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GIRL ROBBED.

FIVE MEN CHARGED AT SESSIONS.

CHOLERA DEATH?

MEMBER OF A.P.C. STAFF AT CANTON,

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CANTON FATALITIES.

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ALLEGED MURDER.

CHINESE DRIVERS SUMMONED | EARLY MORNING SCENE AT

IN COURT.

OFFENDERS FINED..

Reference to overtaking a tram

ABERDEEN.

HUSBAND CHARGED.

ferred to

"News was received in Hongkong! Shimgħal's recent hear, “wrye!.

Kiva -men alleged to have-been-f conferred in a rubbery From a this morning of the death, at Sha-gar travelling in an easterly direct The relations between the pri Has had the unexpected effect of arty of girls on the way to the nieen of Mr: J. W. Lee, a member tion, and a collision by cutting in isomer and his wife whom he is adversely affeeting Hongkong's way station between Mongkos of the staff of the Asiatic Petro-front of it by a taxicab driver was alleged to have murdered were re-

and Hanghom appeared at the fleum Company in Canton.

made by Sub-Inspector Alexan- food supplies.

this morning in the Death is believed to have been der in a summons chise against Prior to the strike, Hongkong Criminal Sessions this morning, a

jeharge common all being ron due to choler

(the driver of the latter vehicle Supreme Court when

* Chinese imported most of its fresh egg?||

reckless driving. Mr. Lee, who was single man, for pirney 18 rob and two other |

Irs. jappeared, before Sir H. C. Gollan frop Swatow and neighbourhood, charges of stealing and receiving was well known amongst the Dunsmith was a passenger in the in Criminal Sessions proceedings.

goods being preferred European community at Canton taxicab at the time. This source is now cut off or very stolen

The scene of the alleged murder These and Shameen. He had served gnipet two of the "mrb.

The incident was stated to have jluttes were witerative charges ex-with the A.P.C. prior to the war happened at the juntion of Das was Wu Pak Street. Aberdeen. Shanghai has always been a planed Mr. Ayer Ball present and took up his duties with the Veux Road and Jackson Road and the weapon alleged to have supplier and exports from the ing

Company at Canton after its con- where there was plenty of roomheen used, a chisel The prison- The unse was heard before M. elusion.

1for the motor vehicle to proveed" Nortly have increased since, last;

er's occupation had formerly been Justice Wood and a jury.

Full details have not been re-without fouling the tram lines, year.

1 Ons of the summoned jurors, Mr. | ceived in the Colony up to the Defendant, who had a clear re-, that of a carpenter.

The Because of the intense heat, ita B. Warren, failed to appear when present and consequently, time cord, had no explanation to offer. has been found that in some ship. his name was caded.

and date of funeral cannot be and was fined $20. Outlining the case, Mr. Hyer Ball given at present. merits the eggs had spoiled befor the Attorney heneral, explained! fore the steamer's departure, the incidents which led to the! Much that is amriving now has charge, these occurring on July 1, --tened had almost simultaneously The girls were returning from th

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Attorney-General, Hem Mr. J. H; Kemp, said that) they had been unable to find a "Inspector Ellis of the Danger-real motive for the alleged mur jous Goods Office, was a witness der. There was evidence as to

and complainant in a summons

ture which could be held to con- against a Chinese driver for fai-me quarrels but as to no rup- ing to report an accident..

stitute a motive for the act. Four Complainant stated that he was witnesses belonging to the family local temperature been a fattor in the mikway path. "As they came up,

driving a motor cell combina would speak as to the relations be Robert Jim Muda, 26 years often down Arbuthnot Road when tween the man and the deceased Ho the bridge they retieel a mani

sitting on the rails of the bridge, was brought before Major the splash board of the car woman and the eldest son as to and sadderly he seized one of the Willson at the Central Magistracy struck him and cut his ankle. De what happened early on the morn- girls by the wrist, foreing her to this morning for being found in fendant, who was stated to have ing of June 21 when the woman. the ground and faking bangles from the Colony without employment been aware of the accident, drove sustained the injuries from which

In applying for a committal to away and failed to report it, her arms. This man was joined by

she died. Pothiers and the giris took to the the House of Detention for fur The penalty in this case vers

heels up the hillside, returning ther enquiries to be made. Det-s10. later when the men had gone with Sergeant Elston said that the man

favour

Accordingly, supplies

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are

"down" for the present. There ture other sources which are avail- Fable to the Colony, but the rela-

tive quantity is negligible.

Deaths on Roads...

Not Under Control.

Plans of the house and neigh- bourhood were produced and the Attorney-General referred parti-

a motor logry was that he had no bed where the deceased had been! control of "his vehicle" with three

and

The death of bvestock and pourings which they had taken from had been in Shanghai for the past

the bangles and also a pair of ear was a Eurasian from Penang, and The case against the driver of cularly to stains of blood on the try, in transit for Hongkong, was the other girl A report was made two years. He was somewhat of reported yesterday: Prices have

almost at once at the police station, anystery at present, as he knew been slightly affected, it is gather-

The stolen, bangle had been nobody in Hengkang and had no Ltd.

traced by means of a goldsmith to papers. report whom the first prisoner had gone | A committal order was made by was fired $10. that the highest (in the shade), to get money for the bangle. The the Magistrate. temperature recorded there dur-prisoner tole the goldsmith that the ing the week-end was 96 degrees, bangles were his wife's and that she although some say that it was was getting rid of them as ther higher. Being further inland, it were too xht.

From Canton comes

To ascertain the

is likely that Canton would feel value of the bangles the goldsmith the heat, borne by the winds from removed the gold from them but The equator, than Hongkong. At in spite of this the girl from whom any rate, the deaths of over ten the bangles had been taken was persons, following heat prostra able to recognise them as her pro- tion, are mentioned in the report.perty. The first prisoner receive

The majority of the deaths are $12.10 cents for the bangles. stated to have been on the roads | leading from the suburbs. to the tity.

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THE WEATHER.

BETTER PROSPECTS POR TO-DAY.

"FAIR" AGAIN.

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The Only Evidence.

The

The other prisoners had all been had arrested subsequently and made statements admitting having been on the scene and implicating each other in the robbery, only evidence against "three of the prisoners, in fact, sald Mr. Dyer Ball, was the statements they had made to the police.

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FRESH RAY.

MINERS TO REOPEN NEGOTIATIONS.

A NATIONAL BASIS.

London, Aug. 17. The miners' delegate confer- ence authorised the Executive to seek means of re-opening the negotiations with the coal owners and the Government and report the result of the negotiations to a future con- ference.

It was further.resolved that all negotiations for a settlement must be of national character and not by districts settlement. -Reuter.

[Further cabled references tu the conference will be found elsewhere in, this issue.]

STOLEN W. .TCH.

WARY PAWNBROKER ASSISTS POLICE.

The theft of

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men huddled close beside him and lying, also similar stains on the Blood had, in fact, trickled Boor. seated on each other's lap.

De through to the floor below. fendant admitted the charge

The couple in question had been. married about 20 years and had Pri- one daughter and five sons. soner had not been living with his wife for some time. Since he left his carpentering work at Aber- Ideen he had lived with his bro- ther-in-law and had contributed. nothing to his wife's support. He visited his wife sometimes and there had been quarrels about the sons but nothing

A REBUKE.

BRITISH EXPORT METHODS CONTROVERSY.

"CONCRETE EVIDENCE."

J

(To the Editor of the "China Mall"

Sir-Your correspondent sign-two younger ing himself "Britisher" complains very serious. that a big London illustrated daily

Awakened By Cry. newspaper recently addressed a It was between five and six, specimen copy of their paper te o'clock on the morning in ques.... alate employee in his office who tion that the occupants of the died some four and half years ago. house at Aberdeen were awaken- | He expresses the hope that this is ed by a cry and it would appear not indicative of the methods of from witnesses that the husband British export firms.

was seen standing by the woman's Let me assure him that there is bed. The woman was observed to as little connection between such get out of the bed and walk for a methods and the action of the short way and one of the sons ob- newspaper in question as there is served that she was bleeding. between "Britisher's" action in Police whistles were blown and rushing into print on this subject the prisoner was arrested outside and that of a thoughful person. the house.

The wave of thoughtlesresa The woman had a severe wound sent out by the London newspaper in her throat and died at the Gov- has been promptly caught up by ernment Civil Hospital the follow- "Britisher."

ing 'day. When charged in the

The first prisoner had stated that he was a farmer at Shatin and that he was near the scene when? the robbery took place. He had Last night the official weather been taken there by the No. 2 pri forecast hinted that there was afsoner. He took no part in the risk of thunder showers. An im-robbery and advised the girls to provement has set in as the pre-made a report at Mongkok police! diction til noon to-morrow is station. He was afterwards asked

A thoughtful "Britisher" would first place with wounding and do- Moderate East winds; fair. by the No. 2 prisoner to take a gold

have addressed his complaint to ing grievous bodily harm the This forecast is for Hongkong, bangle to be valued and he did so

the London newspaper direct and prisoner said "it was because she the ecdst and Formosa Channel. retaining some of the money he got

have passed on their specimen had been circulating particulars At 11.10 a.m. to-day the Obser- as payment for a debt owed him by

copy to a potential subscriber of labout the date of my daughter's vatory reported:-

No. 2 prisoner,

gold wristlet such paper.

birth without my knowledge. My Pressure has decreased Certain discrepancies in his state-watch by an amah while her mis. I do not want to treat "British-daughter ran away for several moderately over Japan and ment a first made to the police and trees was away from her house at jer too harshly but his gratuitous days and I wanted my wife to look slightly from Pratas to Manila. when at the Magistracy were.com- Percival Street visiting a relative attempt to belittle British inter- for her and bring her back," "The It has increased moderately or mented on by Mr. Dyer Ball who was the subject of a charge against ests is not one to be encouraged.statement also went on to make slightly elsewhere.

ulso referred to the fact that pri- the woman before Mr. R.E: Lindsell If he really ta, interested I am allegations with regard to the The typhoon is filling up over aoner admitted that his auspicions at the Central Magistracy this Manchuria.

were aroused and that the No. 2 morning. An area of low pressure prisoner told him that "if anything The facts as outlined by Div. covers the northern portion of happened about the bangles it Inspector Blackman were that the the China Sea in which a would be nothing to do with him" woman was suspected of being the

(first prisoner).

thief and turned out of the house. typhoon may be forming.

Statements made by the other A pawnbroker bught the watch Meteorological report.at 6 am. to-lay: barometer 29.67; tem- prisoners were read. all admitting to the Poilee St on the following he's just thoughtless. perature 81; humidity 89; wind their presence at the scene and day and made a statement that he East. force 1; weather cloudy.

HONOUR TO WHOM,

implicating others, the No. 2 pri- sent back a woman (who was re- soner being indicated as the in-cognised by him as the defendant stigator. One of prisoners said in court) to fetch her mistress be- that the proceeds from the sale of fore accepting the article, as he had the bangle were divided amongst his suspicions. A report of the loss theme

was made inter in the day and the At the Sesalons hearing this article was Identified by the owner Sir Shou-son Chow, senior

the morning Chinese representative on

No. 2 prisoner, as her property. although pleading not guilty to. Defendant was sentenced to six Legislative Council, is to be enter the charge of conspiring with weeks hard labour. tained by the Hongkong Chinese others to rob, admitting taking the General Chamber of Commerce.

bungle himself. He denied taking

the

In honour of Sir. Shou-son's the ear-ring. It had not been p knighthood, and his recent ap-sible to recover the ear-ring, it was pointment to the Executive Coun-mentioned by Mr. Dyer Ealt. cil, the Chamber were to have The case is proceeding. been hosts at dinner to-night.

Owing to short notice, the com-

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LAW FLOUTED.

PRISONER RESCUED FROM POLICE.

crete

prepared to produce to him con- character of the dead woman and evidence not only "of the to admit that prisoner "uped a thoroughness of British export chisel on her.". methods, but of their superiority! The Attorney-General said that over those adopted by many other the prisoner had changed his nationa.

story when the woman died and But sir, I do not think he cares; he was charged with murder. In

G. W. SEWELL.

Yours, etc.,

Representative in South China of the Federation of British

Industries." Hongkong, August 18,

SPANISH MISSION,

SUMMONS IN KOWLOON COURT.

statement made then he alleged that the woman had held the chisel and had attempted to strike him with it, as a result of which & struggle took place and the deceased woman stuck the chisel into her throat. He further stat- ed that he was on his way to the police station to make a report but a crowd collected and he was ar rested before he had the oppor- tunity.

Formal evidence as to the na- ture of the wounds and the dis- Non-compliance with an order covery of bloodstains on a piece of issued, to the Procurator of the cloth wrapped round the haft of Spanish Dominican Procuration the chisel, also on a jacket, was by the Sanitary Department, led given by Dr. M. D. Minett.

Cross-examined by Mr. Hing A serious charge of obstructing the Procurator appearing before the police in the execution of their Mr. J. H. B. Nihil at the Kowloon Shing Lo, counsel for the defence, Dr. Minett said that the stains The Procurator was served with were too faint for him to say with an order to clean the drainage any degree of certainty whether

Point, next Wednesday (a week SIR L. GUILLEMARD. duty was made against a Chinese Magistracy this morning.

at the Central Magistracy this morning. that a Chinese constable arrested Procuration, which (it is alleged) a hawker at Jervois Street when was not executed.

Latest details about the Fifth Test Match will be found in the sports section on page 9.

The report of an unsuccess- ful escape, and chase, in the harbour, is on page 4.

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the defendant intervened and pull- Mr. H. C. Macnamara, for the Singapore, August 17. jed the man away, at the same defence, said that the order was The Governor of the Straits time dealing the constable a not received by the Procurator, Settlements, Sir Laurence Gulile-blow which made him release his and that his client was willing to

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