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KEPT MARINE STORES WITHOUT LICENCE
Wanchai Case Convictions: Written Judgment
Holding that he could not agree with Mr. B. C. Hobbs' contention that choppers and hammers did not come under the Marine Stores Ordinance, Mr. H. G. .Sheldon, ins written judgment at the Central Magistracy yesterday convicted three men and two women charged with keeping marine stores without a licence in Wanchal.
The defendants, Ho Sau, 47, Ng Lam, 43,. Tang Yuk, 19, Wong Wal, 37, married woman, and Leung Kwan, 36, woman, who were each fined $10.
Det.-Sgt. J. Bentley was for the prosecution,
Mr. B. C. Hobbs represented all defendants.
GENERAL
PHILATELIC Birth Of Queen
SOCIETY MEETING
An interesting talk on Egyptian stamps was given by Capt. E W. H. Fillmore, M. · B. E, at the meet; ing of the Philatelic Society yes- terday.
The speaker gave B detailed account of the various issues and traced the history back to 1883. His excellent collection of stamps of that country was exhibited.
It Was announced that, the Society's efforts to contribute to the War Fund had met with great response from members. It was-un- however, that the fortunate, stamps sent in were rather quantity than quality.
Wilhelmina
NO OFFICIAL RECEPTION
The Netherlands community will celebrate the birthday, of H.M. Queen Wilhelmina on Saturday, August 31 The Acting Netherland Consul- General will not, is on former- occasions, give an official re-. ception, but Mr. Middelburg, has invited the Netherlanders In Hongkờng, Macao and Can- ton to his residence on the evening of August 31.
The loyal subjects of HM the Queen of the Netherlands, who with her Government had to leave her country after the German in-
metal goods. ... or any marine stores" Mr. Hobbs contends it is impossible for a person to be con- victed under an ordinance the ob- The following is the text of the ject of which is stated to be the Judgment:
protection of Marine Stores, if the An approximate date for the vasion and who has taken tem- articles found in the possession of auction of these stamps will be porary residence in London, have formed a worldwide organisation, that person are things like chop-fixed at the next meeting,"
called "Netherlands Day of Free- pers and hammers wholly uncon- nected with the sca.
These 3 defendants are charged under sec. 3 of Ord. No. 13 of 1910. Some of the articles produced; such as hammer, heads and old choppers are admittedly articles of ordinary, domestic use and there is no evidence whatsoever that they have been used in connexion with any marine purpose.
HEALTH RETURNS dom," the object of which is to The answer to this apparent
keep alive patriotism and loyalty The following is the Return of to the House of Orange during the anomaly and to Mr. Hobbs' con- tention is," In my opinion, the well notinable diseases notified as hav-present war.
"A local sub-committee, has been settled rule that in the construc-" ing occurred in the Colony during tion of a statute where the words the 24 hours ended at midnight elected, consisting of Messrs. B. J. In these circumstances Mr.in the enacting part are unam-on August 28:- Cholera, three Israel (President), J. H. van der Hobbs for the defendants says that biguous neither the title nor the cases Diphtheria, two cases: En-laan and R. Ivan Rossum. The cases; Cerebro President will address the mem- these articles cannot be Marine preamble can restrict or extend teric Fever, two Stores as defined in sec. 2 (b): on such enacting part. I agree the Spinal Fever, one case: Dysentery, bers of the Netherland community
at the Consul's reception. "the" other hand Sergeant Bentley application of the rule does occa-16-cases; Tuberculosis,-41 cases. for the prosecution contends that sionally lead to some rather odd
a flavour of the sea is not a neces-results.
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sary ingredient and that provided For example, it seems prima ROUND THE POLICE COURTS
AT CENTRAL
CANING FOR SNATCHER
AT KOWLOON
the articles fall under the plain facie unusual that a coolle who definition of old iron, old metal, incautiously enters upon land scrap metal, broken metal, defaced leased to the Military Authorities or old metal goods, a conviction for the purpose of having an after- should be recorded even though noon nap can be convicted under.
THEFT OF BICYCLES the articles In question have never sec. 4A of Ordinance No. 1 of 1895
Bo Ping-sang. 22. unemployed, Appearing before Mr. E. Hims- seen the sea and their original which is entitled "An ordinance to appeared before Mr. G. T. Lowry worth yesterday. three men, makers never contemplated that prevent the sketching of defences." they would be used for any mari-But I have no doubt such convic- yesterday on a charge of snatching Cheung Shun, 27, Yuen Tse-wan. a gold wrist watch from Miss 27, and Yuen Tat-leung, 18, were time purpose.
tion could as a matter of law bernie Lee, of No. 46, Robinson charged with stealing four bicy By sec. 538 of the Merchant properly recorded even if the coolle Road, at Glenealy on Wednesday: cles by ballee, and Yuen Tal, 27, Shipping Act of 1894 it is enacted proved to demonstration that he Det. Sub-Insp. Byron sald de-faced a charge of receiving stolen - that a person dealing in "anchors, had never made a sketch in his
On Aug. 27 the first three de- cables, sails, old junk or old tran life and was wholly unable to do fendant was arrested by a watch property.
man in the Botanical Gardens to or other marine stores of any 190.
he
the fendants hired bicycles from a where
had
after run kind" shall fulfill certain require- ' I hold, therefore, that Sergeant
shop at Kowloon and on the same snatching. ments, and it seems to me that Bentley is right and the domestic
He was remanded 48 hours for afternoon the first defendant hir- under this section the articles articles produced are, within the enumerated would of necessity definition clause 2 (b) of the ordi-medical examination to see if heed one more from another shop. They attempted to ship the blay- have to be in some way connected nance although these articles have was fit for caning.
cles away from the Colony, but HOTEL ASSAULT SEQUEL with marine purposes before a con- never been used for any purpose
J. Hellvick, engineer, of No, 43, were seen by a Chinese patrolmanı viction could be obtained under whatever connected with Marine the Section
matters, a decision which I do not Morrison Hill Road, had his bail who arrested them. particularly like and which, if Mr of $25 estreated when he failed to tenced to five months' hard labour, second and third defendants each Hobbs takes these proceedings fur-appear Mr. Lowry yesterday.
Hellvick was charged with as-10 two months' hard labour, and ther I hope he will succeed in per- suading the Supreme Court to saulting Mr. D. Nickson. Manager the fourth was fined $100, In
of the Hongkong Hotel, at the default, Defendants are fined $10 each. hotel on August 28.-
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THE DEFINITION The definition of Marine Stores In sec. 2 (b) of the ordinance is, however, "coal, anchors, cables, sails, old junk, old iron, old metal, scrap metal, broken metal,... old
PASSENGERS
The following passengers arrived
in Hongkong recently! -
Mrs. M. SAlvarez, Miss A.
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reverse.
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CHINESE IMPRISONED FOR FRAUDULENT CONVERSION
-Meeting a fellow citizen sometime in July Cheung Mo-sai, who friendship Alvarez, Mr. A. Agsamal, Mrs. M. came to Hongkeng recently from Mul City, struck up a
Colony
Proceedings Not Proper
ACTION DISMISSED BY JUDGE
"
The first defendant was sen-
ment..
two months Imprison-
They are to be expelled from the Colony after their imprison- ment.
All the bicycles, were recovered with their brands rubbed ofl. They were valued at $30 each.
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Kwi Chuan, 35. Ng Cho, i, Lau Cheuk, 32, Leung Pak-to, 42, and courses, designed to train teachers Tam Lai-chun, 25, married wo-for the industrial arts shops in
Third, defendant said that he was remanded for 24 hours. was only the principal tenant and
All defendants were found
£t
60 subjects in industrial arts.
Efforts on the part of industry
of
B. Botelho, Mrs. B. Botelho, Miss T.with the man. They frequently went to dance halls and, on several Botelho, Miss P. Botelho, Miss Doccasions, lent the man sums of money." Botelho, Mstr. A. Botelho, Mstr. T. Botelho, Miss J. Chin, Mr. and Mrs. Cheung entrusted him, on August cuted.
Having no suspicion of the man! Det, Sgt. A.F. Cochrane proseman, were charged before, Mr. Qjutor and senior high schools, Is Wing Yu Ching, Mrs. M. L. Cot-15 and 21, with some goods to
A. A. Macfadyen for keeping a being offered for the first time in The magistrate ordered that the common gaming house, namely the history of the Summer session ton, Miss J. M. Cotton, Miss E. A.
goods be held in Police custody a "Tse Fa lottery school.
of the New York University School Cotton, Mr. H. Decomal, Mrs. L. take back to Mui City.
All went well until Aug. 24 when pending settlement between com-
George The gambling houses were at of education, Dean E Dow, Miss S. Dow, Mr. and Mrs. M.:
the Sun "Ah plainant and the buyers.
Nos. 6 and 25 Pikem Street. Payne anounced. Gabriel, Mstr. T. Gabriel, Mra. "R. two men came to
and
The first defendant. was fined The innovation was made pos Gardner, Miss A. Gardner, Mr. F. Hotel. He was there alone
$50, or one month's imprisonment, sible by the acquisition of new A. Hill, Mrs. M. Judah, Miss yasked the men what they wanted,
second $20 or three weeks, fourth shops for instruction in woodwork- Judah, Mstr. Robert Harper, Miss They told him that they came to
defendant was bound over, on aing, metal" work, electricity, print- Phyllis Harper, Mr. LA Wai Hing. buy some medicines, Miss Li Fook Hing, Mrs. J. D.
FRIEND QUESTIONED
$25 bond for one year, and fifthing, ceramics, textiles; automotive McCatchie, Miss P. McCatchie Mr- Cheung became suspicious" be-
accused was fined $25.
mechanics.. ind................aeronautics at: Yeat Mac, Miss E. A. Marriner, cause the goods he entrusted to Mr. B. Miyagawa, Mr. A. Odell, his friend to take to Mul City
Stuyvesant and Ninth Streets,
The new facilities added to the Mr. R. Ramos, Rev... O H. were alsą medicinal goods. On his
shops for handcrafts, visual aids, Schmidt, Mr. A. Udharam, Mrs. B. friend's return he questioned him
VAGEANCY CASES
leisure time activities at Wilkinson, Mstr. F. Wilkinson, Miss and his friend admitted that he
Forty-two cases Remarking that the proceedings were heard before Mr., Q. A. the special curriculum to nearly
of vagrancy and
Washington Square will enlarge T. Wilkinson. Miss T. P. Wilkinson, had sold them, Mstr. B. Wilkinson, Miss M. V. The 'man, Chay Siu-tat, 27, un brought before the Cours were not Macfadyen. Wilkinson, Miss M. E, Wilkinson.
empolyed, residing at the Sun Ah Proper, the Chief Justice, Bir IN TRANSIT
Hotel, Des Voeux Road Central, Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme yaumati destitute. The following passed through the was yesterday charged before Mr. Court yesterday, dismissed a mo- Among them only four were to increase the supply of skilled G.T. Lowry at the Central Magis-tion for contempt of Court against convicted: Li Tak. 3 months hard and semi-skilled workers might
labour, Li Pat, 4 months' hard la- give further Impetus to Mrs. H. S. N. Ascouth, Mrs. E. F. tracy yesterday for fraudulent con- Wang Siu-kan, of Cheung Chau.
the Eifying, Miss L Enpainado, Lt.- version of goods entrusted to him The plaintiffs were Wong Chung-bour, Chan Chan, 5 years' expul- growth of industrial arts, accord- Comdr. J. 9. Fitzgerald, Mr. 3.
for delivery.
ol and Wong Pak-hee, who were sion and Fong Kwan, 5 years' ex-ing to Dr. Ralph E. Pickett, as- -Green, Mra. R. Levi, Mrs. G. Mc-
sociate dean of the School Ele was charged with fraudu represented by Mr. Percy Chen, pulsion. Culloch, Miss B. Mather, Mr. Elently converting to his own use instructed by Mr. M. A. de Silva. Others were discharged. It is Education. In addition to a book Miyoshi, Mr. M. Nobuchika, Mr. K. a quantity of cloth, ave shirts, The defendant was Wong Siu-kan, understood that if they should be knowledge of industrial history Okabe, Mr. A. B. Park, Mr. and 100 boxes of gold dental castings, represented by Mr. Eldon Potter, arrested again, they are to be ex- and present-day problems, sald Mrs. Pennington, Miss T. Roka,
Dr. Pickett, a well-educated person Mrs. C. L. Roth, Lt. and Mrs, R. Six boxes of dental rubber, a K. C, instructed by Mr. Peter H.pelled.
ARMED BOBBERY
should possess experience,rect zenith wireless set and 50 ting of sin, Rothwell Mstr Rothwell Mr.~5.
ESSENTIAL-PART~~ Shibata, Mrs. A. Vantchurin, Mrs. saccharine which were entrusted The proceedings were the out-An armed highway robbery oe-
"Industrial arts courses Whort, Mr. M. Yanase, Mr.. B 1. to him by Cheung Mo-sai on Aug. come of an interim injunction curred on August 17 when Fan Daswani Mstr. L. Duswani, Miss 15 to deliver to the Yick Ming granted to the plaintiffs restrain-Buk-tun, married woman, of No. 1, G. E. Dasward, Miss L. Daswani, Store, of Ling Fong Road Easting the defendant from collecting Fuk Wah Street, was robbed of come to be an essential part of Mr. D. Mukhey, 'Mr. H. J. Sabnami,
rentals and ordering him to reber gold wrist watch by three men general secondary school educa | Mul City. -
One of the three, Ho Kau, 29, tlon," he said. "The person who Mrs. Siradsing, Miss K. Vaswani. He was further charged with turn the account books and chop,
It was alleged that after the was arrested and brought before has himself worked with his hands Miss F Arnesoni, Mr. D. Birch, fraudulent conversion of 30 boxes) Miss B. Bishop, Lt, O. O. Bjornsrud, of quinine entrusted to him for Injunction was made, defendant Mr. Macfadyen yesterday. is in a better position to appre On August 17 at 8.45 am the clate the problems of those who Mr. D. C. Brownell, Miss W. Figuhr, delivery to Mul City by Cheung continued to collect rentals, and
came back from derive their living from work with Mra. L Forrester, Miss B. L. Forres on August 21 at the Sun Ah Hotel, tras constituted the action for complainant
shopping and was followed by their hands. This is one of the ter, Mr. R. S. Gibbs, Mr. W. Hay-
PLEA OF GUILTY **
three men.
Two of them passed reasons why the usual list of in- good, Mr. E. Haybroek, Col. H. T. Chau pleaded guilty to both
NO ENDORSEMENT Herring, Mrs. C. Hirst, Miss S: charges and was sentenced to Mr. Potter submitted that there her when she was two or three dustrial arts objectives includes
the second floor. They turned typical life situations." First, Mr. C. S. Launsbury, Lt. D four months hard labour on each was no endorsement on the in-steps from her home which is on the experiencing in miniature of
The value of leisure time activi 8. McClung, Miss B. Maxey, Mr. W. charge, the sentences to run conjunction of defendant having re-back and threatened the com-
ceived the warning. There was plainant with a sharp weapon. ties, sald Dr. Pickett, was.....Increas. L. Pritchard, Mr. M. Rapport, Miss currently.
affidavit, The total value of the goods was no allegation in the R; Reilly, Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
The incident was seen by the ed by the present nervous state of Rohrer, Matr. Rohrer, LE and Mrs. over $1,000 and everything had produced by Mr. Chen and fled in complainant's sister who shouted the world. Not as an escape from reality, he added, but as a means W. R. Shaw, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. been recovered except the wire-support of the motion, that the for help.
was endorsed. Steelman, Miss. B. Stump, Miss Lless set and the clothing which the memorandum
A coolle living on the roof of the of easing tension and anxiety. Stump, Miss M. Strathern, Mr. B. defendant had given away. Therefore, there was no evidence house gave chase and caught the Furthermore. Dr. Pickett pointed out,many" art teachers have Uriarte, Mrs. D. Wirth, Mr. C. H. Wirth, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Blake, behalf of the Mei Fong Yuen Store on the defendant; me Mrs, W. Blake, Mr. E. S. Geary, to whom some of the goods had The motion was dismissed and Miss L Morrison, Mrs. F. A. Mote. been sold. The rest of the goods the plaintiffs were ordered to pay Misa A. Mote, Mstr. P. Mote."
were sold to the China Dispensary, costs
contempt of Court.
have
Mr. C. d'Almada was present on that the memorandum was served defendant two men escaped with enrolled in shop courses in order
The other
the watche
to work out in metal wood and The defendant will appear at plastics, objects they had designed. the Supreme Court for: trial. In their own studios.
1940
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