HOTELS
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL, PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL.
Telegraphic Address::~ “CENTRAL, SHANGHAL”
HOTELS.
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lite, Peking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL:
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
All Tramé pass in front of Hotel.
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch meets all steamers.
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
($25 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above Hotel).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
5 to 7 p.m.
Telephone 0.873. J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
Comfort, Conventence and Distinction.
HOTEL METROPOLE HOTEL BOA VISTA.
22, Ice House Street.
J
Macuo.
UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL WITH ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES.<
High Class Cuisine and Table Appointments. Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes from the Ferry, Wharves and Station.
Drawing Room, Saloon Bar and Billiard Room.
Very moderate rates.
on application to
Tel. Nos. K608 & K609.
H. J. WHITE,
Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,"
Hongkong.
Tel Kowloon No. 8
PALACE HOTEL,
41
Manager.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SERIOUS CHARGE.
CONSTABLE AND PICK-
POCKETS
Tool Ying, a Chinese police con- atable, wag again, brought before Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning, on a charge of misconduct as a public sorvant. He was further charged with consorting with thieves and pickpockets, between the dates "of" December 1, 1926 and September 12, 1927, and with receiving from a man named Tam Fan part of the proceeds of such robberies.
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At a previous hearing, Tam Fan had stated that, he was palled by the defendant to..pay a regular sum of $3 a week to the constable.
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Witness from Gaol, When the hearing opened this morning a man named Mak King, who is at present serving & term In prison, was called as a witness for the prosecution.
This man said that he remembered seeing the defendant in the company of Tam Fan on a Monday about a. fortnight ago. He saw one other man in the group, but could not hear what was being said.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1937
FALL OF SWATOW IMMINENT:
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AT THE
CURFEW VILLAGE.
SNOWSTORM THAT KEPT
A CUSTOM ALIVE
ing which Sir Robert Ho Tung has been requested by numerous lead- Melton Mowbray, in the heart of In Grimston, six miles from) ing Chinese and by Chinese the hunting country which the business men, to reviva bis pre- Prince of Wales loves so well, the vious endeavours to call a round curfew will be tolled again every table conference, cum Condom day from October 10 until March Sir Robert Ho Tung, however, 25 at 7 pm on Saturdays and 8 considers the time for such a con- p.m. on other days. ference at present not yet ripe,te
READY FOR WINTER.
300,000 Suits Ordered. The Nationalist Military Council is now taking measures to pro- vide winter uniforms for the soldiers of the different Armies under the Council's Control, says a Kuo Min message from Nanking. has despatched a telegram to its It is learned that the Council resident agent in Shanghai, order winter
Ling 800,000 suits of
uniform.
HANKOW "JUMPY.". Shortage of Stocks. Latest reports from Hankow are that the situation shows a marked increase in anxiety all round.
In answer to the Magistrate, the witness said that he was also Rumours of avery kind are pre- one of the members of Tam valent, and the condition in native Fan's gang. Referring to the de-eireles can only be described us fendant'a meeting with Tam Fan, witness said they dispersed on sighting a constable, who was in plain clothes.
Mr. Lindsell: How did you know he was a constable, if he was in plain clothes.
Witness: I have been arrested by that constable before.
Questioned by the Magistrate as to the division of speils, witness said that the matter was left en- tirely to Tam Fàn.
Another member. of the gang. who was called by the prosecution stated that Tam Fan handled the income of the gang and handed out what he thought appropriate among the different members. He also remembered seeing the defen. dant in the company of Tam Fan about a fortnight ago, near the Wing Lok Wharf.
A woman, who stated that she was the step mother of Tam Fan, anid that she always found that her stepson was able to look for his own living. On one occasion she lent her step-son $5. That was about three months' ago.
Detective's Evidence.
[:
jumpy.
What contributed a good deal to the uneasiness was the fact that it became obvious that stocks of rice and salt were again very short and there seems to have been no arrangements mude for renewal of stocks.
HARBOUR LIMITS.
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of Bailey's dockyard, who drew his attention to the fact that he must keep clear of the cable ares. The ship was anchored with the Standard Oil Co.'s wharf bearing N.W.N., and 27 Foot Rock bear- Ing S.W. by S., which would place the ship outside the area. The ship may have dragged owing to the current or the soft holding.
and stated that he was
Chief Officer Meyer was called, on the forecastle when the ship anchored, but he had been on the bridge Im- mediately before, when it ap peared that the vessel was in a safe position:
Accused
A Chinese detective assigned for
In reply to questions by his duty on the Pickpockets Squad, Worship, it was ascertained from and who stated that he saw de- the accused that the Chief Officer fendant associating with well-was not on the bridge at the mo- known pickpockets on the western Tel. Address "PALACE." waterfront, was confronted by could not call Mr. Godwin.
'ment of anchoring. Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Mr. Russ with a woman and was Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. questioned if he and defendant was no corroborative evidence of Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms. had not at one time quarrelled ov? the ship's actual position at the His Worship found that there Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. her. This was denied by the wit- time of anchoring, and inflicted Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress.ness, who exclaimed: "I am a married man, and, moreover, my
a fine of $25. wife is much prettier than this woman."
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Minor Offences.
Another Chinese detective, call-
Chi Chau Suen, master of a ed as a witness, stated that his cargo boat, was charged with an- suspicions were aroused by the choring in the Taikoktsui Cable sight of the defendant walking Reserve, and pleading guilty, was in the street with a notorious fined $25, with the alternative of pickpocket, Witness admitted he three weeks' imprisonment. once had an altercation with the Chan Ngau, charged with carry- defendant who resented witness's ing passengers in excess, plead- insistence in searching a compan-ed guilty and was fined $1 per lon and had complained of not head for the excess, which was being given "face."
approximately 50 per cent. more than allowed by license. The al ternative was three weeks' im- prisonment.
Detective Sergeant A. V. Baker, in charge of the "Pickpockets Squad," said that on information received he put the defendant un der arrest and searched, a cubicle which defendant occupied at Temple Street, where a purse and
Ng Sam Tai, and Li Chip 'Shing, masters of cargo boats were charged with navigating the har bour without the regulation lights, a pawn-ticket were found in and pleading guilty, were several chest of drawers belonging to de-ly fined $10, with the alternative fendant.
of 10 days' imprisonment.
The case was adjourned until} Wednesday afternoon.
ALLEGED ROBBER
GANG.
THREE ARRESTS IN KOWLOON.
Llu Hee, Liu Shing and Keung Kai, masters of cargo junks, were charged with failing to report their arrival at Tai 0, and pleaded guilty.
His Worship, remarking that this offence was becoming far too frequent, inflicted fines of $30, with the usual alternative, on each of the defendants.
A series of larcenics committed,
Charged with disobeying an it is believed, by the same gang order of banishment for a period of criminals was traced to three of ten years, a Chinese, who had alleged members of the clique, and previously been deported for life at the Kowloori, Magistracy this from Singapore, and who, as re morning chargea of larceny from cently as June lagt, received aix different dwelling houses, on weeks' hard labour for stealing, various dates, were preferred pleaded to Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning that he returned for the They were collectively charged purpose of taking away some be- with larceny of clothing from No.longings. He was sentenced to a 654 Shanghal Street, on Septem- year's hard labour and, 20 strokes ber 24; No. 15, Waterloo Street, on of the birch. " September 17; and 79, Reclamation
against the three men.
Street, on September 17. The third
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defendant was further charged HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? with burglary at No. 554, Shang- hai Street, but this count was amended to one of receiving.stolon property.
Sub Inspector Dick informed his Worship that. several men were arrested, but some had to be re- leased on account of insufficient evidence. It was discovered by the Police that some of these men were concerned in at least four larcenics.dr
The following are the replies to to-day's questions:
All the defendants were manded until next Monday.
Te-
Its mournful tone they speak of it in the village as the death- bell has announced the passing of each winters' day since the 17th century. The tale of how the cus- tom originated is that rather more than 250 years ago a Grimston wo- man walking home, from Melton Mowbray was caught in a furlons snowstorm. She lost her way and tramped far and wide through the cold. Suddenly, when she was al- wild night half perished with most completely exhausted, she heard the curfew. By its aid she. found her way home."
Then so the story goes on- she bought the field' in which she heard the curfów and bequeathed the income from it to the church'
and the bell ringers-to-come on: condition that the bell was tolled every winter's evening.
SHARE PRICES.
-TO-DAY'S. QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local. ahare quotations issued to-day;-
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1145/50. så. Chartered Bank, £20 n. Mercantile A. & B., £32 n. Marcantile C., £133 IX- P. and O., £103 b.. East Asia, $68 n.
Marine Ins.
Canton Ins, $570.8. China Underwritora, $1.35 e. North China, Tls. 143 n. Union Ins., $293 m. Yangtze Ins, $44 b.
Fire Ins. China Fires, $210 b. H. K. Fire Ins., $590 b.
Shipping. Douglases, $33 b.
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H. E. Steamboats, $21 a. H. K. Tugs, $1.40 b. Indo-Chinae, (Pref.) $30 n. Shall Trans-, 92/- n. Star Ferries, $54 Waterboats, $17 n. Refineries. China Sugars, $135 Malabons, $30
Mining.
6.
Benguets, $1,70 n. Kallans, 64/- b
Langkats, Tls. $173 a.
S'hai Exploration, Tls. 3.15 u. Shanghai Loans, Tls. 5. n Raubs, $4 b.
Tronoha, 19/3 n. Ural Caspians, 5/-
Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharves; $1151 b. Whampoa Docks, $35 n. Hongkews, Tls. 146 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 41 b. Shanghai Docks Tis. 921
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, 6) n. H. K. Lands, $57 RE: Realtys, $6
Territorials, 817 8. "Humphreys, $12) B
Princes Bldgs, $97 b. Rural Lands, $11.
Cottons,
д.
Ewo Cottons, Tis: $7.60 sa Orientale, Tls. $1,50 S'hal Cottons, Tls $47
Buses, Trama. -China Busas, Tls. 5
Tramways, $20.10 m. Peak Trams, (old) $14 Singapore Trams, 12/6 n. Taxis, $1 D.
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n.
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Miscellaneous. Amusements, $19) Canton Ices, $5 n. Cemonts (Comb.) $7 China Lights, $12 China Prov., $4. n. Constructions, 1-n. Dairy Farms, $15 Der A. Wing, $6 1. H'kong Electrics, $52/521 sa "Macan Electrics, $43 n.
Ropes (Old) $10 n. Lane Crawfords, $5 s Mackintosh, $22 Sinceres, 8 n., United Abestos, $12 a Watsons $11 Powells, $5 s.. Telephone 3.70 s.
TO-DAY.
8.
Dollar on demand. 1/11 11/16 Lighting-up
6.14 p.m.
For the first time women
re
all Tenador. 4. Over one half.larly to the regular troops, are 1. Lough Neagh; in Ireland. Ezyptian, serves, armed and equipped simi in the High Andes, South Amerits. st. being used in the autumn manoeu A fur-bearing 'animal, akin to the marmot; incant. T. Brasil (40 million inhabitants) of Congo rubber is now negligible). 9. Odessa Inventya. The training of vres of the Red Army, reports the Arxentina (450 millions. trade). 8. Palm Badaksian in Arahanistan. 10, Moortifus: the feminino battalions is iden- it was the French, and the Indians
tical with that of the male re- tations. 11. In Southern Spain: the serves. In some districts the male part from which. Columbus fled on his fambus voyage of discovery, 12. The summer battalions are fighting the fomale rains of Abyssinia.
troops in sham battles.
were introduced to work on the sixer plan-
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