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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
CHÁPEI ROBBER DEN RAIDED.
ACTION FOR ALLEGED SLANDER.
BIG FIND OF ARMS AND LOOT.
SETTLEMENT POLICE AID,
With the permission of the police authorities of Chapel, the Shanghai municipal police, headed by P. C. S. Henten raided a house in Chapel, at 208 Kong Yee Lee, in search of part of a gang of armed robbers who held up and robbed a Chinese shop at 357 Cun- ningham Road on Monday night Jast. The robbers obtained near ly $300,
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OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.
HOARSENESS IS A DANGER SIGNAL
PROMPT ATTENTION BEST.
Instructions to file their answer within 15 days were, last Monday, given the China Finance Corpora- tion by Judge Milton Purdy at the
The average person whose voice United States Court for China, at suddenly becomes hoarse is likely Shanghai, in a suit filed by Mr. E. to attribute the condition to over- Carroll, proprietor of P. Heath and use, or to say that it is just a Company claiming Tis. 20,000 slight cold and will disappear. damages on alleged slanderous
Hoarseness is such a common statements published in connexion affliction that it seldom receives with the sale of a motor car by the attention that it should. On defendants. Judge Purdy's deci- the other hand, loss of the voice or sion was reached after defendanta hoarseness may sometimes be the had filed a demurrer through first and only danger signal of some Attorney F. J. Schuhl alleging in-serious disease in which prompt sufficient cause of action, and treatment may save the patient further demanding that plaintiffs untold suffering or even early
set forth special damages to death. of the suspected men, were 'arrest-name and reputation' instead of ed and held for aiding and abet: general danmges." ting the robbers. A search of the
At the Chupet dwelling the robbers escaped before the arrival of the police but two women, wives
At the time of the robbery in the Settlement a Chinese constable was on duty 80 feet away heard and saw nothing unusual he claimed. After the robbers, four in number, had left the premises the alarm was raised and, Settlement police. responded. A number of Chinese detectives and constables scoured the neighbourhood and sighted two suspects. The two men ran but were caught near the North. Thibet Road Bridge
For-
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,
WIRELESS ON MOVING MOTOR-CARS.
TO COMMUNICATE WHILE
500 MILES APART.
Captain L. F. Plugge, whose ex- periments during the last three years with wireless reception on moving motor-cars have been de- scribed in the Press, intends con- ducting his investigation on a much larger scale, says a London journal.
During the next five or six weeks his two cars, Aether II, and Aether III, will be used in an experimental testing of the two-way communier- tion between vehicles while in mo- tion and crossing the centre and South of Europe.
Aether II. leaves London five days later than Aether 1, and an at- tempt will be made to keep up com- munication between the two cars.
Aather II. will be driven by Cap tain Plugge's assistant, Mr. Horace Connell, who will operate a Mar- coni super-eight one-control recciy- ing set of his own design, with which the car is equipped.
The newer, car Aether III., ia equipped with a nine-valve super- sonic heterodyne and a one-valve transmitting set on 45 metres.
Signals will be picked up by the other car and replied to on a similar set.
The cars cope to meet in the South of Spain, where Aether IH. will wait for Aether **
Dr. George D. Wolf has recently considered some important aspects of this subject. In children the house revealed several loaded Carroll, who is British was re-sudden appearance of hoarseness pistols, a large sum of money presented by Mr. Sidney A. Moss. may be due to the fact that some which is believed to be the pre-The prosecution allege that on foreign material, usually a coin or ceeds of armed robberies, and a May 12 Mr. Carroll purchased a some other metal substance, has quantity of ammunition for 5 hp. Pugeot car for Tis. 1,150. been swallowed or inhaled into the pistols.
On June 2 defendant ja alleged to larynx. If it is found that a child have removed the car from the has suddenly begun to choke and
By means of this transmitting street in front of 30 Peking Road | Lurn bbie and that these symptoms and his since kept it concealed on have cleared up at once and been set it is hoped to be able to trans- the ground that plaintiff had not followed by hoarseness, the swal-mit on telephony over a distance of fulfilled the terms of the con-lewing or inhaling of a foreign approximately 500 miles. tract and this. in my opinion, is body should be suspected. highly defamatory to my client." Lunately, the presence of auch a substance can be promptly deter- No evidence was heard, the promined by the use of the X-ray. ceedings consisting merely of settling the question of pleadings, In the petition filed by plaintiff Mr. Moss specified three different causes of action, the first claimine Ts. 1,150, being the market price of the car, the second claiming Tls, 180, being incidental damages that accrued as a result of defen- dunt's wrongful appropriation of the car, and the third for Tls.
Not infrequently, the onset 20.000 being damages to his re hoarseness, which gradually In- inputation and standing consequent creases, is due to tuberculosis of upon the publication of the alleged the throat or secondary to tubercu- defamatory statements.
losis in the lungs. In such cases, Defendant's pleading was a de-it is absolutely necessary to have murrer, setting forth in the first
at once an inspection of the threat count motion to make more definite by a competent physician.. and cortain, and in the second, a general denial.
They admitted having participa: ed in the robbery and gave the names and address, of their accom- plices. This informations led to the raid on the house, in Chapei.
Two other robberies were re- ported in the Settlement on Mon- day afternoon and night, one being an armed highway robbery which a woman was relieved of gold bangle valued at $49.
The armed robber who was wounded in a gun battle with police of the Harbin Road Etation on Monday night, the next day died of his wounds.
RAJAH OF SARAWAK KNIGHTED.
THIRD SUCCESSIVE WHITE RULER.
Sarawak, Aug. 25.-King George has conferred the honours of knighthood upon Vyner Brooke, the only white rajah.
Sir Vyner is the Rajah of Sara- wak and rules over a country of 40,000 square miles peopled by semi-civilized Malaya.
He is the third white rajah to rule Sarawak. In 1839 Rajah Muda Hassim, a native ruler, i assisted by Malay officials, con- trolled the territory in such a tyrannical manner that the popu lace were in a state of open revalt. . Sir James Brooke, a British naval
officer, suppressed this rebelli and Muda Hassim abdicated in his j'avour.
On his death in 1868 the title passed to his nephew, Sir Charles' Johnson Brocke. Sir Charles was the father of Sir Vyner.
THE QUEEN'S.
AN AMUSING COMEDY,
Money Talks" which is being shown again to-day at the Queen's Theatre is one of the most amus- ing and entertaining films seen in Hongkong for some time, and all those in search of pleasant diver- sion should make a point of see- ing it. Owen Moore as the "hero" and Miss Clairé. Windsor as the heroine aet extremely well toge ther and they are the principals in a farce that takes one out one's-self into many a good hearty laugh.
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The Broadway Foilies are still deservedly popular, perhaps the best item in their programme being the Ballet. The ilusion of skat ing was really cleverly done.
A most interesting "Gazette"
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Counsel for the defence sum- mitted that plaintiff had not stated facts sufficient to cause of action.
constitute
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Plaintiff must state time, place and date where the alleged de- famatory statements were made and by whom uttered."
Judge Purdy overruled the de- murrer, reminding counsel further that "specific and definite damagez remain to be proved by the Court."
BAD LUCK.
NEA
Captain Courtney, attempt- ing a trans-Atlantic flight, is reported to have come down in Spain, owing to bad weather,
BASEBALL.
In certain diseases affecting the throut, such as diphtheria or croup, hourseness is a prominent synip-
Netes will then be exchanged as tom. In grown-up
persons, the tu the possibilities and results of onsei of hoarseness is two-way communication. sudden usually due to some inflammation of the larynx. If there is shortness of breath accompanying this, the physician is likely to think of an abscess as the primary causé,
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Persons who smoke a great deal, who use the voice excessively, or who work in occupations that are dusty or smoky, suffer frequently with hoarseness. Obviously the first step in the treatment of the condition is rest of the voice, the second step being direct application of some remedial agent. The in- heling of medicated vapours sometimes extremely helpful in mild in flammations of the vocal cords.
"FORGING AHEAD."
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CULMINATION OF AMBITIONS
OF CHIEF CASHIER. .
Paris: A man named Rene le Frane, chief cashier of a firm of Paris traders, has confessed to practising a simple way to "get rich quick,"
If his employer signed a cheque for 20,000 or 30.000 francs. he would occasionally forge another cheque for double the amount, and keep half the money..
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During a year and a half he thus stole about 3,000,000 Frunes.
But while Le Frane was on holi- day recently his employer received an anonymous letter advising him in inspect the cashier's booka. On his return the cashier was arrested. While earning 50,000 francs a year, Le Franc had bought some and near Versailles and had a t- tle villa built on it.
His ambition developed, and he began to forge cheques. He next bought land at Vermouillet, had a small chattan built, spent over | 100,000 franes in laying out a gar- den, bought motorcars, and moved from his 650-franc-a-year flat at Montmartre to an apartment at 70,000 franes,
THE 2LO CAT.
TELEPHONE COMEDY AT SAVOY HILL.
The B.B.C. possesses at its head- quarters in Savoy-hill a cat with one eye but remarkable mental development, says a London paper. Here is an unvarnished account of an incident in which this cat figured recently,
An engineer was preparing a graph when the telephone bell rang.
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. The following is the list of loca share quotations issued to-day:
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1075 b. Chartered Bank, £20 n. Mercantile A. & B., £32 n Mercantile C., £13 n.
P. and O., £9 b. East Asia, 368 n.
• Marine Ins.
Canton Ina, $590 8. China Underwriters, $1,50 North China, T. 143 n. Union Ins., $895 b. Yangtze Ins., $37 b.
Fire Ins.
Chira Fires, $210 b.
H. K. Fire Ins., 8600 8.
Shipping.
Douglases, 833 .
b.
B.
HK. Steamboats, $21 H. K. Tugs, $60 B. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $30 n. Shell Trans., 92/- Star Ferries, $54.60 Waterboats, $17. Refineries.
China Sugars, $15 s Malabons, $32
Mining.
9.
Benguets, $1.70, n. Kailans, 49/- h
Langkats, Tla. $175... S'hai Exploration, Tls. 3 Shanghai Louns, Tls. 6 n. Rauba, $4 b Tronohs, 19/3 Ural Caspiane, 5/-
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Decks, etc.
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Kow oun Wharves, $112 b. Whampoa Docks, $35 n. Hongkews, Tis. 140 b Now Engineerings, Tls. 43 h Shanghui Docks Tis. 92 b
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H. and S. Hotels, 6 H. K. Lands, $551 81. Realtys, $68. Territorials, I s. Humphreys, $124 h. Princes Bldgs, $89 n. Rural Lands, $11 n.
Cottona. Ewo Cottons, Tis. $7 35 b Orientals, Tis $1.50 b S'hai Cottons, Tis $50 n
Buses, Trams, China Buses, Tls, 7 Tramways, $20,15 @ Peak Trams, (old) $14 Singapore Trams, 11/ s. Taxis, 81 n.
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The cat immediately jumped upon a table where there was a spare telephone and put ita ear to the mouthpiece (the receiver was, of course, on its hook) in a listening | attitude.
THE WEEK-END GAMES. The Filipino Baseball Club de- adds to what is a. programmefeated the Tigers (S. C. A. A.) by worthy of the best Queen's stand a margin of 21 runs to 4 as Happy ard.
Valley yesterday. In the first and third innings the Filipinos secured Found guilty on our charges no less that sixteen runs against of fraud and fraudulent represen-which the Chinese replied with a tation, Hector Charles Sumner, feeble three. British, was sentenced to 28 days' The long lead which the Filipinos imprisonment by Magistrate 1. T.secured enabled them to try out a Morris in H. M. Police Court at number of reserves some of who Shanghal past week, comprising showed up very well. four sentences of seven days each. Sentence is to be served in the Amoy Road
gaol. The charge against Sumner included one of representing himself to be a mem- ber of the Shanghai Municipal Police: of obtaining $14.50 worth of credit from Mr. C. Steward: of Filipino Baseball Club are now in ran across to a bookshelf, rested signing chits in the Shanghai Club a favourable position to become its front paws on one of the shelves amounting to $60.33: of defraud runner-up of the league, having and with its sound eye, scanned the ing Captain F. Davis of the Woo-lost only two matches throughout row of books one after the other as sung Forts Hotel to the extent the season,
was also
There were two home runs gecur-
Meanwhile, the engineer had re ed, one in the first innings by Dal- moved the receiver from his own gado, through fielders' errors and telephone and, in response to the one in the third by Zafra, who caller, said: "Hold the line struck a ball well out of right moment and I'll look it up." field's reach.
Before he could put the receiver success, the down the cat sprang off the table, recent
By their
$112.70 · Evidence brought to show that he had been able to sign chits in the Shanghal
The Australian mail is due to Club by falsely representing him- self & member of the Tientsin Club. arrive here by the s.s. St. Albans
to-morrow morning.
if reading the titles.
The only explanation offered by the engineer is that the cat had probably seen him go through a similar performance on many oc-
casions.
'kong Electrics, $531 b Macao Electrice, $37 b. Ropies (Old) $10 n. Lane Crawfords, $5.8.
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HONGKONG.
Captain. R. Neville, who came out Admiralty, owing to the fact that It is announced by the Foreign Office that from August 1 British to Ceylon as Private Secretary to Capt. Nevlile is attached to the Royal Marines, has been sanctioned subjects visiting or passing His Excellency Sir Hugh Clifford, by the Secretary of State for the through Austria will still need to in March, 1925, has been appointed Colonies. Capt. Neville was A. have in thir possession a valid A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay, D. C. to Sir Edward Stubbs during Sir Leslie Wilson. The appoint the time the latter was Governor British passport.
ment, which has been made by the of Hongkong.