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TRAFFICKING IN OPIUM.

ALLEGED DEALS IN "YUNNANESE GOODS" DISCLOSED.

PARTICULARS REGARDING A "SWATOW MONOPOLY."

ALLEGED LOCAL OPIUM "RING."

SENSATIONAL CASE OPENS AT MAGISTRACT.

What promises to prove one of the most interesting eases of its kind, heard In the Hongkong courts, was commenced yesterday at the Central Magistracy be foro Mr. R. E. Lindsoll. The case in question is one brought under the Opium Ordinance, in which Lau Yu Loung and Yu Yau Houng are charged with traffick- ing in opium. Ac amendment to the Ordinance under which these men are charged extends to all parsons domiciled

At this juncture, Mr. Lo said that if

SUMMARY COURT. Iris Worship held, as he thought, he CLAIM AGAINST DR. H. G. MILLER. would on the evidence produced by Mr. Lloyd, that there was a prima facie casa Before Mr. Justice Wood at the Sum- against the first defondant, he (Mr. Lo)|mary Court yesterday, C. J. Gandall, did not want” Mr. Lloyd to give any claimed $60 from Dr. H. G. Miller, of further detailed evidence regarding the Miller House, Cameron Road, Kowloon. first defendant. He would intimato his Plaintiff said that the defendant, who defence at the next hearing, but the first kept a boarding house, had employed him defendant had admitted the books seized to canvas vessels coming into port for to be his, and therefore there must be lodgers. He had been dismissed without & prima facie case against him. On be notice.

half of the second defendant, Mr. Lo Dr. Miller said that he had given plain- 200,000 TAEL SHIPMENT.

submitted that he had no dealings. in tiff verbal notice. His wife had made a (note of it in her diary, and if necessary, Mr. Lloyd went on to explain the ex- opium at all.

Mr. Lloyd said that the second de- she would give`esidence. When plaintiff tent and valus of the opium dealt in by the syndicate, of which he alleged that fendant was an important feki of the was dismissed he was given his month's the first defendant was the prinsipal first defendant and was left in charge salary, and the receipt for it was signed mombor. A letter seized showed that of the business in Hongkong while the by Gandall's wife.

Plaintiff applied for loave to amend the the syndicate had hoped to obtain the first defendant was absent.

Mr. Lo submitted, and His Worship writ. He said that he was employed at opium monopoly at Swatow on the failure of the present syndicate which agreed, that this was what had yet to be $60 a month, but he was also to receive board and lodging, which he had not had held its rights from the Opium Bureau proved.

Mr. Lloyd produced four letters, which for five months. He desired to add. a in that port. Dealings in which the de-

he had been given by S.RO. Watt, the further $250 to the claim, addresses on the envelope being the name of the man first on the list of fokie banded in earlier in the proceedings.

SWATOW MONOPOLY.

His Lordship intimated that plaintiff should issue another writ

The case was fixed for hearing for next Thursday.

CHINESE FATALITY.

in the Colony, irrespective of whether fendant was concerned involved ship the alleged deals were in or out of Hongments amounting to 120,000 taels and, in Long.

one case under investigation, amounting to as much as 200,000 taels. While there no proof of opium coming into was Hongkong, said Mr. Lloyd, the docu-

Mr. Lo submitted that these letters ments seized inferred that Hongkong was

only dealt with the monopoly, Swatow, the financial centre for these dealings.and he did not think Mr. Lloyd could The name of the Fook Hong frequently terna that an offence under Section 4 MOTOR-CAR THAT DID NOT STOP, occurred as the ship engaged in carrying

Mr. Lloyd said that it was an offenes the "goods described under various of the Ordinance..

Private Collins, a motor-driver of the code names.

East Surreys, reported to the police on against the section,

Mr. Lo replied that this must be wrong the 10th inet, that he saw a motor-car

Mr. J. D. Lloyd (Superintendent of Imports and Exports) is appearing for the prosecution and Mr. M. K. La for the delenco of both defendants.

The case is one of the most important of this particular character that has aver come under the notice of the local authorities. It is alleged by the pro- secution that the firm, or syndicate with which defendants are said to be connect ed were attempting to obtain the opium

There were a number of

absent fokis, whose names were mentioned in the books scized, and were ́ovidently

DRIVER IN CUSTODY

monopoly in Swatow., Books and other employees of the firm. Mr. Lloyd put in He did not think Mr. Lloyd or rayons knock down a Chinese near the entranco documents seized by the Revenue officers a list of these names, which he said would could bring anything against his client to Murray Barracks in Garden Road. The or anyone else for trying to get a mono- Uhinese, who was sovorely injured, - wns poly in Swatow, so long as they did not accompanied by his wife, who had hin deal in Hongkong.

with the opium trade was stated to be equal to that of Swatow, whiti s the distributing centre for various places in

China,

come up during the evidence,

After Senior Rovenue Officer Watt had given formal evidence regarding the raid on certain Chinese promises and, had spoken as to seizing the books and other"in or without Hongkong." documents, the case was adjourned for further hearing in the afternoon.

Mr. Lloyd said that the Ordinance said

removed at once to hospital. The car did not stop. The victim later succumbed to his injuries.

His Worship romarked that the legin

Private Collins picked up a meter which lature, be thought, had no power to pro-had been dislodged at the time of the vert a person in Hongkong buying or accident, and the motor-car was traced. selling opium in Swatow so long a ho It was found to be Chinese-owned.

The driver has been taken into custody. did not do it in Hongkong.

Mr. Lloyd replied that this section came under the obligations, they had taken in connection with the League of Nations' Opium Convention,

death of a Chinese prisoner. The man,

are stated to have shown consignments amounting to as much as 200,000 taels of opium, which is described in the books as "Yunnan Silk" "Southern Silk" "Bamboo Cloth" and "Fish Silk."

The documents seized by the Revenus officers during a search carried out at

"YUNNAN SILK." premises in the western district showed,

When the case was continued in the contended Mr. Lloyd yesterday, that there was a large opium ring in exis- afternoon Mr. Lloyd went into the wit tence, and he alleged that the two de-ness-box, and his evidenco occupied the

CHRONIC OPIUM SMOKER. fendants were members of an opium whole of the hearing.

He said that he gave instructions last syndicate with extensive ramifications

PRISONER'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL, anging from the province of Yuunaa month to Senior Revenus Officer Watt to

Continuing, Mr. Lloyd said, that if

A verdict of death from natural causes and French territories in the South to carry out enquiries at No. 20, Lee Yuen Swatow in the North. Tung Hing, in Street, West, second floor, as to the busi. profits came to Hongkong, dealing in

now constituted an was recorded at the enquiry, conducted ness of a Chinese firm there. A low days opium elsewhere the province of Yunnan, was stated to be the buying centre and the importance later Mr. Watt reported the results of offence. A merchant in Hongkong could by Major O. Willson at the Central which this place occupies in connections investigations to witness to whom not enter into negotiationi for a prospec. Magistracy yesterday afternoon, into the he handed a number of books, papers, tive deal in Swatow while domiciled in

a member of a firm in who was 35 years of age, was committed to prison on March 22nd this year, be and other documents, together with two Hongkong, or portmanteax and a despatch box. The Hongkong,

His Worship held that the questioning fined $43,700 in respect of an opium despatch box was subsequently passed over by witness, who did not examine it, was whether the man was dealing in offence, or six months' hard labour in

default. The case has occupied the attention of

to Mr. J. Keunody Skipton, the Assistant Hongkong or not.

He was transferred to Lai Chi Kok the Imports and Exports Department Superintendent of Imports and Exports Mr. Lo said that all these letters con- and later taken to the Government Civil

a considerable time, and prior to The accounts, books and documents tained was a report. There was no ro the commencement of the proceedings, seized, although not forming a complete ference to anything happening in Hong Mr. Lloyd asked permission to put a set, dealt with the years 1024, 1025 and kong. They simply referred to happen certificate, under Section 38 of the rdi-1920. It was difficult to give a complete ings in Swataw. Ho submitted that nance conferring the right on the attaccount of the firm's business, and it was even on Mr. Lloyd's rather curious in. thorities of putting in evidence reirtive only possible to give extracts ascertained torpretation of Section 4 those lettere to incidents which had occurred prior to from the documents obtained,

were no evidence against the second 'do- the beginning of this year, but which

Referring to the extracts, Mr. Lloyd fendant. Unless Mr. Lloyd could show had come to their knowledge only at said that some referred to "Yunnan dealings as having taken place in Hong- later stage of the investigations

ailk” at $2.50 per tael. There was a kong, and defendant as having heen con- deduction of three per cont. allowed in nected with them and receiving some Outlining the case for the prosecution, the accounts for paper and bamboo at commission or financial benefit he did Mr. Lloyd said from very small begin the bottom of the packing. This, explain-not see what these documeats had to do nings the case had grown to the dimen-ed witness, was the usual deduction with it. sions which were now before the Court. allowed in connection with the packing of Mr. Lloyd said he was using these Last month a visit was made to the house raw opium. There was an account with letters to show defendant's position in of a Hakka at Woosung Street, Yau- the Swatow Company, and they were the firm.. Irati, and instead of finding a small credited with the same amounts as word His Worship answered that he did not quantity of opium, as they thought to, shown in the Hongkong accounts. "Yun- think they showed his position in the a pocket book was discovered on a man nan silk," continued witness, was a very firm at all. They referred to him by which gave clues which led to the arrest common torm used for opium. Another

for

CASE OUTLINED.

others.

of a merchant on the Hongkong side. term, which occurred in the documents, name, but there was nothing in them Entries in this book related to dealings and which evidently referred to opium to show any connection between him and in raw opium, and Inter, as a result of was "Southern Silk." The ordinary re-

Mr. Lloyd said the connection of second other information, an organised raid was tail price of Yunnan opium at the present carried out on a Chinese business pre time was $1.80 por tael, Hongkong money, defendant with the firm was that his toises which had a signboard with the but the price varied contiderably. The name appeared in the list of the folis inscription "Chai Hing." From a SL50, referred to, no doubt stood for given in the wages book. (Mr. Lloyd large quantity of books and letters seized sunaidiary coin. "Another entry referred had explained earlier in the proceedings there by Senior Revenue Ocer Watt to" Yunnan silk" from Tung Hing. that it was a custom to allow fokis to the facte for the case wore cbtained No Tung Hing, explained Mr. Lloyd, was invest a few dollars from time to time opium was actually scired, but said Mr. situated on the Kwangtung side of the in such concerns). Lloyd, the procedure of the bheiness was border and divided by a river from Tong- shown by a number of curious entries king. This place was the centre of the and references in the documents ob- Yufian opium trade for South China. Reinittances would usually go through The Imports and Exports Department, Haiphong, the money being either in and the first defendant as being connect

tained.

kong.

METHOD OF PACKING.

Hia Worship still held that there was nothing in the letters to show any con- nection between the second defendant

After Mr. Lloyd had given further ovidence, Mr. Lo asked His Worship

-Witnees went on to draw attention to the method of packing mentioned in the what evidence, if any, there was against documents, which was by means of three the second defendant. gunny baga. Silk, he said," was not His Worship said there were three usually packed in such manner. Opium

Hospital, apparently suffering from opinn smoker. He died in the G.C.I. typhoid. The man had been a chronic on Thursday from tuberculosis.

MAN'S GOAL.

HONGKONG LODGE OF THE - THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY." DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEOSOPHY

AND OTHER RELIGIONS.

At this week's public meeting of the Hongkong Lodge of the Theosophical Society, Mr. H. E. Lanepart gave an address on "Man's Goal and the Adepts" There is a stage in human evolution, he said, where man, as man, has nothing more to accomplish having learnt all this earth can teach. All the great religions teach the possible perfection of man, holding up the same ideal of a Man made in each, yet over the same idea is beneath Perfect. Although His name in different it-He is Mithra, Zarathusteo, Osiris, Krishna, Buddha, the Christ, but He over

symbolizes the Man made Forfect. Every religion proclaims Him. He is the ideal towards which every great religion atrives, and each religion fulfils effectively - its mission according to the clearness with which it illumines, and the precision with which it touches the road wheraby He may be reached. The Christ in Christen- dom is the name of a state, more than All men, in the long the name of a man. course of evolution, reach the Christ, the Buddha, the Krishna stato; all the sons of men can accomplish what Sons of Man have accomplished, and we see in Them the plodge of our own triumph, and the development of like divinity in us is kut

question of evolution,

*

The only difference between the Theoro- phist and the Tollowers of some other

the Great Prophets and Founders, of all religions, while others believe in their own: to which they do not belong. And Theo Prophet and dony those of the religions sophists believe that such Perfected Men are still living on earth, and that men may climb to-day as men in the past have climbed and become Perfect:

continued Mr. Lloyd, were faily aware/Fronch or Hongkong notes. The usualed with opium deals. The only conscoreligions is that theosophists believe in of the fact that a number of local firms method of payment when oplum wa carrying on ordinary business also in-muggled into Hongkong was to remit it tion, if any, was that the man's name vested in opium and, to save time and by draft in French money through Hong-appeared in the list of fokis. duplication of methods, they pooled re sources and concentrated on one process, the individual contributions made in this case being as much as $100,000. The procedure of common business boing car ried out through one person in this way, although not necessarily referring to opium, was called by the name of Tap was very commonly packed in this way. points. First, that the man's name ap. Pang." Next the "Yunnanese goods Another method of packing was by means peared in the list of fokis, which was were indented. The nature of which of oil-paper used for wrapping up the innocuous. The second point, was the goods being frequently mentionel in the cakes of raw opium. It was also in letters sent to him, which, if admissible, documente seized would be shown in the tereating to notice that Lemp cord and showed that he had a certain say in the cours of the evidence given. Ons kind hemp string was also charged for.. affairs of the firm, and the third point of "Yannaneze goods" wee claimed to Another” invoice, -mentioned "bamboo was that an opium deal was mentioned be white rice, but the price given was cloth," a common rm for raw opium; very cheap for rice. If instead of $1.19 Yet another invoice referred to fish per picul of rice they called 81.19 per silk and "common cloth," both these, toel of opium, the true value and nature eaid witness, being terms for opium. of the goods referred to in the invoices Various other documents contained fre- would be arrived at.

quent references to such names,

DARING - ROBBERY.

EXPLOSIVES STOLEN AT-

SHA-TAU-KOK, ⠀⠀

A few days ago, a daring robbery' was in another document that had been carried out at the mines at Lib- Ha brought before the Court.

Hang, Shataukok, whoa, having forced open the padlock of a magazine, robbera got away with 095 sticks of dynamite, four coils of fusos, and 400 detonatora.

At this stage of the proceedings, the case was adjourned for further hearing next Thursday afternoon.