1929-12-18 — Page 8

For the

Bridge Party

Cut some stale bread into thin slices and fry in butter until they are crisp; cover them while still hot with some finely grated Gerber's Petit Gruyère Cheese and spread with a little mustard. Garnish with slices of gherkin. This, makes a delicious savoury.

Gerber's

Gruyere Cheese

Pamela

13, Queen's Rd. C.

next to St. Francis Hotel

Christmas Dovelties

UMBRELLAS & SUNSHADES HAND BAGS

POWDER BOWLS

CIGARETTE CASES & HOLDERS

ORNAMENTS

POWDER BRUSHES

SILK HOSE

BED SNUGS

SCARFS

ETC. ETC.

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ARMS IN FALSE

BOTTOM

THE CHINA MAIL,

PAWNBROKER AND HONG KONG CLUB-

THIEF

COOLIE JÄILED

CHINESE JUST RETURNED FROM ORDERED TO PETURN STOLEN STOLEN CLOTHES SENT TO THE

AMERICA

CONVICTION RECORDED

OVERCOAT

12 STROKES FOR THIEF

LAUNDRY

SERVANTS ALSO VICTIMISED

Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, to-day, A 15-years old Chinese boy, was A Chinese who was stated to an aged and very deaf Chinese who to-day charged before Mr. A. W. have worked as a coolie at the had just returned from the United G. H. Grantham on four separate Hong Kong Club at a wage of. States, was charged with the unlawful counts of theft of clothing.

$18, was to-day charged before possession of arms and ammunition

Detective Sergeat without a permit.

Mottram Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham with Yesterday a Chinese Revenue Officer stated that a party of aix Chinese the theft of clothing from the ser- in Connaught Road saw the defendant detectives were in Queen's Road vants' quarters at the Club. He landing at the Praya from a sampan. when they saw the accused get out pleaded guilty."

He had some luggage, which included of a ricsha with an overcoat under i Detective Sergeant Kennedy

[his arm and enter a pawnshop.

a wooden box.

The R.O. said he wanted to search the luggage and defendant produced the keys. Nothing was found, but the B.O., suspected that there was a falso bottom in the trunk and accordingly handed the defendant over to a Euro-

stated that accused had worked One of them, followed him in and

at the Club for a few months. aaw him pawn the coat. The lad Recently $2 was stolen from the was questioned and was unable to cashier's cash box, and inquiries prove his ownership of the coat.

made by the clerk and staff led At the Central Station accused them rightly to suspect the accus pean Officer who took him to the Police made several statements which led ed. As the result he was called

Station..

to the recovery of other stolen pro-

upon to resign.

At the station, when the falso bot.perty, including two rolls of black He did so, and on Monday

tom was removed a Winchester rifle, cloth, from various pawnshops. 273 rounds of riße ammunition, and

were found.

He was

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With regard to the overcoat, the morning, after he had received his 172 rounds of revolver ammunition Sergeant pointed out that it was wages he went to the servants' pawned for only $450, and suggest-quarters to collect his things and Mr. Leo d'Almada, sen., for the deed that as it was a new coat the at the same time he stole every fense, pleaded "guilty to a technical pawnshop accountant should have thing belonging to other servants affence and suggested that the case been suspicious when such a small that he could pack into his basket. would be met by the confiscation of the

When the thefts were dia- contraband.

amount was asked for it, and ought The defendant was not conversant with local law, he having to have made some inquiries before covered, the staff again suspected accused and took steps to find lived 30 years

in the United States, accepting it.

him. Eventually he was Inter- He was returning to his native villaga Mr. Grantham (to the pawn- because he had heard that his father broker): Don't you suspect a lad cepted in Connaught Road near had been killed by bandits. He was like this having such a good coat? [the Western Market. going home to attend to family affairs. The pawnbroker replied that the carrying his basket which was Hong Kong Bank ....

Given by a Friend!

accused had claimed that the coat, found to contain several pieces of Just before his departure from belonged to his elder brother who, stolen clothing. America, a friend gave him the box had asked him to pawn it for him.

Accused was then taken to the suggesting that he would probably Hie Worship ordered the pawn Central Station where he was And its contents useful to him in the broker to return the overcoat with- searched. On him were found sev country. He did not know the contents out of the box.

compensation, and convictederal pawntickets relating to other

articles the lad.

of clothing which had Canton Ins, ................... In any case, Mr. d'Almada auggest jed, defendant was not attempting to

Sergeant Mottram then said that] been given to him to take to the smuggie the contraband into the the boy had come to Hong Kong laundry. Instead of doing so, he

The Calony. He was a bona fido traveller from Macao only a week ago, but had pawaed them. who was merely passing through on his in spite of his short stay here the value of stolen property, all of] way home. Mr. d'Almada also pointed Police were were able to trace as which had been recovered, out that the fact that defendant had many as 19 cases of larceny to him. $100. immediately delivered up the keys to He had apparently gone from place The Magistrate passed sen- the E.D. showed that he had no gallty to place pilfering anything that he tence knowledge.

Mr. Hamilton: I don't think you can get over that false bottom. I must convlet

Defendant was fined $200 or three months' hard labour, and the rifle and| ammunition

were ordered to be 'confiscated.

CHINESE CAXTONS Cautioned For Printing Without Licences

could lay hand on.

The Magistrate ordered thè lad to receive 12 strokes.

EUROPEAN ROBBED

labour.

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1315

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150

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of three months' hard

FAMOUS HORSES GO TO HOLLAND

White Blanket Stolen TEAM OF MARES PRESENTED TO

From Roof

Being discharged from jail only

QUEEN WILHELMINA

HUNGARY'S GRATITUDE

Budapest, Yesterday.

H. K. Fire Ins.

Skipping.

Douglases...

H. K. Steamboats ... 271 272 Indo-Chinas (Pref.) ...$ (Def.)...$

Sheit Transpora.....5/- Union Waterboats ....$

Benguets

Kiotar.

$4.70

Kailan Mining Ad. af Langkat (Con)....Th. (Single)...Th. S'hai Exploration...Th.

Lains.........T Raubs ....

Tronoh Mines 8-

Docks, Wharvas, Godowni, &c.

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at the end of October a Chinese was at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day charged with stealing a Count Bentinck, Master of the Two Chinese who were found white woollen blanket, the proper-Horse at the Dutch Court, recently printing Chinese visiting and Newty of Mr. R. A. Trengrove, Revenue Inspecting a famous Hungarian studi Year greeting cards in the streets Officer, 244, Nathan Road.

of Mezehgyes with a view to. pur- were to-day charged befora Mr.

The accused was seen wrapping chasing the bloodstock for the Royal H. K. & K. Wharve...

H. K. & W. Docks ...$393 A. W. G. H. Grantham with operat-up the blanket, which was hanging stables, was very impressed with China Providenis. X. ing printing pressos without on the roof with another one to four coal black mares of the Nonius Hangkews ....Th. licences.

dry. He was chased by the amah, strain, a breed introduced in Hun- N. Engineerings ...Tls. Annually about this time Chinese and the shouts of "thief" aroused gary during the Napsolonte wars. Shanghai Docks ...Th. with small hand presses have taken a Chinese watchman who, together The team, however, was not for sale, up stands in the streets in the with the amah, found the thief con- but the Ministry of Agriculture, on Chinose section of the city and cealed in a dark corner at the bot-a happy inspiration, offered them to printed cards for passers-by. This tom of the stairway.

Queen Wilhelmina as a token of had been going on for a number of Accused was sentenced to six Hungary's gratitude to the Queen years and has almost been regarded months' imprisonment with hard for having been instrumental in as the "regular" thing at the ap- labour. proach of both the European and Chinese New Year. The men were) therefore surprised when they were arrested and said so in Court.

The New Law

OLD WARRANT

Used To Impersonate

A Constable

A Chinese was at the Kowloon

saving the lives of thousands of needy Hungarian children by giving them free holidays in Holland. Wilhelmina has accepted the gift. Reuter.

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SHANGHAI COURT

Nanking. Yesterday.

Cattan Mills.

J

145

Cotons..., 14.40 1/ S'hai Cottons (old)...Th. (new)...Th. Zooog Sings .......Th.

Lands, Hotels & Buildinga.

H.K. & 3. Hotels H. K. Lands

Shanghai Lands .... Humphreys

H. K. Realties $7.00 Chinese Estates

Public Utilities.

Star Ferries

The Police made reference to the new Printers' and Pubishers' Ordin- ance and claimed that these street

|H, K. Tramways .............8 |18.85 presses came under its provisions.

The ninth meeting of the Shang Peak Trains (old).....5 Mr. Grantham decided to dis- Magistracy to-day fined $25 with hai Court Reorganisation was

(DEN) charge the defendants with a cau- the alternative of three weeks' hard held at 10 o'clock this morning; Ch. Light (old) tion. He explained to them that a labour, or being convicted on a opiniona were freely exchanged

(new) licence must be taken out now to charge of taking on the designation between Chinese and foreign de H. K. Electrica operate any printing press, and ask-of a police constable.

legates. Pending receipt of in-Macao ed them to inform their fellows

It was

stated that he went to structinos from the latter's minis-H.K. Telephones ... T.80

Sandakan Lighti about the new law.

544, Shanghal Street, and there de- ters, there will be no meeting till | China Buses Tit. 189 manded money. He had with him December 10. Gantòn News S'poreTractions(Ord.ja |an old search warrant, being a¦ Agency..

paper of Original Jurisprudence of

THEFT FROM "NAFFY

Where Silver Cutlery

Goes To

the Supreme Court.

The defendant said that he was

a little drunk at the time of the offence..

EXCHANGES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

A Chinese detective who arrestad On London-

Dismissed for disobedience by the him said that he told him that he Bank, wire Military

******* 1/8 % Authorities at Stone-was interpreter to Sanitary Officer Bank, on demand.. 1/8 1/16 cutters Island, a Chinese was at the No. 18.

Bank, 80 days' aight Kowloon Magistracy to-day, be- The warrant, it was alleged, was Bank, 4 montba sight 1/8 4 fore Mr. T. 8. Whyte-Smith, charg-picked up by the defendant in the Credits, 4 months' ed with the theft of a sliver table-road,

apoon and a fork, the property of

the N.A.A.F.I.

Detective-Sergeant Kellet pointed

out that for the past two or three: · CAT BURGLAR

months there had been numerous

losses sustained by the disappear Falls Into Arms Of ance of cutlery,

The accused was searched in the

Policeman

ordinary way and the articles were He very near approached found in his bundle. He had been employed by the Military for three months and a half.

The accused was sentenced three months' hard labour

FIREMAN'S FALL

burglary."

On demand

Thus said Sub-Inspector James at to when a Chinese was charged with Wire,

the Kowloon Magistracy to day On Bombay

Injured Whilst Jumping Into Canvas

A nasty accident bafell one of the Aromen at morning drill to-d

the

Jsbury Ros

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Stores, &c.

Dairy Farms

Wations

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LONDON EXCHANGES

Bucharest

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the theft of some clothing from a On demand widow living in Fuk Chuen Street. On Calcutta |¦ He was seen by a policeman to Wire throw the clothes down from the On demand verandah and, when he came down by the wat out much to his On

| surprise he fell into the arms-of the vigilant

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