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ACTION BY THE P. W. D. JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS

THE HONOKONG

POLICE RESERVISTO IN TROUBLE

A BOGUS INSPECTOR.

11 the Supreme Court, yesterday.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr Justice Gompertz delivered judgment in the case in which the Building Authori Mr. C. D. Melbourne, two Eurasians, ti brought an action against Li Chun Henry d'Aquino and Jose Portaria and Fowner of 130, Dea Yaux Road, allega Chinese, Chow Enu, were charged with and with menazes ing abutment on to a private street called having feloniously

Chinese woman Wing Kut Street

demanded 830 from ปี

Ris Honour read the judgment atanmed Lai Lee, with intent to steal the

same, on December 31st, 1918.

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This is a claim by the Building Authori. Lins against the owner of the premises, 10. Des Voeux Road, Central, for con fribution to the cost of relaying a foot. path in Wing Kut Street on which these premises adjoin or abut for a distance of The claim is brought 5 inches. under section 186 of Ordinance 1 of 1998 It is not disputed that the work has been dom and that the proportionato cost is correctly worked out if it is proper to bast it on the area abutting upon the street. somewhat But the circumstances peculia. The footpath does not run the At the whole length of Wing Kut Street. northern end it stops abruptly on reach ing the southern wall of defendant's pre The street then contracts and passes into Des Voeux Road through an are under a covered way which spans it and which itself carried a building, The povered way has no Inotpath and is not proposed | fu vovinus Prasons it

The defendant that it shall have one. urges that an owner is only liable in a

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Le thr complainant, that on the afternoon of December 31st, five men cafue up to her flat in Sayce Street and used her whether she was the When she replied

DAILY PRFSS, SATURDAY

ELLIS KADOORIE SCHOOL ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

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The annual distribution of prizes to the students of the Ellis Kadoorie School H.E. the Officer took place yesterday. Administering the Government presided and among others present were Sir Ellin Kadoorie, Mr. E A. Irving (Director of Education), Mr. R. Ponsonby Fane, and Mr. R. E. O. Bird (Headmaster).

Addrowsing the boys, H.E. the Officer behalf of the Police Reserve, of which the Administering the Government remarked first. {'ti defrudants were members.

that the report, which bad just been Bergt. Wills prosecuted. Mr. F. X

read by the headmaster, might be re d'Almain defended the first two defen-garded as coniacntly eatisfactory from the

said point of view of the school itself.

regretted that the staff of teachers had not been kept up to the full number. During recent years they had had con siderable difficulty in maintaining the in the affirmative, they accused her of school staff at full strength, and it was Sho only by ladies coming forward to help keeping a sly house of ill-fame. denied the necusation, but they porsisted a Mrs. Garrod had done, that they in it, and asked her for $50 She said she had been able to carry on at all. had no money and they asked her to look hoped that this matter would be out for the consequences by and by, and right within a very short time and they left the bouse together. Two hours they would have ho cruise to complain of later, they came to her house, and showed important classes having no regular, mas her a white paper, which they called afters. Uport Mr. Janus, who unfortunate warrant." and said that they would be ly was hot with them that day as he had satisfied with B, this sum being for the gone on leave, had fallen during the last

Inspector to drink wine.

few months a great deal of the work. felt sure that Mr. James teaching and s fine methods, especially in devising ways for teaching English, were having

chief tenant of the flat

Mr. Melbourne: As a bribe? Witness: For keeping a house of ill- Lane,

Witness continuing said that she told

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JANUARY 25TH, 1919.

WANTSAI DISTRICT GOVERN- MENT SCHOOL. ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

Mr. R. E. O. Bird, M.A., Acting Inspector of English Schools, gave away the prizes at the above School-yesterday afternoon. In the course of his remarks he ungratulated the school on the successful He was pleased, he year just passed. said, to see from the mark Abects that there were many boys who deserved prizes in addition to those who had got them. He expressed his pleasure that an English, speaking Club had been formed and had been doing such good work throughout the year and hoped that more clube would be formed.

He advised all those who were returning to their homes to see that their younger brothers did not wait too long before coming to school. The time to begin learning English was when one was and not 5 or 6 years or 10 years of later, and he hoped they would impress his fact on their fathers and mothers. Finally, be congratulated the school on winning the Junior Football League and on the interest they were taking in im- proving their surroundings by making. Bower bette in all possible plo

places. THE KEADMASTER'S REPORT. The following are extracte from report read by the Headmaster, Mr. B. J. Barback:-During the year, t

the school has been open on 225 days, with an average attendance of 250, the highest number on the roll being 273 in September, and the These numbere lowest 248 in January.

vill necessarily be reduced as classes are now being formed of 30 boys instead of 40. At the annual examination held in July, in Classes 4, 6, and 58, which sen stitute the Remove, 118 boys were examined In Classes and 10 passed, or 82 per cent.

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January 25th and 26th,

are utility to him than to any other 1 girl in ber house one day, who, after the all received with regret, was very anxious the winners.We have made a start AL

3, 78, 7, and 8, 140 were examined and 125 passed, or 89 per cout. In Cinn 4 arithmetic and grammar were the weakest subjects. In Class 5a, only one boy failed out of 40 examined. In 50 and 7 map drawing was very poor, less than half the boye passing. In Class 8, more boys failed in arithmetic and composition than in any other subject. far he rectives direct benefit from them that even for the Inspector she coulda marked effect in that school in a marked.

I have still to complain that I find great improvements. But this footpath is of

difficulty in getting the Boys to answer Aing the major part not produce $30, and they threatened her degree. Mr. Ng Fang Chan had con

She got tinued his good work there also with questions on every day matters.

I think. no benet to brite.

with arrest and banistunent.

The various aspects of however, that during the present year an of his aintment there is a footpath a frightened at this, and told them to come great succesE.

improvement in this respect will take The southern end of his premises later and she would try to get them so school life which the Headmaster had replace, Acting on a suggestion made last abats, it is true, on a strip of some 4 feet Four of them came to her house at 9 pmferred to, showed that the school was year by Mr. Ralphs, Mr. Leung Shu on started an English-speaking Club, which 1, anches in length But this strip is and she gave them $20, handing it to freally alive and was determined to promet once a week when papers were readi

This He was sure that, whether in and discussed and speches made. no tise to lum for various reasons.

Portaria, in two $10 dotes. She had not

has done a great deal of good and n the first place, any

person seeking to

Been any of the defendants since that physical drill or in sports, or in what-

special prize has been awarded for the ever they took up, they were determined best speaker. During the year there have enter his premises, by way of Wing Kut.

night. Street would not use this fragment of

Under cross-examination, the witness to do their best, and there was evidence en no changes in class masters, but the staff has been considerably strengthened pavement at all. He would not continue admitted that the first and second accused of that fact in the trophies and books by the appointment of Mrs. Floyd, who (Applause) They had Lakes every class in the school in their on it up to the wall, as it would be easier had visited her house l an occasion, on that table.

books an arduous wak the incident their volley-ball court now, but they still did but it will greatly improve the to leave it a little earlier and walk direct previous to the day of

to the arch above the roadway. Again, When, two days after, the Inspector como lacked a proper field for football. He colloquial in the school.

With regard to gamer

we have to con- the footpath just before it reaches him is sometimes encumbered by baskets being to her house to make some caquiries, she hoped that tres time was not far distant

Football Leaguo-this in the third taken into the shop of his neighbour at mid the Lustxetor that she had given the when it might be possible to allot a gratulate the School X1 on winning the defendants son. money for him. She ground to them on certain days for foot 35, Wing Kut Street. Therefore, the argu

Sir Henry May, the Lovernor of time, and I believe that Wantsai is the ment is that he ought not to be asked to later stated thing the defendants were fre- ball.

only Government District School to have She had a the Colony, whose resignation they had won. In the Class Matches, Class 4 were ber house. pay for an improvement that is of auquent visitors to

The defendants had left, told her that she lost to provide more open spaces for recca Volley Ball and entered a teatu in the resident of the City of Victoria.

li was not an easy thing to get junior division of the Hongkong Volley Answer is given by the Ordinance itself a purse containing some money.

Re-examined, witness said that the girl open spaces near the City of Victoria, Ball League We have, of course, to make which enacts that the owner's contribu- tion in die be proportionate to the width compinine of the land of 20 urte dans but during the last two years His Excel the complaint made by hourly all other WILFUL WALLOPS FOR WEALTH.

about December 22nd The defendants Lency had made arrangements for the schools about lack of ground. lo the There is no provision whatover for tour and another man visited her house: on the opening of new ground and it was hoped District Schools Sports our team was

day the purse was lost.

The hearing was adjourned.

of his land where it abuts upon the street,

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that before very long this would become 2nd in the Senior Team Race The bath or partial exemption when the premises

available. Referring to the pictures being picnics in the summer were very do not border upon sulle particular im

had been asked to judge, he said that popular, as any as 225 boys going on ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

WOD 8in Yeuk bod done soine one vocasion. A few gymnastit appliances provement. if its were so, a man would

the small playground. good drawing flowers, have been put up in the

of escap pas ment, rempli gratia, of his

Jose Thomas and Ricardo Antonio very

And

many of the buys take güvantage of understood share of bghting apparatus, merely be

them for exercises, "but an instructor is parucular street lamp was Remedios were charged with obtaining $20 the commendation of the Authorities of (oppose his dwelling Section 180 18 per-

£1 Chinese the Hongkong Sketch Club and he had sary to make a real success of them. But, if by means of threats from

drill, which has greatly improv Physical awarded him the first prize. (Applause.), owing, I think, fectly clear and unambiguous.

to dumbbells being there were any difficulty, it would be re-

woman in Gage Street on January 3rd.

Kwok Ch Cheong, wou gained the used, has again been taken entirely by solved by the cases which make it clear

Mr. P. W. Golding appeared for the second prize, showed considerable promie Mr. Chan Foshang, whom we must thank that where a street is improved, fronta first defendant and Mr. M. K. Lo for the as a landscape painter. the nad test for that and also for working very hard or abuttal on the street, and not that

Becond

The facts of the case are to the effect quality known as "atmosphere wpict and taking a great interest in on any particular improvement, is the

very important thing, and his school games. A bank on the east side. of liability.

two defendants went to a There must be judgment for the plain-house in Gage Street and demanded 20 colour was also good. Ng Ping Kwong had of the school has been turned into quite from a Chinese woman, stating that they some very clever work in crayon for whicua g of clearing away the stones and garden. The boys did all tiffe with costs.

Mr. Haywood, who appeared for the had been authorised to collect the amount he wished bim to be highly commended.

His Excelloney then wished all the preparing the ground and it has made a defendant. agreed to judgment in the by Detective-Bergeant Wills. The money

was handed over to them at the Stag boya a happy New Year and distributed great improvement in the general appear

ance of the school. It is to be hoped that other three cases pending.

Hotel, where defendants stated that Sor- the awards.

future generations will show the same geant Wills was waiting.

keenness on making their school premises as pleasant as possible, and will not allow that piece of ground to become waste again.

asure

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

that

the

THE HEADMASTEK ́S REPORT.

the work

flower

THE SS "KUMCHOW "

VESSEL GIVEN UP AS LOST.

the

The first defendant is a foreman of the In the course of his report the Head said:- YouT Excellency hus SIR HENRY MAY'S RESIGNA- Hongkong Hotel and is locking after the master

construction of the new Hotel at Repalac listened to dialogues recited by the boys TION.

Bay, while the second defendant is a Those dialogues teach the boys how to Sanitary Board foreman, Both the de pronounce English

correctly. I do not fendants are Police Reserviste and the first for a moment pretend that they have defendant was to have received the good learned to do this, but in no other way aro defects of pronunciation rendered so conduct medal shortly.

conspicuous and, therefore, we trust, liable to

to correction. Moreover the

baya

It ie with reluctance, atates the Times

aialogues than in their

work. Naval anthorities here are compelled to They appeal to the dramatic instinct admit that the Government chartered UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF which is very strong in the Chinese steamer um Chow, which left Rangoon

At a joint meeting of the Executive ed Legislative Councils which will be bald at 10 a.m. to-day, H. E. the Officer Administering the Government will pro pose the following motion:-

The Executive and Legislative Coun- cils, assembled in joint sesion on

Mr. Melbourne adjourned the case till Monday morning, fixing bail at 8500 cach

AMMUNITION.

CHINESE FINED $25.

the occasion of the resignation by At the Magistracy, yesterday, before

Sir Henry May of the office of Governor, elesire to record their Mr. C. D. Melurne,

B

Chinone waS

take greater pleasure or those of Ceylon of December 30th last, that the

nation. Every day, in Classes 4 and 5 for Colombo un the 4th of this month colloquial topic is taken from the news of the day. This topic is explained and with a cargo, mostly of timber (for discussed. An old boy from the school Baura) and pig lead (for the Commercial writes to Mr. Jones, his old Class 4 Co., Colombo), must be given up for lost, master: "All of us took very high places To-day makes 18 days that she is overdue the examination. think this remark at this part and 28 days since she left slightest trace of her up to date. The The maximum enrolment was 584 and British sloop which was especially sert|

The maxi to search for the missing vessel has re-

able result comes

It was stated that defendant was stop-quial topic we chich fruin the cello Rangoon, shd there has not been the

high appreciation of the eminent charged with being in unlawful possession

of 100 rounds of revolver ammunition. services which he has rendered to the Empire and to Hongkong dur-

ped while ing his most honourable career & Ast servant of the Crown.

carrying

two baskets of alt

examine the Fraya. The baskets werk tho average attendance 52).

The Councils wish to express their conceal and the cartridges were found mom enrolments during the past four turned, having failed to and any trace

ARMED ROBBERY AT YAUMATI

ONE MAN ARRESTED.

TAKING HIS REVENGE. GAMBLING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES,

years have been 457, 460, 611 and 594. of hor, and none of the numerous other underneath the fish. Defendant stated that he came from

This shows a gradual laerenso in numbers, ships that have arussed and recrossed this sincore regret that the term has now

Unfortunately, the staff has not increased area and who have been informed of the been set to the long connection of Australia a few days ago and did not.

in proportion.

matter too have made any favourable re Sir Henry and Lady May with the know that it was an offence to be in pos

Mr James, the author of "War Colony which they have loved so session of ammunition.

Mr. Melbourne fined defendant $25. Stories" has been is charge of Class 4 port. No trace of her whatever has been much and have served so faithfully

and bis class has assimilated very credit The Naval authoritise, who are best ablo discovered, even in the shape of wreckage.

and well."

ably his instructions on this subject. Olaasoa 4 and 5 have also learned by heart to make a pronouncement, however, do "The Charge of the Light Brigade, not definitely assert that she is lost, and "Barbara Friotchio," and other they still believe that she may turn up. pieces. We have these on the gramophong. after all. For the present, however, there The boys haar them recited by the beat Is no ship dpecially searching for her, but Actors and take a great interest in follow what steg the Admiralty may take after At the Magistrney, yesterday, before ing them on the gramophone and learn in this the Naval qficers here are unable to Mr. J. R. Wood, a Chines was charged this way the correct, intonation and pro- say. The um Chou, it may be ment An armed robbery took place on Thurn with assaulting another Chinees with nunciation.

tioned, had included in the cargo of tim In the Art Exhibition hold lately in the her, a large stock of baboon and her day night at Yaumati, and one of the piece of iron,

with this, Inspector Macdonald stated that com City Hall, upon the invitation of the deck was practically full men concerned has been apprehended.

It appears that an accountant of a plainant, a visitor to the Colony, went to compitten, the school exhibited alglit and the Naval authorities aro at a los Money-changer's Abop.

The Press remarked that the 13, Bhanghai tea-house for some refreshment and was pictures.

to understand how with all thin material Brest, was bany bohind the counter when mot at the door by five men who assault work was encouraging. The interest board and the ship's busts there can four bien, two of whom were armed with ad bin and then ran away. A district taken in art le to: great extent due to envolvers, suddenly 'untered the pranima. Watchman, who was an eye-witness of the the interest which you. Bir, have taket he wo tree of the vine, as lont of her They revolvera në the në

Immediately gave chase and in it. I think the reult is gratifying crow at a They believe that if the Dountant and his fake and then stole $310 rested the defendant.

funk you on behalf of the school for Kun film has really gone down the crow again

rousb have somehow got away and they offering two ark priten. In conclusion, I beg to thank the donors live in hopes that some news of these pfpriage spd, the donors, of scholarship people will be received soon. at the ship, mansand to arrest one man, ende. Woof did not believe his story and inention she on Mr. Hu Fook and Bir for their generosity, among whom I may who was found to be in possession of 800.

(Other Local News will be found The older men escaped.

senbered him to a month's hard labour, Robert Ho Tang. (Applause)..

en page d.)

When the men tienppeared The defendant piseth quilty in the the complainant, raised an arm, and esult and, he was of justifying to stabd Chinese unstable, who was tu the vicinity that complainant had ebeated hem al

Mr.

9.15 p.m. Performance.

The Filipino String Band will play to-night, January 23rd, at 9 15 p.m.

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