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ARMS RAID SEQUEL Shun-yau, married wonan,
UNREGISTERED TEMPLE We Chau was fined $10 or 14 days by Mr Lowry yesterday Tong Kwong-lum, Tang Kwok Zor keeping X unregistered nam and Shum Tak-bec appeared temple at No. 15 Staunton Street before Mr. B. C. Macnamara yester- Detective Inspector Moreton, pro day charged with unlawful poasca- secuting, stated that on July 27. aton of arms and ammunition at about 11 BM
HS a result of in- No. 80, Portland Street, second formation received, & woman in floor, on July 14. former was sent to the above Third and fourth defendants address to make investigations. were additionally charged With She found defendant i n rear conspiracy to rob the
occupants; cubicle and approached him as a
Customer
His Worship also cautioned de fendant fur fortune telling
of No. 544, Shanghal Street, second
floor.
Ax
Det. -Insp R Cunningham, sisted by Det.-insp. A. E Carey. prosecuted. Mr. C KwaD ap- peared for the first and second! accused.
ALLEGED RAPE Hearing was fixed for Aug. 15 and Aug 18 by Mr Lowry yesterday in the case in which two members The Police offered no evidence of the Royal Army Medical Corps against the second defendant and Ilerbert
Edward Mayhew and he
was discharged The charge! Joseph James Toms, are charged of possession of arms and am with the alleged rape of a girl munition against the fourth
3r
named Chan Hot on the hillside rused was also withdrawn above Bowen Road, near Gap Road.
At 10 p.m ола July 14 on July 13.
Police party. led by Del Insp Mayhew was charged with raping' Carey went to Na 80 Portland and Toms with aiding und abet
Street, second floor. where in the ting in the alleged crime
rear cubicle, a search of the pre
Det. - Insp J O'Donovan is in mises was made and two revolvers, charge of the case.
15
HEARING FIXED Further hearing in the case in which Law Man-sang. 2A charged with attempted larceny by trick, or $10 from Yip Chan-sung on June 10 was fixed by Mr Lowev t Aug 15.
a hand grenade, Ave rounds live ammunition, toro butcher's knives and small quantly of wire were found.
When charged. Arst defendant stated "I
asleep AT;
in th afternoon. Tang Nam sent a foki and woke me up. Tang Nam then gave me a parcel and said 'Ab So keep this parcel for {{ I will to No. 2 Cha! Lung Street secund return for it later""
It was stated that accused h June
10 about 30 p.m
floor
an
went
Second
accused said. escort bureau and de manded $10 from the complatna. them to the woman and ask her
Tak-kee and Ah Chung saying that he VAS collecting.
to keep them for me" money for Det Sgt. No 222. Chan To
Det-Sgt. W Summers prosecuted while Mr. M A. da Silva is ap pearing for accused
GENERAL
WHOLESALE PRICES IN
THE COLONY
The Superintendent of Imports and Exports has released for publication the following tables of wholesale price Index numbers in the Colony of Hongkong.
The indexwhich is unweighted-has been constructed from de- clarations furnished to the Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports Department by importers.
There was a general average increase of 12.5 per cent, in the 2nd Quarter of 1941 as compared with the 1st Quarter of 1941; and of 23.7 per cent, as compared with the 2nd Quarter of 1940.
(Average for Year 1932 - 100)
HE STARTED THAT WAY
Norwegian patriols have been getting much amusement from passing around this anecdote:
It seems that puppet Quisling paid a visit to a mental hos- pital in Oslo and asked one of The patients if he knew who Norway's greatest men were.
"Of cour9C there was Ibsen and Grieg. Birnson and Nan- Ken: all very good friends of mine, by the way.
"Yes, yes," said Quisling im- patiently." But don't you know who I am?"
"No. I don't."
"Well, I am Vidkun Quisling!" "I never heard of him."
What! I tell you I am Vid- kun Quisling, the greatest Nor- wegian since King Harald the Fair-Haired !**
At this the inmate soothing- ly paited the puppet on the shoulder "I sympathise with you, uld man That's how it began with me too."
Foodstufts Textiles
Metals &
1941 1941 1940 1940
1st 2nd 4th Qr. Qr Qr A'ge 199.8 234.3 188.2 174,8
148.5 167.5 144.4 144.0)
Minerals 231.3 247.8 218 1 210.0
| Miscelaneous 190.1 218.5 170.9 164.5
Gen Average 192,4 216.5 180.4 173.3)
(All Groups
Beats Beet ERES Flour
FOODSTUFTS
Wheat Salt Fish Pratt, Fresh Lard Milk
Condetised
Multen Onlons Peanut 1 Pork
Potators Poultry Rice
206.9 256.2 1911 170.8 238.9 222.2 227.8 241 7 200 0 200.0 200.0 170.4
161.3 217.2 146.9 143.5 |
132.5 134.2 137.5 135.8 444 2 747.4 468.6 450.8 166.9 154.7 1530 132.1 175.3 176.1 178.1 171.0
234.8 259 177.3 187.1 184.5 212.7 137.1 31.5 162.8 172.1 138.5 183 8 262.5 284.2 273,2 222.1 215.7 245.6 156.6 137.2 224.4 230.8 245.6 197 3 220.1 287.5 1986 172.6
Broken)
Rice
197.8 228 6 1990 157.6
(White) Sugar (Raw) Vegetables
Dried etc.}
107.2 119.3 106.9 138.0 83 1 811 75.4 62,9
169.3 219.3 142.2 137,8 TEXTILES
"Shum
year-old ward, Mak Lan allas Lau Vermicelli handed Tai-hel, on July 20
Inspector H W Fraser, of the Cotton Yarn 145.4 132.0 125.5 128.3
Cottons -
(174 139.1 107.2 103,3
· 8.C.A.. prosecuting. said that on Mr Kwan submitted, after ev¡July 29 a letter was received by dence, that the arms and animunt the SC.A. concerning the posses- I were handed to the woman slon of the girl and alleged that and that she was unaware of what the girl was being ill-treated. Shirtings
the parce; contained.
Holding that although
Third accused.
A
house
lady inspector visited the there the following day and found the girl who was went on Inspector
pre
jor about Jan. 5 this year &
adopted daughter.
TRAFFIC SUMMONSES Chan Yak, o No. 234, Des Voeux] were grave suspicions there was In Road, Central, was cautioned by sufficient evidence to convict, his Fraser, presented to defendant on Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K C. yester Worship discharged the first de day when he was summoned for fendant. driving car No. 6155 along Caine
who had
The girl was apparently treated Road, property of Fung Kim-sangviously pleaded guilty to the con without due care and caution.
as an acupted daughter and have spiracy charge, was sentenced to expressed the wish to remain with defendant, who has been in Hang- kong for the past four years.
Defendant pleaded ignorance of the local regulations and said that only arrived in Hongkong
Lo Shuet-ngau, of No. 271 Prince 18 months' hard labour. Edward Road, ground floor. Was fined $30 for a sirallar offence.
Yu Chik-sam, of No. 177 Jaffe Road, was fined $15 when he was suromaned
Fourth defendant was remanded for seven days,
TRAFFIC SUMMONSES Tsol Lai, summoned before Mr.
for driving car No Macnamara for unlawfully smok, from Tamshal recently,
2543 on Island Road near Stauley
Village at 645 p.m
without a valid licence
July 4.
ing
vehicle while his motion, was fed $2
Koo Ah-Kwat was fined $18 for
WOR
in
She was discharged with a cau- tion.
Dyed. Plain
Italians
126 8 92.0 74.8 72.1 Dyed Figured and Plain
72.8 70.0 707 67.2 White 40 43 yds.). Nemp
132.6 122.2 141.1 133.3 ↑ Manila Gunny Bags 301 1 296.5 337.8 378.4 Hessian Cloth 74.8 86 9 77.8 78.6 Silk Plece
Goods 78.5 91.7 81 7 775 54.3 59.5 60.3 44.4 Silk Yarn
(Artificial)
Blankets
(Wool Flannels Sultings &
2013 250,0 200.0 198.0 Union).
I 2448 414.8 267.5 304.4
Tweeds 142.7 146.8 1814 142.8 (Woollen)
METALS & MINERALS Brass Sheets 205.0 289.9 192,7 208,4 Yellow Metal
Sheathing 219.7 221.3 226.6 199.2
276.0 385.5 239.5 257.7|
Bars 310.8 334.0 293.3 286.4
Poon Chi-shau, of No. 35, Ylu driving his car at over 20 m.p.h.
STOLE BED BOARDS Convicted on Wah Street, was also fined $10 for in a controlled area
the charge of Coal at 3.55 pm stealing two bed boards from the Iron & Steel allowing the former to drive with- out a licence.
on July 7.
Tootpath in front of No. 23, Port- Wong Hing was fined $10 for land Street. Kowloon. on Thurs-Iron & Steel Pt, P S. Davles, R. A. of Lyee carrying a person on his motor-day. Chiu Fun was sentenced to i anun Barracks. was fined $10 when cycle when it had not a proper one month's hard labour by Mr. Iron & Steel he pleaded guilty to a summons, seat securely fixed to it behing the Macnamara yesterday. against him for driving car No. driver. 4393, without a valid llcence, along Gloucester Road, on June 14
SOUNDING HORNS
Five
Fines totalling $7 were imposed
JUVENILE REMANDED
Nails 241.2 240.7 219.8 231.9
Lead (Pig)
Plates 3373 375.8 331.2 320.1 283,0 221.0 263.0 228.7 88.8 97.9 63.5 65.1 241.8 202.8 218.1 215.8
O
A 16-year-old Chinese boy was Kerosene
on Ng Kam, conductor of bus No. remanded to today when he ap- Oil Fuel 829, when be pleaded gulity to peared before Mr Macnumara | Lubricating persons appeared before permitting a person to stand on yesterday on the charge of having Mr, Sheldon yesterday when they, the step while the bus was in snatched a wrist-watch from Lau Petrol were summoned for unnecessarily motion on Castle Peak Road, and Chi, spinister, at sounding their car horns on July for failing to wear his badge in
2.
aconspicuous position.
The defendants were To Kow,! For driving without due care
3.45 p.m. on Tin
Thursday. In Nathan Road,
REFUSED TO PAY FARE Traffic Inspector Sykes.
Kallways,
Cement
of the Charcoal
Feather ap-
(Duck).
No. 7 Hill Road. Ko Kan, of No. and caution on Castle Peak Road. Kowloon-Canton 424A Des Voeux Road, West, Fung near the 94-mile stone, Cheung peared as complainant in the case Wing-hong. ut No. 26 Pottinger shek was aned $5.
in which Wong To-yu was charged Firewood Street, who were cautioned; J. L.
with falling to pay the legal fare Chong of No. 25 Gage Street was
fined $8.
125.6 128.4 111.9 117.0 88.9 69.4 88.5 89.4 377.8 406.5 368.4 320,0 MISCELLANEOUS
235.3 223.7 105.7 148.6 91.0 93.4 70.8 57.4 193.0 232.9 176.2 155.7
Hardwood
EXTORTION ALLEGED
Gurba Singh, P
of 30 cents from Shatin to Yau-Hides (Cow)
B 194,
Eltes
mati on July 30.
the
second-class
Leather
(Bole). Paper
The summons against Yau Li-Gurnam Singh, P. C. B. 778 and Mr. Sykes stated that defendant (Buffalo). shum. of No 36 Village Road, was Lachhman Singh P. C. B. 30 were was found In possession of remanded for one week,
KNOCKED DOWN CHILD Leong Ping, apprentice mechanie
of the Berlin Co., No. 163, Queen's Road, East, appeared before Mr. Sheldon yesterday charged with
charged before Mr. D. J. N. Ander
return half of а
80% with demanding from Chung ticket which, he claimed, he had Chiu of Shantung Street, the sum bought from one of the Railways' (Chinese). of $15 on July 31, and were re employees. He refused to pay the Rattans
anded 72 hours in gaol custody. tare of 30
Saltpetre
or more.
JUNK ROBRERY
do so.
cents when asked
to
was
277.9 226.1 197.5 188.1 105.8 117.7 93.9 87.7 283.1 266.0 383.5 283.4 304.5 321.9 290.9 308.7
110.3 123.9
155,4 166.9 128.5 153.1
92.4 88.5
154.1 211.1 155.8 166.5 179.4 225.4 207.0 212.1 Softwoods 212.4 225.7 168.2 170.3 216.7 386.8 127,5 117.4 Sulphuric
Acid 178.8 2348 161.9 173,0 Sulphate of
Ammonia 174.0 211.0 205.9 159.0
driving ear No. 3329 without a So Tal, Shek Chi-fal, Li Leung- A fine of $15, or 14 days hard Boda Ash valid fcence and also without the sang. Chut Kwan, Li Yuen, and labour, was imposed by Mr. D. J. permission of the owner, Mr. Au Chan Kan were charged before N. Anderson. Yeung Ho Man, of the Berlin Co.. Mr. Anderson with robbery by two
KOWLOON DOCK THEFT No. 163 Queen's Road, East,
Chan Sum. unemployed Sgt. Paton stated that defendant
The Yung, steersman of the Class sentenced to four months' hard knocked down a chlid causing av boat 1331P said that on the labour when he was convicted by fractured skull.
morning of July 9 his boat sailed Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at the Kow- Accused, who was on remand from Sal Chung with four men loon Magistracy, on a charge of a since the date of the accident, was on board. Arriving at Fan Chan larceny of a plece of iron, pro sentenced to one day's simple im-Chou another craft fired two shots perty of the Kowloon Docks. He folis appeared before Mr. 8. F. prisonment.
was further charged with
D. O. SOUTH
POSSESSION OF GASOLINE One junk-mistress and four junk
and ordered his boat to pull along-
tres- Balfour yesterday charged, in- side and, after forcing the men passing on a protected area with dividually, with moving gasoline without the written permission of Into the hold took $6 money and out a permit, a piece of green canvas which wit.
the Controller of Trade; having A total of 84 milling machine ness identified.
man accused dropped the plecs on board various quantities of gear cutters, worth $2.000. have Insp. George gave evidence of of Iron and ran but was caught gasoline; and anchoring in Cheung
POLICE REPORTS
When approached by a
after a chase.
watch
Inspector Magwick prosecuted.
SOLD CONGEE
Chau, a place other than a Dan- gerous Goods Anchorage, for longer! than 24 hours,
boon reported to the Police by Mr.finding the alleged robbers' boat H. Marriott, of the Kowloon Dock which he hailed to pay alongside. Police, stolen from the store room but, on receiving no reply, he gave of the Engine Shop of the Docks.a burst of machine-gun fire after Liu Ming was Dned $2 when he
Loung Luk-mul, woman, who was which he noticed that some things pleaded guilty before Mr. Ander- represented by Mr. Peter H. Sin, Bon to the charge of having ex- was alleged to have 8,000 tins on
The Honging China Gas On-were damped overboard. pany has reported to the Police
All defendants, except the last, posed for sale conges and cakes her junk on July 31,
near the Kowloon Godowns, on Thursday.
that two gas geysers, valued at donied the charge, $100, had boen stolen from No. 19 Chatham Road, a vacant house,
The CRSC Was for committaj toj The Bossions.
Fong Tai was accused of having 800 ̊ tins; Fung Cheng, 1,000 ting; Banitary Inspector H. King. Yu Wing, 1,700. tins; and Mak prosecuting, gaid that defondant Chung-him, 3,500 tins. POSSESSION OF A WARD was selling the congee and cakes Further hearing was adjourned] Heung Kul, married women, ap-on the pavement outside the Kow-to Tuesday at 10 am, bati being driving a car along. Nathan Road portred before Mr. D J. N. Ander-loom Godowns. On seeing him, fixed at '380 each,
Mra, Shaw, of the China Light
-and Power Co., reported that while
a Obinene woman was knocked non yesterday charged with talkha,§. 1. - King, approach defendant) Det.-Inap, L, R. Whant, nssisted | down and resolved slight Injuries, to report the pescasion of a· 0- | ran away.
by Sgt. Hughes, prosecuted,
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