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$1,000 REWARD WON?

FUGITIVE BANK SHKOFT

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SMART CAPTURE AT YAUMATI.

As the result of a smart piece of detective work, the police Inst night effected the arrest, at Yaumati. of Chan Siu-chuen, the shroff employed in the compradore department of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, who last week absconded with $22,000 which he bad received from a client of the bank, and failed to pay in to the cashier...

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE VICTORIA CAFE-

*THE CHINA MAIL.

SHANGHAI BLAZE

GODOWN-DESTROYED.

To the Editor of thà " China Mall.”) ALARMING VIRK

Dear Sir-Wah reference to an article published in your hsue of last might under the heading "How to wake Money and would feel in clined to think that the employees of a certain Cafe were swindling the zeneral publc. This not being the case, I am taking it upon myself to contradict the assertions set forward, especially in the closing paragraph..

In the opening. paragraph, your Correspondent states that the rested rant was closed for repairs. It is true there were renovations etc. made, but these were made by orders of the new owners. Perhaps he is CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS. not aware that the old Victoria Cafe really went, to say the least, bung, and that there was an advertisement advertising its sale in the various papers of the Colony.

POSSESSION OF OPIUM.

THE OLD, OLD EXCUSE PAILS.

Charged before Magistrate Hut chison with the unlawful possession of 27 taels of raw opium, a Chinese pleaded guilty." He said that the drug was given him by a stranger to carry to the Prays where he was to wait for him. Defendant was tò! receive some ten-cent pieces for his trouble.

Inspector Davitt said that the de fendant was searched in Queen's Road, and the drug found tied round his waist.

Three days ago the Captain Super-

The Magistrate imposed a fine of Intendent of Police offered a reward | $500 or three months' hard labour. of $1,000, for information leading to

the arrest of the fugitive.

AMERICANS ROBBED.

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MISSIONARIES' LOSS.

Mr. and Mrs- A. L. Groff and Mrs.

HOW THE AKREST WAS MADE. · Enquiries made at the Central Police Station this morning, elicited the information that the shroff was arrested in a house in Portland Street, Yaumat He was disguised as a Chinese ship's fireman. The raid on the house as made under the Mary C. Meinel. American Mission- direction of Detective Inspector Grantaries were robbed at Wong Chau who was accompanied by Detective Tun near Shekwan, in the evening Sergeant Dorling, another European of August 11, on their way to Loh Sergeant, and Chinese district Fau Mountain from Shek lung. It watchman. Both the shroff and the is reported that the loss amounts to woman in whose company he was $303, says the Canton Times. arrested, were removed to the Central Station, where $2,500 was found on. the latter's person, and $2,000 on the

man.

THE ORIENTAL EYE.

SHIMIDZU AND "KANJL?

It appears that the police suspected that the fugitive had not left the Colony and was hiding in Yaumati. A couple of days before the reward was offered, Inspector Caygill

The great fault of the courts at had the keeper of the house brought Wimbledon, on which the All-Eng to the Yaumati Station but she land Championships are being played refused to answer the questions put out, is that they are all arranged the to her. Watch was then kept on the same way. When the sun is low house. The shroff, it appears, had this must be worth nearly a stroke a gore straight to the house on leaving game.to the player with his (or her) the bank, and bad not left the place back to it. The little smiling Japanese until his arrest.

champion, Shimidru, is the only com- petitor who seerne quite unaffected by a blaze of sunshine in his eyes. That is because he has had such long experience of lawn tennis in India. Ranji had the same' im- perviousness to the hottest glare for the same reason; the more brilliant the sunshine the better and quicker his sight of the ball. In the year (when "W.G." made his 1,000 Trus in May, the future Jam was asked on a simply tropical evening if the fierce light worried him. "No in- deed,” was the reply; "I was born

£40,000 GEM BY AIR.

SPECIAL AEROPLANE FOR A

BING.

The most valuable special cargo ever rushed across the Channel by air was sent in special Airco machine. It was an historic diamond., ring valued at 1,000,000 francs in it, and never have a go at the sum (nominally £40,000), which had been by mistake." bought by an English buyer from a well-known Parisian jewellery house

on condition that the gem was delivered in London.

LOGIL AND GENERI

The ring was handed to the Airco Company and an aeroplane was

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BARLY MOIKING.

'MR. SHAW'S ARREST.

“FURTHER JAPANI SE STATEMENT

* ALLEGATIONS CONFUDE

الله

A serious fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning, Aug. A Tokyo message dated Aug. 15 14, at Mens-Butterfield & Sorire's states premises on the Franch Band The The following statement regarding fire originated on the ground door of the treatment of Mr. George Shaw No 13 godown, immediately at the has been received from an authori rear of the company's large block of tative quarter office buildings which face the Bund (1) Officials of the Government- and as other buildings closely ad General of Kores have been careful. joined on all sides, the firemen bad to see that dr. Shaw is properly an extraordinarily difficult task to treated. They have gone so far as preventing the fire from spreading to provide new quarters, not an Godown No. 13 was gutted, damage ordinary cell, for his detention and done being estimated at about Tishave leniently permitted the supply 200,000.

The alarm was first given to the of things desired by the prisoner; French brigade by telephone at 12.17, called at the police station

(2) an Englishman named Ales and the call was promptly answered. Shinjishu on the day following Mr. It was at once evident that they had Shaw's detention with a letter of a difficult task before them, the fire introduction from the Japanese Con- burning fiercely in the lower part of sal at Astung and was permitted to As to the refusal of meal tickets, the godown, which contained some see the prisoner; (3) the British Vice- it is only fair to assume that the 7,000 barrels of wood oil, whilst the Consul at Seoul was permitted to employees were instructed by the upper aloreys were packed with owners to do so. Assuming, for the hemp, tallow, ferthers, ste: Chief purpose of argument, that someone Officer Pett visited the scene and bought over the goodwill of a firm. foreseeing heavy work for the French Would he be responsible for debts Brigade, ordered the Central contracted by his predecessors? Cer- Division men to stand by and tainly not, Well, same here.

had the Fire float brought into posi- It is my opinion that your cutres†tion, a precantion which proved of pondent's fea was to incriminate great advantage when the call came the new management, whereas what for assistance at 12.30. Central he really has done, was to slander Division also brought out three the employees, who are certainly not machin s, and the two brigades were at fault, as far as they themselves are hept hard at work until 4 am: before concerned.

the danger of the fire spreading to the main offices and adjoining godowns was finally averted.

I shall greatly appreciate it if your correspondent could set forward his ideas as to the following

(1) What good, do the employees derive by refusing meal tickets sold by the old Victoria Cafe.

(2) What difference would it make if the employees of the old Cafe who sold these dishonored' tickets are still there,

If it is his idea to prejudice the public against the New Victoria Cafe, am afraid he is quite mistaken, as I, for one, am a frequent customer of theirs and will always be. That he is entirely wrong in his assump tions is quite evident. That he has set forward his views in the wrong light is quite as evident.

Thanking you for inserting this Fletter, Yrs. truly.

NARCISSE

Hongkong, August 21, 1920. [No employees have been slander" ed. Had "Narcisse" possessed suffi- cient intelligence to read attentively, he would have noted that the point of referring to the continued presence of the same employees, the same furniture, etc, under practically the same name in the same premises, was to show that ticket holders were reasonable in expecting to get what they had there paid for. We say that the old proprietor and the new ware alike responsible, and in honour bound to think of and arrange for the satisfaction of these claims, when making their deal-ED. Chine Mail

ILLEGAL ARMS.

SEQUEL'TO POLICE RAID.

ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.

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the prisoner on July 15 versation with, the prisoner that be

"It has been ascertained from com is entirely satisfied with the especially courteous care of the police authorities. in matters such as the treatment of correspondence.”

ment proceeds, confute the allega "The foregoing facts," the state-

and arbarously treated by the officials tions that Mr. Shaw has been crucily of Korea. In view of the explang- tion given in the House of Commons by the British Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs on August 9, it may be supposed that Mr. Shaw has been insidiously connected with the con spiracy of Korean agitators. There- fore it is an unjust and unwarrage! table insinuation to impute the motive to the Japanese that Mr. Shaw was arrested to eliminate his com mercial influence from Autung.”

SINGAPORE HARBOUR

LOSSES.

SERIOUS MERCANTILE

DIFFICULTY.

AN ALARMING SPECTACLE, “ The fire spread rapidly to the upper floors, and when the roof went in there was a spectacular blaze, lighting EP the whole sky, and reflected on the lawns of the Band as far as the Public Gardens Crowds of Chinese looked on, and a few joy riders rolled up sleepily in their motor cara. Ai this period, with flames shooting up strongly through the windows and roof of the godown, and with great showers of sparks being scattered, on all sides, a stiff westerly wind of the oface block of buildings, and carried the flames against the rear it appeared that these would become involved. The danger was fortunate- ly averted, the French brigade work- ing on the building with jets-from The recent severe squalls have below and the Central Division men brought into prominence again a with lines of hose which they carried serious mercantile dificulty which up inside the building and with has been discussed before, but for which they were able to keep the which up to the present, no remedy walls and windows damped. Even has been found. We refer to the so, some of the windows were caught heavy losses of valuable- cargo: in by the flames, which began to gala a Singapore harbour owing to the fact hold inside on the top-floors, but here that tongkangs and similar cargo the firemen were successful in check-boats are sent off to the Roads so ing the threatened advance.

overloaded that the pull of a tug will DANGER TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. pot- them nose under, whilst the No. 13 godown continued to born occurrence of any sea means almest inevitably, wreck and loss of cargo. fiercely, its interior now resembling There have been mapy

furnace, quite beysód check. The of late which huge sums were Brigades, under the direction of M. involved owing to rubber cargoes Chapeau and Chief Officer Pett being thus lost. The cause of the confined their efforts to preventing trouble is that the Government has spread of the fire to closely adjoin failed up to the present to lay down or ing buildings, a sufficiently difficult the Chamber of Commerce, to urge matter in the circumstances. Jets any scheme of measurement of native were placed in every advantageous built tongkangs which will act in the position to damp down godowns No. same way as the customary leading 10 and 16, together with those on with regard to large ships. At pre Rue Colbert and the office buildings sent on application for a licence Apart from having to watch the there is simply record made of the surrounding buildings, the utmost length, breadth and depth of the care had to be exercised with regard boat the number of passengers

a

specially despatched with the valuable within 48 hours of his arrival in shagain before Magistrate Hutchison been disastrous, particularly as the that the native builders can be în-i

little packet, consigned to the jewel-

lers' London branch.

have

At the Magistracy yesterday, the to the great quantity of oil How allowed when empty of cargo, and sixteen Chinese (including one Sappering from the burning godown into the gross tonnage, but owing to of the R. E), who were arrested on a the streets. There was a deeg the varieties of construction the charge of unlawful assemblage, as stream of oil along the Bund as far cargo capacity of any two tongkangs the result of a raid by the West Point as the Rue du Consulat, and in Rue of apparently similar dimensions is Police on the second floor of No. 1 Calbert, and had this been allowed entirely different from a safety, point Potak Street on Monday night, were to carry fianie, results must have of view. It is hardly to be expected For failing to register himself

yesterday. After hearing evidence whole block would been duced to conform at once to a stand- Colony, a Dutchman named A Mah of the raid the Magistrate further re surrounded by the fames and the ard pattern, but it would not seem zinger was fined $75 by Capt. Rowbo-manded the case.

work of the brigade seriously beyond reason to expect them to do. -The luxury export tax payable ontham in the third police court, Sing- the ring amounted to 90,000 francs apore.

Mr. C. F. Mason appeared for the handicapped.

so gradually, in the same way 29 (nominally £3,600).

fifteenth defendant and a captain of

Both brigades are to be con double ricshes have steadily elimina the R. E, watched the proceedings gratulated on having confined the red, always provided that the authori Rumours are still in circulation in the interests of the Military fire to its place of origin. The Shang-ties will lay down what is a standard that the Indo-China S. N. Co., will authorities.

hai Brigade ficat, rendered excellent pattern. It does not appear to us eventually become absorbed by the The first defendant, who admitted service, supplying seven streams, that there would be an insuperable P. and O. but how much credence is a further charge of the unlawful while one motor pump assisted the difficulty in laying down some re- possession, at the time of the raid, of three French engines, working from gulations as regards standard free one revolver loaded in all six mains or the river, Valuable assist-board which would go far to do chambers, and eleven rounds of loose ance was also rendered by the Cus away with the danger, and the Go- ammunition, was sentenced to twelve toms float "Huning which under verament can hardly claim that the months' hard labour.

the direction of Inspect Mellows, had matter is one for commercial bodies The bail of the other defendants a powerful stream of water playing to deal with alone because there is was extended.

on buildings which were being swept the question of safety of life involved. by sparks and burning debris. Messrs Apart however from possible loss of Butterfield & Swire's float also stood of by members of the staff. The very serious matter, as it affects not by and general assistance was zander life, the loss of valuable cargo is a firemen were able to "

only the merchants involved but the

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HOW CHARLIE CHAPLIN FAILED.

Lord Desborough, presiding at a diarier of the Anglo-Saxon Club, told a story which will have an endaring life. It comes from Miss Mary Fickford, who told it to Lady Desborough.

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Charlie Chaplin was one day at $2,000,000 for their relief, he said | unlawful assemblage, but he did not about 4 o'clock, but it was some two and efforts should be made- to copeį a fair in the United States, where The tragic part of the business is/ think fi'om the evidence offered, that hours later before the fire was finaly with it-Free Press,, **..

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the principal attraction was a com- that this has been known for the

thing of that nature as provided Godown No.13 was then a wreck, petition as to who could best imitate past year and yet little is done.

by the section ander which they but little damage had been done the Charlie Chaplin walk. The real Charlie thought there might be a Martial law proclaimed in all were charged. He appreciated the elsewhere, a few windows only chance for him, so he entered for military zones in the Shanghai action of the police in arresting the having been partially burned. The the performance, minus his celebrated Chinese city, which caused so much they were in the house for no good mainly Chinese owned,

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Explaining the rescinding of martial not convict under the section cited. He would therefore discharge the defendants.

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CUSTOMS MAN MARRIED.

YOUNG CHINESE HEIDE,

NATIVE WEDDING CEREMONY.

Mr. J. Ward, a boat officer of the Chinese Customs Service at Wham- The sad case of suicide of Mr.

poa, is now the happy husband of a R. M. Beito, Barrister at Law, in the

pretty little sixteen-year-old bride, Red Sea, while returning to Ceylon

Miss Cheng, a girl from one of the Viscount Curzon kist his appeal The jealously guarded secret of by the B. L. ss. “Leicestershire to secret tests by army experta boats there. The wedding, according sgainst the foe which was recently the sail area of the cup yachts occurred on Sunday, the 11th July. The weapon has a rotating barrel torative custom, took place August 17. inflicted for exceeding the speed Shamrock IV" and "Resolute At 4 pm. the lascars on boand saw attached to shalls driven by a motor, The bridegroom gave the girl's foster limit. When the session clerk de leaked out while the work of measure some one struggling in the sea. The the speed of which is ander instant mother a gift of five hundred dollars, manded his licence for the purpose of ing the contestants was lo progress at vessel was stopped at once, and a and absolute control. While its it is said. The ceremony consistent recording the court's decision the Brooklyn Dry Dock." Shamrock TV" Warch was made for the body, but muzzle velocity is only 1,210 feet per of the bride going from one house document was so covered with the was to carry a spread of 11,400 without success. When a muster second, the gun is said to be able to bost to another amid the setting off records of numerous convictions that square feet of sail, by far the grestset was taken, Mr. Brito, was found to fire 11,000 shots a minute, as com- of fire-crackers and the sounding of the Viscount could not trace this ever carried by a 5-footer. The be the missing passengers Mrs, pared with the record of 500 or 600 gongs. From the second boat the -particular endorsement, and had to

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