HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
GENERAL
SPECIAL CONSTABULARY | FORMER 1.
FORMER I. O. ASSISTANT
FORCE FOR COLONY General Invitation Issued
To Chinese Residents
A force of 3,000 special constables will be required to assist the regular Police in maintaining law and order in case of emergency, according to an announcement made by the Commissioner of Pollse, Hon Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evana
This auxillary force, it was learned, will be espectully needed in preventing panle, ritating and looting, and keeping order at food and frewood distribution centres,
A Reneral invitation to local Laner Bergeant Chinese residents to join this force Constable
has been issued, and those desirous
2.00
1,50
When on part time duty (e. po of becoming members of the Ott- 5 ng as members are not mobiilsed Деда Special Constabulary for full time duty) rates of pay which Mr. Lo Tung-fan has been wil be.- appointed Assistant
Superinsen- Rank
Bale per day on which duty is performed,
dent of Police, and Mr. Luke Øl- wan of the New Zealand Insurance Inspector Co. Ltd., chief recruiting officer- Sub Inspector are asked to send in their applica- Sergeant tions to Central Police Station be- Lance Sergeant tween 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. from Mon- Constable day to Friday.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
$1.00
3.00
2.00
1,50
1.00
GUARANTOKS REQUIRED It is learned that recruiting will The Chinese Special Constabu- start immediately, and applications lary will be under the control of to join will be received at Genstas the Commissioner of Police, and Police Station, on the ground floor the following are the main condi- next to the Central Magistracy, Arbuthnot Road from Monday to
tions of service:-
*3
Members will be enrolled Special Constables and will report for duty at such police stations in Hongkong and Kowloon and &t such other centres
tor.
CONVICTED AT SESSIONS FOR ACCEPTING $5 BRIBE
A former Junior Immigration Assistant, of the Immigration De- partment, Cheung Fuk-chas, waa obarged before the Chief Justice, r Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday with accepting a bribe of $5 at Shatau kok while being a public servant with a view 'to intuencing his conduct,
Mr. E. H. Willams. Crown Counsel, assisted by Sgt. Wallcook, prosecuted and the jury comprised Messrs, A. E. L. Burgoyne (Fore- man), C. Brown, de M. C. Vietor, Fang Wal-sun. Ho Hong-kuen, Tran Thank-dung and Edward Wonkai Leo.
Mr. Williams said that the duties meanour and he was under no ob- of accused was to examine parsonsgation to give in the oppor- coming into British territory to see tunity to say anything, but he if they had a permit or, if they could say what made him do had none, to ask for a deposit of auch a foolish thing as that. $25. It was not his duty to ob-
migrant had no money or permit tain money at all, and if an im-
accused was entitled to refuse to Jet him land.
On the afternoon of July 2 about 4.30 p.m. accused was stationed on a pier at Shataukok when a man Chan Shun, came ashore.
The
Accused: I am falsely accused, My Lord.
He Lordship remarked that ac- cused might had been a good in- migration officer but he was not a good llar and, to further his own ends he had tried to blacken the characters of most of his colles- gues.
Iman had no permit and, when The 25 was ordered by His Lord- asked, said he had not got $25. ship to be confiscated and to be Chan said he had $5 and asked put into the Poor Box.
Accused accused if that would do. accepted the $5 and asked Chan to pass along quickly.
MATTER REPORTED
cnd of the pier by another Immi- Chan was stopped at the other gration Assistant and was detain
DONATIONS TO ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRES
Friday between 5 p.m. and 7pm.
ed when he falled to produce a quired to be endorsed by a guaran- the other officer and Applications for enrolment are re-permit. Accused was questioned by The British Rellet Fund for Dis- tried to tress in South China gratefully press the other officer to accept acknowledges the donations re- Upon enrolment, members of the the $5. This officer refused and ceived up to July 24 for the Ortho- $18 may be Special Constabulary will undergo reported the matter to a directed by the Commissioner of
seniorpaedic Centres of the Chinese Red Police. In present conditions they lectures on police duties and drill
a course of training consisting of officer, Mr. Pang.
Cross. will be liable to perform three or four hours instructional or other until completion of training.
parades. Pay will not commence
duty at intervals of two or three
NO FIREARMS days as directed by the Commis-
It is understood that the Special sloper of Police gency they will be mobilised for with firearms.
In case of emer-Constabulary will not be provided full duty.
Applicants
fit.
Selected men were last year in-
Reveral officers were sent to ac- It is earnestly hoped that the cused to accompany him to see response will be sufficiently gener- Mr. Taylor, Assistant Immigration ous for the goal of FLX.$200,000 to Officer, in charge of New Territories, be achieved which will make pos- at Talpo. Accused refused and, get-[sible the establishment of an Or- ting angry, tried to strike one of thopaedic Centre for disabled sol- them, and escaped across the borders and civilians in der. He was detained by the area Japanese but came back after a His Excellency Bir Ceoltry
each
war
must be physically vited to join a similiar body about few days and was arrested by Sgt. Northcote $500, Capt. S. H. Batty-
the same
When mobilised to perform full defunct Peace Preservation Corps time that the now- time duty, rates of pay will be was established. After a brief
Rank.
Inspector
Bub Inspector
Sergeant
Carruthers.
In
Smith 10. British Fund for Retlef FALSELY CHARGED
er Distress in China 20,000, Mr. O.
Rate per day.perlod of training, the few who alleged that all the accusations 50, Mr. J. Scott Harston 50, E. D.. evidence yesterday, accused S. Lleu 10, Mr. Lawrence Kadoorie $7.00 joined were released from service, were based entirely on
a grudge Sassoon Banking Co., Ltd. and its and nothing further bad heard of the scheme until now.
by some of his fellow colleagues. Associated Companies 100, Mr. F. Accused stated that on July 1 ne N. Chu (eg, of NC$1,000) 185, " saw a campan approaching and Christian" (NC$200) 96.36, Prol. asked several of bis colleagues, Gordon King 50, The Bank of who were playing mahjongg. to Canton, Ltd. 5.000,
Sym-
4.00 3,00
been
CASE: help him. They refused and ac-pathiser", 500, Hon. Mr. J. P.
POLICE RESERVIST'S CASE: JUDGMENT RESERVED
Judgment was reserved by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K. C., in the case in which Police Reservist No. 1715. La FIU-TONG, 21, of No. 293. Queen's Bond West, first floor, was charged with having demandeč, together with others not in custody. $5.30, with menaces, from Lam Shing-tsal, 13, on June 26 and again on June 27, when hear- ing was concluded at the Central Magistracy yesterday.
COAL LABOURERS CELEBRATE
by Mr. H. A. de Barros Botelho. his pocket By then Chan was at and Mrs. W. T. Stanton 250, Hon.
cused him of trying to flatter his Perefather-Evans 100, Hon. Mr. superior officers.
D. J. Stoss 300, Mr. Kwok Chan 60. On July 2 at 4.30 p. Chan ar- Mr. A. Manuel Fox 300, Mr. M. H rived by a boat. Chan had no Lo 100, Mr. Albert Raymond 66, permit and he asked Chan to put Kwangtang Provincial Bank 1,000, up a deposit of $25.
The Bank of East Asta, Ltd. 5,000, Accused stated that Chat offered him as Hon. Mr. Li The Fong and Mrs. La but he refused the brihe.
Tse Fong 500, Information Office The money was put into his raincoat of the Farmers Bank of China Insp. F. D. B. Tuckett prosecuted, pocket and he did not know of (Head Office) HK. 8,000, Hon. Mr. while defendant was represented this until he put his hand into M. K. Lo 200, Mr. B. Wylle 50, Mr.
At the original hearing, com
the other end of the pier. He ran Mr. W. N. T. Tam 100, Dr K. W. plainant had stated in evidence there and handed over the $5 to that on June 26, after finishing Chan and asked him to put up a school, he was approached by de-
deposit.
INCREASED WAGES fendant and several others at RESENTED BEING IN COURT
AGREED UPON
was
Chaun 250.
HEALTH BULLETIN The following is the Returns of notifiable diseases notified as hav- ing occurred in the Colony during the 24 hours ended at midnight
Cerebro-Spinal Fever, one case: Cholers, 15 cases; Diphtheria, two seven cases; Dyacriters, eight cases: En..
Accused further stated that he Iesented
very much being in Court.
Without rettring the jury re- guilty against accused. turned & unanimous verdict of an July 23:-
First Street, and $7.30
de- manded from him as fees to join The Hongkong Coal Labourers' | a certain triad society. He re- Association held a celebration yes-fused, was threatened, but man- terday in the Confucius Hall in aged to escape. The next day, be connexion with the increased rates again met defendant, whe de- of pay fixed for coal handling Inmanded this time only $5.30, which the harbour.
be eventually gave to defendant months hard labour, his Lordship teric Fever, six cases; Measles, one
SENTENCE PASSED Passing sentence of
As a result of conferences be-after stealing CN$190 from bts sald the offence accused had been ease; Tuberculosis, 63 cases (one
tween representatives of the im grandmother,
porters, the principal stevedoring Defendant testified that on contractors, the sub-contractors, both days, he was working all the chief coolies and the Labour-day in his father's roast meat shop ers Association, it has been ar- ranged that importers will pay 25 per cent. more than existing rates for day work, and 50 per cent more than existing rates for night work
at No. 293, Queen's Road West,
That hearing was adjourned for defendant to call his witnessES.
WAS IN SHOP
Giving evidence yesterday, two
found guilty of was one of misde-import>
ALLEGED EXPORTING OF
TIN TO SHANGHAI
Two cases of pewter dining ware, alleged to have been made out employees of defendant's father's of 800 pounds of tin, formed the subject of a charge of breach of
This will give the sub-contrac-shop sald that defendant was in
Defence Regulations accingi CHENG MAN, 35, general assistant
tors something to meet extra cost the shop all the time on both of a shop at No. 195, Wing Lok Street, before Mr. G. T. Lowry at for boat hire and other In-days and did not leave the shop the Central Magistracy yesterday. cidentals and leave sufficient to all.
Defendant was charged with chal Road, first floor, in connexion: meet the workers' demands for a In his submission, Mr. Botelho having, on or about May 30, ex with a certain export of pewter percentage increase to cover the sald that he was handicapped by ported to Shanghai two cases of tin wares to Shangha.. high cost of living.
the fact that he ċine late into the under si export leerice from the The ten cent meals hitherto case. Nevertheless,
INGOT FORM there were Controller of Trade. served to the workers will hence several suspicious features in the! A second charge of furnishing There, the discharged man, forth cost 15 cents. For night story-of the prosecution, one of false Information in an export Ngan, informed him that the pre- work 50 per cent is added to the which was that complainant was Itcence to the Controller of Trane sent defendant had given him new daily rate. Notices giving de-a boy of 13. tails of the new rates have been Mr. Botelho suggested that the alleged that he put Cheug Man of Ingot form with instructions to was also preferred against him, it some time ago 800 pounds of tin in authorised by the Labour Officer boy, after stealing the money from the Nean Kut Hine Shop, of No. have it melted down and made for posting in the boarding houses his grandmother and the theft 262, Wahchat Road, first floor, as into pewter dining wares.. where the workers live.
MR. M. F. KEY
discovered, mentioned at random the exporter, whereas in fact, the The order was fuldhed und¡affer the name of defendant, whom, said shop had nothing to go with the finished articles were deliver In a letter to the Chairman ex actually he did not know at all. the exportation.
ed, defendant came along to him: pressing regrets at his own in- After citing several cases re- The master of the aforemen-with an export Ucense application ability to attend the function, Mr. garding evidence of children, Mr. tioned shop, Ngan Cheong-yp, 43, form and saked him to affix his M. F. Key. Secretary, of the Hong- Botelho said that it was dan who was previously also charged shop's chop to it, which he did, kong General Chamber of Com-gorous to convict, since there was on the first count, was discharged thinking at that time that it was merce, expressed the hope that the no corroboration of complainant's yesterday, when the prosecution only to show that he was the Increased money-as agreed in the evidence. scales published by the Labour
offered, no evidence against him. manufacturer of the goods. -
The hearing was then adjourned Ngan was represented by Mr. M. A.The application, went on the Officer will duly rench the to today at 10.30 am.
da Buva.
Inspector, was later submitted to Det, Insp. y. O'Donovan, suslated the Controller of Trade by Helen-
-workers, the shop
I may perhaps bellowed,
want on Mr. Köy, "to add that it be more colllers than vanal in by Det-8gt. A. F. Cochrane, ap- dant, who sifa that he was a fokl"}
ls to be oped that your Ansdela poft,
peared for the prosecution, while jót Ngan's shop and gave÷his ad-
-MAPPIN
&
WEBB
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