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ALWAYS SLEEPING.
It will be welcome news to re- H.E. the Governor of Macao,
This is the third time the de- Mr. D. Lloyd Georga, the Liberal fendant has been caught sleeping in a robbery aboard a cargo boatsidents at Taikoo and the neigh-Senhor Maia Magalhaes will leave
thir in the harbour, three Chinese bourhood to hear that there is n
afternoon In the while on duty," said Mr. D. Bur- Pok-Ho--alias Pok Chan-loi. prospect of the tramway service Hongkong on August 1 arriving | House of Common called attentioningham (D.S.P.) in charging a Chan Kan and So Sze) were being resumed to Shaukiwan on here at 5 pm, on the sunu day, to the present position of the dis- Chinese constable before the Kow charged at the Criminal Sessions Saturday.
The Geper will not come by astrous struggle in the coal fields.oon Magistrate this morning. Shortly after the flood. the boat as "whe expected. but on
He said that he did so at this Continuing, he said that defen- this morning.
On June 3. said Mr. H. K. | Whitfeld aren
Portuguese was cleared of the
"Re-stage for we reasons," cruiser-
The first dant wilfully did so in order to pubtiea." Holmes, Crown Solicitor, pro- debris which enabled cars to run
Was that the House would be got his dismissal from the force, The reason for his return scuting, cargo boat No. 1668Y as far as Quarry Bay, just be
to separating in a few days, and the but à term in jail, Mr. Burling- was lying of Praya East near yond the Ming Yuen Gardens.
second was that the opportunity ham thought, would serve as a Bowrington Canal. On board The section beyond it, with the
had come again. for a peaceable warning to the others. there Were Kwok San-mui, arack narrowing down at places,
and honourable settlement,
Defendant was found by an- wonen. Her husband who had de- was in a hopeless condition with
referred to the intervention of reother constable asleep under a fective eyesight, a feoble old the mountains of earth and rack
presentatives of the churches. He verandah at Nathan Road, admitted that the clergy were not woman relative whom it was not which obstructed the road.
The Magistrate imposed sen- proposed to call and some young
equipped by training or tempera-tence of three weeks' hard labour. children.
an opinion on questions of wages and business arrangements, but when there was strife in the nation they were on- titled' te, intervene to put in a plea for conciliation and agreement.
In reply to the churches the Miners' Federation had made a de- be given at the Club Lusitano infinite and clear proposition that his honour, although nothing def- the Coal Commissioners should be re-appointed to work outs in. de- lite has yet been arranged. leaving on August 3 on board the report regarding reconstruction H.E. Senhor Main Magalhaes is tall the proposals made in their
company
Large gange of coolies have been working energetically in clearing the obstructions and at the present rate of progress it is safe to assume that the road will be all clear by Saturday.
The Portuguese Government has already appointed Senhor Arthur Tameruisi Barbosa, who is the Sub-ment to express Director General of the Ministry of Colonies in Lisbon, as successor The
the outgoing Governor, date of arrival of the new Governor has not yet been announced.,
When H.E. Senhor Mata Mag-
About 10:30 a.m. the first pri- soner approached the boat in the man whom the police had been unable to find. They engaged the boat to go. the
Very little has been done so far Electric Company's North Peint in the way of clearing the track wharf where the first prisoner round Happy Valley which receiv-haes comes here, a tea dansant may went ashore, returning about Ted the full force of the flood in o'clock with the second and third the section between the terminus prisoners. They then directed the and the Hongkong Hotel garage bont to go to the Hunghom elegerie entrance. It is not yet known power station where they stated when cars will be able to run At present (cargo of copper was waiting.
round the Valley. cars tun as far as the Dragon Garage and return on the same track.
Whilst the boat was crossing the harbour the passengers turned on the people aboard, continue the Crown Solicitor, and made them descend the hold. There was some statement as to the first The prisoner holding a revolver. hatchway was then covered up and boards nailed across, the peo- ple in the hold hearing movements above them and eventually a ques- tion as to whether "this was all they'd got."
Captives Released.
Shortly afterwards there was a
MOTOR THEFT. ·
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MARINE HAWKER FOUND GUILTY.
SENT TO PRISON,
The case of the marine hawker
bump as if the boat had struck who was charged with larceny against something and as there were no longer sounds of move-and alternatively with receiving ment above the captives proceeded w. K. Reynolds's, car was, again a radiator badge taken from Mr. to release themselves by forcing before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the the bourds nailed across the hatch Central Magistracy this morning. way. Having achieved this they found the deck strewn with cloth-
ing and certain articles and $80
After the cross-examination of witnesses and a statement made
Dollar Line President Van Buren.
According to the vernacular papers, His Excellency will be the recipient, prior to his departure, of addresses and presentations, by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Macao and by the fang Woo Hospi- tall the leading Chinese philanthro- pie institation).
THE WEATHER.
LOCAL.PROPHET PREDICTS
THUNDERSTORMS,
TOO HOT TO LAST.
Thunderstorms in a day or two]
are predicted by the amateur
weaner prophet who yesterday forecasted a typhoon for the com
He told the "China Mail" that the present weather was "much too not and close to last and that' the turn had to' come in a thun
with accompanying
derstorm showers.
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RECENT CASE RECALLED.
Three Chinese
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committed for trial at the Criminal That implied the ac-Sessions on a charge of being con- ceptance of the 'Coal Commission's cerned in the piracy of a fishing report by the Miners' Federation.
junk hear Lantau island on May 20 A now and remarkable proposal when evidence was given that there was also contained in a document was another man who had not been which had been accepted by arrested. Megers. Smith and Cook on behalf The case was: one in which a of the Miners' Federation, in which small boy.. atated to be the only it was stated that "if disagreement survivor, gave evidence of two should still persist at the end of women on the junk being thrown a definite period of negotiations afoverboard by the gang. joint Board, consisting of. repra-; sentatives of both parties, should appoint an Independent Chairman, whose award In the settlement of this disagreement should be ac- cepted by both parties.
That was a startling concession and he (Mr. Lloyd George), thought that it would be a grave disaster if this opportunity were thrown
"Chief Detective Inspector Murphy brought a fisherman, alleged to be the wanted man, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy this morning and asked for a formal remand for further investigation." This was granted for a week.
conceivably make the lightest difference to the existing situation.
Both parties in the dispute might
away. He declared that if the miners were driven by necessity to accept the alternative of the longer hours permitted by the Govern have co-operated with the Govern ment's Bill, there might be tempor-ment in helping to frame the action to be "taken on the recommenda- ary relief but there would be per-
tions of the report, but they had manent mischief.
refused. It was therefore a little hard on the Government that it should be blamed for having fallen short in any way in interpreting the Coal Commission's
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Government's Case. The Prime Minister Hon. S. Baldwin), in reply, said that in the foreground of the pro
reçom-
It was a Httle dim-
by the defendant from the ing week-enu. in money taken from a cash box witness-box, Mr. W. B. Hind sub- which had been forced open. Amitted for the defence that the report was made at Hunghom,
evidence was very inconclusive police station.
and the constable probably follow Sergt. O'Connor received a mes. sage" at the Tsimshatsui police red the wrong man.
He said the defendant had been station at 2.30 p.m. and took
a marine hawker for 16 years Although, he points out, the posals was the suggestion that mendations. charge of the case. The boat
with no offence against him. and barometer (at sea-level) has been there should be an immediate recult to understand why a new sub- woman was taken to Yaumati in he would hardly risk his Hiveli- steady round 29.64, he sees no-sumption of work on the conditions sidy should now be required in or the company of detectives the next hood by having anything to do thing to cause him to change his obtaining before the stoppage, and day and pointed out the first pri- with a radiator cover which would opinion that the signals will be up that for a period not exceeding four der that detailed schemes of re soner as one of the men concerned be of no use to anybody except a by Saturday.
would organisation should be worked out.
Arbitration Tribunal in the robbery. Later in the same car owner. He asked for defen-
When day the two other prisoners were dant's discharge, as there was an
Negotiations could be started pre- arrested, one in Shanghai Street,element of doubt in the case. Mongkoktaui, and the other in His Worship held defendant to him to six months' imprisonment. be guilty of larceny and sentenced
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This week's "Overland China Mail" will contain the articles on last Thursday's typhoon, the series of official communiques on the boycott conference together with the Hongkong delegation's re- port, a full reprint of the illustrated deluge description in last Friday's issue, and all the local news of the week,
At an identification parade held at the police station the woman picked out the three prisoners. from amongst other men as those concerned in the robbery. Two of the elder children who had been on the boat at the time also identi- fied the men. With regard to the identification, an interesting. point, said the Crown Solicitor, was that according to the story of the boat woman the same party of men who had on this occasion robbed the boat had some time previously engaged it to go to Laichikok where they said there was a cargo of hemp. Having arrived there they said the cargo was not available as it was a Sun- day and they paid the boat off. The bont woman was sure that the
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office. were the same and if she spoke the truth it would certainly have had a bearing on her ability to recognise the men.
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Prisoners' Statements.
The following.statements were
made to the Police by the prison- ers when charged:
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The first prisoner, "I have reading the statement over to the nothing to say. I am not that prisoner before he signed it. type of man."
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Official Forecast. " Till noon to-morrow, the official forecast for Hongkong, the coast, and Formosa Channel is Moder sional rain, ate south winds; overcast, occa-gested a loan.
At 10.38 a.m. to-day the Royal Observatory reported:-
Fressure changes are slight since yesterday. The depression now covers the whole of China.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day .27 inch. Toiar since January 66.77 inches, against an average of 49.75 inches.
Readings at 6 a.m. to-day were: Barometer 29.77, temperature 81, humidity 87, wind S.W. force 2, overcast.
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REFLOATED.
LOK MA CHAU POLICE BOAT..
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FITTINGS INTACT.
The Lok Ma Chau police motor boat, the grounding of which led to the detention, in Chinese terri tory of police officers who were subsequently released was floated yesterday morning on a flood tide. The boat came off easily and it was found that no damage had been sustained. All the fittings were in order, the strike pickets having apparently been consider- ate enough to post a guard over know how much money they took made statements involving the
The second and third prisoners the bost to prevent pilfering: The revolver was not held by me.
The second prisoner, "the money was not divided by me. I did not take more than $10. The others forced me to take it."
The third prisoner, "I do not
Other evidence was called and on prisoners being asked if they wished to make further state ments the first said that he had been wrongly identified. He was never on the boat,
causes, there were very few sum- monses for traffic offences at the Central Magletracy this morning. Those dealt with concerned minor breaches of the regulations.
I was given over $16. The boat fourth man whom the Crown Soli- Owing to the flood and other was not engaged by me. I have citor said the Police had been un- never been a robber before.”. able to get into touch with. He When the interpreter read over was referred to by prisoners as The these statements at the Sessions the "pock marked, man.” this morning the third prisoner second prisoner said he had only denied that Le said he had ro held the rudder whilst this man
committed the robbery. ceived over $16. He contended that he had-seid he did not have) any money,
The jury found all three men guilty and His Honour, M Justice Wood, sentenced them to The interpreter gave evidence as to the translation and as to five years' imprisonment.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
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The Government
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he declared that the Government could not give à subsidy the re-ceeded the Prime Minister. There presentatives of the churches sus knew the importance that was al could not undertake a loan because tached to reorganisation, although he had uttered a caveat on that sub- ject, but he did not see why an arbitration tribunal should not begin by making up its mind what would be the probable effect on the economic position of the industry of the various reorganisation pro- posals included in the Guvern- „ment's Bilk and of the work of the various Committees which had been set up.. The tribunal could astiäfy itself on these points be- fore going on to reach conclusions as to wages and hours. A policy of that kind, seemed to him to be well adapted to bring about a rea- sonable and equitable settlement. If the two parties were to come.) together to negotiate or for arbitra- tion the Government would do all in its' power to help.
The first of a series of Musical Articles will appear in to-morrow's issue of the "China Mail" These articles are specially written for the "Mail" by Marcato, a musical writer of no mean ability and well known in Hongkong musical circles.
the.
A Bludgeon. the coal industry consisted of a number of various concerns of Mr. Ramany: MacDonald, different size, each being a finan- Labour Leader, asked what was of the Prime Minister cial unit, and it seemed impossible the use
to find one body which could bor- going to the miners and asking row or give security unless the them to negotiate when he had pat Government were brought directly a bludgeon into the hands of the into it.
Moreover, such a loan would mortgage the future of the industry, which was at present uneconomic over large arens
Offer That Falled.
owners by forcing an Eight-Hours. Act upon the miners? The Prime Minister's speech meant nothing, and was no contribution to the im- mediate difficulties. The Prime Minister could go on appointing his Committees and making in- But that was not vestigations. going to take one second off this terrible dispute. He agreed with the suggestion of the churches that there should be an inter regnum during which the work was being done. He did not see how it was to be avoided, and he did not see how it was going to be obtained, "unless "there was some financial assistance from the
In regard to the proposed re appointment of the Coal Commis sioners to work out the details of their report Mr. Baldwin said that the Government had offered to give effect to all the recommendations of the report-distasteful as some of them were to the Government if thereby it could secure peace. That offer failed. In spite of this the Government had introduced Bill which would become law in few days, giving effect to every Government-British Wireless Ser- one of the Commission's 'recom- vice. mendations requiring legislative action, except two which could not |
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