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BIG HAUL OF AMMUNITION, ENOUGH TO BLOW UP THE WHOLE

OF HONGKONG.

One of the biggest hauls of ammunition during the last decade or so was wide by Sergeant Bond, if the Water Police, on Tuesday morning,, when the Monteagle arrived from Vanenver. Sergeant in was out on patrol duty" in one of the Police launches when he notierd 'n vars quantity of luggage being lowered into a sumpan. Becoming suspicious, he steered

of the direction

sumpan, the

who evid. there notic 76 man eatly owned the luggage climbing up the

amb

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 1910.

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CONDITION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN HONGKONG.

Two cases of harbouring were beard at the Magistracy, pesterday. -

A Chinese was charged with harbouring married woman without the consent of her husband.

He was

The husband stated that he was a school tencher and a christian. widower, and on the third moon of last your purchased his present wife, who had been 'a concubine of a clansman, for '$183. She was now his ring fang wife.

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FAULT OF THE WEATHER.

SCOTTISHE SEAMAN PAYS FOR |

TWO BOTTLES OF STOUT,

LAWN TENNIS.

THE PETER DAWSON "" CUP.

The final match in the competition for When answering a charge at the Magis-the "Peter Dawson" Cup, open to all trney, yesterday, of stealing two bottles Chinese resident in the Colony, was play of tout, Herbert Mark, a Scottishamaned on the CB, C. Courts yesterday after- on board the Cervies, blamed the weather. goon, when Ng Sao Kwong, of the C.R.C., The value of the stout with 60 cents, and singles champion of the Colony, was led Mr. Lindsell to remark: “It seems à opposed to Tan Toon Lay, of the Univers very small matter,"

sity, who is considered as of the rising | tpcal players und did very creditably in the last open singles championship com petition of the Colony.

The Chief Oficer of the vessel replied that petty pilfering had been going on for a long time, and the Company wanted it stopped. Sometimes boxes were broked Ng Sze Kwong was never called upon up and goods taken from them. Then to play his best. Di the first set he was is your lingdant had been an able seaman on the leading, 3-1, when Tan got another game, vessel sincs June 19th, having 'signed ton Tan was playing with great determina- At Glasgow. This was his first trip. Astion, but he could not reals; the skill and When Ng far is witness knew defendant's character stendiness of the champion. had been satisfactory.

won the

it was plain that he was Bet, B Mr. Lindsell: Did he actually brunch going to win the Cup,

Both players slowed down in the second the cargo-Witarus: Yes.

Ng was as stendy, as a rock, just drawing and placing where and how he lied. Tan won only one game in this set. In the third set. Tan showed his best

Mr. Lindsell: You took a discarded con- gangway. By the time the launch reachd, cubiñe from another man the sampan the man had disappeared. Aaffung wife. Why! examination of the luggage revented : exts of gelinite and 5,000 roads of apmunition concealed in song bogry The ammunition anal gelignite were sufficient:

Witness: Shé ised repentedly to run' away frean her first husband, and he was Willing to part with her.

Mr. Lindsell: Was there any wedding

to blow up the whole of Hongkong. Aseremony?. the sampan woman could not give a anti

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Witness: It is the enstom to hold a big least and invite your friends for fedory answer to enquities, Sergeant time i marriage, I followed the

Both sock her to the Police station.

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custom.

・・ Maicistracy, yesterday. the Inspector Pavitt: The woman states Wotan was charged with unlawful pos-that he does not know witness; in fact,

she has never seen him,

Mr. Eindwell: They always say that. Defendant: She told me she was

Mr.

Lidet Padarked that the woman sened to have been at innseent agent in the matter, and therefore should not be spavicted he would confiscate the am munition.

ANOTHER CASE.

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A whinese youth was charged with being in unlawful possessie a of 2408) round of sumuuuition.

Ai là J. Lis, appearing to listen Fendant, pleaded guilty nad asked for Californin. letegy Defendant was boru Chinese who "had arrived in the Foley by the Colombin, on July rith When the Police avarched his luggage they Found a roll of barised-wires in the drum

widow.

M. Lindell (ti Mr. S. McElderry, of the Chinese Secretarishta Do you considling that a discarded concubine of one family could be taken as n ting long wile by a widower of another family. Is it within the laws and customs of Chian ander the 1812 Ordinner!

Mr. McElderry replied that a discarded encubine might considered a time fong wife on condition that the other family dif not want to have anything to do with her.

Mr. Linibell: Her faraily sold her? Mr. J. H. Gardiner (for defendant);

of which were a number of cartriges, De. They werd tired of her. Fouling was proceeding to Kongmous, his

Mr. Bindwell I think it is very dan-

Meti.

his

form Ng won the first two games, and opponent equalised by adopting aggressive tactics and bringing off some hard shota from the service line.

Nx Sa take any risks and won the next four Kwong, however, was playing the well to games running, the set. 6-2, and the match,

Mr. Lindsell (tis defendant): Why did you do it --Defendant; Well, youlsen, it was this way. The weather was very “bet, and I searched for a drink. I found the two bottles of stout on a stringer" and took then. I did not break any packages The Chief Officer; When I went into the rarge-hold I found a package contain-6, 6-0, ing bottles of stout broken, and two hottlan missing.

Me Lindselt: $20 or 14 days. Defendant: L'll pay the fine.

MORPHIA SMUGGLING.

C.R.C) “C“ TEAM &. ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE..

The above watch in the Junior Tennis League played on Saturday at Causeway Bay resulted in a win for the C.R.C, by 51 "ghines to 4. 'The scores were 63 tellow:-

C. F. Le and Wei Lee Sun beat Golden- rg and Ismail, 9-y lost to Abbas and AN OLD JAPANESE FINED,

Hamid, 4; lost to Sepher and Silva, 4-7.. teo. Lee and K. L San beat Golden- Sergeant Cockle of the Wanchai Policeberg and ismail, 74: lost to Abbas and managed to effect the arrest of an old Hamid, -1; lost to Sepher and Silva, 3-8. Japanese who had smuggled 13,857 doses berg and Lemail, 3-4, beat Abbas and

C. Chos and H. A. mok beat Golder of morphin into the Colony. The delen-Hamd, 6-2; bent Sepher and Silva, 7.4. dant arrived a few days ago and went to

a house or the Praye East, where he ente cealed the morphia. A Japanese informer. however, gave the game away, and Ser geant Cockle raided the house. On seeing

INTER-PORT CRICKET.

THE MALAYAN TEAM.

native "village. Mr. Lewis had been in.gerous, tri convict in a case of this sort; the Sergeant, the Japanese immediately in November to take part in the Trian

I do not think a case of this sort was con-

structed that when defendant was leaving templated by the Ordinance. The woman Aurico a-relativa gave him the Barbed.

is discarded by one family and lives with wire as a present to the relatives in the another inan, and then calls herself legally camtry. If he had known that it con-married under the laws and customs of Cealed ammunition he would have asked China. It appears to be very dangerous for a permit to transport it to hit me, I shal; discharge defendant. villinge.

Mr. Lindsel] (to Tüspucker Brazily: You band fire travel are satisfied, that he is 3 Ger Inspector Brazil: Yes.

Mr. Linds fed defiant $50.

A PSEUDO POLICEMAN,

ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE PON HAWKERS.

A

A the Magistracy, yesterday", Chinese was charged with impersonating -police-constable and drawnding money under false pretences.

fr was stated that defendant went up ta hawker in Tew Loong Street and ordered him to remove his basket of fruit from the pavement. When the order was not complied with defendant pretended be

ANOTHER CASE

A Chinese was charged with barbouring an unmarried girl,

Mr. S. McElderry, of the Chinese Secre- tariat, prosvuting stated that two Chinese servant girls had run away from the same honse and bad stayed with

defendunt...

The mistress stated that the two girls were sold to her when young and bad worked as servants, for a number of years. The elder girl disappeared two years ago and the younger left on April 19th. She reported the matter to the Police,

Mr. McElderry stated that the younger girl had been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct in the Public Gardens and sent before the Secretary for Chinese

carried a large-sized box up to the cock loft and threw it down into the backyard: When the Sergeant examined it he found several bottles, containing morphia.

The defendant pleaded guilty at the Magistracy, yesterday, to the unlawful possession of the drug.

Defendant stated that the drug was given to him by a rook on board a meaner in satisfaction of a debt,

Mr. Lindsell fined defendant $1,000, with the alternative of nice months hard labour.

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Of the Malayan team to visit Hongkong. gular Tournament the Penang Gazelle saya-Mr. Danford Wood, whose first association with cricket in Malaya was in Penang. is interesting himself in the Inter-Colony Cricket Tournament which it is proposed to hold at Hongkong in November with the Straits, Shanghai and Hongkong competing.

We under stand that Singapore has already

Accepted the invitation to go to, Hongkong on be- half of the Straits. Efforts are now being made to raise au cleven. Messrs. Pratten Edvarde, of Perak, have promised to but 19

30 far l'enang has not yet been able to guarantee one or more representa- or orer Singapore, on the top of

viftory of The overwhelming Perak a win here, shows that the F.M.S. are very strong at present.

If the best side drawn from the P.M.S. and the Straits could participate in the Inter- Colony tournament, Mainya could put an excellent fight. There are many diffi "culties to be overcome in the selection

srepresentative eleven who could afford the necessary nonth's absence from this country. It abould, however, be possible to get together a sound team to do the The Edwards mentioned in the above paragraph used to be in the Hongkong the Colony in pre-war days, being, then Police and appeared more than crée for regarded as one of the hardest-hitting batsman who ever played in the Colony. the F.M.S. Police, and is now a Major He was transferred from Hongkong to

South Wales cricketer, the Straite Echo Concerning H. E. Pratten, the New

3rd, when be scored 70 runs) we can safely sys-From what we have seen of Pratten MACARONI, PASTE STARS, EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI, (in the Perak-Penang match on August say, without fear of contradiction, that he is the cleanest but that has set set foot in thew parts. He appears to us to have a complete mastery in batting combined when he does get the ball up at all is when he effects a pull to leg. He did give chance once, but it was beyond the reach the Belder. His placing is simply unique. "The

sporting critic of the Times of Malaga," Permainan," who devotes much time to the encouragement. of sport in Perak, saya

A BANGKOK SCARE.

During the night of July with, un attempt was unde to effect un entrance to the strong room of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Bangkok, through the ceiling. The floor of the residential quar ters of the bank was cut and an opening made to allow a man to get beneath. This brought the thieves to the roof of the Affaire She was then identified as the

strong room, which they speedily perceiv.in the Army. servant girl who had disappeared. She was too big a proposition and they con- lived with the defendant for a math, tented themselves"with loosening a num then left him, and became a street-walker ber of bricks in a wall. The labours of

A Chinese constable stated that when asked the hawker to go to his fellow

the night being of a fatiguing character, hawkers and collect three cents from each the girl was arrested she undertook to man, to pay for defendant's tea house point out the nunn with whom she had the workmen looks for refreshment and expenses. The hawker was not very polite heen living. When abe indicated the found it. A number of bottles of beer in his remarks, and a struggle ensued.defendant be attempted to escape but was were consumed and four or five empty

chased and arrested.

glasses left behind. Baulked of effecting A Takay then arrived on the sene and

Defendant accused the constable of an entries to the strong room the visitors neremóniously dragged the pretender

haulting him.

took anything that was likely to be readily for the Palice-station;

realisable. The mes cutlery, a clock, and a silver cup belonging to one of the staff,

was a constable and demanded to see the man's licener. After glancing at this he

penalty on the ground that this sort of standing, gave her age as 18 years. The were amongst the missing articles.

had

Fun

The

The little girl, who was a head taller Inspector · Brazil asked for a heavy than the witness-box in which she was

spectators present tittered and were re thing was becoming too common and many proved by the Magistrate..

Atated that the elder girl, who

This girl cutlery was found in Bush Lane the biwkers had been victimised,

from her mistress about two years following morning. Hangkok Tigiek, away M. N. Smith: Have constables in ago. met her in the Public Gardens and plain-clothes anything with which to prove their identity/

Inspector Brazil: They are provided with police-whistles. which are produced as créentials. Tim defendant evidently kurw this, for he had equipped himself with a whistle.

Mr. Smith fine defendant $90.

suggested that she, also, should run away. Witness agreed and went to live in Pak Ch Lane. The elder girl, defendant and herself slept in the same cubicle for three months, and then defendant moved to another house. He invited witness to accompany him, but she refused and went on the street, but she had no intention of taking another man

Defendant: The girl lived with me for only eight dayr

for.

which

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An appeal is being made on behalf of troops proceeding Homeward shortly on the stress for books, magazines and

with an

of

It would have been noted already that great cricket carnival is being planned for November in Hongkong to which the Straita has been invited to send a team That the

the invitation will be readily accept- cannot send a team of its own it is to be ed cannot be doubted and if the F.M.S. hoped that it will be given a fair prupor honours resting with this side by the de tion of the places, in view of present feat of the S. in Singapore in April, thanks to the fine batting of the Austra

crack. Pratten, of Taiping, and the literature of all kinds; games and amuse-effective bowling

Olivenz

of Belangor. By the mail from ments of all sorts, dominoes, backgammon,

Tast week, a correspondent sends cribbage, etr, and packs of cards. These criticism of Hongkong cricket un compar me an interesting should be sent to Major Cassel at Hended with, the Malayan standard last year. Gates, for Troops." quarters, marked Reading inatter, or Hongkong bas a good field of selection and can put up a strong eleven though not so wont to put in the field in pre-war days,

classy" but good enough to beat Malaya at pre- combination as Ceylon was

Bent,

Ill interest cricket enthusiasts in Hongtong to learn that the Army and Be certain to supply some good ricketers for the Inter-port matches in November. Capt. P. H. Davies, E.G.A., Who arrived in the Colony recently, is an prominent Ceylon cricketer,

who took Bia

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Donations towards buying cigarettes, tobacco, a gramophone and records will also be very gratefully received. by Mrs Stabb, at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and any old records will be wel: The following donations baye already

Witness: That's a lie, I lived with him The principal tenant of the house in ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN elder girl lived with defendant from defendant stayed stated that the ACCOUNTANT.

to May. She did not see the Fecond At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chines?” Another witness stated that the younger was charged with embezzlement and falsi-girl lived with defendant for two days. fication of the books of a Chinese firm in ing acems to be breaking down; there is come."

Mr. Lindsell:. The evidence of harbour which he was employed an accountant.

only the gir's word for it. on the girl's statement, the man's admis

Mr. MeElderry: The evidence falls back been received:

the fact that the girl identified ion, and

Anonymous. The elder girl stated that she met the younger girl one afternoon, and the latter

Mr. Lysou prosecuted and Mr. Leo Almada deiended.

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tion was the usteome of a letter he had ting the result of ricksha upset. Chaplain, informs us that over 700 Nava If Major H, 8. Povatz, the Somertet

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