THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
SPOTTED FEVER.
BIFLE SHOOTING.
RACECOU
Over a Huasted Cases·
To-day's Cases at the Supreme, Courte
MONIALT MARBfbvik: 1918,
R~~DISASTI
she wouvround and dramined the He could not say what the canes TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
bat everything" seemed all of the caiispar wit.
By Mr. Borlas:-Thare more or Thanday morning he did not ---If anyone. The Navy v. H: K. Defence Corps. Further Evidence Heard To-day. no lights in the shed, and there, noting any moving of the
was only a large tub of water for Thire were some openings in the arriving washing up purposes.
top floors through which tickets, bringing thran arse A-Chinese-inturanes-broker) were sold by means of piparkkiring worn, the be enquiry into the and extra- The March Criminal Sessions
The first Biffle League match-
of the Tristan D'Acan opened at the Supreme Court this Dating the week ended the 16th of the season took place at King'strophe which occurred at the who was swistant manager for baskets. There were no lamps in Press let them reflect After evidence by another who received in. More morning, the most interesting instant, there were 113 cares of Park range on Saturday between Baconree, Happy Valley, on the Chun Leished, stated that the the shed. festare of the sitting being the cerebrospinal meningitis notified, the abawy taimag when the Navy February 26, was contioned at Chun Lei bad the ground floor of
the heating
of of the Hongkong Electric Light and are mordinstély puffed u charge preferred, against Chinas occurring in the Colony (which won by 17 points. The poor the Police Court this morning, Stand No. 14 slso. A small Chinees, Mr. F. Graham, Manager their first mail font vors ene for the murder of Inspector is nine more than the previous shooting at the 500 yards range being conducted by Mr. J. B. chatty
kept there Company, said he had applications because they ara promised another O'Sullivan, and Clarke, in the week), while the number of was due to the extrems "mirage." Wood, soting as Coroner. The water Gressan Street affair, i
deaths was 53. The sofazern worn it should be painted out that his following jurymen were also pré- There were about fifty, or aisty from some of the booths to in two years. There are 52 males two British on
one Fory season (here are three tesme drawn senisMrsus, A. H. Bulow people there at the time of the supplyelectrocurrent and #ftings and 63 females on the sand a a|tuguese, ona Eurariés from the Defence Corps the Civil (foreman) J. H. Wallaos, and collapse. The polios had made this year. Current was supplied only one cup loft with 's hand”
s raid in the shed earlier in the to No. 8, 10, 11 and 12. This to it, the common, drinkin reat Chinese. Of the casse, 91 Service, Taikoo and a composite W.O. Jack.
Mr. Hall again represented Mr. day. The witness told of his was the same as last year In vessal being the tumbler. were reported from the city of team. The scores in Saturday's
M.K. Lo ou behalf-anam- experienoss during the collapse, booths No. 4, 5 and 6 there were ineb esindawać.
The war has brought again in to Vistoriaa
match were ent
ber of Chinese who lost relatives saying that just before the fall six lights, in No. 10 six lights, in in the disaster; Mr. F.B. L many people in the first floor No. 11 sighteen lights and in No. operation a number of the quais Bowley represented the con- ruched from the back of the shed 12 sighteen lights The fittings decelios-old-metal-collin: reactor, Tee Hok, who built the to the BedeocarRE side in the other shed were put up of the Midlanda, el They mataheda; Mr. D. V. Steavaceon He plea rushed. He thought with his permission. He had meters formerly driven by water pow appeared for the lesser of the there had been a case of musicning fixed at all the place where much on the lines of lanzadet 16 shows fourteen cases (ten from P. O. Moldland 30 32 27 89 Unity Stand. Mr. G. E. Wake- or a fight. It was then that the current was supplied Most four mille and for generat the city), with eleven deaths, the
Mr. Sears: 28 28 30 85 man, Orown Solicitor, was also shede fell. It was after be bad of these were inspected by played an important part in the sufferers being all Chinese,
L. 8. Fleming... 30 29 26 85
got clear of the sheds that he first the company's inspectors, who shovel and pen making, Mr Bliss 22 31 81 184 The assistan: head coolie of the noticed the fre. He did not know reported that they were all right. before the development of modern LS. Karray 29 24 31 84 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, whether his bed fell down by its A double-holed fuse was pat machinery. The revival of the W.0.Carruthers 28 27 29 84 stated that he was in Shed No. own weight or whether it was in with the meters, which mills is no longer for the rolling P. O. Losch 28 27 27 82 12 at the time of the collapse. He pushed or dragged by others. would afford protection of steal for gengnibe, but for 0. P. O. Crane 27 27 25 79 -elling tickets on the first Questioned by Mr. Wakeman, regular provisionatores facture. The pool side miller has in cuas of firing. That was the various phases of munition mang- floor. He was buried in the witness said, be did not know
Mr. Wakeman Was there hardly time now to food she swans 222-225-228 673 calla pee, but managed to get on whether the shed when the any possibility of the wire and hail, eel trap i eti w
through the root-Hebeird no com- As insurance broker be fusing in case of Pool- 13motion before they collapse, but thought it was very hard to slapse. 7-I don't quite under- Disipline in the Army, by all
people stampeded just as the whether the presence of the chat
Returned Banishes. Wong Wawan indicted on charge of returning from bagh ment. Prisoner pleaded guilty.
The Attomey General atated that prisoner)? Was ficat It is intended at present to convicted for larceny on Marohiens daily returns of the progress 17, 1911 He was then sent to of the disease, in addition to the prison for three months and later weakly statements. That for the. banished. He returned and was twenty-four hours ending March| banished for 20 years. He had now returned again.
Prisoner said he came here as he was going abroad. He had Innished his money and was arrested by the Police.
CANTON NEWS.
His Lordship said that aa pri- soner had only returned twice, he would not pass such a sovers sentence on him sa be did some-
Our Canton Dorrespondent times when man: bad returned writes as follows
He would gonto three times.
The Special Parliament, has prison for two-yeuredano ya wired to the British Minister, in Li Kwai and LoU were Peking protesting, Against the Central Government; availing
A Harbour Scene.
Navy
100
200 500 600į yds. yds. yds.
Plus allowance-for-open
sights
HiKi Do
indicted on a charge of nault elf of the postponed indemnity with intent to rob and, secondly, payment sa security for the with wounding on February 6, National Beads of the 7th year in the Harbour
to the amount of 848,000,000, Pte. A. Jenkins 341 31 Prisoners pleaded not guilty. The jury were empanelled sall not be recognised."
and declaring that these boads Sge M Menak.205 28 QMS. D. Tolls 28 31 follows:- Kosary W. Forsyth, Commander Lan Ohn-luk has L/CF Goodman27, 31 MB Beltrao, W. Falconer reported that Yun, Ping district 88. G. E. M
Banberman Ford (jun.), A. A. d'Azevedo, has been recaptured, with 201 A: O. Leith, O. A. Cobarn, and
prisoners. About 100 were killed. A. Lesch "L. E Remedios,
The Yes Po, a vernsoniaze, D. Ke inserted the, new that Tang paper, is suppressed, for having Kong district was captured by Lang'a troops, before the official reports from the Gorerament
The Attorney General prosecut ed and said that on February 6, the junk of La Fing with others, was lying at Woot Point. On board were the master, his wife, two daughtery, a small son, and foki sil the people were saleep. At about 11.30 at night several men got on the boat. They were
a
Bon
Li-in-hon, the Civil Governor, returned to Canton from Sun
fing district on the 16th-and-POLICE immediately called on the
beard by the older woman, who Thobun, who, after the conversa
and was wounded in the leg and thigh with a knife, and had to
western front.
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her eyes. A struggle, also took 000 from tha
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of for expenses, the President of the
salt revenuÐ
place
The prisoners were found guilty and both sentenced to five
present.
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686 collages commenced. The sheds tise was a dangerous thing. There stand that---What was meant by means, but there is no need for it fell towards the Golf Club, About was only one booket of water for wires fusing he did not know. Into percolate into every nook and & minute after he got out he saw tes purposes 19THA
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his opinion, the sheda were in no cranny of social life at home. danger of fire from, the electriq Many officers, in passing thườngh fire in the direction of Shed No.
By Mr. Bowley Four of the fittings in the event of a collapse. the London streets, dislike the 98 10. There no stoves is his, shed.
An aged Chinese, who is a letter fokis were arrested during the The meters were fixed usually everlasting, mintes which they
morning
the police near to where the witnal entes na hi veto poknowledgs. Oibars there 29 88 writer in the Hongkong and for running wheel of possible. There were wires enjars who stand stiffly by the con- 2987 Shanghai Bank, baid he was in fortate" on harres
sering the sheds – from the reation. Ong gỗ theas, a major, s bed No. 12 at the time 31 80 of the polispee Ho daw
By His Worship: There was Golf Club. The connection few days ago sharply rebuked an 2980 ne atoves there. There was no panic when the Police made was made between these meters. Australian MO who passed him
Mga galegas and the main was "ontaide the on "the" "street" without, balan 25 19 commotion first and then thesbeds
collapsed. He was on the top A Japanese storekeeper of Golf Club House. It was possible "Hasn't your colonel taught you 28 18 20 66 Boor, and there were only about Queen's Road E, asi 1 he helped but not probable that the pressure to late your experior offzers ?” sixty of seventy people on that to manage Shed No. 15. The of 100 volts might be a source of inquired theirate major No” 225 215 229 659 floor. He managed to drawl principal manager died in the danger in the event of a pollapse. was the reply of the unabashed. through a hole and out on the slamity. Witness had helped for It was possible that the light Australian, but he has taught us Golf Club side, but he had to be six on seven years, and the shed might come and go how to fight. ON TH
off during the collapse, osused, nordl ČO A given assistance, and taken home, was almost the same as last year,
Commodore Bir Douglas Browns By Mr. Bowley-He bought possibly by something knocking RESERVE-ITEMS, because be hart his shoulder. It
was only after he got out that he the site of the auction snd thought against the switch or pull-out of rigg, who receives the C., is the
the avcitob. Electric car Chief Naval Censor saw. fire. Several fokis in the shed be paid $1,280. He visited the lost their lives, but ke bad heard matched on the Sanday before the rent was first supplied to filled a very than f
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de the
be
East seams to chavesanteñék baka. Bowley: The bis composition. No man san be
was | more politely noninomunitàack then” of the Chief Censor when is is u.
ma sheds
came out of her cabin. She was tion, sent a number of instruc-1: The Polisa Beverns. Ganette for-that nobody on the top-flpor was Hacea, hat could not say whether some of these shoda, în 1914. throughout the uwa immediately seized: by two mentions to the commandere on the March is well up to standard and killed. He could not tell the it had bean baile, according to He had never heard of anything back, and thon whony
contain's some excellent light cause of the collapse Mons of instructions. He didnot being out of order for the whole of is to comment on naval matte be taken to the Hospital Ister. been requested by Lak Wing petition in which two War Banding at the horses, and were mans ger
The Civil Governor. has again reading. There is also a come the people at the time, wese look examine the matshede: The she period current had been up have found him most autr was there, and he plied. He had never considered tyrant. He was our naval sitiobe One of the men also drew a knife ting to lead an army to attack Drawing tickets are offered therefore in the front of the stand, I did: pot, hear, any complaints the possibility of's collapse of at Tokyo for some years, and some- scross her face, causing a slight Lung Obai-kwong. cut, and pepper was thrown in On receiving a sum of $100, prises. We take the following I took him about ten minutes to from him about the construction. the matahede affecting the electric of the, snave diplomsoy of the
He did not feel any movement of light from interesting items
theget pats path
By Mr. Gazette:
A shroff of Masara Bradley & the matabeds on the first day. Chief Inspector Fare brother Co. a shareholder in Shed No 13 Immediately before, the collapse wiring of the robbers and the master, in Special Parliament, decided to Mason has pastei bis examination; said there were thirty-four share-be beura, someone say, there was very: different to that the midst of which both of them hold a general meeting on the and abisined & Commission in the holders-owning eighty odd ebaroa: a dangerɔ Bweepy fiokata, were wiring; in a house been use it question of keeping secret, fall overboard. There waa'a greni | 8th April and has sent three, M. Machine Gun Oorp. (Cavalry), The bed had two floors. He had i sold on the top,-flows – Hei, had I was of a temporary nature. in precautions – taken commotion and shoute of "Save P'a to Shanghai to perssade those He is hoping to be sent Gither op held: janate for Gye or as yours, carried on snehawespe in a booth The
That astonishing discovery of life!"
Neighbours came to the from the Tarions Province to
France or Mesopotamia. resone and the robbers got sway coms to Canton, before the
„shed was built in the there every year, the proceeds the case of matabede, were judifceniposroleum near Pot. P.O. 90 Carpenter has been same pajerg wear. The being in aid of the Japanese fewer than those taken in erborough leaves even the expert in a bost
*ppointed time.
granted a Commission in the 3rd fit for west and los, betting Benevolent Society A the houses. He did not think there speculating Previous: lossl finde
thought
was any special risk in wiring have been hitherto explained an Battalion East Surrey Regiment, and, the pads for spectatore. time.
but matsheds.
Leakages from some neighbouring and L48: 88 McNab Wilson hasjasse et nofires enf any was an earthquake, been made 2nd Lieutenant in the kinde Any persos could go in he did not think so 20. HP. Badgaba aid on oilman's store, hat the hammer Bribery Chargo...
A depatation representative of RG.A. Both are well-known the shed, but an Indian watchman tried to effect & rescue from the February Ef he was official one is on too lo
on the Raceodures admit so ssay a solution,
pisly fare two schools of (fedrista - da Lo Diak, a Chinese school the wine and spirit trade interests members of the Hongkong Be was always on duty. Es was on racecourse side. When he noticed ing master, was charged with offer- of the country was received at galer Police.
the first floor at the time of the the" Are it was soma distance on xpfinialis:afarians: ring a bribe of $18 to Mr. Lo the Ministry of Food recently. Bace owners bars presented collages. Witness Went, pa to from his booth. There was only before three pelook be a erose--the origin of petro Yan-pak, the Inspector of The proceedings were conducted ponies to the Mounted Section of fatale, what took place, saying that s small-blexe, but smoke was ing to the fire furlong post. He claims regetation as the Vernacular Schools.
in private, but it is understood the Corps. The donors are as he was pinned down, but was going very high. The people in happened to be looking towards and another which inniling The same jury was empanelled. that the question of fixing prices follows-Meears. Soares and afterward, resoned in an sacon- his shed were burnt because the Chinese stands when he notice believe that rest accuration The Hon. Attorney General for wines and spirits in both the Moller, five Sir Ellis Kadoorie, scions atale. He heardi, no cries they had not been rescued. Only ed the stand about the right of the of animal remains prosecuted, and prisoner sa wholeesle and retail trade was three, Mr. F. Maitland, one; Mof-fire before the collapses Nine ten or fifteen minutes slapsed midlartwise pointed out Nos for some passing salar undefended.
discussed.
&M. Dyer, one; the Sargeop of his partners in the shed died before the fire reached his 4) perceptibly swaying. It the latter theory be cortent, the backyarda, and forwards. Ramany outburst may be taken There were two Saperintendent, H.K.P.R., ong, By Mr. Bowley One of his booth Mr. H. M. E. Nemazce, oud.
partners inspected the shed be- tube of water in the shed," nand itwe wor--shree timp. The as the revelation of sociar-local Ma Cainter they or shame catastropha 18g go in thị In regard to the Gresson Street fare it was used. There wer
were no for washing and drinking. He
in the stand in the mass-af it-animal world: JAY DHE DY i endeavour to evade military Fund, we read that the Official buckets of water kept there, no was working all the time on the an
Fran Wagner,, who..nelabrated. Lo Yak-nam, an accountant in A block awayed to the west and
years hard labour and tea strokes with the "-cat."
The evidence given by Mr. Yan was to the effect that he was
in charge of the Regulation of
Wine and Spirit-Prices.......
Two Years in Hiding.
· An extraordinary story of an
was keeping su an-registered that time. school. Defendant admitted that
Lospectan Mortimer O'Sullivan, He examined the shed before she fire partners, each with elören 14all the other stands her unless they were prepared
H
Schools. Under the Education + service was told at South-Shields Trustee of the Colony has been lights were installed wdog! | Racecourse sidesun, met difali apposed to be movi Ordinance, 1918. All schools recently in the case of Charles appointed Trustee of the Fand, The compradore of Messrs. with more than ten pupils had to Edward Milliar, aged, à jouer, by which suitable arrangements J. D. Hatchison, and Company, the Tung Ting Chinhõerestaurant, seemed to push down" all the ber 80th birthday recently, and be registered, He first saw the The evidence) was that for over have been made in the interestes partner in Shed No. 14, stated said he had a share in the Yan standaŝo the left of them, except whose son Eiegfried warned. their defendant in January, in Wing | two-years he has been hidden in of the dependants of the late that there were sevan partners." Shur shed, No! 1614 There were the Lai3,2tand 19Tha,& people friends not to call to congratulat Lee Brook, where he had a small front.coom, which he had gonele see if the defendant never left during the whole of Bergeant EL. G. Olark, and Acting Baces, and it seemed very much shares, There were three floors, Beemed to go down with the trees les trelces rooms of with one, Land, Sergeant Johnstone, and the same ne last year. The up-inninding the ground fook, The stands. They are not rushing, their Berlin" residence, mey pers were charged with siding, plead also for daan payments to relatives right poles were resting pushed as built according to their He could not my when the all nape have recaled the Christmas he had been teaching thirty nied that he was not strong enough of P. O. 10 Malls Singh, boarde, and had done so for two instructions and it was examined stand on the right came down. Eva 47 years ago when Wagner It did not appear to stari arranged a furprise concert in pupils for the last bree, Jear so join the Army. The young P. O. 29 Kong Sang and or three years. No cooking or before the meeting) Tag Witness considered the premises unsatisfactory and told defendant military authorities and bip edeninistration of the Fand washed and we and-a-hall foors, cooking done in the ahed. Layone same time as the stands collapsed corysville overlookingnu
I was handed over to the P. O.. 83 Kwong Kai. The boiling of water was done. The seamed with it. There was with the others. Almost the honour of her birthday in the to stop teaching until satisfactory parents were eagh fined.
taken in hand by the following Nothing happened before the could enter the shed. Betting was boticed this wisp of Lucerne. The spriDO WAS premises. 10 were found; and the school had been properly register
gentlemen: The Han MP.E collapse, but the shed appeared done in the booth Witte was smoke coming up from behind first performance of the editiesa, saw the defendant
Holyoak, the Hon. . . E. to be mate. On the first day he on the ground floor, used for the He remarked' ki" M., Vida, who fried Idyll,"
in hono early in February when he Defendant stated that he only Sharp, K.0., and Hos. Mr.O. Hel did hear some people way, that selling of tickets. There was one was standing with him, that he wrote came to fill in the application gave the money as a present, and Masoor, UP, together with Mr they thought the shed, gas mor- ontrance to the shed, as the was surprised that the stands had baby boy, Biegtri
ground floor, form. In Alling up the dorm had no idea of influencing Mr. C.Jenkin, DSP (R), Mr B.J. ing. The people were buying cross Afty that time three minsten stier that, he can outras from the Golf caught fire so quicks. A bogt few mo the defendant showed some Le Yau-pak in his daties, Chinches, (Chief Inspector, Re tickets at the time. It was only illiterso and withom thep Complainant stated,skat he did serve)," "L" Eldon "Potter, (8/an said that ones, and the time of the collapse he would say there kotaal Ham informed him that:
that he could not not know the defendant personal Inspector, Reserye), and Mr Alen would be between half past two are about: 300 people in the The evidanes of thiwitnow the muan. get Bobool registered. The nexsy, end saw no reason why he Balean, (Sergeant Accountant, and three o'clock. He noticeabed, it was not very fall #70 wadi Hillmontinuing when we bad tried skena "May the 'wan nams, aga toshe should have made him a present, Beserve), as Honorary Tressazer, ed nothing himself, Withese to 60 per cent fall He heard weak to press. office, andis handed witness an The jury found the accused The total amount raised by proceeded to describe his people envelope, containing a letter guilty with,« strong eccommend, the Police Reserve saying that defendant was miration for the mercy of the Court, 638, which included ing him a present of in the hope that he would he allowed to open anxious to avoid eending mohool agains. There were also socused to prison number vol bank noted in the did not believe that
His Lordship Hai
letter Wits took the, man to | knew he was o
the Central Pálics station, and
was there found that the, money Lotalled? 18.
how was ins contri
or one month, withous
bera of the Flow* Mr. E. W Looker kindi to undertake-all-logal ma
OSIDE MASHATH” säminis tion of the Fand, without ma any
experiences at the time of the
of the ran culisper, telling of bow, he, we pinned down s
crawled out,kichern were ndred people 12, 195, the time
By
could go to the shed. When
visitors on the Eláday afternoon eported that the shed was moving
Richter with
379995 faiber's
have never
ago be
thea of apolled of his com entioned elsewhere, there Halle,
Café nitro of small
by one death from