SEVERAL LOCAL ROBBERIES.
ARMED MEN RAID SEAMEN'S BOARDING HOUSE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE MACAO ART IRISH PRESIDENT IN
EXHIBITION.
OVER 800 PICTURES. DISPLAYED.
THE OPENING CEREMONY.
-U. S. A.
DRIVING WITH “BIG BILL" THOMPSON.
New York, Jan. 20. Mr. Cosgrave, President of the Free State Executive, the "anindy haired grocery clerk turned states- man." according to ond news- paper, has landed here. Thus Ireland is represented in the United States for the first time in history by an elected lender.
OVER $6,000 TAKEN. There were a number of rob-
Those who visit Macao this week beries reported to the police over the week-end, the most serious of will have a pleasure in store in the form of the Photographic and which was perpetrated on Sunday Art Exhibition which is housed in at 11 p.m. at the Tong Yee Tongan artistic building set in an Seamen's Boarding House at 260, equally artistic garden called the Des Voeux Road West, second floor."Flora". Here are to be seen up-ing large placards, gathered at
According to a report made by wards of 800 pictures, mostly the master of the Boarding House, photographs, from all parts of the the and two other fokis were on the Far East, and they represent the door at the time when' a
expenditure of much thought and entered the premises and said he labour on the part of an energetic wanted to deliver a letter. He Government organization which is was Tallowed by three other men, engaged in placing Macao in the two of whom were armed with re- rightful sphere to which its volvers and one with a dagger. romantic history entitles it. The The three men seized the master Exhibition is another phase in the and his two fokis and bound them bid for notice that Macao isdict." with ropes which they had brought making to secure deserved at- with them. From the master they [tention.
took the key.of the Boarding The exhibition is. entirely House's safe and stole money and satisfactory from every stand jewellery valued at $6,258.65. The point. The number of exhibits robbers left behind a loaded re-received exceeds even the most volver and two daggers.
Other Cases.
De Valera sympathisers, bear the Battery, and were ejected by
special force of 3,000 police, President Cosgrave, smilingly met the bombardment of the re- porters by diplomatic and non- committal replies.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928.
BRITISH SOLDIER ACQUITTED
DEATH OF CHINESE HOUSEBOY.
SHANGHAI TRIAL ENDS.
COMRADE BORODIN ON CHINA.
CHIANG NOT BIG ENOUGH, FOR JOB.
PRAISE FOR FENG.
The Outro, the now Russiza Without retiring, the jury in paper in Shanghai, reproduces the Impressions of a Danish journa
Just Received.......
NEW HATS.
AND
H. M. Supreme Court, at Shanghai list, Mr. Aage Nielson, AFTERNOON
who
Borodin, who is about 50, is not think at all like what you may of him when you read his charac teristics and descriptions, saya the writer."
on Tuesday last returned a verdict of acquittal in the case in Borodin in Moscow...
managed to interview Comrade which Acting Lance-Corpl. Hector Macdonald Robertson of the Scots Guards, was charged with murder ing Tze Ling-pel, houseboy in the employ of Capt. Duncan Harvey, A.M. Shanghai Defence Force, when the set was batman, Sitting on the bench with his Asked whether Ireland would Lordship Sir Peter Grain were ever become a Republic, be said: Capt. Scott Barelt. Deputy Judge "That is a matter for the people Advocate General and Mr. T. W. of Ireland and not for me to pre-Kwah, Secretary to the Bureau for
Foreign Affairs.
.
After landing, President Cos- grave proceeded to the City Hall, where he was welcomed by Mayor Walker-Reiter's American vicc,
Keeping Irish at Home. sanguine hopes of the sponsors,
Chicago, Jun, 25. while the quality is of a very high order in most cases, and the judges President Cosgrave had a A Chinese married woman, had the utmost ulicuity in select-markable reception on his arrival living at No. 8, Babington Path, ing the prize-winners. The at Chicago. He drove to his hotel, was the victim of a highway method adopted was to give awards accompanied by "Big Bill" Thomp- robbery on Sunday. She was at-based on the "work of each ex-son, the Mayor, through streets
tacked by two men at 1.15 p.m. hibitor, with special reference, to whilst she was walking in Western pictures of outstanding merit. Street, near King's College. A box which contained money and jewellery valued at $175, was stolen from her.
Fine Pictures.
The picture which the judges
found to be the best in the entire exhibition was an enlargement of an itinerent barber plying his trade, at Macao, the work of an amateur. from Macao, Mr. Carlos da Souza. The picture next in order of marit wha
one
An armed robbery is reported from Shatin, an old blacksmith being the victim of the robbers. At midnight on Sunday, the black smith was awakened from his sleep by a noise in the house and
untitled Light and on getting out of bed he found two Shadow," the work of Mr. Sakni, of men in his room. The men set on [longkong. Mr. H. Yoshiyka, of him, and, after binding his hands Japan, produced some excellent and feet, ransacked the house. work which also appealed to the The robbers found nothing of judges. One by the Rev. Fr. J. much value and eventually left Climaco do Rosario, of Macao, was with clothing valued at $10.00. also an outstanding exhibit. Gold. From Kowloon City comes the medals were awarded to the above- report that on Saturday a Chinese named gentleman and also to the widow and her son, living in a Loo Shan Studio for a group of matshed in Cho Shi Liu, village,portrait photographs, mostly tinted were attacked by eight men, some with light colours.
armed with daggers. The men One set of exhibits which forms forced an entrance into the mat-In separate section of the exhibition shed at about midnight and after tieing up the woman and her son, they threw a quilt over them. The robbers took away money and jewellery valued at $30.
is agroup of pictures' exquisitely tinted in symbolic design, the work of Mrs. Bertha Lurn, of Peking. These pictures, wood block pictures in the true Japanese design, were considered to bo of exceptional merit and
NEW YEAR GAMBLING. | medak
MAGISTRATË IN LENIENT MOOD.
were awarded a gold
Silver medals were awarded to a number of cxhiuitors, mostly for the entire group of exhibits, al- though some pietums of exceptional merit were specially mentioned.
In a big exhibition of this the number of pictures the Kowloon. Magistracy this where certificates of merit have morning, but in view of the Chin-been awarded is large, but there pictures ese New Year, all defendants were are still a great many
which, though of great merit, could discharged, with cautions,
aDistrict not be classified.
Severni cases of street gambling came before Mr. W., Schofield, at nature,
In one instance, Watchman charged a man with The work of awarding the prizes. gambling and was reprimanded by was left to the judges, the follow- the Magistrate for interfering ing gentlemen from Hongkong hav with petty gamblers instead of ing been requested to do the paying attention to more seriouerous task of adjudging the ous crime.
The defendunt pleaded that he was merely haying some amuse- ment on New Year's Day and was gambling with" cigarettes stakes.
as
His Worship: It is absurd to run a man in on a New Year's Day for a thing like that.
The defendant was discharged.
THAMES HIGH TIDES FEARED.
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merit-Mr. C. IL Blason. well, known in photographic circles as an amateur photographer of the highest order Major H. J. Wright, another amateur photographer of exceptional merit; Mr. M. Sameda, of Messrs Mumeya" & Sano, one of
best professional the
photo- graphers in Hongkong.
packed with cheering crowds.
on December 2, 1927.
every
Very tall, calm, with dark ex pressive eyes, he weighs word before he says it and looks much more of a scientist than a revolutionary, or an Incendiary of the world.
When talking politics he looks ¡ ¿ measure like A British Labourite, who has had a leg political training.
"What do you think of Chiang | Kai-shek," he was asked.
The jury was composed of Messrs. D. P. H. Jones, N. E. Kent A. Jessiman, W. H. Ferris, L. W. Ser-Hutton, T, O'Neil Lane, E. G. Judd, D. Kemp, J. A. Riley, N. W. Hick- ling, C. A. Howard and J. 1. Jacob. Mr. T. W. Murray was the sixth! juryman called and was challenged "When four years ago we met re-by counsel for the defence. He in Canton," said Comrade Borodin, left the jury-box on the instructions "we became friends, and 1 nout of his Lordship, who remarked that use no better words against him. the defence had the right to as I believe that he honestly thinks challenge any of the jurymen call- he is fighting for the Nationalist The Crown Advocate, Mr. A. G. too small to cope with his formid- Mosson, conducted the prosecu- able problem and his entouraje tion; Mr. Ronald G. McDonald pursue their own personal aims. appeared on behalf of Capt. Dun-
"I do not believe he will ever can Harvey; Mr. A. Covey watch-succeed, even
with Feng Yu- tives of the deceased and Mr. M. halang's assistance, to capture
Peking. Reader Harris represented the. prisoner.
In an interview, he said that one of Ireland's greatest problems was to keep the Irish- in their own country-Renier's American Service.
OBITUARY..
Above is the late Major- General Goethals, the Chief Engineer concerned with the construction of the Panama Canal, "whose deach was ro ported on Sunday,
AMERICAN LADY OFFICIAL.
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FORGERY AND GRAND LARCENY CHARGES
Madame Tamagnini de Sousa
New York, Jan. 23. Barbosa, wife of His Excellency Mrs Florence Knapp the only the Governor of Macac, and
woman ever elected to State office Madame M. Hellion
in New York, is charged with forgery, grand larceny and other
Macne judges,
wore the
paintings, sketches, prints engrav
ed.
ed the case on behalf of the rela
.
Defendant's Story.
The prisoner gave his age as 27. He enlisted originally in 1918 in the Highland Light Infantry. After the Armistice, he was transferred
reconstruction of China.
e is
"And Feng Yu-hsiang?," was the next question.
"Oh, he is a gentus, but manages
asylum for beggars."
Concluding the interview Bero- din said I am not fighting at
to the Gordon Highlanders and his fall for establishing communism in
time expired in 1923. In 1925 he
China immediately. The time-h
re-enlisted in the Scots Guards. not come yet far it."
About June or July 1926, he was made batman to Capt. Harvey and
came with him to Shanghai.
On December 2, witness carried
out his usual duties. While Capt. HOW MUCH DO YOU
Harvey was in the bath-roomi, wit- ness went out for 10 minutes, in order to smoke a cigarette. Capt. Härvey left at 9.30 am, while wit
negs was cleaning a pair of shoes. After this, he was putting away the cleaning kit, standing with his back to the passage, and reaching up to put the kit on a shelf.
While so engaged, he heard the bey behind him say:-"Master talk you clean pistol." Immediately, a shot went off, the bullet striking the wall directly, in front of wh ness. The boy, who looked frightened, grasped the pistol with |- both hands and witness immediate-
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another shot went off and struck the door of the pantry, Witness at that time had hold of the pistol and was releasing the boy's fingers. After the second shot, witness pulled the pistol from the boy's hand and pushed him away. As he did that, another shot went off and the boy fall to the floor.
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What peers.bear these family names respectively: (a) Wallop. (b) Cubitt, (c) Twisioton-Wyke- ham-Fiennes, (d). Talom, (o) Strati?
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Witness continued: "I was terrified, for I knew he had been shot, but I did not know where. I let the pistol fail to the floor and I picked up my cap and belt and went out. I went down in the lift and on to Amoy Read Gaol, where I was billeted. There I saw a sergeant and told him to ring up 20 Capt. Harvey and tell him his boy was shot. I then went to my 11 billet."
Alleged Shouts Dented.
Witness denied that the deceased
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What is meant by a "knight of the pigskin" I
12 Who was called the "golden-
mouthed"?
The Art Section, Includes bilcriminal offences, in a report on shout: A Tal" It was only her administration as Secretary about a minute before witness left
The the fat after the shooting just examination, in which he stuck to ings, drawings, etc., some of great of the 1923 State Census. rarity and all of absorbing interest. report, was prepared by a special time for him to put on his cap and his story. There are also pictures by living investigator appointed by Gover-belt. He did not know how the painters, mostly amateurs, many
Smith. Reuter's American pistol came to be loailed. He knew have still to be made.
Capt. Harvey did not keep it land- fom Hongkong, awards for which Service.
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'CAREFUL WATCH ON WEAK POINTS.
London, Jan, 22 Owing to the probability of further high tides in the Thames,
For the Portuguese, the most Special watch is being kept on the interesting section is one showing DOCTOR BOUND OVER points which suffered in the recent the tombs of the old Portuguese disaster.
missionaries in China, taken by Hig
ON DRUG CHARGE.
So far, there has been no repeti-Excellency the Minister for tion of the flooding and the new Portugal at Peking, with descrip concrete wall hastily built to fill tive passages and nutes. Pictures CONDITION THAT HE SHALL witness never had show him. the breach made in the brick of Macão life and activities wil structure at the foot of Lambeth also interest the Portuguese, while Bridge was completed yesterday.a number of paintings by Hong- The exceptionally high tides some hours later revealed a margin of fully five feet between the water
level and the top of the new wall.- British Wireless, ・・
Accused's Clean Sheet.
Not Guilty.
In all
ed. Witness had cleared It but Major James Jervis, D. A. P. M. never had loaded it. The boy had of the North China Command, pro- sporting gun and the pistols and convpany conduct sheets and sand seen witness cleaning both the duced Robertson's regimental and had, shown the greatest interest both were clean, there being no in the operation. He always ask-entry on either.. His employment ed how the gun was put together sheet showed endorsements "very and how the pistols worked, but hard-working, honest, sober, and a respectable man; entirely satisfac- ENTER HOME.
Witness did not think the first tory and trustworthy." shot
his military conduct was fired intentionally, Cases Was "The Bench consider this a very After the incident, he was flushed, very good. Witness had known and Macao amateurs, mostly sad chse," said Sir John Glad- excked, and nervous, and he was him since March inst year, and his young people, will be found in-stone, chairman of the Chippen- not in a fit condition to make a conduct was exemplary. Robertson tensely interesting..
ham Bench, on December 22, in statement. Ile appreciated that he that he had seen a great deal of had worked in witness's flat so The Exhibition is divided into binding over Dr. Thomas Pleydel! had made a mistake when opening the men. sections and all are will filled. Carter, in Chippenham médical his statement and that was why he There are 118 pictures in the practitioner, for 12 months on con- said afterwards that he did not ADVANCE WITH TIMES. of Macao, 31 relating to customs, a home for treatment.
section for scents and panoramasdilion that he, consented to enter know what happened after the first practices, etc., of Macao, and 19 in Dr. Carter was accused under: Some time previously he had a jury were told to consider their ver that for the commercal and Indus- the Dangerous Drug Regulations trifling quarrel with the boy. The diet, but, without leaving the box, trial activities of Macao. In the of attempting to obtain morphine latter, during Capt. Harvey's ab- Mr NW. Hickling annoux.ced that section for scenes of the Far East, after the Home Secretary had kence, had used an electric iron their unanimous verdict was "not there are not less than 277 cx-withdrawn his authorisation. London, Jan. 22,
and allowed the wire to, burn, thus guilty." An interesting development is bibits marked in the catalogue, as
Asked if he would enter a home, endangering the property in the The Judge Robertson, the jury recorded by the Colonial Office in well as many that arrived too late its announcement of a decision to for inclusion therein. Of life and Dr. Carter denied that he was at. When witness remonstrated, have found you not guilty 20 it. transfer the responsibility for the customs of the Far East, there are taking the drug himself and the boy later said he was sorry is only right that I should say that declared that conviction meant promised to get a new wire and I entirely agree with their verdict. those not defence organisation at Aden from 84, in addition to the War Office to the Air Ministry, catalogued. Commercial and in- total disbarment from his prac asked witness not to tell Capt. Therefore, you are discharged and Harvey. Since then, they had been there is nothing whatever against In accordance with this deci-dustrial activities produced only
good friends.. Sir John remarked, gently, that
your character, sion a Royal Air Force officer will pictures, but portraits number
Mr. Harris-On your bath, did
His Lordship thanked the jury be appointed in April next to 41. Paintings, and sketches, etc., he was afraid there was little
exempted them from further ser vice for two years..
NOTABLE DEVELOPMENT AT ADEN.
tice. F
shot.
At a few minutes past 6 p.m.; the
assume the command and admini- account for over 100 pictures, and chance of Dr. Carter practising at you intentionally shoot the boy for their attention to the case and
stration of the troops in the garri. there are also over 150 not present, and Dr. Carter then con- son British Wireless, MA
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sented to enter a home.
- Prisoner I did not, sir,-A
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