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THE BRITISH EXPLORER.
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Carveth Wells
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jungle wKiller
LAUGHS AND THRILLS IN A FASCINATING PICTURE.
"What Men Know About Women"
A Little Booklet on a
THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933,
VICTIM OF NEW
ORDINANCE
PRINCIPAL TENANT &
OPIUM DIVAN
A woman, Li Ho, appeared be- fore Mr. Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning charged under the new Ordinance of being the principal tenant of the ground floor of No. 280 Tal Nam Street, and allowin the premises to bo used as an opium divan.
Revenue Offcor Trengrove pro- secuted, while Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared on behalf of the de fendant.
BRITAIN'S TRADE
1.
SLOW BUT STEADY IMPROVEMENT
GOVERNMENT'S STATISTICS
THEFT OF CLOTHING
Charge Against One Man Withdrawn
Two unemployed Chinese men. appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court this morning charged with the theft of Ave plecen of clothing, a pocket. watch and chain, and a purse CON- tafuing 60 cents, the property of a coolle foreman, living at 60, Can- ton Road,
London, Aug. 16.. The Board of Trade Journal states that in the current year there has been a slow but steady
Det-Sergeant Fowlie, for the pro- expansion in the value of United Kingdom exports and, having secution, asked to withdraw the regard to the decline in the charge against the second defen- average value of exported goods, dant as there was no evidence OMeera he raided the ground floor it is probable that for May and further than his own
stolen property. of No. 280 Tai Nam Street at 1.15 June, as well as for July the le did not get any share of the pm. yesterday, and in the third volume of shipments exceeded Magistrate He should have
those of the corresponding been charged with receiving. months of last year.
R.O. Trengrove stated that in
company
with
other
Revenue
and fourth cubicles found 12 men smoking opium. There were four
Defend- lamps and three pipes. tant was in the front part of the premises where she kept a small shop. She admitted being the principal tenant.
Defendant denied knowledge of the divan. She had rented the cubicles to a man named Hut
Though the volume of retained imports is normally much smaller in the summer than in the early months of the year there has been a tendency this year for retnin ed Imports also to increase in volume, this being mainly due to raw materials.
Regarding the distribution
.
statement.
Sergt. Fowlie-We have no evi- dence of that either.
Second defendant avas discharg- ed.
Sergeant Fowlie said both men were arrested outside 12, Centre The Street yesterday morning. property was stolen from a coolle in Canton Road. The of house
Chim, wins had a few other coolies oversens trade, It is stated that purse and three pawn tickets were
These men were the imports into the United King found on the first man.
Hving with him. in the habit of smoking oplym.
A fine of $200 or two months was imposed.
dom British countries in the first
First défendant wne
sentenced
The magistrate held that there six months of 1933 were valued to six weeks' hard labour, was a very strong presumption of jat 38.78 per cent. of the total im- knowledge on defendant's part ports from all sources as compar and convicted her..
ed with 26.23 per cent, and 81.36 value of shipments to all destina- por cent. in corresponding periods tions as against 44.82 per cent. of 1932 and 1924 respectively. and 40.72 per cent. respectively.
It is added that the alight de- elino from 1932 was much more Exports of United Kingdom pro-than accounted for by the smaller duce to British countries account-purchases this year by the Irish ed for 44.12 per cent. of the total Free State.-British Wirelcea.
Ilul Chim, who rented the cubicles, was fined $120 for being in possession of 1.5 tacls of opium and $200 or two months for keep ing an oplum diyan,
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