BATCH OF TRAFFIC OFFENDERS.
LARGE NUMBER AT THIS WEEK'S "PARADE.”
RECKLESS DRIVING.
PASSED DOLLAR TO PRISONER,
WOMAN FINED $50 THIS MORNING.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
NASTY SHANGHAI INCIDENT.
PORTUGUESE ATTACKED BY
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A Chinese woman was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magistracy this morning, NEARLY BAYONETTED. with passing a one-dollar note to a romanded prisoner. It was stated that the incident occurred while the prisoner was being taken along Arbuthnot Road, outside the
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928.
LOCAL PROMENADE. CONCERTS.
TO BE REVIVED THIS SUMMER.
INSTALLATION OF DR. WANG:
NEW FOREIGN MINISTER'S SPEECH.
NO SURRENDER.
Nanking, June 16. Before the entire staf of the
At a meeting held at Volunteer Headquarters last night, it was de- Concerts which have been so suc elded to revive the Promonade
cessful a fenture of previous sum- Commenting on a report appear-mers. The idea of the organisers ing in the Chinese press concern-is to stimulate interest in the ing an incident at Hungjao Aero-Corps and it is hoped that mem- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a drome, in which it was made to bers of all units will give hearty representative gathering of the Mr. J. W. Franks, Superinten-cycle a Portuguese knocked over a ing the series a nucecha.
appear that while riding a motor-support and co-operation in mak-highest authorities of both Party and the Nationalist Government, dent of Prisons, said it was not a Chinese sentry, injuring him, the
Dr. C. T. Wang, the newly appoint- It is intended that the first con-ed Foreign Affairs Minister, was base of bribery, and he was not N. C. Daily News says further pressing for heavy punishment.
formally installed in office yester day afternoon at the Government Council Building.
Mr. G. E. L. Johnson summoned before Major C. Willson this morning, during the hearing of trafile cases, pleaded guilty to Gaol. charge of driving motor cycle No. 634 in n"dangerous manner on Monday last week.
Sergeant Saunders said he fol- fowed the defendant, who rode a motor-cycle and observed that his
His Worship observed that, average speed, at the time of the under the Ordinance, defendant offence, was about twenty five to was liable to a fine of $250 and six. thirty miles an hour. The defan-months' hard, labour. He would, dant was speeding on Caine Road. however, inflict a fine of $50, or
His Worship imposed a fine 'of four weeks' hard labour. $10.
It was stated that the defendant Mr. Peter Tso was summoned for reckless driving in Queen's claimed to be a relative of the Road East on June 12 between prisoner, and the matter of the Murray Road and Arsenal Street. disposal of the one-dollar note The prosecuting police officer said which she was endeavouring to that he chased the defendant and pass to the latter, next came up caught him up in Arsenal Street. for consideration." The average speed of the car was His Worship enquired if there between twenty five and thirty were any power fo confiscate the miles per hour. A fine of $15 was money. It did not come within the imposed.
definition of bribery, and he thought the best course would be
Racing?
enquiries have elicited a very dif-certs shall be sustained by the ferent story, and it is impossible lands of the 2nd. Battalion King's to get away from the fact that the Own Scottish Borderers and the Portuguese ran a
1st. Battalion of the Queen's Rögi- very narrow
After administering the oath of escape of being bayonetted by the ment, together with some of the sentry,
Colony's best amateur vocal talent, ofco to Dr. Wang, General Li The Portugueso gentleman in and that later in the season there Lich-chun said that the immediate question had taken his motor cycle shall be at least one concert given aim of the Nationalist Government was to preserve and safeguard out into the Hungjae district, and wholly by members of the Corps. with a friend who was scaled The first concert, to which His China as an independent nation. behind, had motored past the golf Excellency the Officer Administer. In order to achieve this aim, it was course. Then he turned into the ing the Government has kindly ex-necessary, Brst of all, to produce road leading to the Aerodrome, tended his patronage and at which an efficient internal administra- and had just advised his friend to he and Mrs. Southern and Party tion and increase the military hold tight on account of the bumpy will be present, has been arranged strength of the country: because, condition of the surface, when the to take pince on Friday, July 20th, according to the old world theory, Chinese sentry made his appear-a 9.15 p.m. The details are now only a strong army and navy can ance.
being arranged and further an- secure diplomatic victory for a Tho result of the nouncement will be made in due country.
European war might be cited as a course,
case in point. What was of more importance to a country nowadays was the proper management of its"
relations Mre properly hand-1 led, we need not fear that we shall fail again as we did in the last days of the Manchu regime": said General Li,
Rushed at by Soldier. to treat it as the prisoner's pro-acarcely had the cycle left the No challenge was given, but
Municipal road than the soldier
tunate for the two foreigners that
this was 80, for the Chinese
POINT SETTLED BY MAGISTRATE.
A similar penalty was inflicted | perty. on a Chinese youth eaught speed- Mr. Franks said it was not rushed at the cyclist with bayonet WHO MADE ARREST? foreign affairs. "If our foreign ing on motor cycle No. 926 in likely that the prisoner, for fear fixed. It was impossible to pull Caine Road on June 10. The proof compromising himself, would up dead, and perhaps it was for- accuting police officer said he was claim the money. He mentioned In his quarters in Caine Road that there WHB મા "Prisonora When he heard two motor cycles Fund" and indicatod that the racing up the rond.
On looking dollar would be utilised in over his verandal he saw two direction. cyclists abreast of each other; both He proceeding at a great.speed. managed to make out the defen- dant's number.
His Worship (to defendant): 'Why did you do this foolish thing? You might kill somebody.
Defendant explained that he was not aware that another cyclist was abreast of him at the time.
3
MAGISTRATE
that
COMMENDS WAITER.
SECURES ARREST OF A PICKPOCKET.
The Magistrate next dealt with
"I am glad to see you are so pub- case in which the, driver of public motor cat No. 291 was "lie-spirited,” said Mr. R. E. Lind- charged with carrying three pas- sull, at the Police Court this Chinese tea-house sengers in excess of his license. morning, to a A police officer said the car was a five seater Overland Whippet apd he saw. it in Morrison 1 with six adults and four children on board. A fine of $10 was imposed.
Lenient.
In another case, in which a Chinese was charged with ab- atructing in Chater Road, Inspee- [2 tor Alexander of the Trafie De- partment pointed out that the man had just served a term of impri- sonment because he was not able to meet a fine imposed recently, The Inspector said defendant had had much chance to money since his discharge from prison.
Hot
earn
Is Worship. took this fact into consideration and imposed a fine of $5, allowing a werk in which. to pay..
.
How an accident was narrowly averted in Morrison Gap Road, dur to reckless driving on the part of the chauffeur of public car 208
Was
described by a European consinble when the chauffeur was aummoned for negligent driving. The defendant's car raced down Morrison Gap Road towards the
SPEAKER RETIRES.
The Right Hon. J. i. Whitley, who is retiring from the Speakership of the House of Commons to-day.
Monument at a time when another water from West Point, who was car was about to turn into Morrison yesterday instrumental in effect Gap Road. Defendant's car, owinging the arrest of a pickpocket, who to its speed, was not able to keep had stolen a five-dollar bill from the left of the road and barely another Chinese. missed the approaching vehicle.
A Wenk Nation's Strength. Speaking as the representative
evidently meant business as his bayonet missed the driver of the A Chinese was arrested in the eyele by only a few inches. To street yesterday in possession of show the strength he had put into 120 tacks of illicit prepared opium. his bayonet lange, the point of his A point arose froth the seizure as of the Government Council, Gen. weapon pierced the caver of the to which of two men who brought | Tan Yen-kai reminded his audience gear box, and unable to extricate the prisoner to the Police Station that it was wrong to think that u it, the soldier was carried along was responsible for the arrest weak country could never get satiss with his rifle for two or three Chinese constable or an Indian faction by negotiations with yards. He stumbled and was Sergeant.
stronger countries. "We have dragged along the ground for a few feet, harking the skin of his
Failing to have the position re-everything we need to make our farm' and leg in the process.
gulated in the charge-room, Ins-selves strong," said General Tan, pector J. Clark appealed to the "What we need now is able man- Bench when he charged the pri-agement of both our internal and As soon as the cycle came to a soner before Mr. R. E. Lindsell foreign affairs, There are many hall, the soldier was up on his feet at the Central "Police Court this controversies which even a war cannot settle and we need not re- and got his bayonet clear. As he morning.
sort to wars to settle our foreign
Hit With Rifle.
shoulder with his rifle.
was apparently about to attack Inspector Clark sald inat before affairs. The Tsinan case is a again, the Portuguese took hold of the case started he wished to have difficult one, but if we go about it the bayonet, and succeeded in bn-his Worship's assistance in set-in the right way, we enn be sure fixing it, whereupon the sentry tling's point. The Chinesu con- of our final victory. landed a couple of blows on the table claimed to have arrested "We will strive t} we attain the The arrival of an officer put anthe man first and said that the goal of International equality and Indian Sergeant came up later, national independence as instruct- end to further violence on the part The Indian, on the other banded by our late leader, and with Mr. of the sentry, and all concerned were taken to headquarters along claimed that it was he who came Wang handling our foreign affairs, with the motor, eycle. After up to the man first and arrested we are sure of good results." Laking the name and address of him. the Portuguese the officer in charge ultimately agreed to set ward? him at liberty, but insisted upon
retaining the motor cycle,
His Worship:-Question of a re-
is Worship interrogated the Inspector Clark: That's it.
[defendant, wlio then said that it was the Chinese constable who ar- rested him.
Had to Walk. Admitting that he was wrong in proceeding upon a Chinese road Inspector Clark:--That is all I without a licence, the Portuguese want to know, your Worship. offered to pay any reasonable fine The defendant was fined $5,000, provided that the cycle was re-or eight months! hard labour, leased, but telling him that they The value of the seized narco- could walk to the nearest bus, the ties is $960, and the usual practice officer refused to let the bicycle was to award ten per cent, of the go. The driver and his friend had value to the informer or other accordingly to walk to where they person responsible for the arrest. could get conveyance,
It is understood, however, that Apart from the damage to the police eflcers are excluded from motor cycle and an odd bruise or this reward.' two to the sentry, the only material damage done seems to have been to the bayonet, which was twisted when it came into contact with the
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Mr. Howard Carter, the famous gear box. It is understood that it Egyptologist, has delivered two was taken yesterday to the, Portui lectures in Madrid on the tomb of The waller was asked whether Huese Consulate as an exhibit, in King Tutankhamen, which
aroused the greatest interest.
His Worship muleted the defen- he knew the complainant and, on dant in the sum of $15,
replying in the affirmative, was further asked if he would be as prompt in his act, if the complain. ant was a total stranger to him,
For failing to report that he accidently ran into motor car No 100, the driver of car No. 355 was fined $4 in addition to which he had to pay a further $10 on a charge of reckless driving.
De-
He replied that he had had but a passing acquaintance with the complainant, and for doing fendant pleaded guilty to both what he had done, he would not charges.
have hestitated or thought twice
A number of public car drivers about it if the man had been a were fined mums ranging from $5 stranger, to $10 for obstruction in Pedder: Street and Chater Road.
SOLDIER'S MIDNIGHT
CALL:
PROBABLY VISITED WRONG HOUSE.
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Some excitement was caused in Nathan Road, in the Yaumati district, during the early hours of this morning when a soldier at- tempted to enter the first floor of No. 989. An alarm was imme. diately raised, but before the arrival of the palleo, the intruder had disappeared.
It appears that a lady. residing on the first floor of No. 333, Nathan
The reply pleased the Magis- trate, who observed that such a display of public spirit was to be commended. He directed the In- spector prosecuting in the case to bring the.conduct of the waiter to the notice of the Captain Superin- Lendent of Police, adding that it was possible the man might get a reward.
The pickpocket was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
INDIAN CONSTABLE'S
MISHAP.
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR.
Sher Mahomed, an Indian con
Road was aroused from her sleep stable, was injured as the result of some time after midnight by a motor-accident which occurred someone attempting to open the yesterday morning, in the New front door, Being alone with two Territories. amall children, she immediately The policeman had alighted from blow a police whistle and the man a bus and was crossing the road to rushed down the stairs into the enter the Pingshan Police Station, street. It was then seen that he when he was knocked down by a pubile motor-car which was ap- was a soldier in uniform,
proaching unseen by the constable, He from the opposite direction. received a compound fracture of the left leg, and was taken to hospital, ]
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It is probable that "Tommy,' not being familar with the locality, had gone to this particular house To mistake.
the case,
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In reply, Dr. Wang said that he was well aware of his limitations and was keenly alive to the heavy the support of the Government and responsibilities. However, with
of the people at the back of him he would 'exert himself and try his best' to be of service. The new Minister stated that he aimed at the abrogation of the unequal trenties and would not yield to the strong Powers-Kuo Min.
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