged to an adjoining room. This resembled a dining room. She was told to sit down, and upon asking one of the sisters where she was to spend the night, she was told "Eere.” Cross-examined at length by
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defendant, she admitted having, "They then put me in another on one occasion, hit him a blow room that was frightful looking, with a pillow.
morning that it was
Witness said it was probable, the discharge had been obtained by her husband."
HIT WITH PILLOW
CROSS-
empty of furniture and dark.” Defendant" claimed, in witness continued. "The walls examination, that he suggested to were all black and it was fearful. his wife a settlement of their I thought I was to spend the differences and asked her only night there
for three months' grace in which "I did not know until the next time he would settle matters with a lunatic his concubine and her family and asylum, But I saw some of the would send the woman away other patients, and I was tright Witness, defendant stated, always ened. The nurse came in again acknowledged the woman as his and gave me a cup of medicine. concubine, She then pushed me into.........what "Mr. Q. A, A. Macfadyen is hear- appear to be a general ward. Iing the case, and Mr. Hin-shing spent the night there.
Lo is representing complainant. "I asked an amah where I was. Hearing of the case will be con- and she told me. That was the tinued on the afternoon of July next morning. They made me sit 10.
AUXILIARY | Robbery
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AT KOWLOON BLACKSMITH IN
TROUBLE
A remand of one, week waż granted by Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon Court yesterday in the case in which Cheung Tak, 25, an unemployed blacksmith, is charged with having assaulted Chan Man and Lùng Li-hing at No. 4, Sung Street, 2nd door, with intent to rob them.
STOLE FROM POLICE STATION!
said: "Your getting drunk is no business of mine but I will not have police officers assaulted while in the execution of their duty.”“” Charged with larceny of two "Agt V. M. Morrison, in the wit-pieces of clothing from No. 349, ness box, stated that at 11.30 p.m. Reclamation Street, and of lar- on June 13 he received a telephone ceny of two brass knobs from the message to the effect that a drun- | prisoners' dock at Mongkok Police yen Chinese was creating a distur-Station. Lau Ming, 42, was fined $10, in default four weeks' hard labour, by Mr. K Himsworth at Kowloon Court yesterday.
bance at Li Tung Street,
"When I got to the scene I saw defendant lying in a scavenging lane between Lá Tung Street and Spring Garden Lant. Two of his friends were with him at the time and he was bleeding from a wound in the head and the mouth. His clothes were in a flthy condition
his friends I tried to get him into a
(with the assistance
of
taxi but defendant adopted a
fighting attitude and grappled with
me. biting me on the thumb. I managed to break tree.
"A passer-by then brought, s rope and defendant's hands and Teet, were tied. Then an ambularice was summoned, When placed on a stretcher defendant attempted to jump off and was finally tied to
"I hope you will not take any- thing from this Court!". Mr. Himsworth told defendant.
Sgt. Morrison, who prosecuted, sald, that defendant was searched after having been put in the dock in the charge room at Water Police Station and the two knobs, which he had unscrewed from the
dock, were found on his person. FALSE PŘETENCES
ALLEGED
Sentence of seven months' hard labour as passed by Mr. E Himsworth at Kowloon Court yesterday on Lau Ying chun, 25, unemployed, eonvicted of attempt- ing to obtain money by false pre- "Defendant was taken to No. 9 Station and then to the Queentences and of the larceny of a watch from No. 125. Bulkeley Mary Hospital”
Street, the property of Lo Yu, 21.- a woman, the complainant.
the stretcher.
Defendant. when asked if he had anything to say, stated that he was too drunk at the time to realise
An unemployed, Chan K, was what he was doing. He learned committed for trial when he ap- the following day that he had been p.m. will be arranged if there are peared before Mr. H. G. Sheldon in a scuffle with a Police officer sufficient applicants. Those wish-at the Central Magistracy yester- and that he was sorry that it had ing to attend are asked to send day on a charge of robbery with happened. their names as soon as possible to violence.
he Honorary Secretary, Auxiliary It was stated that the com-
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A "BAD RECORD
Lo stated defendant had come to,
her fat with the story that he was collecting subscriptions for the Pak Tai Temple. He remained in the flat for quite a while and at- tempted to take away. the watch as he left.
TRADING AFTER HOURS
Summoned for carrying on re-
"Defendant has a very bad re- Nursing Service. Queen Mary Hos-plainant. Mak Fung-ba, was record and frequents the Wanchal pital
turning home and on reaching the commence at Kowloon Hospital Road x man, alleged to be defen- Peans. He has been in and out of tail business after 8pm.. which is
Kowloon-First Aid lectures will first floor landing of No. 3 Luard district, waiting for drunken Euro- No. 2 Police Station as often as (Out-Patients), on Friday, July 5, dant, attacked her and relieved," said Det.-Sgt. J. Bentley at the at 5.30 p.m.
her of a gold wrist watch and Central Magistracy yesterday when Tang Ylu-cheung, 23, was charged before Mr. H. G. Sheldon with lar- ceny from the person."
The third lecture on Home Nurs- ing at Queen Mary Hospital will be held on Monday, July 1, at 5.30
D.m.
It has been necessary to make certain changes in the allocations
of some members. Members will
diamond ring.
RING RETURNED The ring was returned to com- plainant on condition that she did not raise the alarm. Defendant further threatened to stab her if she did so.
report to the post mentioned on Besides Mar Fung-ha and Dr. the calling up notice-Any infor- mation required can be obtained Kan of the Queen Mary Hospital, who testified to treating the com- from the Honorary Secretary, Au-plainant, evidence was taken from xillary Nursing Service, Queen four other witnesses. Mary Hospital. Telephone No 34141.
FIRST AID EXAMS
The following candidates passed the First Aid Examination held at Headquarters on Tuesday, Jane
25: Mr. Doris Cruickshank, Miss Edith Cadol Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hyde Lay, Mrs. Elizabeth Fearse, Mrs. Ethelreda Wild, Miss Gertrude Bowen, Miss Mavis Glendinning.. Miss Minnie Chan, Miss Motra
Insp. W. N. Darkin "prosecuted,
Sgt. Bentley stated that the com- plainant, Kwan Ting-shing, was buying some fish when he felt a hand in his right jacket pocket. Turning round he seized defendant and the wallet, valued at 50 cents, was found in his pocket.
There was $3.38 in the wallet and defendant", was sentenced to one month's hard labour.
Nature Study Introduced In Singapore Schools
In order to facilitate the progress of nature study in Sloga- pare schools-A subject of increasing importance in the school curriculum--fourth year students of Raffles College who intend taking up teaching as a career are now being afforded an op- portunity to take a course of wild animal life study given by the Curator of Raffles Museum, says the Malaya Tribune. Introduced last year, the scheme, and which is not poisonous are
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The House of Quality & Service
Low prohibited by the Early Clos- APPEAL stores were fined $10 each by Mr. ing Ordinance, four Kowloon
AA. Macfadyen at Kowloon. Court yesterday.
AGAINST COMPENSATION AWARD
The stores concerned were Sang Lee, of No. 13, Boundary Street, Hong Kee, of No. 75, Latchikok The Court of Appeal allowed Road, Po Lee, of No. 125, Laichi- with costs the appeal of Alkaft & kok Road, and Lok Yuen, of No. Co., against the decision of the 100, Prince Edward Road.
Commissioner for Workmen's Mr. M. W. Lo appeared for air Compensation who awarded com- pensation in the sum of "$447.50 the defendants.
and costs in favour of a Chinese GAMBLED MASTER'Sidow Woo Tang Nul, mother of Lee Wye Sin, a labourer who met MONEY AWAY
his death in an accident while in Chan Kwong, 31, cookboy in the the employ of the appellant's firm. employ of Mr. B. de Castro Basto Constituting the court were the of No. 103, Waterloo Road, was Acting Chief Justice, AS, Mr. bound over on a sum of $30 when Justice A. K, a'Beckett-Terrell, the he appeared before Mr. E. Elms- Chief Justice, F. M. 8.. Mr. Justice worth at Kowloon Court yesterday Poyser, and Mr. Justice "Gordon- on a "charge of fraudulent conver-Smith, the Appellate Judge.
The application for compenas- sion of $7.17 to his own use, the money being his master's property. tion was made by the Assistant It was stated that defendant Controller of Labour on behalf of had been given the money to pur- the woman on the ground that chase food, but had lost it gam-she was a dependant of the de-
ordered to return the $17 serve two weeks hard labour.
Corrighan and Miss Vera Dhabher.oroved a great success and it wil but some of the questions set for bling and had absconded. He was ceased,"
Certificates should be obtainable In about two week's time.
Enlistment In Hongkong
be repeated again this year when the examination the college re-opens.
Main Idea of this scheme, it fa' understood, is to increase the knowledge of teachers who have In recent years been regularly bringing groups of schoolchildren
Every man in the Colony, who to the Raffles Museum for nature
is a 'Eritish subject, le encouraged, study.
In fact in some cases compelled.
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The lessons are taken" after school hours, half-an-hour being devoted to theoretical study in the meeting room of the SZIKUS DALIS, and anothér half-an-hour for demonstrą- tion in the gallery. Introduction of
this
MARINE COURT
of i
The Commissioner "for. Work- ¡men's, compensation before whom the matter came up for disposal allowed the application' awarding compensation in the sum of $447,- 50 and costs. It was agairist this decision, "that "Alkan & Co. now appealed.
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· Mr. D. K. Walters, on behalf of the appellants, contended that the Assistant Controller of
Labour
for
NO CLEARANCE For leaving the Port of Victoria course without a clearance or permit on With a proper grounding for among the fourth year students June 27, Kwok Wing, 41, master to join the Hongkong Volunteer the teachers themselves, it is ex- of Raffles College was made last of Class Boat No. 33337 was Defence Corps. This Corps exista pested that they will then be able year, when it was found that it fined 5 or are days hard labour had no focus stands to be heard
to give their students more might usefully be introduced as by Lt. Commdr J Jolly at Marine before the Commissioner for the Defence of Hongkong and comprehensive outline of the ani-a regular subject in the College Court yesterday. residents are best serving the Emals and other things seen at the curriculum,
It was stated that the defen-
Workmen's Compensation in that pize, the Colony and" themselves
This year's course for both tea- dant had cleared on June 24, but be made the application before he received any tutructions from the by joining it and making them-
Teachers take this course volum chers and fourth yesz Collegians owing to bad weather he did not widow and that there was also *selves efficient volunteers.
There is no bar to the enlist tarily and during the two years has not yet been started bus, a clear again, which he should have not sumclent evidence to prove ment in the Corps of persons who the course has already been given commencement by the latter will doré. The prosecution' said that that the deceased, Lee Wye sm, are not of pure, European descent a large number of rejections of soon be made, it is understood.
Museum
in it
since their teachers have taken
Enlistment into Regular units
to be made.
Last year 23 teachers from 17 different schools took the course, which consists of series of twenty lectures and demonstration work. With two lessons week, the course- with vacation interferences" takes about four months to be completed,
this course..
UNCLAIMED
TELEGRAMS,
the offence was not, deliberately
had any dependants, applications on the grounds of General opinion is that school-committed.
·Argning on behalf of the "An- and there are many such serving lack of accommodation have had children have greatly benefited
The Marine Magistrate told the sistant Controller of Labour, Mr. defendant that if he got clearance K. K. O'Conner submitted that the papers and did riot tue" them,” në should have returned them to the matters by way of an appeal appellant should have raised these
Harbour Office within: 24-hourk
against the interlocutory order of AL MOORING CHARGE For mooring their boats on June the Commissioner but not at this The following unclaimed tale-27 to the seawall within hity feet stage, grams are lying at the Cable and of Wilmer Street Wharf, three Wireless Ltd Hongkong branch: Junk mistresses were each fined.
Vid cable Götch, HK & shang $10 or ten days hard labour. hat Bank from Haslemere; Winkate All the defendants from Portofspaini; St. John's "Ar- guilty to the charge, an
TAKING WATER FROM HILLSIDE STREAM Funs Wan Tai, 24 years old
in the British Army is buited to persons of pure European descent, because auch units may be called on to serve in any part of the Empire or in any theatre of War. "Many of these places would dot be suitable for persons whose parents were not both Europeans.
Asiatics are enlisted into the Regular Army for service in -com- plete units or sub-units in : those
EXAMINATION HELD
pleaded
authorized place, namely the hill-
悲 side at Taichikok
The Magistrate took a serious view of the case, and impressed upon the defendant the fact that taking water from an imauthorie- ed locality is likely to endanger
At the end of the course an lington Hotel from Liverpool; parts of the Empire or theatres of examination in both theoretical | Piveteau, Kowloon from Rosehill- War where the climate and other and practical work is given, and mauritius conditions, are suited to them, according to Mr M. W. Tweedle, Vig radio: Paddle. Peninsula master of a Class II bost No. 15777 Thus the garrison of Hongkong is the curator, the standard is fair- Hotel Trom Shanghai, Antonio pleaded gulity before Lt. Commdr. the health of the community. largely composed of Indian Troop, ly high."
Tuason, 4.8 Mayon from Marso: J Jolly to the charge of having The defendant was ordered, to while there are Chinese sub-units
in default How to distinguish one snake Maison Chiruong Rue Vinhlactay on June 27, obtained water with pay a fine of $20%. in the Royal Artillery and Royal from another, which is, poisonous from Cholon.
his water boat from anum-serve three weeks hard labour
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