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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1948.

CHINESE

Given The Benefit Of The Doubt

HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA OF

CRUELTY

The Chinese have a different Idea of cruelty to animals from westerners, Mr. A. S. C. Comber, representing Che Fling, 46, assistant of the Kun Lee Poultry Lan, charged with cruelty, to chickens, told Mr. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.

'

Yielded To Temptation

Dairy Farm Losing Two "Old Hands"

A pleasant function took place in the Dairy Farm

offices yesterday, afternoon when a presenta tion was made to Mr. Bertram Walter Brad- bury and Mr. William Macfarlane, who have retired after exceptionally long service with the Dairy Farm. Mr. Macfarlane is leaving on ment for many years, very Feb. 29 for New Zealand but important peat when one con-

the Intricate took their money from them, as Mr. Bradbury will remain in alders

the Colony for some time yet. valuable machinery for which Defendant, who pleaded not

At yesterday's funellon,, at he was responsible, In reply to the Prosecution's mother being 1

tended by the staff of the Delry

Bowls oilty through his counsel, was suggestion of transferring the at bume to give her food so the

"Mr. Macfarlane's sporting fined $50. Mr. Blair.Kerr warn into bigger cages at the Tai Koo, Dackyard refused to Farm. Mr. E. R. Hill, Chair- ed defendant to tell his Canton station. Mr. Blair-Kerr remark-absent for two weeks," declared presented Mr. Bradbury with been confined mostly to Bowls

I had been man of the Board of Directors, activities In back as

the Colony have firms that it was their fault anded that in the event of a trans-Lu Nung. 23, unemployed pluma gold gilted table clock and in which he too has represent-

He cited the "tracities" pre-marily to anfegung their sales

Western of valent

markets value. where Cowls are "cruelly mis

That the sale was a private. transaction of his shop foki | (who lind since been dismissedi without his knowledge und_col sent, was,, the contention Chan Hung, proprietor of the Sai Wo Toug Mejleine Shop, 380 Quern's Road C.. when he

was charged before Mr. F. X. d'Almada al Central yesterday Otelin ampoules at $17, $2.40

with selling a box of 30 cc Calri

over the controlled prive,

In evidence (hno Anid the medicine was net un sale in his shop but when asked by the two STI indy inspectars the fukt obtained « from mutsole.

Defendant. AVER given benefit of the doubt and

charged,

clix

for

Mr Piman plaseruted the STI and Mr. A. S. U. Combes was for the defence.

Personalia

Passengers by Pan-American, Cupper "Racer yesterday in cluded

Charles Carroll, J. J Fagan, J. M. Murphy, J. J. Redington and Miss M. G. Sutcliffe (for Shanghai), and M. G. WHliams (for Honolulu).

The forthcoming wedding of Mr. Ernest Sidney Jones, Police Officer, Ventral Police Station, 10 Misa Irene Teresa Stevens,

Hong Kong Disinferting Starlon, Caine Rond, has been announced.

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treated."

Bigger Cages

inform them not to pack the fer at the station, cages again,

PC359 sal that he saw at the Yaumat Railway

Statlon at 9.25 p.m. on Jan. 8 a lorry loaded with 15 pages of chlekens, Ten enges were on top of ve lamboo cages. Cho was said 1. have told the constable that there were about 60 fowls in each.

Witness said that one cage was 3-1 2 by 1-1 2 feet and the chickens packed closely together with hardly any room to move. They were making too much noise, the constable said in re ply to a query how he knew the fowls were suffering.

The cages were heavily press | ed down by the ten above ani there was no space for the fowls to nuove thrie bends,

Fowls Fatigued

Defendant said that he was collecting doing his usual duty fowls coming from Canton for Els Fan, He was to immediately take the fowls to the fan and Arrivals at Repulse Bay relieve them of their "fatigue"

Mr Hotel yesterday included after seven op so boors of trion and Mrs. E. G. Thompson and journey. He did not think the daughter am Me, and Mrs. C. | fowls were undergoing any S. 1. Mabait. Departures In-¦ suffering. Actually, defendant eluded Mr. and Men A. { sald, there were about 50 fowls Cheetham

General A. T. in the enge. He added that he Mettore.

hael written to the firms itu Canton felling them not to pack

chickens so many

inlo one

Departures from the Glouces. ter Hotel yesterday inclwled, cage, Mr. G. S. Sisson,

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Departures from the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday included Mr. C. T. Carroll, Mr. J. M. Murphy and Mr. F. S, N. Faure,

Peninsula Hotel arrivals Include

Mis M. G. Sutcliffe, S. B. Rance, Dr. F. S. Bascom, E. G. Kellner, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. E. Robertson and N. S. McBain.

Peninsula departures include R. J. Brown, Capt, and Mrs. D. A. Mesex, A. J. Peaker, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cheetham, R. Burrell, C. Bryco and C. A. Momber.

All claims against the Es- tate of Sub-Inspector Albert

Mr. Comber contended that defendant

nut 150

concerned with the packing of The fowl. The offence was not committed by him, he said, adding that it

Canton

Was the fault of the firms. After seven hours of train journey the fowl

needed food and water.

"Iyielded to temptation, and

1 lind no work. Owing

to mar I had to stay

have me

the Police

statement Irun ber, in a might say that would be caus: dock at Central Magistracy yes. inge obstruction or the fowl

terday when charged with need might fly away.

Link Road highway robbery at The Prosecution retorted that on Jan, 211. the railway authorities allowed such transfer in the open yard.

sigarette box.

the large silver tray. Mr. Mac-ed the Colony. I am told you

farlane was presented with 'n

had to be one your toes when, silver tea set teapot, hot water he was Skip. jug, sugar bowl, milk jag and

"There is much more I could tray) and an engraved silver say on the respective merits of both gentlemen but I hope the Defendant is alleged to have Addressing the gathering Mr. lttle that I have said will con- Senior Inspector S.G. Poole, robbed Chan Siu of $13.10. HII said: an expert from the Vetinerary

vince them of the esteem and Inspector Coles said that de. "As you all know this small affection which we Department, sal that he made fendant held up Chan Sts and his function is for the purpose of them and of our deep apprecia

have for experiments at the Western girl friend in Link Doad. Defen. paying tribute to two members tlon of their loyal services. Market after receiving a report dant had in his hand a torch and of the staff who, after from the Police. He found that a knife (With the blade upen). years of service with the Com reminded of their many, and I many "In order that they may be there was enough room only He stopped the couple, told them [pany, laid Balde the for 30 chickens in a cage of to put up their hands and then office at the end of last year.

trust happy. years in Hong similar size, Before the war the starched them, taking

Kong, would ask them to de- "In the case of Mr. Brad. SPCA enforced regulations complainant's money.

cept from the Staff, Directors bury, that service extended governing erate packing. At Deindent's aged mother was

and the Company. the gifts over a period of 39 years. He which are on the table beske present, the SPCA has no staff told by Mr. Conklin that if she

arrived in the Colony in 1908 me. working,

appeared at the Supreme Court

to take charge of the Company's she would be able to verify her

In doing so, I wish them and Butchery Department, 8n's story and also to try to get

which their ladies on your behalf and was then of very small dimen- on behalf of the witnessts to prove that site had

Directors. . The quarantine restrictionsbeen atk and weeded her

lona Indeed. In those early long and happy retirement." imposed against arrivals from at home.

days. I am told that Mr. Brad. Egypt

on account of

utury met with many ups and have been removed.

downs in the operation of this Department, even to the extent

chotera

away

Lui was committed for telal the next Sessions,

Five Years Hard For

Robbery Attempt

sun

Sentence of five years' hard labour was passed yesterday by Mr. Justice T. J. Gould (Puisne Judge), on Wong Ngau alias Tal Shul-ngau. Yu Kiu-kong alías Yu Tau and Wong Tut alias Tau Pel-tul respectively, on their being found guilty by a jury of assaulting with in- tent to rob.

Mr.

entered the

cares of

As he himself would tell you,'

INFORMATION.

PLEASE!

Would any person who wil

light grey

of the company on one occaslon nessed a 7-Seater deferring payment of his salary car passing in front of the tax) because they had no ready stand at the Star Ferry, Kow- funds available. Il salary loon

and knocking down a European pedestrian at about 7.30 p.m.

on Friday, Feb. 13

was then $150 per month.

Early Handicaps "However, despite early please report to Police. handicaps which might have The driver of this way d discouraged n less courageous not stop at the time nor report person, Mr. Bradbury by his the accident to police. knowledge. foresight and tenacity of

purpose, has con tributed much to make that de- partment among the most im- Dortant of the Company's busi

Reminders

Today

Anti-T.B. Association meeting t Council & Executive Com- miitec, Medical Headquar- ters, H.K. Bank, 5,30 p.m. Annual Meeting, A.S. Watson & Co., Ltd., HK, Hotel, 12 noch:

The necused were found not the intended robbery and were ness today. shaun of n guld finger ring and guilty of having robbed Yu Kin-waiting for the accused.

"In 1934. Mr. Bradbury, in $45.

On entering the premises, the addition to the Butchery, took

to have charge of the Company's ship J. Reynolds, assisted by first accused is alleged Det. Insp. Gordon, pr.secuted.

caught hold of complainant, Yu ping Department. Uniter in The accused were arrested by in-shun, by her throat, pushed able managership, this too has Police when they

her to the ground and knelt on become one of the most success. His client fed hein with food first flue of No, a Wilmer Street,her. Her face was covered with a ful departments,

piece of cloth and she

"In his younger days he took and he adopted a occupied by the Mou Wo Whole. course calculated tnost efficiently ate and retail shop, on Dec. 12, he would be throttled. She then given a good account of him. threatened that if she shouted, a keen interest in sport and had relieve, the fowl of their 7.50 a.m.

someone removing her gold self in the Colony at Cricket, H.K. Schul, Musicial Association suffering.

Fing and money. The Police then Tennis, Rifle ahooling, soccer appeared and the accused were and of course bowls, at which arrested.

game he is a former Colony Champion and Interporter.

and water

The Police bad That was done pri-received advance Information of

Japs Forced Him To Sell His Cameras

Edward Tate, deceased Police Chak Ching-ying, manager of the Nam Yuct

officer, should be submitted to the Commissioner of Police, the -Administrator of the estates.

not later than March 10.

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Studio, producing Cantonese and Mandarin films, appeared before Mr. Blair-Kerr at Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday as complainant against Fung Man-tsun of the China Optical Company, No. 80 Queen's Road, Central,

When his sampan. for complainum assisted by Ins-abort ten yards form the ves pector Askew, while defendant sel, he discovered that he had is represented by Mr. Marcus lost his çamera. A search of the da Silva.

sampans' around was fruitiesa.

Found-His-Camera-

Mr. Hin Shing Lo appeared | ers.

The bearing_waa....... adjourned- yesterday to March 5, when com. plainant will be crass-examined by Defence Counsel.

was

In October, 1946, he found his camera in operation at the Oriental Studio, at Hauwong Fung is charged with recely- Temple, in Kowloon City. Hej ing on Oct. 25, 1947, a movie reported to Police and search ̈eninera, valuat nt $5,000, pro- warrant was issued. The follow- perty of complainant, knowing ing day he and Inspector As- it to be stojen.

kew nelzed the camera, which

told

Chuk in evidence said that he the owner of the studió is the owner of the Nam Yuct them. had been rented from Studios, which produce Chinese several persons. films. Before the Japanese occu- At the Police Station defen. pation, he had five movie dant produced two documents, cameras. When the Japanese) one in Japanese and the other in'] rtook over, he had three, as his English, which declared that he, brother had taken two to Java. Chuk, had sold the cameras and The Japanese forced him to sell equipment to the Japanese. The his cameras and equipment. Ho Japanese document was stamp. managed to hide, his bested, but thore was no similar camera, which ho identified in stamp on the English ons. Chuk court. and in 1944 went to denied that he had sold his Shanghai.

camera to the Japanese.. He returnedd here in 1940 Witness said that there were aboard the ss. Hong Yeung. Ho no studios operating after his loft the steamer in sampan return here, but five months with a friend and two strang+ later a few started working.

THE WHISKERS CLUB.

was

All three accused, who gave evidence from the winess · böx, denied having committed the offence,

"As a racehorse owner, Mr. Bradbury's luck has not been of the best and his latest purchase reputation even worne than my Kookaburra. Kooka- burra does at least stand up on! four legs and start..

After the jury had returned has their verdict and before sentence wus passed, Mr. Reynolds dis. closed that first accused had been convicted on Feb. 5, 1948, on a "Mr. Macfarlane joined the charge of attempted gaol break- Company in 1918, having pre- ing and sentenced to 12. months' vicusly, served with the Hong imprisonment.

Mr. Justice Gould said that the Dairy

Kong Ice Company, which the Farm purchased that sentence of five years' imprison-year ment in the case of the firs "He has been with the Cum- accused would date as from any for 29 years and when he completion of this

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