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THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.

CHINESE AMAN VICTIMIZED."

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 1919.

HOW TO COOK SAUSAGES. A DOMESTIC COMEDY-TEAGEDY.

An amusing case arising out of the cook Os Thursday evening a Chinese amali ing of saumges was heard before Ma was taking a walk along Austin Rond." E. E. Lindel, when a Chinese anab Kowloon, when she was wet by three men, summoned Mrs. C'else, a Spanish.. lady,atrangers to her, who asked her to direct

for $3.30, wages.

As Mrs. Celase was unable to speak either English or Chinese mother lady, Misk Monteiro, who accompanied her to Court, öffered her services as interpreter. Max. Celas stated that complainant was in her employment for fifteen days and then suddềnly disappeared without giving nation. She returned after an. absence of 12 homers, witness being ineun suni-nerd' as a consequence. That was the reason for refusing to pay the woinan her V:༥,

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th. to the Tung Kes Restaurant at Taumati The nush agreed and recom panied them to the place. When Suife Terrace was reached one of the men pro ducret an envelope and wild the augh thaj there was a bundle of cotes inside which he wanted changed. As he was in a hurry would she oblige him in return for a handsome reward. The unstrspecting woman promised to assist the man, wher». upon heasked her for some security. She handled her pure, containing" $30, 1 deposit precipit, and a gold sing rattan h then went to a money changer's establishment, but on the way she opened the envriage and found it contained Waste paper. Realising that she had been duped, she hisprical back to thờ spot where sh had if the min, unly to find that) they had disappeared,

Complainaas She gave me stool to repair and it took severni Bours.

Str. Lindsell: "You took ten hours to repair it i

Complainant:

how's time.

Mr. Lindsell:

box.

came back ic

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Get into the witnes

Wisney did no directth. When the interpreter „asked: 'ber- name," she said: You are made

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A SEAMAN ON THE WAR-PATH,

EN DISCRIMINATE RETALIATION..

The interpreter informel the Magis

At the Magistracy, "yesterday, Henry Ar that he thought the complainant Collins, a setman, was charged - with was behaving very strangely.

disorderly be baviar in Spring Garden Interpreter then told the woman to take Last on Thursday night. the auth

Mergeant Me Walter stated that a chi. Complainant: **You masz swear": new constable on duty in the lane r What shall I swear?

ported to hins at Wanchai Palin-station The Interpreter: "Say after me.”

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1 senman wits creating a distur Complainant: Say after w." Baite. He went to the jalace and mutierd After a great deal of explanation the defendant sitting in a Japanese te Woman repeated the oath and then said: Shop, which was surrounded by a crowd

What is your fame?".

of Chinese. Witness went into the shop Everybody smiled at the discomfiture and asked follins to go out with him of the interpretar,

into the street. Collins agred, and they left together. AR of a sudden Collins attacked a crowd of Chinese who were following, struck a few, and then rara in the direction of Queen's Road, Wit-

ess gave chaser and arrested him.

Complainant then stated her grievance, She had worked previously for Js Celave, and on the present occasion. bad been engaged at. $6 a month. The whole Trouble Arneg over the cooking at some; sausages for in. She cooked the did not know what he was doing. Some- Collins pleaded that he was drank and Bausages in the Chinese way that is by patting them into a boiling pot of rice.ely struck him on the lead and as he Her mistress disapproved of "this" method am told her to cook them in a differung fusion. Her mistress webco. Magas on one occasion and refused to leave behind any money "for food. She also accused witness of stealing a pair of shoes.

Mr Lindell: This has nothing to de with the case.

Witness: But it is very important Mr. Lindsell: I am deciding the case. Witness: I wapt to all, you, what actually happened. She multed me; hit me with the slippers and a rattan cane, and threw me down stairs till was black and blue all over my body. I then asked her for my wages as i want. ed to leave, and she refused to pay me The reason why I was absent from the house fur a few hours was because attended the Magistracy to make a com plaint.

Was anal to find out who did it, he assanitab the lot.

Mr. Lindseli fiued, defendant 315

SINGAPORÉ MERCHANTS PÖ KET.

PICKED.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chines Was charged with snatching, purse. containing a few Singapore dölleri and a gold inger ring. belonging to a Chinese merchant from Singapor

TALA

Coniplaikant stated that he was on his

On Thursday evening he went to a shop to the country to set his relatives.

in Des Yeux Road to inake a purchase and he was surrounded by a crowd of hooligans, one" of whom snatched his purse. The swung round immediately and seized defendant. who passed the tas on to another man,

Defenland subinitted that it was a cas Mrs. Celase: She is telling lies; she of mistaken identity. He was merdy an never came at all.

onlaker. It was another tunn whas stole

Complainant £ also had to take ber the paren. child pus

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Mr. Smith did not believe this and birs, Celase: My boy is in years old. sentence defendunt to six weeks' hard

Fr. Lindsell (to complainant): Sarely | labour.

you were not asked to look after a boy

ten years of age.

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Miss Montein (interpreting): has no chill only a boy D years' "old, Mir. Lindsel: Bar that's a child, Miss Monteiro: The woman spoke bad Chinese words.

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Couplainant: Ask the interpreter; complained to hing about the sausage. Look my grievance down,

„Mr. Lindell: I Think, Mrs. Clase, you should pay her .50 for half month's work,

Mrs. Cefase: am willing to pay. have, no money now

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"GAMBLERS" "QUARBEL

At the Magistracy, resterday, Chinese (were pharged with fighting in Hunghon. Inspector Browne stated that the thure men were gambling in the market when "a quarrel caresse,, A fight followed in the strovf, and the Police arrested them. First defendant stated that he went into the market to purchase Buine fish. He noticed the other two defendants gambling and was watching them when suddenly some" other men came on the scette and snatched the stakes A general

fight ensued and he was accused of steal- ing.

Mr. Lindell: You can pay it within The other two defendants denied that mern days.

they had gabled. They had gone to the market merely to make purchases.

Inspector: Brown:"First defendant is

THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH final gambler. He was gam

IN GREAT BRITAIN. According to an estimate prepared by the Board of Inland Revenue there was 1:10 tax-payers in Great Britain who have incomes of £100,000 and over per year:

at the time the quarrel started. Mr. Smith: I am satisfied that he is the one who started the fight. He is fired: 810; the others at discharged.

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UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.

JUNIOR LOCAL EXAMINATION RESULTS.

The following lists are publishech sub- ject to the approval of the Senate:--

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PASS. LIST. Boya

16 Lee Kai Yan, St. Paul's College. 30 Im Chiu Ho, Diocesan Boys' School, 3 Kwok Ying Ewong. Diocesan Boys'

School.

sa Chia Yun Lok, Diocesan Burs

School

6 Tun Tiong See: Diocesan Boys"

School,

Edgar Vinernt Berd. Diocesan Bars' School, 61 Kenneth Tyson,

Diocesan

Burg' Senool. us William Alfred Zimmern. Diocesan

Boys' School

Kwok Wing. Kal. Dicesna Boys" Senool.

72 Arthur Bird Hanson, Diocesan Boys"

-School.

71 Wong Chun Fek, Pincesa Boys

Senool

78 Henrique Jos Prata. Dioersan Borst

Senout

38 Dellano Vicente Lopes, Diveesar.

Boys' School.

Robert Cyrik Reed. Duresan Boys' Schoo!

Chan Beung Shi... Discesan Boys Senoot..

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ss Johrs Go Tuaco, St. Joseph's College.

EXCHANGE VALUES..

FOSTMASTER GENERAL'S

EXPLANATION.

A reporter of the Daily Pree endenį-- oured yesterday to obtain from Mr. S. B. C. Ross, Postmaster General. explanation of the difference between the Bank rate of exchange and that of the Post Office its connection with the issue of money orders and British postal orders, Mr. Rosy said the difference between. the two rates, as regards"mones orders, was only a half-penny. For instance, the bank rate yesterday morning was 48, 011-18 and the Post-offer rate was 48. Old.

As regards Postal Orders, Mr. Rose frankly explained that they were trying to discourage the purchase of them as much as raible. In that matter the local offers were only the agents of the London Pest Office. which made all the. profit. Personally, he could not under stand why anyone wanted to purchase, Postal Order åt all when the Money Order was cheaper and safer.

The delay in altering the rate of ex change as it concerned the Postal Order By in the fact that longkong hard to inform the British Port, Offers at Canton and Hoihow.of intending changes, and

Stanley Hall. Carrod, St. Joseph'shey had to make allowances for sudden fluctuations. Three days ago the mat stond at 8090 för £1 and yesterday it was

College,

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Minoru Ono, St Joseph's College

100 Lawrence Taan Nam Fong, St. | lowered to $5.20 Changes were made s

Joseph's College.

102 Anthony Augusto Gl. St. Joseph's

College.

tor Paul Valery, St. Joseph's College. 108 Abdul Gunner Abbas, St. Joseph's

College.

114 Antonio

College.

Botelho? St.

often as possible, leaving the customary differenc in the rate of Ud. for pound- age fer

Incidentally, Mr."Row mentioned that Hongkong is the only Post Office in the Joseph's world which deals in nine different ex- change values. Money orders to Japan

115 Sirdar Ahmet Rumjahn, St. Joseph'sare in yes, to Saigon in gold franes, to

College

1 Antonio D'Azevedo,

College.

St. Joseph

128 Luke Tang Yer Yuen, St. Joseph's

College.

13: Jose Eduardo Noronha, St. Joseph's

College.

138 Bodis Ma Yun Chot. St. Joseph's

Colleges

110 Móric

•College,

Commuto. St Joseph's

15 Kai Yip Yung. St. Joseph's College 136 Alberto Eduardo Tavares, St.

Joseph's College.

139 Reinaldo Danenberg, St. Joseph's.

College

160 Yang Chang Lam, St. Joseph's

College.

India in rupees, to Siam in Mexican dollars, to Singapore in Straits dollars. to Honolulu and Manila in gold dollars. etc. The London Post Offen, on the other hand, deals only in sovereigns,

LAND

PURCHASES IN SHANGHAI.

LUCKY SPECULATION,

At the moment very heavy, purchaswa of. fand are being "hunde just" mitaide the extreme coster limit of the Settlement. „suggesting a considerable expansion of Sindustry beyond the Point. The most Joseph's favoured sites for the purchaser ace Falong the new Woosung Roul, especially Joseph's that part which runs close to and rough. Ty parallel with the river. This portion Stephen's

189 Arthur Richard Tavares.

Joseph's College 164 Tang Chrong Leang. St.

College.

166 Tung Chun Chung, St.

College.

I Wong Kam Thong. St.

follege.

100 Chao Kuo, Chun, St.

Cullege.

of the road extends for about a mils nud

Stephen's ja half,before it take, a turn inland, and i

213 Wong Kam Wing. Queen's College.

it is believed that alrealy almost the whole of the land on either side has been

sal Tiny Ching Sung, Ellis Kadoorie taken up. The proximity to the water

Public School, Shanghai.

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353 Sua Bacon, Ellis Kadoorie Public front is the attraction, and the ground

School. Shanghai.

| has apparently been acquired for the pur-

351 Lam Lok Ming, St. Francis Xavier's | pose of providing sites for mills. Chegod

College, Shanghai.

Zung Bib. Ellis Kadoori School, Shanghai.

35 Hall The Zeh, St. Francis

College, Shanghai.

Girls,

the recent ales in this distrbor was Publicearried through at a figur" of betsmakan

Xavier's 700 and Tis. 800 per now.

301 Anak Pereira. Italian Convent. 1309 Diong Pek King. St. Stephen's

College.

30% Annie "Dillon, Italian Convent. ||1305 Currie Tennyson, Italian Convent.

20 Doráthy Barwald, Italian Convent. 306 Phillis Grace See Chin, French Con-

vent.

While these considerable parchawy have

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P.O. BOX 348. Telegraphic Addresa:

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taken place, there has liren an "ast MACARONI, PASTE STARS, EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI,

equal amount of buying of property lying atong Pingliang Road, the new munici pal thoroughfare from Wayside to the Point. No access by water is her obtain ed. and it is believed that the buying bịe" been largely speculative Certain it ju that lets have changed hands with some frequency; and we understand that with- of those is the past six months one engaged in this speculation has madera 3 Lina Maria da Roza, Italian Conprofit of a lakh of taels. MC Daily

309 Wazire Rumjahn, Italian Convent 310 Doris Mable Windebank, French

Convent.

vent.

312 Florence Esther Hamilton French

Convent.

313 Maria Ozorin, Italian Convent.. 314 Eleonor Maria Noronha, French

Convent.

313 Margaret Holdén, Italian Convent. 316 Poon Foong Kway, French Convent. 317 Dolly Hanson, Italian Convent. 319 Tsang Chiu Nga, Italian Convent. 320 Lily Ferguson, French Convent

Leung Yuk, Italian Convent: Fung 22 Paulina Giovanna Lopes, St. Mary's

School. 1323 Hung Ki Chun, Italian Convent.". 325 Hung Ki Fogg, Italian Convent 328 Idalina Maria Carvalho, St. Mary's

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KRUPP'S MUNICH WORKS BOUGHT BY AMERICANS.

News.

THE KIANGKWAN COLLISION:

A PECULIAR JUDGMENT.

At last a decision has been arrived at in the case arising out of the collision between the China Merchants" str. Krang.

which took place last year in the Yangtze, Kiran and the Chinese gunboat Chaters

just below Hankow. The bearing of the

case extended over many months.

fa effect the Court found that the cap. tain of the Chutai, Chow Ching yao, was not guilty of having caused the collision, but for failing to render proper assist- ance to the victims' after the collision he should be suitably punished by his superiors.

With regard to the civil case, the Court found that at the time of the collision the Kiangkwan was not being navigated

THE END OF THE WORLD. The taxable income of these few people is convention of the Keswick Council. Pre- Speaking at Brightoft, recently, at a no less than £27,000,000, and they pay in bendary Webb-Perloe predicted the income-tax and super-tar £13,352,000. In speedy end of this terrestrial globe." The Krupp works in Munich have been! spite of the high wages generally prevail. He said he had been studying the subject sold to an American group, according to ing ibere are no fewer than 100,000 of others, some of them not Christians. papers. In the Rhine districts several on her proper course and, consequently,

gathering the results of the studies a Munich report in the Bouth Germond people who have incomes between £130 and

and the great chan

might be as" near as any night or

The momentous EICC per year, the majority of these being transformation, he believed, was a mat-

·industria) concerns have already passed mat into American hands. The Krupp works her owners were ordered" to

Pay relieved from the operation of the tax fer of mental and moral certainty, and at Munich were built in 1916, becauss damage suffered by the Chutrai, as well by abatements and allowances. There are year, the world's history would come to

he predicted that, at the close of this the bead works at Essen were cramped in all 1,940,000 persone so relieved, while a conclusion. He urged his hearers not anti-Krupp Socialists. The Munich site sentatives. of the Hupeh Provinge An and the neighbourhood was a hotbed of the expenses incurred by the repre- 4,400,000 aro chargeable with the taxes. to be frightened but ready.

..I cost £350,000.

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