1925-04-04 — Page 5

PURSUIT AND SHOTS.

NIGHT EPISODE IN WOOSUNG STREET.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH, 1925

CORRESPONDENCE.

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ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ROXOKONG

'DAILY PRESS,"

as jo the structural condition of St. Paul's Cathedral have recently been circulated. Some of your readers may be interested to read the reassuring report of the Expert Committee appointed to investi ate the matter.

An armed robbery was committed as the Fat Hing Lau tenshop, 110, Weosung Street, at 11.50 p.nl on Thursday, night. |- SIR.-Some very alarming statements The mistress of the ten-shop relates that, while she and her fokis were inside, three

en armed with revolvers and duggera burst in, and drove all the occupants into the kitchen, where they were bound-nud *gged. The robbers then ransackel the place and decamped with jewellery, clothe ing and money of the total value of $200. Some connection with the above is "apparently held by a report made by Lance-Sergeant Butcher to the effect that he was on duty with a party of constables in Woosung Street on Thursday night, soon after a robbery had been committed

in a local ten-shop. About 3am. man was seen coming cut from one of the houses carrying a basket.. On ling com manded to stop, the man ens away and Sergt. Butcher and his constables gave chase through several strrits. Eventually "a volley of shots was fired at the fugitive, who was wounded in the hand and gave ia. The basket contained clothes which could not be identified as the property stolen from the tenshop. The man, how ever, admitted having stolen the 'clothes from another house. After being taken to the Kwong Wah Hospital for treat ment, the man was taken into custody

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The Report itself is too long and too technical to be of general interest, but I think it may be a relief to many to read the concluding remarks-which I have draw your attention to in red ink in the accompanying Journal-Yours faith- fally.

. EA. R

recommendation

LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL.

"The following games are down. for decision to-day-

*** SUNDAY HERALD" CHARITY CUP.` Scotland

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CANTON NEWS.

[ROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]

THE RAINS.

The heavy rainfall during the last fort- night caused the water in the three prin cipal rivers in Kwangtung to rise by Kest Hongkong four to fire Chinese feet. If the rains. F.C. ground. at 4.30 p.m. Referee: continue much longer damage to the Mr. F, Smith Linesmen: Messrs. coming spring crops is feared. The rain,

Andrews and MacMillan.'

HONGKONG LEASTE

Division 11.

East Surreys'. Beserves v. Hongkong Club Reserves. Hongkong F.C. ground, at a p.. Referee: Mr. Tovey.

has been a blessing to the junkmen who have been able to get their freight to market with ease.

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THE EVICTED BANNERMEN Bannermen in Canton,-Manchus enjoy. ing lands from grants to their ancestors South China "A" *. St. Joseph's by the Former Ching Imperial Dynasty

"B" South China ground, at 3 have after all, to give up their holdings, p. Referee: Mr. Austin.

The teams for the Charity game will be as under:am

The

according to the latest decision of the military Funding Commission. In the

The Journal is that of the Royal

Scotland.-A., E. Clarke; McKelvie and charian families have been served with last three months more than 2,00 Man- Society of British Architects in which Dewar; Mair (captain). J. Stewart, and notice of eviction for failing to redeem the full report is printed. The part A. Duncan: Johnstone, Forsyth, Metheir confiscated lands and buildings; but | marked in red ink reads as follows: Bride. Dr. Valentine and Key.

Your Commission's

several weeks ago on an appeal being Wheeler Rest. Wavish; may therefore be summarised as follows Wynne: Leang Fuk Tong, Mitcheli and stopped by the Chief of the Commissariat sad lodged the sale of Bannermen lands, was (1) To consolidate the piers by grout ing through bore-holes di similar lines

Chung Wing Shing: Charlesworth, of Finance. The Canton Municipal De to the method adopted on the North-east Eaton. Johnson, Lai Wai Tong and Brausept pier already referred to, by Chan Kwong Iu. steel and timber casing during the pro- strengthening the pier temperarily with ceas, and hy reinforcing the piers with to be followed by, replacement of any metal rods earnedded in the bore-holes, defective ashlar."

(2) To eneigele the drums of the dome cumulative iurivase in circumference of with metal hoping to check any possible this fabric.

(3) To repeat at, say, six-monthly intervals the series of levelling observa ftous and also the plumbing and other measurements described in the report and for which special instruments have been „provided,"

(4) To guard against danger accruing ate vicinity and below the level of the from building operations in the immedi foundations of the Cathedral..

TWO-YEAR-OLD ROBBERY.

YOUNG CHINESE COMMITTED.

A young Chinese appeared before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry at the Central Magistracy yesterday,' charged. with having been one of the four men who had perpetrated an armed robbery at Wong Nei Cheong village on April 15th,dition at least as good as their original

19%2.

A Chinese woman who lived, at the

Scotland will play in blue and the Best

Scotland at the end of the game. in white. The cup will be presented to

partment of Finance took the matter up with the Military Funding Commission, who subsequently over-ruled the order of the Commissariat of Finance stopping the sales..

THE ARSENAL.

With the grounds unfit for other sport,

The Kwangtung "Arsenal at Shekcheng, a record gate should be taken for charity,

near Canton, turned out 1,100 rifles in The Club de Recreio are sailing to March, this being the largest production, morrow for Shanghai, where they will try for a month on record since the establish- conclusions on the football field with the ment of the plant. The Ariepal is now Portuguese of the Settlement, The Inter-under joint management of a board port team have Belded a few Portuguese representing the Kuomintang General when they have met. Hongkong so the Headquarters, the Yunnanese, Hunanesc, Recreio Club will not get an easy game Kwangsi and Cantonese troops, when they meet their Shanghai compat-

3 rieta.

Your Commission-are of opinion that. it the work advised by then is carried cut, the piets will he brought into a con- construction. They do not believe that a complete reconstruction of the piers and their foundations is mivisable or. necessary, and they wish definitely to pogals of this nature.

LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.

East Surry

Division I.

Goals. P. W. 1. D. F. A: P.

Begt. i 19

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house in question, said that she recollect- disassociate themselves from any pro south China 'A' 13 8

ed how four armed man entered the house, defendant being one of the four. One of the robbers rusbed at her 'busband and stabbed him causing him to fall on the ground. Defendans then broke open

a caso and stole & gold watch and two

pendants. He then pointed a pistol at her and commanded her not to move.

We are, gentlemen: yours faithfully,

ASTON WERD.

BASIL MOTT.

E. C. TRENCH."

G...W. HUMPHREYS. MERVYN E MACARTNEY...

FOUGHT AT FALKLAND.

He afterwards gagged and bound her P. AND O. VETERAN'S NOTABLE

hands and feet," and did likewing with her husband. The robber who had abbed her husband washed his dagger with some tea which was on the table -and-drimit with one of the chlidren's

handkerchiefs. The robbers then left.

She had identified defendant from amanga a dozen men in Victoria Gaol.

Defendant, who admitted being with flo other robbers, said that all he had done was to point a pistol. at witness. He was committed for trial at the Sessions

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LAW SOCIETY'S GIFT.

PRESENTATION TO MR. ́A. B. SUFFIAD.

Mr. A. B. Sufiad, who retired about

RECORD.

Kowloon... 13. 7 Hongkong Club 12 6 3 H.K. Police 14 5 6 E.A................ 13 F H.M.S. Tamar, 14 1 Bouth China 'B' 14 -1 13

Division 11.

East Surreys

24

30 13 18 I 20 15 15-

0 18 29 12 12 18

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MEAT FAMINE ENDS. The strike of butchers which lasted seven days as a protest against alleged abuses on the part of municipal food in- spectors, is now ended, the Ciril Governor assured the complainants that he will instruct the Mayer to investigate thi charges and remedy the grievance.

THE MINT.

Canton fiancial authorities are again 11 12 13 informally inviting tenders to operate 3.11 19 13 the Cantea Government Mint, which has been closed for some time. It is report- 7.35ed that since operations were suspended, many dises belonging to the plant have been lost and bars found their way inta the bands of the illicit mints roy Blood- ing the local market with base coins."

2.

Gouls.

D. F. A. P. 1 101 8 41

Club de Rése. A′ 22 ́90

P. W. L. 1

1 57 14 33 40 21 28

Urums 1 13 7 9

Reserves 19 16 2 St. Joseph'a 'A' 21 13 East Surreys

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A very interesting personality who has just passed through Hongkong is Mr. Kowloon Res. 19

6" T. 1. Yendell, who has been boatswain South China 'A' 20 7 on board the P. & O. 9.1. Macedonia ever Club de Rec. 'B' 21

St. Joseph's 'B' · ·20-5:

since she was commissioned at Belfast in Sacred Heart... 21 1904, over 21 years ago.

H.K. Club Res. 20 University South China 'B' ez

The Macedonia was an auxiliary cruiser throughout the late War, and Mr. Yendell was present at the Falkland Islands battle, un December 8th, 1914, in

B IS 5 13

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TAX ON AERATED WATERS, Dealers in aerated watera in Canton 1-38 27 27 will now have to pay two military taxes 1 3 34 95

on the same article. In addition to the 7 35 31 19: 6 17 46 16 tax of one crit a bottle collected by-the- 4. 2444 14 Young People's Division of the Kun-

39 48 13

4 12 4 19 43 12 mintang, the Yunnance Division Com

40 56 12 mander is imposing a similar levy. The 415 50 10 Kuomintang has protested, but the Yunnanese have begun collecting, taking

4 13 3 15

E.C.Č. . K.F.C.

The following have been selected to play for the Kowloon Football Club in a match against the Kowloon Cricket Club, on the Kowloon F.C. ground to day:-B. Rasmussen; W, H. Brown and F. Read; A. W. Brown (capt.), C. Caveille, and §. Raodie; A. Latham, C. Millard, K. Mason, W. Austen, and J. Muir. Beserve: H. S. Prowse. Kick-off

which the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Oneisruna) Nürnberg, and Leipzig were sunk, and two storeships, the Baden and the Santa Isabet, were captured by the British Heet, which was under the com- mand of Admiral Sturdce. From May, 1918, up to the conclusion of hostilities, the Macedonia was on convoy duty beat 4.30 p.m. tween Rio and England.

a native of

Mr. Yehuell, who is month ago, from his post as the Chief Bridgwater, Somerset, is married, and Jastica's Clerk, has been presented by has six children, one of whom is now

the Hongkong Law Society with a cheque serving os board the P. & O. 8.3.

in. $150 daily from a farmed syndicate,

CINEMA NOTES.

WORLD THEATRE

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The World Theatre will play · West of the Water Bucket," the third of the famods"Fight and Win" series from Sunday to Wednesday. In this feature Jack Dempsey has an orphanage wished on him, and be givca the youngsters t The K.C.C.'s team' of footballers was. rousing good time, incidently licking a given in our issue of Thursday.....

GOLF.

and scroll bearing the names of sub-Naidera on the Bombay-Australia service.played at Happy Valley, with the follow scribers and solicitors in appreciation

of his unfailing tact" and courtesy in his

capacity as Clerk.

CURIOUS CASE IN SIAM.

"

The March running Pool (Bogey) was ing result:E. Grimble and H. U. Ireland, both all square. 30 cards were taken out.

This month the competition will be

The presentation was made by Sir MONEY FOR attempted mÜRDER. holes medal play. Henry Pollock, K.C., Acting Attorney

FLOODS AT FANLING.

General, and "Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton,; The International Court, says the Sian It is notified that the new course at President of the Law Society, made a short speech in which he stated that the solicitors of the Colony wished Mr. Suffiad health, happiness and prosperity in his retirement. "Mr. Sufiad suitably replied..

Oberver, sat on March 19th, to hear a Fanling is flooded and will be closed case in which Nai Liep was charged with during the week-end. Ladies will be the attempted murder of Madame Burnay, conditions mentioned in an advertise

allowed to play on the old course under

inst near Wat Chet Samien, on January 26thment in another column.

Conjointly with this

case, the Court

BILLIARDS.

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CHAMPIONSHIP OF COLONY

AT V.R.C.

took up the hearing of the claim of Madame Burnay "against "Nai Liep for Tes. 6,000 damages for personal injuries.

On the Bench were HS.H. Princo At the Victoria Recreation Club, last Kochorn, Phra Thep Pracha and Might, in the second round of the hilliards championship of the Colony, P. S. Leung Laurent, the Legal Adviser. The prosecu entered the third round by defeating tion was conducted by Phya Arthakon Corporal Blonden, R.E. The scores, at chansth, while Mme. Barnay appeared in the end of the game, read 800-673, support of her claim for damages.

The following were the best breaks made P. 8. Leung 12, 12, 16, 18, 15, 14, 12,

U.S.S. "HURON."

OFFICERS TO BE ENTERTAINED ON H.M.S. **TAMAR."

In connection with the visit of the U.S. Huron, Bagship of the American Amatic Fleet, it is announced that the In their judgment the Court found the men have been minde honorary members accused guilty of the charge, and sen- tonced him to six years' imprisonment.

big rattler at a circus exhibition which comce to the village, Two directors, Jesse Hobbins and Erle Kenton made the sezie Buch well-known favourites "as the likeablo comedian, Chuck Reisner, and Ester Ralston have important sup Hayden Stevenson, Carmelita Goraghty porting roles. The Barefoot Boy," a picturization of John Greenleaf Whit tier's poem, which opens to-morrow at the World Theatre for a run of four days, boasts the finest all-star cast of any pic- ture produced this year. Whittier would be a proud man, where he alive to-day, to see what producer David Kirkland gem, written over fifty years ago. has done with the famous poet's little

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

The Queen's Theatre; is offering its patrons a most interesting programme. which commenced yesterday and will con- tinue until next Monday, In addition to the short features, it is showing the Selznick Distributing Corporation's auper-pieture Rupert of Hentrau," which was adapted from Sir Anthony Hope's famous novel of the same name; The setting of the story is the suppositions Kingdom of Ruritania, which is governed by the Elphberg King, Rudolf VI. The Ruritanians care little for their ruler who cares still less for them but, they adore his wife, Queen Flavia, who had married him for the sake of her sub- |jects,

Beautiful Elaine Hammerstein makes & very satisfactory queen; and her gowns are sufficiently gorgeous to content oven 11, 13, 13, 21, 16, 13, 17, genuias - royalty. In the dule role of 14, 21, 12,

Rudolf Brandyll and King Rudolf of

admirably, and Lew Cody is a most ing and attractive Rupert.

The other members of the cast and each name is that of a colebrity-givo intelligent and adequate support to the principal charac ters

BEST BREAKS.,

16, 50, 14, 16, 37, 28, 14,

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of the Naval Canteen, and have been in- The Court also, in passing judgment on Corpl. Blonden: 11, 11, 18, 35, 25, 16, 10, Buritania, Bert Lytell, nequit, hidash vited to attend the cinematograph shows Madame Bernay's claim, assessed the

HL.M.S. Tamar. Some of the Ameri- damages at Tes. 5,200. can officers have been invited to dinner on Wednesday next by the officers of the Tamar.

On this latter sentence the Legal Adviser dissented; contending that the damages of Tes. 1,000 should be awarded in full

17, 15, 13, 19, 11, 30, 12, 21, 19, 20, 21, 15. To-night B, C. Kwok and Ip Ping Lau meet in the second round, while, the match on Monday is between P. Ivanovitch and Et Col F. & Montague Bates.

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