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Piracy In H.K. Waters: Broker Sent To Prison On Receiving Charge
A piracy within the waters of the Colony, on May 26 last, had a sequel before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholi MacGregor, at the Cri- minal Sessions yesterday when CHUI WAN.CHEUNG, alias Clut Kai, 40, described as a broker, was charged with receiving stolen cargo, consisting of 383 bags of fertiliser, 40 sacks दर्श beans, 20 drums of soda, 32 ting of matches, three bicycles, a hox of torch batteries, four singlets, two pieces of striped cloth and a plece of black cloth,
Mr. J. P Murphy. Sgl
assister by The Police, on Information.
H. T Matches, prosecuted, went to a godown and a garage and the Jury were Messrs. G. E F. In Happy Valley where they founa Thompson (Foreman). H. F. Ro- the stolen goods.
zario, Tas Lin-lew. Chan Kiu, To Shing-chung. Shlen Chung fu and I. Greenberg.
Mr. Murphy said that on May 28 trading junk No. T3606 sales from Shauklwan for Chinese ter ritory with a mixed cargo, a crew
Giving evidence, accused stated he was introduced to five men, Lau Kee. Lam, Lo and two, by the surname of Wong. by Mong Tai- hot in the beginning of May He was approached by Lan Kee If he could get a buyer for the cargo
of 11 and eight passengers. When of a funk that bad salled for San the craft reached 4 STOL, near Ching. as the junk could not get Waglan. It had to turn back owing there having been stopped by the
Japanese
te unfavourable weather, and an chored in the corner of Junk Bay near the boom.
PUT ASHORE
COULD
GET MARKET
Fle went to séc Chin Hor cheung who said he could obtain
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MULES EMPLOYED ALONG BURMA ROAD GRANTED YEARLY RATION
On the night of May 27, about a market, for it, and Lau promised OF OPIUM BY THE GOVERNMENT!
Impressions he had gained on a recent visit to Burma, Malaya and the North-West Frontier of India formed the subject of an in- teresting address given yesterday before the Hongkong Y's Men's Club by COMDR. CHOW KING TSUNG.
midnight, some men boarded the Chan five per cent. commission. jurk and the master crew and He was to receive four cents for passengers were taken to a boat every bag of fertiliser alongside. They were put ashore Accused stated he was hie'ruct on May 31 at Rocky Harbour. Kued by Lau to engage the two junks Luin, in British waters.
for the transfer of the eargo. Lau "I shall call evidence." said Ar also asked him to have the junk Murphy, "that on May 26, accused altered to a fishing type of boat. went to se a boat-builder, Hung: Accused reiterated that he Was Hing,
and told him he had a acting as broker throughout. friend who had a boat of the Chiu Without retiring. the Jury re- Chow type and wanted this to be turned unanimous verdict of altered to the Sun Mei type." Tak. Quilty. Counsel submitted, was because
Passing sentence of 12 months because of the damp brought upon accused was afraid that the boat hard labour, his Lordship told act by the rains and the mules have might be recognized.
cused that he had been found to consume opfun in small doses
The accused, went on Mr. Mur-Guilty on very clear evidence. He phy, engaged two junks at the Po was sorry, his Lordship sald, to see Tak whari, Connaught Road Con man of
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accused's age doing Iral, on May 29 and the cargo was wrong like this. transferred to these Junk al His Lordship auded that the Causeway Bay Part of the carge offence was a very serious business was unloaded at Wancha! Praya, and he would be falling in his part at the Po Tak wharf and the duty he did not impose a severe remainder at Kowloon City.
sentence.
PAKHOI STREET FRACAS SEQUEL
Defendants Attend Court In Bandages
With their chests baudaged. four Chinese males appeared before Mr. H. C. Macnamara at the Kowloon i Magistracy yesterday charged with having assaulted District walch- men Nos. 154 and 136 at Pakhoi
ALLEGED CHOPPER ATTACKS BY COOK
KOWLOON CITY INCIDENT
Comdr. Chow spoke. at length on the mule trains and maleteers La be encountered in Burma and along the Burma Road and brought up the interesting fact that the animals are allowed a yearly ra- tion of opium by both the Governments of Burma and Yunnan. Evidently. at certain periods of
the
year, the grass that these
beasts thrive upon grows poisonous
to counteract this poison.
They are allowed from four
Ave ounces per annum, and the muleteers thrive too on what they manage to sell of the drug, beside being addicted to it themselves.
LANTAU ISLAND RAID SEQUEL
Three Committed On
Arms Charges
On charges of possession of army The muleteers form a society and ammunition without licence or apart from anyone to be encoun-
lawful excuse, two men, Yim Hing. tered on the Burma Road, and 28, and Chan Hung Sing, 22, and have their own customs and man- a woman, Lai Wal-fong, 27, were ner of living They mix to some committed for trial by Mr. S. F. extent with the people they meet. Balfour at the District Court, this being necessitated by trade South, yesterday.
relations.
CHINESE ARMY STORIES
The case was a sequel to a Police
Stories that have originated of rald on Sha Lo Wan village, Lan- a Chinese army in Burma mas be tau Island, on Aug. 3, when a large traced to the large number of quantity of arms and ammuniton Yunnanese muleteers who are be-
was seized and eight persons ar- rested ing employed by the British Army in Burma for transport service. etc.
Justrived!
Beary, Expredie
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Rice Prices Drop In
3 Provinces
A gradual decline in the, prices
of rice in the provinces of Szech- wan, Kwelchow and Fukien has been noted recently, sccording to the Ministry of Food.
The raid was led by Mr. L. A Searle, A.B.P., and Sgt. J. Allen. A feature of Burma, the speaker Yim was committed on a charge. said. were the pagodas. It was of possession of a rifle. 19 rounds the life ambition of every Burmese ammunition arid two ammunition to make enough money to con- clips, Chan on a charge of posses- About 2 o'clock yesterday morn-tribute to the building of a pagoda sion of a revolver, one round of the before his death, and the pagodas revolver ammunition, nine rounds Street, near the public latrine, oning, Kwan Chl. 46, cook of Wednesday.
Ling Nam tea house, No. 45, gaare, kept constantly in fine trim of pistol ammunition and three A one-fourth to one-sixth drop by contributors who are greatly spent revolver cartridge cases, and
In the last two or three weeks Po Road, Kowloon City. It was re-
was registered in 16 Szechwan ported, suddenly got up from bed pleased to pay for the illumina Lat on a charge of possession of and went to the kitchen to get a
tion of such a structure for
Counties aone automatle pistol and six rounds
the compared to butcher's knife
night or two,
(or pistol ammunition.
highest level in June and July. These halen are: Chengtü, Hsin- Committal proceedings
chien, Loshan, Chienwei, "hienyang, and elephant lore is an easy topic other defendants. asleep.
Neiklang, of conversation. The brutes are woke up but
According to the prosecution, e nducted by Sgt. J. Q. Whitcroft,
the two district
watchmen were on patrol duty when, at 3.05 p.m. on Wednesday, they saw some fire-
He then returned to the bedroom
Elephants are another feature
will be
as
wood behind the public latrine inano allegedly attacked Chu Shing of Burma, Comdr. Chow asserted. taken this morning against fiveTaeyand, Tzechung.
Fakhoi Street.
on
cashier, whe W25 feeling the pain. fainted
the Я$ wounds.
Chu,
result of
the-
supposed to be able to run at a 100 miles an hour, though their
he cut
himself
ordinary circumstances,
POSTPONED
Kwangan, Hochuan, Luchow, Fulin, Tzekungsbih, Santal, Suining and Shelihung
weeks ago.
They kept watch the wood for some time and saw a Chinese going up to the pile of wood. On being accosted, the Chinese denied that the wood be to the next bed where Lal Cheuk
After attacking Chu, Kwan went once is much more leisurely under MURDER TRIAL
Meanwhile, Governor Wu Ting- chang of Kwelchow reported to longed to himm
WHITE BLEPHANTS
the Central Government that He was, however, taken into cus-was sleeping, and chopped him
There are grey elephants and tody by the district watchmen and twice with the knife. Then Kwan white elephants, and in the olden
Kweichow expects an 80 per cent brought to
ran up to the next floor of the days social prestige came to any terday. Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant dropped by 50 per cent as com blacksmith shop. #
harvest this year. He added that At the Criminal Sessions yes- owned by Choi Chee, the first de-premises. where
the latest rice prices in Kwelyang bunter who could trap one of the fendant.
several times. In an alleged at latter. Capture of a white cle Crown Solleiter, made an apple-pared to the all-time high several On arrival there, said Sgt. Whit- tempt to commit suicide.
The commotion roused all the to the peerage, and much fuss was ment of the trial of Wan Wing- phant immediately elevated him to before the Chief Justice, Sir croft, the district watchmen were
Atholl MacGregor, for a postpone- attacked by Chol Chce and his assis-inmates of the tea house, who, on
made over the beasts, tants, Ho Shing. Tam Yee and Stu seeing what had happened, sum: strangely, have a reputation for hing, 21, newspaper hawker, Sze who were armed with an iron moned the Police. All the wound-being venomous and vindictive.. charged with the murder of a
fellow-hawker, Yu Bik-lau, The North-West Frontier of In-
less food. This was the reason!
good markaman with a Enquiries made late last night Comdr. Chow said, as inability to rifle. elicited the information that the bring down game kept a man's injured men were not in a serious larder quite empty.! condition.
ed men were in an unconscious
the Kowloon Hospital..
who,
Ear, a pair of pliers, an iron bar condition, and were removed teda saw little rain annually and Connaught Road Central, on June
and a hammer, respectively.
:
WHISTLES BLOWN
Police whistles were blown and two other district watchmen went to the rescue of their colleagues.
Evidence was also given by D. W. No. 154. The second complainant, D. W, 136, stated that he was struck by the second accused, while both of the other district watchmen
so far, not yet been established.
25.
at
The motive for the attacks has why every man had to become a Lee was at present in hospital
Mr. Murphy said that Mr. H. W.
The case was adjourned to the September Sessions.
testified that they saw the first TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
defendant striking D. W. 136.
All defendants pleaded not
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guilty, and claimed that they were In the Colony of Hongkong in-
KWANGSI U. PRESIDENT TRANSFERRED
attacked, and badly heaten up, by cluding the Island, Kowloon, and The National Government,
Granting the application, his Lordship, said he was very sorry to hear of Mr. Lee's lness.
Rice prices also registered a general decline in Hunan, another rice-producing province, particul arly in the districts around the Tungting Lake in the northern part of the province..
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BOUNTEOUS YIELD 'S According to a dispatch from Yungan, Fukten, that South China coastal province anticipates. bounteous yield this fall. The first crop has already been harvested and put on the market, resulting in a fall of rice prices in the north western districts. Rice is now marketed at $1 for one catty tour
at Yungan. There is no restriction on purchases as a limited free trading in rice has been restored the complainants and seven or Now Territories during the weak series of naatidates, releved Mr. Kwangtung, how has a community in the two haien are the demand eight other district watchmen. ending at 8 am. on Baturday, Lei Pel-burg of his Presidency of of 31 foreigners, of whom 12 are To further adjust
Finding the charge proved; his August 18, 1941, there were at the National Kwangs University men and 18 women, according to and supply of rice in the province, Worship bound all the defendants together 119 traffic accidents as who had been transferred to an a dispatch in the Ta Kung Pao the provincial government has over in the sum of $15 each to be the result of which two persons other post, and appointed Mr. Chu quoting the results of an investi ordered all districts to take ook of good behaviour for six months. were killed and 42 persons were Yung se member of the Yellow gutton made by the Shutkwan of their rice and report any sur
injured,
River Conservancy Commission District Government. Mak plus or shortage accordingly. Of the persons killed, a 10-year succeeding Mr Kung Hatz. FIRST AID POST
Foreigners of many nationalities (Central News). old boy was knocked down atia Mr. Chang': Mong-tau was ap- are represented in Shuikwan, the EXERCISE
killed by a B.D. lorry while cross-polated Secretary of the Hend-dispatch sald. Investigation re- ing the carriageway and one quarters of the Administrative realid that there are three Britons A rull dross rehearsal will be European male died from injuries Commissioner of the 7th District (two men and one woman), six held on Sunday, Aug. 34, 1041, from received when his lorry ran off of Kings in supcession to Mr. Ho Germans (two men and four wo 10 am to 12 noon and trom 330 the roadway.
21-chong, resigned, while Mr. Llu men), eleven Italians (three men p.in. to 8,80-pin adva
Or 119" accidents, 02 were colli- Han-shong and Mr. Wel Shup means elght women), at Alperioans Alt Brigade personnel will report alone between vehicles; 36 word were appointed respectively Art (two men and four wonten ong for duty at the First Aid Posts Wcollisions between vehicles and ministrative Commadsaloner of the Australlax, one Trahman and which they have been alloonton pedestrians; 32 accidents were die 7th and 15th Districts of Shansi, mat, one New Zealander (women), during the stated times.
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