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PRISONERS' PLEA IN HUNGHOM

MUNDER CASE.

Before Mr. R. E. Lindeell at the Magistracy yesterday two Indian watch mau, named respectively Sager Singh, employed at the Kowloon Docks, and Bola Singh, employed at the Green Island Cemerit Works, Hunghon, were charged with the murder of Anant Singh, a watchman employed at the Cement Works, on the night of the 15th November.

Mr. G. N. Orne, who prosecuted, said that the first defendant had a wife who lived at 30, Kowloon City Road. The murdered man was a watchman at the Cement Works and lived on the premises. Evidence would be given that deceased was on intimate terms with the first de fendant, and it would appear that he entertained affection for the latter's wife, Sager. Singh remonstrated with his wife about her relations with the decease and beat her on that account. Mr. Orme said that for the preservation of public morality and the privacy of married life he was unable to call the wife of the first

ALLEGED LARCENY BY SOLDIER.

TAR HONGKONG VAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TMa, 1910.

TALE OF TEN-GENT PIECES.

Before Mr. F. A Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday Ralph Crawford, Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, was charged with the larceny of 810 in subsidiary coin, the property of Mr. F. E. Hall, proprietor of the Palace Hotel Kowloon,, ⠀

CRICKET.

VOLUNTEERS AND BESERVES.

Total:

1,330.04

$14,274.76)

The following is the lust list of subscribers :---H.E.

Sir Henry May K.C.M.G., Anonymous, Mr. E, D. 1 Brith, "R:C."

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gould, B.D., Mr. B. W Looker, Messrs. Reigns & Co., 8.5. Joura, Ven Archdeacon E. Judd Barnett and Mrs. Barnett

The fund is now closed.

N. J. STABB, Hon. Treasurer.

Hongkong, 8th November, 1915,

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OPIUM ON THE”ANTILOCHUS.” BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

AND Two seizures were made by the Water ST. JOHN AMBULNCE FUND, Police yesterday of opium that had been brought in on the Antilochus. At about Remitted by T.T. to London 5 s.. a number of police who were 16/11/18, £1,200 at 1/104912,043.82 watching the steamer observed a sampan

Balance remitted by Demand Draft to London 9/12/15, in the net of leaving her. They chased

£130.5.5 at 1/114. the sampan, the occupants of which jumped overboard and swam towards the shore. The police seized the sampan, and in it found 312 lbs. of loose opium One of the crew, who was in the water, was Inspector Gordon told the Magistrate pulled out and arrested, but the others that at about 12 o'clock, when the Palace escaped in the darkness.

At about the same time another party Hotel was being eksed, the "hot" in of polies on board the same vessel seized charge of the public bar took a cash-box on the deck 100 lbs. of loose opium and 185 taels of prepared opium. Noone from a drawer and put it on a sideboard claimed this opium, and at the Magis behind the bar, near the entrance to the tracy yesterday Inspector Gordon for lavatory, The "boy" would say that he mally made application for confiscation The order was made, subject to fulfil went over to tell two other men to leavement of the usual conditions, the premises, as it was closing-up time, and when his back was turned he alleged-

Government House, that the defendant, who was the only man.

Hongkong, 16th November, 1915. My Lord ManQUIS,I Bave the honor to standing at the bar, took the cash-box.

The following will represent the inform you that on receipt of your Lord and went outside with it. He saw de

Reserves and Volunteers in a match ship's telegram of 25th September 1 caused fendant at the entrance to the lavatory against the Scouts Company, to be played a notice to be inserted in the European and and rushed in after him and noticed that on the H.K.C.C. ground, on Saturday. Chinese newspapers in this Colony inviting the box had been placed on a small rattan December 11th, play to commence, at subscriptions in aid of the funds of the p.in.-R. Hancock (Capt.), R. O. British Red Cross Society and the Onder table, about four or five paces away from Bird, D. E. Donnelly, H. Hancock, A. of St. John of Jerusalens,

I also presided over a where it was originally placed. He look-R. Lowe, K. R. Macaskill, T. E. Penres,

Committee to defendant, but it was open to the đẹ

ed into it, and found that two 85 rolls of Hon. Mr. C. Severn, F. Sutton, B. Prganise a Concert and Fete in aid of the fendant to call her, at any time. It was

Thursfield, and R. C. Witchell.

funds, which was held on the 27th October ten-cent. pieces had been extracted, The

in the Public Gardens, the weather on the certain that the first defendant had pro

21st October having been unfavourable for tested against the relations between police were called in, the defendant was

an outdoor function. wife and Anant Singh, and he assaulted searched in the saloon bar, and in his

The following will represent the Univer her, in consequence of which she was pocket were found $10 in ten-ent pieces.sity against Kowlcon Bon Saturday, After evidence in support of the at 2.15 p.m. on the latter's ground:-Ng admitted to the hospital last month

Sze Kwong (Capt.), Ho Wing Kin. K. suffering from bruises. She was visited opening statement had been given by Brayshay, Wei Wing Lock, G. E. Marley, when in hospital by Anant Singh and, two hotel boys," P.-c. Wills stated that F. A Redmond, J. D. Wright, A. H. soon afterwards, by her husband. One was called to the Palace Hotel and Rumjalin, W. Hall, Yung Hin Lan, and the 15th November both the rst de fendant and the murdered man were at work, the former drawing his pay At about 6 pm. He was also on duty as usual until widnight. The second defendant was not seen between the

's

Saturday and the Monday. He was ect in the Cement Works in company with Asant Singh at about 4 o'clock on the 15th inat. The two men left together, proceeding in the direction of the first

defendant's house,

asked the defendant if he had any money on him. He immediately hauled out a handful of ten-tent, picees. Defendant counted them, and said they amounted to $10.32. Witness counted them, and found they fouled only $10 and two copper cents. He took defendant to the Police

UNIVERSITY. KOWLOON "B."

C. G. Anderson-

DEATH OF ARCHDEACON WOLFE OF FOOCHOW.

The result of the upperl for subscriptions was a sum of 11,486, while the concert and fete yielded a net sum of $1,085. I have sent a telegram to-day to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of which a copy as decoded is enclosed, and I also enclose a statement which has appeared in the Public Press giving the result of the appeal. It is possible that further subscriptions may be. received, which with the balance in handl of 8207 will be sent to you in due course,

A very satisfactory feature of the response madh by the public of Hongkong was the

ONE OF THE PIONEER MISSION-zeal displayed by the lending members of the Chinese Community in subscribing to the fund and in purchasing tickets for the concert and fete.--I have, etc,

ARIES OF FUKIEN.:

Seldom has a funeral in Foochow been s

since he landed here in 1881.

F. H. MAY, Governor, etc.

Station. Sergeant Lannigan also counted largely attended as that of the late Arch the coins there, and reached the same deacon Welfe, who passed to his rest on The Most Noble, The Marquis of Lans-

as witness amount

namely, 810.2.Thursday last after an illness of soms

downe, K.G., President, British Red Cross Society, Defendant said the money came out of months duration, The Info Archdeacon.

23, Pall Mall, London was the oldest inhabitant of the Foochow The constable said.

community," fifty-four years having passed they did not receive their pay in small evin, but defendant asserted that they did. On the way to the Station defendant said "You can aquire them (meaning the Hotel servants) all right." Withers told him to be careful what he was saying.

Defendant denied that he said this to the policeman.

The Magistrate adjourned the case week.

OPIUM SMUGGLING IN HONGKONG.

for

EVIDENCE IN CHARGE AGAINST EUROPEANS.

his, monthly pay, As Anant Singh failed to return at midnight, enquiries were made as to his whereabouts, but nothing was found during the night. He was still missing in the morning, and the matter was reported to the police At about 1 o'clock a policeman found "the body of Annnį Singh in a field behind some houses on the Kowloon City Hoad. Inspector Lammont, who went over from Hunghom later, took charge of the body and afterwards went to No. 30, Kowloon City Road, where the defendants. lived. On examining the house he found certain traces of the affair. Between two beds which were practically the only articles of fourniture in the house he found bloodstains, and observed that the floor appeared to bave only recently been washed. On the window be found that some plaster had been scraped away, and it appeared as if a rope had been frayed through a heavy weight having been let down from the first floor to the ground. There was also blood on the plaster. The place where deceased was found was yards from the house, and in the field was found a footprint which corresponded with the left boot worn by the first defendant. Deosed had a rope tied round his neck, and it appeared that he had been strangled. Defendants made statements which were quite frank about the cause of the death of the deceased, They put it down to iulimary between deceased and the first defendant's wife, to which they had objected.

Mr. 8. H. Ixer, of the P.W.D., pro- duced plans of the house, and Dr. Woodman, Medical Officer of Health for Kowloon, gave evidence that death was due to strangulation. There were also a number of bruises on the body, which would have caused a flow of flood,

Inspector Lamiaomi deposed that he found the body, which was lying face downwards, in a small field. It was quite cold. A wrist-watch which bad stopped at 11.40 was attached to the left wrist, There was no turban, and the hair was hanging down over the neck and shoul- ders. The righs side of the coat and trousers were covered with mud of a different colour from that which was found in the field. There were no marks in the field which would indicate a struggle. Hound the neck was a rope ton feet long.

Of the Archdeacon's work this is not

the place to write at length, but it will bu well for us to remember that he was one of the pioneer missionaries of Fukien and always had thrilling stories to tell of by. gone days. He lived to see a marvellous change in the attitude of the Chinese te words foreigners generally and towards missionaries in particular, and his name za held in reverence throughout the Chinese Church, of which he may be said to have laid one of the foundation-pones-Com- municated.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF OLD SHANGHAI RESIDENT.

[corr.] Telegram from the Governor of Hongkong,

London, 16th. November, 1915. to the Secretary of State for the Colonice, Would be glad if following may be com municated to Lord Lansdowne;

"Your telegram of September 25th. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration have been instructed. to pay you £1,200 collected in Hongkong on 21st October for the British Red Cross Society And Order of St. John of Jerusalem in. England. Letter follows by mail.”

[cory.]

Government House,

Hongkong, 2nd December, 1915. My Lord Mingusa,-In: continuation of my letter of the 16th November, I have the honour to enclose draft for £130.55, being the balance of the fund raised in

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The Shanghai Police are investigating the circumstances attending the death of a British subject named Mr. James Hongkong in aid of the funds of the SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF 30 DUTCH Williamson whose body was found early British Red Cross Society and the Order of in the morning by the police in « Chinese St. John of Jerusalem. I have, ote, house in the Chapei district.

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Evidence was given at the Magistracy yesterday in the case in which Edmund Walter Hickrath, aged 31, described as Shanghai, having been connected with the The Most Noble, The Marquis of Lank a merchant, of England; Ethel Renrden, American Presbyterian Mission Press for

downe, K.G., aged 37, of New York; and Madame close on twenty years, latterly sa account- President, British Red Cross Society, Emelie Delcaire, of France; are charged Zealand, of which country he was a native.. ant. He came to the Far East from New

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with importing or aiding and abetting The story of the residents, of the house. the importation of 707 lbs. of opium from which the body was recovered is that BELGIAN FIELD BOSPITAL, into the Colony by the Mishima Marut about half past nine o'clock at night There was a second charge against the defendants of being in unlawful posses sion of the opium without a permit.

Mr. T, H. King (Assistant Superinten- dent of Police) prosecuted, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. C, F. Masor) defended.

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Mr. Willisson knocked at the door and ́

complained of sickness. He was admitted to the house but died shortly afterwards.

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The report for presentation at the holders to be held at the Offices of the twentieth Ordinary Meeting of Share General Managers, on December 16th,

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A Chinese coolie said he noticed the male defendant on board the steamer in waited, and when the Sergeant had gone company with Sergeant Pincott.

the male defendant asheed him to go below and bring up a box. Witness vent down for the box and brought it up 19

The General Managers submit à State the deck where Sergt. Pincott was stand-

Defendant had asked him to do ment of Accounts. to 31st October, 1915, this. He remembered seeing a detective shewing the result of twelve months' work (No. 396) and in the luggage-room being to date. showed the latter some torn labels which The Balance at Credit of Profit Loss is Tls. 537.279.26, which it is were lying on the floor..

In anwer to Mr. Jenkin, the coolie said | posed to deal with as follows:-- he was not in the habit of going on board

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A LOCAL EFFORT TO GIVE IT SUPPORT.

A Bale of Work, organized by the Women's Sewing Meeting of the Wesleyan Church, in aid of the Belgian Field Hos- pital, will be held in the Sailors' and Soldiers Home, Arsenal Street, next Saturday. Lady May has kindly promised to open the Sale at 3 o'clock,

A Concert, commencing at 5 Diclock, wil be given in the Naval Theatre, kindly lent for the occasion. As part of an excellent programme, a short play entitled "The Missing Notes," written by one of the local members of H.M. Royal Navy,

will be presented.

The Belgien Field Hospital was formed proby a group of English doctors and sur

geons who, early in September, 1014. wont out to Belgium at the invitation of H.M. the Queen of the Belgians, Work was Sergeant Pincott stated that at about

commenced in Antwerp. The story of the 10.40 on the 1st inst. be boarded the

28,000.01 magnificent work done by the British. Mishima Maru at Kowloon Wharf on her

doctors and nurses during the retreat from Antwerp to Furnes is one of the heroic arrival from Europe. dant was a first-class passenger, and

240,000.00 annals of the War. The hospital has witness spoke to him in his cabin. After To write off Plant and Machinery 70,000.00 always been sufficiently near the firing-line wards witness spoke to the Purser, in

To write off Buildings ..... 20,000.00 to deal promptly with serious cases, and consequence of which four trunks were

330.00 often to save lives which would be lost if brought up from the hold to the deck. To write off Moter Car... The first defendant's cabin baggage was To write off Water Supply 1,000.00 they had to be transported to a base hos 750.00 pital. With the hospital there are now searched, but contained - no opium. To write off Furniture Three trunks were brought up on deck, To pay a Bonus to Staff at Mills 10,500.00 twenty-seven fully qualified British nurses. and witness asked all three defendants To place to Reserve Fund 150,000.00 The sum of £50 will maintain a bed for for their keys. Two of the trunks were To carry forward to new account 16,699.23 unlocked by keys from the male defen- dant's bunch, and the third by a key on the bunch of the second defendant. They

CONSULTING COMMITTEE.

On his departure for home, Mr. P.

Tis. 537,279.23 During the year the sum of Tls, 24,888.63 all contained raw opium. Afterwards a has been spent on Repairs and Renewals, His worship-Was it a slipknot 1

fourth box was brought up. No key could and the whole of the machinery in the Mills be found to fit it, and it had to be forced is in excellent working order. Witness-No, sir; it was a standing open at the Water Police Station. The knot and it was impossible to get the first three boxes bore the name of the finger between the rope and the neck, and second defendant, the fourth bore no Lavers resigned from the Consulting Com part of the skin of the neck was caught name, but only parts of labels. The torn mittee, and the vacancy was filled by Mr. Witness further said that there was also label bore the name of the third defen- blood on the rope. He turned over the dant. On the following morning witness

E. E. Clark. body and found a wound behind the

In accordance with Article XVII, th again went on board the steamer, and Members of the Coneniting Committee ro right eyebrow. After stripping the body. seized four more trunks in the baggage tire, but all are eligible and offer them he found bruises on the back, Witness room. One bore the name of the second know the deceased and identified the body defendant and the other thre, the name selves for re-election. as that of the head watchman at the of the third defendant. All contained Cement Works Together with Praw opium. The key which unlocked the Goble, he visited 30, Kowloon City Road. male defendant's cabin trunk also opened The first floor had been newly washed, one of these boxes. The rest of the boxee Some clothes had also been newly washed were opened by keys belonging to the first and were hanging up to dry.

The case was adjourned until to-day,

and second defendants.

The case was adjourned.

AUDITOR.-

Mr. G. R. Wingrove has audited the Company's Accounts, and his re-election as Auditor requires the confirmation of the Shareholders.

JARDINE, MATILESON & CO., LTD.

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year. As a nation we owe to Belgiam a deht which we can never repay. H.M the Queen of the Belgians has expressed confidence." that England will afford the hospital the necessary aid in order that it may continue its labours." It is hope i that the proceeds of the Sale and Concert will be at least equal to the maintenance of a bed for a year.

Donations, however small, will he thankfully received by the Hon. Secretary, Sailors' and Soldiers' Home,

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