THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SOUTH AFRICAN EL NUMEROUS LARCENY
DORADO.
AMAZINGLY RICH FIND
OF DIAMONDS.
ment" caused a dret class debate
1. CASES.
LONG LIST AT KOWLOON:
An unusually long list of lar ceny.casca was heard by Mr. Scho, field at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.!
The defondant denied the actual theft, but stated that another boy atole the money and gave it to him, instructing him to run away,
BRITISH ARMY CHANGES.
HOW DECREASED PERSONNEL
HAS BEEN EFE
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928.
THE SCARLET
LETTER.
POWERFUL FILM, AT THE QUEEN'S
COSTLY SINGAPORE HOUSES.
PROTEST AGAINST EXPENSIVE QUARTERS.
OFFICIAL LUXURY.
There is something intensely human and appealing" in "The MORE MEGHANISATION Scarlet Letter," now being screen-
·WHOLE AREA TO BE DECLARED Aten-year-olf Chinese was
ed at the Queen's, Theatro Tra STATE DIGGINGS. ···
charged with stealing eight ten-
London, March 1, gie in ita theme, it is, none the A a meeting of the Singapore cent pieces and eight ve-cent Important changes in the Army less, relieved by the clever hand- Municipal Commissioners, last pieces from the stall of a woman are announced by the Secretary ing of the story, which concerns week, Mr. John Laycock protested PROTECTING MARKET. Set term hanghai for War in the memorandum ac- the bigotry and intoleranco shown against the amount allotted for Street yesterday afternoon, companying the Army Estimates, by zealots in the early Puritan building Municipal quarters this The decrease of 12,000 in the settlement in New England. The year; pointing out that the cost size of the Army is accounted for fall of the village seamstress from of houses to be built for European by the smaller number of troops grace provide a theme which officers, including the land, would employed in China, the withdrawal might easily be crude and un-be: $40,000, and $8,000 in the case His Worship said that the de-of coast defence troops from Ber-savoury, but it is made the of houses for the subordinato staff. fendant's plea amounted to one of muda and Sierrà Leblic, reductions medium for illustrating a great Mr. Laycock pointed out during guilty of receiving..
in the British Army on the Rhine, and abiding love.
the present year the Commis- Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson alonors were to build quarters for Inspector Fallon," who prosecut-reorganisation of the troops in ed, accepted the plea, although the Egypt, and economies resulting share the honours in the leading 18,ofleers at a cost per offlcor of the defendant was actually seen to from the continued revision of the roles. The former has a big more than $30,000, and quarters Home and emotional part, and ale reaches for 79 members of the subordinate snatch the money from the com- establishments at
abroad.
great heights in her interpreta-staff at an average cost per officer plainant's stall,
During 1927, one medium brig- Swedish star, gives a very power the cost of the land was added it tion of It. Lars Hanson, the new of $6,000. In each case the price was exclusive of land, and when ade of Royal Artillery hateful presentation of the Impileated was fair to any that they were to withdrawn from the Mediter-
minister. ranean to, Great Britain, and one
The settings are historienily for $40,000 and of the latter type build a house of the former type infantry Battalion has
correct, whilat the photography is for $8,000. He thought that those brought home from the Rhine.
of unusual excellence. Those who were far too heavy prices to pay. The remaining decrease of 500 like a gripping film should not for quarters. is due to the reduction in Indian miss "The Scarlet Letter.' troops employed in the Middle East from 2,000 to 1,600.
Cape Town, Mnr. 1. An apparently unimportant item of £2,500 for district develop in the Assembly, in the course of which interesting details wore. given of a romantic discovery of a fabulously rich alluvial deposit of diamonds in Alexander Bay, at the mouth of the Orange River, which was first disclosed last December. Sir David. Harris described the new El Dorado as the richest
diamond field ever discovered any
where.
Questions ellcited the informa- tion that diamonds are lying on the surfen und only need picking up. The Government owns a hung dred claims from which experts have extracted £160,000 worth of diamonds in a few weeks by hand-| picking.
His Worship remanded the de- fondant until to-morrow morning for enquiries concerning the de- fendant's relatives or someone willing to take churge of him,
Stolen Planks.
:
bean
Sentence of three weeks hard labour, with the option of a fine of $16, was imposed on a Chinese who was charged with larceny of three In view of the lessons learnt planks from No. 120, Kowloon during the last year, it has been decided to increase the number Tong carly yesterday morning.
funds permit, to supply armoured of medium and light tanks as cars for certain cavalry units, and gradually to provide the fighting and other mechanised vehicles required by all units. Re-design of equipment in keeping pace with the progress in mechanisation. Experiments are also proceeding with artillery of lesser calibres, both for close support and for anti-tank work-British Wireless.
The Government propose that sixty Namaqualand diggers shall
The defendant was arrested by work the fields on behalf of the State. The Minister, Mr. Beyers a Chinese, detective carrying the emphasized that the government boards. On being questioned, he would control the output. The op- took the officer to No. 120, Kow- position led by General Smule, loon Tong from which place he deprecated the principle of State had taken the planks, digging as involved. The debate: is proceeding-Router.
Whole Area Exceedingly Rich. !
Dock Theft.
A brass cock and a brass wheel, valued at $10, formed the subject of a larceny charge brought against a carpenter employed at the Kowloon Docks.
Cape Town, March 1. On the resumption of the debate, Mr. Beyera stated that In addition to the hundred claima registered by The defendant'pleaded guilty. the Government at Alexander Bay, According to Inspector Fallon, the whole adjoining area, contain-the defendant was arrested in ing approximately thirty thousand Shanghai Street with the two claims was exceedingly rich in dia- brass articles in his possession. mondн."
He had personally picked up din- monds worth £600 in the course of an hour,
The Government intended to de- clare the whole area to be "State
His Worship imposed a fine of $50, with the alternative of one month's hand labour.
Pawnbroker Prosecutes,
FOOTBALL FORECAST
COMPETITION.
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than five out of the 12 matches given on the coupon onded in a
"
CHEESE, MERCHANT AND AUTHOR.
.
A FISTICUFF DUEL
Thore. were very few firma in this Colony that could afford to build houses for their staff at a cost of 15,000 each, and these were not No. 1 houses. These 'houses,, which would cost. $30,000, would be occupied by officers employed in Class 3...That was too largé an amount to spend on an assistant's housa. No business firm could Boulogne, Feb. 6.
afford to do it. They ought to Fisticuffs hava superseded the house their employees well, but words and pistols of the former they ought not to spend as much days in settling affairs of honour, a they were doing. If the Com checae merchant named missioners gave their employees Liborel felt personally Insulted expensive houses they were by a passage in a local revue and raising the lattera standard of sent hin seconds to the author de- living beyond their means, and manding an apology or a boxing that was a thing to be deprecated match of five two minute rounds in every possible way under English rules, with a doctor
A
in attendance,
The same was true, of the sub- The challenge was accepted. ordinate, staff. There was no The gymnasium was hired and reason why their aubordinate ONE COMPETITOR WINS $25. Neither combatant was in train- 38,000, That would mean a rental Tumerous friends were invited.amcers should have houses costing Last week's football competing, but the duel was, neverthe of $80 a month. How many of their clerks could afford to pay tion again proved rather difficult less in deadly earnest:
Liborel bled profusely from the that? There was a new type of by reason of the fact that no fewer
from the beginning, but the house that was being ballt in match went five rounds."
Singapore that cost about $3,000. The author was declared the It was a type of small barrack winner on points, but he, too, was house, and a very desirable one, soundly thrashed.
and the Commissioners should. build that type rather than terrace houses costing $8,000. Lay-outs had been approved for the erection of a smaller, typo of house for Europtans, and he suggested that that type should be substituted, for these more expensive houses in. next year's Budget.
draw.
They embraced each other, and left the ring, their honour natia fled.
A pawnbroker, résiding on the digginga." If they acted other-first floor of No. 34, Temple Street, wise, it would mean foreing large prosecuted a Chinese on a charge quantities of 'diamonds on the of larceny of a woollen blanket. In consequence, there have been market which was most undesirable. Inspector Fallon informed his | relatively few claims for the prize. Worship that the defendant was There were two claims in respect seen carrying the blanket, and, of nine correct forecasts, but on when questioned, he stated that it examination we find that, one of belonged to him, The detective the claimants has made an error, we taking the defendant to his eight being the most he has right THE residence, when the latter threw on any one coupon. the blanket away and attempted to escape,
The competitor who was suc- cessful in correctly forecasting! nine matches correct was:
Mr. V. Allenz.
Orient Buildings,
SOUTH AFRICAN LIQUOR BILL.
"Paved With Diamonds," Replying to the fears expressed by the Opposition that the overseas I'ress would be filled with blazing headlines conveying the impression that South Africa was paved with diamonds, Mr. Beyers said he did not mean that one could find £1,000 The defendant was chased and worth simply by picking them up. caught by a pedestrian, On en- If any such idea had arisen inquiries being made, it was found that the blanket was stolen from the first floor of No. 1, Temple Street. To have gained admit- tanee to the premises, the defen-shall be glad to hand him the prize Lindsay for the exclusion of dant would have had to climb the drain pipe, added Inspector Fallon,
the course of debate, he asked to correct it-Reuter.
GRAVE DANGER TO CANADA.
NEED TO RESTRICT JAPANESE IMMIGRATION,
f
Victoria (B.C.), Mart 1. A debate took place in the Lyris lative Assembly on a resolution
Defendant was sentenced to one mouth's hard labour..
Fire Brigade Loss,
Ar. EF; Brown, mechanic of
Nathan Road, Kowloon.
If he will call at this office wel
OFFENDING. CLAUSE
PROBLEM.
·
Capetown, Feb. 7. The appeal made by Sir Darcy
moncy.
Indians from the white labour; This week's coupon will be clause of the Liquor Bill,, which found on another page of this has been given prominence by the issue.
Cape Times has aroused very great interest.
We wish to impress on competi- tors the fact that if they will send' in all their coupons in one en- velope it will greatly facilitate the the Hongkong Fire Brigade, ap-work of checking up claims. peared as a witness in a case in which a Chinese was charged with
to the Hongkong Government," it
Manchester is
inging the abrogation of the areeny of a nuetal bush, belonging Anglo-Japanesi Treaty so far as
to have. Its it related to the Provincial Gov-being alleged that the defendant 1000000 Town Hall and Library, ernment's right to enact anti-stole the article from an engineer and work upon it is to be com- Oriental legislation, and request-shop at No. 10, Tung Street, meneed as soon as practicable. ing the Federal Government not where it had been left for remetal- to grant any further naturalisa-ng. tions of Orientals.
The defendant pleaded that al Mr. Manson, the Provincisi At friend had stolen the article. torney General, suggested that dence that during the overhauling It was gathered from the evi- members of the Assembly should of the No. 6 fire engine in the unite in preparing a resolution pointing out to the Federal Gov-Brigade workshop, twelve metal erminent the seriousness of the bushes were sent to Yaumuti for Oriental immigration question.
remelalling. On February 28th, the In the course of his speech, Mr.
defendant visited a friend at the Manson said the greatest danger left it was discovered that one of, engineering shop and after he had threatening was a disastrous in- termixture of races through inter-
the bushes was missing. marrying. He added that the
The defendant was later located and he at once volunteered to show
situation must be met promptly.the police where the article was
-Reuter's American. Servicë,
RUBBER AND MINING SHARES.
THE LATEST STRAITS QUOTATIONS.
sold, Evidence was given that the defendant had taken the bush to a murine hawker.
The defendant was convicted and fined $50. with the alternative of aix weeks' hard labour, it being sbated that there was nothing known against him.
Four other larceny cases were mentioned but these were put off. Messrs. Carroll Bros, have been were two cases of snatching," one.
antil afternoon. Among thes advised of the following quota- tions and dividends on rubber and fourth larceny from the person.
larceny of a chicken and the mining shares:
Allenbys
Glenealys
Jimaha
Kedahs
Quotations.
Malaka Pindas Pajems
Dividends.
2.00
Squadron-Leader R. S. Booth,
1.95
who piloted the airship R. 88 back
1.05
to her mast at Pulham, Norfolk,
3.10
after she had broken away in a gale in April 1920, is engaged to be
1.80 married to Miss Lily Taylor, of 1.80 Fairlight Luton,
North Taiping-10% final, mak- Ing 80%
Sungof Way.6%. Interim. Ulu Benut 6% final, making
For his feat of pilotage he was promoted from Flight-Licut, to Squadron-Leader and given the A.F.C. It is probable that Squad- ron-Leader Booth will pilot the new giant airship, R. 100, on her Brat lights in July,
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Reuter understands on good authority that the spirit of the South African agreement will be
"If partners in firma can only afford to live' in flats there is no reason why junior officers of the Municipality should live in houses costing $40,000," Mr. Laycock con- cluded.
BRITAIN & EGYPT."
PROPOSALS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Cairo, March 1. maintained:
The newspapers declare that the Mr. Teman Roos will confer British proposals are unaccept- with Mr. Sastri to-day and the able and predict their early rejce- Cabinet will review the position ion. They simultaneously em- in every aspect. It appears cer- phasise that the failure to reach tain that the offending clause will an agreement does not mean a be dropped or left to an open vote break but that the situation will of the House and rejected.
remain as before the conversations. -Reuter.
'THE METAL BOX"
*
Mystery surrounds the death of Misa Evelyn Croom, an elderly lady of limited means, living alone with her maid in London.
The maid, Martha Keene, returned from the Cinema to find that although the light was on in the house, slie. could get no answer. A constable entering through an open window, found: Mies Croom lying on the floor with a fractured skull.
Only two days before Hor.death, Miss, Croom gavo into the charge of her nephew, Dr. Foster Markwell, a dood box, and entreated him to surrender it to norie. but horself.
Little did he realize the complications that were to arise but Mr. Thomas Cobb doale with the matter so deftly in his sorial story "The Metal Box," that one can forgive Dr. Markwell for his lack of foresight.
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The first Instalment of this story will appear
in the
"Telegraph"
MONDAY NEXT.
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