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London, Aug. 1.
SMUGGLING DUTIABLE
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Yesterday's Cases. At the Magistracy yesterday a The Daily Mail says the Empire Conference will to-day deal with Chinese passenger of the str. Suit the report of the Sub-Committee on Air Communications. It is An was charged with possession of expected that an experimental scheme will be adopted, beginning 1,600 dutiable cigarettes. Es was with developments in airship routes to India, of which Cairo will be arrested on the Wing Lok whart the first, stage. If the experiments are a success, developments in the direction of Australis and South Africa will follow.
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and his exeune was that the cigarettes were surplus stock of a friend in Macao, from whom he solicited a loan. His friend, a cigarette dealer, had no money and gave him the cigarettes to be" sald in Hongkong.
Mr Lindsell imposed a fins of $60, or three weeks' hard labour.
A street seamstress was defen- dant in a similar case. Her story waa that while working on a wharf stranger deposited the oigarettes |(2,000)" with "her, and instructed bario taka them to a shop if he did not apply for them in the after- noon. He did not appear at the appointed time, and she therefore carned out the arrangement. She
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Gaol For Intimidation.
The case in which Tse Braquo;
Mr Lindsell: was charged with intimidating two
Can you imagine why a strangershould have engaged paintscrapers was decided at the The following latter from the sexcostress to take the cigarettes." Magist.acy yesterday afternoon, General Secretary of Earl Haig's Fund acknowledging the jorat
Defendant: I don't know. The prosecution alleged that, on
The subscription forwarded by the St.
Magistrate: Exactly. Co the 25th of June, defendant, Andrew's and St. George's
Therefore you must have suspected stepmpanied by three or four men, Societies, bas been received" by
him. If you were such a stupid visited the paintscraper's quarters A. 1. K. Cobb. Hoo, Secretary thing you deserve to be fined. of Wai Kee, contractor, in Hung-of the Society of
St. George.
Defendant: 1 will see that 1 hom. There he told two of the Hongkong:-
will not be, duped again.
Defendant was fined $35. men present to cease working for Wai
threatened Kee and
Another woMAD was charged with possession of $50 dutiable to violence to enforce
cigarettes. She said that on Sun- the order. The police further alleg.
20th June, 1921. day as she was going on board s ed that defendsat was responsible Doar Sir,-1-beg to acknowledge | steam launch in order to return to for the management of the branch with many thanks the receipt of her village, an unknown woman association of the Paintscrapers" your letter of the 3rd May, enclosuccosted her and requested her lo Guild in Hunghom. Some iming demand draft for $1-19.0, this take the cigarettes ashore.
sum being the balance of subscrip- The defect in her story was why Lions collected from the members she should have complied with the of the Society of St. George. other woman's tequeat if she want. Hongkong, in aid of Field Marshaled to return to her village. The Earl Haig's Fund for Ex-Service | Magistrate questioned her on this men.
pomt, but she gave no satisfactory The remittances of 1200 reply. and f150 refarred to in your A fine of $35, or 10 days' hard letter have been duly received and labour, was imposed. I am desired by Lord Haig to con. rey to you and the members of St. Andrew's and St. George's Societies his sincere thanks for the generous ani very welcome sup. port which has been given to the fund.
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portance was attached to the case by the Police who apprebend that local labour organisations are now endentusring to secure work direct from employers and thereby eliminate the, middlemsa. This was part of the statement of Mr T.H. King, Deputy Superinten- dent of Police, which was made at the previous hearing.
CRIPPLE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Knife.
Unless otherwise desired, the Stabs Coolie With Cobbler's above amounts will be apportioned equally between Es.Officers and! Ex.Other Racka.
A reipple appeared before Mr
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Defendant gave evidence yester lay afternoon. He said he was & member of the Paintscrapers [Guild, which he joined about two
months ago. He
also * icontractor. The abject of the proceed:oge Was to destroy the Paintscrapers Guild and partly to et bim into trouble because Chan Woon Ke, a contractor, and oar E the witnesses for the prosecu
I have much pleasure in enclos. E. Lindell yesterday on a on, recently experienced coping you format receipt for the draft charge of stabbing a young coolie -iderabla competiton from him in mentioned abore.
Receipts for with cobbler's knife. Sub securing work.
On June 25th, be the sam of £200 and £150 bave Inspector Grant said the did not see the complainants.
been sent to the Hongkong and trouble arose over the disap- was true that, some time ago bis Shanghai saking Corporation, pearance of thirty cents from the Guild passed a resolution prohibit Grachoak
London,pocket of defendant's coat, which ting members from working for Chan F.C.
Woon Kee, because Chan WooD Kee did not pay paintscrapers secording to the stipulated terras, Member who worked for Chan Wooo Kze after this resolution bad brea poised were liable to a Ene of S1 unless they were forced to do so by dearth of work.
Examined by fr King, defendant withdrew his statement about the passing of the resolution. No formal resolution to this effect was passed, but not to work for Chan Woos Kee WAS A Common understanding among the members.
The Magistrate (Mr Lindsell, asked defendant for an explanation wby complainants, who were mem- bera of bis Guild, should have coo- cocted false stories to get him into trouble,
com.
Defendant replied that he had received information that placate had been bribed to give false testimony against bim, and each of them was paid $10. He could produce a witness to sub. stantiate this statement.
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was hanging on a wall in the street. kind greetings.
With very mang thanks for you: Complainant was taxed with the theft and his denial was followed
Your Faithfully.
A. Ruggles Bese, Major General.
by an altercation, which ended in a fgbt.
Mr Lindell: Defendact being a cripple He naturally retaliated,
General Secretary.but rather more violently than is
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Defendant alleged that com plainant stole thirty cents from his pocket and when he asked him to refund the money, he was inaulted, He exchanged words with com plainant and the latter got him by the throat and tried to throttle him. He therefore seized a knife at a street cobbler's stall and struck. complainant with it.
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ALLEGED BEATING OF IRISH PRISONERS.
Mr. Trevelyan Thomson sup." ported on the ground that the period of Governmentinterference should be made as brief s possible.
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Complainant: I didn't steal his Hongkong music-lorers will be money. The coat which defendant please to learn that Mr Leo wearing is mine. Os the day of Podolsky, the brilliant Russian the assault I was sitting on the pianist, is shortly paying a return pavement when defendant, without me to visit to the Colony in company any explanation, asked
I said I bad with Miss Tour, the celebrated return 30 cents. Concert singer. Mr Podolsky has money whereupon defendant completed his tour in Japan and stripped off my coat and put it Defendant (bez bawled out the Dow staying in Manila where he is on bimself. pame of one of the audience in giving a series of recitals indicat- Defendant admitted that the
Mr. Baldwin replied that three Chart. This individual proved tong the three historic periods of coat belonged to complainant, who,
years' protection was insufficient. be the Treasurer of the Paints musical progression through the be said; voluntarily gave it to him.
Sir H. Greenwood informed If at the end of five years the crapers' Guild. Apart from the centuries, illustrated by selections"It is absurd to say that a cripple Captain Wedgwood Benn that protected industries statement that he was employed of various composers chosen as can strip of a mee's coat," argued inquiries were proceeding into the strong enough to withstand the by defendant as an overseer, this supreme examples of their art in defendant. Complainant told me allegations of the beating of Irish blasts of foreign competition, the witness said nothing concerning each of the periods the classical that he bought this coat with prisoners while in custody, to Government of the day might the defendant about the period, the romantic period and bey
Dalendant added that which attention had been drawn bave to confess that the effort alleged bribing of the two cum-
Vely the modern period. When complainant asked bim for a by the Judge-Advocate, as a re- bad tiled, and it was plainants.
of statements made DOR no further protection Podol-ty was here he was accom cigarette, and with his consent, sult Addressing the Court, Mr Leo panied by Mms Vers Mirava who extracted one from his breast Courts-martial. The Government would be attempted. -Longinotte submitted that in view is at present staying with friends pocket. In doing so complainant reprobated such conduct, and,
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where proved, strong disciplinary in Japan and who will join the stole thirty cents.
Sir E, Geddes, replying to Mr. nesses as to the actual words used eminent pisoist and Miss El-Tour The Magistrate: If complainant action would be taken.
Gilbert, who asked whether the by defendant when he made the during their tour, which embraces voluntarily surrendered his jacket to DISCHARGES FROM GUNPOWDER Fallway companies contemplated
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Col. Stanley informed General said that railway companies had Choo to cart, ang reflection oo
would have been no assault. We understand that the first
Calvin that he regretted that it already been requested to grant Wond Kee, Mr Langinotto said
Defendant: Complainant was at, Concert in Hongkong has been first willing to give his cost to me, at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, in the opinion of their responsible was necessary to discharge men reduced fares and facilities where that it was not unlikely that, fest-
fixed for the 9th September in but changed bis mind later and Waltham Abbey, owing to the managers an increase in net ing the effect of defendant's com petition, Chan tried to get a rival
demanded ita retura. He tried reduction of the establishment. ⠀
revenue would result.. He had in trouble.
to strangle me and I had to defend
po reason to doubt that the rail--/ myself.
SAFEGUARDING OF INDUSTRIES. way companies, in their own in- On the Report, stage of the foresta, would act socordingly as financial resolution of the Safes soon as they could, provide the goarding of Industries Bill, Major, necessary facilities.
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Mr Lindsell said he was satisfied with the prosecution's evidence and sentenced defendant to six weeks' hard labour.
success.
- Major Harward seconded.