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SWEET REVENGE ?'

TRAFFIC CASES.

MAGISTRATE'S WARNING TO

CHARGE AGAINST FIREMAN DISMISSED.

TROUBLE OVER GIRL.

"I don't know whether or not she is trying to get her own back on him," said Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy thin morning, when he dismissed the case against Wong Sing, who was charged with stealing a gold watch valued at $15, and a $10 note from Wong Nul, a girl in Austin Road on April 23.

Street

MOTORISTS.

DANGEROUS CORNERS.

"The corners in this Colony are particularly dangerous for driving, and greater care should be exercised when taking them." `remarked Mr. Walter Schofield in the Central Police Court this morning, when he imposed a fine of $30 on Man-chun Tang, who pleaded guilty to having driven his motor car in a dangerous manner in Kennedy Road on April

The defendant, who is a fire-28. man attached to the Kowloon Fire Station, denied the charge.

The complainant said that a man came to her house at 287, Temple on the night in question at about 1 a.m. and asked her to RO to his house at 55, Austin Road. Shortly after her arrival the place was raided by Sub- Inspector Fraser, The amah was taken away to the police station, At about 3.45 a.m. the defendant enme. Complainant was sitting on

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Traffic-Inspector C. F. Alexander said that the incident happened near the P.W.D. premises in Kennedy Road, about 100 yards west of the Naval Hospital. He was driving a motor trolley going in an easterly direction, and on nearing a bad corner, defendant, who was driving in the opposite direction, came round at a very fast rate, and ac- tually on his extreme wrong side of the road. The Inspector pulled

Defendant slid that he had had four years' experience in driving in Europe.

a bed with three other girls. De-up within ten yards of the corner, fendant seated himself beside her and defendant stopped 30 yards and after sending the other girla away, after he (Insp. Alexander) away, commenced to press his at- had beckoned to him. tentions on her. She resented this and went away to the kit- chen. Defendant followed and when in the passage he seized her from the back and took her watch and a $10 note and bolted. She followed but he finally escaped in a rikisha.

"Pinching Treatment."

The accused said that on April 27, he was granted two weeks' was walking around in the vicin leave. Just before midnight he ity of Austin Road, when he was suddenly taken ill. He went to a rikisha coolie house to get "pinch- ing treatment." While he was there the girl came and stopped at the door and accused him of informing the Police of the house at 55, Austin Road. He then cross- ed over to Hong Kong and went up to his home. In the country. When he returned he was arrest ed

One of the rikisha coolies sup ported this and said that the girl often came to the door of the coolle house to talk.

SOVIET DEBTS.

NEGOTIATIONS STILL PROCEEDING.

BREAKDOWN RUMOUR.

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Inspector Alexander remarked on the frequency of cases where drivers of cars cut across corners at a fast speed. When a collision occurred, the Police could never get to the root of the accident, because one driver would contend that he was on his right side of the road, and the other would dispute it, or vice

versa.

Indian Fined.

On a summons for having caused an obstruction with his car in Stanley Street, at 11.30 a.m. on April 27, Mr. H. el Arculli ploaded guilty and was fined $5.

Inspector Alexander explained that cars were allowed to park on the north side of Stanley Street. The trouble was that defendant had parked his car on the south side, and thus a Sanitary Department lorry could not get through, so the driver went and called an Indian policeman,

Admitting that he carried 14 pas- sengers in excess of the number allowed on his licence, the Chinese conductor of an Aberdeen-Kai Fong Bus was fined $4.

Summoned twice for overloading, his lorry on April 28, the Chinese † driver W18 fined a total of $7. Traffic-Sergt. P. O. Gulld said that Rugby, Yesterday.

on the first occasion the load The reported breakdown of was seeds, whilst on the second oc- the negotiation on the Sub-Com-casion the load was flour. In the Imittee of the Russian Debts and latter case he had carried nearly Claims Committee was the sub-twice the amount that he was ject of several Parliamentary allowed to convey. questions to-day.

The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Arthur Henderson, said the debts negotiations were still proceed- ing. A statement published to the contrary was unofficial and inaccurate. He added that the Sub-Committee was reporting the present position to the main Committee, which would meet shortly. British Wireless Ser vice.

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MARINERS WARNED.

On information received from the military authorities, a notice to mariners is posted at the Har-

His Worship remarked that it was impossible to drive a lorry, which was ao overloaded, properly.

Not Enough Room,

"I had to go on the pavement er hit him," declared Traffic Sergeant Baker who summoned Lau Siu-san for dangerous driving.

Sergeant Baker said that he was driving a

lorry eastward along Bonham Road. Near Eastern Street there was a stationary car facing the same direction. Defen- dant, driving other car, cut in between them. The Sergeant add ed that there was not enough room for three cars to travel abrenst.

Inspector Alexander remarked

bour, Office stating that practice that, defendant should have given with the Defence Electric Lightaway-

In conjunction with the Coast Ar- His Worship imposed a fine of tillery, training rune will be carri- $25.

ed out on the following dates:-

At Stonecutters.June

July 9, August G.

11,

At Pakshawan-May 19, Jane

18, July 16, August 13.

At Belchers.-May 28, June

26, July 28; August:20-vy).

MR. M. D. CURRIE.

DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT.

BANKING CAREER.

Many old residents in the Colony will greatly regret to learn that the National City Bank of New York has received a telegram from its Head Office advising them that Mr. Mark Douglas Currie died yesterday.

Mr. Currie was born at Hawick, Scotland, in 1883 and first came to the Colony in 1903 in the employ- ment of the Guaranty Trust Com- pany, and in 1904, on the absorp- tion of the Guaranty Trust Com- pany by the International Banking Corporation, came over to the lat- tor bank, remaining in Hong Kong for about two years, after which he was transferred to Japan.

After seeing service there and in Shanghai, he returned to Hong Kong in 1913 as Sub-Manager, re- maining here until April, 1914, when he was transferred to New York as Assistant to the General Manager of the

International Banking Corporation, later becom- ing a Vice-President.

Upon consolidation of the latter bank with the National City Bank of New York, Mr. Currie became an assistant Vice-President, which position he held until December. 1929, when he was appointed a Vice-President, and on

the ap- proaching retirement of Mr. H.. T. S. Green took over charge of the Far Eastern Division of the National City Bank of New York.

During his stay in New York, he paid one or two visits to the Far East, his last visit to Hong Kong being during February and March, 1926.

He had been suffering for some time past from aortitis, and it can only be presumed that it was this disenae which caused his death. He leaves a widow and a young daughter.

Mr. Currie's cheery and gealal disposition endeared him to all who came into contact with him. and his death will be felt as a great loss by his many friends all over the world, and especially by those who were associated

with him on the staff of the National City Bank of New York,

MRS. TOM THUMB DEAD.

Celestia Lucinda Dodda, one of the original Tom Thumb midgets featured by the Barnum and Bailey Circus, has died at the age of 90 at Portland, Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Cranston Williams, her parents, were of average nize. At birth Celestia weighed 3 lb. When she joined the circus she weighed 65 lb, and was 3 ft. 10 in. tall.

She had been. twice married, and both her husbands were normal in otature.

transmission lines in Saskatche- The total mileage of electrica}

wan is now 2,805, of whom prac-) tically half, or 1,151 miles is pro 'vincially owned. Government lines bulit in 1980 totalled 1,096 miles so that publie ownership of electrical transmission is almost entirely a development of the past year. Since the inauguration of the Saskatchewan Power Commis- sion, early in 1929, the provincial Government has invested a total of $6,484,408 in power generating stations and distributing systems.

·Chan Chi-ki; ' the driver of a greasy at the time, and therefore public car, was summoned for it was dangerous for speeding. speedling, and pleaded guilty. It Inspector Alexander: In 1929 be was stated that defendant overtook was charged with reckless driving, another public vehicle along the and this year he killed a Chinese Shaukiwan Road at a speed of about boy.

30 miles per hour. The road was fine of $25 was-imposed.

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