1935-07-31 — Page 9

Counterfeiting Case At Sessions

Accused Alleged Caught Red-Handed

STORY OF POLICE RAID

Before His Honour, the Puisse Judge. Mr. Justice R. E Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions this morning. four Chinese males, namely Yeung Ping, alias Yeung Hon-lee. Tsang Ming, clias Tsang Hop-wing. Wan Cheung and Tsau Chuen. pleaded not guilty to charges of counterfeiting and possession of implements for counterfeiting coins.

Mr. J. A. Fraser. Assistant Attorney-General, appeared for the Crown while the accused were unrepresented by counsel.

The following jury were empanelled: Messrs. B. A. Proulx (foreman). Chan See-ming, Sur: Kim-lai, R. G Griggs, JIM X da Silva, E. O. P. Hyndman and Pan Man-loh...

Mr. Fraser said that the four Mr. A. Grimes, of the PWD/ accused

were charged with gave evidence of making plans of) coining The Crown laid no the floor of No 10. Takuling particular stress on the guilt of Street. while Mr. W. Jackson, any one particular person. Agting Assistant Government On May 30 Detective-Inspector Analyst. testified to having Cunningham. accompanied by examined 17 packages given to Detective Sergeant Goodwin and him personally by Inspector Cün- a party of Chinese detectives, įningham went to No. 10 Takuling Street. Kowloon City, as the result of in- formation received.

ore.

What Detective Saw

· Lam

Corroborative Evidence

to

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1935

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·TO-NIGHT'S PIANO

RECITAL

Interesting Modern Music Promised

RUBINSTEIN'S FAREWELL

PROGRAMME

To-day's Short Stacy

Give A Dog Enough Rope

TICE dog" said Larr

By E Mary Gurney

"If that polyglot tyke of yours

"N'Gray patting Calamity's takes my orse again he swore,

head. "Good dog!”

TIL perishin" well shoot um, s'elp

George Ricerman, on theme! other hand, snatching the bay And he drove indignant heels gelding's reins out of Larry's into his equally, indignant mount's hand. aimed a morose kick at ribs and tare off over the hill. the offending Alsatian's head, Calamity and Larry watched muttering profanely the while. (him with amusement until he dis- Calamity dodged dexterously appeared, when they turned and. yelping with astonishment and regarded each other with an on- hurt feelings, and retired to the derstanding that was uncanny. shelter of a handy mannka busb.. Seeing that his exploit was ap- where he sat wagging his tailproved. Calamity

came out from placatingly, with a look that was under the bush- and sat down in both triumphant and guilty. front of Lany, offering his paw.

George, still muttering profane- Gravely they shook hands.

clawed his way into Stranger's Since his extraordinary exploit saddle, from which refuge be in recovering Konini, Bil Braith- leaned over to shake his fist in waite's thoroughbred cat which Larry's grinning face.

4.

had been stolen from the Back andi taken as far aðeld as Palmerston North, Calamity had been seized

MAIDENS FESTIVAL with a perfect mania for collect-

Pretty Exhibition

Sincere's

ing horses and bringing them to Atto Falmerston and then led the Larry Calamity trailed the colt

MEANING AND ORIGIN OF CELEBRATION

brute home, with the result that he never seemed to feel happy funless be had a rein in his mouth. with a horse on the reverse end

Things for everyone but Larry The Chinese Maidens' Festi joke. On a place like The Ridge were beginning to cease to be al

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A particularly interesting pro Lam Chi-minx, one of the party

Chi-ming, Detective-Ser-gramme of music will be rendered of Chinese detectives, entered the geant C11, Ho Sang, Detective by Mr. Arthur Rubinstein at to- dat on the second floor on the pre- Sergeant C112. and Lau Tse, night's recital at the Roof Garden al, which is celebrated annual-there is nothing funny in returne Test of wanting to see a friend Detective-Sergeant 476, gare cor- of the Hong Kong Hotel. Another on the seventh day of the ing from the bottom of a ravine and in such manner gained ad-roborative evidence of the raid Baschi Bach arrangement. this seventh moon-

August 5 this to see your horse disappearing mirtance.

year, according to the Western jobediently over the next ridge, led The rest of the party and subsequent arrests.

time a "free transcription” of had a clear view of the interior of Detective-Sergean:

pro calendar is being marked at by a large and guiltily-horried the open Goodwin, Chaconne, will the floor, which was divided into attached

Central Police gramme, after which Chopin's B Sincere's Store by art exhibition Alsatian.

the Roof Garden of the two cubicles, a front and a back Station, testified to the arrest and fat minor Sonata will be played in

building. This is the only pub-of ten he had to abandon his find COLUMBIA

The fact that, in nine cases outj caused some amusement when he its entirety:

e exhibition of its kind this against a fence did not improve said the Police

the ran up to

The second half of the pro- second floor from the first door gramme is devoted to moder. Jear and is intended to give the matters much." The Ridge horses The front cubicle was tenanted landing on their toes, "the stairs music. Among the items are the portunity of seeing how the day their adventuring was apt to de-f not-so-wealthy classes an op-were well trained, but even so tone-picturess celebrated by the wealthy moralise them; and in any case in "Cathedrale engloutie" and "Fois Chinese. sons d'Or" and offerings by Ravel:

ja paddock of two to five hundred! It is customary on this day- for Scriabine, da Falla and two other the wealthy folk

acres, mostly on edge, it takes lesser known composers.

prepare time to trail a horse, even” if you tableaus appropriate to the sion and with the moderns was amply illus friends and neighbours their most was it was a safe bet to make for find him where he has been aban to display to their doned. If you knew where Larry trated Jay bis rendering. of

cherished--and costly curios "Petrouchka" at his last recital soother possessions, while the girls patible with the fight of a crow the spot, as nearly as was. com- that this evening's offerings should

of the family show examples of but, during the fortnight that had be particularly, enjoyable.

their skill at needlework To-night's Programme

wearing

by the four accused and contain-failing to squeak"

ed certain exhibits.

His Lordship remarked that it The first defendant was seen: was not true to the popular squatting on the floor holding in tradition (laughter)- his hand a ladle which was being The hearing will continued this held above a chatty.

The second afternoon. defendant was holding a pair of chop-sticks in one hand and porcelain

spoon while the third

in the other.!

defendant was HARBOUR SUICIDE

bolding a pair of scissors and was in the act of trimming a dollar coin. The fourth defendant was seen by Lam Chi-ming, the detec-i

tive to pick up another dollar a glass tray or piece of

from plate glass.

The Chinese detective arrested the second 'defendant' and the others immediately rushed past him into the passage way, where they were detained by the rest of the Police party.

LAST NIGHT

European Leaps From

Ferry Steamer

FRUITLESS EFFORTS AT RESCUE

A distressing tragedy occurred last night in mid-harbour when aj

A search of the door revealed European passenger jumped over- numerous exhibits. In the front board from the Star ferry steamer cubicle were discovered seven which left the Hong Kong side a

familier Debussy

Mr. Rubinstien's wonderful skill

The following is the complete

violin) Sonata Op. 35

Part I

Grave-Doppio movimiento-

Scherzo Marcia funebre Prestissimo (Finale)

I

Part II

plaster-of-paris moulds, three of quarter of an hour after midnight. The Sunken Cathedral which were for 1930 Hong Kong

Goldfishes

to

and

O

fine

elapsed since the recovery of At Sincere's exhibition one end bit frazzled and Calamity and Konini, tempers were getting a of the room is occupied by Beautiful tablean, the work

of!

Larry were not as popular as they once been. Even Bill was

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Foochow artists specially engaged, begiming to feel sore. But Larr: DO YOUR SHOPPING AT

jare on sale.

An

Chaconne (Free transer, from the representing Heaven and earth, the fool refused point blank to Bach-Busoni while the other end has a display stop the dog-until he had taught

Chopin of curiosmany of them, very an-him to return

cient and almost priceless, being perts to its rightful owner!

the pilfered pro- lent for the occasion-and a mum idea which the miserable Alsatian ber of other smaller objects, neither could not, or would not, cluding miniature plants, which assimilate. Possibly the manifold lessons were prevented from sink- Dates Back To Tang's?

fing in properly by the fact that The festival is said to have been upon most occasions the arrival | „Debussy inaugurated by one of the em of an irate owner usually termin-i Debussy perors of the Tang dynasty andjated them abruptly.

Calamity's taste was catholic. Ravel years. The legend has it that two but be had judgment. Hence his Scriabin heavenly beings, represented by penchant for following George iThe alarm Was at once March (Love of three oranges)."

stars, the Cowherd and the Fairy about and lifting Stranger on given on the siren and the

Prokofier Girl (the Fairy Girl being one of every posible and impossible occa- boaz stopped," while other ferry (Perpetual movements ...Poulenc the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades)sion; for, while all the Ridge (Young French Author) were given charge respectively of horses were good, Stranger was Comodo-LentoViro

the farming and weaving indus- certainly the top shot of them all Three Dolls

Villa-Lobos tries of the world. They were For every once he lifted another (Brasilian Composer) zealous in their duties until they borse he got Stranger twice, and Negress-The Broken Doll,

met, fell in love and Polichinelle

mar-George was beginning to look dis ried, when they became lazy tinctly harried and to shout in his

.dollars, two for 1889 10-cent The passenger suddenly left his pieces, and two for 1898 10-cent seat, and, despite the efforts of a Alborada del Gracioso (Joke of the has been celebrated for over 1,000

There were altogether] Portuguese passenger to re-

48 strain him. leapt overboard. Poem

pieces.

15 counterfeit dollars and

counterfeit 10-cent pieces.

A Genuine Dollar

In the rear cubicle were found in the search for the two bottles of plaster-of-paris, man. three strips of zinc, which were

boats in the vicinity came to assist

drowning

A naval vessel near by also as-

evidently used for casting the sisted by directing her searchlight

moulds, and a jacket hanging on towards the spot. Catching sight

a peg which contained a wallet-

wit)

of the body, in the glare. Miller's Dance (The three-cornered began to neglect their work; so sleep. Twice he had been left on

In the wallet was a genuine 1930) Cheung

dollar. There was alsó a tile which was presumably used for

Hung, &

seaman of.

the ferry, dived in and

swam to the rescue of the man and

رحمة

da Falla as a punishment, they were doom-foot in Long Bush and twice he ed to meet once a year only, be-had had to walk half-way home

drying the moulds over the had almost reached him when the LOCAL PHOTOPLAY in separated for the rest of the before he accidently ran, Larry, to

chatty.

A bucket contained sediment of

light moved and he lost sight of j ìhim. The search was continued

plaster-of-paris and had probably for 20 minutes before it was aban-

been used for mixing. A search

doned. The body has

not yet!

COMPANY

Studio Leased In Kowloon

A card found in the pocket of

of the second defendant revealed been recovered two genuine 10-cent pieces in his watch pocket. They were of the]

PRODUCTION EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER

asserted his m-

year by the Milky Way, or Silver earth and Dave River, as the Chinese call it The thority. story is represented, with moving Larry, perversely, reckoned that figures, in the big tableau of the none of us were sports, and con- exhibition.

tinued to find something, irresist ably funny in the sight of a hot On the day of the festival and exhausted figure toiling in the Cainese maidens pray to the Fairy wake of its stolen mount,

Prayer To Fairy Girl

Girl to give them a good husband į Then quite suddenly matters be- and make offerings to her in the ran to assume a more serions shape of ministare shoes and aspect.

-1889 and 1898 denominationa. the man's coat, which had been left!

As the result of a voluntary behind on the ferry steamer, bore statement by the first defendant. the name of D. J. Wolff, violinist! the Police went to a house in of the Gloucester Hotel Ea- Nga Yu-tau Village, Kowloon quiries at the hotel showed that. A new moving picture produc hata Married women are allow Calamity seemed to realise that City, where a bottle of potassium Mr. Wolff, after playing as usual, tion company has recently been ed to attend the festival once only lifting our horses and bringing cyanide and a bottle of nitric acid left the Hotel about midnight, registered in Hong Kong under after their marriage to thank the them to Larry was a rather tame were discovered. There were apparently in good health and the title of the Wah Sing Photo Fairy Girl for having answered game since we always got them also some

old plaster-of-paris spirits, to proceed to his home in play Co, Ltd, with a nominal their prayers.

back and sometimes managed to moulds, three pieces of antimony Kewison.

capital of $500,000.

at Sincere's, administer a surreptitious hiding sutphied ore and two small Mr. Wolf, who was 39 years of Mr. Wong Kwong-tin Chair which opened yesterday, will be as well squares of glass. As the result age, leaves a widow, to whom he man of the Chinese Chamber open daily from 11 am to 11 pm He was a queer dog, “WH of a statement by the second dewrote last night, and small of Commerce, is Chairman of up to and including Thursday, Calamity. He would not work for

fendant, the Police visited No. 30 daughter.

Po Kong Road, where a bottle of

soda potassium and a bottle of cyanide potasium were discover-

ed.

Frame-Up Alleged

+

The exhibition

Directors, while other members August. & of the Board

are MessrŻ

Cheng Ping-kwong and Wat Yew-Long. Mr. Kwong Fai

Charged with the unlawful posmam, of the Kwong Corporation developing and printing

anyone but Larry and, though he suffered fools, in the shape of out aiders, gladly when they wanted to carese: hím, it would have been more than their liver were. worth

session of a motor pump, Chan will probably join the Board paratus The cameras to be use to lay a hand on him in enmity. Fai, unemployed, was sentenced to later

are Regal Recording and Bell Bat, though he would not work

though, be

said to his

orse-steal

that until this sized

The defendants defence was three weeks hard labour by Mr. E. The Company have leased Howell str that the case was a frame-up in-L Wynne-Jones at the Kewicon large building, 160 feet long by For some months past a number hacked him for fault and would for us, he would ober us when we stigated by the fifth accused, who Police Court this morning. Ac-100 feet wide and with a height of local potential stars have been submit to a hiding from any one was not charged for obvious rea-cused stated that he knew the mas of 40 feet, at Sung Wong ToList in training in anticipation of the sons. The case for the Crown ter and some of the fobis of the behind the Kowloon Dogs': Home, opening of the studio and it is was that all the defendants were Lai Cheung engineering shop for the purposes of a studio hoped that all the talent neces caught red-handed and were all After they had secretly vacated the Over $100,000 worth of equip sary will be found in Hong Kong discovered in the fat with the place because they could not per r ment is now on the spot and in Production of falldes is expected implements of coining in their the rent, he went in and took the process of installat

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possession

the most

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