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CORRESPONDENCE PANTRY BOY'S TRIAL.
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A Recent Case,
ARMS IN LEMON-PEEL
JARA
IT IS A QUEER THING THAT THE, WORLD 18 ALWAYS SEARCH. ING FOR HAPPINESS, WHICH IT
Carrying an innocent-looking The not result of Mr. Orme's SELDOM FINDS, AND NEVER FOR
oarthonwaro far, ostensibly con- |taining nothing more deadly ruling is that discussion of the BEAUTY, WHICH ALWAYS LIES AT ITS DOOR. Mr. Stacy Aumonier.
than dried lomon-pool, a pantry Estimates has boon dolayed.
Sir,-With reference to the roboy on the Paul Locat was Had the meeting boen held' in Our Picture Pago to-morrow port of the case in the Bummary stopped by a polico sergeant on privato, the matter would pro-will include a group of the South Court in which Hon Shiu-wan. August 17th when coming up the Way, and, the sumably have been disposed of. Chins and Rest baseball teams, described as a broker of Alexander companion The mere fact that the Director/4s well as sovoral photographs | Ross and Co., suod our clients, suspicions of the sorgeant boing Messrs. Dickson Parker and Co., aroused, the latter opened the of Education was prepared to
Ltd., for a sum of $65.60 brokeramo jar, removed a layer of lemon bring forward the Estimates in The remains of a young married alleged to be due to him, wo pool, and disclosed to vlow three. committee shows that he must woman who committed sulolde instructed by Messrs. Alexander revolvers and 500 rounds of am-
by hanging horself from a boam Ross and Co. to say that the munition. have been in a position to say in her home, were taken yostor- claim made by Hon Bhlu-wan
The boy was charged at the something on the subject. Yot day from. Fan Tan Chun villago, was puroly a porsonal one and
Criminal Bossions this morning when the mombors decided in San Tin district, to the Kowloon does not in any way affect or
with unlawful possession and ho Mortuary.
concern our clients.
ploaded not guilty. favour of a public meeting, he
Yours etc., calmly informed them that there
HASTINGS, DENNYS AND BOWLEY.
on.
Hongkong, Sept. 18th, 1924.
DEMANDING MONEY.
f
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg (the Crown Solicitor) prosented the case for the Crown and he stressed the point that prisoner mado no reply whon firet askod "Who gave you this?" Later, at the Water Police station, ho said that an old nan gave him the jar to put on a sampan for him.
Charged with throwing stones was nothing to be discussed and smashing one of the windows That, to our way of thinking; is of a tram at Shaukiwan, « Obf- toying with important Issues.nese boy was to-day discharged on appearance before Mr. R. E. It seems to us that the members Lindaall
account of in- of this Board, which was ap-sufficfont evidence, pointed by the Government to
"'Sherlock Brown," as the advise on educational matters,
NAMO donatos, is a faroleat
Mr. Hazlerigg said that the are boing treated with scant re-comedy. It is a Metro ploture spect by Officialdom. Despito with Bort Lytell as the star. It YOUNG CHINESE CHARGED. obvious course for an innocent man to follow was to say at once A charge of demanding the that the jar was not his property. the fact that monthly meetings will open for a short run at the
Queen's Theatre to-day and sum of $100 by false pretences, He also attempted to get away. havo been agreed to, mone has should provide pleasant and in- was preferred against two young boon hold, with, the exception of teresting relaxation from the Chinose, boforo Mr. E. - W. The Crown Solicitor asked Wednesday's, since April. The ordinary run of cinema pictures. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magis- the jury to say that tha
tracy this morning.
man's story was an invention. official oxplanation is that there
A young Chinese was fined a has been nothing to discuss. But month's pay, 56, by Mr. E. W. The first dofondant, who was Sorgeant Simpson doposed fo SANTOS.-OujSeptember 18th, surely something of interest and Hamilton at the Kowloon Magi-stated to be the complainant's arresting the prisoner and to find- at his residence, No. 2, Hum-importance must have arison bo-straoy this morning for leaving relative, admitted taking the ing the arms and ammunition. phroys' avenue, Kowloon, Antonio twoon April and September. notice. Mrs. A. R. Santos, def-stated that he only showed the Brower, who appeared for the de- Cross-examined by Mr. N. 1. his employment without giving money. The second dofondant Maria dos Santos, aged 68 years. Moreover, how can the members sndant's employer, prosecuted. other the way to the complain- fonce, he said that prisoner put
Macau, Shangbai and Manka
the jar on a table and backed papers please copy). Funeral of the Board possibly gain any Defendant said that he had re-ant's house.
Sub Inspector Clark told his away, koeping his oyes on witness. will pass the monument to-day knowledge of local educational ceived a letter requiring him to
roturn to the country, and had Worship that the two youths at 5.30 p.m.
given two hours 2 notice.
Mr. Brewer-Ho thought you. wont to the complainant and told her that Chan Young, the first were going to strike him P For stealing two hammers and defendant's brother, had sont him Witness: There was no reason quantity of copper piping from for the money. Chan Young why he should. the s.s. Mores, three coal coolies could not go for the money him- were. each sontonood to oneself, as he worked on a ship Did you havo a ferocious look month's hard labour by Mr. E. which was due to leave the Colony on your face ?—I was not aware W. Hamilton at the Kowloon the next morning.
Sometimo of it. of the defondants pleaded guilty Chan Yeung had not arrived in Magistravy this morning. Two later, the woman found out that It was a rather hot day ?--Yes to stealing a hammer each, while the Colony at all. the other denied the charge.
The second defendant was dis-looking particularly pleased with Evidenco showed that the other dofondant was actually soon with charged and the first romanded the piping in his possession by an for his relatives to repay the Indian engine room worker,
The_Telegraph.
matters unless moating aro hold. It is at those mootings that they gain an insight into various aspects of educational activity, and from what they HONGKONG, 19th Sept., 1924. observe they are placed in a position to bo able to adviso, The official attitude would ap MORE SECRECY.
pear to be that unless notice of questions or resolutions is given, "Silly secrecy was the term
there is no necessity for the which we recently applied to the Board to meet. But here, again, Government's unwillingness to the members must be dependent give the public any informa-on, knowledge of what the Do tion on its policy regarding tho partment is doing for matter
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Board of Education, when the Director of Education attempt-
Thoro are somo
money.
ZANNI'S FLIGHT.
And you may not have been.
yourself? No,
Bot against publicity in any form course, be the caso-ll probably and how the illicit trafio in-loave to-morrow or Sunday. This caso for the prosecution, said it
avory
Hongkong and Opium.
The
In the
witness box, the prisoner Wong Fun, told & rather contradictory story stating, first that the old man, whom ho olaimed to have asked him to provision of botter tramway
take the far to s sampan, was upon which to base queries or "frionds of China" will have somo
about ton paces away when facilities to the Fonk. The same motions. And, that knowlodgo unplassant truths to digest, but the whole question should hence.
ho (prisoner) was stopped, and phrase again occurs to us after) can only be obtained at meetings forth assume a clearer aspoot.
lator in reply to questions put by roading tho procordings at
of the Board, The present
ARGENTINIAN MIGHT Mr. Hazlerigg, he said the man Wednesday's morting of the policy, both in regard to fowness China's Responsibility.
was out of sight. He declared he ARRIVE TO-MORROW.
was given no vory in-
opportunity of of moetings and attempted
teresting points in the roport Thore is a prospect of Major mentioning how he came into sacredy when they are hold. which bring out fasts unknown Zanui and his companions, who possession of the jar whilst on ed to prevent the educational] creates the impression that there to the majority of the public. are on a world flight, arriving at board. Ho agreed that he did ostimates for the forthcoming is something to hido-something We find that Indian opium baa a Hongkong to-morrow, or certain not know the number of the week-end. Alsampan, but added that bo your being discussed in public. about which Officialdom would greater attraction for the con-ly during the
noissours, who will pay high telegram has been received from arranged to meet the man at the Amongst cortain of our officials rather that the public know prices iD order to obtain Haiphong by the Asiatic® Potza- bottom of the gangway. there would appear to bo a doad
not. of it. Wo SUG how much leum Company's local office to nothing. That may
Mr. Hazlerigg, closing the illicit opium gote through, the effect that the airmen will whatsoever. But the day for not but that is the inference oroases (and keeps pace) with the means that they can be expected ditions were the result of the was obvious the man's contra- "holo and corner" rule has past which is likely to be drawn in demand for the drug. The com- here the same afternoon of the left stick he found himself in
mitica point out that to incroses day of departure. and gone. There is no necessity
when his answers were followed some quartors. From
the price of the authorised sup- for it, and in the caso of tho
utandpoint, it is desirable, nay, plius would be to increase the Permission has been given by up
Mr. Brower urged that the Education Estimantas we know of Desential, that the meetings of sales of smuggled oplum. Again, the Hongkong authorities for no sound reason why a policy of the Board be held in public.
to decrease the price would mean the machine to come down off man's contradictions were in his the cultivation of the habit Laichikák, behind Stonecutters favour. Anyone must havo roal- privacy should be followed. For
the Americans isod that they arose out of his among a much larger group of Island, where the current yoar, no loss a sum
stupidity and that his story was addicts. The licousing of and Major MacLaren állghted.
not one that had been carefully than $900,000 was sot aeide for
smokers, or eators, of the drug, It will be recalled
that thought out boforoband. They would be impracticablo, saily education, and possibly more
Major Zanni Was to have word none of them on material will be nooded for 1925. Surelyi The roport of the committee evaded, and likely to make con- flown land plane to Canton, points and were made by a man the public is entitled to all appointed by H. E. the Governor fusion worse confounded,
to consider the suggestions made romedy is to hand-a reduction and up to Japan, before chang- who failed to grasp this subtleties possible information which can by the Advisory Committee of in the total supply of the drug, ing to a seaplane for the Pacific of the cross-examination. Ho he given concerning the alloca- the League of Nations on opium But bore, as the report points crossing. Unfortunately, after put the hypothetical case of railway porter who WAS overturned when taking off handed an Innocent-looking tion of funds for the coming control, and the part that this out, there must be a cossation of splendid progress, the machine a
and told to Yot wo bayal Colony might be able to play production in China itsoif. Ro from sodden ground at Hanoi, parcel
put twolve months,
therein, is a document of woll-form must come from within and was hopelessly damaged in into a waiting taxi. Was Mr. Orme attempting by ovary balanced argument, besides being The present disturbed state of This Was on August 19th. It his duty to enquiro, into 'ita g
indictment of conditions Chinese territory makes it im- Arrangements wore at once misde contents 7 In their enquiry conceivable means to exclude the
known to exist in connection with possible to obtain the noce to ship the seaplane from Japan as to whether the prisoner Press representatives from a
the drug traffic, and it should co-oporation. The opium habit for the use of the aviators. This know the contents of tho mooting which WAS to have
convince all but the fanatics. in China is likened to the gammachine arrived here on Septom-far, the jury had to take into
long statements discussed tho financial appro. The
about ling or wino-drinking habit
bor 2nd, and was transhipped to consideration the circumstances HO that nothing
jundor which he received it. Ho priations for the year. The only "forcing the Chinese to smoke claowhere, of
wide public Haiphong a few days later." opium" and so forth, which have short reason ho could give for bisoon made from time to time, opinion could have the loset
The mossage to the A.P.C. does Was only a servant and whon ho was told what the far contained, ondeavours to have thono matters have lod a large number of chance of putting an end to not spoolfy the point of departure. he accepted the old man's state- doalt with in committoo was that people who know little about the ouit. But this moral foeling Major Zanni crashed at Hanoi,mont as being the truth. Tho ho "thought it much better" to Chinese conditions to imagine is entirely lacking in Chine, and might fly from that place, smuggling of arms was a serious that Britain is committing a whoro, in fact, there are many though his now machine was offence, followed by, a heavy discuss the Estimates in privato, terrible sin in this respect, thousands of people who take landed at Haiphong. There is a penalty, and in view of the heavy The monibare of the Board, Low-Hongkong has come into the only small quantition of the drug river and a lako at Hanoi from: evor, clearly showed that they limelight in several unpleasant which does them no more harm which the seaplane could rise. thought otherwise, and their ways recently, and it would be un- than the alcohol habitually drunk fortunato were the idea to pro- by Europeans. So it comes to proteats against the policy of vail that we are culpable, with this-the smoking, or swallowing, privacy wore in every way just respect to the drug ovll as of opium in China cannot be sup
His Lordship (Mr.Justios Dyer Ball) summing up, sald flod. Mr. Ormo was reminded well. Fortunately, there are pressed unless the whole country Ample facts to prove the true co-operates to put an end to the
that the law in the Colony was that the Board had long ago position, sad one of the local practice. That would mean
HEAVY LOSSES.
that if a man was found in resolved to hold its meetings in committee, Mr. A. U. M. Fletcher, unity, and honesty of administra
‡possession of arma, he was deeme Simla, Sept. 18. ' ed to be guilty until he proved public, and, moreover, that it will shortly represent the Colony tion, for many years' in BUG- was a public mesting which last at the Gonove disbussions of the cossion. In our opinion, this
The flouds at Bharatpur are tho contrary. The onus" was world's drug traffic," He, will moans that opium-taking will
third of upon the prisoner to prove that year considered the Estimates. no doubt be able to convince the never be put an end to la Chinese subsiding, but For once in a while, we had the congress that Britain has done territory, or the drug evil ever be Bharatpur city has been, der he had no knowledge of the are unusual experience of an Offlotai her best, and that to interfero eradloated from the world. The troyed, and there has boon sorse contente
with present measures with a most the League of Nations can loss of life, with heavy losses of The jury without retiring, rath suggesting that procedents were view to possible improvement will hope to do is to keep the habit in cattle. The damage is estimated corded a vordlot of guilty
ling-Reuter,
Jabóüz vai pamedia not necessarily binding; but the most probably mako mattors check, and oven in this we do not at over a million pounde ster eentonge of fiveAYONY EDswer to that is that they worse. The ardent roformers and prediot much suceDER,
an
INDIAN FLOODS.
one
| ponaity-it-was made all-the-more- necessary that the jury should not convict an Innocent man. “Hə was entitled to the benefit of any. reasonable doubt, gu