ATTACK ON THE S.S. CHENAN.
ONLY THREE OR FOUR SHOTS FIRED.
CASE OF SHEER SPITE. Little further information re garding the attack by two armed Junka on the 8.8. Chenan, whon the B. and S. vessel was on her way from Hongkong to Swatow,
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CALCUTTA DERBY
SWEEP.
FIRST PRIZE ABOUT
·£108,000.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Bombay, May 29.. It is understood that the total of the Calcutta Sweep op the Derby which will be available for distribution will over £370,000."
The holder of the ticket draw available this. morning, ing the winning horse will get though the opinion was expressed about 2168,000, the second about In shipping circles that no attempt at piracy from the outside was £84,000, and the third really intended.
£42,000. Drawers of other horses wil! get about £1,000 each. Reuter.
It is thought that the junks, encountered by the s.s. Chenan on Friday evening when she had reached a point about.aeven miles from Mandosa Island, Bing, 'Bay, fired on the vessel out of sheer spite. A message received Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's offices from the master of the Chonan states that only three or four shots were Gred.
T
nt
The Chenan reached Swatow on Saturday at about 2.30 p.m. and reported to the British naval au thorities there that she was at tacked by two junks, which she succeeded in evading.
The vessel, which is now on her way to Shanghai and Tsingtao, is a twin screw steamer of 2,209 1ons gross. She was built by Scott and Co., of Greenock, in 1903, her dimensions being: length, 300 feet; breadth, 10 fee depth, 20 feet.
WARDER CHARGED.
ALLEGED BREACH OF GAOL
REGULATIONS.
about,
The Sweepstake Craze, Londou.---By the evening of June 1, at the latest, someone or about 'onos' will be richer by $160,000.
The date is that of England's premier race meet, the Derby, and the money will be the proceeds of the London Stock Exchange Derby Sweepstake, which on no ac- count must be referred to as such, but as the Stock Exchange Mutual Subscription Fund-its official title.
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The sweepstake, this year, is being run ander conditions of the clasest secrecy and although well- informed people are prepared to admit that there is such a thing,
LOAN OR SALE?
SUIT UNDER BORROWING NOTE.
The acting Puisna Judge, Mr. P. Jacks was engaged in hearing a claim under a Chinca borrowing note for $1,000, in the Summary Court this morning, when part of the defence put forward was that the defendant was the guarantor and not the debtor. The plaintiffs were the Kwong Tsui. Bank, 67 Wing Lok Street, and they sued the Wing Tai Shing Kee firm, 52 Graham Street, and Tang Ling, the manager.
MONDAY, MAY
30, 1927.
THE TYPHOON.
HAR DREDGING.
MOVING TOWARDS SWATOW. CONTRACT TO NETHERLANDS
.COMPANY.
The typhoon, which became stationary on Saturday, bogan It is understood that the Gov- yesterday to move in the direc-ernment has taken advantage of tion of Swatow, and this morning's the presence in the Far East of weather report, issued by the the Netherlands Harbour Works Royal Observatory, states that a: Company to carry out certain 6 am. it was 250 miles to the dredging operations in Hongkong E.S.E. of Hongkong, moving slow-harbour, particularly at Pengula The ly towards Swntow.
Shoals and Tsimtsatsui. Netherlands Company has recent Pressure has increased slights completed important workin over Japan, und decreased mo-connexion with the new harbour derately at the Pratas, and alight-at Macao and also reclamation the ly elsewhere.
work at North Point, and The principal and interest from
A cyclonic gale in the Formosa Government felt that it would be the dato of the note, August 15, 1923, was claimed to be $3,740, of Channel is forecasted by the O-a considerable saving of public which amount $1,300 had been re-servatory, while the local forecast funds if they secured the services of the Company and their dredgers paid. Of the balance, $2,140, the is:-NW. winds, moderate; pos and machinery to carry out much- plaintiffs waived $1,440 to bring sibly increasing to a gale, over-
needed operations in the harbour. the claim within the jurisdiction of cast, rain.
Consequently, a contract has bean the court. Mr. Gordon Leask was
entered into and the Company will for the plaintiffs and Mr. G. R. Hay-
shortly commence operations. wood defended.
It appears from the plaintiffs' ac- count that through the agency of a building contractor the defend- ant borrowed 4,000 from the bank and agreed to pay 3 per cent. por month interest. The note which was signed, made mention of two pile-driving machines as security but owing to these being on hire. they could not be put up, so a guar- antor named Tam Yu-tin was found. Tam, however, died this
your.
Security Denied.
EUROPEANS IN EAST AFRICA. ME
It is proposed to utiliso, the dredged material for filling pur- poses at the Kowloon City reclama- tion which is yet a long way from completion and whore a sea wall AN INCREASE IN THE NON-along the whole area will oven-
an
BRITISHERS.
tually be constructed. It is on this reclamation, where the Govern-
erect London, May 2.-A meeting of mant purposes to the African section of the London aerodrome.
By giving the contract to a firm Chamber of Commerce presided over by Sir Humphrey Legett has with dredgers already on the spot, passed a resolution expressing con-Instead of getting others out cern at the increasing proportion from Home, the Colony will be of non-Britishers entering Tan- saved a very considerable sum of In cross-examination by Mr. Hayganyika and asking the Govern-money, roughly estimated to be in no informaation about it is being wood, the building contractor deni- ment to explore all means to facilit- the neighbourhood of $300,000-a ate the immigration and settlement big consideration at this particular given to those not "on 'change."ed that he was told the money was of Britishers.
time. Yet thousands and thousands of required for the Mee Lee Sun fac applications for tickets have been tory, Kennedy Town. The nego- received by the organizers. Let tiation was put through by Tam, ters from the United States, india, and he also guaranteed it. He China, Iceland, Africa, every part denied that the money was handed of the world, comb by every post. to Tam. Witness also denied that Those without stamped and ad- Tam showed him some machines, ressed envelopes go to the waste and told the foki in charge that paper basket-the others are re-they had been mortgaged and were turned with a rubber-stumped mes- to be taken away. He also denied Sorry but you are not a removing the machines the follow- snge:
ing day. member.'
ed the money.
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The section further felt that a federation of East African torri- tories when practicable would be an HOW MUCH DO YOU advantage to British trade. Mean- while, it trusted that steps would be taken to co-ordinate the services of Tanganyika and the adjacent territories.
Major Walsh quoted the figures of the last census of Tanganyika showing that 'Asiatics were 16,000 and Europeans under 2,500:
Ghulam Husain, an Indian Warder, was charged at the Cen- tral Magistracy before Mr. E. W. Hamilton with bringing a letter
The defendant, Tang Ling, gave out of the gaol for a prisoner. He
We cannot say what the prize-evidence to the effect thut both he was further charged with demand-
money will be" an official declared, ing $5 from a woman at No. 40"It reached a total of £160,000 last and Tam were partners of the Mee" Since then ex-enemy nationals Pokfulam Road.
year and it is quite possible that Lee San firm, and that Tam borrow-were permitted to enter and the British unofficial element was it will be larger this year. The
When reminded that he had sign-placed in a minority. Mutual Subscription Fund has beed the note us the borrower, defend- come an important annual event ant said, he thought he had better in the Stock Exchange, but it con- sign so, because the machines for curns nobody else."
security belonged to him and act to This year sees the twenty-fifth Tam.
A fol was called who spoke of anniversary of the birth of the
through all the machines being taken away, and Sweepstake which those years has grown from added that he had not seen them small private "flutter" to a world-since. wide gamble,
Mr. J. W. Franke, Superinter- dent of Gaols, prosecuted.
From the evidence, it appeared that the Indian conveyed a letter from a prisoner in the Lai Chi Kok prison to a woman in Pokfu- lam Road. It seems that the prisoner obtained the assistance of another prisoner to write the letter for him.
defen- The dant is said to have visited the house in Pokfulam Road several times, but each time he only showed that he had a mes-" sage from the prisoner but did not actually show the inmates the letter.
On two occasions the defendant had obtained money, the amounts being $5 and $5.50. He called at the house again on Saturday last and demanded $5 but the woman offered him $3, which he would
Exasperated, not accept.
tho woman told him to wait in the house while she went to look for the other $2. Instead of going to raise the money the went to the police station and de- fendant was taken into custody,
On the way to No. 7 Police Station the defendant atempted to get rid of the letter which was in his possession, but when a Chinese detective saw him put his hand into his coat pocket, he promptly seized the hand and a search ra vealed the letter.
woman
Its History.
Ja 1902 two members succeeded in collecting £100 from other mem bers, and the first prize on that occasion was £60. No tickels were of sub- issued and only a note scribers' names was taken.
In 1903 the two members were more ambitious, and tickets to the value of £500 were printed, but it took many weeks of hard canvasy- ing to get rid of them.
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Mr. Haywood submitted that the borrowing note came within the meaning of the definition of a Bill of Sale, and because the necessary stipulations had not been complied with no money could be recovered under it.
His Lordship adjourned the case until June 9, for argument us to law and fact.
MOTOR ACCIDENTS.
LITTLE CHINESE GIRL KILLED.
While
the
Hotel
POET'S CORNER.
NO LONGER REPULSED.
"The lowly plebian_now can bask In sunny rays, on Repulse beach: No longer will it be a task. To find a shelter within reach." "But how about the die-hard band Whose privileges thus are,scored?" "Tls ensy1 Don't you understand? The now crowd will be just
ignored!"
ence
V.
dis-
KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from Answers, for those who need the Daily Express. them, will be found on Page 12 of this issue.
1.-Who were the Lollarda? 2.-Whose last words were these:-- "Give Dayrolles a chair"? 3.What is a stanchion? 4.-In whose works de the lines occur: "The female of the species is more deadly than the male"?
6. What is a "Gaucho"?
6.Which character in fiction said: Who steals my purse steals trash"?
7-Who was Tantalus?
8. What is motempsychosis?
9. Who "Haped in numbers, for
the numbers come? 10.-What is a tun? 11-Which King of England could not speak a word of English when he was crowned?
12. Who was Sir Richard Burton? 13. What is a quadroon? 14.-Who was Torquemada? 15. Which Prime
of
Minister England was born in Lossio- mouth?
come
A somewhat alarming experi
befell Dr. D. G. B. Black when he was bathing at Shek-O. yesterday afternoon. Dr. Year by year the sweepstake in-
Black was swimming some
Winnipeg, Manitoba.-A total of creased in size, until a total of
tance from the shore when he 1,152 British immigrants arrived £160,000 was reached, £40,000 of
found that, owing to the strong set here April 6th, being a new high. which was taken in the central.
of the tide, he was unable to make record of British immigrants to Hongkong office in three hours, Charities.
against it shorewards. Dr. Black, the west. Most of them benefitted to the extent of 10 per motor-bus No. 65 was proceeding with presence of mind, called for under the 3,000 family scheme. A cont. of the amount subscribed. along Bonham Road, near King's assistance and attracted the atten- record for the week was struck and at least £75,000 has gone to College, yesterday, a little Chinese tion of those on shore, who went to with 6,713 new arrivals. various deserving causes.
girl ran across the roadway and his aid in a sampan. was struck by the vehicle, the In 1924 police proceedings were
wheels of which passed over her.~|~|~|~|~~[+]=[~~~ threatened, and the name changed to "Mutual Subscription She was carried into King's Col It is said that the defendant Fund" the claim being that the lege, which is now a military hos, Stock Exchange is the greatestpital, but died shortly afterwards visited the house with his face club in the world and should have in spite of prompt attention by partly concealed. This he did by antying a part of his and the same freedom extended to it Major Townshend, of the R.A.M.G.
Lorr Off Road.. wrapping it around his chin. One witness amused the court by tell- simple. Five boxes are used. In A motor-lorry ran off the high- ing the Magistrate" that he rebox No. 1 are 16 marbles number- way at Chin Loong. Tau, in the organised the defendant only by ed 0-16 inclusive, and each of New Territories, yesterday, and his eyes.
these unils represents 10,000. when a motor-car arrived in the Defendant was asked if he had Four other boxes, each contain locality some time afterwards, the any witness to call in his defence ing marbles numbered from 0-9 lorry was seen on the field, with and he replied: "God is my
wit-inclusive, are placed in line after the driver stretched on the earth Dess."
No. 1, a member being in charge beside it, in an unconscious con-
dition. The case was adjourned until of each box. to-morrow morning at 10.30 am. As a horse is drawn a number
as other clubs.
The method of the draw is
The injured man was taken in
when the two prisoners in the gaol against it is allocated by a marble the car to the Kwong Wah Hospi- concerned in the case will be drawn from each of the five boxes.tal, while a report was made to brought before his Worship.
PRACTICE PARADE.
4,000 MEN AT HAPPY VALLEY. This morning's practice parado at Happy Valley of the full num- ber of troops and sailors who are to participate in the ceremonial to celebrate the King's birthday, gave a good idea of what will be seen some 4,000 men marshalled together in review order and com- plote with artillery, transport and aeroplanes.
Supposing from box No. 1 "0" is the police at Mongkok Station, drawn, the maximum number that who are enquiring into the circum: can be taken from the other boxes stances of the accident.
is "9" and if this should happen the number would read “09999.”. If "16" in drawn from box No. 1- and the maximum from the other boxca-the number would be
“159,999,"
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MEMORIAL DAY.
AMERICAN CELEBRATION
OBSERVED.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
THE CONSULS AND THE REST DEPART.
London, May 29, Thirty-five Soviet officials have already made preparations for their departure, and will leave London next Tuesday in the Soviet ship Yousar.
The units comprised some 400
the American anilors drawn from the various To-day being warships in the harbour, 300 Memorial Day, wreaths were laid In regard to the representation marines, and a half-battalion from by members of the American of British diplomatic Interests in each of the Regiments represented Community at the Wanchal obelisk Russia, after the departure of Sir In the Colony. Seven naval guns and on the graves of soldiers and Robert Hodgson from Moscow, it fired the salute. of twenty-one sailors of their nationality in the is stated to be probable that Nor- way may assume this responsible guns, nine aeroplanes engagor Happy Valley cemetery. in evolutions overhead, while the
duty-British Wireless. massed bands of all the battalions present played the various regi mental marches. The salute was taken by General Luard.
This rehearsal also enabled the police to test the special trallic arrangements.
The ceremony was timed for 16.30 a.m., the organisation of the service boing in the hands of the ladies of the American community, and the general control" vested In Mr. Shantz, the United Statos Consul-in-Charge,
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