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ΜΟΥ DAY, OCTOBER 8, 1927.

GIFT TO CHURCH.

KOWLOON CITY CHINESE BEQUEST.

SERGEANT CHARGED. MACAO'S THANKS.

HONG KONG'S RECEPTION OF

ALLEGED IMPÉRSONATION

OF POLICE⠀

FURTHER ADJOURNMENT.

When Serycant Leonard Lowes of the Queen's Regiment made another appearance before Mr. R. E. Lind Bell this morning on two charges of impersonating the police at No. 9, Sampan Street, and No. 9. Spring Garden Lane, and obtaining $5 by a trick at No. 9, Sampan Street, he was defended by Mr. D. L. Turner,

Mr. Turner told his Worship that the accused did not realise the gravity of the charges against him until he heard the evidence at the inst hearing, when he decided to Instruct Counsel.

Mr. Lindsell allowed Mr. Turner to read the evidence taken at the last hearing, after which the case was procceded with.

Tsuni Fujikawa, the girl from No. 9, Sampan Street, was recalled, and in reply to Mr. Turner, said that he saw the accused only twice. The first time was at her house at 2 a.m. on August. 23, and the second time when she identifled him at the Mill- tary Hospital.

By the Magistrate: The witness saw the accused put the initials on! the house register, which was pro- duced In Count

GOVERNOR.

A CABLE MESSAGE.

POR, CHRISTIAN PURPOSES. Upon his arrival at Macao Sen- The Gospel Chapel at Mn-tau-wat hor Barboès sent the following Kowloon City, which goes under the wireless message to

H.E.. the Chinese name of Taing Kai Yan Chun Fook Yar Tong, benefits to Governor of Hong Kong:-*

Bion arrivés, beau voyage, en- the extent of $1,000 by the will of chantés superbe sejour et des John Chun Wong, late of Luguan gentillesscz recues à Hong Kong, Villa, Kowloon City, probate of lesquelles remercions de grand which has been granted to two of coeur, desirant les meilleures sons, Wong Mau-lam and Wong prospérités Hong Kong et parti. Cheong-lam, of the same address, culierement à votre Excellence, Lady Clementi, et vos enfants.

This concluded the evidence' as far as the charges concerning No.:

| 9. Sampan Street were concerned.

· Tomagnini Barbosa, Sir Cecil Clementi replied as follows:-

Many thanks for your Excel- lency's message. Hong Kong was very glad of the opportunity to welcome Your Excellency and the fact that Madame Tamagnini

shall be used for the purpose of Deceased directs that this sum propagating the Christían doctrine and helping the poor and needy Christian of the district

The deceased's villa is left In family, bequests are made. trust to the three sons and various

and your daughter were with you ALLEGED SNATCHING

added grace and charm to a visit which this Colony will always remember with pleasure.

CLEMENTI

CHINESE AND A BAG FULL OF JEWELS,

There was a lot of excitement at Wing On's store yesterday after.

STOLEN JEWELLERY, noon when a Chincse snatched a

COOLIE'S "UNOFFICIAL"

WIFE.

small leather attache case contain- ing $6,000 worth of precious stones belonging to Mr. A. L. M. Shariff,

a dealer in precious stones living *A Chinese woman who was atat-at the Chitose Hotel, Wanchai.

Mr. Shariff visited Wing On's to

Evidence was then called with re-ed to be the unofficial wife of the gard to No. 9, Spring Garden Lane. No. 1 coolle employed at No. 7 take an order for precious stones, Police Station, was this morning and while exhibiting some of his

Shown the Book

The man

be

The mistress of this house said charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell stones, he left his attache case on that accused came in at 1a.m. on at the Central Magistracy with the the floor with other valuables in August 28, and announcing that arceny of a quantity of jewellery side. Suddenly he heard a cry of he was the No. 1 Inspector asked worth $210, the property of another "stealing", and looking down to be shown the "book" The wit-woman living on the second floor found that his attache case was gone. A man was seen running, ness refused to show it to the ac- of No. 886, Queen's Road West, cial training is then proved to be cused. The accused then proceeded and said that she was sorry for it. Ing that escape was impossible, the The accused admitted the offence and Mr. Shariff chased him. See- on an inspection of the various but superficial, and their very rooms, in the house and departed he could not offer any. reason for would-be thief threw the attache helplessness infects the rest of after about a quarter-of-an-hour doing such a "silly" thing. casa down near the toy counter.. the Chinese community with dire As he was leaving, the accused told the accused occupied a room on the case with its contents intact, while According to Sergeant Whant, Mr. Shariff retrieved his attache effects on the Colony as a whole, the witness to come and see him game flat as

at 11 o'clock at the "No. 1 House."

the complainant, fokls of the Wing On Company con- The truth of the matter is that The accused came again at about While the latter was in the kitchen tinued the chase and caught the Overland China Mail. amongst the Chinese-as indeed, 11.15 p.m. on August 27, and again the complainant's girdle which had

the accused stole the jewellery from thief. amongst many non-Chinese said that he was the No. 1 Inspec- been left on a bed in the front Major C. Willson at the Central was produced before commercial education is not given tor" and once more asked for the room. A pair of gold mounted rat- Maglatracy this morning, charged that pride of place that it de the police, and Sergeant Hum for $2, while the rest of the jewel- the attache case, and with return "book" The witness then sent for tan bangles, the accused pawned with "taking and carrying away" serves on the part of those who phries came and took the accused tery she hid with the pawn, ticketing from banishment. are destined, by virtue of their into custody. calling, to take a lead in the com- never seen the accused prior to it at once became apparently that ed the attache case on the ground. By Mr. Turner: The witness had when the police were called in, coming out of Wing On's and notic- mercial affairs of the community. August 29. The witness reported it was an "inside" job, so the place at the foot of a counter near the They are merely trading on the the accused's visit to

Inspector was searched.

The accused was door. He walked in and picked it reputation for sagacity

Stimson at 11 am. on the 28 and connected with the theft because up. was told to keep a watch on the ac-she had given her proper name shrewdness that bursts like

Major Willson: If you took the acused and hand him over to the when pawning the bangles. When case at all, you are guilty of lar bubble when a crisis occurs, and police if he came again. The ac searched, the accused had $1.09 on ceny. they sink deeper and deeper in the cused was quite sober on the 28rd; her person.

In pleading for leniency, the ac- morass of doubt and uncertainty. but was fairly drunk on the 27th. The Magistrate bound the accus-cused put forward in his favour of There must be preparedness for

Identified,

ed over in the sum of $100 to come the fact that he did not know at Evidence of the Identification of up for sentence if called upon with the time he took It, that the attache economic crises, but in order that the accused by Tsunt Fujikawa, was in 12 months. The jewellery was case contained precious stones. such preparedness is watertight then given by Mr. Booth, A.S.P. returned to the complainant. to- there must be a greater know-The accused was seated in a row gether with the $1.09 found on the Hong Kong, Monday, October 3, 1927. ledge of commerce and banking build and height in the recreation

With seven other men of the same accused.

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COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.

At the opening of the Gold and Silver Exchange in Mercer Street

i

and

A White Suit,

In the kitchen.

He said that he saw some people

Sergeant Fitches, who said that the accused was unemployed and of no fixed abode, with a term of banishment against him, asked for a couple of daya' remand for the police to make further enquiries. The Magistrate, remanded the ac cused in police custody for two days.

A

CHINESE PICKPOCKET HAS

URSUE NO TUCKY

Instilled into the minds of those room at the Bowen Road Military actually engaged in business. Hospital. They were all in hospital There has in the past been no garb. The woman identified the

CHEUNG CHAU NOTES. selective principle adopted in the entered the room.

accused about 30 seconds after she She did so with-

(From Our Own Correspondent.) matter of putting youths into out any hesitation after she had

October 1. banks and business offices. Most look all the men over. Of three on Saturday Mr. Ho Iu, com- of them are raw; others are "half Japanese women and four Chinese ed in saying farewell to a great The days lately. have been occupi- pradore of the Mercantile Bank, baked; and only a minute percent- identified the accused.

women, only the woman, Tsuni, many of the friends who have been ALL FOR 20 CENTS. gave expression to some observa-

age have been thoroughly ground.

on the land for months. The By Mr. Turner: There was one Rev. and Mrs. Hinkey, Oldfield, tions that

are too good to be ed in the Intricacies of banking man present who was ignored. He is quite correct in and commerce generally. In their might had said: "I think that him," will take up work for the present somewhat Rolle and Mitchell have returned up similar to the accused. The woman West River. Dr. and Mrs. Dickson atating that in this age of special-first years in business they are but the witness did not hear her say at the ised knowledge in every field not taught anything much beyond it.

Canton Christian College. there is

great field for

Others will be leaving on Monday,

Mr. E. E. Lindsell this morning mere office routine, and when Chinese business people to pro- they eventually are called upon to Spring Garden Lane both corrobar say, will have to return to U.S.A. pocket. of another Chinese at Happy Among the latter are Dr. and Mrs. Gentenced a Chinese to three Two Chinese girls from No. 9, Hayes, who later on, we regret to months hard labour for picking the mote the increase of banking and all positions of trust and respon- ated their mistress's evidence about for health reasons. On the other Valley on Saturday and stealing a commercial knowledge. During sibility they are still, compara- the accused's visits on August 23 hand we welcome Dr. and Mrs. purse containing 20 cents and a the economic crisis of 1925 it was tively speaking, ignoramuses the accused said he was the "No. after strenuous work in Canton all He pleaded that he had picked

and 27, on both of which occasions Wright for a short stay and rest pawn ticket. regrettable to observe the help and ignoramuses of a type only 1 Inspector" and asked to see the the Summer, less, and disorganised state of too ready to become panic "book"

the purse up from the ground. g Chinese trade and banking. If stricken and utterly helpless in a that on the first occasion the accus- been changed slightly. The even ground on Saturday afternoon, and They were also agreed The time table of the ferry has District Watchman said that the Exchange had been in exist-time of stress and difficulty in him at the "No. 1 Folice House" at run except on Sunday evening shadowing the complainant, so the he was on duty on the football ed told the mistress to go and seeing boats at 7 pm have ceased to ence then there would have been Business. The same applies to a 11 o'clock.

saw the accused acting suspiciously, built up a mass of common-sense lesser extent to the non-Chinese certain the accused was. the same for overhaul.cused Whi

They were absolutley The "Kung Yick has gone to dock knowledge with which to meet

mercantile commuunity, but as it man who came on the two occa-The Sunday services have been buying a ticket at the est calmly any unexpected and grave is the Chinese Exchange that is prior to August 23. On both an Informal service and bible study chased make a moven

sions. They had never seen him discontinued in the afternoon but the stand, the witness, saw

the complainant was contingency. During the period under review, it is to be hoped nights the accused wore a white will be held at 10 am. The Sun hands, and then of aftermath of the boycott the that the newly-opened institution civilian gult day school class has been closed for Chinese would have been banded will spare no pains to see that given by Sergeant Humphries, the Further repairs on account of exs

After evidence of arrest had been some time. together ready to solve or at commercial education and com- Magistrate gave another adjourn typhoon damage, have been effected tempt to solve-hew issues con-mercial research come into their ment, when the defence will be on houses and the police station. tinually cropping up in various

own. Its efforts in this direction opened, Mr. Turner Intimating that One of the finest buildings in directions. In his concluding re-will be watched sympathetically had several witnesses to call this village is nearing completion. macks Mr. Ho lu said that they

by the whole community, as

It is to be used as a Chinese Hotel, should take the fullest advantage every degree of success will go far FIREMEN WANT OVERCOATS. Other buildings are also in pro- we understand, with a shop below. of the Exchange to promote the to instil a much greater sense of idea of creating some sort of re- trust and confidence in the Chin- and if so why not?

Should Aremen wear overcoati Mrs. Lowe, and other rearch laboratory, These ob ese business community than has A questionin

lends who have spent servations ought to sink well into existed in the past for the many effect is being debat the minds of the Chinese, or that reasons advanced by M. Ho lu tenhain Council, portion of the Chinese business at Saturday's opening function or 25 years the frem community that perpetually

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