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The master of a cargo boat and two mistresses were each fined $10 charge of anchoring their boats within 100 yards of the shore.

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The Director of the Royal Obser vatory has issued a tabulated state- ment showing that between July 17 and August 2, only .135 inch of rain has fallen in Hong Kong.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928.

ALLEGED FRAUD.

THE ACTION AGAINST FOK

CHUNG YUEN.

COURT PROCEEDINGS.

P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

The young wife came in as

plate.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. R. E. hubby at gazing at his empty. Lindsell heard evidente in the case

"I hope you liked that cake, dear," in which Fok Chun-yuen, who is she asked, I took great pains in the already committed for trial for al-making of it."

Leung Yun-chung, coxswain ani leged forgery and fraud on the Bank "Yes, dear," he returned, as he engineer of the motor boat "Wo of Canton, is charged with conspir- tried to move in his seat, "but I Kwai" was ined $10 by Comman- acy, together with Au Kim-lui believe the treacherous thing has: der J. B. Nawill, D.S.Ó., R.N., at and Lam Fuk-chul to defraud the passed, those puins on to me!" the Marine Court this morning for banking department of the Wing On carrying five paasengers in excess of the number permitted by his licence.

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Co., Ltd.. of $50,000 by means of Some boys were playing cricket · forged depos★ books purporting to | in the street as a young woman have been issued by the Wing On drove by in her high-powered car. Co, Ltd., to a firm styled the Kwong The ball rolled into the roadway.

and she drove carefully A Chinese, described as a boat Cheong.

to. avoid bullder, at the Kowloon Magistracy, Mr. Fitzroy, Assistant Attorney running over it, slowing down as this morning was accused of he General. ' who prosecuted. Bald she did so.

This gave theft of a log of wood, valued at 50, that the charge пон 'standing

one of the players cents, from the Kwong Tung Wo against the accused was a copy of time to doff his cap and say with Timber Yard, Sham Cheung-street, the actual indictment on which Au admiration in His voice, "Lady, Yaumati, There was insufficient Kim-lui and Lam Fuk-chui were you're a gentleman!*** evidence to convict and defendant tried in 1926. (They were convict- was in consequence discharged. ed at the Criminal Sessions and

sentenced to three years' hard labour each, and are still serving their sentences in the Victoria Jail).

Mr. Fitzroy said that he did not intend to open the case at length

Chan Wah-yuk, a Chinese lady teacher of No. 44 Lyndhurst terrace, reported to the police that about 10.30a.m.. yesterday, while ahe was boarding a tramcar near an the method of defrauding the the Central Market, a thief anatch-Wing On Company was quite well- ed her handbag containing money known to the Magistrate.. Moneys and other property to the value of $40. The thief escaped..

As the result of accidentally falling from the second floor of No. 7. St. Francis street, while taking

were put in and certain sums were drawn out on a book which was a forgery. Since his Worship had all those facts before him, Mr. Fitzror did not think he need go very deeply Into that.

DEPOSIT BOOKS.

in clothing from a bamboo, Lai Lam (23) a married woman, received fatal injuries from which she died Important evidence would be yesterday afternoon on being re-given by a man named Chan Sam. moved in an ambulance to the witness who had been before the

Court Government Civil Hospital.

previously. inspector Fallon's search of the defendant's continued perind of unemploy According to police reports, a premises would. also be valuable ment. And workmen given to warrant has been issued for the evidence as the Inspector found Canada are by no means lost to arrest of a Chinese, named Lam several genuine deposit books with

Ping-man, who is wanted in con-only. $100 deposited. England, for the Motherland is nection with the alleged embezzle- The first witness called by Mr. but some ten days' journey from ment, on various dates, of sums Fitzroy was Ng King-chuen, a the Canadian shores. Under the amounting to about $300, belonging Chinese doctor practising at No. 44 to the Shoung Wah Tal Tung Queen's-road West, who said that he Empire Settlement Act, the Bri-restaurant, of 234, Des Yeux-road knew defendant in 1925. Defendant tish Government have already Went.

consulted witness in his profes- assisted no fewer than 7,215

sional capacity and it was through women to immigrate to Canada Kee dairy farm,

Wong Kau, master of the Shing the defendant that witness came in- Kowloon City, to contact with both Au Kim-lui

fied that he had on several occasions seen the three together.

and should that experiment along reported to the police that a foki and Lam Fuk-chat. Witness testi with the later scheme to send out named Yip Yung (23) absconded the 10,000 miners prove satisfacat 2 a.m., on Wednesday taking with him 20 bottles of milk and $23 tory it should prove not only one which he had collected from various of the best means of coping to a customers, by means of the shop's

drawer in the counter.

Young Shing (38) living in an unnumbered house in Chuk Yuen village, Kowloon City, was yeater

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I have no wish to fly umpteen

feet in the sky,

Or to loiter above the North

Pole,

I have no wish to shine in the

prize-fighting line.

And no lost' rate of people's my

gral.

I have'

no wish to stand as power in the hard,"

And be mourned when I've-

traversed Life's span

If a wish I may utter, might I

use a glass-cutter

Like the chup in the market-

place can!

A married woman was in a rail- way compartment with her twin daughters. They were about two months old. A typical' old "maiden' lady" entered and sat down, and started the following dialogue:

"What sweet babies!". "Yes, they are,"

"And are they twins?" "Yes,"

"Both boya?"

"No."

"A boy and a girl?" "Yeg."

"And are you the mother?" "Yes, I'm the mother of both.”

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Timidly the little man entered the Court which was, he noted with horror, already almost pickel. Hundreds of people had, it seemeri gathered to gloat over the trial which must, he felt sure, inevitably' result in his downfall. It was hope-" less.

Why, he wondered, was all this publicity necessary? How much better to have settled the matter

PRINTER'S EVIDENCE. The next witness called was a

firm of 16 Pottinger-street. He was asked any questions, which he said he could have answered if he had consulted his firm's books, and privately. this came in for comment from the

certain extent with England's un-chop, which was stolen from a partner of the Chi Sang printing employment problem but with the equally important problem of populating Canada with the right and the best kind of settler; also of putting a very effective curbspital suffering from a compound was a pity the man was not told fwracking formalities were complet day admitted to the Kowloon Hos- Magistrate who remarked that its the Judge mounted the steps to upon anything in the nature of fracture of the right leg alleged to the reason for which he was called the "Americanisation" of Canada. have been received through being to the Court.

Should this experiment of assaulted by fellow villager,

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Hong Kong, Friday, August 3, 1928. sending out 10,000 British miners named Ng. Lim, who is now being neas said that

BRITISH MINERS FOR CANADA.,

prove the success we all hope it will be, it rany possibly lead to an even larger number of settlers being called for to the land of the "Maple Leaf.”

There is still

1393000

detained by the police.

According to a report made to the police by Dr. Ashton, of the Nethersole Hospital, Chan Sik-stin (23) a Chinese nurse employed at

the hospital was found unconscious

at midnight last night. She was

A hush descended on the nasembly

hla seat. The usual - nerve-

ed lelaurely, and the little man's ordeal commenced.

Nervously he glanced across the Court to the place. from which his adversary-a famous K.C., and superlatively clever-opened the at-- tack. From the start it was obvious that no mercy could be ex-

the grim, scowling"

In answer to Mr. Fitzroy wit- 1922 they obtained an order to print 5,000 deposit books for the Wing On Company. That order was not executed in full, but witness was not able to say how many copies were actually deliver pected from cd.

That could be answered by glant. If only-・・

Ah, well, that's how it usually feels in one's first important Tennis Final!

DIDN'T KNOW,

In her room in the nurses' quarters reference to the firm's records. suffering from the effects of mor-

His Worship: Surely you know phia poisoning, which the doctor what you are brought here for?- believed to have been self-adminis-I had no idea I was brought hore tered in an attempt to commit in connection with this case.

suicide. The nurse's condition is very serious..

Fitzroy's questions. Witness said" Questioned about the loaves of that the covers of the books shown the book, witness said they were to him might all be genuine as he made up of parle paper. He iden- could not, with his "imperfect" tified two books handed up to him eyesight, tell the difference.

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, (for the de- by Mr. Fitzroy as being the genuine product of his firm, A third book fence) invited to cross-examine the handed up by the Assistant At-witness, asked leave to reserve it His Worship torney General was not so easily until a later date.

In the Reuter telegram which plenty of room in so vast a coun. we published yesterday to the try as Canada and, better still, effect that a scheme has been plenty of undeveloped land that arranged by which 10,000 Bri- needs the kind of attention that tish miners will be assisted to the right kind of settler will give migrate to Canada to help with to it. the enormous harvest of that country, we have another in- stance of the excellent relations that continues to exist between the Governments of the two countries. And this despite of well-grounded fears that a cer- tain kind of "Americanisation" has been much too evident in

A small fire which broke out at DANCING & REFRESHMENTS. and that part of the third booktral Magistracy this morning, some parts of Canada of late. It a house in Kai Yun-road, Kowloon

Money and jewellery, valued at $242, were reported stolen from No. 13 Main-street. Wanchai, carly yes- terday morning.

A thief entered No. 177, Praya

K.C.C. CONCERT.

East, 2nd floor, on Wednesday QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL BAND morning and stole bank notes and jewellery to the total value of $700.

TO PLAY.

identified, but after a careful exam granted leave.

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

ination, in which witness compared

the third book with the other two The case was again brought be handed him previously witness fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Cen- Inspector Fallon sald that on The Band of the 1st Batt. was not printed by him, namely, the

February 1, 1928, acting on a has been, we understand, at the City, yesterday morning, was soon Queen's Royal Regiment will play

centre pages. special request of the Canadian put out before the arrival of the in the band concert at the Kowloon

Asked to give his reason, witness warrant, he arrested defendant at | No. 40, Queen's-road West, 1st floor. Government that the men are be- fire brigade...

Cricket Club on Saturday night, said that the set-up was differ: Another search was also made at ent. He also detected differ No. 2, Queen's-road West, 2nd floor ing sent out and the request fur- According to a report to the No.freshments, the grounds will be exces

when tables will be laid for re-

in the apacing. Certain and three pieces of paper written in ther suggested that the men 7 Police Station, $46 was stolen illuminated and

facilities for brackets on the top of the page were Chinese characters were found. At should, as far as possible, be re- boys on Connaught-road West, dancing will be provided.

The also dissimilar.

Au Kim-lut's rsidence at No. 129,. Point, between Wednesday midnight cruited from among the miners, and early yesterday morning.

DISCREPANCIES.

Third-street, a letter was dicovered. programme is as follows:-

Witness was then requested to A Chinese detective-sergeant de- in whose ranks, unfortunately,

1. March, "L" Battery, H. Perry. there has en for a considerable A Chinese woman, living at No. 2. Overture,

compare certain scroll work on the posed to arresting Lam Fuk-chlu, time past much industrial trouble floor, died in the Government Civil 3. Selection,

252, Des Voeux-rond West, 2nd "La Coronne d'Or," Herman.first page, and he then pointed out now in gaol.

differences which he HOW. The Chan Sam, managing partner på of one kind or another. They Hospital as the result of a fall

"The Girl Friend," Rogers.

Chinese character "1" indicating a manganese ore firm at No. 4, will make admirable settlers and from the verandah into the street The Male Voice Cholr, that the leaf. was the first page, Bonham Strand (West) said he had.

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was slightly thicker than the same known the defendant since 1925 should they decide to remain per- on Wednesday morning.

5. Serenade from the Ballet, character on the genuine book. and also the other two men, Au manently they are likely to prove A fire alarm was reported from

"Les Millions D'Arlequin,” Mr. Lindse!! pointed out that wit-Kim-li and Lam Fuk-chuf. to be just the right kind to help to

Drigs. nces was not called upon to give Cross-examined by Mr. Fitzroy open up the still many wide spaces

such evidence at the previous hear-witness said that in 1926, Lum Fuk- chiu. asked him' to act, as attorney Ing. · in the vast and prosperous coun-

Mr. Fitzroy replied that such for Au Kim-lul as he was going to try of Canada.

evidence was previously furnished Peking. Witness went with Au and. to the court by Professor Shell the defendant to Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist In order to see Mr. Hugh shear, who is now in Australia.

Laichikok-road, Shamshulpo, yes. terday afternoon, but before the engine arrived on the scene, the flames had been extinguished by energetic people on the spot.

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They are evidently being assist- ed by the Government in every In polating out the danger of

storing seven this or kerosene on 8. way possible, and it is pleasing to the premises other than in a pro- note that the shipping and rail-perly constructed, well, a shop- way companies are also co-operat keeper of No. 58, Reclamation ing by granting reduced rates at street, was fined $20, at the Kow- loon Magistracy, by Mr. W. Scho- half the ordinary fares. In field yesterday, Canada immediate work

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ured to them and at terms A 14-year-old Chinese boy, while

playing football yesterday after-|| that appear to be quite generous. noon with number of other Their departure from England, boys on the, Connaught-road West, 11. while in some respects a matter accidentally fell into the harbour. He was subsequently taken to the for regret, is particularly salutary Police Station, having been rescued sofar as it affects the long by two coolies.

Mr. Lindsell remarked that an Jones but Mr. Jones was absent.

Asked why, they gave him such expert witness, if called into the case, would have to work for weeks Power, witness said that Lum told

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with a magnifying glass to answer him that Au was an oplum amoker and as he was going to Peking to the questions which Mr. Fitzroy take up a job, he would not be back was putting to the printer, a mere for some time. Lum offered him business man. This sort of thing 15 per cent. on the sum of $50,000 might take hours and days," said they succeeded in the case the Maglstrate."

ngainst the Wing On Co. Witness was then asked certain According to witness the books. questions about the covers of the were forged. They were printed Im deposit books and the labels on the Canton and the chop on which Im cover. He replied that not having pressions were made on the booker had a chance to experiment he was was also forged. not able to answer certain of Mr.

Case proceeding.