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U.S. Family COMPULSORY REGISTRATION

Correspondence On Round

The Editor, takes no responsibility for views expressed in letters by correspondents, and by no means toith them.

Reform Club Chairman

Rosigns

Sir-In reference to certain articles appearing - inc the local Presi wish to inform you that Mr. Charles Loseby resigned from this Club en Thursday, July 1 His resignation was accepted by the Committee under the Chair- manship of the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Bruk Bernacchi,

it is the intention of the Clubs that Lew Chairman will be eleved 4 our next meeting.

R. A. WEBB. Hon. Secretary

Local Justice

Sir,-A bobby suker belonging to the smurt het goes with her aunt to a local Institute patronised by refined ladies and gentlemon with plenty of time, inney and She fat to spend on slim figures, steals there a diamond ring, and causes two servants of hers to be enoled before finally admitting her guilt.

necessarily agrees

fication of the case from the Hon. Representative of the Royal Life Saving Society who is undoubted- ly an authority on mattera con- cerned with drowning.

INTERESTED.

Pure Health Public

Sir, I shall appreciate very much you will kindly allow me to voice, on behalf of the rest- dents of Gloucester Road through the mediian- of «your-esteemed paper, an appeal to the authori- ties concerned against the ex- futonce in Gloucester

Road at Wanchai of an unhygenle state of affairs which calls for the active attention of the authorities-en- trusted with the task of preser- ving public health in Hong Kong. There are a number of junks engaged to carry sand, cement, small broken stones and other

Junk dusty materials. moor along the Gloucester Road day and night. When they are at voy dining tables us well on every work, lust rises in clouds. corner of the whole floor covered with dust which blows

These

are

World Trip

Belleved to be the largest family group ever to make a round-the-world trip aboard

OF ALL RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG PROPOSED

ship. the inter-related Shriber-Harig Family arrived And Ordinance to provide fúr here for a short visit yester-compulsorja registralsonicqfs du day in the ss, President Mon- | residents in Hong Kong will be presented to the Legislative Bert (17-year-old From

A Council next. Wednesday for Shriver to seven-year-old George | its First Reading...

roc.

"

A. Shriber. Junior, the group Voluntary registration of concists of 13 persons,

The proposed registration was described yesterday as a security measure.

A Shriber in Board Chairman the population-in certain parts of the Shriber-Slates Company, of the New Territorica has al- Akron, Ohio, wholesale, autono-ready been carried out by the

3 well-known Police. five parts, and Akron investor and financier. Ho in hending the family on a round-

the-world

trip which started from San Francisco on July 1.

An athelal estimate of the Co- Mr. Kenneth A. Shriber

George

kny's population including those President and Mr.

AaGoat in May was placed at 1- Shribes and Mir, John A. Haris #37,000. The figure was 34,761 are Vice-Presidents of the com- in 1931 when the Inst omielui puny

Mr. and The family includes

Shriber, Mr. and Mrs. Bert A Mrs George A. Shriber. Master Chorge A. Shriber, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Shriber, Miss Skephanie S'iber, Master Ken- neth A. Shriber, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. | dohn A. Harig, Master John A.

census was taken.

In 1841, just before the out- break of the Paclite War, un offi- cial-cecaus-curried out by Air. Rald Wardens placed the Colony's total population at 1,000,000,

The 1,857,000 figure, estimated in May last, included in estimal- 1,840,200 Chinese; 9,500 Bri-

Yel, un her aunt standing for into our reaktonces through the Hurig, Jr., and Miss Portia Hacig. tink Commonwealth subjekts; 3,- |

her good behaviour, she is bound for a ridiculous amount of aver $250 for one year.

In others words, because her Frenity belangs

to the better!

.....

No HK Passengers

census has

been

windows. When it in time for

000 British subjects of Portuguese descent; and 4,800 whens: dinner, we

we have to close the windows to keep dust from com-

The total includes 114,400 per- None of the 78 passengers who

sons afont. We have not a breathi ing in.

arrived by the American Press-

An official of fresh air al

.day.

clent Lin10 luxury round-the-planned for next year. From a sanitary point of view,

world liner disembarked here it is lurmiul to health by breath-yesterday. ing dusty air which might pa- | D

En route to Singapore to be sibly endanger our lives in fu- married there is pretty ture. Living under such a

a cir- Kathleen Hempson, fuucee uf cumstance detrimental to our Mr. R. S. Jack, Brillah engineer houth, I feel obliged to appeal to with Shell Out Company, Singa the authorities in the hope that necessary steps will be taken to ore. She is accompanied by her 10 parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hempson. Mr. Hempson is ne- remove these junks from this residental area to Kennedy Town Hem

- and is probably well Emmed among the local gentry, Happer who stole cowartily with evru taking physical

for hero | ***** gets away with it uifle which means nothing to het parents.

and Min anyway be Feturiad otter one year.

Case No 2. A poor bloke of rooke aleals four slozen battles or

Mise

Chica Vala. He says he is jobless uttere ullensive trade is permit/countant on the staff of the APL

and has nothing to cat. Maybe no he had wothing to drink. It's his first offener, and there is 10 rensm to doubt. u prior, of its being an otherwise good fellow victim of the duress of the times. He gets nine months. Similor is the file of another coolie, who jame thye ngo stole bottles to

but emply ones.

There may be other facts in both enses which were not pub- lished and are therefore unknown to the average newspaper render. As it looks, however, the im plications are obvious of the way Justice is administered. Not es- Beciully in the British Empire.! but in many other countries as well,

BUT WHO WONDERS?

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Saiwan Tragedy

No Plans For Agricultural Exhibition

Claims Tinker Was Killed During Fight For Chopper

Giving his version of the events leading to the killing.qf, q, fellow-tinkes, the accused in the Chopper Murder Trial yesterday told how he unintentionally chopped off his clansman's hoad with a chopper during a scuffle. Cheung Woon, 28-year-old tinker, charged with the murder of Cheung Biu on May 19, denied hoving tied deceased's arms behind his back before the death stroke was dealt. He con- tended that he had wrested the chopper from deceased, who had attacked him."

Thero ho lived with Accused is alleged to have village.

Chul Kwong-fy nid his wife to buried deceased's body on a hillside near the Nam Hangther witle the little boy, Chul village, New Territories, and 3ang-kwal, and the deceased, who

WOR A olauzman of Iris. In a nearby man- the head

Some time during 1048, accused ed, the deceased hud ocen- grove swamp...

Cheung is being tried before continued Mr.

Williams, Justico

senior Puine Judge, and a jury of four

and throo

Mr.

women

men.

nion to borrow $5 from him. In hla own view, $5 was quite a sum, KIN bia monthly income

derived his tinker's „buginian WA bot

$10 to $20:

Acconed sold bu often pressed

D.A.1. Wright instructed by Mr. defence Y.H. Chan is for the The case for the prosecution is

A. Hooton, Cheung Plu for the return of the by Mr. conducted

loan. The deceased; however re- Crown Counsel, assisted by Defased to pay up, and was always tretive Inspector F. Roberts.

displeased when accused anked Chui Sang-kwal,

12-year-old him about IL By the Lime, assistant tinker, yesterday told Chinese New Year had arrived, Singapore OfBee. to exist. Mureover,

Hom

The President Monroe is dun

The chances of holding in the Court under cross-examin-relations between thoni were very Kong has been regarded as the

this then that he was a little distance bad, the reason being the subject leave for Manila en

exhibition, route to agricultural Peor of the Orient, it seem ridleuinus

would Stopupore at 5 pan. unnotraw. year, along pre-war lines, is way from the house in question of the loan on account of the fact to enjoy much a reputation if such an unhygenie

very remole, Mr. Strangeways, when he heard the cries of "save that witness had been talking to nat others about the deceased's sinte

Director of the Agricultural life" coming from it. He slid of affoirs remains chatiged.

Department, told the "China hear anything that indicated among habit at Shataukok.

te

JAMES FONG.

HK Journalists

To Train In UK

Yourf journalists from the Colonies will soon have the op- portunity of taking a one year course of newspaper training la Britain.

now being

ron-

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Personalia

to

Miss M.J.A. Ridall and Miss R. Henderson left for Batavia yes- terday by the es. Fukien.

Mr. and Mrs. W.. Gutletly Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Duncan left the Colony yesterday for Singa- pore by the ss. Antilochus.

·

Mail" yesterday.

that time, he was unce light, he added.

Remitided by Mr. Weight that Informed that Cheung Bio hud been waiting for him at the mar-

"The reason was not lack of m-witness' blk brother, had asked

as to why he had ket at Taipo with a knife-De kiled Chewing Biu, ferest or enthusiasm on the part the aerised

witness cased eventually returned to the of Government, said Mr. Strange- ways, but back of adequate pre-ugroeing with this added than house holding a chopper intoni!- the accused had replied: "If I did ing to kill him. At the time

parations.

me."

Aho was lying in bed,

The Agricultural Department is not kill him he would have killed accused still now, and a lot of organisa- tion work has to be put in. Ther were also various difficulties and linndicaps to be overcome.

However, said Mr. Strangeways, contacts were being made with The scheme

Dr. and Mrs. Gorrion Thomp- farmers through the various dis- eldered by the Colonial Office will go left for Marselles yesterday! telot

agricultura) offers. The nilow them to attend the Poly-by the ss, Antiochus,

fanners were enthusiastic, but) technic Institute in London to re-

for an exhibition of this kind to reive Jectures and

Mrs. A.M. Olivier left for the be successful, practical

there must be training.

in United Kingdom by the es. An adequate planning, and this they curriculum The Sir. A correspondent In Satur-

tilochus yesterday. English life

were not able to do at present. day's issue of your paper gave a cludes a survey

Ion- institutions, foreign

"An exhibition of this kind is very tmnusual account of the Sai- and

not only win tragedy and I have waited gunges, shorthand and typewrit-

necessary, but a good technical the

thing, for Hong Kong and the Nill now for some form of official ng spart

farmers, and it will be put in reply to

hand as

practicable,' said Mr. Strangeways.

from

of

Comm

Arrivals from Swatow warten.

day by the sa. Shengking includ- to ed Mr. and Mrs. Hicks and Mr.

the questions put by aspects of the professi

The Advisory Among the many points he prepare and watch the scheme. Turner. brought up were: (1) "Why were include Lord Rothermore, Chair-

the Associated natt of

News- Among those who Jit t no qualified medical personnel man

for Slogapor- sent down to the bench" Since papers, Colonel J. J. Astor. DOAC yesterday

Messrs. L. P. Stack, J the Hospital, authorities must Chairman of the "London Timer.cre have known it was a case of and R.U, Jolinson of the Colonial Wicke, Ku Chi-heong. M. J. drowning, they should have sent Office Information Division. some doctor along. Yet no reason

has been put forth by them. (2)

Why

were there stretcher bearers?"

insufficient This is a bald quary, but since there was

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Airmail To U.S.

Auster, Hew Song, P.E. Ham- mond, Chew Chun-shing, W.n. Burker, H.G. Muller und A.D., Bennett,

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soon as

THE FOOD AND FUEL COSTS

Noise Of Fighting Further questioned by soun.

another occupant of the house

to hold the deceased and from entering the bedroom se the young witness later ad-trying to appease him.

Cheung Woon said he modí- mitted having heard a noise pl atoly took the opportunity of

right after the por ranning-out by the back way fighting was shut with the accused and During the months that follow- deceased inside the house. The ed, their relations remained the nalss of biowe, he disclosed,

ed; - name, accused said. Some monina was immediately heard before before the events of May 19 this the orles of "cave life".

went docensed

over year,

to Teul Hing. foki of the

another place to siny. On May gave carroborative censed, then

17. however he Auddenly

came back. evidnee us to having come k the

house at Nom Hong villag near Taipe with his mustar l the afternoon of May 18.

Witness

told the Court when both of em eventually after which ho bad A bath.

to have their meals, Deceased and a

sat down

de

Accused went on to say that when

he himself had relurned ou that particular day from work at tha Taipo, he went to have his meal

foll

subsequently

wator."

"I then startod a conversation

they also partook of some Chin-arrived at the house some time ere wine which he had bought a

After him. Accused said ha thon Thipu.

told deceased's foki to go cut to Teul further said that, after to

Talgo to buy

nly some sugar in order Incidents involving the alleged to make some "augar The food and fuel costs Com-killing, he was told by the ae. The other occupants of the house, piled by the Labour Ofee for the cused when he returned to the Chei Kwong-fu and his wife then

house wooit endod July 25 follow:

after going to Taips for left the house. The little assis- A thrice weekly airmail Among the departures from los & Flour, 7.3 cattles..$4.7000 sugar; "I had born fighting with tant linker was at the time out- ne ometol denial, it must be ac service between Hong Kong the Peninsula Hotel on Monday Vegetables, 19 catties.. 1.0530 Cheung Blu, as a result of which aide the house,

Mrs. T.II. Lee, Salt Cabbage, 0.2 catty..

2520 cepted as a true statement. (3) and the United States has been were Mr. and

I killed him." Accused then ask- Started Conversation cul, 0.7 karty..

1.4830 ed him to help him with the "Why are all amergency

cases inaugurated by Pan-American | Mrs. E. Annis, Mr. M.A. Astra,

9600 burlat of the body, to which wii- tuken only to the Queen Mary World Airways.

Mrs M.E. Barraclough, Mr. Tea, 0.3 catty Hospital? Have we so quickly

Mr. J. G. O'Donnell, District C.N. Lee, A.L. Foyar, JR. Dez-Sal Fish, 0.3 cally. farguttur the

case when a hos Traffic Manager of PAA here, told heimer. F. O'Brien, A. Dewar, J. Fish, 0.4 cally. plial (other than the Queen Mary)

B.V. Beck, and C.L. Pork, 0.3 catty.. the "China Moll" yosterday that Chen, refured to attend to a woman who the new service is due in great Kejriwal.

Firewood, 10.0 cotties. Bean Curd, 14 places. had taken polsun?

part to the foresight and progres-

f How was artificial, respirationsive thinking of Mr. J. H. B. Lee, New arrivals at the Peninsuis

Total alven inside the

the spoeding anbul-Fostmaster General, Hong Kong, Hotel on Monday included Mr. ance? The one who gave it should and Mr. L. C. Saville, Assistant und Mrs. Lim Mou-chu, Mrs. K. have known of the serious nature Postmaster General.

G.

The averags of the Food and he found, besides blood, signs of sold that this matter was Nye, F.A. Buenting, Messrs. qf the cuae (evidenced, by the Arrangements for the faster and Richards, F. William, R. Hogan. Juf aures for the Waoks ended struggle inside the house, such as of no importance, deceased stated

July 2 and 23 is $14.1603,

the brooms scattered all over the that nevertheless he wanted to worda "very little chance" and more frequent air mail sevices, a H.W. Taylor, K:D.

The Rehabilitation Allowance place, and the chatty stove turn-kill accused. of how artificial respiration when benefit to businessmen and resl- Portells,

D.P.

Afor the month of, August will cd ever, on its elde pee started should be carried on dents, were Initiated by Mr. Leel

Veliman, J.R... Osselon, A.G. unill such time as the patient and Mr. Saville,

Doric,

K. Colegate,

legate, D.D. Henley, therefore be

Dally-paid Workers. regalneri consciousness or when PAA Clippers will leave on Gilbert, O. Mo, F.B. Baird,

Mondays,

Artizans Wednesdays

G.Coolles and A. Dockwrey, D.R. Hughes, Fridays at 430 p.m.

Closing Williams, D.B. Rogers, A.R.

Women for posting girmali will Snyder, T.M. Paul, B.8. de Cuna, be 2 p.m. the samɑ, dayı, C.V. Marion, and Noel Rossefelt. With the time of transmission

the patient is pronounced dead by a doctor. The Life Saver con- cerned must have been taught this, ne also his friend, the Fourth Year Medicat

With the swim

time

season on, of ate mail to the United States Miss E. Tawnsend, Messrs. D.C. similar accidents are likely, to reduced the choice of the Knight, R. Kinngar, G. Mc- recur; and with similar results, three additionna departures Namara and A. Dockwrey left In vain therefore. have Scouts weekly, this now arrangement; for the United Kingdom by

Savers of the Rayal.should offer And Life

convenience BOAC yesterday. Life Society taken their courses, and beneit We look forward to some .clari- circles.

grent

to local business

COMING TO THE LEE

A HIT! A HIT! The Fabulous

Story of a Fabulous Guy!

ROY DEL RUTH'S

#PENDIX TREVON BICKT

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.9420 ness said he refused. At this, he with. Choung Blu when we were 1.2520 was warned by accused zot talatie in the house," accused con- 1.1940 disclose what had taken place to nued. He said he asked doceas- ed what grudge the latter had .9200 anyone.

he want... Tsul. further 7000

revealed that reinst him, and why when he entered the house after

"It was niitged; re- $13.0700 the

did you talk about had taken the corpse to the hills.

thing

$3.30 a day.

accused and the little boy Habit?" On Bing

By this time, accused continued, Dotactives Evidence | hd "waa" getting to be afraid of Defective Inspector P. Roberts, the deceased's mood and started $2.65 a day. ofear in charge of the OID office, running for the main door of the house. Deceased however brush- $1.94 a day. Taipo, then gave formal evidence,; Monthly-paid Workers,

$40

Men Women

In the course of which full dei pakt him, and closed the door. a month. talls as to the opening of the then picked us a chopper lying $64.00 a month. graves in question were given made for

ven the cement cistern nearby and

DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED

Passengers for Bangkok, ye- terday by BOAC were Mersrs. Following is a list of the donations to J.E. Markey, H. D. M. Barton, B John's Cathedral Organ Pond vereis. H.Y. Hau, AG. Doyle, Pr" D.J, ml up tổ July 21 which have not yet been Sherman, Fr. A.J. Karlavecius, acknowledged in the pres

W.R. Somboon Chandrisdi,

Wong King-chew Thuriappah, and Chia Keam-tec. * |

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AIR PASSENGER ARRESTED

Suspected of possessing tor- gory of an International Vaccing- tion and Inoculation certificate, an ale passetiger from Amoy was

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*R.P. Parrell

Klan's TheaLEN.

d.B, Endacoll

· Proceeds of Bale on 2: Wooden

Box

Received up to Junk 16 and mirandly" bakpomladitesi,

Total donations · received up

to July 4, 1819.

$ $2.00

1.251.00

10.50

70.00

Witness

said that a rope WIN found together

with

and sacking in the grave"

the body was buried, there was no rope at all tied to any part of the body.

acatbed.

Aa the main" degr wii" shut, accused wiht an, he retreated the bellrasm,” but was net Dechread came farward and swung the ebapper at him. As he was dodging the blaw, he pushed the deceased, away, causing the latter to fall down. At this moment accused Jumbia on kimpunerea de

possession of the A struggle for pos on ft, and the bundle was wat hopper chebed, in the course of

which, sesland managed to not find any other the chopper from He did

Dealing with his invertige tions inside the house, impac. thats he tor Roberts, sta:66

found a chopper inside a subs

board, which was quite clean. There was no rust at the time

На

In the pramisga. The

witness continued Handa: $1,221.00

was then, taken to the Tains $24,097.80 } /*

Pollos Station, whery ha ed to make a statement through

$26.821.51

an interpreter. Choung Woon was vastually taken to the Police Headquarter

on May 20 and formal;

receive up to Jul 14 which have at Cheng Blu. He made

charged

arrested by the police at the Kalpline Casbedral Restoration: und

Tak airport yesterday.

CORRECTION

A Kowloon court report in the "China Mail" yesterday 'sangerj ing pileged motoring

stated that Mr. P. Kotrison

possessed no, valid llo he was also driving the out-due: care and,

deceased's During the scuffle, he

noticed that deceased had blood rumpingstrom the side of his face.

er did not khow how he was. wounded, protsed", declared,

ng

Intention to do ILA socs gaw this, I became much

anfused

in the course of -

91 stmuanie, he went on,-dire

Following fat of the dormilons te Kowloon Roth the exenced to fall "At this mon

yet been asknowledged in the protesta

M'ka, ́ ́Atkinım'

:Mim-X.M., Buckland

A

Frook Terrecht

KP. Duck worth

don statement in reply to this

ke himself, swing the CHOI

In reply to a question by Mr. right down at the fallen Chung 10.00. Wright, witness told the Court Big Why by da it, me cuela not

found li

10:00 that no starp stonej wers + 10.90 the house during his invaelleg: FEAR. TA DE

14ttons #hough there were

110 Various sharp instrumenti.

•He did not take only of ww

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