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LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
GENERAL
ROUND THE POLICE COURTS Career In Force Ruined:
The Company was fined $50 for allowing an unlicenced driver to drive.
Constable Imprisoned
AT CENTRAL
Remarking that he did not know why accused had done such a R.A.O.C, COOLIES GAOLED Siu Teng-fat, who was the un-dreadful thing and rained his career in the Police Force, the Chief Sentence of four months hard licenced driver, was fired $15 for Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal. Sessions yesterday. passed sentence of nine months' hard labour on P.C. C465, LEUNG labour cach was imposed by Mr. driving without a valld licence.||
A similar fine was imposed on SHING-MAN, 23, who was found Guilty on a charge of demanding $30 THE
HE. Undersigned have received H. G. Sheldon yesterday on three
store coolies of the Royal Army Lo Yim for letting Stu to drive the from Chan Yin, on Mar. 21. Instructions
Ordance Corps, Tam King. 20, Yu lorry, which was in his charge
HARBOURED GIRI Chuen, 32, and Lau Koon-sang, 24.
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
for account of the concerned,
Wednesday, the 23rd. April, 1941. at 12 o'clock Noon
secuted...
WILD TREE WOOD Leung Chuen, 17, unemployed,
an
"
Another man charged jogether | iaccused) would cause the cement with first accused, KWONG CHOI, to be removed to the station and
at their Sales Room, No. 2. Con. Was fined $20 or 'one month's hardda Silva Is appearing for defen, Messrs. C. N. Nicholson (Foreman), handed them to Chan. The money
Central.
naught Road, Floor, Room No: 205.
Second
in
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941.
Never neglect a scratch-however smalt, The moment the skin is broken a path for genas is opened.
'But surely, just a scratch..-staining, non-poison-
-Use Dettol at once. It is a weapon against infection. Yet for all its high germicidal efficiency, it is
ous, even pleasant to smell.
DETTOL
TRADE MARK
THE MODERN ANTISEPTIC
DETTO
Agents: Imperial Chemical Industries (China) Ltd., HK.
Japan Feels Inflationary Effects Of War Financing
charged with having unlawfully Hearing of the case in which allas La Cha Mau, 22, was found asked for the master. Chan told conspired together to steal a metal Chau Wai-chan, 18, woman, Yick Not Guilty by the jury who retired them the master was out and asked anmunition container, containing Sze, 64, widow, and Ip Hung. 24, for 10 minutes.
them to come back. Before leav- 100 pounds of expended brass nower seller, were charged with Leung was also charged with ac- ing the shop second accused threa- cartridge cases, ut the Victoris harbouring
unmarried girl, cepting a bribe and leaving his tened to kill Chan if he did not Barracks on Apr. 18.
Yuen Yuet-chan, 16. at No. 2, Wahbeat without permission. He pay up. Next day "the accused Det.-Sgt. V. M, Morrison pro-Ning Lane, ground floor, on Apr. pleaded guilty to the last count. surned up at the shop and again
17 without the consent of her Mr. J P. Murphy, Assistant they uttered threats. mother was fixed for May 12 by Crown Solicitor, assisted by Det.- On Mar. 24 Chan took $30 to the Mr. Sheldon yesterday.
agt. R. McVey, prosecuted, and the | station and made a report. Sgt. It is understood that, Mr. M. A following jury was empanelled: McVey initialled the notes and
labour by Mr. Sheldon yesterday dants, who were allowed ball of Wong Shui-hong, Au Wal-suen, was later paid to first accused by for possession of 19 cattles of fresh sa50 each,
Fan Ho-yuen, J. E. J. Walker. Ng the accountant of the firm. wild tree wood, valued at 38 cents, Det.-Sgt. V. M. Morrison is Klu-yee and G. A. White.
After receiving the money first at Johnston Road, near Hennessy charge of the case.
Mr. Murphy said that on Mar. 21 | accused boarded a tram but was Road. 8 Rolls Dark Brown (African
the Kwun Lung firm, of No. 253, followed and arrested by the Police, A similar fine was imposed'' on (Brown) American Make Imitation Tang Mut. 35, widow. for posses-
"Kwok San-chow, 27, merchant, Des Voeux Road West, ground When searched the marked notes Suede Quality "Webro") Width:sion of 18 cattles, valued at 38 cts, accused of placing on board the oor was taking in cement from a were found on his person.
Wher charged. first accused 53/54" ..707 yards.
Each defendant admitted one junks, lyles of the praya. Con-lorry. While the unloading was in
Progress Arst accused entered the stated he neither threatened Chan (previous conviction for the same naught Road West, 2,000 gunny
nor demanded money. Second bags for the purpose of exporting shop and approached Chan Yim,
who was supervising the work accused, in a statement. said he Det.-Sgt. V. M. Morrison pro-them out the Colony without a First accused was not in uniform went with first accused, his friend.
Japan's total expenditures for ditures of 22,335,000,000 yen from. Hcence frem the Controller of
discharged by Mr. but showed his revolver. He questo Kwun Lung. He did not enter the war and rearmament in 1940, this account for the period 1937- Trade, was
tioned Chan FRAUDULENT CONVERSION-
as to where the and did not know whether first the report discloses, amounts to 41, almost 82 per cent. was met Lowry yesterday, when hearing of
cement came from and asked for accused had made any demand for at least 7,500 million yen (one yen by government borrowing. Chan Ng-tsal, allas Chan Fook- the case was concluded. cho, master of Fook Ming Shop, Revenue Officer W. V. Ahern ap. the receipt of the sale which the money. He also denied that he equalling" about U.S. 23.5 cents) No. 159, Des Voeux Road Central, peared for the prosecution, while latter could not produce as the had threatened Chan Yim. appeared before Mr. G. T. Lowry defendant was represented by Mr. 800ds were, unpaid for. yesterday on a charge of frauduM, W. Lo, who pleaded not guilty. lent conversion of $2,800 or Mar. 20.
5 Rolls Maroon (Wine Red) offence. American Make Imitation Suede secuted. (Quality "Webro") Width: 53/54" *........126) Ferda.
Terms: As Customary.
LAMMERT BROS.,
AUCTIONEERS.
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It was alleged that the money part of $4,300 entrusted to was him by Chu Tung. banker, of No 298, Queen's Road Central, second
PUBLIC AUCTION floor, for the purpose of purchas
THE
HE Undersigned have received
instructions
to sell by..
PUBLIC AUCTION
Friday, the 25th April, 1941:
commencing at 2.30 p.m.
their Sales Room, No. Hankow Road, Kowloon,
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:
ing a specific bangle.
The hearing was fixed for 2.30 p.m, on May 22.
Mr. C. A Sutherton Russ is ap- pearing for the prosecution, while defendant, who was on hall of $4,000, will be represented by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo.
Det. Sgt. J. R. Sykes is in charge of the case,
JAPANESE FINED
CASE
DISMISSED
The case for defence was that the gunny bags were taken on board to be filled with sugar for export to Tientsin.
PASSPORT SEQUEL
LY
Leung, in evidence, stated that ALLEGED THREAT
on the day he went to see Chan First accused then demanded Yim about a personal loan of $30 that unless Chan-paid him $80 he which the latter cwed him.
and He "found defendant in the
WASHINGTON, (By Cupper): Despite rigid controls enfo.ced in Japan to inarshall all capital funds, public and private, for use in ways deemed important to the national interest. the inflationary effects of Japanese war financing are being increasingly felt, ac- cording to a report just issued by the United States Commerce De partment.
and were almost seven times as
large as in the past year of peace, 1936-37, and 17 times as large as before the Manchurian Incident
of 1931-32.
PUBLIC DEBT
"The total funded public debt
of Japan has risen from 8,002,800, 000 yen in December 1931, to 27- 750,000,000 in December 1940, with Mr. Melville H. Walker of the an additional 7 billion yen of Finance Division, Bureau of
bond issues projected for the Foreign and Domestic Commerce, nscal year 1941, As of September.
national income
1940 outstanding short-term in- estimates of the Japanese Econo- debtedness amounted to 557,873,- mic Federation, and points out 000 ven, of which rice "notes ac- that the percentage of Japan's counted for 489,408,000 yen and national income devoted to mili- the remainder was accounted for tary expenditures was estimated by slik notes. at 26 per cent. in 1939, and is
The case in which Lam Chak house and had him arrested. A BOY INDECENTLY quotes the
yuen 31., buyer, was charged with cused apparently, gained entrance making an application at the Se- by lifting a shutter of the main cretariat for Chinese Affairs on door. A search was made and Mar. 18 for a passport in the namt eight pieces of clothing, a brass
ASSAULTED
For Two Years
of Wong Wine (deceased), with in-cooking pot and two umbrellas Coolie Sent To Gaol tent to defraud, and Lee Ying-were missing.
Accused was sentenced to six young. 25, insurance banker, and Tsang Sau-ming, 23, shop foki, weeks hard labour, Were charged with aiding and abetting ลง heard
before Mr. Lowry yesterday.
EXPORT OF PETROL For moving a large quantity of Failing to appear, second defen petrol in the harbour with intent The charge of breach of the cant had $250 bati estreated and to export, Lal Yuen-chu, 21, mas
а warrant for his arrest waster of Class II buat No. 1966, and. Allen Registration Ordinance
Lo Siu-kuen, 28, steersman of 35. against a Japanese woman. Ko issued.
The prosecution not offering Class II boat No. 2210V, were Ohmori, 39, residing at No. 10, Luard Road, first floor, who claim. evidence against him, third de-charged before Mr. D. J. N. Ander-
son yesterday. .. ed she was married to a Chinese fendant was discharged. official 20 years ago, was amended when she appeared on remand be-, fore Mr. Lowry yesterday.
This was necessitated when de- fendant" brought forth hər na-
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that he
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at
believed to have increased slightly in 1940.
BOND ISSUES
Indicating that principal re-
"Issuance of government bonds. disbursement of government funds, accumulation of capital and Remarking that the jury" had
absorption of government bonds found him guilty of a very serious
is the formula which Japan has offence on evidence which, in his view, was abundantly clear, Mr. lance has been placed on bond followed in her war financing. The key step, however, in this series Justice E.H. Williams the issues for financing the war effort of processes, is the accumulation Criminal Sessions yesterda, passed non-borrowed Japanese revenues of capital. As long as national i- sentence of two years hard labour in 1938 amounted to 77.2 per cent.
Cheung Man, 37, coolle,, who of expenditures, while despite a come is increasing or national was charged with indecently as sharp rise in tax receipts, the savings can be increased this for mula can be successfully applied. saulting a 13-year-old boy.
A falling off of the expansion of Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, venue to total expenditures de-national income not offset by an assisted by Insp. F.W. Fowlie, pro-clined to 38.1 per
increase in savings, must reveal the inflationary character of Ja- secuted, while the following com-budget for 1941-42.
The report goes on: "Total Japanese war finance, and thereby prised the jury: Messrs J.H. Ste-
art (Foreman), E, Sousa, Wong panese appropriations for the eliminate any non-inflationary Hok-shum, Outang Bei-kuei, A China Incident account for the qualities which it has assumed to Drummond, Lau Thack-man and A. period September 1937 to Decem-possess.
Malcolm,
CROWN CASE
Mr. H. L. Kwan appeared for at- Mr. F. I. Zimpern appeared for aret defendant, Mr. C. A. Suther-cused, while Sgt. C. Medley was in ton Russ for second and Mr. Al-charge of the cases, fred Y. Hon for the third, while Sergeant Medley said the prosecution was conducted by stopped the boats about 6.30 am. Teakwood Bed Room Dining turalisation papers, which had re-Det.-Bub.-Insp. J. O'Donovan, as on Monday and found 3,700 tins in the first boat and 3.000 tins in the Room, Drawing Room and Office cently arrived from Chungking, to sisted by Det. Sgt. W. Summers, Furniture, Wardrobe Cabin prove her claim that she had been
On Mar. 21, the Police received second boat. Information from Carpets, Rugs. "Carpet naturalised as a Chinese subject.
the Passport Both defendants admitted that Trunks Runners. E. P., Brass, Glass and
Office through the S.C.A, regarding they were transporting them to Sgt. Mann, of
Special the
Outlining the case, Mr. Reynolds Porcelain Ware. Gramophones & Branch, said that defendant was an application for a British pass.Cha Ko Ling. just outside the har-
Both junks were said that both the boy and accused Records, Curios, Ornaments, Gas sul considered a Japanese subject port to Singapore, the name being bour limit.
carrying that of a deceased person. Wong cer.sed
dangerous were street sleepers. On the right Cooking Stoves,, Electric Table under the Ordinance. She was re-
Wing.
goods,
of March. 11, the boy was sleeping Fans & Lamps, etc., etc.
fused permission to land from Ma-
The Police went to No. 61. Des Mr. Kwan submitted that the in front of a shop in Queen's Road cap once last December
Voeux Road West and found first place in question was not cutside West, near Centre Street, when he Defendant admitted this and
was awakened by accused at about said that she did not report be-defendant, who represented him the harbour limit.
At the afternoon sliting, follow-2.30 a.m. and the latter asked him self as Wong Wing but later ad- cause she thought that, being amitted that he was not.
ing verification of the exact loca- to sleep with him but the boy re- Chinese subject, she needed no re-
Defendant said that as he want tion, both the defendants were fused. gistration.
Accused told the boy that he ed to go to Singapore, he could buy fined $500 each passage at a cheaper rate if he
could get him employment in his had a British passport.
also
A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD AND BATTAN FURNITURE, ..
and
1 "Westinghouse" Refrigerator
1 "Frigidaire" Refrigerator
1 "Mullard" Radio
1 "Underwood" Typewriter
(portable)
2 Enamelled Baths
1 "Leica" Camera (model TAJ
1 Exposure Meter
1.Tientsin Carpet
Days
Week
On View from Thursday, the 24th April, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS..
AUCTIONEERS.
HỒNG HÙNG TIOR TABLE From 23 to 29 Apr. 1941.
HIGH WATER.
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time
LOW WATER
Horg
Kong
Standard
A Ane of $30 was imposed.
THEFT OF RIFLE
It was second defendant, added
Tang Chi: 23. street coolie, of no the Inspector, who arranged for Axed abode, was remanded for a the passport and the birth certiä. week by Mr. Sheldon yesterday on charges of stealing a .303 rifle from cate and first defendant had given No. 7 Police Station on or about every assistance to the Police.
A fine of $200, or two months' hard labour, was imposca.
Apr. 6, receiving and unlawful pos- session of arīns.
AT KOWLOON-
BOUND QVER
for
D. O. SOUTH
uncle's teahouse and they went together to Wilmer Street where they slept." BANISHEE GAOLED
Constable Ghulam Rasul, on duty Sentence of six months hard nearby, approached accused and labour was passed on Fong Yau, asked for a match, He asked ac- by Mr. S. F. Baliour yesterday, cused who the boy was and was when he pleaded guilty to the told he was a younger brother charge of .eturning from banish- Sometime later he heard cries and ment before the expiry of his term. Saw defendant in the act of tying
Accused was 'banished ΤΟΥ 10 up his girdle. years on Oct. 27, 1939; but was
Alleged to have thrown a tin found in the Colony on April 21 containing some corrosive fluid on this year.
ACCUSED IDENTIFIED
While the constable was ques- Honing the boy accused ran sway.
percentage of non-borrowed re-
cent. in the
materials and labour
ber 1940 amounted to 18,455 mil- "Since the middle of 1939 there llon yen, although it is probable has been a perceptible slowing up that actual outlays for hostilities in the expansion of production in on the Continent have been some- Japan. Acute shortages have ap- what less than this amount. A
peared in substantial amount
of the au- and transportation facilities have thorised bond issues designed to deteriorated. If projected expendi provide revenues for this account teres for 1941 are carried through, was still un-issued late in Decem- there will undoubtedly be further ber 1940. Again, it is possible cer-inflation. The burden of war ex- tain charges were made against penditures will rise, and will fall this account for general rearma- more heavily on the masses, in ment apart from the China In- the form of enforced or voluntary' cident. Nor have all expenditures savings." (Central News). on the Continent represented charges against this account in view of funds derived from taxa- tion, note issues and other sour- ces of revenue in occupied ter- ritories.
"The annual rate of government: expenditures in Japan has in- creased sixfold since the outbreak of the China Incident, rising from 2,273 million yen in 1936-37 to 11.034 million yeri in 1940.
THE BUDGET "The budget for the fiscal year
11-YEAR-OLD HERO
'An 11-year-old boy, Roy Miller, is the hero of a bombing raid which destroyed eight houses and dam- aged others in a South of England town recently.
He and his nine-year-old brother
Charged with theft of another, rifle from the Police Station on or about the same date. Cheng Hon- mal, 18, unemployed, Cheng Shap. Sam. 32, broker, Kwok C1, aljas Kwok Sze, 34, shop foki, and Lam, Wing-kwan, allas Lam Wing-kee the face of an old woman friend,
but was arrested by a Chinese de- | 1941-42. approved by the 78th had just gone to bed, leaving the carpenter, were remanded unti
Leung Kan, 57, of No. 587, Canton Ng Sam-kau, master of trading fective in Queen's Road Central session of the Imperial Diet prior rest of the family in the kitchen, Friday,
Road, was charged before Major Jenk No. 12783H, and Leung Wan, and was later identified by the to its adjournment March, 1, call-when bombs fell. Det.-Bgt. T. Cashman is in
A. N. Macfadyen yesterday with a cargo watchman, were remand-boy. charge of both cases.
assault,
LARCENY BY SERVANT -
receiving.
on:
Man Kam, 28, stone. worker, ac- cused by Cheung of having taken part in the theft, was discharged. Det-Bet. V. M. Morrison said that defendant stole 45 sticks of dynamite from No. 9 ARP tunnel was seen carrying the explosive-in the street by a detective, being questioned, be šald Man stole it and gave it to him.
plainant's face.
EXPORTING SALT
FIXED FOR HEARING:
DEVELOP INLAND
NAVIGATION
SMASHED PANEL
pro-
As soon as escape was made pos-
Roy threw a blanket round his e for the total expenditures of ed for 24 hours when they were Dr. Ling Ke-dieh, of Queen Mary 12,874 million yen. Of this amount, brother and, with the walls falling Det.-Bgt. C. Pope, prosecuting, charged before Mr Balfour yester- Hospital, testifled as to his findings Generat Account expenditures about him, got him down the Before Mr. Sheldon yesterday, said that the complainant, Cheung day with exporting, on funk No. from medical examinations of both were set at 7,994 million yen, in-wrecked stairway. Further
budgets. gress King, and defendant were old T27901, 129 bags of salt on April the boy, and accurCÁ,
cluding supplementary
was impossible owing to Cheung Tan. 24, was sentenced to friends. In September last Cheung 18, without two months! hard labour
the permission of Accused denied that he had com, and the China Incident expendi-wreckage. charges of larceny by servant and borrowed $10 from accused of the Controller of Trade,
mitted the offence,
tures were projected at 4,880 mil-
He called out to his mother, who, which, only $5 had been repaid.
L/S. A Bethell la appearing for After a short retirement the liqni yen.
with other members of the family, On Sunday afternoon they met the prosecution.
jury returned a unanimous verdict
"Military, expenditures of Japan, was trapped in the kitchen: "Don't the street and had an argu-
of Guilty.
which constituted 35.2 per cent of cry, Mummy, I have him gali ment. When nearing the Junction
... Tuesday, April 20, was fixed for
total expenditures in 1932, 47.3 right." of Canton Road and Baigon Street, defendant went into a shop and hearing of the case in which Lam
per cent. In 1936 and 76.4 per cent took a tin and threw it on com- Kwai is charged with armed rob-
in 1938, amounted to 61.8 per cent Dery by two or more on April 15
of the budget approved for the fiscal year 1941. The decline from Cheung was taken to hospital at Ha Kwai Chung when, together
1941 evidences a more sible by the smashing of a front suffering from burns to the left with others not in custody and The Min Sung Industrial Com-1938 to
who were armed with a rifle and pany here is planning to build 40 rapid increase in total than indoor panel, Roy handed out his Accused was ordered to sign a a revolver, he Das alleged to new steam launches within two military expenditures. However, little brother.
A father of 13 grown-up children personal bond of $25 to be of good have robbed Chung Lin of one years for the development of in- Ministeries other than the Army
and Navy are being involved in regards himself as the luckiest |land"navigation. .
It is understood that the Cen- additional expenditures incidental man Jn the town. tral Bank of China, the Bank of to the war, so that total war ex-
For more than five years he had China, the Bank of Communica-penditures from the General Ac-not been out of the house at night,
6 6 14 67 2 1 Sheldon yesterday.
the Remand Home recently,, ap- The Hongkong Branch of the tions and the Farmers Bank of count undoubtedly exceeds the bat his wife persuaded him to go The Manager and two employees peared before Major Macfadyen Chinese Chemistry Society will China will jointly extend a loan of 2,628 million yen shown for 1941.
"Revenue for the China Incident
He returned home to find the of the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold yesterday on a charge of household a meeting at Cafe Windsor $8,000,000 for the materialisation
tomorrow at 6 pm. Mr, Ling Shidof the plan.
Account is provided in part from 18 18 15 Storage Company were summoned breaking.
In connexion with the driving of
American-educated chief Fifteen at the vessels have tax receipts and transfers from house in ruins."
Several people were injured. 1080 14 one of the Company's lorries by an am. yesterday, complainant. Le engineer of the Tien Chu ve-Tain already been completed, and are other accounts, but chiefly from the
9 unlicenced driver in Lower Albert Kong. battery maker. residing at Manufacturing Company, will give more will be finished before June issuance of China Incident Bonds. Damage was confined to working- 1737
Out of the total authorised expen-class houses
Height,
Time
Height,
TRAFFIC SUMMONSES
Or
that
eye.
Bummoned for driving car No.
14 20 19 5 and with defective brake, "Cheung A 17-year-old boy, Kwok Klu-
02 22 2 2 Yuk-foon was fined $50 by Mrmau, who had been released from
h. m.
it in. m.
in.
Wed 23
09 14
01 17 19 0
behaviour for one year.
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08 37 12063
5.7
01.00 12 1
4051 without due care and caution
YOUTHFUL HOUSEBREAKER
Fri, 56
Sat.
09 02
66. 60
81 31
20
Sun 27
22 11 00 44
63.
15 38 1 6 03.24
Mon. 23
22 48 50 09 69
6-8
(3 43 2 8
Tres. 29
23 20 4 8 1021
€ 6
04.21
09 22 6 3 02 53 194
Road on Apr 7
buck pongee silk jacket.
Sgt. McPherson 13 in charge of casc.
It was stated that about 4.15 efang,
No. 15, Pitt Street, was awakened a talk.
(Central News),
to the pictures.
"