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WHAT MONEY CAN DO. THE STORY OF A PETTY CLAN FEUD.

and #01080 were A Chiness man charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with the theft of two choppore.

IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND.

A SORDID STORY.

At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. R. E. Lindeall, five Chinese were charged, on remuad, with attempting to obtain $100 from a Chinese woman by

threats.

Mr. all, of Messrs. Lo and L. ap peared for the defendants.

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CANTON, February 21st.

wULD IMPROVEMENTS.

A great many of the shop keepers and merchants whose premises will have to be pulled down to make room for the road improvements are pelitoming the Tuchun and the Civil Governor to huevo It is said that the scheme cancelled. many thouannda of people will be thrown 10 out of work by the destruction of the

The l'aulic

Works Department has

issued a statement showing that the im-

provements are needed. THE PEACE CONFERENCE

Mr. E. J. Grint, who appeared for the defendants, told the Court that a petty

Complainant stated that her first hus- clan feud had occurred, and his clients! armed themselves with the choppers in band died two years ngu, and she came Macne with the self-defence.

to Hongkong from A eso constable deposed that he

intention of asking another woman of a disturbance received information

not as a go-betweon for the purpose of shops.

The and stopped the defendants on suspicion obtaining another husband for her. and asked the man if he possessed any first defendant happened to visit her weapon. He replied that he did not.

friend's house and, seeing her there, in The woman, when asked, produced two quired if she would consent to live with him as his corcubine, promising to rout

A message from Shanghai atate that choppers from underneath an overcoat.

a cubicle for her. She acquiesced, and the Pence Conference was formally opened Wituese told the defendants that they

n sly the the first defendant took her to

in the former German Club on the 20th inet. Speeches were delivered by the two would have to accompany him to

The woman replied: brothel in Leo Shing Street whare ho

Th Police Station.

chief onvoys, and then by others. atating that complainant would have building was guarded by armed police, Very well. i am not afraid of you or had a conversation with the quistre, of going to the Police Station,"

and no one except the envoys was ad- Cross-examined by Mr. Grist: They earn $300 or more before she could live

She consented to lead ant mitted. Nothing has yet been discussed. did not volunteer to go to the station; with him.

quarrelsome. The immoral life, and dofondant visited ber On the their attitude

"Oh money can do and demanded all she earned. woman also said:

first occasion, she gave him $14, and he anything."

Shak Lung to the Tong Koon district said he would buy clothes and some golt merchant to construct a railway from

Ho came again and de rings for her.

Some of the rails of the Sun Nug wanded $9, but she refused, telling him city with a capital of $300,000.

Defendant Railway were removed by bandits with a Ho not de- view to attacking the morning train on was angry and went away.

The damage, however, was Lie 18th inst that she did not trut him. manded $25 which she declined to give discovered in time and the only incon

venience occasioned was him, and, one day, al five defendants

of traffic. visited her house and first defendant interruption

We understand there was She of the Canton-Hankow Railway Com- that you bad left the brothel ! #

There was a dispute male defendaz, steal one chopper from had left the place as she was tired of pany yesterday.

the life, but first defendeat insisted on his shop.

Afterwards the five her going back. defendants demanded money, which, they

WAA

The Duke of Connaught presided at the

Council of the Royal Patriotic Fund fourteenth annual mooting of the General Corporation, held at the Westminster Guildhall

When last had the pleasure of addressing you, nearly a year ago this Royal Highness said there lay in the future many months that were to be dark with anxiety and over-shadowed by pro found concern for the outcome of the great war; but an unfaltering faith in the ultimate victory of freedom, right, and justice maintained the nation and the while strengthening Allies, magnificent efforts of our forces on and land and in the air. It has been a year unexampled in the history of the world, and at last the supreme effort has with the promise of a long pouce, is a sulminated in an armistice which, rich crown of glory on all who took part in the warfare, & fruitful toward for their measureless courage and unfaltering on- durance. We now so closely connected with the two great Services of the King that I venture to express our feelings of admiration and of praise for the splendid way in which our soldiers have fought under Field Marshal Bir Doagine Haig, who so ably carried out the victorious Atrategy of Marshal Foch; and, after my recent visit to Palestine, I can boar my testimony to the magnificent work carried out by all ranks of British, Indian, and Overseas troops, under their fine and Sir Edround tactful chief, General Allenby.

This gigantic struggle of nations, the Duke went on to say, had spread over the world auffering and bereavement that were incalculable. Our country had re cognised, for more generously than ever before, ite responsibility towards our dis abled sailors and soldiers, and towards thuso borsaved; but this had made the contrast with the treatment of those who suffered through former wars the more marked. Their cause, taken up and advocated by that corporation, received Pensions, and a Royal Warrant had inaterially increased the State pensions' of disabled men, and of widows of former This favourable decision, however, wars. left a number of thees widows in no better position, for unless they were on the married roll they were not eligible. These widows had only been granted an allowance from the funds of the corpora tion, or from some local fund, which were not in a financial position to allow of the raising of the scale of allowances to

The male defendant, in the witness- The corporation that of pensione.

denied every allegation made strongly urged their case, and again the box, Minister of Pensions warmly supported againet him He said that when he was them, with the result that in the summer a State supplement was authorised for returning after a walk with his wife.- these allowances, and for widows with

The Magistrate: Is the woman his equal claims whose cases it had not been possible to deal with, owing to their wife --Borgt Wills: Rather his aweet- Funds being cloed. This increase brought heart; she is up the allowances to 13. ed. a week for widows under 45, and to 158. a week for those above, and it had benefited about 600 widowe. The many letters of thanks that had been received showed how wel- come and unexpected was this increase, coming as it did at a time when the war bad so greatly raised the prices of all Decessaries of life.

Mr. Grist: Did she mean that she could bribe you to let her off! Witness: would I think she meant that money enable her to retain a solicitor. (Laugh. ter.)

Sergt. Wills: But he can't do every thing.

The next witness said he was

"a

BAILWAY AFFAIRS.

The Tuchun has given permission to a

temporary

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hearty support from the Minister of chicken-killer by profession." He saw the asked: "Why did you not inform meeting of the Committee in the offices

This successful issue of their efforts on behalf of widowa of former wars had been e special gratification to the Duke, for it was a case he had bad long at heart.

ORPHANS OF THE GREAT WAR.

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The Magistrate: What else do you do besides killing chickens? Witness: clean the stores,

Mr. Grist told the Court that the de. fendants' story was an entirely different

onc.

Canton

recent arrival from

He

Defendant, proceeding, said that on his return home with the other defend. ant he was accosted by some men, one of whom carried two choppers. grappled with that was, and, in the opponent struggle that ensued, bis dropped the choppers and ran away. He chased him. Meantime, his wife picked up the choppers, intending to take them to the Police Station. Then the constable came on the scene.

said, first defendant loaned to her, and threatened to kill her if she refused.

Nr. Hall said the womo left the pro- tection of the first defendant and lived The first defondant with another ET therefore demanded the return of money he had given her, while the other de fendants accompanied him on that occa sion. They never used any threats what ever.

First defendant stated that he had known complainant for little over a year, to or by another being introduced woman. He visited her frequently and

ever money affairs. to fighting a2 injured,

The Committee took of them wore MOZOR

HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS BY MAJOR H. A. MORGAN, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.

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No. 445 Pte. A. W. Harlow, A" Co., is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, dated November lat, 1915

No.

938 Pta T. G. Turnbali, "D" Co., is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, dated February 19th

1919.

No.

139 Spr. P. Anderson. Engineer Co., is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, to date from day of departure.

LEAVE.

1st, 1918.

of

Pte. H. E. Smith, "B" Co., is granted 3 months extension of icare, from January 2nd, 1910. Beforence Administrative Order No. 3,

dated Ferbuary 14th, 1819, the leave granted to Pte. L. C. Robinson is é weeks, nt & mouths.

the leave, from gave her money and presents. She also Bergt F. M. Crawford, Artillery Co., ia owed him money. He did not suggest that she should lead an immoral life Corp. A. Bolton, Machine-gun Co., ia

granted 2 months' extension leave, from January 22nd, 1919. nor did he ever borrow money from her. Pie, J. C. Owen, Machine-gua Co., is months leave, from granted or that he should live on her earnings, He heard that she was living with an-

March 18th, 1919. Ho other man, and grew dissatisfied. When this great war suddenly

Jet the other defendants and went in (his Royal Highness continued)"]

His idea was to get back search of ber. serving as Governor-General of Canade,

When he and at once I was naked by cable to Fuad

The Magistrate remarked that there the money she owed him. sanction & public appeal for a similar to that raised for the Transvaal

wxs no need for the defendants to hide found the woman she told him not to War. 1 readily sesented, but it decided by Government that only one the choppers if their motive was a good bother about the money as he was a rich He had spent over $100, lending general appeal for Service and civilian distress should be made. Had we boen

Mr. Grist, addressing the Court, point her money and buying presents for her. able to IN930 separate appeals we should now have ample funds for provided out that the evidence was chiefly based He told hor be was without money, bus ing for the education of war orphans,

on the little chicken-killer's" story. she replied that it was not true. We, therefore, approached the Prinos of Wales National Relief Fund on behalf of our Royal Victoria Patriotic School with the successful result that £25,000 ha been granted, which will enable the governing body to educate a far greater number of orphans of this war than they This grant otherwise could have done. was a special pleasure to me, because my beloved mother, much interested in the Hohool from its foundation, had permitted it to bear her name.

After expressing regret at the retire- Charice ment of Major-General Sir Crutchley, the Duke of Connaught con- cluded: Our meeting today is the last of the fifth triennial period of the cor- poration's life. The beginning of this period found our country in its life and death struggle, its termination see it in the dawn of a peace which, I trust, will Last far beyond the life of this

corpora tion, long as I wish that life to be I pray that never again shall we, or those who succeed us, bebolt such a period of national anxiety and grave danger, even though it should be crowned by a victory as complete, and so redounding to the praise and honour of all who purchased it with their blood and their self-sacrifico (Cheers.)

OUR BOXERS v. GERMAN OFFICERS.

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ORDERS FOR ARTILLERY COMPANY BY MAJOR

J. E. W. ARMSTRONG, V.D.

PARADES AT LELCHER'S BATTERY.

Friday, February 28th:-

W. RUBBELL.

7.30 am. Right Half Co. Full drill. 6.15 p.ru. Left Half Co. Full drill. He asked the Magistrato to give the de- lied when he told her he was in debt, fendants the benefit of any doubt. If, on but it was because he wished to recoVET ORDERS FOR ENGINEER COMPANY BY CAPTAIN

She then asked him to come the other hand, the Magistrate thought his money. the evidence conclusive, he asked the the next day with the man to whom he He arranged with the Court to deal leniently with the woman. owed money. She was really under the control of her second defendunt to pretend that he was the man, but the woman did not boljeve husband and was virtually a cat's-paw.

him

The Magistrate sentenood the man to three months' imprisonment, remarking that he was quite satisfied with the evidence.

The woman was discharged,

ALLEGED UNLAWFUL POSSES-

SION OF AMMONITION. At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. J. R. Wood, two Chinese charged with being in anlawful posses sion of two revolvers and twenty rounds of ammunition.

were

Mr. T H. King, A8.P., prosecuted, and Mr. F. X. d'Almada defended..

Mr. King stated that the Tai O Police received information to the effect that certain arms would be smuggled into the place and conscquently they kept a sharp look-out. On January 29th a detective arrested

a man carrying a parcel, which In contrast to the familiar record of was found to contain two revolvers and mal-treatment of British prisoners of war 30 rounds of ammunition. The man wh in Germany, some amusing incidonts of taken before Mr. Hamilton, who convict life in the huge camp at Behavidemuhed him and bound bim over to be of As a result of the were told yesterday by a sergeant of the Hoyal Garrison Artillery who has just good behaviour. reached England. Some of the German arrest, certain information was roooivod

man about the other two officers in charge of the camp were real arrested. 'sports, Fold the sergeant. It would

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following dates for firing practico Lights will be run at Lycemun on the

--5th, 7th and 10th March. N.C.O and Sappers as detailed by th C.S.M., other than Taikoo rasid- ents, will parade at Blake Pier at 5 p.m. Launch will return after practice.

He then hit upon the plan of drawing up a Loan Association book,

Drill order. Rifle, Bayonetă which showed that he owed socond defen-Droes:

and 20 rounds ammunition. dant a sum of money. This plan also Officer on duty- failed. He did not use any threats, when demanding the money.

someone Later on, complainant sent out to find her husband with the osten- sible intention of obtaining the money, but really to call the Police, who caine and arrested them,

Mr. Lindsoll said there was insufficient evidence against the defendants and dis- charged thorn,

MACAO NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

MACAO, February 20th.

who wore

PUBLIC REJDIRINĖS.

After hearing the evidence, Mr. Wood occur sometimes that men in the camp discharged defendants on the ground wbro reserved for punishment on that the Police had not made out account of discipline.

ordinary punish thor than insist suficiently strong case,

Bive commandant would

however, the

of the German ofloors to box with some

arrange dor ertain

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the hope of adi

of tho prisoners ministering punishment to thom in that

way. But among the Inglishmen were

AN OPIUM CASE.

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The nows of the Republican successor in Lisbon, Oporto, and other places was received with much enthusiasm. Yester-

day was a gala day. All the public oficos, and many shops were closed. Tiago wore displayed and in the evening

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before some of the public building, and many A number of clover boxers, and it usually Mr. J. R. Wood, a Chinone woman whouses woro illuminated. At 8 o'clock, happened that they made full use of their charged with being in unlawful possethors was a "marche flamber" with opportunities, inflicting on the Germanssion of 43 taela of opium.

P. Mason stated that he went on the band along the principal streets of the retribution which can the greatest hilarity in the puftip. Roaily," added the storm-launch Chee Fat and there saw the city. II.E. Senhor Tamagnini holda marcational high spirits defendant. What she was examined the reception at Government House in honour Morgeant noadly drove the Cerments mad with in opium was found tied round her Ufesat.

of the occasion. ME Wood Aried defendant 1600. dignition."

March 5th-Lieut. Hill and 2nd-Lient

Blackburn.

March 7th. Lieut. Brown and 2nd-LA

Marley.

March 10th.-Lieut, Templeton.

ORDERS FOR INFANTRY BATTALION BY

A. MORGAN.

MAJOR H

POLLOCK CUP COMPETITION. The following is the result of the firing

for the Pollock Oup :- Winners. No. 4 Platoon

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6 Platvon

8.47 48.

6.30 45.3

7.79 41.7

7.68 44.8

7.23 40.0

0.00 60.4

6.86 20.4

0.33 28.2

0.03 85.8

Machine-gun Co.

4.28 84.1

4.43 27.4

3.33 91.7

2

No. N

3

No. 6 Platoon

K

No. Platoon

15

No. 1 Platoon

B

No. 7 Platoon

7

9

10

11

19

Signalling Section

No, z Platoon........

No.

3 Platoon.

Mounted Bection

"D" Co. .............. 2.50 18.4

The figures in the second column show the porcentages of hits to rounda Bred.

Sunday,

ANNUAL MUSKETRY COURSE.

February 3rd:-

7.30 am. No. 7 Platoon (N.0.0's, anữ men who wish to Bro at Quarry Bay) nt Taikoo Rifle Hango, Annual Musketry Course, Part B, Practicca 13, 14 and 19.

G. E. STEWART, Capt.,

Adjutant, H.K.D.O

· Hongkong, February 91st, 1930,

NOTICE.

A-meeting of members of "B" Company

interested in the Boldiers' Club Cap for billiards will be held at Dolence Corps Handquarters, on Thursday, February 27th, 'ej 6 pm