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ALLEGED MURDER ON A LIGHTER.

ACCUSED DEFENDED BY CHINESE BARRISTER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

THE SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC. PRAISE FOR THE CAMPAIGNERS

At the meeting of the Hongkong Banitary Board yesterday, the President (Mr. D. W Teatman), made an interest

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21ST, 2017.

MACAO NOTES,

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.1.

HONGKONG MAGISTRACY. CONCEALING SMALL POX Two women residing in Bridges Street appeared before Mr. Melbourne charged with concealing cases of small-pox, In THE DROUGHT..

MACAO, February 15th

The case was resumed at the Hongkong Atatement regarding vaccination. He each case it was a chill that was afflcted Owing to the long drought, the want

Criminal Sessions yesterday in which a

mentioned that an the Medical Officer of Chinese boatman named Chan Chu Health (Dr. Pearse) bad returned from charged with the murder of a fellow leave, the Acting Medical Officer would frontman, on a lighter on November 27th,

be relieved of his duties. Therefore, ho 1010.

The accused was defceded by Mr. T. N. Chau, the young Chinese did not think they could allow Dr. Wood- barrister, and the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp man to leave them without expressing (Attorney-General), prosecuted on their sincere thanks for the great ser- half of the Crown,

A lighterman, who was employed on the boat on which the alleged murder took place, and that both the deceased and accused were employed on the lighter The deceased "received some injury, but witness did not see the alleged squali. He saw the deceased after the affair, lying down with his head on the hatcir cover.

Replying to Mr. Chau this witness said that he never say accused and deceased fighting.

Mr. Moore (of the Government Civil Hospital), answering the Attorney Gene- rul, said there wero no injuries on the right side of the deceased' head which would be ancient to cause the ruptured blood vessel, and death.

Mr. Chau then asked. If a man fell in the left side of his head it might cause a rupture of a blood vessel on the right side of the brain!

Dr. Moors replied that this way so. Replying to the Chief Justice, Dr. Moore said, that falling against a hatch way might have been responsible for the capture which caused death.

THE DEFENCE.

Mr. Chau, in outlining the case for the defence, said that his defence was a very simple one. The prisoner, he was con- vinced, was perfectly innocent of the charge of murder, and after the jury had heard the ovidence they would agree with him and sequit accused accordingly. The death of the deceased man was, they would so later, due to an accident of his own: that was to say, he fell down, and the prisoner could not he held responsible for the accident.

and the defendants, their mothere, hid them away when the Sanitary Inspector called The defendants pleaded ignorance of the law, hat were each fined $95.

JAPANESE STOWAWAY.

Japanese was charged before Mr. Wond with being a stowaway on board the &8. Siberia Baru, at present an Hongkong harbour.

Sergt. Pintoti utated that defendant is a deserter from the crow of the prea are at Manila, and at that port had hidden himself on board the Sherin Juru The Steamship Company intend ad to prosecate him in Japon as a de sorter,

of water is being severely felt by the public, especially there who have their houses on the higher levels, CARNIVAL

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are the carnival days Parties will be held

many private houses, also, will have their at the Military and Macao Club, and

doors open for the reception of the angacarades.

The Foast of the Cross, at the 8tc Agostinho Church, began to day with the nine days Mas every morning. On Saturday (24th inst.) very late in the We taken in procession from the Church to evening the Image of Our Lord will be the Cathedral, and on Sunday will be year great many people come from takes back to the church again. Every various ports of China and Japan to be present at the feast. This year, it seems the number of visitors will show a de-

Defendant said he had adopted this method of getting to Hongkong as he had not the money to pay his pasinge

Sentence of one month's imprisonment was passed

vices he had rendered to the Colony dur, ing the vaccination campaign. Sine. December 14th last year over a quarter of a million persons had been vaccinately in that Colony, and that was a truly astounding result when they reflected that for the past ten years the average vaccinations for the whole year was about 8,000. He did not think he need tell the members of the Board that the Chinese labouring classes were, from the sanitar fans point of view, about as hopeless a sail as they could possibly find, and even the most expert of husbandmeti could not niso so fine & crop from such soil with out a great deal of spade work by persons having an intimate knowledge of them. Dr. Woodman had had abund ant help in every direction in that spade work. First and foremost stood Mr. S. W. Tso, and the Kaifong of the Wester district. It was in the Western district that small-pox first assumed serious pro- portions, and Mr. Tso and his colleagues undertook to impress upon every indivi- dual in that district the necessity of That was a tory getting vaccinated,

large order, but by unsparing personal efforts they had succeeded so well that their only difficulty now was not to get people to be vaocinated but to vaccinate them fast enough. That good start had been followed in other parts of the Colony, with the result that it would form a landmark for all time in the his tory of the public health in Hongkong; and all who helped in that work were to be most heartily thanked. (Applause.) Their campaign had now reached more or less a atage in which they went out into

highways and bedges to look for cases, and from what Dr. Woodman had told him he thought it was not at all improbable that 300,000 persons would be vaccinated before they had finished the campaign. Indeed, vaccination had be

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The Government have bought the Villa Mr. Wood had before him, yesterday, a Chinese who was charged with a very Brazca, formerly the residence of the doring saut impudeat theft, which co-late Colonial Surgeon, Dr. Gomes da sisted of the removal of 28 pieces of Silva, near the Military Hospital for water pipe of the value of $100, from the purposes of an isolation hospital. Pokfulam Road. The pipes carried the The house is nicely situated in spacious,

grounds on the hill above the Bay of IRISH water supply to the Hongkong University recreation ground, situated on the road Cascalha, commanding views of the inner mentioned, and they had to be unscrewed. and taken apart before they could be re moved.

Mr. W. R Noble, electrician at the University, appeared on behalf of the University authorities.

Defendant's story was that he and other coolies removed the pipes, by instruction, to a steamer at the Canton Steamboat wharf

The case was adjourned for further investigation,

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and outside harbours The purchase price is reported, to be contos, about $20,000. The tranenction is another feather in the cap of Senhor Rocha, acting

Governor.

SPORT

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

RAGTIME MATCH."

November last new regulations were issued by the Government increasing the measurements to which trucks after that dato were to conform In particular theof the Sargts. width of the trucks was increased in

order to make it impossible for the coolicy to run them on the tram-lines. Inspector Territt told Mr. yesterday that the other day his atton tion was called to

Melbourne

What was described ne a Ragtime Football Match was played at Mount Austin during the week-end between Noc Table (greens) and No, 2 Table (whites) Mess, K.S.LI Both teams turned out looking very fit, and the procession to the field was headed by the Bugle Baad.

The two the men had only known each other for twelve unys, and during this time they had been apparently, on good terms with one and other, The accused had even loaned the deceased some money. As to the actual huppeuinga, about 1.30 pm, on the day

come e popular that he was informed of the affair, accused saw the deceased

that people were actually coming down drinking wine in the hold. The accused

to Hongkong from Canton for the purpose said to him. “If you can afford to spend money on drink, why do you not of belag vaccinated and returning again the next day very well satisfied. Arrange repay the money you borrowed from me. The deceased took to notice, and even-ments had been made for Dr. Woodman tually he came up out of the hold with to continue his work of vaccination for a bottle in his hand. With this battle at least another month, or until such he struck the prisoner several times time as they were through with the end who were charged with (1) having Bugle Band playing slow music while he

mic, and he (the President) wished to take that opportunity of moving the f towing resolution This Board desires to place on record its high appreciation of the signal service rendered to the Colony by Dr. Woodman and Mr. S. W Tso in the great vaccination campaign of 1916-17.

To defend himself the accused picked aya a capstan bar and endeavoured to ward off the blows. To avoid any far- ther disturbance, also, the accused ran awny. The deceased ran after him, and, in doing so, being drunk, ho fell over and struck his head heavily on the hatch. It was this blow which caused the rupture of the blood vessel in the brain; there was no doubt about that. The deccased | applause. mau, also, was the aggresor. He struck.

The resolution was carried

ainid

Sergt. Blakemore kicked off before a large number of spectators, and the number of trucks Whites were soon Heer to advantage. After a while the Whites back relieved which did not comply with the new measurements, and, on examining them, the pressure with a well-timed Lick, he found that the plate licence numbers which started his outside left on a pretty out and let into spaces in the new ones, of some old trucks had been skilfully cut ran up the wing, but nothing came of with the object of avoiding compliance it. Shortly afterwards a White defender-** with the regulations. Twelve Chinese was put out of action for a time, the possession of trucks without licences, and

(2) using the lumbers of licensed trucks was being brought round. Half-time were fined to each.

Greens leading by two goals to une, for trucks that had not been licensed; arrived with the score sheet showing the

A STORY OF VON FALKENHAYN. EXPLOITED BY A WILY CHINESE.

During the interval, which was length ened for the occasion, the Band render ed selections while the teams were photo- graphed. The second half started with There is a story of von Falkenhayn whe plenty of desh, both teams, apparently, ther typical only or true it is hard to say. He was living in a Mission in being out for goals or blood. The Whites Wuchang with his little son, and there were awarded two penalties, but bota was a land dispute between people whom were brilliantly saved by C.B.M. Wilson, we will call Wang and lan. One day Mr.

the prisoner first, and no-one was to blas RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN Wang called upon von Falkenmyn, con who played a fine game in goal. He was

for the sad affair but the deceased man

st

the

were merely

He

15

from defeat, The Greens now rained shot-

after shot at the Whites castodian. The

gratulated him on his splendid work fable assisted by QM.S. McAvan at back, CIMNA

For the army, and begged him to de In the witness box, the prisoner, said

The Osaka Mainichi says, that to build liver military lecture, for the people whose fearless tackling and wonderful railways in China is to assist in develop were fairly thirsting for such knowledge judgment undoubtedly saved his aide that he and decensed

Falkenhayn aanted. He found a farly Jesting" with the bottle and the caping the resources of that country. The After a good deal of pressure vou

bar, and while they were playing Chinese Government is very anxious to at the deceased fell down and struck

spectators were very enthusiastic and a his ad so heavily on the hatch that he increase the railway mileage, and full and attentive house and an interpre American Capitalists are trying to investor provided. The lecture proceeded badly hurt and bled freely.

The Lecturer: Gentlemen, it gives fine effort by the elusive Sergt. Moore, present Chinese railway mileage is 6,07 me the

pleasure to sco (prisoner) tried to do all he coule to stop in Chinese railway enterprises. The same what

bleeding, and also shouted for beeli Two lokongs came on board and shouted while lines under construction representerest military affairs,

which grized the cross-bar, was loudly 2.123 miles and those not yet started The Interpreter: Gentlemen, 1am applauded The Greens continued to *** arrest him, arrest him." He then ran

15,442. The total capital needed for all sorry I have heel forced to come and take away, and was pushed up against a

these lines amounts to 2,143,700,000 yen, hand in this land dispute businges, press until the final whistle sounded leav-

Lecturor It rickshe coolie by an Indian watchman.

itself against the wiles Then Lukong came along and arrested of which 138,920,000 yen represents him, but before this was done someone foreign debt. With a mileage of 5,000 or try to protect the duty of every coun- ing them victors by four goals to two.

id it is no se taking him to the more China could not ever pay interest crafty neighbouri. police station unless you have proof." on the money borrowed. The cost of Interpreter-Things have got to auch The capstan bar was then handed to the construction, ut 88,128 yen per mile, is a state that I cannot keep out of it any inkong, and he took this along as proof. by no means a high rate. The 374,000 longer.

yen por miles of the Tsiyeh Bailway was And so on and so on. The lecturer gets Whites Bergts. Lowe, Crowder, Cooper, course of his summing up, his Lord an exception. Yet in 1915 the railways more and more enthusiastic as he warms Bullock Cotton (Capt.), Williams and

COUNSEL COMPLIMENTED, Lord- ship said he should like to congratulate of China only earned 50,000,000 yen, and in his subject, thumping the table and Mr. Chan who had conducted his case asid pitt 47,000,000 yen, leaving a net shouting as he pictures the gallant armies Parrock. with tent and ability. He had only heen balance of only 8,140,000 yen. This set of China, led by German officers, seizing

once again the place in the sun practising for a short time and this was balance cannot even pay interest on the the second occasion on which he had appeared in that Court His Lordship Foreign debt amounting to 59,730,000 yen said he was sare Mr. Chau would be an These figures show how badly railways in acquisition to the BENTENGE

A China are managed. What in montur ENCE gently needed in connection with China's The jury found the prisoner gailty of railway policy is to reform the manage. manslaughter, and recommended hia toment of already existing lines

lines can wait until this reform is accom

SAVERDICT AND

mereyentence the Chief Justice plished. *** In pasting

New

that

and matter is

Major HP Harris-Edge mado an ad- mirable referee, and kept the game in good order. Tesms.—

Greens C.S.M. Wilson (Captain),

gete warmer und warmer and tells the was its by right. The interpreter also Q.M.S. McAvan, Sergt. Morris, Msian,

Chem unless this right now. waist of the wrath and power that Blakemore, Shuker sud Moore. settled amicably and

The story concludes that the Wangs won their case and they and the Lius happily ever after. Also that the military lecture was not repeated

lived

If this story about this man be not true,

dhe jury had taken a merciful view-track the blows which re there are other similar stories that are

cass, and had found him

temper and

ority of slaughter only. That was ed in the man's death. He was also guilty to say, they did not believe the story he prepared to take into consideration that had told the Court. They believed that defendant was young man of only nine he had brought about the death of this teen. He hoped that when his term of mone (the Chief Justice) did not imprisonment was finished he would think that he really intended to

If he did he should pass upon him endeavours to live an honest, straight

forward life

kill the

s very much more vere sentence then he intended. He had probably lost his (Continued at foot of next Column.)

His Lordship thes formally passed sentence of three years imprisonment with hard labour.

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