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The Japanese gunboat Uji, has left Canton for Wuchen,
A the Magistracy a Chinese was soldier. Defendant was discharged jeharged with stealing $10 from an Indian
PIRATE OUTRAGE AT CHEUNG CHOW.
Police Station Attacked.,
THAKE INDIAN CONSTABLES SHOT.
about ten miles to the South West of the
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
"
dwelling-house of Chan on Hung Ka Shing Street, and did take away
with the White Star liners evergotio admits. They were not the good risk that the market had supposed, and the market has had to pay for its mistake. But a group of men who had been trading for years on business lines would have been almost wiped out of existence by an error of this We understand that the Hughes kind. It is only the strong man who Musical Comedy Company will pay the police station. In the fight which en- } armed robbery at Yaumati on July 3, and charged without evidence being give
return visit to thongkong in the latter part can afford mistakes on a big scale, { of October. amily the strong man who can recover from them when the results Major General Anderson left by the Tony Maru today for home in conse. come home to roost. If the credit of quence of the resent death of his son at Lloyd's had been undermined by Boulogue. general reckless underwriting the
Mr Paul R. Jorselyn, of the American members of the "Roon" who had Legation at Peking. Has been appointed been at fault would have collapsed Deputy Consul General at the American under the strain of the losses and Consulate in Tientsin.
1
been placed in a position of grave i». Rear Admiral R. F. Nicholson, com difficulty.
line.
Reentrix,
Before the Chief Justico (Mr. W. Rowe jewellery clothing money and other things Darics) sitting in Crimind Sessions this to the value of $1,140,10, the property of
Chan Fun Fung and Kwok Sham. morning the case was continued in which The Attorney Geniseal prosecuted and“ A daring outrage was committed last four men and a women-Chan Sam. Au [Mr. F. C. Jonkin, barrister, instrueled" night at Cheang Chow Island, which lies Kwok, Chan Shap. Leung Shu, and Hoby Me Crowther Smith, solicitor, de Colony, by a band of pirates who attacked Mui, wife of the first defendant were Kwan Lam, Chan Trui and Chang fended four of the prisoners-Fung Teas, indicted on tre counts for ecinmitting an sued thres of the four Indian constables for receiving stolen goods. The Attorney against them, and Fung Taat pleaded not Row. The last three named were de
who are stationed at the Island were shot
General (Mr. S. Buckwill) conducted the guilty. Chan Chick and Chan Lai ad- and the Chinese shroff was carrival off.
No official particulars of the outraga bare Solicitor (ft. J. H. Kemp); prisoners, sentence. The remaining prisoner, Woog prosecution, instructed by the Crown mitted their guilt and were put back for yet reached Hongkong, but from informa-who pleaded not guilty, were undefende. Fik, pleaded not guilty. He was not tina gleaned from other sources it appears that the pirates landed at the island and M. White (Foreman), Hans J. Westphal, placed in the dock, therefore, were Fung The jury empanelled were Homers, represented. The only two prisoners wont straight to the station, where they. Braun, H. W. Petley. E. F. Txat at Worg Fuk. dismanded that the money and goods of Orchard, J. F. Ruttonjee and H. The Attorney-General, pointing to m Talus should be handed over them. The Michael. three Indian constables who were on duty) Inspector Camerin said he carried cut been recovered, said the jury saw in front heap at the stolen property which had offered resistance, and were thereupon shot an identification sent at Victoria Gaol of him almost enough material in stole by the robbers, the wounds proving fatal.
and one of the prisoners was identified by The station was then ransacked, and a pawnbroker, and another by the prglary was committed there was great a jeweller'a shop. At the time the bur Practically every portable article of value,
2 including a number of firemans and a com
A pawnbroker living in Heclamation the burglars got away, but next day the deal of confusion in the house, and all of money, was carried oð.
Street spoke to mesiring sotne of the The heung Chow inunch, which daily tou property in pledge from one of the costasis winow suspicion were aroused
first defendant was arrested by a Chinese. A fatal owe of bubonic plague, the run to and from Hongkong and keeps the Prisoners, who, when asked if he had any the leather bag he was enrrying. P
that the pawnbroker's evidentes was true, questions to ask thứ witness, admitred sober refused to show the constablo what A woman gave evidence to the effectis was mal to certain much of the
was in the bag, and at the police station. that at the request of Chan Sar. and property stolea mi the previous day from Tad been met within a week of the
Leung Shu she pawned twn gold hangles R Shing Street. The arrest of the cibor The island police forre consists of one
for them, believing their statement that wreck a drain heavy enough to de- Since Sunday two essen of Chinese policemen, two Chinese detectives and friend.
European, Sergeant Boulger, four Indian they had been given the jewellery by á
prisoners followed.
Evidence of the arrest of Wong Juk plete the resources of any but a very having been knocked down by motorcars shrof. ue of the Indians was in Hong- Noon-Wm. Powell, Ltd. General Mesto rich group of met, and within a week the ather & woman. Both sustained in- kong and this escaped the fate of his make to the jury, Au Kwok said Toung the palier was identified by the prosecu
have been reported, une being, a man and
Asked if they had any statement to some of the property recovered by was given by a Chinese polico sergeant, iage.
or two of the sinking of the Titanic juries which necessitated beir remarkt to countrymen. Sergeant Boulger was at his Shu induced him to take part in the roh-trix and another woman living in the all the cheques on the hull had been the hospital.
residence some distance from the Stationery, otherwise he would not bave grehouse. handed over and the enormous loss
sad apparently did not know what was
the house. He did not stab the hus. The dimensions of the new dock occurring Where the Chinese detectives
band of the complainant so tiany times M: Jenkin objected to the evidence, of paid in full. After this claim the which is being built at Liverpool-are,
as had been alleged. "Chan Ship stated one of the wittieres, a woman, on the other claims, such as,
were is not known. diamondngth 1,020ft width of entrance 120ft.
that he picked to the threate of Chan | mund that it was unfair to his "client." lases, which had to be assessed by The sill is laid at 25fp, below old dock sill Another Yersion of the Story.
Sam, who also struck him because he did against whom the ly orideneo offere surveyors, were paid and by this datum and the thor of the new dock will
not wish to necompany him. The fourth was that he was framt in possession of time practically all the claims have be as a level of salt, below this datam,
ten dollar rall, which had not been identie News of a particularly daring robbery man denied that he took part in the roh Noon-Property Side by Mr Geo. P. been proved and met. How large
which took place during the early hours of bors, and said he had been wrongly Captain Peter Fryal, one of the oldest this morning at the Police Station on Dumented by one of the others, who hail they were can be judged from the fact mariners of Baltimore, who sailed with bell (or Cheung Chow: I-land (which is
The Attorney General asked leave to a grudge against him. The woman, who amend the indictment, but afterwards said ' that the precious stones sent in the Captain Saith, of the Titanic, when the also a Harbour Master's Station) reachet | karchief stolen in the robbery, said her evidence against the defended prisoner, was only charged with welving & hand he did not think there was sufficient Titanic from Antwerp alone amount?, letter was commander of the Majestic, kax, Hongkong by the Cheung Chow ferry this bushand gave it to her. One defendant and he was accordingly disclunged.
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LLOYDS AND THE TITANIC,
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mander-in-chief of the U.S. Asintie Fleat, In point of fact, as most people will his review in Banila Bay on Octo know, nothing of this kind has occurr.ber 5, when eighteen ressels will be in el, and the insurance market has come through the Titanic disaster us creditably as the fire offices came first to be reported in the Philippines for throught the San Francisco earth-bong time, coursed recently at Manila. quake Specie claims on the Oceana The icins was fourteen year old
little less than £50,000,
In normal circumstances it wouki
student
the Shipping Gazette." made
a
startling statement. He declares that he 'bas seen and talked to Captain Smith, and
world was lying at the landing star, and lonely island in tuach, with the outside
this the picates engimandeerd, and siled away with their booty.
morning. At about 1 a.m. a band of
or more armed men attacked the station, which was at the time in charge of an Indian sergeant and two Indian ron-
alleged that the police struck him to in-
guilt.
ed
aot be necessary to insist on the mind there was no peability of his heirs stublex: the European sergeant being intas one, but it had been made compara...; and the others, on their own ples, guilty
mistaken.
7
to come. They would each go to prison for six years with hard labour.
duce bit to make a confession of his The jury found the prisoner Wong Fuk
guilty the second count charging him His Lordship said the ease was a seri. with being possession of stolen property, settlement even of such losses as the
his quarters, a matshed some distance! Titagic and the Oceana, bat in view uf sine rather spiteful attacks made
Indians were trus to their caste, and legal of the jury andnes that they found inpose sentences which would prevent the away from the Police Station. That the tively shaple by the prisoners' admissions; | am both counts.
After a short retirement, the forensan His Lordship wid it was his duty to to the Government which employed them Jon Lord's and of the whole systeHarbin Road pulics, and when they in. is proved by the melancholy fact that ulite first three defendants guilty and the prisoners committing crimes for some time
they were killed in defending the pre- "They suggested that the three prisoterTA. other man and the womISTI not guilty. party they were responsiblity for Th robbers were apparently armed with should be desit with severely as they ap intern tittes; and are reported as wear there had been a considerable number of poured to be dangerous characters. As ing handoliers filled with ammunitioned robberies in the Colony of late they proceeded to take everything of They attacked the station from two side that the prisoners should be inade an and after killing the principal defenders.
example of, vale, including the safe, which would probably contain a large sum of money as at Chung Chow, which is the centre of a large fishing industry, all license fros
eve of waste ground off the Wonsung Fundreds of excited Chinese around
Bod recently attracted the notice of the of individual underwriting during the
vestigated they found the body of a new past two years, it is only right to given-child-lying on the ground. The body We are now far enough away, as Lloyd's has been slated severely together by a ligament of flesh. It had prominence to this excellent recoril, had two distinct heads and bodies joined the London "Economist," from the great disaster of the Titanic to esti- has not been found wanting. It will find and later in the day the remains were enough in the past six months, and it Tip of the district was informed of the mate its effect on the insurance no longer be possible to say that therempred. market, and form an idea from audit is valueless, and the finance of
four legs and feet and two arms.
The
the jury made between the guilt of the His Lordship asked what distinction
prisoners?
FOREIGN ADVISERSHIPS.
Prof. Jenks and the Board of
Finance.
Peking, Aug. 16. Professor Jerks demands a salary of
practical experience of underwriters' the Room ansound. On the contrary, retired from the past of Medical Adviser Sir Patrick Manson, K.C.M.G., who power to resist an altogether unfor- we may fairly ask whether other'; to the Colonial Ofies on August 15, is from these boats are collected. The As the ringleader; No. 2 though not the £10,000 a year, but the Goreinmert dees seen calamity. Some weeks ago institutions, such as, the Stock Ex-well-known
accounts.
at
་་
hers, when salished that everything of tshind the complainant's husband: Sodo seem to be disposed to grant this
demand. It is probable thint Professor Prisoners four and fiwe were discharged. fenks will refuse to accept the position of One of the defendants on bearing then adviser to the Board of Finance becau sentence said: The man you have dis.he Ims leven offered a 'profensorship at the charged planned the robbery. I did not the New York Universities. Ossiatiche
The foreman said they regarded No. 1
ringlender was a dangerous character, and value bad heen taken, forevd the shroffther convicted on his own admission. und the interpreter on board the stemm launch and carried them off for rausom. The details to hand are very mengre. At o'clock this morning the No.
The steam launch Victoria was also sent disaster with an armed guard on board.
I confessed. with an armed guard to Tai O Stationtid: You have been found guilty, prae. His Lordship, addressing the others, to see whether the plunderers had also
all our out-stations either by telephone despite all or telegraph: a message might easily
control
ti
efforts made to check
Dr. Morrison's Appointment.
London Press Comment,
Loxoox, August 5.
we dealt at some length with its change, could have passed through a his greatest discoveries being the ennneis. parasitologist, ona of probable results, and explained why series of disasters comparable in ex-tion of the hypothesis, subgently en the wreck, quite apart from the size tent and importance to the losses of dated by Sir Ronald Ross, that the and value of the vessel herself, was of these six month without a single.
Albuquite acts as the host to the malarial parasite. Sir Patrick, who was born in great importance to underwriters. In failure in its whole list of members common with the rest of the world,”
In dealing with the insurancs 1844, has beca lecturer on Tropical Dis. polier launch left for the scene of the commit the robbery, but was benten till lagi,“ they and assumed that the mammoth record of this year one is naturally Hospital Medical Schools and the London ensus at St. George's and Charing-cross liner was unsinkable, and had made tempted to dwell on the big wrecks, School of Tropical Medicine. their book in accordance with this the large claims underwriters have but it must be said that apart from
The storm which burst over Tientsin made an attack there. Fortunately. Tuitically upon your own admission. of being theory- now known to be fallacions had an unusually large number of usually hot weather, has done an immense vidently being satisfied with their baland kives, terrifed these poor wretched on Aug. 13, after a long spell of un- was found undisturbed; the robbers parties in this cowardly robbery, You The policies that they in running ongerious minor losses. For some rea-amount of damage locally, says the at the one station.
arena to this house armed with revolvers the North Atlantic route included son claims in the last few months"P. and T. Times," Falling ceilin»,
women and took possession of their valu. Harge lines ou specie, bonds, diamonds have been very numerous, both in ruined walls, flooded stories and houses, shows how pecessary it is to connect up fortunately going on all over the Colony his appointment as political adviser to The easy way this station was robbed abies. These armed robbering are uning Dr...Morrison upon the occasion of Many English newspapers join in wurn- and other valuables, so that ineur marine and non-inaríne insurance, and have been the order of the day. As usual.
nees which were thought to be claim settlers and average adjusters the electric lighting wires have been severe have been sent which would have assisted them. I intend to inflict upon each of the Chinese Government. distinct converged at single point, say that they have never before known by disorganized, and the telephone service it the capture of
sa busy a time. In part, no doubt, between Peking and Tientsin broke down, scoundrels. It is easy of course for ou
the bloodthirsty
you some of the bodily suffering you put The Pall Mall Gazette advises Dr. and might bring a very large number, this fact is due to the labour unrest and still zerasine in that condition. The to talk of what the Government should accept the statement of No. 3 that he while the Daily News" declares that upon these people. The jury regard Chan Morrison of the fact that the Chinese. of claims from one disaster. Halland the disorganization of industry foreign troops suffered very severe discoun- dn in a case of this sort, but as long as
Sam na the ringlender, and though they Government is on the point of collapse, . cargo, and valuables all were con- system of railways or of dorks cannot
caused by recent strikes. A big fert in most of their quarters.
our nearest neighbour has no
was present, they regard No. 2 as being President Yuan Shib-kai is scheming to centrated in one risk, and the losses sildenly be held up and brought to
whatever over the adjacent waters and
more active rubber.
establish a dictatorship in China. "Yuan's fell heavily in underwriters who a standstill without suffering serious made whereby the 'Star' Ferry Co's. beats our task of suppressing these robberies Au Kwok to 6 years hard labour and 18 that he desires to wou his dictatorship Wa learn that arrangements are being the piratical hordes which roam thereon, and labour, and 22 strokes of the cut; sorts the Daily News," one of three- Chan Sam was sentenced to 9 years' niotive for uploying Dr. Morrison is, ux- wrote large marine and non-mariac in the immediate loss of profits, the harbour from one ferry, wharf to the will call for strong measures, when braver and 10 strokes.
conscquential damage, quite apart will be able to make a straight run across going to be a hard one and one which strokes; and Chan Shap to 5 years' hard well received both in Europe and America Rantine is broken, the efficiency of ther. Some of the buoys in the vicinity men are brutally massacred whilst doing It must be remembered that
labour is impaired, it becomes more of the direct route between the Hongkong their duty.,
through the instrumentality of his new $10.00.Lloyd's underwriters are not divided
dificult for the managers to exercise and Kowloon shores we..understand are
HOURERT WITH VIOLENCE.
priities adviser: or "that he desires to Chan San was charged with being con-
arouse through Dr. Morrison British pub. into two watertight compartments of their basiness. Hence pilferage harbour are now being prepared for that proper supervision over all the branches
to be roured and that now charts of the DEATH OF ME W. H. TALBOT tody, in the committal of robbery with ambitions of Russia and Japan; or that verned, with two other men not in eus lie opinion in favour of China against the marine and non-marine. There area
claims have recently been very
violence on July 20, at the house of oneerign los negotiations by dint of Dr. The believes it possible to revive the few men who write only marine, and gone lean" for years have suddenly be between the Co's. Hongkong wharf and lost another old resident by the death of mumcrots, and policies which had į purpose. We presume the direct run will
The Yakalama foreign community has Wong Sui Tai, a married wonen a few write only non-marine risks; become unprofitable. To take one
the new what to be erected adjoining the Mr W. H. Taibot, Assistant Manager in
Morrison's elforta, But the "Daily but the majority of the big under typical case. A consignment of boots ritway terminal station.
The Attorney General said the prisoner News" believes that the appointment. Japan of the Equitable Life Assurance with two other men went to the house will not pleass Russia, who strongly op SAXONE SHOE Co., Ltd. cept insurances on ships, fire, bonds, jean port.
writers have Eth accounts, and ac- Russia, being transhipped in a Euro that it hopes that the new Emperor will Lake Ahi, Hakuno, where he had gone mad took away practically everything she mivisor and succeeded at last in her sim. The “dochi" in a recent issue, says Society of the United States, who died on of Yong Sui Tai, bound and gagged her, poss the Persian Government's employ- the 8th-instant nt Matufaka Hotel near throhtoned her, prized open her boxes.ment of an American as its financial or specie. Consequently, a loss like 30, and out of this amount no less world that Japan's civilization is not sixty for his health. He was a highly edu stedes. The woman struggled and Should Russis desire Dr. Morrison's the Titanic was especially well suited |
than £70 worth was pilfered on the of aeventy years behind the rest residents, having lived in Japan for and shout. to test the stability of Lloyd's It covered. Similarly on
man and one of the oldest American managed to get the guy from her mouth resignation." continues the paper, “The pay without the thieves being dis- the cross-
British Foreign Office will surely face a world, as some people assert.
For & modern Government modern advisors are Chine, he was connected for sdzie time to tacet au Indian tuble. The cone there met me an embarrassing com- lurty-six years. Going to Japan from The three men ran away and happened movement in favour of Dr. Morrison, and theft have been extraordinarily com- mun, owing mainly to disorganization following strikes for underwriters duty, says the Aathi," but it is to be prietor, and afterwards connected with this an after defendent and caught him; the thist Bussin cannot reasonably object to any British subject acting as political and within a month of paying for this dribble of petty claims
hoped that the new Emperor will earround Nippon Yuran Kaisha in the capacity of the twe scaping,, «
Evileren was called in corroboration adviser to the Chinese Government, fär the specie sunk with the Oceanu, losses eat up premiums and hindi Gorman Bafferor soon after his accession Equitabla Lità Assurance Society, working ecused was found guilty and sentenced Russian entente that Baesio shall no
sttisfactory, inasmuch as the littlebimself with new states pen, just as the Average Adjuster. Later he joined the
of the Attorney-General's statement and in spite of the provision In the Anglo Lloyd's and the urine companies them from tanking good the moner dismissed Prince Basmarck, whose views under the inte Me 3. H. Hamilton and six years hard labour, and sixteen interfere in the affairs of Tibet, Russia were called on to pay all the heavy dropped on big vessels like the had become antiquated.
remaining in the company's service for overstrokes nó thé cat:
approved some years ago, the employ claims incidental to the foundering of Titanie, the Oceana, the Delhi, and
twenty years. Three year ago' he went | Messrs Lloyd. Mathesia and Carritt, homs for the recovery of his health, and
mont by the Dulai Tu as his adviser of THIN AFTERNOON'S HEARING. the Titanic. If, then, the credit of
M. Dorjieff,& noted Russian follower of In a word, the insurance market
in their circular of July 25 state with returned to Yokohama, with apparently The following jury was sworn this after the Dalai Lama, though the activities, of Lloyd's had been doubtful; if the has lately had an unprofitable time,sortment of Now Season's teas are just lapsed.. Mr Talbot leaves a daughter (Mrs. Barretto. W. Bathel, J. N. Bedges expedition by the then Viceroy of India reference to China tea-AR. excellent improved health, but unfortunately re-toon: Messrs. R. A. Gabbay (Foreman), Eix Russian prompted this despatch of an underwriter had endangered their
but in the lang ritu the bases, position by wild insurances on risks met, will prore an excellent advertise market. Buyers are operating with caution, married daughters, who are in England.
promptly and readily as they are being to hand and are being placed on "the Chapuan) in Tokolans and three in-Allan J. Phillips, glas, A. C. Winto Tibet. In any case the employment
Noldt, and Danby M. Mickle.
of this Busta was a breach of the Angle... that they did not understand, or ment for London insurers. There is and lavo mudo purchases of useful black
[BIX YEARS,kon "BÉNOLARY....... Brussian agreement. There is also sotua plunged for premiums that they could no hitch in the working of the market; leafs at d. @sid, per lb., mediam
elains have been bail, and are being Blouings and Oanfas at 7d. d., good THERE is ous medicine that every Fung Trut, Kwan Lam, Chan Troi, andaliout Russia's netivities in Tibet ot really earn-if this had been the
Kow were charged on two counts Wong Fuk, Chan Chick Chan Laird to believe that the British Foreign Office has recently come to entertain fears Typhoon Guide, case the Titanic loss would have and there is a general feeling of com- 1. 21, por 1, also a few parcals of expusially daring the auesmer months; viz, with committing burglary and will slo by saying that the appointment of The Daily News "conedudes. Els Bril. found the wenk epot, nad caused will not lunз a penny through the at Bld. opstands. Fins Soo Moon Haga .It costs..ut a quarter. Can you afford to against the prisones, that in the car, Dr Morrison in Peking and M Dorjie ̧ fidence for the future. Policyholders to ulity up to 1s. 6d. per haberlain's Calic, Cholen and Dinrahoon receiving stolen property. It was allogod Fo chor. Panyon are moving slowly Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed. | great und general inconvenience. That recent misfortunes of the insurance been placed, and several cheap lines of bo without it1.For sale for all Chemists morning of June 20 they did feloniously in Tibet shows relations are becoming.
Wm. Powell, Id.
SOLE AGENTS,
was on the way from America to
The total value was
prore a modere state-mau and, show the
of
the
The prisoner was undefended.
THE EDWARD DISPENSARY, (affected underwriters at every point; Channel routes ansoying claims forneccamry. It is true the advisers of the with the Japra. Gazette" as ita pro-stable could not arrest all three so he plication. But there is rosson to believe
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