1911-04-25 — Page 7

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1811.

THE WRECK OF THE ASIA.

THE VESSEL ABANDONID.

Latöst Information:

If our issue of lost oveuing, when con-

opting on the bare outline received of the disaster to the Facile Mail Renuhip Asin, wo surmised, in view of the fact that the sugars and ranils were removed, that the reggel had gone bodily aground and was unlikely to bo gain fristed. This low is So ifirmed by the latest information to hard , for the vessel has had to be abandoned on account of the perilous position in which sho lies. Epen now this Information ro- ceived in the Colony is not stall of a detailed. characters especially so far as it relates to the Actual mishap. In view of the circum. stances surrounding the collision between Die Kwonglee and Moifon, however, it appears chuost certain that fog hins had grost deal to do. with the alar Finger 'Rock, xiuro the Asia" went aground, is well-known to mariners, bus all the same

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Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and | Princess Fashimi and suite arrived poster- The first prosecution since the Govent day per e. Kazo Maru, en route to ment had decided to prohibit women from England as representatives of Japan at the being present in public-house bars in any Coronation of His Majesty King George capacity whatever was taken; at the Captain Taylor, A.D.C., met the ship un

agistracy this morning, when Williams arrival and conveyed His Excellenstr. Hancilien Thistle Hatch, was chuged with permitting House and offered the use of a pedal R. Stewart Kmter, licences of the Rose, Shamrock and invitation of the hospitality of Gararnosht A. Watson

woman to entertain customers by playing train or the Stanley, if required. the piano in the bar room of the Hotel on the 17th inst. Mr P. P. J. Wodehouse Deputy Supt. of Police, prosecuted, and MIJ. H. Garliner defended.

His Worlip-You plead not guilty, Mr

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Detective Sergt. Timothy Murphy stated that at 10 p.m. on the 17th inst, he mw the defendant's daughter playing the piano in the public' bar of the hotel. A British soldier was standing beside the pisto singing, facing the customers in the bar. Witness watched the proceedings for about five or ten minutes through a spaco be

it in other trencherous spot, largely tween the swinging doors from the opposite because of the extremely marked inward side of the street. When the soldier tondcnoy of the tide at that place, needtopped singing the girl remained playing by the inflow towards the rivers on the a time and then she left the piano and China cost. The spot, however, is well surveyed and the water in the vicinity of with defendant's wife came out into the

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His Worship That is no part of this charge.

"Wires--She was only sitting behind the bar.

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Before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, at the Criminal Sessions this mor ning, Wong Him and Pang Wah Him warp placed in the dock on a charge of armed robbery,

Hon. Me G. C. Alabaster, Acting Al- torney-General, prosecuted on behalf of the Jr, from the office of the Crown Solicitor Mr. Ellen Potter defended the second prisoner, instructed by Mr F. X. D'Almeda

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the Ruck is only some ten fathoms in cet and went away in rickahawa. Wit Crown, instructed by Mr HL. Dennya. depth. It is therefore, exceedingly also saw defendant's wife behind the puzzling to see how the steamer should r go ashore there, when sounding should have revosled the cuparitite nearness of the steamer to the Rock. However, more information on this point will probably soon be available, for the America Maru, which rendered "hirl - to the listressed vessel, is expected in port to-morrow?

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The following were sworn in as jurors Messrs W. Fromse, foreman; R. Hunter, His Worship-Was the bar fall? Were K. Boysen, F. Bye, F. M. de P. Gray, there many people there?

A. C. Rahman, P. B. H. Hermeling.

Mr Alabaster said that he was not sure that ho could congratulate himself on the class of evidence which he could put before

Wittaess—Yes, I could see about six or

His Worlig-Any other, oma

Witness-No; I didn't see anythem but it would be for them to consider Cross-examined by Mr. Gardiner Are you sure of the "time)-About 10 u'elnck,

A representative of Chas China Afril-war-eight. again.courteously received by Mr E Halton, Heal Supotintendent of the Pacific Mail Company, to-day. In reply to our're, "“presentative's'enquiries Mir Halton said very Kittle more news of the affair was to hand, Ho stated that several winless messages "had" come through to the a.s. Mongolia, which is in harbour, and the Fermos Government had; with extreme kindness sant along four telegram.orer the cables, containing wireless meninges received from 'both the Asin and the Amerien Matu.

Mr Halten explained to our reprter that ordinarily ships in harbour are only permitted to use their wireless apparatu between the hours of 6 and 8 a.m, anilṛ nad 7 pang, bụt în view of the serioume # of this dimsder the Govermacut had given permission for the installation on the as Mongolia to be utilised at all hour for a emple of days or so. Consequently, the oporlom en lluit vessel" had been working All night and had managed to get into cour. unication with the America Maru, now un hür yiy to'fært. -

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that evidence and when they had considered: it to say whether or not it satisfied them that both or either of the prisoners were guilty of the robbery with which they were charged. The robbery' was'a very serious And the piano you say she was playing, and and in the course of the robbery s does that face the street No, the end of servant girl, who was in the house, was it faces the street inside the castem door. You could see it robbers and she was either thrown or fall

It is in the corner just chased on to bo rendah by one of the of next month.

very well from where I was,

Over the verandah and was picked up in

the kuys.

The back or the front of it The front, the street scoseless. She was taken to the hospital and had boca there over since. Neue of the people who were robbed were able to identify any of the rabbers but he would call before them, one of the robbers who had been convicted before Mr Sastice Bazeland yesterday and who stood waiting sentence. He bad turned King's whom Mr Potter would probably suggest evidence. He would call another mino

was also an accomplice but as regards the first prisoner he would show that on the premises on which ho was arrested thers were found two gaga, two knives and a micos of wire. The suggestion was that the

timu I didn't notice any,

Were there any musicians there at the

There are musicians there, you know lut?—Yes,

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Men naesiciana Yes, sometimes have seen zausicians there, but I don't

know whether they are engaged the permanently or not.

Hụw long werò you standing there 7-1 hould say in all about ten minutes.

When you arrived on the scene was the girl playing? Yes, I just noticed it as was asing underneath the verandah

You say she was actually sitting down anying ?—Yes,

I

od prisoner was the organizer, of the robbery but asteras koown to the people inside the house he stayed outside while And she played for how long I others, the first prisoner, a witness for the her playing about ten minutes at the Crown, and others, went inside and com- mitted the robbery. U bo did that he was equally guilty with the others.

outside.

were being sent to Shanghai by the Shaler That I did not notice. I was I be have any music in front of ing. The message also said "The American only looking through the space is the door.

Maru iransferring members of crow." The exact meaning of this is not known, but it is assured to uigan "that the crow was being transferred by the America Maru's boats to the Shrashing.

At 11.3) last night a further telegram- was received from Formoss, this having been first despatched by wireless from tho America Maru. It was timed

all attention to it-No, I didn't

Did you go in and complain about it,

Was any music played after the little girl and her mither went off in rickshawa?——

I didn't.bear any. -- t

You went straight away after they left? -I left about one or two minutes after.

His Worship-In this time there was no-

Witness-No, your Worship.

at 4.3 p.m. and states that it was expected that the Asia would be a totiline music Inw She was, abandoned temporarily, though the steamer Wong was near at hand and the cargo in Nos. 1 and 2 holds Mr Gardiner-Would your Worship might yet bo salved. The Shaoshing had low me to see my client for a short time? left with the passengers and nails, and all His Worship I think you must go on, the

biggo passengers.

bad, been kaved

Mr Gardiner. Asked as to the value of the cano vitich: the Asia · had-on-ho, Mi Halton said it www impresible for him to estinto it, but it represented unny thousands of dollars.

Beyond the above, no further infomation in to hand, though it is hoped to-night tu gather some more details in wireless con- munication between the America Mary and

the Mungoli, Ermerly the Doric of the

The 88. Akin, (White. Bowyers 17iks Star lines yras lailt by

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Mr Gardiner-I may have to call some tidence besides this.

His Worship-But aren't you ready to on? This summons is a week.old. Mr Gardiner - only had instructions resterday, your Worship.

Bis Worship granted half an hour's

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Mr Gardiner mid the case for the defence ar a total dail of the gagnant that

Evidence was called,

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty ad His Lordship discharged prisoners.

ECHO OF A SHAUKIWAN ROBBERY.

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A census of the population of Hongkong done into. Chinese by Dr P. D, Bergen, that eur readers may test their skill in is to be taken on day 20th, and in order

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he was not far enough advanced to play cases, so it would not be part of their Western herpes, which there stories have cccompaniments to songs. She was a duties to enquire, although they would be

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iceacce of the Bose, Shamrock and Thistle money being paid. In order to go into the which Scipio rescued. bis wounded father coupons, (which will be published singly At Epernay, fifty acres of the MOT ET CHANDON Vinoyards have his daughter, who was just over 13 years of him to take them back to December it from the enemy, when he was stricken from in rotation in this column), 5 in their As a sequel to a row which occurred on igo, played the piano in the bar on the when these was a robbery as a result of/vis, horse and in great danger at the battle mate and forward them-to-our office,

the a.. Kwonghi, two men were placed in the dock before Mr J.R Wood at the Magitmey to-day on a charge of murdering a compatriot. The disturbance took place at 11 p.. on the 21st, and in the scufflet which followed, the docensed, received a blow from the effects of which he succumb ed in hospital.

The first defendant, a coolie, denied that ho was guilty and stated that a pasonger committed the murder, while the second defendant reserted that he was a page on the bont but knew nothing about it.

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practised in the bar on returning from which a man based U Hoi was charged at

•ight of the 17th instant. She sometimes chool in the afternoon, but she did not the Magistracy. However be called arid row ought to play accompaniments exce in his own defence and the magistrate tricians, and had done so for the bat fit. dixharged him. The present charge arose

years. There was one in the bar on the out of that case. Un March 13 complainant, seemed to puzzle & Chinese teacher ght in question, and witnem was also in ons of the witnesses whom he would to whom it was shown. It appears to mean he bar that evening.

call before them, was at his house in the founding of the Empire. Wethink that Dr Wodehouse-Was any soldier singing Bhunkiwan and in the evening both if an English index of proper tames had lost ten o'clock that night?-1 could not prisoners came and asked him for several been prepared, it would wist renders in tien of the Colony on May 20th, 1911, will be

Hi Worship Can you

hundred dollar. They said that U Hoi thether the piano was played that night wanted the money in order to pay his leg gnising the poorth Chinus amen rot?-It was

expenses which he had incurred in the Probably many who will read the rolame

remensbes

I cannot my Was your daughter in the bar mou ate, and that if they did not get the among Chinese will know something of

idney U Hot would rob his house again. English, and such an index would greatly

No. 2. TOTAL CHINESE POPULATION OF HONGKONG.

I predict that the total Chinese popula

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Was Mrs Krater is the bar-I canot Complainant mid he could not pay the assist such readers, as well as ang English-cenene was taken, this being so Bed to the

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Surah Krater, called and awory desini mwany partly because his money had been "peaking reader. This voluinic as a whole erigical Coley offitury, whom Sole Agents for

laying an accompaniment for a soldier taken away from him in the robbery. will be useful to the Chinese. knight of the 17th instant. She could Prisoners further said that they must have

Int play accompaniments for songs, and she

s not in the bar all timt erenifig, but she the money by the night of the 19th March.

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of the New Territory which south This of the Kowloon mage of bi partial censua gave the total Chinese pop- lation (land and flosting) as 307,388, but it abould be burne in mind that the portion of the New Territory pot included in the 5,011 in 1901, the year when the fast full partial canens possessed a popolation-of

hened the piano and violin being played. They weak away and the police being com- Chinese throughout America have come Witness had never attempted to play for miciled with, laid a trap for them which into line with those who believe the story «-kliers or anybody elms Inkhabar. they fold into, when they came back and that the power contemplate the partition

His Worship Where were you that demanded the money, viện hof Chins and have addressed to the National census was taken. The total Chinese popu

patrice

Evidence was called and the case was Asserably an urgent cable on the subject. In for the whole Colony to 1001 was

The Chinginan, who was found guilty of armed robbery at the Criminal Scrsions on Monday, before Mr Justice Hazelank), was furday wmtenced to five years imprison-ight ment with hard, Labour"

And Bits Kester? She was upstairs too.

Did you go out that evening No. adjourned.

Do you ever play the pismo in the lar?--

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The Minnesota-will-be taken off Mr Wodehonac-Can you my how you [THERE de danger front cold ex- desires to occupy the whole of Yunnan, remain in Bexbute during that period under that they have information that France her regular run for two month and wil dressed that nightt-I was dead"] apt when followed by prsimmonia, Whites

and this never happens when Chamberlain's They urge the Assembly to take immediate going thorough overhauling. The Min bir Gardiner applied for a remand as he Cough Remedy is good: This remedy has manures, as the case is one of emergenny nest will sail from Seattle on June 19, won its great reputation and extensive and and advise that the formation of a body of Is due to arrive in Manila about July 17 by ita remarkable cures of colds and ma.

An important ense cam before Commetimes, when I come home from school munder 0. W. Beckwitby RN,, at the "of an altemom Marine Court this aftormen, when William Anderson Valentine, master of thin Houng Shan, was charged with unlawfully Culing by more the rules of the red Alter bearing the evidence his Worlup discharged defe with a caution

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