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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGEST 3RD,

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OPIUM "AND MORPHIA IN MOTOR CAR PROSECUTIONS.

CHINA.

REPORT OF A CHINESE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATOR,

Three motor car cales were heard in Mr. Lindsell's court, yesterday.

The driver of motor gar No. 393, owned by the Palace Garage, Kowloop, was sum noned at the instance of Mr. Oxberry, proprietor of the Palace Hotel, with having caused agauisance at 10.43, on Monday night by continuously blowing his horn.

The defendant said that he was repair. ing the horn.

PERING, July 22nd. According to the reports of Mr. Yuan Chung-cbi, special Opium investigator for Kiria province, the major portion of the opium and the morphia” which is Mr. Oxberry said that the garage was secretly sold on the markets for making situated a few doors away from the hotel. and injection by the natives is clander. The blowing of the horn was continuous tinely imported into that province from 10.45 to 11 pm. He instructed an Harbin through vicious Japan, Russians Indian constable to make representations and Chinese. Mr. Yuan is of the opinion to the defendant, but the defendant took that unless foreigners are prohibit ed from engaging in this harmful no notice of the constable's request. and pernicious trade, it will not be pos- When the witness went himself to the sible for the Chinese authorities to sup garage, the defendant was very rude to press either the smoking of opium or him, and told him in a sullen way that. the injection of morphia.

One p

of he was repairing the horn. Persian or Russian opium seils tween four and five dollars in Harbin, but when once the drug get into the bands of the Chinese, it is generally sold at the high price of about ten dollars per ounce. The price of the Manchurian opium is only about two dollars In the second case, the driver of motor per ounce throughout the three eastern car No. 1, owned by the Dragon Garage, provinces. In view of the special inter- was summoned for having disobeyed the national position of Manchuria, there is order of an Indian constable on point no way for China to suppress opinn and duty in Garden Road, thereby colliding morphia without Japan's friendly so with and upsetting a ricksha operation.-diatic News Agency...

THE RECENT SEIZURE OF OPIUM AT CHANGSHA.

His Worship told the defendant that the fact that he was repairing the horn was no excuse for making a continuous noise for a quarter of an hour on end. so late at night. He would be fined 13.

Inspector Garrod said that the defend- ant was coming down the road at a brisk pace with head lights very bright. The indian put up his hand for the car to stop because a ricksha was just then erossing the junction of Garden Road CHANGSHA," July 20th. " with Queen's Road. The defendant took The Chinese Authorities have con no notice of the signal and turning to fiscated the large quantity of opium is the left into Queen's Road, collided with covered in the godowns of the Chinese the rieksha and upset it, throwing the agents of the American Singer's Com-fare and the coolin down. pany at Changshu some days ago, and they have thanked the American Consut for his co-operation in the supression of the illegal opium trade in Hunan pro vince. The American marines who have been posted at the American Consulate on account of threats by opium mug- The defendant: I did not run into glers will be withdrawn, because it is not the risksha. I stopped when the pon- believed that these rogues can do any stable signalled and the ricksha ran into thing really serious to Mr. Adams. especially a General Chao, Commander-me from, behind. The collision was very in-Chief of the Hunan army and concur slight and no damage was done. If there rent Civil Governor, has issued string and the coolie would be her to prosecute had been any dadage, surely, the fare orders to his subordinates for the tive protection of the foreign Consuls and me. residents throughout the province.

The Indian constable said that he wanted to stop the car to make the de fendant dim bis lights and reduce the speed of his car before rounding the corner, Disregard of his signal caused the collision.

It Inspector Garrod admitted that the

is the belief of the Chinese authorities owner of the ricksha had said that no that i will help the Chinese Govern- damage was done, but that did not ex- meat and Anti Opium Associations acuse the defendant.

FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST POLICE SEARCH.

car."

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The

Inspector Garrod said with regard to the first and third charges, he had warn- ed the defendant outside the Star Ferry on July 19th or 20th to have his licences, which expired on June 30th, renewed. He promised to do so, but when Sergt. Nicol saw him on the 6th and asked him for his licences, he said that he had left them at home. Sergt. Nicol looked up the books and finding that the de fendant had not yet been registered for

The de new licences, summoned him. fendant took out new licences on July 30th, after the summous had been served on him. With regard to the second charge, the car was left unattended in a busy thoroughfare for a long time.

The Magistrate imposed a fine of $25 to cover all three charges.

great deal in their fight against the The Magistrate (to defendant) opium evil in China if the foreign Con-collision was caused either by your suly in other Chines provinces would having disobeyed orders, or you wore follow the example of Mr. Adams,

very reckless. It is ridiculous to try and conving me that the ricksha ran iato you. You are fined $10.

In the other case, Wong Tsoi, of No. TAIYUANFUL, July 21st. 17, Hauwo Street, was charged with (1) Some time ago, for the purpose of having fatted to produce his driver's searching for opium and morphis, the licence when required to do so, (2) lear Chinese Police at Shibchinchuang railing his car unattended in Queen Victoria way station on the Chentai flailway Street, and (3) driving an unlicenced searched the rooms of the native, ser- yants of the French Engineer, M Tordi, because the Chief of Police was in pas- session of undeniable reports that large quantities of the dangerous drug were there for the manufacture of Chin lan. The Chinese servants of the Engineer concealed the drug and im agined that they were safe ander the protection of the French fag. It is now reported that the Chinese police at Shih chiachuan searched the native quarters of M. Tardi and seized a rather large amount of opium and other dangerous drug for the manufacture of Chinta, or golden anti-opium pills, without the previous consent of the French authori- ties" The Franch Legation has pro- tested to the Foreign Office on the that in accordance with Sino-Freuch treaty stipulations. any such search by the police in any place must be made with the consent of the French authorities. The Minister demands that the police DERBY WINNER'S DEATH. officer who was responsible for the in- cident shall be adequately punished and in TRAGIC END OF "HUMORIST.” addition that an apology shall be tender- ed to M. Tardi and also to the Chief

"Humorist," who won the Derby this Railway Engineer. Further, the French year for his owner, Mr. J. B. Joel, was Charge d'Affaires demands that the Chin-found dead in his box last month. Some ese police and other officials shall be days before, while at Ascot, the horse instructed by the Peking Government to broke a small blood-vessel, but it was respect the property rights of the French not though; that anything of a serious subjects residing in the interior cities of nature would result. China as granted to them by treaty.

For, the purpose of suppressing the opium evil in Shansi, General Yen Hsi shan has ordered the establishment of anti-opium hospitals throughout the pro- vizce at once,

Each district will have one anti-opium hospital.

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"SAFETY FIRST.".

It was a piece of cruel luck for Mr. Joel, for, apart from the animal'a great valus-be must have been worth quite £60,000, not to mention the valuabic races he still might have won and the huge fees he would have brought when at the stud aubsequently he was much attached to the horse, having bred him from Mr. S. B. doets Polymelus and his own mare Jest."

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Mr. Joel visited the horse at his train. ing quarters at Wantage and found him RULES OF THE ROAD IN JAPAN., looking as well as ever. Next morning he saw the horse lying dead in a huge

of blood.

The following "Bules of the Road" Pool Humorist was a beautiful chestnut

have been forwarded by an English colt He appeared rather delicate,"for resident in Japan who has copied them his frame was slight, and be was rather from the Central Police Station at under the average height. But, no borsa Tokio. They show the rapid strides had a more charming temper than he,. that our Allica are making in Occiden- none could have been more game than How he won the Derby by t tal methods, and we commend thom act he was.

only to the notice of the Society for neck from "Craigan Eran is fresh in. the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, everyone's mind. It was a great victory. but also to the management of The by a great borso. Times' Motor Insurance scheme:

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