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Monday, the 17th March, 1941 commencing at 10.30 am.
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Han- kow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND SHOP FITTINGS
GENERAL
Round The A DEFENCE OF THE
Police Courts
AT CENTRAL
KING OF BELGIUM
BY JOHN CUDAHY
Below is the first instalment of an extract from Life of DEMANDING WITH MENACES Nov. 25, 1940, written by MR, JOHN CUDARY, former Uni-
Alleged to have, with others not in custody, demanded $3 with ted States Ambassador to Belgium, in which he clears menaces from Ng Nam. 26. at King Leopold of the Belgians, of the charge of "treason." Belchers Street on March 13, Chan unemployed, and Elin hung, 32, Li Rung. 21, coole, were charged betore Mr. G. T. Lowry on Satur- day.
Det.-Sgt. W., Summers said that both defendants belonged to a triad society "called the Dragons Society."
Pleading guilty, first dant WAS sentenced months' hard labour and defendant to two months.
to
DEFENCE REGULATIONS
(We are indebted to the Belgian Ambassador to China for the article).
Last January, when the war was four months old, I Brst met King Leopold III in one of the florid baroque salons of the royal palace in Brussels.
Mr. Forrest Improving
Mr. RA.D. Forrest, Immigration Oficer, who fell ; several days ago, is said to be improving and is expected to be out of Hospital within a week.
No date has yet been fixed for the resumption of the Inquiry which had to be postponed owing to Mr. Forrest's illness, according to Mr. K.M.A. Barnett, Secretary
to the Immigration Office Inquiry Commission
Twenty-five years ago, he poin-and
CHINESE OFFICERS
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DETAINED-BY
the ARF warden,
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 194).
GOVERNOR DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH WAR EFFORT
That the war effort as he had observed it in British North and South Africa, at Home, Singapore and elsewhero, had deeply impressed him and that he was of the opinion that Rongkong had cause for satisfaction in what was being done here, was the opinion expressed by HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G, when he received the local Press at Government House on Saturday.
He had travelled out to the Envoy just before he had lett Colony by way of South and North England. Africa and this had required two
ses trips, a train-trip of two days
and some travel by air, Sir Geoffry
QUITE READY
Hongkong today is fulfilling 14 defence
satd. Throughout British Africa, part in the Empire
It was a queer ceremony, that presentation. There was no Let- Five ter of Credence, no written address, nor any substitute trappings or.
stage business upon which to project a proper Induction to office. defen- Ushered into the imposing high- | executed_meant anything be-
TAIPO POLICE four ceilinged reception room, I ap- tween nations, King Leopold had
be had seen everywhere manifest scheme, Sir Geoffry said, and i second proached the King. He. extended no cause for worry, and, yet he An officer of the Immigration
his hand cordially with a smile of was worried that January morn-Department and an ARP. warden gas of energy and war work of war was forced upon Hongkong. he could say that the Colony wsa every kind. In Sierra Leone alone genuine friendliness, and that was ing of our first meeting. His eyes at Talgo have been detained by
there were
over a 100 ships in quite ready to resist, would resist,
• Two persons were charged be-my official introduction as U. were shadowed by lack of sleep the Police in the New Territories
and can resist. The defencer port. tore Mr. Lowry on Saturday with Ambassador to Leopold, King of and, calm as he was. his hands in connexion with allegations of
other than the ARP. scheme, were breach of the Defence Regulations the Belgians.
betrayed the strain under which demanding money with menaces.
In Capetown, the populace were now all completed. He was dressed in field army he suffered. And yes, he refused It was alleged that the by having in possession at the Pa
oficer proud of what their forces were
Lady Northcote, Sir Geotry sald, Tak Wharf, Connaught Road uniform and looked the soldier-a to despair.
Yum, doing in North Africa, and they of the Department, Lau
was in good health, "and. It was Central, on March 14 letters for tall, handsome figure with well-
8:1 Wong had there daily
impressive of set shoulders and the ruddy clear ted out, the German army had chol, Had demanded #4 from a ceremony, two minutes" silence rather unfortunate that she could the purpose of conveying out
not return here to resume the Colony,
skin of the athlete.
fired the opening gun of the 1914 boardinghouse-keeper in Talpo on being observed at noon every day
work Defendants
Kon- Cater, sitting opposite him in war on Belglum soll, but now four Friday.
of the week. The mayor of Cape- were Chan
town led this daily observance, wal, 22, farmer, and Ku Yeuk-another room of the palace, I was months of this present war had ping. 20, merchant, who had their struck by his extreme, simplicity, gone by and so far the country
coming out on his verandah.. when a simplicity approaching shyness. had escaped. There was hope in bails of $10 each estreated
accentuated by an air of deep that reflection, the King said, a they failed to appear,
melancholy. He had a profusion hope which in itself Justified his A new order under the Importa-
In Mombasa, throughout the Colony. Every effort would be made. Kwok Sah chow, 27. merchant. of blonde hair over a broad, high Policy of Independence.
tion and Exportation, Ordinance is Sudan and Egypt, he had also seen. Sir Geotry said, to relieve the si- De-brow, and fine regular features charged with breach of the
I could not resist putting my promulgated in the Government everywhere signs of much activity tuation here with regard to the I have said, "were scepticism in words, but the King Gazette prohibiting the export in connexion with the war effort. fence Regulations. was remanded which, as
would have none of it. Strict from the Colony of any empty bot- Mr. Lowry on shadowed by sadness.
IRREPARABLE FRAGMENTS THE Undersigned have received until Friday, by
neutrality had kept the war from ties or empty carboys. Saturday.
Defendant was alleged to
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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On
Tuesday, the 18th March, 1941 commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central (2nd Floor).
A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE
· POSTAGE STAMPS
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
11
LAMMERT BROS..
AUCTIONEERS.
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...
MERCHANT CHARGED
placed on board junks No. 268V.
2106V and 2867V, lying alongside
the Prays, Connaught Road West 2.000 gunny bags for the purpose of exporting them out of the Colony without a permit from the Controller of Trade, on March 14.
EMPTY BOTTLES
or
or
MUCH ACTIVITY
In Singapore he had been un-
In reply to questions, Bir Geoffry said that he could not affirm the rumour that a Chinese Consul- General may be appointed to the
shortage of foodstuffs.
defence evident there, and the de- PROTESTS AGAINST
INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY RATES
It was under Leopold IIT's lea- Belgian borders for four months, have
A bottle. or carboy which has pressed with the preparedness for dership that Belgium adopted a he reasoned, therefore, it well been emptied of its original com- Doctrine of Independence after might keep Belgium from the con-mercial contents and refilled
fences of the port constituted a the invasion n the Rhineland inlet to the end. He admitted that
strong fortress with everywhere with material the spring of 1936, which smashed the British had complained about liquid of no commercial value, will abundant
partly refilled
signs of strengt the Treaty of Locarno in irrepar-a lack of co-operation, that they be considered empty for the pur- While he was there, sald His - able fragments. When
cellency, they were carrying out s Locarno had not even a broad outline of
An appeal against the increase fell, all students of international the Belgian military position or
"brown in electricity rates by Hongkong practice termed there a affairs realised the inevitability dispositions nor any knowledge of
similar to the Electric Company and the Chins of war. The marching of the the roads absolutely indispen-
blackouts experienced here. Many Light and Power Company has Mr. M.W. Lo appearing for armies was certain-it was only asable information in a quick war.
ships were coming in and out or been sent to the Authorities by the defendant, who is
question of time.
MORE HOSTILE
the port.
the Hongkong Chinese General of $100.
Under this Policy of Indepen-
charge of the case,
on
bail
CARPENTER FINED $200
Pleading guilty to stealing from
could please no
one, but
SEA
pose of this regulation.
The regulation became effective on March 14
IMPERIAL IRISH ASSOCIATION
out" which
was
Revenue Officer Tocher 15 in dence, King Leopold openly de- The criticism of the French was
He left England on January 11, Chamber of Commerce. Sir Geoffry sald. The people there The petition suggested that the clared that henceforth. Belgium even more scridly hostile. Belgium
An Imperial Irish Association were in great heart on a road that, proposed increase be temporarily would determine its own measures
formed In of defense regardless of any steps kicked about by all sides, the King has been
London if a long, one, would, they were shelved owing to the present high taken by Its former Allles.
himself vilified and condemned with the object of uniting Irish convinced, lead to victory. ï
cost of living..or be cancelled al with harsh unfair words. But men and women who are loyal to In London he had seen the Chi-together. 14, 42 screens, a quentity of copper On April 24, 1937 Great Britain bolts and a copper sheet. Ng dul- and France, in separate declara what difference did all that make, the Crown, states a London mes- nese Ambassador, Dr. Quo Tal-chi, A similar letter has also been
Already many have joined, on several occasions, Sir Geotry sent by the Hongkong and
sald, and he had seen the Chinese teen Tenants' Association
the Royal Navy Yard on March
wan. 20, carpenter, was aired $200 tions, jointly timed, relieved and he asked in his sad, soft-spoken sage.
11 he could preserve the (Special)
or two months' hard labour
way.
by acquitted Belgium of all its pro peace for his people. Every day Mr. H. G. sheldon on Saturday. mises under the Treaty .of
Det.-Sgt. J. Bentley said that Locarno, yet entered into a solemn the struggle was kept off Belgian defendant had been employed undertaking to come to the im- soll was a day gained for the there for two years, earning $1.09 mediate ald of Belgium in case there was always hope. Something cause of peace and in the future a day. The articles were found in or invasion. - Six months later, his possession during a routine Germany, in a like statement over might happen to avert the blow some way, and if one lost hope, the signature af Baron von he sighed, one lost everything.
"There is no danger but the Immediate danger."
search at the gate.
THE Undersigned have received with
instractions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
од
"
Thursday, the 20th March, 1941
commencing at 2.30 pm.
at their Sales Room, No. 2, Cab- naught Road, Central (2nd Floor)
4 QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FUENITURE
"TSE FA* GAMBLERS
Neurath, Minister for Foreign Af- The following were charged fairs, recognised the duty tc keeping common garning observe the inviolability of Belgian houses for the purpose of "tse soll and to protect Belgium from Lia” at various addresses in Wan all aggression.
cha! before Mr. Sheldon On Saturday and were
uned each:
$100
Kwok Tstu-man, 29, unemploy··
first floor.
6.
Lau Chok, 30, unemployed, and Ng Kau. 32, unemployed, No. 7, Tang Lung Street, first floor.
Det.-Set. Willison prosecuted.
I came away from this first in- teaview with this saying I had heard so often in Poland, echoing in my brain with the monotonous : If deliberate pledges, solemnly beat of a tom-tom: "There is no
NO CAUSE FOR WORRY
danger but the immediate danger,"
ed No. 31, Queen's Road East, house at No. 25, Keung Chung So April came around. A sud- Street, Cham Mul, 44, was fined cession of soft, balmy days of Yau, 49, hawker, and Li Man: $100 by Mr. H. C. Macnamara on feckless Italian-blue skies and 23, unemployed. No. Burrow Saturday.
star-studded soft nights and then, Street. ground floor.
Chan Tak, 24, charged with as suddenly as a flash of light- keeping a "tse tam" gaming house ning from those same innocent at No. 588, Canton Road, was fined skies, came word from the Dutch $75.
that invasion of their country was Table money, $9.11, picked up threatened within а matter of in both ralds was ordered to be
[hours, If the Germans crossed placed in the Poor Box.
Dutch territory in force, it was Det.-Sgt. H. J. Baldwin was in
a decisive blow at Belgium, for charge of both cases.
the two 'Low Countries formed a strategic integer, and the Belgian An old offender, Wong Kam, 25. General Staff made no secret of Tables, Chests of Drawers. Dining four others, including a woman, appeared before Mr. Macnamara on the fact that Belgian troops would Table, Chairs, Couches and Arm were charged. before Mr. D. J. Naturday on a charge of stealing march in Holland were invaded chairs, Carpets, Rugs, Hatstand, Anderson on Saturday with con- four pieces of clothing and Bedstead, Iron Cot,
Pictures, spiracy to steal 215 blankets, pro-chopper at a hut in Fortland | Clocks, Cabinets, Rattan Furni-perty of the Government.
Comprising:---
Teakwood Wardrobes, Dressing
also
AT KOWLOON
SOLDIER CHARGED
A corporal of the R.AO.C. and
„Leonard”Munsey, 29, of R.A.0.0.
The soldier was additionally : charged with larceny of three
Street.
OLD OFFENDER
a
south or west of the Zuider Zee. BIG ATTACK
ture, Bronze, Brass, Porcelain and Accused were Lo Yau, 32, Lai Insp H. W. Nolloth said that I saw the King twelve hours be- Glass Ware, Curios, Ornaments. Hop, 28, tent mender, WODE defendant was seen carrying the fore the big attack came. Two Ceiling and Table Lamps, Gramo- Keung, 23, hair dressér, Chan property at Portland Street - about | emissaries were alleged to have phone, Records, Record Albums. Chun, 27, widow, and Corporal 2.45 p.m. on Friday. Accused was started from Berlin, with an uit- Radio Seta, etc., etc.
given two months' hard labour. matum to the Dutch Government JUVENILES IN COURT from Hitler. We reported the story, A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD blankets, two sheets, a mosquito mara on Saturday
Appearing before Mr. Macna- but it developed that while the 28 defendant emisiaries had made preparations curtain and an electric bulb from in case and complainant no leave Berlin, there was no re- R.A.O.C. depot," Kowloon, and alternatively charged with fourth charged with another 16-year-old
another, a 15-year-old girl was cord of their arrival at The Hague. Ambassador Kennedy called me defendant with receiving stolen girl with stealing money and from London to ask about
total value jewellery to the $1,380.
FURNITURE
and
#
"Zenith" Radio-gram
1 "Victor" Radio-gram
1 "Fada" Radio
1 Steel
Mirror
Chest of Drawer with
property.
Chan I, 44, gardener, was charged with aiding and abetting. Det.-Sgt. C. Dowman" asked for
I of went out to the summer palace at Laeken on the outskirts of the It was alleged that these two city, to see the King. We looked juveniles stole from No. 434. out from his study upon the long remand of three days which was shanghai Street, $1,230 Hongkong greensward ranging to a pool Mr. M. A. da Silva will represent currency, a pair of gold bangle, where white swans swam in the
four pairs of rattan bangles, a pair shade of great
1 Steel Dressing Table with Mirror granted.
1 Carved Blackwood Curio Stand
1 Pair Carved Blackwood Arm-
chairs
first accused.
i Carved and Gilt Wood Temple posed
House
1 Steel and Glass Aquarium
1 Wardrobe Trunk
1 Pair Bronze Flower. Stands
On View from Wednesday, the
19th March, 1941. ✨
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS. AUCTIONEERS.
ancient beech of gold earring. three gold rings, trees, and far beyond to the wil- aderness of henna-tiled roofs, which a child's rattan bangles and
was the "capital city. gold button.
JACKET STOLEN Four months hard labour was
by Mr. Anderson
He told me that no real evidence Saturday on
The 15-year-old Juvenile Was Wu Fuk, 32, for snatching a woollen jacket and also the complainant in a case in had passed under his notice of two skeins of wool from an 18-which a 63-year-old widow, Wong any reason for alarm because of year-old woman.
Luk, was charged with demand the alleged Dutch ultimatum. "It Bet, A. L. Gordon, prosecuting, ing" $300 from her with menaces, was a strange war, he admitted: said that complainant was walk and with stealing the jewellery with no precedent to guide one, ing along Canton Read about 3.40 whlen were alleged to have been the procedure and the trend of events was different from the ex- pm on Thursday when defendant stolen by the girl..
·
came up from behind and snatch- Another 15-year-old girl was perience of the past,
As I rose to go, he said he hoped ed the things.
charged with accessory after the Defendant was chased and ar-fact,
to make up many hours of lost sleep. He looked very tired, but rested by a 17-year-old carpenter, The first case was adjourned: Lau Shun.
until this morning, while the more cheerful, I thought, than at
any former meeting. "TSE FA” „BAID
second case was adjourned to to For keeping a "tse fa" gaming morrow,
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