1935-08-12 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1935

ALTERNATIVE

CHARGE AGAINST

LOCAL DOCTOR | COMPLAINANTS

EVIDENCE

PUBLIC-MINDEDNESS

Magis-1. Schofield

When the hearing was re- sumed at the Central tracy before Mr. W. this afternoon of the

case in

in which Mr. J. H S. Waan al- leged that his young daughter Natalina died as a result of the neglect and regligence of Dr. Woo. who refused to call in an- other doctor as was suggested to him. and then moved the child when she was in a criti- cal condition. in his attentions. an alternative charge was sub-ļ mitted by the complainant.

After some corrections by the Ma- gistrate the alternative charge stands as follows:

"For that the defendant, be- tween July 18 and July-24 at Victoria in, the Colony of Hong Kong, unlawfully exposed the complainant's child. Natalina, be- ing under the age of two years.! whereby the life of such ́_child_ was endangered, and by which the health of the child was likely to be permanently injured."

Wanted Matter Public Mr. Waan took the witness box and replying to questions ppt by Mr. E. S. C. Brooks, his solicitor, said that his object in bring the charge was he wanted to make this thing public.” *

Before this Mr. Brooks said that Dr. Wod had twice refused to call in a second opinion on July 20. once at 2 p.m. and another+ time at 7:30 pm.

Plastic art—"The Bamberg Horseman” at Bamberg Cathedral which dates back to the Xth century...

MAN AND WOMAN

FINED $200 ON AN

ADULTERY CHARGE

Husband Deserted Last April

SEEN WALKING IN STREETS AND ARRESTED

To-day's Short Story.

In The House Of

Her Own Hands

By A. B. Crowther

An

formeste billet AM going to get married" other less fortunate. gid might

and

diary before the ink she had had a vivid memory of certain used was dry. "I made this big ghastly days when, after a very decision this evening. I have slight breakfast, she used to do a not the least idea who will be round of registry offices, hoping my husband but it is ridiculous against hope for work that a woman of twenty-eight)- Elinora was far too energetic to who wants to marry and have be content without occupation. a home and children, should sit She spent her savings in “fimish- down and wait for the man who ing her fat enjoyed a mouth's] most likely will never come holiday, and then set about culti- along and demand her virginal, vating the talent she had always heart and hand. I have always felt she possessed for writing. At thought it absolutely intolerable last she was having success that a woman can only have was happy in the consciousness children if she happens to cap-that she was developing a style of ture the fancy of some male her ow human being. It gives an un- Although she had recorded her fair advantage to the beautiful great decision she had only vague and the charming: whereas, of-ideas on the subject of how she ten women not endowed with would achieve her desire. On these characteristics neverthe Saturday she read the agony less are estimable in many ways columns of the morning papers, and capable of becoming excel-sbe read every one of the adver lent wives, mothers, and home-tisements carefully, but there was Imakers. Myself for instance not one in which she felt the Five feet seven in my bare feet, smallest interest This matter of leight store. straight as a plumb finding a husband, she decided, was

RING STOLEN BY fine, and supple as a piece of of such vital importance that she

UNEMPLOYED

European Commended For Catching Accused

goldsmith's shop

elastic. Quite nice looking; must not hurry about it. healthy: intelligent; a BA; in- terested in most things; pos-) sessed of a sense of humour.

even of a sense of the ridiculous! Intelligent? Well, Elinora, wej shall see!"

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be Menage A Trois. by Vin- cent Sheean

For stealing a gold ring by

This outpouring was the result means of a trick an unemployed of an experience at a bazaar that Chinese named Lee Hon-po was afternoon. A fortune teller had sentenced to three months hard told Elinora, "You are not in be of men who claimed to be seeking She read all the advertisements labour by Mr. EL Wynne-Jones House of Fate; you are in the wives. She did not feel at all sure Charged with committing adul at the Kowloon Magistracy this House of your own Hands. You that she would ever answer an ad- Continuing his evidence. Mr.ery, a 22-year-old odd job car-morning.

are free; you can make your own vertisement, but she was looking Detective Sergeant Dowman Waan said he had asked Dr. Woo penter, Li Siu-on, and a 20-year-

fate; you can choose; you can out for an opportunity, and did not to let him know the nature of the old married woman, Ho On, were said that the ring was the pro-shape; you will not be rushed mean to miss the smallest chance illness of the child, and Dr. Woo each fined $200, in default three perty of Tseng Chung-chui, who along willy-nilly like people are it of finding one. had replied that he did not know months hard labour, by Mr. w.kept a

in Fate runs the show.” Schofield at the Central Police Shanghai Street, and was valued Elinora lived in a fiat. Her that she read, in the morning It was about three weeks later "I suggested to him to call. în Court, An additional fine of at $11.20..

living-room Professor Gerrard and be said in $50,-in default one month's bard

The offence was committed on opened on to

was beautiful and paper; an advertisement that made a balcony. There her pause and read it over and over a loud voice, You trust European labour, was imposed on the first August 10 at

Panwas no suggestion of makeshifts again. -doctors and you don't trust Chin-accused for harbouring the se-when the defendant entered the

the room From the thick, ese doctors. You prefer to give cond accused after she had left shop stating, that he wished to furious carpet to the beautiful Sydney, no friends in

"Englishman. 30, working in purchase a ring. He was shown water-colour pictures, the place would like to meet well educated Australia. $25 to a European instead of to the protection of her husband. a Chinese doctor. You always Appearing behalf of the ring and, putting it on his fia-anggested

2 comfortable income woman about his own age. Liter- complain that I charge too much. prosecution, Inspector K. W. Anger, enquired the price. On be And that was what Elinora had, ary tastes. View matrimony" and if you are to pay $25 why not drew, of the Secretariat foring told the price he said it was an income large enough to give

went out of the her Chinese Affairs, stated that the too dear, and

yet.

pay it to me.* **

TIO

about 2.45

+

The address given was "BD, comfort and beautiful sur-G.P.O. Sydney.” second defendant and the com- shop, mounted a bicycle and rode roundings in a modest way. After reading these words many plainant, Chan Man, were legallyaway.

When an aunt had left her ten times Elinora decided to write to He was pursued and caught by pounds a week she had decided "B.D. She wrote: married according to Chinese BOY SETS FIRE customs at San Wai Village about Mr. Edward Kay, and the ring that it was "up to her to give up

TO OFFICE

two years ago. On April 8, this was found in his possession. Mr.her job as head accountant

be miss-hay was commended by the ma- Fitzgerald's store so Influence Of A Noveling, and last Thursday complain-

year she was found to

gistrate.

ant saw her and the first defen-1 dant walking together in the] Liverpool. street and informed the author INDECENT ASSAULT

A 16-year-old boy, influenced byjities, who effected the arrest of!

a character in a novel stolej both defendants the next day. money from the Liverpool ware-

Inspector Andrew continued

house where he was employed and that the complainant had been to then set fire to the office.

the Attorney-General at Sun Wui

$500 And $1,000 Bail Granted

that

st

"Dear B.D.,

"Having read your advertise- some ment and feeling interested as a result, I am writing to make a sug- gestion to you. I wish to marry.

"TOURAINE" THEFT But I would not marry just any

Gold Watch And $49 Recovered

INDIAN WATCHMAN'S SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED

man*

I don't know that I attach much importance to being franti- cally in love, but that may be be- cause though I am twenty-eight I have had no experience of love. I should have to feel the warmest When the boy appeared at and had sworn out a warrant for Alleged to have indecently Liverpool juvenile court accused the arrest of the second defen-assaulted a 7-year-old Chinese

friendship and affection for the of maliciously setting fire to two dant, who has been living together girl, Leung Nui, on the ground

man I marry; I should have to office desks, books and papers at a with the first defendant since Wanchai, a 21-year-old shop foki, Captain Rolf Stomhulsen of the should feel the utmost respect for For stealing a gold, watch and have tastes in common with him, Boor of No. 312, Lockhart Road, chain and $49 in money tyre warehouse in Mount Pleasant. April 18 at Nos. 13, Tai Yuen

from and it would be secessary that IĮ Liverpool.

and of breaking into Street, 15, Tai Yuen Street, and week by Mr. W. Schofield at the ing the ship unlawfully, an un-why I should not try to find a has Ng Shek was remanded for a 8.5 Touraine, and also for board-him I have been asking myself warehouse and stealing £6 13s, he 2, Lamonts Lane. told the magistrates he wanted to. The woman, concinded Inspec-Another Chinese male. Yip Mai, Shing Chow was sentenced to sensible, than to spend my life in Central Police Court this morning- employed Chinese named Fung band. It seems to me far more get his revenge on a clerk in the tor Andrew, alleged that her hus-who was charged with aiding and two months imprisonment on the endless regrets that no man office who disliked him.

band could not support her.

abetting the first accused, was also first count, and fined $25, in de happened along and married une. remanded for a week, on bail of fault one month's imprisonment, Surely the time is come when the on the second charge. He plead-ideas of past ages on this most im- Detective-Sergeant Fitches stated guilty to both charges. ed that in

portant subject should no longer the case of the first Sergeant Davies said that at bind women in shackles of mock accused the police may ask for a noon yesterday the defendant modesty. "At any rate I have de- committal as there will be far went on board the ship. He was elded to try to find a man I can ther charges against him in re-stopped at the top of the gangway love and who will love me and wast

Inspector J. Beattie said the boy; poured parafin over two desks, and by lighting papers started. four different fires in the office. At the time there was: £6,000; worth of tyres on the premises.

Accused's Statement

ARROW FOUND IN STORK'S WING

Wittenberg, June 8-Fight

$500.

CHEUNG SHA WAN ACCIDENT

In a statement the boy had con-ing with a rival for a nest atop spect of another little girl Bail by the Indian watchman and when to marry me. fessed that he broke into the ware-a farmhouse roof a stork fell was fixed at $1,000. house and set fire to the office wounded to earth. The farmy after reading a book about an owner when dressing its wounds incendiary who never got caught discovered an African arrow in It was stated that after the boy the bird's left wing. The missle had left the warehouse he gave measured 25 inches and was of another lad two-pence to ring up bamboo with an iron point the fire brigade

Despite its wound the bird had The boy was placed on probation apparently been able to return and ordered to pay £5 compensa- from Africa to its German tion.

Girl Pillion Rider

Injured

has

questioned said that be had come "Now this is my proposal. That with some wine from a shop. He we should exchange Jetters and made his way to the captain's thus gain some knowledge of each cabin and after several minutes other. If we find that the ex- had elapsed the watchman be perience pleasures us, as Sir came suspicious and followed the James Barrie would say, and if we defendant by the starboard lad- wish it, we can arrange a der. The defendant came down and find out if we feel any attrac the port ladder but was caught tion for each other. I dare say Mrs. Ferguson,"

He was taken to the chief officer that you will feel as I do that Stafford Road, reports that while longing to the captain. When he correspondence would be

who identified the watch as be meeting without this preliminary driving her car, No. 1154, near was taken to the police station barrassing and, of course, futile 10.35 am. yesterday, she ac sace. He admitted a previous mon. A canvasser of votes for a forms, defendant's friend who cidently collided with motor-cycle conviction in 1931.7 brick-layers guild, Lo Ting, ap is not in custody, entered the No. 22, which was driven by Mr. peared as the complainant shop in Lin Fat Street, and left W. Iles, of Union Building against a 32-year-old brick-before complainant.

Assault Mars

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layer. Tsui In, who was re- Complainant left the shop Yeung Choi Street, who occupied manded on bail of $250 for a soon afterwards and on reach the pillion, received slight injuries| week by Mr. W. Schofield at the ing Queen's Road four or five and was treated at the Kowloon Central Magistracy this morn- men, including the defendant Hospital

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