HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
GENERAL
DEATH OF PROFESSOR ROUND THE POLICE COURTS
HSU TI-SHAN
Heavy Loss To Hongkong's Cultural Institutions
Hongkong's seat of learning, in particular, and the community, in general, sustained a heavy loss yesterday by the death of PROF. HSU TI-SHAN, MA., B. Litt.. B.D., well-known Chinese writer and head of the Chinese Department of Hongkong University, who pass- ed away suddenly at his home at 2.15 p.m. yesterday from heari failure at the age of 47. He had been ill for several days,
The late Prof. Hsu was a native of Langki, Pukien Province. and had his early schooling in Canton where his father held a magisterial post ander the Mancha dynasty.
One of the first graduates of Yenching Univershy in Pelping, he was from his earllest days a keen student of things Chinese his interests be ng neutr in his tory and comparative religion.
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ONCE TOO OFTEN Five men were charged before Tung Kwok-man went to the Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., yesterday flower-market at Boundary Street: with passession of 29 Hongkong in the morning of July 30 and saw! Government $1 notes, one 1 Yuan la woman-hawker with several note of the Central Bank of the follicken. He picked up two and Bank of China, one $10 note of after they had been weighed, told the Chartered Bank and one ten-the woman to follow him for the yuan note of the Bank of Com- money. munications, knowing same to be forged, at No. 134 Junnston Road, third floor, or Saturday.
Accompanied by her daughter, the hawker went with Tung' to No. 45, Prince Edward Ruad, where they were asked to wait while the customer went upstairs. to get the money.
The defendants were Ng Wing hurg. 38, unemployed. Ne Loon fai, 28. unemployed. Ng Wat-yin. An authority on Buddhismi, was noted also for his work "A 28, labor, ! Lung, 30, unemploy
But. Tung did not enter any of thej History of Taoism." and, main- ed, and Chan Tim-rong. 28 up-floors. He went right up the stairs taining a keen interest in other
employed
on to the roof and went down to new of resuar h. be hus lectured
on jade lore and other subjects of On graduation from Yeuching, interest to Chinese scholarship. with the degree of B.D. Bachelor He was also a painter of no mean of viraty he remained for
a ability short periud as instructor at the
FFS Intest work, published some University, later proceeding to the two months ago by the Cominer United States. where he took his at Press, was a Master of Arts degree from Colum-vination" bia University.
and
Two days later. Tung Kwok-manį again went to the flower-market. He was recognised by the woman-
hawker and arrested.
Det.-8gt J. Bentley. who is the street by another stairs. The
appiled for woman, Yeung Po, after charge of the case,
waiting a remand of was granted
for some time gave up the twol three days for further inquiries chickens, valued at $3, us a loss. to be made
$2,000 BAIL. Alleged to have demanded the sum of SINO irum Lo Kul with volume on "Di-menaces, at No. 198 Queen's Road West, second floor. L Het. 38. P.
After Colunibin, he seed baiz
He was the first President of the C. C40. stationed at the Central 9ino-British skrit at Oxford. In preparation for
Cultural Association | Police Station, was charged before researches into the Buddhist re-
locally and was one of the found- Mr. G. T Lowry yesterday and ginn which erupted his next
ers of the Hongkong branch of the was remanded for one week on three years. He travelled widely
Association He was a member of the appication of Sgt. J. M. For- the College Counch of St. Paul's rest, in India in these years and pur- sued courses of study at a number Girls' College, of the Chinese Cul- of Indian universities. At Oxford, turnt Association and of the Hong- be secured the degree of B.Litt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Rong Y's Men's Club.
LEAVES FAMILY
Ball at $2.000 was allowed,
ROBBED AUNT
On his appearing before Mr. C Macnamara yesterday. Tung was sentenced to twol month's hard labour.
LARCENY OF ONE CENT When Tang Him was charged ati the Police Station on Saturday with the larceny of one cent from he alleged a bawker, Lo Han, Slated by his aunt, from whom that he was collecting the money he had stolen $140, to be abad un behalf of an Indian constable. boy and not wanting to do any it was, however proved that the work, a 18-year-old Chinese youth. constuble was, on the day in ques- Tam Wab, appeared before Mr.tlon, in the company of a European Lowry yesterday on a charge of detective up to 8.30 p.m. and was, therefore, not on duty at that district.
Returning to Yenching. he was
The late Prof. Hsu is survived by appointed Professor of Social his wife, two daughters and a sul Sclence. History and Comparative His elder daughter is a student at Religion. He held professorships a university in Chungking, and larceny of the money from Tam Juter at the National Talog Huas younger daughter a pupil of Mui, married woman, at No. and National Peking Universities, St. Stephen's Girls unege. His Gutzlaff Street on Saturday. and joined, 10 J 1936, the only son. who is named Chow Det.-Sgt. White said that de faculty of Hongkong University. Shun-chung after his maternal fendant was an unemployed and He early distinguished himself grandfather attends King's Col-lived with his aunt. On Saturday as a short story writer. contribul-tege. ing to the Short Story Monthly published by the Commercial Press, writing under the name
Lo
A funeral service will be held this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the
Hua Sheng" ("Peunut"). One of Hangkong University auditorium
the post gifted writers of the mo- Following the service, the remains dern Chinese literary movement. wel be laid to rest at the Chinese he turned out books, novels. essays Christian Cemetery In Pokfulam and poetry with regularity.
JAPANESE
LIQUIDATING
BUSINESSES
It was learned from well-in. formed Japanese commercial cir- cles that Japanese merchants in the Colony are
In
Road.
INGENIOUS WAY OF CHEATING
Tang was fined $5 or seven days hard labour when he appeared be- fore Mr. Macnamara yesterday.
WOMEN SHOPLIFTERS
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This aunt saw defendant wearing a Pang Fong, Hut Mul, Wu Kam new sult of clothing and a pair and Ching Kam, all women, were of new shocs. Becoming susp-charged before Mr. D.J.N. Ander- clous, she went to the place where son with shoplifting and receiving she kept her savings and found stolen property. Det.-Set. C. Dow the $140 missing.
man, prosecuting. stated that the She made a report to the Police arst accused was in a shop at and defendant, on being ques at No. 15. Sha Po Road, on Aug. 2. tioned admitted stealing the After she had left, one of the money.
Defendant was remanded today for consideration of tence
STARVATION
FIREWOOD DEALER STALKING
FINED $200
An Ingenious way of cheating POOR HOMES
at the Central Magistracy yesterday with having
of the Colony.
fokis discovered that a thermos tili flask was missing. She was follow- sened by the foki and the flask was. found inside a basket she was carrying.
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She brought the foki and the When the little girl rejoined her Police to No. 18. Kak Hang Tsun athe, he noticed that her ear- Road, where 19 eartherware rings were missing and asked her bowls 22 pairs wooden clogs and about them. She pointed out ac- a quantity of salt fish was found. used as the woman who had taken
On Information furnished by the them.
When approached by the second accused, third and fourth rather Chan promptly handed the liquidating their was revealed when Chan Tim, 58.; businesses, prior to leaving Hong shop master, and Onau Kit, 34 of the poor in the Colony owing found that larcenies
Starvation is stalking the homes defendants were arrested. It Jewellry back to the girl.
from shops kong, as the result of the re-shop foki, were charged before Mr. to the bigh cost of living.
When Chan Kam appeared be- cent Government Order freezing. H. G. Sheldon
have been going on for some time. tore Mr. Anderson, charged with
First defendant was Japan's crectis,
sentenced the larceny of the earrings, she As a result four persons died of
to sta months hard labour second, was sentenced hunger It was further
on Sunday and their learned that, committed a breach of the Weight bodles were found in various parts to four months on the receiving hard labour, instead of returning to Japan, and Measure Ordinance, they
charge; third, to five months; and will in all probability, e5- They were stated to have frau-
BURGLAR SENTENCED tablisti therpselves Macao dulently used a rope and hook in of No. 165, Queen's Road West:
A male was discovered in front fourth, to four months,
Tw months" hard labour was Scouts have been sent to Macao such a manner that by this device another
LARCENY OF WOOD.
the sentence passed on Chun Chi- to investigate conditions there. purported that 80 catties of fire-Canton Road, Kowlton;
male outside No. 103, With five previous convictions, sun, by Mr. Anderson yesterday,
a third Yu Lam
was sentenced. to four when he pleaded guilty to the Many of the Chinese shops in whod weighed 160 cattles. The anan in front of No. 24. Temple months hard labour by Mr. A charge of breaking into No. 25, Kwong Yuen Street. between vitence took place at the side Street, Taguati, and a male child derson. yesterday when he Wing Lok Street and Bonhain lane at No. 326 Hennessy Road on in front of No. 32, Shanghai St., convleted on the charge of larceny at 5 am. on Aug. 2.
Was Nga-tsin-wat Road, Kowloon City, Strand, have also been quietly H. Sunday:
of one piece of wood, valued at $6,
INDIANS AGAIN REMANDED the offence for which he took full the Public Mortuary.
All the bodies were removed to from the Me! Hon Contractors'
On the application of Deh-Insp. store at College Road, on Aug. 2. responsibility, while the second.
R. Cunningham. Gurba Singh, Defendant was seen by the mas pleaded not guilty stating that he
ter of the shop tarrying the wood. Gurnam Singh and Lachman Singh was only, the foki,
BURMESE PARTY on the alarm being raised, so were again remanded for one week cused dropped the wood and ran when they appeared before Mr. but was arrested by Police Reser Anderson. yesterday on the charge vist, No. 34.
of, demanding from Chung Chly, of Shantung Etreet, the sum of ALLEGED LARCENY OF RICE$15 on July 31. Holding that there was insuffi- Gurba Singh's application for a, let evidence to convics, Mr. An- reduction of the ball of $500 each derson yesterday dismissed the
was opposed by Det.-Insp. Cunning-
quidating their affairs preparatory to "closing shop."
$6,000 DAMAGE
CAUSED AT N.Y.K. FIRE
First defendant pleaded guilty to
Det.-Sgt. J, Bentley, who pro- secuted, accepted the ples of second defendant who was dis- charged.
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Kaumati
RETURNS
Concluding a week's stay here during which they thoroughly Set: Bentley said that on that studied A. R. P. 'work and went! It was learned yesterday that morning at 11 am, a woman went through two of the longest raids
CANE FOR SNATCHER
Wong Yan, 31, was sentenced to
the damage caused by the fire to the Hop Cheung Loong fire-experienced in the wartime capital case in which Ng 8o was charged ham who stated that he had not re- which broke out on Sunday night wood shop, of No. 277 Lockhart thus far, the Burmese party re-with the larceny of 15 cattles of ceived any further instructions on in the exports, accounts and com-Road. ground fluor, to buy $20 turned to Rangoon by plane. pradore departments of the Nip-worth of firewood. After some
rice, valued at $2, from the Kow-this question. pon Yusen Kaisha, in Connaught bargaining defendant agreed to by the Chinese-Burmese Cultural The visitors were entertained
loon Godowns on Saturday. Road Central, is in the neighbour- sell at 31 catties for $1.
It was alleged that defendant officer to obtain further lastruc- In requesting the prosecuting which, Association houd of $8,000 though the actual Sgt. Bentley said, was above the Among the Chinese officials pre-inside the Main Gate of the Go-ants to make another application on Friday evening. was seen by an Indian watchman tions, his Worship asked defend damage cannot yet be assessed market price.
Contrary to earlier reports, it is
agat were General Ho Kue kwang downs carrying a bag of rice when the case comes before the The complainant, not under and Mr. Po-han, Chungking Com-when questioned. accused was Court again, now believed that no valuable do- standing the Chinese scale, asked mander and Deputy Commander of alleged to have stated that he ob cuments were lost as all these a friend to see that she had a Air Defence... were kept in the five safes of the fair deal and it was found that by
Me attained the rice from an American. firm and these are stated to be means of that device defendant Captain U Tun Ha Oung, Director on the way to the Water, Police six months hard labour and eight
Members of the party, Including ship fire-proof.
bad exactly doubled the weight of Civil Defence in Rangoon, Mr. Station accused was stated to have strokes of the cane when he plead Seen yesterday, the premises from 80. catties to 180 cattles, presented a desolate appearance,
U Tim Ong, Superintendent of attempted to run away, Sgt. Bentley added that it was a Police of the Eastern Division in After evidence, have been given yesterday to the charge of having ed guilty before Mr. Anderson every article aid office equipment, very Ingenious and clever triek. including the massive counters Mr. Sheldon remarked that he Medica Omcer in charge of civil Mr. G. 1. Fallon of the Kowloon Hang, married woman, of No, B. Rangoon, and Dr. SW Allison, by Indian watchman No. 21 and snatched one hand-bag from Hau and desks, being charred almost had deliberately swindled com to cinders. The safes, however, plainant of firewood and imposed defence in Rangoon and Mr. N. A Godowns, defendant stated that Stafford Road, Kowloon Tong, on appeared to be completely intact, a fine of $200 or, in default, two Blaquire, Superintendent of the he was employed as a casual. Aug. 2, MA and had been sealed by the Police. months' imprisonment,
NOT TOUCHED
IN COLONY
Though the whole of the ground HSU MO TO CALL floor was completely gutted the omides acqupying the floor above were not touched by the flames,
of onerof the men on board the
WIDOW GAULED
The complainant raised the alarm and accused was interdepted by an Indian constable.
Northern Shan States, broadcast paint-scraper on board the Amd. According to the prosecution greetings to the Chinese people clean ship, He found the rice complainant had just alighted after the dioner(Centra Nowa) scattered on the flour of the hold from a Route 7 bus at Essex Cres- In the ship and swept it together cent when defendant came up SWALLOWED LYSOL and took it gay at the request from behind and snatched the bag. CHUNGKING, Aug. 4 (Central)- A WOMEN, Wat Blu-dong, a ship, The first eal to the Fire Mr. Hou Mo, the new Chinese realdent of Un Long, attempted Brigade was at 8.40 and, shortly Minister to Australia, 18 leaving to take her own life by bwallowing As a Boven-year-old Chinesene After 10 p.m., the Bre was prae- for Hongkong this week-end on lysol about 8 o'clock yesterday gier was walking along Canton The National Chvernment in a tically extinguished.
route to Australia to assume his morning at her home. She was Road at 10 pm on Saturday she mandate issued yesterday an- Palice constables are guarding post, according to the diplomatic discovered by her mother and was was acccated by Chan Kam, nounded the discharge of Mr. Lin the gutted premigos,
ofreios,
Bont to, the Kowloon Hoepitaf for your-old widow, and persuaded to Yen from his post ng Student The Police stated that thuy Air Frederick Eggleston, the treatment.
enter a nearby house when the Consul of the Chinese Consulate- were not in a 'position to make Australian Minister to China, it is The Bob, it was alleged, was widow calmly took off the pair of General in Bingapore and the ap any definite statement as to the same, will not arrive in Chung committed owing family gold barrinas, valued at $4, which pointment of Mr. LA Nong-kong as actual cause of the outbreak,"
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