ATTACKED IN THE STREET.
`KOWLOON DAYLIGHT ROBBERY SEQUEL.
BOGUS SEARCHERS.
COLONY'S CRIME CALENDAR.
STARTLING INCREASE LAST YEAR."
After being knocked down by | GAOL AGAIN OVERCROWDED
blow on the temple delivered by
one of three robbers who set upon
him in daylight in Canton Road,
Kowloon, and robbed of a purse
WITH PRISONERS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MUSICAL JOTTINGS.
Chinese and Western Music- What Mr. Ore Is doing-Finding a Common Basis of Appreciation.
[DY. "ALLEGRO.").
I wonder if readers can give instances of any successful at tempts to transcribe Chinese melo- dies into Western piano music, go that the result is pleasurable to Chinese and Europeans alike. So far as I know, the ploncer 'work along these lines is being done locally by Mr. Harry Ore, the
containing $226 in Hongkong cur- BIG DAILY - AVERAGE.Lettish pianist and composer, with
rency and 10/- in English money, recently, Yung Shun-yuen, the, master of a rattan chair shop at
Serioun increase in crime in the
the able collaboration of Mr. Pun In-tat, who is an amateur expert In Chinese music, with the reputation)
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928:
DARING SHANGHAI WAR ON HOIFUNG
ROBBERY.
GANG REALISES ON PASS-BOOK.
$20,000 DRAWN FROM BANK ACCOUNT.
WOMAN IS GAGGED.
Shanghal, Apr. 14. Clever variety was introduced
COMMUNISTS.
SOVIET LEADER REPORTED WOUNDED.
HUNDRED KILLED.
According to Chinese reports, nows has reached Canton of the wounding on the battle-field of Pang Pai, the notorious leader of the Hoi-luk Fung Soviet,
The roport states that when troops of the 6th Army and of the 11th Division of the Centon troops | captured Wailol City, on the upper
500, Canton Road, chased one of Colony last year is disclosed by the of having an extensive knowledge into methods of robbers in Shang-region of the East River, expedi-
his alleged assailants for nearly half a mile and finally captured him. The sequel was heard at the Criminal Sessions this morning before Mr. Justles Wood and a jury when Sung Wing was charged with the robbery on March 24 which he denied.
annual reports of the Government Departments concerned which have just come to hand.
The Police Magistrates' report shows that tho increases cover practically the range of offences, petty serious, while It 19 table that over 350 persons were the figure for 1926.
full and no-
who launched'an attack on them.
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The result was that the "Reds"
proached him and, saying that they figure which is much in excess of in Europe or America, purporting with money without being caught, were defeated, more than 100
were police searchers, began to previous figures, search him,
A Serious Matter.
Over 7,000 Prisoners.
of Chinese music literature, boing hai on Thursday when a gang of tions were carried out in the near an author of several Chinese music books and of being able to play all Chineco, relatives of the woman by villages to track down
visited the wo- Communist remnants, they victimized, their standard Instruments. Their work promises to have remarkable man's home, overpowered and
A large band of "Reds," led by results nothing to equal it or bound with ropes everybody in the even approach it has been accom-house, and then, armed with her Pan Pai, had taken to their heele plished, or, if it has, the person chop and bank pass, book, proceed and when they arrived at Hap Somerset Fitzroy explained, that
Prosecuting for the Grown, MT.] convicted for larceny in excess of responsible has not thought itled to draw out of a bank the sum / Shan they mot Government units,
worth while to publish the results of $20,000 standing to her credit. the complainant had changed some
Against an estimated population
of his laboura.
The robbery was committed so money and was walking along Can of 800,100, the daily average of
cleverly that the whole gang of ton Road when three men apprisoners in the gaols was 1,189, a
All the pieces so far produced five people managed to get away
to be "Chinese pieces" or to have
The first act of the robbery was being killed, and from 300 to 400 an Oriental atmosphere about them, staged at 663 Yntes Road at 8 a.m., eaptured, whilst Pan Pai, the The report of the Superinten-are utterly unlike any Chinese on Thursday, when three Chinese leader, was seriously wounded, but As they knew, commented coun-dent of Prisons states that, the music and would malte no im called at the house. They were eventually succeeded in making off sel, the police had curtain rights number of prisoners received into pression on the Chinese them admitted by two other Chinese, towards the Ching Hol district. of search and all law-abiding prison during 1927 was 7,740 us is to produce complete robbery plan into operation.
selves.
What Mr. 11arry Ore is and the five proceeded to put their
The Military Headquarters in the East River districla are now Chinese citizens in the Colony against 6,511 In 1926, submitted to police search. it This represents an increase of Chinese songs or melodies (which
offering a reward of $100,000 for was, therefore, a very serious 1,229 on the total numbor offh the original have no alto, tenor
the capture of Pang Pal matter for pollee archers to be admissions. There was
an in or bass part in their composition), They went upstairs and found trease of prisoners convicted for cleverly and effectively arranged the woman, who was with her
Temporary Headquarters. impersonated,
The complainant adopted the larceny, the number being 1,452 as plano solos, with harmony and father. The two were tied up with To facilitate the work in the de- usual custom of putting up his against 1,083 for the previous counterpoint such as he would use roges and gagged, while a watch-yastaled district of Hoffung, a tem- hands, when the prisoner struck year.
in his own compositions. This is ful eye was kept on the servants,porary leadquarters for the 5th him on
not a thing that can be done by although none of the five was arm-Army has been established in that anyone with a gift for composition. ed.
district by order of. Gen. Hsu Kingstong, says the Canton Gazelle. Gen. Tang Yen-hua, Vice-comman- der of the Army and concurrently
25 the the Commander of the 16th Divi officer in charge, with instructions slon, has been nominated to suppress all bandits and bad elements in that locality.
the right temple and The number of Revenue Grade knocked him down. All three then prisoners admitted to prisons was set upon him and one, tearing open 4,842 which shows that 74 per his jacket, took the pursé contain cent. of the total admissions were ing the money from an inalde left Revenue Grade prisoners, pocket, after which they all ran
Victoria Gaol was again .over- away. Immediatoly on being re- crowded and additional congestion leased, the complainant ran after was caused through having to his nasailants who, however, accommodate sick prisoners in the branched off in different direc-alla, during the rebuilding of the 4ions. However he kept the pri- Hospital. It is hoped that the Boner in view and after a chase for new Hospital will be ready for a distance of nearly half a mile, occupation early in 1928. along a devious route, the prisoner stumbled and fell, in Austin Road. The complainant, who had been close behind, immediately tackled the man, someong blew a police whistle and a policeman came on the scene. The policeman would give evidence to the effect that both men were panting as though they had been running.
Prisoner's Denial,
Work in Guols.
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Room Ransacked,
1.
Gen. Tang Yen-hua is said to have been in Canton for the last few days, as he has returned from the front to ask instructions from General Wong Shiu-hung con- cerning certain, mosaures to be: taken for restoring tranquillity in the locality which he is defending. Relief Funds.
A sum of $300,000 has been ap- propriated by the Rellef Depart ment in Canton to be sent to the Wailoi district for the purpose of distribution of congue, and tho establishment of a home for the ac- commodation of the local sufferers, says the Gazette.
From the moment the prisoner combined attempt in escaping on keen one, to study Oriental musfe reported the robbery to the police starting the cheap sale of rice, the]
bal
While three men stood on guard, To begin with, Mr. Ora saturat-the other two ransacked the room ed himself in Chinese music for and brought to light the woman's at least a year and has continued bank paes book, which showed that to do so right up to the present the eum of $20,000 was standing to time. He made a study of the her credit.
The woman's chop was also dis- Chinese scate; found out why: curtain notes on their instruments covered, and the two men procood sound so much out of tune to used to the bank where the whole and why pianos scom dreadfully sum was drawn out on the authority out of tune to them. Convinced of the passbook and the chop. Un that there must be something suspecting, the bank employees In the pnting shop 13,867,160 attractive about their standard handed over the money.. forms were printed and issued to melodies, he determined to find out
All Escape. various Government Departments what it was and ultimately ac and 123,620 books bound or required a great liking for them. After waiting a reasonable time paired as compared with 13,319,014 He continually visited Chinese re-to ensure that the banking opera forms and 74,030 books in 1926, staurants and called for "sing-tion had been realized, the three The introduction of a wire stitch-song" girls, not because he de-, ing machine resulted in a markodrived pleasure from their method guards then left the house, result increase in the number of books of singing but to study the rhythm ing in the five men escaping. The bound and repaired.
and character of their melodies, two trussed-up Chinese eventually Four 'prisoners succeeded in a
a very managed to slip their bonds and It takes a musician, and was arrested, continued Mr. Fitz- November 10th.
at 12.30 p.m., four and a al first hand in such a manner roy, he said that other people had
At the Lai Chi Kok Prison much and for such a protracted period. hours. after the robbers entered taken the money, which seemed to progress has been made with the and it takes a talented composer the house. be an admission that he luid seenland resumed in 1926--which has to make Western pieces of then,
Most of the robbers are stated the affair.
en largely cultivated and re-not with a mere vamping accom-to be relations of the victimised At the Police Station the prelafined. This land affords much animent, but with clever har-woman.
This was one of six robberies soner made a statement to the needed useful employment for monies and modulations so that effect that he was in Canton Road prisoners at Lai Chi Kok, where the result is an effective, if reported to the Municipal police merely agʻa lookor-on when the there was no escape or attempt at bizarre, piano piece for a Western on Thursday. incident occurred when he saw two escape.
Concert platform.
Boy Kidnapped, men iry to search the complainant,
The ex-Crown Prince of Gor "What does a mere onlooker mean
There were 616 punishments In some cases Mr. Harry Ore A gang of four men who raided many has sold a number of estates by running and doubling to and fro along back streets for 700 awarded, for breach of prison Bis-has actually developeil his coun-1584 Kwej Zou Li, off Burkill Road, and will retain only 10,000 acres well-known on Thursday night confined their for hunting. The object of the yarda if he had nothing whatever cipline as compared with 516 for terpoint so that one to do with the robbery?" asked the preceding year. Corporal Chinese melody is given out by the attentions to kidnapping a boy of sales was to obtain 5,000,000 marks punishment was inflicted in this right hand and a totally different 11 years who was sitting at the for envestment in industrial enter- Mr. Fitzroy.
Replying to his Lordship, Mr. teen cases for prison offences, one is brought out simultaneously dining table while a dinner party prises, The sales were necessary awing to the losses in working the Fitzroy said nothing was found on while 171 prisonera were whipped, by the left. The effect is that the was in progress.
Chinese, who are accustomed to The men, who were armed, kept property. the prisoner, and the man who had by order of courts.
There were 35. deaths (14 listening to only one melody, can the guests quiet while the boy was the money got away, Those two others had vanished and there was natural causes and 21 executions), thus acquire the faculty of listen-taken from his chair and pushed Before no evidence as to what happened Tha: general health of the staffing to two tunes at once, and that into a wailing motor car.
bus been good. There has been as the beginning of their under the people at the dinner party. had to them.
Denying the charge the prisoner marked secrease in malarial cases standing and appreciation of West time to call the police, the gang sald he saw two men tackle the at Lai Chi Kok and practically no ern music. This is immensely had escaped with the boy, although plaintiff but took no part himself dysentery. This decrease is attri-significant.
(Continued on Page 11.)
Two Years Sentence,
Twenty-One Executions.
buted to the conversion of the low ring area resumed in 1926 After a short retirement the from an evil smelling, swamp jury returned a verdict of "Guilty," | into prepared land.
with which his Lordship express- The daily average of prisoners ed agreement, saying he thought was 1,189, the greatest the his. there was no doubt. He sentenced tory of the Colony and represent prisoner to two years' imprison-.136 per cent, of the population, ment with hard labour,
also a new high record. The 1920 figures were 1,054 and .134 [respectively, and the large increase PASSING BAD COINS.. in recent years is shown by the
EXCUSES WHICH DID NOT CONVINCE.
gures for 1922 which were 787 and 119 respectively.
Police Courts.
The report of the Police Magis- trates' Courta shows that the num-
Although caught red-handed in ber of cases during the year was the act of endeavouring to pass a 32,122 as compared with 30,616 bed 20-cent plece at a sugar-cane in 1920, while the Revenue was ́hawker's stall on the waterfront, a $223,811,97 as compared with Chinese boy offered a number of $233,629.18 in 1926. The number ingenious explanations in the Polico of cases wna over 1,500 grenter Court when charged this morning. than ever before, while the revenue He said he did not know that the is only exceeded by the years 1926 coln was bad. He had delved his and 1924. . hand into the wrong pocket; other- wise, he would have been reminded
of the fact that he had five coppers FIRST RIDE ON TRAM.
on him, each of which would have
been sufficient to cover the extent
of his purchase,
As regards two other equally bad 20-cent pieces which were found in
another pocket, ho stated that he
WANTED TWO TRIPS FOR
ONE TICKET.
had been under the impression that Charged before Major C. WIL they were genuino coins. It was son, at the Central Police Court just his luck that he should have this morning, with falling to pay selected a third bad coln to offer his tram-fare, a Chinese, 25 years to the hawker.
of age, advanced as an extenuat-
With regard to the remaining ing circumstance the fact that it five 5-cent pieces on the list of "dis was his first ride in a tram. He coveries” made by the policeman, did not know the regulations and defendant said he had intended to believed that he was entitled to a atilise these 28 buttons for his ne second ride on a ticket which he quit..
"That excuse won't wash," Mr. had bought on another tram.
'Ifa story was not believed, a fine
R. E. Lindell remarked, as he or of 83, or five days' imprisonment, dered twelve strokes with the cane. being imposed..
LKC
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Čemas D1820, BY MEA BERVICE, DIE,
they took no other booty.
(Continued on Page 11.)
Sure you remember mel Go on; guess again. Say how many fellerive you got?
It is found that after the district' was devastated by the Communista, over 10,000 sufferers were await- ing relief.
Without, being heard by the maids, a man entered Brackenles, Littleworth Common, Esher, mado a hurried tour of the bedrooms and escaped as silently as hu had arrived The with jewellery worth £100. maids were having tes in the kit- chen at the time, and an engage ment ring belonging to one of them was among the jewellery stolen.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
4.
The following general know- ledge paper had been taken from the Daily Exprcas.
Answers; for those who need them, will be found on Page 14
of this issue.
1 Where under the British flag to "Trial by Ordeal" still constantly practised?
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What is a Hartaf
Where was a missionary con- just held at which repre- tatives of practically every country in the world was present! Where has a proclamation of King George stating "Thou shalt do no murder" recently been cir. culated?
What was “Ploe Day" and who introduced it!
6 Whero la alavery still openly pras- tised; and how many slavsë · ars therof
7 How many_bollringere are there
in England!
8. What is believed to be England's oldest ship, and whore le che now lunge:
Who and what are the. Borop. Limiatal
10 What mysterious tribe with no senas of time has just been dis covered, and wheref
11 What hotable find has just been
made in Blackfriara!
12 Who was the last man to hold the office of "Cook-crower to the King?
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