THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1929.
ROAD-BUILDING IN BOGUS POLICEMEN BURIED ALIVE HOAX. HAWKERS' PARADE
PAKHOL
ALL THE WAY TO WEST RIVER BY MOTOR.
UNUSUAL RAINFALL.
ing, etc.
Pakhol, Noy. 13.
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SENTENCED.
SECURED MONEY FROM AN
OPIUM-DEN KEEPER.
EX-CONVICTS FÅTAL" IDEA.-
Paris, Oct. 6.
The sinister and tragic mystory of the Marquis de Champaubert,? who was found dead after having been buried alive in a wood near!
IN COURT.
MAGISTRATE WITH THIRTY CASES TO-DAY,
APPEAL TO POLICE.
LIKE A BILLIARD TABLE!
PINE PLANTATION DENUDED OF GROWTH.
ie
WOMEN OFFENDERS.
That they were preventing the in regeneration of pine trees Government plantations by collect, ing the cones was the reason" given by Mr. G. B. Twemlow whe before Mr. T. S.: Whyte Smith an
women
the Kowloon Magistracy this sing on the plantation on the Taipo Road,
REVENUE LAUNCHMEN Verneuil-sur-Seine, has been solv
ed. Tragic as it proved it turned Two Chinese, members of the out to have been no more than a The day's routine in Mr. E. W. vulgar attempt at mystification by Hamilton's Court this morning Pakhol has been very quiet and peaceful all this year, yet in spite crew of the revenue launch Kwong Clement Faasal, the ex-convict who was ushered in with such a formid
able list of hawker's cases that the of that, business is very stack, and Lee, who were alleged to have took this aristocratic alias.
This hypothesis had already Magistrate was led to remark, the shop-keepers are finding it represented themselves as police difficult to carry.
constables and obtained the sum been entertained. When it was plaintively, to Chief Detective prosecuted ten Habra on. Sun Yat. Men's Birthday was celebrated here'
to apply for a date to be fixed for In the usual manner, with a public of $1 from an oplum divan keeper, proved that Passal had died of inspector Reynolds who appeared meeting, flags flying, bands play appeared before Mr. T. S. Whyte asphyxiation and not of hunger, the hearing of an important case: morning, on charges of trespai
as the letter." signed by the "If they are going to hold hawkers "Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy "Knights of Themis" had stated, raida on Saturdays and Sundays, Street-widening continues, un this morning, charged with fälssly and when a aupply of chocolate there is no use for people like you was found in the coffin, together to come into Court before noon. obtaining the money and also with with the corpse, it became prob- They have given me 30 hawkers assuming the designation of police
cases this morning." constables
unlawful
named Yesterday three men
In one of the casca, charging a purpose.
Sub-Inspector James prosecuted Boulogne, Bachelet, and Durot, Chinese with hawking in Shing friende or accomplices of Passal, Wo Road an Indian polleeman is the little city of Lingehan: this and said that the two men went confessed the truth. Passal was insisted that it was not the road -behind the Dragon year a mator-road has been made. to the complainant's house
intending to write the memors of running on the line of the old main track No. 94, Kremer Street, Tai Kok his brilliant career of crime, and Garage at Happy Valley, but the from Pakhol to the West River. Tsui, on Saturday night and ile had the ingenious idea of simulat- one intersecting the Racecourse It reaches from Naraheung on the minded the sum of $5. The coming abduction and attempted mur- from the Monument to. Broadwood West River through Lingshan to plainant's house was supposed to
Inspector Macdonald disagreed, Moli; that is n day's journey in he an opium divan and the de-der of himself by way of giving Road.
advance publicity to his literary ench direction from Lingshan by fendants in demanding the money effort.
saying that he was not aware that the road across the Course had the old method of travelling on represented themselves us police
any name at all.
other short cross-street being at present under construction. Road-making has also begun again in the country district inland. About 100 miles north of Pakhoi
foot..
for An
at
constables. The complainant said. that he did not have $5 and gave the defendants $1, but by a fortuitous circumstance the note
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. From Moli southwards to Shek hong the present terminus of the motor-road from Pakhoi is rather more then a day's journey on foot, was marked,
A foki of the place went into And it is over more difficult country from a road-maker's point the street and summoned a Shan- of view. At firs: It seemed as iftung sergeant major who was in the Lingshan road was an isolated plain clothes. On his arrival on local effort not likely to be much the floor, the defendants askel used, though one motor-bus has who he was and on being told by been running for some months the officer that he was a police between Lingshan and a large man, they replied that it would completed be all right, as they were also village not far off on a section of the road.
police officers.
Now, however, a new effort is Later, the men were arrested being made and a road is being and taken to the Station," marked out from Shekhong north-
In the witness box, the Com- wards to join up with the
ne plainant explained that in order from Lingshun. If nothing takes to mark the note without the de- place to hinder progress, it fendants being aware of their ob probable that next year it will beject, one of the men on the floor possible to get from Pikhoi all was challenged to demonstrate his the way to the West River by knowledge of English, and in re- motor, and then on to Nanning. ply, wrote the word "Hongkong"
New French Consul.
on the back of the dollar note.
The defendants denied that they
able.
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A Dress Rehearsal. Planka were purchased to make the coffin, a spade and a pick to dig the grave, and Passal went through a dress rehearsal of the great event in the garden of little villa rented at Villennes for the purpose, where he passed the coffin aerated by night in the means of a pipe.
Satisfied by the result he then wrote a "farewell" letter to his mother in his own hand, and typed the letter to Gryvalet and the effusion supposed to be from the "Knights of Themis" addressed to the Matin, and published yestor day in that paper.
Mr. Twemlow explained that the damage caused by the women collecting the cones was that young trees were prevented from
generating while the people; could not resist the temptation o hacking off the branches from the smaller trees..
In certain places, said Mr. Twemicw, the plantation resem bled a billiard table, having been denuded of everything except the pine trees themselves..
men-
a
Referring to the arrest of the defendants, Mr. Twemidw The Magistrate was of the view, tioned that they were among
were collecting cones and hacking and he asked the Court Inter-crowd of some forty women who preter if any significance was attached to the name of the off branches in the No. 9 Planta-.: thoroughfare mentioned by the tion early yesterday morning.
each Indian.
fined $3.
The Interpretor: Yes. Skring means successful and Fo means peaceful.
Mr. Hamilton:-I don't know about it being successful, but it certainly is not a peaceful place on Saturday afternoons.
The hawker was cautioned.
"WAVES OF CRIME.” MEDICAL REPORT ON YOUTH
ACCUSED OF THEFT. References to "vaves of crime" that came over him were made at Folkestone when Albert Arthur Mayatt, aged 17, a Folkestone lad, was remanded in custody on a charge of stealing cigarettes and
On the night of October 1 Passal. (who had fasted for two days pre- paratory to the execution of his plan) and Boulogne repaired with the planks and tools to the spot chosen, where Boulogne dug the grave and Passal reassembled the coffin. Passal then entered tha coffin and was buried by Boulogne, he was employed.
cigars from a local hotel where who continued to receive direc
The Probation Officer read a
The
defendants
were
SHAMEEN FOOTBALL
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MOORHEN AND TARANTULA ́ WIN NAVAL MATCHES.
H.M.S. Moorhen defeated H.M.S. Moth by four goals to nil in the Shameen Football League on Fri- day afternoon. The victory of the Moorhen came rather as prise, though it must be said they are playing a very much better team than last season.
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H.M.S. Moth gave rather a poor exhibition of the game, falling to play together as a team. Munroe
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A new Erench Consul has been demanded money from the com.tions from his friend through the medical report made in 1923 which scored the first goal for the appointed and has already come plainant and said they had gone to pipe. This was of metal and not stated that Mayatt, was partly Moorhen from a penalty kick about into residence. He is M. Chalol, smoke opium after having been to as at first reported built of brick. who has just returned from fur-a wedding feast, where they had
The following day Durot and mentally deficient and a moral im- ten minutes after the start; short- lough,
by necompanied Mme. been drinking. The first defen- Boulogne posted the letters, and becile, but not bad enough to be ly afterwards Joel. slipped the ball
minutes later "Day, Chaloin. Dr. Couillon, in charge dant, on whom the note was found, Boulogne returned to the wood in certified. "Waves of crime" first into the net from inside left and of the French Hospital here, has said that it had apparently been crder to sead down water to Paasdl came over him about once a month, ten Jeen Acting-Consul for about planted on him.
by means of a rubber tube passed then once a fortnight, and possi Moorhen left half, scored four years, but is now deyoting
line, a long kick to which Wicken- defendants down the pipe. To his horribly they would recur once a week splendid goal from near the centre On conviction the all his energies to the Hospal
were each finell $50 or che month's however, all his efforts to contin future.
He added that the youth took den, the oth goalie rushed out," mudicate with Passal were met ngain.
Imprisonment in default.
things and hid them in extra- but he misjudged the ball, which with silence.
bounced in front of him and over ordinary places.
his head, dropping into the goal just below the bar.. Just before scored again half-time, Munroo for the Moorhen, making the score 4-0 in favour of H.M.S. Moorhen.
The Bishop of Victoria, Hong- kong, spent a week in Pakhoi a fortnight ago, and hud Confirma- tion Services for the "Chinese) churches in Pakhoi and Limehow.l Altogether eight men and ten women were confirmell. From Pakhoi he has gone on to Yan- nanfu.
Heavy Rain,
YOUNG KIDNAPPER SENTENCED.
PRISON TERM. AND BIRCH ORDERED.
Sentence of six months' hard la- our and twelve strokes of the
Carbonic Acid,
A police inspecter stated that on one occasion the lad was found Terrified, and also hoping that early in the morning at Malling Passal had simply fainted, he took (Kent) tied up with rope and no further steps until learning the partially in a sack. He complain fatal result of, Passal's grim fast, fed that he had been tied up by a when the papers on Friday even-man and a woman, but the patice ing related the digging up of the were satisfied that he did it him- coffin. Boulogne has been arrest-self.
ed.
It is supposed that the "Marquis
de Champaubert must have bee asphyxiated during the first twelve or eighteen hours of his voluntary
TURKISH AFFAIRS.
STABILISATION OF THE
CURRENCY. Constantinople, Nov. 7.
About 36 hours of stendy rain fell last week-a rather unusual birch was imposed on a 16-year-old occurrence in the middle of the Chinese by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, dry season, Otherwise the at the Kowloon Magistracy this burial by the excess of carbonic weather continues bright and fine morning, when the lard was con-Faeld gas produced by his own res beginning to turn a little cold,victed on a charge of kidnapping piration which the ventilating Court Volpi, former Italian especially in the nights.
a boy from Woosung Street Apipe was not of suficient diameter Minister of Finance, has left for For over forty years the Church
man, who was convleted of har- to carry off.
Angora on a visit connected with Leper Hospital at Fakhoi, and Street, was given twelve months when informed of the truth, was fcularly the question of the creation since the discovery of the new
twenty-four reduced to despair. "He was the of a Bank for the stabilisation of
best and tenderest of sons," she Turkish currency. treatment about ten years 250 strokes of the bitch. fourteen men have been discharged
went "And that made up in my M. Karakan, the Soviet Commis
Misionary Society has had ouring at No. 875, Reclamation Pascal's unfortunate mother, important financial questions, parti-
as cured. Now the town has
hard labour and
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The second half was very much more evenly contested, though the Moorhen still had the best of the play. Some good defence work on the part of the Moth backs and their goalie prevented any further score. The teams were:
H.M.S. Moorhen Thompson: Darroch, Gregory, Bates, Lee-. Marson, Day, Ah Wing, L. Comm. Sitwell, Munroe, Joel and Evans. H.M.S. Moth.Wickenden, Win- cup, Dewey, Freeman, Denstone, Gold, Shawyer, Bates, Biles, Hodg kinson and Morey.
H.M.S. Tarantula defeated H.M.S. Moorhen by 6 goals to 1, on afternoon in the Saturday Shameen Football League. Al-
lt was revealed in the evidence eyes for all his errors. He must sary, has also gone to Angora to though the score seems to indicate grown, the hospital is regarded as a keener the being too near, and there has been Reclamation Street by the first de-ness; he was so during and quite between Turkey and Russia. a good dent of agitation for fendant and there kept until he capable of inventing the story.". Indopacifi. several years, to get it removed out was subsequently
to
taken to the
into the country. Several sites! Sunning District. On the arrest have been examined, but a large of the two defendants and a widos, amount of money will be required the boy was traced, and, with the boy a suitable site, to erest assistance of the Chinese authori- built and to carry out. the lies, was restored to his parenta removal." The local authorities| The widow was originally charg- recar the shame sympathet'ealed with receiving, but this morning ly, but are pressing for the removal | the charge was withdrawn. Fasano u possible. Our Own
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SUPER-SKYSCRAPER.
BUILDING TO RE QUARTER OF A: MILE HIGH.
ILLEGAL BLASTING AT TAIKOKTSUI.
A NEWCOMER FROM THE COUNTRY.
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Three charges arising out A suner-skyscraper of 150 Atoreva-nearly a quarter of a mile illegal blasting on the hillside at
the
in height, two blocks souare, and Tai Kok Tsui were brought against three times as high as the Wool- a Chinese who appeared before worth Building, has been pronard Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kow- for Lower Manhattan, New York loon Magistracy this morning. The This building is planned for the defendant was alleged to have had sertion bounded by Brontway 2.1/5 taels of blasting powder in blasted Diane. Warth, and Church streets, his, posscasion to have only a short datance from stones during prohibited hours at Woolworth Building.
5.20 p.m. and to have blasted stones Manera Charles F. Noyes and on Crown Land without a permit. David Schulte provose to erect the The defendant pleaded guilty structure, but they have only just and intimated that he was a new- gained control of the nranariv comer from the country. "which" forma-ly belonged to the In reply to his Worship. Inspec- New York Hoanital, and it will ho tor James mentioned that the de- several years before all the prefendant's actions were tantamount sent Tangos pire. The estimated to stealing the stone. He was not Bulidine east is hetween 75 millon engaged by any contractor.
100 million dollars (£15,000-
on
.000 to,580 000,008), and on the Remarking that it was a serious basis of ether large office bui offence his Worship said that ings it will be visited by 200,0ng rather than discriminate between persons daily, necessitating addi- the charges, he would impose fines tions to the present transit sys-of $25 or two weeks' hard labour.
on each. tena.
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"Yes, there was more game then, and playin' poker was
lots easier."
has rarely been seen on Shameen soccer ground. Up to half-time, when the Moorhen were leading by one goal to nothing, the sides were very evenly matched, with the Moorhen showing rather more keeness.
The second half provided some very exciting moments, with the Tarantula taking full advantage of any opening offered to them by the
weakness
the alight
of Moorhen's wing halves and full backs who, up to this time, had been playing a aterling game. The last quarter of an hour saw the Moorhen almost continually pressing, but the forwards lacked the necessary final "kick" which @hould have produced two or three goals.
The 'Tula halves were a trusty trio, whilst the forwards, as a Lee- whole, proved thrustful, Marson, the Moorhen centre half, played a great game, covering a lot of ground and putting forward some nice passes to his forwards, who did not, however, always use them to the best advantage. The Moorhen's custodian was safe, having no possible chance of cpping with the shots that beat him. The teams were:.
very
H.M.S. Tarantula. Tindall; Leeds, Driscoll, Ablitt Smith, Murray, McKinn, Mannering,
Kedge, Stoneman and Miller. ·
H.M.S. Moth-Thompson, Dar- roch, Gregory, Bates, Lee-Marson, Day Ah Wing, Lt. Comm, Bitwell, Munroe, Joel and Evan.
The League table, is now as follows:
11.M.8, Tarantula II.M.H. Samaw|| H.M.S. Moorbes
Blameen
3 MRI, Ciesla
FI.14.9. Moth
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