HAWKERS AND LICENCÉS. A CHANGE IN EXPRESSION. With an ingratiating smile lighting u his features, a dirty, unkempt Chine hawker explained to Mr. Lindsell, at th Magistracy, yesterday, that he could not afford to buy a licence, and launched inte a description of the hardships hawkers are subjected to in having to take out Liernices.
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRI
A SELF-CONSTITUTED BILL ANTI-JAPANESE --OUTBREAK
COLLECTOR.
IMPRISONED FOR A MONTH.
་་
At the Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. H. E. Lindsell, Chinese was
charged with (1) presenting a forged bill for $1.50, to the Sincere Co., and (2) ombezzling $7.50 belonging to his mastër.
IN SINGAPOKË. MILITARY AND NAVAL, FORCES CALLED OUT.
SATURDAY, JUNK ~991; 1918,
HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS. ÇADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS BY MAJOR G. E. WALEMAN, "V.D., ACTING ADMINIS TEATIVE COMMANDANT).
STRENGTH.
LEAVE.
L. Gibbe, "D" Co., is permitted to
resign, dated June Sura. 1919. " Le-Corpl. R. E. Sedgwick, Mounted dection, is grinted 19 months' leave; trom July vch, 1919. 6. Dumbarton, Artillery Co., is
The Chinese boycott of all things Japanese in Singapore came to a Head Pte. Isat night (says the Straits Times of Juna sist) in the looting of Japanese shops in various part of the town and the destruc by general scenes of wit aried man who presented the bill. When In- vecasion were com Distances, and th the
Defendaar stated that it was another rows in several
The Magistrate beard him patiently.tor Watt uttrompted to arrest that man he ran away, so in revenge, the ant enquired: "No money to get a
Police took him into custody. He plead livence?"
"No." replied the defendant, the smile a quilts to the second charge, stating that he took the money purchase once again illumining his face, presumedicine for his wife, who was ill. ably because be thought his eloquence had won the Magistrate's sympathy.
Three dollar or seven days,” retort
ed, the Magistrate.
The hawker aniled no more..
Inspector Wait stated that defendant
WAS
תיוא
out to Wellington Street to
collect a bill of 87.50 and disappeared with the money, which was paid. On the second occasion another man, not in
tion and burning of goods, collision into
to are.
cama
THA
hostile Gr. 哒
and
granted 9 months leave, to date Trom day of departure,
W. A. Dowlog, "D" Co., is granted.
Pte.
Pts.
J. J. Harrington,
L., is @granted 6 weeks' leave, from August
7th, 1919.
9 months' leave, from July 10th, 1919,
The
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result that two deaths are reported. Later some of the Manchesters and the Civil Guard were called out to help patrol the town. The Inspector General of Police (the Hon. Capt. A. R. Chan- collar) was struck to the ground in the
a mob faca of a
narrowly escaped further injury. At three o'clock
morning
the Japanese soap-factory in Syed Alwi Street whs attacked and quantity of goods was destroyed
ost marked in the trouble was most Malacca Street and Bugis Street areas. Japanese shops were attacked and the contents destroyed and in some cases burnt. The mob made bonfires in the middle of
and shouts, piercing screatus scenes of wild confusion regard
A little Chinese bay, hardly as high as custody, went to Sincere's and presented filled with roads, and, with the air)
the dock, admitted that he had been hawking without a licence. He said he had just arrived in the Colony, and lived on a sampan belonging to the headman of his village. Encouraged probably be the last defendant's volubility. the lad argued that as litences were not required -in-the-counter he did not any reason
why they should be demanded here,
"bill for #21.60. The manager protested against it, as he did not remember order- ing any wood. He asked the man who it was that gave him the bill, and the man pointed out defendant. On noticing this. defendant ran away, but was followed and arrested:
Inspector Watt said he was prepared to drop the first charge.
M. Lindsell sentenced defendant to The Magistrate: Six strokes with the four" weeks',hard labour on the around
birch.
THE FASCINATION OF
JEWELS...
A SERVANT GIRL'S LAPSE.
charge.
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SPORT
LAWN TENNIS.
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441,"
R.G.A.
A servant girl, employed by n Chineso woman at Portland Street, Faumati, had
This match. in the Garrison Tennis a peep into her mistress jewel-box one League, which took place at Lyeman on elay and found it contained money and jewellery to the value of over $1,200. She Thursday, resitted in a win for the bom
et into communication with two other team by 15 gaines (1 to 30), Scores:
Sergt. Haskings and Cr. Baines beat women and a man, and suggested straling the contents of the box. The plan was Gr. Winterton and Newhain, 8-1: lost to agreed to, and one night the girl" dis-Q.M.S. White and C.Q.M.S. Clark, 4-5, appeared, taking with her the jewellery.lost to Sergt. Lacey and Gr. Middleton. which she subsequently handed over to her confederates. The Police managed to iron the culprits and arrested then
"in an endeavour to save his own skin, divulged to the Police where the jewel-box was hidden, and the articles wete all recovered.
The man,
Grs, Horsfull and Sandell bent Q..S.. White and C.Q.M.S. Clarke, 7-2; bent Cirs. Winterton and Newham, 6-1; lost to Sergt. Eacry and Gr.. Middleton, 45
Corp. Taylor and Gr. Mosa bend Q:MS. White, and C.QM.S. Clark 7-2; beat. Charged with theft at the Magistriers Winterton and Newham, 6-3; lost to yesterday one of the womca Inid the
Bergt. Lacry and Gr. Middleton, 2-7. whole blame on the servant girl.
Mr. Hutchison remanded the cave.
as the
AY OLD INHABITANT IN, THE DOCK.
AN ABUSIVE RICKSHA-COOLIE.
Miss Alice Tung,*, nurke
There were two conflicting tales related to the Magistrate, yesterday, when an Government" Maternity Hospital, wo
octogenarian unster of a sampan was complainant in a case in which a ricksha charged with "being" in "unlawful posses olie was summoned, at the Magistraeyssion of an automatic pistol, n gun and for using abusive language.
1.000 rounds of ammunitiong
-Defondant stated that he took the lady
The case for the prosecution was that to ber house and was then met by another, R. Clark, went on board ä sampan on coolie, who invited him to sit of the Jane 21st and discovered the ammunition door step. He did not abuse the lady. and the arms concealed in a rattan basket. Complainant stated that on Friday last The pistol was identified as one which the engaged defendant's ricksha at Kow had been stolen from a ship's guard on laou wharf to take her to the Palaboard the Hai long in 1918. The de- Hotel When-she reached her destination tendant was arrested by witness as he she gave defendant 5 cents, the legal fare.
was the licenser of the sampin on which Defendunt demanded ten-cert and when
the contraband articles were found...... she asked him to go away he "abused her, using so many bad words that I could nut hear." He told her not to engage a ricks if she could not pay for one. "Defendant denied the allegations. Complainant replied that her statement was honestly true; otherwise she would have no cause to summon the defendunt.
Mr. Lindzell fined defendant 10, with the alternative of fourteen days hard
Labour.
APPLICATION TO RE-HEAR A CASE,
Mr. E. Davidson applied to Mr. R. F Lindsell, at the Magistracy, yesterday. for the re-hearing of the case in which a Chinese employé of Messrs. A. S. Watson &Co. was sentenced, a few days ago, to six weeks' hard labour for larceny.
Mr. Lindsels enquired on what grounds the application was made,
Mr. Davidson replied that the man was arrested on the night of the 25th instant, and brought up for trial the next morn ing Some of his friends engaged a
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POLICE INSPECTOR-GENERAŽ
And
ANNUAL MUSKETRY COKESZ.
following is the result of firing of
· Annual Course by a portion of No.
2 Platoon, "A" Co..~~
Number exorcised
Markumen
1st Class Shots :
and Class Shots
3rd Class Shots
17
12
17
The averages obtained were:
Practice No. 13
13.2
Practice No. 14
93.7
Praction No. 15
121
Practice No. 16
24.3
Practice No. 17 ....
8.1
Practice No. 13
8.2
Practice N& 10
8.8
*
Practice average
.101.6
Bugis Street the Inspector-General of Police and other European officers bad a narrow cape from a hostile crowd accompanied by the Chief Police officer (Mr. C. Hannigan) and the Protector of Chinese (Mr. D. Beatty). Capt. Chancel lor came upon a party of
The officers ing to break into a house. endeavoured to make Home Arrests, both neured a man each. While Capt. Chancellor was struggling with his cáp- tive some one in the crowd struck him a blow on the head which brought him down. While he was on the ground an- other blow was aimed at him, upon which Inspector Frithvichand, the remaining mmeber of the party, fired his revolver with the result that the crowd tempor-Friday, July 4th- arily dispersed.
A minute or two later, however, the mob became very threatening, being en-
gy, a number of men, who ap to be ringleaders, to attack the With Inspector General and his party. only Capt. Chancellor, Mr. Hannigan, excited moo the situation was sufficiently Mr. Beatty and the inspector facing an
and the officers drew their
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prepared to resist attack. The thereupon corrageously stepped forward unarmed and harangued the crowd
with-good-results- Some time later the police were re- forced by parties of the Manchesters, the in port, and Civil Guard, mens from formation of the state of affairs having been conveyed to the Gor ernor and the General Officer Command. ing:
The men were assembled at the police station, patrols
were instituted, The patrols were on daty until this men- and the crowds were gradually dispersed. ing. It was not considered nocemary 10 call out the N.V.C.
POLICE FIRE ON CROWD. In Smith Street and Hokien Street ai" had more serious consequences collision between the mob and the police Shots were fired by the police under the ordera, of an inspector, and from the informa tion at present available it seems that two men in the crowd were hit and killed. In this part of the town the
bodies
were in the change of
A. H. Dickinson, Assistant Super-
of Police, who was accompanied' by Mr. Ham, second Assistant Colonial Secretary.
Late at night the disturbances appeared to have died down somewhat, but at three o'clock this morning they broke out again, centring, in an attack on the Japan ese soap factory in Bred Alwi Road. The whole of the premises were looted, and smashed and set fire to in the street. considerable quantity of the goods were arrived on the scene
Palice and militering, and the Chin
while the fire was ese then made off.
a
The town was freshly placarded with inflammatory Chinese posters, around which excited crowds gathered. All Japan. ese stores were closed and shuttered. and in High street and the ne
had thought it wise to retain within closed Chinese and other shopkeepers, ad doors also. High Street, presented an Almost continuous line of themed shops.
but in
active ins
by:
were
had been
purchase for their posses about 9.30
Cross-examined by Mr. Teo d'Alads, footing of
310NTENTS
goods,
As
who appeared for the defendeat, witness admitted that the man assisted him in otherwise happened o searching the sarapan. He also informed there was a scene faintly reminiscent of
sjon. Around Hakien witness that three men engaged his sam-
an air raid From the windows of maas pan at night, and when they got to the facture came flying out to fall with bomb houses pots and pans of Japanese manu- Yaumati breakwater left the parcel be like crashes in the middle of the street. elimax ar old Chinese lady hind, asking him to wait for his fare,
appeared at the top window of a four- her she held a large storey house. In
wall clock. The crowd stood woodes BWAY
from
ander and amid loud cheering the clock was Bung into the street. fell with a crash to splinter into a Hun- dred pieces.
The old lady, then calmly closed the window and was seen no more.
We understand there was looting in some districts of Chinese shops haring Japanese goods,
which would be paid on their return The men, however, never came back.
Mr. - d'Alinoda atated that dolundant was born in Hongkong long before the Colony was crded to Great Britain. He was only common carrier, “
Defendant stated that be had been a sampan master for 40 years and had never been in trouble.
Mr. Hutchison discharged defendant on the ground of insufficient evidence..
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(says the Singapore Fitz Press),
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Friday, July 4th-
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Hongkong, Jane 27th, 1919. HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.
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where Japanese-made orockery --Was seized by the Chinese and destroyed. An armed patrol was called out and dispersed the crowd.
THE POLICY OF DESTRUCTION In South Bridge-road a couple of coolies “As · fár" as ́ ́enn be
be ascertained the de went into a picture-framer's shop, had a monstrations took three lines of action :- look round, and seized two locking glasses (1) raiding Japanese houses and demolish which they crashed to the ground, anding their goods, (2) rifling Chinese shops those in charge of the >shop could
and purging them, as it were, of Japanes but look on.
ortion of
bonfire
percentiomary measures taken by were warned about a month any of them in front of the premises,
and the Chinese stores and rid of any
dwell Private
Bolleitor to defend him, but, before thedon, presided for the first time at the mid the main to Be Bood by smashing them or by making
solicitor had time to get the necessary annual meeting of the General Councilago of what was going to happen panes ing houses in throwing on to the road instructions, the defendant was tried and held at St. James Palace on May 8th were then told to get convicted. Mr. Davidson, thought the Teving the adoption of the report the goods they might have in the boxing Lad allorts of Japa
Japanese goods. includjeg defence was one which required legai Dewed the work of the Fund, they nearly all took the hint. Those that cooking ptenstit, clocks, bedding, CHTON would prove that there was no felonious DOI for the nuance of nublice invaders were not very particular to me in
for a
its!
the record
bum of
which nobly
did
not were relieved of the trouble, for
yary
Mr Lindsell fixed next Thursday for £190.000k and initha shops and strongly
bearing the case;"
* and consigning them to the flames.
ObAnd Japanese bad-
at several places,
ivis:
advice. From the facts he possessed le intent on the part of the defendant who sponded to the heavy calls minde on to what damage they did or what, annoy ches Lelieved that as an employé he could take tham during the was was able to be they, mib the householder to "Ar to be filter
arinotace that the Find had celebrated
ted badapanese themselves, a hond as they attempted to Be
far a few pills. His mistake was that be back soontog of age last year by distribit, Botale dow that the campaign had come by one pants is al
orted to have not obtained permission
£900,000 In 1517 menced
they Yer
Bout up their been stabbed and be is zaid- to be
making totalled
Font progreskomm itself, Mr Davidson naked for bail. He ab tain an anaupl mitted that the value of the pills was only about £90,000 will have to be raised from burning most of the day and thousands
themomen and children whand public bot
Fires werd home gare in inglated parts: then towns subscriptions, desations - and, legacies! Mr. Lindsell. Yes, but it is a serious Rince the foundation of the Fund in of, thousands of dollars must have goné Brynumber of thámetonki havës bead Zarriving bylakeggim Annds at the 1807 an aggregate of £2,858,116 has been up in wake. Just about hoor there was. Japanese Commercial House in Fran distributed, giving gearly average of a serious disturbanos in Kling Street, Basah Road, which is one of the gulet £120,837.
Voutiued at foot of next ootunin.). refuge centres. ^,,
$2.00.
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Bail in 8500 was granted;
trust.
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