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OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE.
MIRROR DISPUTE IN COURT.
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.
SEALING WAX AND M.C.L. PROGRAMME
PUTTY.
P.W.D. LORRY DRIVER SENT TO GAOL.
REFUSAL TO RETURN DEFECTIVES.
PART OF A BURGLAR'S OUTFIT.
COURT'S ORDER.
CONSTABLE_ATTACKED
Satisfied that the defendant had been the prime mover in an effort to crente disorder in the Western District following the arrest by
Indian sergeant of an un Ifcensed hawker, Mr. Schofield, at the
Central Police Court this morning, sentenced the defen- dant
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PRISON SENTENCE.
Sealing wax for taking key im- pressions, and putty for sticking to glass while it was being cut away, were two Interesting items found in the outfit of a burglar who appeared before Mr. Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing in connexion with two house-
OUTLINED.
ANNUAL MEETING AT GOVT. HOUSE.
OFFICERS APPOINTED.
when
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6.00-6.18 p.m. Band Selections. Petticoat Lane (A "Kosher"
Medley) (arr. Parry). Russian Fantasy (arr. Lango
and Somers).
The annual meeting of the How refusal by the manage
of ment
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Hongkong Women's Guild and length of 365 metres: Chinese taurant to return defective
Ministering Children's League was mirrors until new ones had been
held at Government House this Lady Peel supplied resulted in the supplier
morning. being unable to repair then was
(Patroness) presided over a large explained in the Summary Court
gathering of members. this morning, before Mr. Justice imprisonment with-Lindsell. His Lordship give judg-breaking canes at Wanchai. out the option of a fine on a meat for plaintiff with costs, and charge of obstructing a police told a go-between that it was his sergeant in the execution of his bounden duty to get the mirrors
returned and repaired.
duty.
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The report and accounts were unanimously ndopted. extracts Lately there has been quite a from which read: The Hongkong crop of burglaries in that district, Women's Guild and Ministering mostly carried out in the new tene- Children's League are very for mont buildings on the reclamation. (unate in having Lady Peel on their Lamont told Patroness. She has taken much Plaintiff was the Kwong Yu Co, Detective Sergeant carrying on business at No. 207, the Magistrate that attention was interent in the work throughout the year and in August last gave Laichikok Road, Mongkokisul, and recently drawn to an incident at
were the Kwan Wo Stone Nullah Lane, where a house an At Home to all those members defendanis Firm, carrying on business at No. was entered, but because of the of the Guild and League who play or Mah Jongg. A 108, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, and poverty of the tenants, the haul Bridge, Whist
rollection was made during the Chan Kwan, a partner. The claim did not amount to much,
On Monday Inst, a floor at 268, afternoon which brought in the was for $360.84 for mirrors
Lockhart Rond, was similarly brok-sum of $541. plied.
Plaintiff was represented by Mr.en into, during the absence of the On W, C. Hung, while Chan Kwan ap tenant, a Mr. Wallace Wong.
for both the the following day, n Mr. Souza,
Owing to the depressed state of penřed persqually
while visiting his mother on an
The Colony financially the Com- Arm and himself.
upper floor, noticed the door of Mr.mittee of the Guild and League felt ajar as he passed by on it would be unwise to lunch out Wong's fat his way down the staircase. On
into the usual big Fete in 1930. the funds were raised by the different further investigation he saw
Branches throughout the year and man now charged before the Court, scurrying about in an attempt to we are most grateful to all our friends who helped us by, giving find a means of exit. later arrested.
donations so that have been able to alluvate the sam
The defendant was alleged to have incited a crowd of Chinese when the sergeant had arrested hawker, and to have taken taking the end by grabbing the police officer and shouting to the people to strike "The me lu kwal." The sergeant, however, was hold- ing a bamboo pole which he had previously taken from the hawker and, with the assistance of this he manage to disperse the crowit | without umlus dillealty.
The hawker, who was seen selling Chan Kwan explained that he shoes, without Heense, was sal-ordered 10 mirrors frum plaintiff Resinurant. sequently arrested and taken to for the Chung Wah the Poller Station, He was fraught Des Voeux Road Central. He did before his Worship and on his not dispute delivery, but alleged admission of the offence was fined that the mirrors were defective. He ፨1.
gave ovirience himself and called a witness from the restaurant aubstantiate his allegation.
Lorry Driver Charged.
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The WIN
generous
Funds Raised.
We
Pawn tickets found by the put lice on the man established his eon-of $11,500. nexion with the affair at Stone The Committee very much regret to end the departure of (a) Mrs. Nullak Lane Articles stolen
1), W. Tratman who is going Home! this
on leave. Very nutty thanks are due to Mrs. Tratman for her valuable work as Hon. Treasurer. A conviction was recoreded on (b) Mrs. T. 1. King (Police both charges, and the accused was Branch) who has worked so ener- eightgetically for the League, te) Mrs, sentenced! lo judgmonths' hard labour.
n total of
Wong Kat, a motor. Burry driver Mr. Hung explained that plain- Liff was quite ready and always employed by the Public Works Pe
hid been rendy to improve the partment, appeared in a more
robbery and subsequently serious charge and accused of mirrors to the satisfaction of de
re- even although plaintiff pawned by the necnsed, were abstracting Police Sergvan! Mo-felunt.
them, deemed, and these were amongst homed Used in the seeration of himself was satisfied with
but he could not do so because the the exhibits in Court, his duty in Bex Voeux Rond West.
In detailing the facts of the restaurant would not return them. to his Worship. Inspector, however, the mirrors were not W. R. McWaiter said the fadian returned, they must be paid for.
His Lordship, in giving sergeant had arrested an unlicensed hawker selling abors 1!! Destment for pinintiff, told Chan Kwan Voeux Road West and had engaged that he had brought the claim on a coalie to carry the man's wares himself by the mirrors not being MUKDEN INTERESTED
for repairs. As it ap
IN SOUTH. peared that plaintiff was willing to repair them, it was Chan Kwan's
KEENLY WATCHING. THE business to arrange for the work
SITUATION. to be done.
to the Police Station. The deton- dant, Wong Kat, arrived on the scene while a crowd also collected, The mob instantly threatened the colle against assisting the police Beer, and the conlle was so afraid fendant let go of the Indian and broke away.
returned
disbandment in
and
inter-
T. H. R. Shaw who has been so very successful with the Children's | Club, (d) Mrs. H. A. Taylor who s worked so splendidly during her two years Secretaryship of the Victoria Branch. (e) Mrs. W. A. Cole who has done good work for the Kowloon Branch.
The Register of the Guild and League for the year 1930 shows 238 adults and 976 children.
The grateful thanks of the Cam- mittee are due to Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews for audit- ing the accounts and to the Press far their consideration and help throughout the year
The grand total of funds raised
Chan Kwan said he had no money
Nanking, May 28. as the restaurant refused to pay
Benring instructions from Jim and would not return the mir The crowd then shouted to strike rors until now ones were supplied. General Chang Hsueh-liang, Gen.
lie Lordship:Then you had Wang Shu-kan, Garrison Con the Indian, while Wong Kat seized
of the Peking They mander letter sue the restaurant. the afleer by the talt from behind,
forces, arrived from and, after jushing him forward, have put themselves in exactly the Tientsin Tientsin
Yesterday and belt and pulled tightly on the
same position as you,
Mr. Hung said his client agreed viewed Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. brought back in an upright posi- tion again, causing the officers to repair the mirrors provided The conference is in connexion for the past eleven years is:- paid with
North
1920, $10,481: #021, $16.128; 1922, turban to fall to the ground. The the money and costa were
run Western China as well as the $21,000; 1928, $21.076; 1924, sergeant grabbed the defendant's first, as Chan Kwan might
situation in Sonth $18,698; 1925, $16,481; 1926 hand and twisted it to force to away. His Lordship agreed to the political
Western China to which Man-
$1-1,540: 1927. $17,500; 1928. him release his hold. The de-proofin
charla is paying keen attention.
$17,045) $19,460, 1929,
1030, fendant let go of the indian and
The Military Governor of Kiang $11967. broke away,
si, General La Ti-ping, conferred with Marshal Chiang yesterday regarding the defence of Kiangsi
The following officers and exern- In view of the imminent invasion
y Cantonese
Marshal tive, nominated by the Committee, Chiang has assigned $4,000,000 for were appointed:-Patroness, Lady the different Nationalist Divisions Peel: President, Mrs. II. T. Creasy
Vice-President. Mr. J. J. Pater- fighting in Klangsi, London, May 27.
son: Hun. Treasurer, Mrs. J.
Defendant Hurt.
GENEVA DRUG
PARLEY.
DRAFT CONVENTION CONSIDERED.
An International Conference open- es at Genova to-day in connexion with the efforts of the League of Nations to secure the strict timita
tion of the manufacture of narco- and ties to the world's medical selentifie needs.
As the crowd were closing in on him. the sergeant, who was holding abaniboo pole, which he had previously taken from the hawker, brandished this weapon and she reded in dispersing the crowd. The defendant, who was nearest 12 constable, and, who had taken the leading role in the incident, was the struck over the head with pole.
With the crowd senttered. The Sergeant again sought out the
he subsequently The lenge has spent many years hawker, whom arrested and look to the Police Sta-in the preliminary work of collect
ing information on the subject. By tion.
Whilst in the charge room, the last year sufficient statistics had defendant appeared and made been collected to justify the begin- complaint of assault against the ning of an attempt to estimate the Indian Sergeant, but he was in- total amount of trade done in opium stantly arrested and charged with and its derivatives, and in cocaine, to discriminate between legitimate obstructing the police.
and illicit and to take practical steps the work's towards controlling output. 'defendant A preliminary conference Was
forces.
Officers
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Debroy Somor's Band. 0830. Ivan. Caryil Mamorica
(Ivan Caryll). Paul Rubena Memories
(Paul Rubens).
Debroy Somer's Band. 0882. 6.18-7.00 p.m. Concert Items.
(Fyleman and Goodhart). Song-A Fairy Went A-Marketing Dame Clara Butt (Contralto), PBB. Violin Solo-Stalienne and Rigaudon
(Francoeur-Kreisler).
Arthur Catterall. 9810, Song-My Sweetheart When a Boy
(Enoch and Morgan). William Heacitine (Tenor), 9587. Choral-Loch Lomond (arr. Williams). Choral-Studles in Imitation,
Barclay's Bank Male Voice Choir. 0801. Piano Solu-Prelude in G Sharp Minor.
(Rachmaninoff).
Willian Murdoch. 5167, Song-She Wandered Down The
Mountain Side (Stephenson and Ciny).
Dara Labbette (Soprano). 9577. Song-Simon the Cellnrer (Bellamy
and Hatton).
Song-Roll On, Thou Dark and Deep
Blue Occur.
Norman Allin (Bass), 0807. 7.00 p.m. Stock Quotations. 7.03-7.30 p.m. From the Studio. Lecture by The, Rev. Mr. G. T. Waldegrave, MA.. on The Boy Scout Movement."
7.30-7.4B p.m. Pianoforte Solos, Marche Militaire (Schubert arr.
Tousle).
William Murdoch, 9273. (a) Waltz in A Flat (Brahms)-(b)
Spring Song (Mendelssohn), Liebestraum (Dream of Love)
(Liszt).
William Murdoch. 9274. 7.18-8.00 p.m. Ociels. Memories of Tschaikowaky
(arr. Senr),
The J. H. Squire Celeste Octel. 9198. Strond Movement from "Symphonie Pathetique" (Tchaikowsky
arr. Robertson). The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. 9827. 8.00 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
8,03-10.23 Concert,
30.26 p.m. Newa.
p.m.
Chinese Studio
Rugby Mid-day Press
19.30 p.m. Clone Down.
"UNTOUCHABLES" OF TENNIS.
(Continued fram Page 6.) weak to make the others split up. now and again.
of all-the The highest caste Brahmins of the lawn tennis world this are included all the champions, and also those who would have been champions but. for the fact all their rackets went wrong, or the com- balls, or the wind was against them.
Later in the day. Gen. La von- ferred with Gen Hsiung Shih-Halston; Ilon. Secretary, Mrs. D. J.are the members of the team. In hui,
Garrison
Commander of
Lloyd; Assistant Hon, Secretary, Greater Shanghai, who is visiting Mrs. R. M. Henderson; Representa Lives, Mrs. A. Walker (Nuval), Nanking to see Marshal Chiang.
The Government has decided to Mrs. Marsden (Military), Mrs. reorganise the Hupeh Provincial E. 1. C. Wolfe (Police), Mrs. A.mittee dished out the wrong sort of
(Peak), Mrs. E.R. Government. It will be recalled Murdock
of the that members
Hupeh Halifax (Peak Children's Club), Provincial Government
have Mrs Franks (Prisons), Miss Atkins (St. Stephen's Girls' College), Miss C. Woo (St. Paul's Girls' School). resigned en bloe-Newsha,
Misa Skinner (Belilies Girls' School).
MINES LAID AT SWATOW.
WARNING TO SHIPS.
The Victoria, Kowloon and Quarry Bay vacancies have not yet been filled.
Ambitious Programme. An ambitious programme for the current year, which it is hoped will be fulfilled, was revealed, the proposed attractions including two evening performances by Dr. Mei an-fan, the famous Chinese actor, locni charities on Monday and in the Lee Theatre, on behalf of 1 and Mr. Messrs. Gilman and Co. inform Tuesday, June
The Indian sergeant pase eri- dence in corroboration a In- spector MeWalter's statements,
the which arter
and held in London in the Autumn 10 The possibility of the Nanking went into the witness box denled that he had assaulted the determine the amount of cocaine Government sending naval craft sergeant or that he had seized him and opium derivatives which each down South in connexion with the by the belt. He said that he had manufacturing country might legi-anti-Chiang movement is believed left his lorry in Connaught Rond timately produce. A provisional to be responsible for the laying and, on seeing the crowd gather-quoia scheme was drawn up in the towns of mines at the entrance to
had gone to see what was the form of a draft. Convention and Swatow harbour. matter. He was on the outside this Convention in now to be con- of the crowd and did not go insidered by the plenary Conferences of the receipt this morning of Richard Lee has kindly lent the among them. He had been re-in Geneva-British Wireless." cently and was not very strong,
inga
with the result that when the con-
stable dispersed the crowd he was! slow. in running away, and struck over the head.
Hawker's Story.
Was
The unlicensed hawker was then called to give evidence and said that after he had been caught by the Sergeant, for some reason un-
conviction
ENGLISH CANNED
FRUIT.
BIG INDUSTRY BEING DEVELOPED.
2.
In all clubs these highborns are treated with the greatest respect, and there is generally an unwritten rule that no remark may be ad- dressed to them by those who are outside the pale, lest it affect their temperament. They invariably take to the a plurality of rackets on courts with them, and each copies some mannerism that is affected by his favourite Wimbledon, atar.
They never play except with each other, and then only on No. 1, so that they may have a gallery. This, it is but fair to say, they only do others, and not from any longing in order that they may inspire the
playing, the greatest offence in for for the limelight. When they are Any other set to go out, since it
watching. implies that they aren't worth
One day, no doubt, the wish so cable from Messrs. Bradley and Lee Theatre for two nights only, Co., Lloyd's Agents at Swatow, to making a charge only for the ardently expressed at every annual the effect that mines have been lighting. etc. The last time the weneral meeting will be granted, and laid at the entrance to the harbour. M.C.L. had the Theatre under the same conditions, the expenses were telegram adds that the military authorities have notified only $300 for the two evenings, that a channel has been left clear which must be regarded as reason will have grown quite uaod to think- for merchant shipping, but that ble vessels when entering the porti must slow down.
The
No. vessels will be permitted to enter between 5 p.m. and G`a.m.
ORGAN RECITAL.
· PROGRAMME FOR LAST OF. SERIES.
Met's
the
The charities to benefit, by Dr. performances are M.C., St. John Ambulance Bri- gade and the Tung Wal Hospital (Eastern Extension).
It is proposed to hold swimming' sports for children at Repulse Bay Bathing bench either on September 1st or 8th.
Lady Peel is giving a Garden Party at Government House in the last week, in September, to the adult meinbera of the League, and work.
London, May 27. An important step towards com- known to him he was released.plete co-operation of fruit and pro-
The defen- He then ran away. dant, he said, was struck over the duce growing and canning, and can-manufacturing industries was head with a bamboo pole..
In reply to Inspector MeWalter, made to-day when Viscount. Cob witness said the defendant was in ham opened a new can-making far-
tory at Worcester. the middle. of the crowd.
Until recent years, the English In registering a
The following is the programme against the defendant, his Worship Canning industry did little to foster said the ovidence against him was fruitgrowing, and five years ago for the seventh and final organ re-all those who kindly assist their very clear. It was evident that British fruit, vegetables and cream cital of the present weekly series, the defendant had been the prin- were scarcely obtainable In enna. to be given by Mr. C. Dudley Bart- cipal in the affair and had done The Industry now employs 11,000 lett after evening servico at St. men and 40 firms are engaged in John's Cathedral on Sunday next, bis best to create a riot.
31st May:- Inspector McWaltor, in reply to canning.
1. Fugue in E. (based on the Although the main aim la to hls Worship, remarked that dis- turbances of that nature were share in supplying the English mar tune "St. Ann"). Bach
(a) Moderato (b) Allegretto quite common in the Western disket, for which £187,000,000 worth of of canned goods are imported an- trict among the coolle class
nually, it has been found that thoro
(e) Con Moto people.
His Worship sentenced the de- is a considerable demand abroad for fendant to six weeks' hard labour certain English fruit in cans, notab ly strawberries.-British Wireless. without option of a fine.
2. Serendo
3. Chanson d'Eto
4. Triumphal March
we shall have tennis clubs whose time that happens our descendants members really mix. But by the ing of India as a land where all are
brothers!
CAR OVERTURNS. RACING DRIVER KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
Rome, May 23: The Italian motor-racing driver Arcangell, who was to have driven an Alfa Romeo in the Italian day, was killed when his car over. Grand Prix at Monsano on. Sun- turned during a practice run there to-day.
It is proposed to hold n sale of work and small fete for children on Saturday, November 2, in the Volunteer Headquarters grounds, offered the services of his dance if permission can be obtained from band.
The meeting signified its ap the Officer Commanding.
Another proposal in large proval of the suggested pro- and the proceedings bridge, whist and mah jonge drive gramme,
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