FRENCH COUNCIL
ELECTIONS.
SOCIALISTS DOING WELL AT THE POLLS.
MANY SEATS GAINED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
A SECOND OFFICER'S WAGES.
MASTER RELATES STRANGE INCIDENT.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16,
1928.
PRINCE OF WALES OBSTRUCTION IN CAINE
IN UGANDA.
ISLANDERS PROVIDE ESCORT
OF CANOES.
ROAD.
SHIPMASTER FINED.
REPATRIATED SEAMEN AS
PASSENGERS.
MOTOR CAÏE DRIVER'S PLEA.
At the Marine Court this morn. The driver of car No. 1800 was ing, before Commdr. J. B. Newill, tho Magistracy D.S.O., RN, the adjourned sum- summoned at to-day for leaving his vehicle un-mons against Captain K. II. Ruth- attended at Caine Road.
summons
The case in which Chan Tung- sbing, formerly Second Officer on the Canton boat Sun Sai Kai, is
A FINE SPECTACLE.
It appears, by evidence given berg, of the as. Atlantle, was
heard. The original claiming against the Sul Sang
by Mr. W. Kent, A.S.P., that a col-was served on July 23, when the Steamship Company Limited, 62,
London, Oct. 15.
liston was narrowly avoided when Paris, Oct. 15.
Connaught Road Wost, second
Probably the finest specticle two cars were about to pass each ship was on the point of sailing, Elections for Department Coun-floor, for wages and a pilotage
The master was charged with cils took place yesterday throughout fee, was continued before Mr. which the Prince of Wales lins other on the top of the incline near and this is her first appearance in France, except in the Selno district. Justice Jacks in the Summary witnessed in East Afrien was pro- the Old Bailey Junction, owing to Port aface that date...
with more than 12 passengers on There are still 65 results to come, Court this morning. Mr. C, A. 8.vided by 1,500 Sesso islanders who the obstruction presented by a whilst second ballots will be neccs-Rues is, for the plaintiff and Mr. met the vessel on which the Prince third car of which the defendant entering the waters of the Colony
crossed Lake Victoria a quarter was the driver. sary for 220 seats. So far, the A. el Arculli is defending.
Mr. Kent said it was impossible board, not being in possession of a for him to have failed to see the passenger certificate. On his non- Railcal Socialists have dónia beat. The plaintiff claims $354, 3254 of a mile from Entebbe, the lake-
defendant oven if he was seated appearance at the first calling, the The results so far declared aro being balance of wages and $100 alde empital of Uganda,
being an agreed price for piloting The islanders formed an caort inside his car, as the latter sug-caso was adjourned sine dic. 898 the slip on a special occasion, with their canoes, accompanying gested, and in any case it was a .306 from Singapore to Aunam. the ship to the pier at Entebbe, bona fide obstruction that was
194
where the Prince was welcomed being caused, .131
His Worship inflicted a fine of by the Governor, Sir William 32
Gowers, the head of the Govern- $5. 56
ment, and loading residents.
as follows:
Radical Socialista
This morning, Hau Fook, the master said that he engaged the plantiff as Second Officer at a wage of $60 a month. He was not engaged as a plot at a fee of $100.
The programme for the enter- are as The ship left Singapore on Septem-tainment of the Prince in Uganda ber 23, 1927 of half past six in has been arranged, to allow full Gains. Losses. The morning and the plaintiff di opportunity for him to see the seven and a not take duty until half hours Inter. He did nothing her than the work of Second Officer.
Republicans
Loft Republicans
Independent Radicals
United Socialisis
Conservatives
Socialist Republicans
Communista.**
The gains and losses
follows:
Radical Socialinia
Republicans
Loft Republicania
10
Independent Radicale
United Socialista
Conservatives
Socialial Itepublicans Communists
-Javas.
CARVALHO YEO,
CROWN EXPLAINS WATER RATES CHARGES.
country.
There will be only a few oficiali functions, all of which are to be disposed of in: one duy-British Wireless,
LAND SALES.
Captain Ruthberg pleaded guilty at this morning a hearing and informed his Worship of the facts appertaining to his failing to ap- pear at the first calling. He had asked his agents, Messrs. Dodwell and Co., to send a representative and explain the conditions.
Admitting that he carried no passenger certificate, the ship- master explained that the man on THREE KOWLOON LOTS
board had paid no fare and were, DISPOSED OF.
in fact, the crew of another ship, At the P.W.D. offices yesterday being repatriated to Hongkong. lols of Crown at the request of a shipmaster! afternoon, three land were disposed of at the upset friend. They diad been taken on
board. at Chinwangtao, where prices.
The first of these was Kowloon cheaper crew had been signed on Inland Lot 2144, which was sold by their original ship, and, as a Mesars. Lau Kiu, Ng Ying and favour, defendant had agreed to Pan Yun-kui, of Satyingpun for bring them back to flongkong. Neither he, nor his owners, had re- $7,688.
Lot 2145,ceived a single cent for their pas
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Mr. Arculll pointed out to wit- nens that plaintiff had said he was taken very seriously i, at Kwong Chow Wan and that medical expenses had been deducted from his wages.
Witness asid he was told that the plaintiff was ill, but when he went to see him he was all right after amoking a couple of pipes of NEW PROJECT TO ASSIST THE situate at the junction of Prince sage. The men were all sailors
SALVATION ARMY WORK IN SHANGHAI,
UNDERDOG.
oplum. The illness Insted only a short time and the plaintiff might
Shanghai, Oct. 16. have spent two or three dollars The preliminary trial of Car-for medicine. No money was de-
The Salvation Army is to begin vallo Yee on charges of making ducted from the plaintiff's wages, work in Shanghai on November 1st, forged alterations to duplicate re- Continuing, witness sald that by the opening of a men's hostel, culpts when employed inat year an on June 18 he gave nolics to the which will form the nucleus of Water Accounts clerk at the Hong-pinintiff and asked him to sign off larger work to be undertaken later. kong Treasury, was concluded be-on the 20th. Witness himself went General Booth, the lender of the before Mr. R. E. Lindzell, at the to the Marine office with $00, the Salvation Army, is said to be keen- Central Police Court yesterday amount due to plaintiff, but hey interested in social welfare work afternoon.
did not turn up
Witness saw the plaintiff on the 23rd. On that occasion witness placed $90 on the table; plaintif ook $50 and said he would take the remaining $40 when he signed
T.
The hearing was again adjourn
The accused, who had been pré- viously committed in mother case to take his trial before the Supreme Court at the November Criminal Sessionis in connexion with a fraud of over $260,000, was now again committed in the same Sessions on charges involving a further $15,-. 300.
In both enses, on the advice of his solletot, accused made no statements in Court, but reserved his defence.
Continuing his evidence yester- day afternoon, Mr. L A. Barton, a Treasury oficial, produced the counterfoll portions of several re- testifed as to ceipt books, and those receipts which had been tampered with.
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WATERFRONT FIGHT RECALLED.
CHINESE BEGGAR WOMAN IS RELEASED.
After considering the evidence
valable, the Attorney-General has entered a nolle prosequí in the case of the beggar woman who was The receipts were issued in dupheld on a charge of manslaughter Heate, and bore his signature, but as a result of the death of another alterations in the accused's hand woman with whom she had a fight writing had been made without on the central waterfront, Tas witness' knowledge.
month,
in Shanghai, following representa- tions by a group of persons pro-: minent in the city.
be
Kowloon Inland Edward Road and Waterloo Road, and he thought that, under the was sold to the Procuror General circumstances, they would of the French Mission for $56,625. allowed. He regretted the breach The Fuk Wa Bank, of Bonham of regulations, but, with many
not studied them too closely. Strand, bought Kowloon Inland other matters to attend to, he had Lot 2146 for $11,950.
His Worship, taking a lenient view of the ease, inflicted, a fine
MOTHER'S TROUSERS. of $48, being at the rate of $4-per
WORŃ AS SIGN OF GOOD LUCK!
head for the excess of passengers earried, there being 24 on board' when, the Harbour Office officials made their examination.
Another Case,
Suf Kam-tin, atceraman of a
cargo boat, of Sun Ou, ploaded guilty to (a) being under way in the harbour without regulation lights and (b) failing to take out
a licence for his craft. The acous-
A novel excuse was put forward The Hostel is designed essentially by Chinese who was charged for the benefit of Tom, Dielt and before Mr. W. Schofield, at the acn-farers, unemployed Kowloon Magistracy this morning, larry and hard Canes figuring In with being in possession of a pair the Police Courts and partial- of woman's trousers which were ly to solve the problem reasonably suspected to have been of destitution brought about stolen or unlawfully obtained..
The defendant denied unlawfuled stated that this was the first by the large influx of Russians in recent years.Our Owa Correspon-possession and said the trousers time he had entered the waters of were his own property. He said the harbour and he was not con- his mother had died and it was the versant with the regulations. custom in his district, Chang Hsien, for the son of a deceased mother to wear her trousers as sign of good luck!
dent.
CHAUFFEUR'S BAD START.
ACCIDENT AVOIDED BY
INCHES ONLY..
!
When arrested, however, the de- fendant had told the police that he had purchased the trousers for 60 cents. The garment was found concealed under his jacket, and
Mr. G. F. Hastam, manager of was wet. Messrs. Brunner, Mond and Co., His Worship disbelieved the appeared at the Central Police story told by the defendant and Court this morning as the com-registered a conviction, imposing plainant in a summons for negil-a fine of $7, or ten days hard test driving against the Chinese labour. driver of public car No. 144.
In reply to questions by hia Worship, he admitted that he had to use lights at Sun On, but they were not hoisted at the must-head as demanded by local laws.
Fines of $10 on the first charge and $9.20, the doubled cost of a licence, on the second charge were inflicted, with the separate alter- natives of two weeks' hard labour in each case,
FIRST CALL HERE.
"BARON ELCHO" ARRIVES
FROM DURBAN.
Witness said that, whatever The medical evidence-tended to large amounts there were in the show that the deceased woman had original and genuine receipts, they weak artery in the region of the were never brought into account neck which was liable to burst | Mr. Haslam stated that, when "The News Parade," the novel by the accused in the hooks of ander strain or excitement, Death passing through Morrison Hill picture which has been showing which he had charge, but he did was caused by the bursting of this Cap Road, opposite the Royal at the Queen's Theatro since Sun-
A vessel new to the port, although show the smaller amounts show artery, and the medical view was Naval Hospital gate, his driver day will be screened for the last in the counterfoils, each that it was not necessarily direct- had to swerve to avoid colliding me today. The story concerns of comparatively ancient build, re- case, witness had examined the ly due to, but could have been with defendant's car, which came an adventuresome youth, a news gistered her appearance in this round the bend at a tremendousreel camera man whose expert morning's Harbour Office report,! receipts and found signa if aggravated by, the fighting,
An accident was missed enres In the course of his work this being the Baron Elche, of the alterations and erasures.
In the tail course, the accused speed.
provide
and Hogarth Shipping Company. many thrilling
The Buron Elcho was built by The only case which the prosecu-was brought before the Magistrate by inches. tion called, as an Bustration of (Major C. Willson), by whom she
Inspector Alexander said the amusing 'incidenta. Nick Stuart
hero and Hamilton and Co., of Port Glasgow, and Sally Phipps, the others, was that of the Chenng was committed to stand her trial driver was in a controlled area. Chau Ferry Company Chan at this month's Sessions at the In inflicting a fine of $15, Major heroine respectively, de excellentin 1905, as the a,s. Hyndford, and Willson, told defendant that every work in the picture and, although is a steel screw steamer of 4,286 Chung, an official of this Company Supreme Court. testified that on receipt of the bill Consequent on the decision of reason for him to be cautious and comparatively new comers to the tons gross and 2.775 tons nett, en- and Engineering Company, of Port| he paid $562.50 over the Treasury the Attorney-General, however, o slow was contained in the fact screen, establish themselves as gined by the Clyde Ship-building
two very capable young artists..
Glasgow, to 418 N.K.P. She is re that he was a new driver. counter, and obtained a receipt the the
gistered at Ardrossan and her di- Game day.
mensions are length 370 feet, beam" This completed the case for the
49.2 feet and depth 19.6 feet.
prosecution and the accused of
10
in
WORKIN
Friday.
released Wis
lust
intimating through his solicitor SIR HENRY POLLOCK. (Mr. C. A. S. Russ) that he would mako
statement
Lhat Court but would reservo his de-i fence, was committed to stand his. trial at the November SessionB, AG stated,
STOLEN LADDERS.
PLEA OF SECURITY FOR
}
WAGES.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS
REPORTED.
The numerous friends of Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., will be in- terested to learn that Professor M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., 16 Digby, attending him for the fractura of his thigh resulting from his recent accident, and that, antisfactory progress is reported.'
Sir Henry and Lady Pollock] desire gratefully to acknowledge
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A theft which occurred us long the many kind letters of sympathy ago as June was mentioned at the and enquiry which have been re-
these are Kowloon Magistracy this,morningceived, and as when a Chinese painter was numerous to answer 'Individually, charged with larceny of 14 ladders Lady Pollock trusts that this. and alx pieces of board, the pro-acknowledgment will be accepted. perty of a white-washer of Sham shulpo,
The defendant, who admitted the charge, was alleged to have been formerly employed by the complainant and during June he disappeared. The ladders were also missing, but it was not until last week that information of the man's whereabouts was obtained, He was arrested and admitted to the police that he had stolen tho Indders.
TONGSHAN AMITY.
BRITISH MILITARY ENTER-
TAIN GENERAL PEI.
receiv
Naval wireless messages ed in Hongkong to-day state that General Pel Chung-hi called on the Officer Commanding the Brl- tish troops in the Tongshan area on Monday' and was entertained
The defendant told the Magls- trate that he had a certain amount at an oficial luncheon,
of wages due to him by the com-
The Tongshan area continues
plainant, and, not being able to ob- quiet and General Wel--son has tain this money he held the fad- | arrived with troops to take control
of the Kuyeh distrlet. ders as security.
His Worship took the plea as one of guilty and passed sentence of six weeks' hard labour.
The Commander of the 8th and 16th Fengthen divlalong from An- shan has proceeded to Mukden,
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BAC
USER BY MIA SERVICES, INC. NES. U. 6. PAT. Orr.
Don't pay any attention to him Bessie, he's only try-
ing to catch your eye.”
Entering from Durban, from which port she sailed on September 11, with a cargo of 6,200 tons of coal for local discharge on a draft! of 24 feet 9 inches, she is command. ed by Captain J. McDonald, with a crew of 23 Europeans and 12 Asiaties. Mesars. Wallem and Co, are the local agents.
BIG FIGHT OFF.
ITALIAN HEAVYWEIGHT BREAKS TWO RIBS,
London, Oct. 16,
The Italian heavyweight, Roberto Roberti, who was to fight Paolino Uzeuden, the Basque, at Ebbet's Field; Brooklyn, to- morrow, has had the misfortana to break two ribs,
Ife has therefore been compelled to withdraw from the match,— Reuter.
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