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THE LATEST WATER
STATISTICS.
J
A WEEK'S INCREASES IN THE RESERVOIRS.
A
MORE COMMUNIST END OF THE SOUTH
PROPAGANDA.
CHARACTERS ON WALL OF
POLICE STATION,
IMPROVED POSITION. HARD LABOUR TERM.
A charge of exhibiting without We are officially informed that the total storage in the island permissión on the wall of the Yau reservoirs on the morning of Mon mati Police Station a notice, in day, Oth. September, amounted to Chinese was brought ngalust an 1,014.62 million gallons, showing earth-coolle before Mr. T. S. an increase of 36.49 million gallons Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Ma- during the past week; the amount gistracy this morning, it being collected from streams being 87.96 alleged that the defendant was million gallons.
AFRICAN TOUR.
BEATEN BY INNINGS BY AN ENGLAND XI.
WOOLLEY & HEARNE.
London, Sept. 9. The Folkstone Cricket Festival
to-day. concluded
twenty-four hours before schedule, the South Africans going down badly in their last match. against an England XI. The M.C.C. chose a strong team for the game and the South seen writing anti-British propn-Africans were outplayed in all de partments, losing by an Innings The week's consumption amount-garda. ed to 51.47 million gallons.
The defendant pleaded guilty and 16 runs, The total storage in the main-and said he was ignorant of the land reservoirs on the morning of local laws...
His Worship asked if the trans- Monday, 9th, September, amounted to 495.71 million gallons, showing lation of the characters was certi an increase of 27.75 million gallonsfied, but Detective Inspector Fal- during the past week.
Jon replied that the defendant was only charged with exhibiting the notice without permission froin the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
The week's consumption amount ed to 27.20 million gallons.
The yield from the Shing Man River and streams during the week is 56.31 million gallons.
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His Worship: So there's need for me to say what was on the notice?
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Worship.
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CHARGE.
CASE REMANDEÐ FÖR HEARING,
His Worship:Perhaps I had better not.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant was seen by a Chinese detective writing on the wall of the Yaumat Police Station. The officer went up to him, and in an attempt to arrest him a struggle ensued: Sub-Inspector Colton ar- rived on the scene and the defon- dant was taken into custody.
His Worship remarked that it was a very serious ense,
Charged with an offence against a married woman, Gourdi Singh, on appearing on remand before Mr. B. W. Hamilton at the Central Policé Court to-day, asked leave to make a stufement, with his hands clasped together in the, nttitude of
Detective Inspector Fallon re- one making a petition.
plied that the defendant was try- Permission being given, Gourdi ing to stir up trouble among work- Singh began his story thus:ers. There had been a lot of that have been serving this man for In Hongkong latterly. There was four moribs, He has two wives-
"
The South Africans won the toss and took first knock, giving They a very shaky exhibition. were all out on Saturday for 153, and that the pitch was not reapon- sible was lustrated when the England XI batted. The innings closed to-day after 460 runs had heen scored. The feature of the innings was a splendid partner- ship between Frank Woolley (111) and Hearne, the Middlesex bats- man, who hit 143.
When South Africa went in again, for the last time in their 1029 tour, they gave a better dis play, but were dismissed for 281, jual failing to avoid the innings defent. "Tich" Freeman bowled splendidly for England taking G wickets for 35 runs in South Africa's second innings.~Renter,
POLICE SERGEANT'S
DEATH.
NO ENQUIRY TO BE HELD
INTO TRAGEDY, .......
No enquiry will be held in con- one of 80 and the other 20. The no doubt that he was a Communist.
When asked why he had written nexion with the death of Detective. younger one went over to a bunga
found dead from a revolver wound low opposite to a driver employed on the wall, the defendant said Sergeant J.A, Dyerson, who was
he had had too many drinks. by a European resident-."
The polico alleged that the de. in a lavatory at the Central Police fendant when arrested was per-Station on Saturday, ・ feetly sober.
Gourdi Singh was stopped at this point by the Magistrate, although Mr. T. Murphy, A.S.P, (had, a short time before, been told by his Worship "to make a note of what the man was going to Bay,"
Turning to Mr. Horace Lo, who Chad been instructed to take up the case on behalf of the defendant, Mr. Hamilton suggested that whatever Gourdi Singh might have
Sentence of two months' hard labour was imposed.
MOTORISTS BEFORE
COURT.
to say in the way of a statement, ONE CAUTIONED & ANOTHER be anid to Mr. Lo himself. by virtue of the latter being there to act on his behalf.
Mr. Lo concurred, saying:-1 don't think it is good for him to make any statement at all, your Worship.
..
Gourd Singh complained that he had not the time or oppor- tunity to speak to his solicitor, and was assured by the Magistrate that he would have that oppor- tunity at the earliest possible moment. "He will come up to sea you, you need not worry about it," said his Worship.
It was state by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, who appeared, for the police, that he would be fully en- gaged at the Criminal Sessions next week, with three murder enses before the Chief Justice, I explanation of the reason why he had been unable to interest him- self in the present ease at a earlier stage,, the Public Prosecu tor said he had been at the Government Civil Hospital "monkeying about with violet raya
and things like that."
Gourd Singh's C18C was remunded for hearing at 2.16 p.m. on the 17th instant..
CHINESE WAITER
SENTENCED.
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
A WOMAN, ·
I
Interrogated as to motives when committing a murderous assault on a Chinese woman whom he was vixiting at West Point, a restaur ant-water told Mr. E. W. Hamilton to-day that the woman had dis appointed him.
The evidence disclosed very de- liberate intent, which led the Magistrate to remark that he was not cure flat the accused was not contemplating murder.
In any case, it was a fortunate thing for the neensed that he was not up for murder.
The woman appeared in Court with her head swathed in bandages, having bled freely from cuts in- flicted with a hammer,
Sentence of six months' hard labour was passed,
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
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The following warships are in
port:
Basin,--J.M.
Ships Tamar,
Moth, and Tarantula,
North Arm.-II, M. Ships Stor- ling and Stormcloud.
In Dock.-H.M. Ships Seraph, Serphis and L.19.
Foreign.-U. S. S. Guúm, Japan- ese G/B. Jil, and French G/B. Vigilante.
this
.FINED.
Charged with parking his car at Wardley Road, Mr. C. Bitzer pleaded guilty at the Police Court morning, but said that he had seen many other ears parked were public there. Not only cars guilty in that respect, said Mr: Bitzer, but he had personally seen private cars and also hotel buses there."
Inspector Nicols said that all cars had heen warned not to park in Wardley Street for the past month.
Defendant was cautioned.
A Chinese school-master named
In giving this indication, a police official at Headquarters this morning said that the post-mortem. examination disclosed the fact that the deceased officer had auf- fered from tubercular meningitis of the brain, and thin in all pró- baility disclosed the motive for the suicide: The disease had appar. ed to have been of long duration, and although suffering acutely from its effects, Sergeant Dyerson had preserved a stoical, exterior, giving no other outwards signs of his condition than that which hud been regarded as a reserved dis- position."
ENGINES FOR CANTON PLANES.
TO BE INSTALLED IN OLD 'MACHINES,
Canton, Sept. 9.
It will be recalled that some time
S. L. Yen appeared before the go the Canton Aviation Bureau or- First Magistrate (Mr. E. W.dered 20 aero mater engines from Hamilton) on a charge of leav-the engines have now arrived at a French firm at Shameen. Six of ing his car unattended it. Caine Canton and been taken delivery of Road, about 50 yards away from by the Bureau. the top of Old Bailey Street,
His Worship:-What have you got to say?
member the occurrence.
Mr. Yen- don't actually re-
The prosecuting police officer says that you left your car there on Friday, August 16, for most part of the day and night?-I might have left the car there part of the day, but I don't think the car was there at night.
Do you go up to Caine Rond very often I am a school-teacher and I go up to Caine Road sometimes for religious purposes.
be placed in old planes, which will It is said that these engines will be converted into fighting machines, each with a machine gun.-Canton News Agency..
PRESSING A CHARGE.
ANOTHER REMAND IN LARCENY CASE.
When the case against a Chinese, charged with stealing a watch from You know how dangerous it is Mr. Ulbright of the 8.8. Coblenz, to leave a cur in a place like Caine was again mentioned before Mr. Road. I fine you $3. ·
T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Before he left, Mr. Yen was told | Magistracy this morning, Detective that he could leave his car at the Sergeant Humphreys said that the top of Elgin Street, where there ship was due to return on Septem- was an authorised stand.
ber 21,
Mr. Yen:Thank you.
Every time you wear a shoe 'that's for small you put your”.
foot in it.
The company were pressing the the charge, and it was at their re- quest that the defendant was be- ing held.
The defendant was remanded for another week,
WATER LEVELS.
FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
The following table, compiled by the Board of Conservancy Works of Kwangtung, shows the water levels In English foot on the West, North and Enat Rivers On the dates named:
Shishing ...
Tsingyuen
Shamshiu
Blicklung
Sept. 8 Sept. 9
12.4
10.5.
9.9
8.8
5.9 2.8
7.1
3.0
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