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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1925,

circumstances of his relations ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

MAGISTRATE REFUSES LEAVE TO WITHDRAW.

CASE FURTHER ADJOURNED. »

JUNK RUN DOWN.

ALLEGATIONS " AGAINST

LAUNCH...

FOUR SHOTS FIRED,

with a number of unpleasant people, spies, traitors and emis- saries of Germany produced a strong impression on "the Sena- tors. Frionds of M. Caillaux freely stated that he would not accept an amnesty, but would demand a revision of the proceed- ings in the High Court. It was A Chinese numed Jung Tan- Insult has been added to injury realised that his would not be nLloyd, managing director of J. T. as a junk master has been fired at triumphant re-entry into Parlia-Lloyd & Company, of No. 23, through trying to make out the ment as a pardoned man. He Wyndham Street, again appeared number of a craft which ran down:“. desired rather to return, vindicat-on remand before Mr. J. R. Wood his boat and threw him into the ed by the highest Court. Unfor- at the Central Magistancy, this cold sea... tunately for him there is no morning on a charge of ein- In the small hours of Saturday higher Court than the Senate, and bezzling $22,000 belonging to the morning the junk was at anchor no possibility of revidwing, the Company.

at a place known as Tal Num At the previous hearing last Chung, which is between Kapsui- process. Apparently M. Caillaux, considered that some law might be Monday, Mr. E. S. C. Brooks, for mun and Castle Peak Bay. passed by which a retrial.could be the prosecution, asked leave to Athough, as, the master maintains,

withdraw the charge But now, rather then ordered.

as the his regulation navigation lights wait probably for years for re-but the Magistrate directed that jerked into the water through a missing funds had been replaced, were burning, he was suddenly vision, he has accepted ค amnesty, and returned to Parila: the Crown Solicitor be consulted collision,"

in regard to the application... A launch towing two cargo mentary life with h blare of

Mr. Brooks no longer appearing jusks, he alleges, ran him down. trumpets scarcely imaginable in the case, the complainant, who In doing so, a part of the junk in very short time ago.

is treasurer of the Company, stated which he was asleep was severed. that the accused had compensated With the assistance of a foki he was him, and he wished to withdraw soon.out of danger. His junk had the charge. The complainant added lowered a small sampan to take the A New Industry.

that it was necessary that the name, of the launch and the num A new Company-the Terri- accused be released as he was the bers of the other junks. He alle tories Building and Agricultural of the firm and his assistance was stop and even tried to

only personwho knew the business ges that the launch did 'not Development Co., Limited has required in going through the off. Ukimately four shots were been formed, its aim being to pro- books.

fired to deter his Sampan vide the Colony with a new indus could not agree to the charge being they saw.one of the junk numbers,.

The Magistrate said that he from getting up." Nevertheless, try and thereby not only create withdrawn, and adjourned the and he has made a report to the employment but, also cultivate case for a week.

Harbour Office.

make

land 'which is at present un- Mr. T. H. King. Deputy Damage was done to the extent developed and, above all, make. Superintendent of Police, who is of $800 and properly valued at the Colony less dependent upon now prosecuting in the case, added $150 was lost in the water. imported market produce and a further charge of embezzlement provisions. When it is consider- against the accused...

MOTOR DRIVER CHARGED.

ed that the Colony obtains the

great builk of its vegetables and fruits from China, where the

methods employed are insanitary, MISHAP TO FOOKHING ALLEGED RECKLESS DRIV

WAITING FOR NEXT HIGH TIDE.

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SOME CARGO JETTISONED. /

ING IN KOWLOON.

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TWO COOLIES INJURED,

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antiquated, and obsolete, it will readily be seen that there is a great opportunity in this.Colony, for a Company which will under- take farming and market garden- ing according to modern methods and which will sell its produce at a reasonable price to local con- sumers. The Colony of Hong kong has developed enormously

Vo., Ltd.) received EL #128- · According to the evidence for during the last few years.

lo snege

the effect that the proseculion, the accused was Building is proceeding apace and

#41 unsuccesful attempt had driving a lorry in Kowloon 'City the population is rapidly increas been made to tow off the 8.8. Road last Saturday. After over- ing. Yet.. hitherto, there has Fooshing" (Captain J. McAlushi), taking three motor buses, he is been no attempt to meet what is a

which went ashore on the alleged to have lost control of his real need. In fact, a considerable mocks on Friday, after leny machine, and crashed into a amount of land formerly cultivating Hongkong and Swatow

for verandah post. In the crash two ed by Chinese farmers is now, Shanghai."

coolies were injured, one of them » riding in the vehicle at the time.

Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- Yesterday, lessrs. Jardine, Isg, a motor driver of the Sanitary Matheson and Co., Ltd, general Department was charged "with managers for the Indo-China S. N reckless driving,

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built, upon. One of the common. Provided the weather remainedOne of the injured men had to be est complaints in the Colony is favourable, another effort to get the taken to hospital.

1BOULDER'S CRASH.

CONDUIT BURSTS ON THE HILLSIDE.

the high price of everyday neces- sities of life, and the new Com-water. Sent in response to the en!! Thursday.

steamer off would be made at high The case was adjourned until pany states that it will endeavour for assistance, the Whampoa Dock to make a real effort to meet that Company's tug, "Henry Keswick," complaint. The land in the New, is standing by Territories ia said to be entirely

As far as is known there were no suitable for the development of Europeans travelling by the vessel. agriculture and husbandry, and it All the Chinese passengers and chaos, but actually to the point of is hoped that many new varieties mails were transhipped into junks making it worse. Therefore it is of plants, vegetables, and fruits (towed out from Swatow by the of vital importance that the can be advantageously cultivated China Navigation steamer San there. The Company, which will chuan') and brought into Swatow positions in China should be also endeavour to cope with the thoroughly understood in Britain problem of house shortage, and Saturday's "China Mail) hinted Friday's message (published in

Residents who look to the and the United States. Unfor will both build houses and sell that ten feet of water had got into Colony's rider" but nevertheless tunately the voice of the average sites for building, has issued a No. 1 hold. In reply to a query on Saturday evening, when the prosaic mains for water had a scare citizen cannot make itself heard prospectus with the object of this morning as to whether any supply was cut off without warning.

in the highest councils, nor can the newspapers assert their views beyond a certain point. But fortunately there is the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion to speak the truth for the whole world to hear. This great financial institution enjoys the highest prestige in all the capitals

SHORT-LIVED SCARE.

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raising further capital for, the the cargo had been shifted, it was development of its property. stated that some of the merchandise amount of water in the reservoirs Quite a number thought that the in the two forward holds had been had been depleted by that now jettisoned.

famous "hole in the bottom," hence the sudden restrictions,

However, auch was not the case. A boulder, weighing fifty tons or so, had crashed down the hillside on to Bowen Road and" burst the condult. This mass of stone is alleged to have come from building site a little higher up, and to have been dislodged by the Long queues of Chinese hasten contractor's blasting operations.

LAWYER'S THREAT.

INCIDENT IN GAMBLING CHARGE:

Before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the

of the globe, and its views on Central Magistracy this morning,

Road West

ALMOST A GALE.

STEAMERS REPORT BAD

TIME.

While it has been blowing almost

on

With

China are accepted with the eleven men and a woman were a gale at the Peak and residents or greatest respect. Each year now charged with gambling on the the lower levels are complaining of ed to the street fountains, with It has pronounced its verdict upon third floor of No. 528, Queen's the prolonged cold, steamer coming earthenware jars and old kerosine the preceeding twelve months and the licensee of the premises, was time against a strong head wind commendable promptitude, officers

The woman, who is up from the South are having a bad tins to lay in supplies. expressed its opinion upon the further charged along with another prospects "for the future. This with keeping a common gaming taking a longer time than anal te spent a part of the week-end Ships are being delayed and of the Public Works Department Hongkong, Monday, February 23, 1925. year it has been true again to house

Mr. M. X. Lo appeared for the of the China Navigation steamer midnight on Saturday the conduit do their journeys. Captain Jenkins attending to the damage. By pregedent, and the Chairman's

defence. speech, which we published on

Changchow," has come in from had been repaired and the A Chinese detective

giving Saigon. On the way up his ship constant" supply again turned Saturday, was as able as any that evidence stated that he ralded the was bulleted by wind and wave on at six o'clock

premises on a warrant and arrested

Sunday has been delivered in the past, and

and ten persons, the eleventh and

some cargo, including a morning."" Important as it is from the looking to its clear, candid and twelfth managing to get away. quaritity of charcoal, was lost over financial standpoint, the annual convincing terms, we are con- They were also arrested later board. In his report, the master meeting of the Hongkong and fident it will have its due influence when they came to claim their says "N.E gale, heavy sea, Shanghai Banking Corporation is upon the shaping of the future..

Some of the small native craft| coats at the Police Station. In answer to a question put to witness in the harbour have not ventured. equally important from the

at Mr. Lo's request, he claimed to out from shelter. political standpoint. Indeed for

have seen the two men along with those who are not fortunate

the others. enough to be shareholders of this grent institution, the political interest predominates. Everybody

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Caillaux Back.

The triumphal return of M. Caillaux to public life is the most remarkable recent political event

In regard to the latter Awo

FROM POLICE,

In his anxiety to escape from

SILK SHIPMENT.

The silk hich left here by the P.&.O... Kalyan on January 24 was delivered in Marseilles on [February 21, a transit of 28 days.

One case of diphtheria (Chi- nose) was reported to the health authorities yesterday,

and the newspapers are full of the recently granted an amnesty, had coats had been removed by the the police who were after him, a Mr. L Forster, B A., Hongkong

The

persons, Mr. Lo asked for their FALL FROM A HOUSE. discharge as he claimed that they had no part in the alleged in the Far East knows just how in France, considering that the floor of the premises at the time,

gambling. They were on another CHINESE EAGER TO ESCAPE

parlous are conditionis in' China,

defeated ex-Premier, who was and when they found that their police along with the arrested been the best-hated man in

persons, they went to the station Chinese fell from the first floor of University, will lecture on France. Caillaux was condemn to recover their property. They a house at the rear of Mongkok Human factor in Industry" in 'SL ed in 1920 to banishment from the were then arrested. Mr. Lo Station. The man was injured in John's Cathedral. Hali to-morrow principal town in France and to submitted that if, after taking the fall, and was taken to hospital. at 6 pm. 10 years' loss of civil rights for evidence, It was found that It is reported that the chase took having communicated with enemy they did not take part in the gam- place after the man had broken into subjects during the war. This bling he would take action against a dwelling house. meant that he could not sit as a the Police on certain lines, and he Deputy Senator or take part in had already informed the Sergeant public life in any manner. It in charge of the case to that effect.

woes of the country. But although China's desperate plight is well known to everybody in the Far East it is not at all well-known

to people in Britain and the United

States. This fact may not seem very serious at first sight, but a little thought will soon convince

Dr. C. W. McKenny, superinten-

dant of the Government Civil Hos

pital, is due to go on leave by the

5.5.

the reader that it has the gravest meant that he could not go to The case was adjourned until POPULAR FOR SUICIDES! week.

Kamo Maru," salling this

"The

Ben front near the Star A Constable on any st: Holly Ferry Wharf is gaining popularity wood Road last night met a man as a favourite venue for would-be whose appearance seemed to call snicides. It was only last Monday for enquiry. On a search being that an Indian constable rescued a carried out, a rovolver and some

consequences So long as misParia The whole Sennta. after a next Thursday, bail being fixed at conception regarding the real long hearing, passed upon him a $500 for the licensee, and $20 each state of affairs in China exists in corresponded to the period which

sentence of imprisonment which for the rest. Britain and the United States, he spent in confinement, awaiting especially in the higher quarters, trial and deprivation of citizen- so long will international influence ship. It judged him guilty of For returning from banishment woman who jumped into the har-ammunition were found on hire. serious conduct, although acquita Chinese was sentenced to twelve bour. A Chinese made an attempt The man was taken into custody.

[es-also-apother...who-was accom be misdirected, not merely to the ting him on the gravest charges months hard labour at the Kowloon during the wek-end, but he Wan'

panying him at the time. length of prolonging the present brought against him. The Magistracy this morning.

fished out and sent to hospital.