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RANDOM REFLECTIONS. The St. John's Cathedral Memorial to the men who went from Hongkong and Tell in the war is to be unveiled on Bunday next. I noticed while at Fanling last week end that a simple Monument in granite to those members at the Olub

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

CHINESE WOMAN SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE

PRISON.

FOR CRUELTY TO A MAIDSERVANT, BRINGING DISCREDIT ON THE

**MUI TRAI!? SYSTEM"," Before Mr. Lindsell, at the Magistracy was gave their lives for King and yesterday, a Chinese woman pleaded guilty Country was being put in position close to charge of cruelty to her maid servant.

to the "men's Club House.

MURDER CHARGE. ALLEGED SCENE OF CRIME NEAR SUPPER ROOM.

TUESDAY. JANUARY 15TH, 1981.

ARMED ROBBERY CASES, TWO BANDE DEALT WITH AT THE MAGISTRACY.

Two bands of armed robbers were dealt STORY OF A SUPPRESSED SCREAM with at the Magistracy, before Mr. G. N. Orme, xesterday, in the course of a hear Before Mr. R. E Lindsell, yesterdaying lasting the greater part of the day.”...... afternoon, the trial was began of Tong

House, on a charge of murdering an amab, Tim, a coolie employed at Government Chan Chouk, at Government House, on

In the first case the police got infor

It was decided not to wait until the men mation that a crime was to be committed.

reached the scene of the proposed rob bery, when valuable lives might have been Mr. Hadlerigg, assistant Crown solicitor,utlessly sterificed in the attempt to catch the men red-handed, just for the appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. F. sake of rendering the criminals hable to C. Lyzon defended,

Inspector Blackman said that, or recely Ing a complaint from another person I have noticed that the Union Club as the house, the police investigated the case the night of January 2nd. the major part of the Colony's War and as a result of the condition in which Memorial, has been described as "a fizzle," the girl was found, she was removed to That is quite a mistaken conclusion, the Government Civil Hospital

Dr. Y. E. To, surgeon at the Govora

heavier penalty. Instead, the police While the Committee has not yet made

mens Civil Hospital, gave evidence as to

In opening the case for the prosecution, where the men had assembled prior to raided a ten-shop in Queen's Road West, any public statement as to how subscrip the condition of the girl on arrival at the Mr. Hazlerigg said the body of the starting for the scene of action. When tions are coming in, I learnt, some days Hospital. She had a lacerated wound on deceased woman was found on the morn arrested the men were found to be in ago, of very substantial donations having been definitely promised or already paid. the right side of the head, and some swelling of January 3rd lying in the channel possession of daggers, sharp a razors, and all the materials for making guns. -- Inspector Willis, who had charge of the What I believe is delaying a publicg on the left side. There were bruises of a side path leading down from the

on both arms and legs, and the girl was east guts of the Government House to ease asked the Magistrate to impoia the wards the Helena May Institute. On heaviest penalty be could. The charges announcement is that several firms-in.

under-nourished.

being examined, the body was found to were being in pamession of daggers and view, I suppose, of the substantial

The defendant, in reply to the Mag bear marks of violence on the neck, in gags, and conspiring to rob. "character of their proposed donationstrate, said the girl refused to ents. She dicating that the muse of death was The Magistrate sent two of the defend- have deemed it advisable or necessary added that she was poor and could only that the body had been dragged for some six months, one for three months, and strangulation. There were indicationsanta to prison for twelve months, one for to refer the matter Home before deafford two meals a day. '«

distance; these indications were traced one for six weeks. LEAVE The Magistrate, in sending the woman back to within the Government House Anitely committing themselves. Certainly

In the afternoon the Court was littered the project is no fizzle. I have very little te prison with bard labour for a month, itsall There were to eye-witnessce with bundles of clothing stolen by robbers either at the commission of the crime who broke into a house in Cuttle Fish doubt that the frye lakhs of dollars, which without the option of a fine, said it wor of the dragging of the body to the Lane, on January 15th, and were captured such people as she who brought displace where it was found, so that it would the same night by the police, in an un- has been roughly estimated as the cost-

credit on the muž tagi system in Hongkong. be necessary to depend on circumstantial occupied house nearby, with all their of the Clab, will be forthcoming.

evidence to bring home the charge, booty undisposed of R

The murdered woman, and her three An unusual feature, of this case was she was a widow, 44 years of age. The as a watchman in the street in which sons, were employed at No. 56, The Peak; that one of the defendants was employed prisoner had been employed for ten years the robbery was committed. He entered as a house-coolie in the Government into the thieves scheme, acted as watch- rooms on the first floor in order; he slept against them and ultimately concealed House, his duties being to keep certain man for the law-breakers instead of in the servants" quarters. For the last some of them in the premises of which ten years the prisoner and the deceased he was officially in charge. After the deceased bad been in the habit of visiting with the victims and advise them to call had been on friendly terms, and the robbery he had the effrontery to condole. him, generally on Sundays. She had no in the police. other friends amongst the servants at: The prisoners, who all made statements Government House The prisoner and which amounted to a confession of their the deceased also had business relations, guilt, were committed for trial to the Some 15 months ago, being short of Criminal Bessions. money, the prisoner formed a loan asso- cintion; the deceased held two shares some of the servants of Government House held ten shares between them; there were 21 shares in all

As to the minor part" of the War Memorial, the suggestion made by an Old Resident" in the columns of the is one which Daily Press the other day should be borne in mind. For the time being, the call of the Committee

for designs from incal architects and designer has been suspended. The character of the minor memorial - will, I suppose, be governed by the amount available for it after the cost of the "major memorial" has been defrayed; bot to erect on the finest site" a copy, in local granite, of the Cenotaph designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, RA, and erected in Whitehall, surely cannot be improved, upon from any point

of view whatever.

Mr. Murray Stewart, who is spending the winter in the Colony, must be interested to see that the plot of land facing the Club is now popularly known as the finest site" in the Colony. It was Mr. Murray Stewart who frst des- cribed it as such, in the Legislative Council, several years before the outbreak of war. We owe its preservation to this date from the disfiguring operations of the builder largely to him.

I well recollect the circumstances of

CHILD SLAVERY AGITATION,

MORE HOME COMMENT. Truth of December 18th, 1920, bas, this reference to the child slavery question

Farther questions about the system of

child-slavery among the Chinese in Hong kong have been asked in the House of Commons since I referred to the matter a month ago. The Colonial Office has continued to give replies-based, of course, on information furnished by the Hongkong Government-which are eva sive and misleading. It is denied that there is any slavery and legally slavery could not exist in any British Colony but it is admitted that girls are trans ferred by parents or guardians in return for & money payment, and though it is said that they are usually bought for domestic service, it is notorious that they are also taken into houses of ill-fame. It is also denied that there is evidence that the girl-slaves are ill treated, but the local magistrates, the police and the public know better.

11.-COM, IZABLEWOOD'S CASE, Besides replying to questions in this House, the Colonial Office has circulated privately an answer to the statements of Lieut. Commander Halewood, N and Mrs. Haslewood. While her husband was serving as an officer in the Hongkong Dockyard the lady wrote a letter to the local Press on child-slavery, with the result that Lieut. Commander Haslewood was officially warned that miess he stop ped his wife from pursuing the subject which he refused to do be would be superseded and sent home... The warning at the instigation of the Governor is de fended on the ground that Mrs. Hasle wood's letters"--there was only one were causing annoyance to the Chinese community, but the Colonial Office has not so far replied to a letter from Lieut. Commander Haslewood challenging the accuracy of its information on this and other points. It is, at day rate, satis- factory to know that the attempt of the Governor to hush-up the scandal of chill alavery in Hongkong has been completely musiccessful.

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About 11 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, January 2nd, the deceased after expressing her intention of going down to Government House to see the prisoner, left the Peak. She had in her possession not less than 830, given her by her son. She tried several times that day, to see the prisoner and ultimately succeeded, She was last seen alive at 8 pm

Evidence would be called to show that the crime was committed in the bath room attached to the upper room at Government House a part of the build ing to which the prisoner had no tight of access But the servant whose duty it was to inspect the supper room and lock it at night, placed the key in a position which must have been within the knowledge of the prisoner. This room was usually unoccupied between 8 and p.m. and the servants were principally occupied at that time in the dining room: The prisoner, however, would not be working then.

Inspector Willis and Sub-Inspector Wills had charge of this case

A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF. EFFORTS TO CHECK PILFERAGE

FRUSTRATED.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese. pleaded guilty to stealing two felt hats from the 8.8. Gitnade,

Sub Inspector Spear said the man was employed by, the police, at the instance of Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co to act as watchman on the ship, in the endea your to reduce the losses, from pilfenge. On bunday the defendant fell under suspicion and when he was searched by the Chief Officer of the ship, two felt hats were found concealed in his clothing. Sub-Inspector Spear mentioned that this was the first occasion within his know ledge that a man in police employ had been found guilty of such an offence, and the police authorities asked that an example might be made of the case, in view of the fact that the defendant was Between 8 and 9 p.m. that evening, placed in s position of trust, specially to Capt. Warner, private secretary to the prevent pilfering from ships, Governor, was in the lounge when he representative of Messrs. Jardine, was disturbed by a noise which he took to be a suppressed scream. He sent a servant to try and find out what it was, but the man made no discovery and, hearing nothing more, Capt. Warner let w the matter drop. The prosecution anggest ed that this scream was the prelude of the ere, this s

Matheson & Co., supported this request remarking that the firm had gone to the trouble of arranging for watchmen, only to be let down by a watchman in this

In reply to the Magistrate it was stated that the man's wages were two dollars a

STOWAWAY FROM

SINGAPORE.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH HIM!

MEG. N. Before MG. N. Orme, a Cingalese,

being a stowaway on board the Tamba Maru from Singapore.

He admitted that he had not paid his passage but pleaded in extenuation that he had done five days work on the reksel since he was discovered

Sub-Inspector Spear and the evidence was that the defendant was found with

at a passage ticket two hours after the vessel left Singapore. He said he was an electrician and having no employment in Singapore had decided to come to Hong- kong to try his fortune there.

The Magistrate, asked what the police intended to do with the man,

the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn's amusing Little ancedate given in his speech at the Chinese dinner to Mr. Chatham to illas trate that gentleman's equanimity under criticism how, when first interrogated, in the Legislative Council, by a member regarding delay in the execution of some repairs to Cragmin Road, Mr. Chatham replied that given "favourable weather

The following morning, about 6.45 The defendant was sentenced to six the work would be finished within ten days,

o'clock, a lamp lighter going his rounds months imprisonment, and four hours in and how, when heckled a second time

to extinguish lamps, noticed that lamp the stocks.. 30s was cat. The unusual incident on the subject, he gave the excuse that

particularly attracted his attention. On rain was needed to consolidate the road.

his way to the next lamp he found-the Friend "Adversarius" says severely of this

body of the decensed. The police, were anecdote That was not the way for a

Ahombshell" has been dropped, I notified and Inspector Appleton dis public servant to answer a public repre- the form of 82 intimation from the been dragged from Government House hear, in local Service circles. It takes covered the trail by which the body: bad sentative's public inquiry. Moral: Be Admiralty that income-tax will be charged Certain traces of blood were the principal ware of being humorous, even in a post- on the full sterling value of the salaries indications of this. The trail wue traced prandial speech It is only fair to say which are paid locally is dollars. No back, through the Government House named M. D. Robert, was charged with that it would be recognised if the such instruction has been received from grounds, across & Stas plot, along the the War Office, yet, I believe, but it verandah, into the supper room, and so answers were reprinted in full, and regard one branch of the Service is moving to the bath-room in the passage of which had to the fact that there was an in the matter it won't be long before. was found a small pool of blood. The the other follows suit All who were Crown suggested that the prisoner interval of two months between them, that in the Colony during the war will re extinguished the street lamp before they were not so unconvincing as the member the "Service Pay Scandal. he removed the body, so that it might humourist can make them appear The With exchange soaring sky high, the pay not light up bis dark deeds. In the bath of the soldier and anilor, when converted room was found human hair which son road was, in fact, restored for trade within from sterling into local currency was a microscopical examination was found fortnight. The D.F.W-had not promised month by month reaching towards the to be similar in every respect to the hair that the read would be finished" in ten vanishing point, and naturally the Service of the deceased. The prisoner & strange: days; the surfacing could not be done men were kicking vigorously. But the manner on the morning after the crime before the road had become consoli Home Authorities (with a capital (A) attracted the attention of bis fellow dated." and heavy rains were wanted were not to be roused from their servants; he was also seen with, & cloud Sub-Inspector Spear said that if the de for sunshine mince the road had been men. It required the intervention of the his duties ordinarily would not take him doubted-if the authorities there would Colonial Government and the Chamber of Witnesses would say that he seemed restored for traffe. However, the replies Commerce and questions in Parliament frightened, and excited. As he was sentence of 23 days imprisonment afforded opportunity for humorous com- before ameliorative measures were con- known to be acquainted with the d with hard labour was imposed, ment at the time, and in the Random sidered. In the end the sterling pay of ceased, Inspector Appleton took him to Reflections of the day the following the Services on the China Station was the Mortuary to assist in the identifica atrocious limerick appeared:

made payable at 27 exchange. Thus the tion. He exhibited great reluctance to oficer drawing 250 a month was go near the body, and when he saw it pald 2500. Some bright youth in denied that he knew whose body it was the Admiralty has recently discovered The prosecution suggested robbery, as that an officer on this station whose the motive of the crime. When arrested pey, according to Regulations is 2500 the prisoner had one dollar in his pocket n year has actually been drawing the and 43 dollars hidden in his, clothing I see that arrangements are being made equivalent of £1,000, more or less, accord. His hands bore indications that he had downwards and head foremost. Death i for the taking of a Census of the Colonying to the course of exchange, and I recently engaged in a struggle must have occurred about ten hours be

understand that an order has come Dr. H. H Scott, Superintendent of the fore his examination. He had made the Before the forma are, printed, would out demanding income-tax on the Victoria Mortuary and Government comparison of the hair found with that like to suggest to the Government that sterling equivalent of the amount paid Bacteriologist, was the fret witness for of the deceased and found it similar. a favourable opportunity presents itself here in dollars. It applies, of course, to the prosecution. He said he made a Various blood stains and clots found on Tar ascertaining how many, alave-girlsall ranks, and I gather that the order for post-mortem examination of the deceased leaves of trees, in Government House, there actually are in this Colony We collection of income tax is retrospective 1 at 9.30 am, on January 3rd. There were and on the prisoner's coat had proved on have not heard the last of the question I guess that absurd order will have to horizontal marks round the neck, a large examination to be human blood." by any means. Another useful piece of be modified. Talk about giving with one bruise on the head, a small punctured Mr. Sutton, Public Works Department," mformation which it will be possible to hand and taking it away with the other, wound over the right eye-brow and other put in a plan of Government House and obtain by the same means is how many

slight marks of injury. There were its vicinity; Mr. J. W. Deakin, custodian Chinese households there are in the

abrasion and much dirt on the fronts of Government House, explained the Colony. This information would serve

of both thighs, the directions of the arrangement of the various rooms and many useful purposes.

seratches being from above downwards, corridors. (Continued at foot of scas column.)

Continued at foot of sens caluns.) The hearing was adjourned...

There was an old man we all know Whose replies were not quite apropos When his work wasn't done He would say "Twas the sun, Or the wind, or the rain, or the snow,

why Chefalo, the magician who has just been mystifying Hongkong audiences, isn't the running with the magicians of the Admiralty made

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The face was cyanosed and the tongue was protruding. The infernal airns showed that death was due to asphyxiation; the fans were otherwise healthy. The in- juries did not appear to have been self- thighs the body had been dragged face inflicted From the appearance of the

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