A MISSING RING.
DAY BY DAY.
Private Charged With Theft.
Alfred Bird, a Private of the King's liverpool) Regiment, was charged before Mr J.K. Wood at the Magistracy resterday on charges of stealing a finger ring at 27 Prays East. & Japanese jewellery and ivory ware stop,
and of assaulting one of the shop's
assis lants.
Workers" in the Canton tes houses are demanding Sundayı as bolidays.
Guilds Commercial Journal, the According to a report of the 72 Chinese Navy in Canton waters, mostly Whampos, is now ander military vigilance; and no officer except on urgent grounds.. or man will be granted leave
Un Saturday, afternoon Bird was alleged to bave entered the shop, The annual bazaar on babalf of and after walking round a large the orphans and invalids of the show CARO in the centre, to Italian Convent is being held on have gone up to the wife of Saturday and Sunday next at the the shopkeeper and started to Convent Caine Road, com- pull her kimono.
Walking mencing at 10 am. The opening to the door the mistress callcermony will be performed by ed to a Japanese youth to Mrs. Severn. come in and attend to the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY
WEIGHT OF THE BAT.
Has it Led to Poorer Cricket?
A reader sends us the following cutting from a Home paper, and comments that in the recent Interport cricket match between either aids could the bararen be Hongkong and Shanghai on aid to have "devoted themselves vigorously to the attack : "
One grate drawback to the modern game of oricket (says Sir: Horne Gordon in the "Quarterly Review") is the heaviness of
This WES not in- the ba
A is
troduced by K. S. Ranjitsindji to assist his glide stroke, currently supposed, for the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar told me in August of this year that he had over used a bat weighing more than two pounds two onaces
The weightier implemant, pat on the market by the trade, killed defendant. The youth called the Last week's health return shows the most attractive strokes. It defendant to move round to the six Chinese cases of diphtheria may be of interest to mention other side of the show case, and is one fatal) and one non-fatal that, not long before his death," was then that the alleged larceny case each of puerperal fever Alfred Lyttleton, having takon occurred. Seizing the youth with (English)
and enteric fever up a new-style bat, observed: “If one hand the defendant opened(Indian). There were also three I had been condemned to use one the show case with the other and Chinese deaths from influenzs of this weight, I should never extracted a ring from a small case and one from plague. which was kept open. It being impossible to escape through iba
front door, which was shut as soon Hongkong butchers celebrated s the alarm was given, the the anniversary of the inaugura defendant rushed to the back of tion of their Guild to day by jo the premises, only to be inter-riding round the streets of the cepted by a number of Japanese city. They engaged some twenty who came out from neighbour-five motor care and appeared to ing houses to give assistance. greatly enjoy the experience of An assistant in the shop who dashing through the streets to helped in the arrest was given a the accompaniment of much hefty blow on the cheek. A search| 'tooting." was made for the missing ring, but] without success,
bave won even a place in the Eran elevan." The profound respect with length is treated way, at least in which say bowling that possesses part, be due to the fact that, with the modern bat, some strokes have become nearly impossible: whilst Lord Harris has described catting as a lost art. Also there is the banefut innovation of the two-eyed stance and the fact that seboolboys are now instructed "to wait and see if the ball is going to i swing"-which it rarely does- instead of advising them to devote themselves vigorously to the attack.
REASON FOR PRESENT MODE.
We regret to learn that the The defendant stated, in cross- Hon. Mr. T. 1. Perkios, Director examining the witnesses, that ba of Public Works, haa been could not have thrown away the admitted to the Peak Hospital ring. He was searched twice in suffering from a rather severe Those are some of the reasons the shop and once in the charge attack of influenza. On enquiry for "the present pale presentment room, but no trace of the ring could this afternoon, however, we are in lieu of positive punitive pogaac- informed that he was slightly|ity." In those exceptional de- better. His numerous friends monstrations wich bave been will wish him a complete and so enjoyed, for instance, that speedy recovery.
by A P. F. Chapman and A. W. Carr for the Gentlemen, by Hobbs
be found.
At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant gave his evidence in the witness box. He said that when he called at the shop be did not know be was doing wrong by walking round the show ioning gave the Hurons & decisive results have been attained by a too few others in addition, the win over the Destroyer Squadron hard offensive or by perfect tim. The Magistrate: What did you at Manila on Nov. 17th, in the ing. It is not given to all to want to buy?
last game of the welcome week The defendant: I wanted to buy series of baseball matches. With reach this standard; but a mere & ring. As I was standing there the win
patball negative occupation of goss the champion- saw the lady go and shut the doorship of the fleet. The final score the wicket ought not to be en- The boy then made a rush at me was 9 to 4. A good
couraged against bowling which, crowd, and said Take that ring out of including officers and enlisted tinctly of only mediocre much
when not experimental, is dis your pocket." I replied I
Ead men of the Fleet, were present of a muchness." nothing in my pocket. Then four Two navy baade furnished the more Japanese rushed at me.
A fire-run rally in the eighth and P. G. H. Fender and only
I do music.
not know, where they came from. They struck at me and I retaliated.
I do not know whom I struck, but
I did it in self-defence.
Moreover, spectators, constant- ly. wearied with philandering [displays, tire of watching sucă At about 11 o'clock this morning travesties of the intention of An accident occurred on the cricket-this poor apathy differ- The Magistrate: Did you steal Central Prays, a boy being ing intrinsically from the science the ringo Sir, as a matter of injured as the result of being of defence, which has furnished fact the case was not open.
knocked down by motor car some of the most effective and Inspector Blackman: You went No 754. It was stated that the pleasurable efforts in cricket- there to buy a ring 7-Yes.
victim, who is a boat boy, ran and s003, if it continues, the How much money did you have?across the road right in the track financial wail will be heard. No -I don't know what I had at the of the car. He was taken to side that has regularly played shop, but when i got to the Police hospital. The injuries he received enthusiastic cricket has Station I had 50 cents.
were alight, however, and he was failed to win popular support. Inspector Blackman: You had discharged after examination by The one time sad fate of Notts been there before I think?-No, the surgeon.
should be remembered, for the latest period of Shrewsbury and William Gano caused such local abstention that eren a test-match failed adequately to attract the Admiral Steamoebip Line, whodied public to Treat Bridge.
Dever.
You are very fond of going into The funeral service for Major jeweller's shops sad looking at George A. Heyburn, general jewellery-How do you know manager in the Far East for the that.
The Magistrate: Inspector Black-a: his home at Shanghai afer a "man, you must ask questions about protracted illness on November this case and not about soything 18th, morning at 2 o'clock, was else. You must not put a ques- held the same afternoon tion like that.
Bubbling Well Chapel. Major The Magistrate: Do you swear Heyburn was well known and Do your oath that you did not teal bighly respected by his many The ring Yes.
friende in Shanghai, who attend.
ROMAN RELICS IN LONDON.
ever
Threatened Disappearance of Strand Bath.
Mr. Wolle (The Captain Suparin-ed the service in large numbers. tendent of Police; who was present A detachment of the American Unless some one steps in to during the proceedings. suggested Company, B. V. Q, members of that the witnesses be asked if the the American Legion and & de-save the old Roman spring accused bad aver visited the shop legation from the French Legion falling into unknown hands, one plunge-bath in Strand-lane from
before.
were present. Dean C. J. Fof the last relics of Roman Lon- A witness wa- re-called. Be Symons conducted the simple don which still stands on its stated that the defendant visited and impressive service after original aile may abortly dis the shop about a month ago and on which a salute of 30 guns was appear, for the freehold is for that occasion a ring was stolen. fired over the grave and taps were sale, and the site, within & faw The ring, on that occasion, was not sounded.
missed until after the defendant.
had left. The aseistants tried to
trace him, but failed."
The defendant denied that this
was possible, as he had been com.
fined in barracks for the best part)
of the month.
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The following will represent pavement taken from the site of talor does not feel that the people Mr. Wolfe informed the Magi the Club in the match against East Inda House, and the head seen in Chains are actors strate that he was prepared to go the 2nd. Batto. King's Regt. at of a statue of the
taking their parts in a piece of in the box and swear that the Sookunpoo at 5 p.m. to-morrow Hadriac, found in the Thames, including a little girl to be living Eraperor fiction. They seem, all of them, defendant was out of barracks (Wednesday)-E. W. Hamilton, are at the British Museum during the time stated, as he bad F. G. England, W. W. Mackenzie, The Roman boat which had been their lives the most interest- paid two visits to the Central Sta E. J. B. Mitchell, Rev. E. W. L. lying for centuries in the mud ing part of the lives of Liuc in nonnection with another Martin, D. E. G. Nicholson, St. of
the folk of 2 Swedish the river until it washing village. Many of the G. R. Clark, H. Remington, F. C. discovered during the work The Magistrate then announced Miller, F. Schnepel, B. D. Evane of excavation for the new county fulland or sea views, but it is the exterior backgrounds give beauti- that the evidence was not strong (Capt.).
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Museum; and there, too, besides appropriateness of all of them recovered. The defendant was dis
a great deal of pottery and other which is their chief quality. As charged on both counts.
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