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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1924.

COUNTERFEIT.

BUS CONDUCTOR IN TROUBLE.

CASE PENDING.

HOCKEY.

YESTERDAY'S GAME.

[BY "

STICKS."}

Yesterday afternoon at the Grenadiers, Ground, Kowloon, the Hongkong Hockey Club heldtheir second practice game,

Ip Yui, aged 31 years, conductor No. 68, employed in the Kowloon Motor-Bus Co. was brought before Mr. E, W. Hamilton, at the Kow- The match was not as even as loon Magistracy this morning, on last week, Whites had most of the charges of (1) utfering aplay, and were well over Colours,

counterfeit eventually winning by 5.1. Hongkong ten-cent coin, knowing the same to The game started with Colours be false, at Shamshuipo, pressing, and holding their own yesterday, (2) unlawfully having for the first ten minutes; then in his possession or custody, eleven Whites got away, Hatt scoring a pieces of Hongkong ten-cent fine goal. A ding-deng game counterfeit coins, knowing the followed, Whites pressing most of same to be false and with intent to the time, with Colours trying to palm off same on board motor-bus draw level, till Price, from outside No. 614, at Mongkok, yesterday. left; scored. This gave Whites the lead which they never lost. Soon

Pleads Ignorance. Defendant stated that he was not aware that the coins were false and he had received them in the course of his takings.

MISSING BABIES.

FOUR NOW FOUND.

THE CHINA MAIL

Paris August 24-Dinorah Coarer, the wife of the Agen, South-West France, doctor, from several adopted hose house bables are alleged to have disappeared to writing her life story for the magistrate. bables have been found, but the search for the others is going on.

Dinorah says that when she was 20 she determined to be an actress, and believed she would become a star

SEA MYSTERIES.

THRILLING TALES OF SHIPS.

London, August 16:-No more gripping or terrible narrative of the sea has ever been penned than that of the ill-fated history of the "Bon Four Espoir"-a story which tragic and romantic as it is, forms a unique chapter in the colourful annuals of the world of ships. It has been well said that no incident either in fiction or factcan compare with this remarkable and sinister episode.

The first scene in the amazing drama is laid in the romantic South Sea Islands, whither the "Bon Espoir,' 'under Captain

Big- wood, had gone to trade with the natives.

Next year she made the ac quaintance of a British officer, who, she says, took her for a trip round the world. She left him on her return to Paris and went on the stage, playing small parts.

In Brussels she made the ac

quaintance of a M. Germot, to retain, whose affection she adopted a child, passing it off as his.

At Liege she adopted the child of a chorus girl who excited her sympathy by telling her she was about to become a mother.

Dinorah says that in 1921 she had three adopted children with her at Valence. She went to Paris, and when she returned the children had disappeared. Later,

her husband, acquaintance of Dr. Galou.

after, from a breakaway Hyde stored Colours only geal. At the interval, the scores stood at 2-1.

In the second half, Whites fell Detective Inspector T. Murphy, away, Colours pressing all the of Yaumati Police Station, depose time and Mills was being called ed that in consequence of repeated upon to save constantly. Hett complaints made to him by passen-annexed another goal soon after gers travelling on motor buses that the start, and then Meacock, put they had been given bad coins one through. Colours retaliated in exchange for notes tendered for and went down the field but bad payment of their fare, last night shooting prevented them scor- he handed one marked $ biting Woodward-closed-Whites in Constantinople, she made the to a Chinese district watchman to have a ride on bus: No. 614, with instruction to tender it for change. The watchman "carried out the order accordingly, travelled in the third class compartment, and hand-this year.... ed the marked note to the accused, Next week the matches are as asking for change. The watchman received 95 cents change, out of which one ten cent piece was

bad. He made a report to witness to that effect. Upon arrival of the bus at the bus company's office accused was taken to the Com- pany's office by Detective Sergeant Taylor and was searched there. In the second compartment of the conductor's bag were found eleven ten-cent counterfeit coins with no other good money in it at all.

store by putting one more through,

The game was fast, though the wet state of the ground, in places made the going heavy. With the new talent the Club should do well

follows:

H.K.S.R.G.A. Brigade versus the

Club tst. eleven, at US R.C. Grenadiers 2nd. v. Club 2nd. at

Grenadier Ground, The University. v. Club 3rd. at

Happy Valley.

The Club should have no difficulty in turning out three real- good teams and some good aches should take place.

Yesterday's Teams: Whites: A. Bower, H. C. Defendant has only been with Macnamara, J. H. Kearns, D. S. the company for one month as Green, W. H. Lock, H. G. Gardner, conductor. The master of the D. H. F. MacMaster, G. B. Hett, company said that all bad coins W. Woodward, H. R. Meacock, collected by conductors during T. J. Price.

the course of their duties have to Colours: P. W. F. Mills, C. 1. M. be made good, after being certified Hughes, C. L. R. Becher, L. A. R, by office shroffs.

Duncan, Rev. N. Evans, HR The case was adjourned until Remington, J. J. Rost, J. A. H. noon on October 6. Bail was Plummer, W. Hyde, W. A."

Noters, J. C. Faers. granted in the sum of $500,

PIRACY ECHO.

"LEE FAT" VICTIM IN CLAIM FOR WAGES.

Judgment has not yet been given in the case in which a shòp coolic who was captured by pirates whilst returning from Cheung Chau on

ARMED ROBBERY,

ACCUSED SENT UP FOR TRIAL.

LEE YUEN STREET AFFAIR.

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For disorderly conduct in Shanghai Street, two Chinese fishmongers were fined $2 each by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the

Kowloon Court, this morning.

The latter were so friendly that the stay was extended from a few days to sovem weeks, and before the ship was ready to proceed to sea again the captain announced his intention of making a certain native girl his wife and taking her to sea with him. MUTINY.

The girl had so fascinated hini that he duly carried out his ex- pressed intention, and when the "Bon Espoir" left the islandthegirl- was aboard. At first life on the ship was comparatively unevent- ful, but the time came when there were murmurings among the crew, and at last one of the men,: the chosen spokesman, approached the captain and said:

"Now, look here, boss; we all want wives as well as you, and help us to get them we shall take just like yours, and unless you possession of the ship and go in search of them."

This is mutiny," the captain declared,

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other prize crew, with great dif- ficulty, was put on board, again the vessels got separated, and this time the nameless barque dis uppeareil rompletely. trace of it was seen again.

Never a

Money and jewellery to the total value of $120 was taken by robbers from a house in Yunnan

"That's right," was the reply: Street yesterday, when an old "but there'll be no more trouble woman who was on the premises if you agree to our request." was 'overpowered by the robbers who obtained their loot from her who had been fistening, inter At this juncture the native girl,

DISASTER STIRRED EARTH.

person.

What was the solution of these rupted the conversation and in her For carrying a passenger in broken English suggested that startling happenings? One explan the captain turned theation put forward was that a Negro, excess of the number provided inf

who for various reusons hated all ship and went back to one his licence, the master of the of the islands-one some dis- whites, had concealed himself on motor-boat "America" was prose- cuted at the Marine Court this tance from her native place--she board and had killed off the vari morning and was fined $1 or 2 would entice some girls to the ous crews one by one and thrown

shore and the men could seize the bodies overboard. days on his entering a plea of them and carry them aboard The vessel had been searched again

guilty."

girl was quite eager to go, and, the and without result. And what is captain at last consented, and in the explanation of the ringing bell Was never found? The due course the island was reached. that

mystery would form an excellent foundation for a detective story of the sea.

But the

The fate of the ship "Northfleet” the English Channel in 1873—a disaster that thrilled the world-is another of the many unsolved dramas of the sea. The little that is known regarding the underlying mystery, however, seemingly re veals an amezing plot.

A sentence of two weeks' hard labour was meted out to a Hokle coolie, for the theft of a

SHIP WITHOUT A NAME. pound of roasted pork, which was The girl went ashore, and soon hung on a book of a meat stall at the men followed her and Kowloon City Road yesterday remained in hiding. The native Defendant was seen in girl then returned to the ship, morning. the act of stealing it by the owner, after which a strange thing who gave chase and caught him happened. Suddenly she changed after a short pursuit.

from the half-civilized creature she appeared to be into a blood Before, Mr. E. W. Hamilton at thirsty savage, and, seizing an Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Kowloon Court this morning, axe, she killed two of the crew

Among the passengers on board the "Lee Fat" in October of last the Central Magistracy yesterday an unemployed Chinese, named before they could raise a band to year claims $263 as the amount of afternoon, the case in which Chan Im Loi, was charged with assault defend themselves. Next moment the "Northfleet," according to the his wages for the period in which So is charged with committing an ing Chinese detective No. 368, she had given a signal to the story told by one of the survivors, he was held in captivity.

armed robbery with others not in Kong Siu-hong while in the shore, and this was followed by were two girls, sisters-one very Evidence was given this morn-custody on August 29, at No. 7, execution of his duty, to prevent the most unearthly cries imagin dark and foreign-looking, the other among 300 odd ing by two members of the Chung Lee Yuen Street, came up for the lawful arrest of another personable--and it was soon obvious that fair-who were Shing Wo Oil Company, who were hearing again.

at Hamilton Street, yesterday, the seamen, betrayed by the girl, emigrants bound for Australia. present when the man was paid an Cheng Tung, servant to the firm Defendant was remanded until were being butchered, by the According to this survivor's story, amount less than his claim shortly at No. 7, Lee Yuen Street, stated to-morrow morning.

he became suspicious of the move- natives. after his return from captivity and that he was at the back of the

Of the entire crew only one ments of the dark girl, and shortly was re-engaged.. Both of these room when he saw two men come

Exciting and interesting in- survived. He had pulled away from before the disaster he saw her said that the man put the money upstairs. They pointed revolvers cidenis characterized the fiming the ship unknown to the girl, waving a lamp on deck as if in in his pocket but still demanded at him and ordered him to

of the forest fire scenes in the and was eventually picked up in a signal to someone. Shortly after into the end cubicle. Accused was latest Harry Rapf production, very exhausted condition, to reveal wards, a. ship, without lights bore It was contended by the plaintiffs one of the robbers who tied his Lucretia Lombard," the adapta to the world one of the most down on the "Northfleet," rammed that the man returned the money hands behind his back. Hetion of the Kathleen Norris "best astounding the narratives ever and sank her, and before she drew from the drawer from which it was recognized accused distinctly and seller" starring Irene Rich and told. To this day the question has away one of the men on board the

could recognize the other robber, Mz. C.A.5. Russ for the defend-if he saw him again. Some days Monte Blue. When the fire was never been solved as to the motive unknown craft pulled the girl on

actually staged, it took on such underlying the native girl's board,*** ants and Mr. J. T. Pryor, for the after the robbery, he happened to huge proportions and burned and treachery, but the most probable plaintiff, addressed His Honour come across defendant at Canton raged so fiercelly that the company explanation is that she simply Mr. Justice A. Dyer Bail, on the Road. He followed him as far as was afraid it would spread and turned savage, matter and quoted cases in support Shanghai Street, when accused cause disaster to the countryside. Much more complete is the went up to the second floor of No. "Lucretia Lombard" is now show mystery surrounding the fate of 324 and disappeared. He met aing at the World Theatre and met the various crews of a nameless Wel-hai-wel police constable, who with great success during the last barque which was discovered in called a European Sergeant and two nights. two detectives,' They went up to the second floor of 324, and arrested accused on the verandah.

Thore,

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of their contentions.

His Honour said he would con- sider these cases and if necessary he would call further evidence.

RULE OF THE ROAD.

MAGISTRATE'S WARNING AT MARINE COURT.

Lieut.-Commander G. F. Hole, RN sitting as Magistrate in the

The case was committed to the Criminal Session for trial on October 18,

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(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, October I. Defendant, who pleaded

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A TRAGIC SEQUEL This witness's evidence carried little weight at the inquiry, which, among other things, sought to establish the identity of the mystery ship. The secret was never revealed.

A possible sequel to the tragedy difficulties at sea by the brig

Emma Austen." The affair has occurred a few years later when baffled the keenest deductive this same witness, passing through minds of two hemispheres, and anja fishing village on the East Coast, explanation is still lacking as how learned a curious story from the three different crews vanished, as landlord of an inn concerning two

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Although the barque in love with him. The old black- was searched from end to end smith fixed up

an engagement there was no sign of human life, between Nellie and the Spanlard, yet everything was intact. Even but soon afterwards the fair-haired the honts were in their davits in girl ran with a local labourer full complement.

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MEN WHO DISAPPEARED. A strange fact, was that there was a good fire in the galley and on it, stewing in a saucepan, we two fowls. Where had the crew

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HUSBAND'S TREACHERY. "About the same time," the Innkeeper continued, "Gipsy dis appeared, and when she returned, to everyone's surprise, it was with Among the passengers due hers vanished to? As the new-comers the Spaniard, whose wife she had hecome. But soon she learned Messrs. Joseph Gould & Co. one hundred million dollars. The by the P. and O. s.s."Kashgar" were asking kindly supply the following share remainder witt be issued in are Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith and question they heard a bell ring that her "busbard' already had a}

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