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HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, TUESDAY, MAT 3970, 1928,

A DERBY SWEEP TICKET. DISPUTE

ARBITRATION WITH COUNSEL

ASSISTING..

PROPERTY SALES

DIOCESAN SCHOOL SOLD.

The Diocesi Boys School in Bonhata

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

MORE THE CHIEF JUSTIN (MUR)

WILLIAM RFFS BAVIES)].

SPORT

GOLF.

U.S.N.C. 4. K.C.C.

On Sunday a twelve-aside golf, match the last Read, which has an area of some 30,000 ASSAULT, AND HOUSEBREAKING,

square fort, has been sold to Chinese for $333.000. This works wat at ever $10 per square foot.

An interesting sequel LO Hangkong Derby is being enacted in the Chinese Club, Queen's Rund Coptral. where, night by night two claimants are laying their ekin before an arbitrating committer drawn from menthers of the Ülub committer to decide who is the real and legal holder er Ticket N, 3,000, the 25000 in the Chinese

ticket which Clab Swe-p-stoke..

The opposing daimants are Chik Song Sing and Mrs. Violet Chan, Chik Soong Sing is being represented by Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K... .B.E. (instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Base, of the finn of Lee and R), and the lady is represented by Me Klanky Zritlyn (instructed by Mr

G. K. Hall Brutton);

Ticket No. 2,076.

opened at six o'clock

between the F.S.R.C. and the Kowloon Two men, Ling King and Chang Shing | Cricket Club (Golf Section) was played Fiau, were indicted for assaulting a man on the United Services Recruation Club A number of other big property deals named Tam Lap, and breaking and cuter surn In the mining singles sera played and in the afternoon Shanghai have been put through during the pasting a dwelling-house at Senkunpo

The ghes were Bevily ean Mr. Dyer Hall. prosecuting on behalf of fourson's. tan or thri,days, including the sale of the Steel Foundry on the Shaukiwan the Crown, stated that during the mern tested and in the morning composition at load. The area cogered by the property ag of April nth Tam Lap was sitting the end of the first ains holes it lacked is 52,000 square feet, and the pries paid outside his matsherl in the Saokunpajas if Kowloon would be well up on "Lariz| was $180,000, rather more than $3 per Valley, when he saw thys men coming to-opponents by tithin time. square foot, Chinese were the purchasers wards him. Ons was left his fellows. side's tail, however, came in strongly and Both of these deals were put through and attacked Tum Lap, who was a very they finished with three points to the Dr. F. H. Kew..

In the afternoon the U.S.R.C. le bound him, and the other! good. jold man.

two men returned. With their help he went further ahend, winning the Shang

The total aged the prisoner, and the three treat hai foursomes by two points. Fed the old man in a very bental fashion. scores for the day were: U.S.R.C., 11};

They then hid him in Sour bushes, and K.Q.C., 6).

Detailed scntes: → over the hill towards a horse

G. P. Lammert for $100,000.

ANOTHER POLICE INSPECTOR

RETIRES.

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR WILLIS GOING HOME.

etrection of a bayball match which was

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Mitchell and

Meredith Oakes and Hayes

Newington o Fendall and

Newton King 1 riding and

Moore 1 M-Howitt 260d

Chippindale 1

Brown 0. Ringham and

A piece of land ni Matunkok about four and a half neres in area, known as Kowloon Inland Lot 100, has been sold by Mr. S. M. Churn for $950,000,

Now Kowloon Inland Lots 110 and 111, The arbitrators are Mours. Cheung) Tsoi. Ho Leung. Ho Kwang, and Wenat Samshulpo, which have an area of weet on Yik Sing. Mr. M. K. Lo is acting as 1,000 square feet, have been sold by Mr.nure matshed. The owner of this saw the men going in the direction of his hut, their legal advisor,

The cake

Two rural building lots with a total and as the spot was rather lonely" and Maj. T.T. Oaks. d. C. Fletcher

! yesterday evening by Mr. Alabaster. He area of 72,700 square feet were sold by and unfrequented. He saspreted that they | Cant,

Chippendales &. Capt. Meredith.. I pointed out to the arbitrators that they public auction at the Public Works were up to mischief. He saw two of them

The voter the matched and the third keirut. Fendall... I buty decide who was the true owner of Department yesterday afternoon.

He shouted out Capt, McHewitt, D. ticket No. 3,087. He went on to say that land is situated near Kellete Bay and the guard some yards off

'and asked what they were doing up there. Capt. Moore....... 1 the opposing crmined elained that ticket ammunt Crown rental is 3250. Bidling

The nun whoLieut. Redding. 1.

Capt No. 300 rightfully longed to Mrs.started at the upset price, 812.105 and Wheroupon they ran away.

Newton-King O Violet Chan, and that the ticket purchased it was immediately raised to $14,000, Then was standing apart got quite clear, but by Jr. Chik Soong Sing was 18 rent by $1,000 bids the price rose to $18.00 the other two faital. They ran in de Capt. Hayes-

Sowington 0 Capt. Binghain..'1 According to Mr. Alnutster five books of and from thence to 21,000 by 2500 stages going on in the Sockuppen playing fields, w, S. Brop a...... 1 tickets were handled to a Mr. Ng The BoA series of small bids, mainly of $100, and mixed with the crowd. The first who, in selling these tickets write rm the followed rapidly and the price finally prisoner was caught by a Portuga thu mun de plume of Sydney Quinn reached $3,000, at which gure it was baseball player aatsed Gomes, however,

and as Gomes had a heavy baseball club, Among the five books was one in which knocked down to Mr. A. (1. Howlett, sa

behalf of a Chinese client.

in his hand, he very wisely made no re- the numbers ranged from 306) to 3070.

sistance. The other man got clear, for The winning ticket was included within cutained this series. Another book numbers ranging from 3071 to 1980, and

Bar, but later in the evening he was arrested by a Chinese constable in infor. mutig wervel. Mr. Ball went on to the ticket which the other claimant alleged

point out to the Jury that the two methy was purchased by Chik Sang Sing was in this series. On Friday, January 6th,|

vere "not charged with theft, but only Sydney Quinn was in the China Speria

¦with breaking and patering. The reason | Bank, and Jere sold a number of firkets

for this was that nothing was taken from from the book begining with No. 2,001. Amrug-thens wns the winning ticket, and

the shed, though everything was turned he soll this to Chik Soong Sing in the

upside down, drawers were emptied, and articks were all over the nor and under. presence of the faster's nephew. Chik was asked to buy a ticket; and he did so. He

the beds. asked his nephew to make a mate of the number he had drawn, and the nephew eplied. On Friday, January 19th, Chik wow to Shanghai. Some days after he had gone Quinn started to sell the hook beginning with No. 3.471. "On the Monday after the race was ru Sydney Quim was

A tennis match was played at the Kow- also in Shanghai, and Chik went to see

loon Cricket Club on Sunday between him, and asked him whether the Derby 1011 he had-considerable service in the

teams representing the Hongkong Hotel had yet been won, and if so whether Chik New Territories and at various times has

and Messrs. Lane. Urawford, Ltd. The had won anything. Sydory Quian to'd had charge of Au Tau, Shatin, Ta; O and

About 1011 he was, him that there was to be in, ou the ther out-stations,

match resulted in a win, for the latter by A revolver shot and the screams of 152 games to 477 following Monday, and that as he was attached to the staff of the Secretariat going to Hongkong shortly he would take for Chinese Affairs for police duty, and terrified women were incidents in a little. The scores were Chik's ticket with him in case he did win for four years rendered valuable serviest; sceno enacted at Sincere's roof garden on anything. Chik agreed to, this and banded in assisting in the investigation of such Sunday night just at the time when the Omar, 2-9; beat Hawker and Brown, the ticket over.

cases as come before the Secretariat for garden was crowded by Chinese merry-10-1; beat Knight and Mangban, 6-5.

Roberts and Henderson loss to Hewer Not long after this there wanne settlement, During the war he volar makors. When the shot went off there and Omar, 4-7: beat Hawker and Brown, telegram from his nephew in Hongkongvered for service at the Front. but his rushed through the minds of the crowd 10-1; lost in Knight and Maughan, 3-8 telling him to return to Hongkong im-

Jardain and Jones lost to Hewer and application was refused. In 1920 h was thoughts of a daring hold-up such as mediately she had won the sweep appointed Divisional Inspector in charge readers of local newspapers have become Omar, 8: beat Hawker and Brown, 6-2; Naturally Chik was rather nervous of the Western Division of Hongkong, only two well acquainted with of late. To lost to Knight and Maughan, 5-

make the scene more realistic there was u stampede for the lit. but fearing the result of such a stampede the lift boy

The number of member of the Hang. kong Police Forer going Home on retire ment of late has been unusually large The latest addition to the list is Detective Inspector W. Willis who leaves for Home on pension to-morrow by the s.3. Nynen.

In reply to his Lordship Mr. Ball said that she intention to stand was obvious.

The case was continued in, the after-

Inspector Willis has completed over 21 years' service with the local force" and noon. has done good work in the suppression 's of crime and in bringing offenders to

book. A Dublin man by birth. be joined PRCEFUL TACTICS IN the Hongkong Police in Oct., 190. Op

which, position be held until going Home on leave some 16 months later. On re in turn from leave he was placed in charge

having already that day given away his ticket, and he made haste to find Quinn, He had some difficulty, in spite of the fact that he called at Quinn's house Shanghai two or three times that day.

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART

AN INCIDENT AT SINCERE'S ROOF GARDEN.

of that hothed' of focal erime-Yaumati, promptly locked the lift gate on the rouf

ul at half past eleven that night. He but owing to health he was sent back and the crowd was left to its fate.

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For second or two luter police whistles were

Total 4

Grand total: E.S.R.C.-11.

K.C.C.0 Wid for US RC. by five paints.

TENNIS.

LAND, CRAWFORD

P. HONGKONG HOTEL,

Brown and Hillier lost to Hewer and

MURDER.

RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.

Last ning the body of an unknown wrote to him and asked for his to the Cratral Station for duty.

blown, and hot-foot on the scent of Chines was found riddled with bullets ticket. In reurn la received Ticket No. the best part of the yast year he has been crime, a number of Chinese detectives on the Shek O Road Letween Shaukiwan 3,070, which, wording to Quinn was the on detective work, having had charge of rushed into the building and up to the and Stanley Police efforts to identify ticket he had drawn in the sweep. But murder and - assanl whses. Inspector

scene of the shooting. Their appearance the lady proved fruitless liat from the he received a further, telegrain from his Willis is a man who is well-liked, and nephew telling him that he had won, and his departure will be regretted by his did much, to quell the panic-stricken style of clothing worn by deceased it is urging him to come down to Hongkong in colleagues and a host of friends. case there should be any dispute. He also Willis has arranged to spend his retire went to com-ult Mr. Goldring, a Shunghai ment on the South Coast of England.

licitor, and asked his advice, Mr. Gold- ring telegraphed to Messrs.. Lyson and

Mr.

DIFFICULTIES AT TAIKOO SUGAR REFINERY.

Hall at Hongkong and gave them instruc- LABOUR tions to see that the money was not paid' out on Ticket No. 3,088 until proper en- quiries could be instigated. Moers. Lyson and Hall acted accordingly, and the arbitration remilted.

extent.

crowd and it was only then that the true thought that the murdered man we con facts of the disturbance came to light tractor's foreman. Police investigations"

It appears that they had in their midst are proceeding. reveller-a distiller by trade, and Wong Yip by name. He was connected with the: Wong Woo Sun distillery at Cheung Sha Wan, and apparently had come to Hong. kong for the purpose of having a "jng."

AN UNUSUAL “TILE”

Yesterday afternoon a man appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy,

Messta Butterfield & Swire have in. By the time he visited the roof garden he who was said to have worn several sar had already imbibed too freely and felt formed us that a section of the Taikoo equal to any adventure. His journey of his hat, but was anxious to hide the Jus rounds of ammunition in the hand Mr. Alabaster proceeded to point out Sugar Refinery workmen did not continue from the basement

to the roof was, fact from the Police; for he endeavoured that when Mr. Quint told bik Soong their work yesterday in connection with apparently the beginning of lively times Sing that the race had not been run, a demand for increased wages which they for the lift boy at first refused him ad- to hide in a baraboo hedge on the Kowloon ho must have received by that time are not prepared to concede to the fullest mission to the lift. Later on it is said on

City Road. Sub-Inspector Clark and two telegrams from the Chinese Club inform ing him that a ticket in the books he had

An increase of wages had been payment of more than the usual admission Chinese detectives rounded him up and on a little time ago, togther fer he surcoded in reaching his destine was also in possession of a fully-loaded going through his pockets, found that ho: sold had won the race. If, in truth, the given to them ticket Mr. Chik had bought was No. 3,076, with other deptions of the workpeople |

Once there he became enamored, revolver, which he was carrying without with a pretty little singing girl and the permission of the Captain Superin- engaged her in conversation. When other tendent of Police, people spoke to the girl ho became terday for unlawful possession of arms The man wae committed for trial 'ges annoyed and eventually drew out revolver and fired one shot in the air,

the number of the winning ticket and

why was it that his nephew, on hearing any of the workmer are quite satisfied referring in the noto br had made of his with this, and have not stayed away from uncle's Licitis on the day, shurald imiaedi-duty. ately wire to his uncle that he had won,

if it was not true?

tion.

a and ammonition

Notice of their intention to quit in the At about half past seven o'clock the event of their tering being not complied question arces as to what time, the Court with was given by the workmen recently, which had more than the desired effect shou'd rise. Mr. Zeitlyn pointed out that and a section of the labourers in conse for it fot only frightened away his rivals ho had about fourteen witnesses to cal', and if they were not going to sit longer than quenco of that intimation stayed away but also drove away the chject of his two hours of as qvening, the proceedings yesterday morning. The relations between attentiona would probably go on for another month the employers and the workmen have bren

FATAL MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT..

A Chinese was knocked down by * motor-car in the New Territories on The detectives promptly arrested the Sunday; and he died shortly afterwards or six weeks.

friendly and are still continuing to be man and took him to the Central Station as the remalt of his injuries. The un- Mr. He wong said he thought it was an understood thing that they were only friendly. As a matter of fact, last month where he is now detained. The polico fortunate man, who lived at Castle Ecak, going to sit for a couple of hours.

From Sun Eui to Mei Wan. Motor-car No. After koma argament its decided to an increase had been given them and was have since ascertained that the man had was travelling by P.W.D. motor forry But apparently there are parmizaion from the Captain Superint,nd-565 was ako going in the same direction adjourn for that evening, but in future capted. to sit at six adjourn nt half past boven, gilatore who dre causing trouble amongst ont of Police to carry a revolver for the und kept more or less level with the lorry resumo nt half past pine, and go on till employés who are quito willing to con- | prot:ction of his person and his distillery for part of the journey. Near Mei, Wani Le'f past ten.

the lorry stopped, and the deceased Mr. Alabaster will continue his address the Company,

te their work on the terms offered by which is, wo understand, situated in & alighted. In doing so he was knocked this evening

lonely spot,

down and run over by the miqtor:CAT,

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