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'ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIVANS FOR

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Described as "one of the biggest divans we havo

·had for many months,, 241 Kilung Street, first floor, was raided by Sub-Inspector J. Holmes on Saturday night, and the keeper and 16 smokers, arrasted.

Opium Ordinance Offenders

Nine groups of offenders against the Opium Ordinance were brought before Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central yes- terday.

The dive, necording to Sub Inspector J.II. Evans, occupied half of the fat and half of the verandah, with seven beds, reven pipes, 10 lamps and: 62 pots (about eight-mace) of prepared opium, and was រ very well organised one,

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The keeper, Pun Tal, was sen- tenced to a total of six months hard Inbour when he pleaded guilty before Mr. J. Wicks Kowloon yesterday to keeping the opium. Twelve of the 10 smokers divan and possession of prepared were fed $50 each, and the four absentees had their ball $75 estreated. Taking amounting to Chan Chun-fung, asted 18, the $19.50 were donated to the Poor keeper of the divan on the firei | Box. door of GH Lowre Lanear Row was sentenced to six months' im- prisonment, and live smokers re. ceived a fine of $60 each or 16

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Chun Leting aged 13, the комерног

of a heydin divan on the STO!! door or 29 MacGregor Street, was remauled one week pending an analysis report on the

pill

Gel to the presence of nine hernin

pipes, the smokers were deal with and were each Bard $125 er 15 days.

San-yip, aged 20, keeper Yeung at he divan on the roof of No. Connaught Road West was Sententest to sly months and tx Bed $60 each or 10 smokers

Yak Lax, aged 30, keeper of the rm them floor of 20 Tai Cher Lame, meelven four months gol $60 or 10

amry stinker

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Lam Tran, aged 36, keeper of diven, at an umugabered hut fri South Lane reeived a sentence of four months and four smokers gui 500 each or 10

Let divan

days,

Tak Chak-kam, aged 40, keeper the roof of. No. 3. New Market Street received four months and the three smokers gol $00 each or 10 days.

Roof Divan

With two previour convictions for a similar offence, Wont Loi was sentenced to three months hard labour by Mr. Wielts on the charges of keeping an opium divan and possession of 1.5 mace of prepared anitun at D Woosung Street, first floor.

Apparatus Soixed

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Explorer

Pickpocket

Victim Of

1948.

M. Arthur D. Bowerby, an_axptorer, Jost $2,000__when.

. someone płoked his trouvera' packetin Pedder Strest yesterday.

Mr. Sowerby had been to the Hong Kong and Shanghat Bank and had four 8500 notes in his pocket. - As he was

passing

the Gloucester Lounge a man bumped into him, turned round and walk. led 'qulokly away., Whan Mr.

Bowerby Oot

to the Post' Offles and felt in his pocket, ho discovered the money was missing.

The man 'has not been arrested, Inspector. A. F. Cochrane of Central CID 'te Investigating.

Pickpocket Attempt Failed

Cafe

7 HAD NARROW ESCAPE IN DANGEROUS DRIVING

́After turning half a somersault, private car 7459, -driven by Mak Kwong-fuk, aged 35, turned over and over sideways, and finally landed in a stream 25 feet below, right side up. The owner, a 70-year-old man, was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital suffering from a frac- ture of the right hand and other lacerations: The other five passengers and the driver escaped injuries.

Fined $350

Dockyard Case Legal Argument

tion.

Sequel To Chopper Attack

A savage chopper attack on a farmer at Lokmachau in the New Territories in May last, as a result of which the victim was confined to hos- pital for six weeks, was re- called 'at the Criminal Ses- sions yesterday.

When Mak was charged before Mr. J. Wicks at Kow- loon yesterday with danger- ous driving, Inspector F. Roberts said that it was most lucky that the other passen- gers escaped injuries as, LI the car had landed in the stream the wrong way up,

The attacker, Fung Shu-ylu, a would they

have been

Yesterday's hearing at 23-year-old farmer, charged be- drowned.

tore Mr. Justino Reynolds, with Central of the case involving The prosecution, he said, was three Europeans and three former, with

wounding Lam Fu another not asking for defendant's licence

intent to do Hilm to be suspendel, as that was his Chinese employed by the grievous bodily harm, was sen- means of livelihood, but asked Royal Naval Dockyard was tenced to seven years' hard labour Charged with attempting to for a substantial fine and endorse taken up by legal arguments and six strokes of the cone. pick the pocket of Mr. J. M.ment on the Urence..

by the defence and prosecu who prosecuted, said the blows Mr. A. Hooton, Crown Counsel, Lightbody outside the

were on the head and were of Wiseman at 1.30 p.m. on Satur-

Defendanta zro Petty Officer such severity that they had day, Yuen Wing-him, aged 18,

Defendant was fined $330, with J.C. Horton, charged with the caused a depressive fencture of was convicted and sentenced to his licence to be endorsed.

theft of two engines and with the skull and resulted in some three months' imprisonment by bir. F. X. d'Almada at Central defendant

According to Inspector Roberts, conspiracy to stoul the engines. permanent injury. yesterday.

W.F. Smith and R.G. Stewart The atteek evidently originated driving along WDS Castle Peak Road towards Castle are charged with conspiracy, from an old quirrel and 1 feel- Chau ing between the two men. Some Cheng Chul, Inspector Moran sold that com- Peak on Sunday and, when near

the explosion of a The sole Finokre found on the plainant alighted from his car out- the 13-mile brach, took the left Yuen, shop master, and Dennis n:onths ago premises was fined $50, while, on side the care and was about to hand benil at such a fast speed

are merchant,

charged bomb caused injury to both of

Orem, the oplan and the application of Inspector J. enter when defendant passed in that the car was carried to the with receiving two marine en- them and to some other people, paraphernalia and furniture were

smoking front of him.

were and accused nursed a feeling cines knowing that they In trying to pull out, accused #lolen property.

that it was all due to Lam's care---- confiscated,

Mr. P.J. Grimths appeared for lessness. ran the car down the left bank. Horton, Air. Y.K. Kon for Smith, Sub-Inspector Fung Lot found

The attack Leung

took place on the He swerved again, leaving wheel Ping, six smokers, Alx

Mr. M.A. pipes, seven lamps, eight pots of

gradual

Silva for Stewart, morning of May 21, and was seen Lam's master, who chased curve, and ran on until the front Cheung and Khan and Mr. A.S.C. by prepared oplum, and $7.15 tak-

Comber for Chau.

accused, caught him and handed of the car left the road and the Street, ground floor, on Saturday. ings when he raided 119 Apliu

small mount Mr. W.A. Blair-Kerr pásisted him over to the village watch- bonnet struck a

The speed at this stage was by Inspector G. Willerton is for men. Mr. Wicks with keeping a

before Leung Ping, charged

no great that the car turned

Accused, who was legally re- prosecution. and possession of opium,

then turned

Mr. Silva submitted, that the presented, denied the charge, and Ho had actually got hold of the half somersault, was

on' its side and charge of larceny against Horten said he was bit frat by Lam Fu les when complainant grabbed over and over Jabour, and the smokers fined $300 or two months' hartim and handed him to a police land in a stream 25 feet below,

should be given a separato trial, who, in fact, hit him so hard Mr. Blair-kerr disagreed and that he fainted. He hit bock with were constable nearby. fined $35 each: confiscated to the Poor Box.

The $7.15 was

said hint all charges should be the chopper when he was chased irled at the same time. Mr. Hine by Lam. Sub-Inspector J. H. Evans

shing Lo agreed with. the pro- prosecuted.

secution,

The premises were raided by Inspector T.J.

Hemsley Saturday and two pipes, one pipe head, 10 pots of cplum, a brass bowl uned for mixing opium, and a desk with a false bottom selzel.

a diven

Warsaw, August 22.

Li Kam-shul, aged 36, living on the roof of No. 1 Ko Shing Street, to death today six members of A Military tribuhml sentenced admitted possession of prepared an underground band. Two were opium, one oplum pipe and one) lamp, received four months' im-intl Press.

Given life imprisonment.-Asso-

prisonment.

Chun Sze, aged 51, of No. 12

Ko Shing Street, Brst floor, ad- Chung Ching Street, ground floor, mitted pussession of prepared admitter possession of prepared | spium, one pipe and lamp, resupium, one pipe and lamp was erived a fine of $400 or two fined $400 or two moinhs.

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Complainant was then wearing sparis shirt and shorts and had bundle of bank notes in his shirt pocket.

Defendant, when he passed Mr. Lightbody bumped into him and with his right hand as a shield, empted to dive into complain.

ant's pocket with his left.

When an order was also made for his bunishment, defendant sald he was Hong Kong born and 'ppstecsed a certificate,

WELL-KNOWN STREET WALKERS ARRESTED

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Denied III Feeling

After cross-examination of t He denies that he nursed any Warrant Oficer E. Nunn by Mr.ill feeling for Lan. The incident Crimths the case was adjourned on May 31 started with Lam until today.

scolding him and attacking him first. After he had been attacked he lost his tense and did not know what he was doing,

Ho called as his witness Fung his office, yesterday without

who agreed that accused was "Usually in cases

an explanation, Lu Pik-ying

first attacked by Lom Fu who kind, the defendant is put up went outside and called the

prodded him with a hoe.

Cross-examined by Mr. Hooton, for banishment on the third police.

Fung Yat denied he was per- offence," said Inspector J. Orem His intution was right.

Juring, and sold the evidence ho when he applied to Mr. J. men had gone to his Import and

gave was the ramo as the state- Wicks at Kowloon yesterday Connaught Road Central to rob chuen, Li Kom-lung, and Wong

Export Business office at 136 The case in which Lee Sing- [iment he made to the police: for स recommendation for

After the jury, 'comprising. Ave him. Betty Lam, 22 years to be

Shing-wo,

medicine dealers of men and two women, had re- While he was outside, the men 515 Canton Read, secand floor, are turned an unanimous verdict, and banished.

separated and two went to the being charged with passession of sentence was passed; Mr. Honton Defendant, described as a spins rear of the office and two stayed two battles of strychnine nitrate applied for a copy of the Court ler, was arrested, with another at the front. Thoy all produced and other poises will be heard recorda as proceedings for per- 22-year-old spinster, Chan Ying, revolvers. by Inspector. T. Collins at Nathan

by Mr. J. Wicks on September 2. jury might be taken against the When they heard the manager's Road outside the Central Bar at cries they immediately ran away had in their possession the two

Defendants are alleged to have defence witness Fung Yat. 1,30 am. yesterday.

One of the robbers dropped his bottles of strychnir hltrate, two According to Inspector Collins, at 1.10 am, and kept watch on and a parcel of urganges on the two bottles of liquifled phenol, his sun glasses monium nitrate and strychnino, them unul 1.30 am, whèn banrded a tricycle. Ho arrested them as they were well-known street walkers,

he saw the girls outside the bar over, loaded with four rounes bottles of solution of ferric "am* {

of ammunition,

they stairway. ↑

Gold Bars Confiscated

twa, bottles of sodium cacodylate, The men escaped before the police arrived, but nothing was and 849 ampoules of solution of Gold bars, weighing 37 taels

ferric MATEJ ammonium

nitrate and and valued at approximately strychnine.

Detective

stolen from the office.

Lam was sentenced to two Inspector Percy Lowe of the months' hard labour and recom- CID is in charge of the case. mended to be deported, while Chan was bound over in the sum

of $50 for a year. the had a previous conviction in 1947, and Lam had two convictions in that year!

Banished

Once More

Ammunition Possession Alleged

Mr. J. Wicks yesterday fixed

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HK$11,840, were ordered to br Sub-Inspector C. Pope yesterday said that he had confiscated by Mr. J. Wicks at not yet received, instructions as to owner. Cheong Ching-mok, 44- Kowloon yesterday when the whether to prefer additional

charges against the accused;, and year-old, merchant, failed to that he could only repeat that answer the charge of exporting the police have no objection to gold without a permit. ball being granted in the sum of $1,000 each.

Wardens Remanded

The bullion was seized at Kal Tak airport on Saturday morning Formosan, said to be necused, was about to board a plane for Taiwan.

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Accused's bail of $100 was also ordered to be entreated, Rovenuto Omcor D. H. Knox appeared for the Imports and Exports Depart-

OUTLAWING JAPANESE COMMUNISM

Banished for life on August 13the afternoon of September 1 this year, Ma Sai-yin, 20-year for hearing of the charge old unemployed, was seen by possession of ammunition pre- At the request of Detectivement, Detective 1130 at Austin Road at ferred against Law Mau-chuen, Sub-Inspector D.S. Roberts, a 6 pm. on August 21. He was ar shop-keeper, and Chan Wah-remand of a week was ordered rested on suspicion of being a chun, driver, by Detective Sub-by Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon Fes- returned banishee.

Inspector J. P. Waldron.

terday when Timothy Din, Gusay Charged before Mr. J. Wicks The case was transferred to the Maria dos Santos, and Sapto at Kowloon yesterday with un Kowloon Courts from the Taipo

Ahmed were brought before the lawfully returning from banish-Magistracy on the application of court on the charge of extortion. ment, Ma was sentenced to six Mr. P. J. Grimin, representing the The Brat defendant was alleged months' hard labour and recom-first accused.

to have obtained $50 from Fung mended to be re-banished.

According to Inspector J. Orem, ton, comprising 2,000 rounds of shawan Road on August 9, Santos teuld

It was alleged that the ammuni.Yuk, married woman, at Cheung- defendant was expelled from the 45 and 400 rounds of mun. 680 from the same. woman on. Colony on December last year calibre, were found in the luggage August

10 and Ahmed $20 from and again on April 13 last. On carrier of privalo -car 7835, on the same compleinant on August his third conviction on July 13, which defendants were travelling, 11, by representing

that the for when it was searched by the police] money. was due to them benishment and was deported for at the Fanling road crossing at warders in the Victoria Remand If a month later.

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the Communism at Bassion of the Diet.. The Prime Minister said yes- ferday that he had something very important" to submit to the. 19. forth

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Most newspapers Interpreted this as a reference to the Prime Minister's known concern at In- creasing Communist activities. Many Cabinet ministers have ex- pressed the opinion that the Com- munist Party is obstructing the work of national reconstruction. -Reulor.

Rome, August .22. Miss Victoria Quirino, daughter, of the Philippines' President, "ac- companied by Judge, Antonio Quirino, the Frealdent's brother, and the Judge's wife, Aleil, ars rived here on Sunday from Spain. They are oneniour, of Europe-- Associate‹l: Frose.

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