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MISS M. ROYDEN IN A 5-DAY MONOPOLY.

HONG KONG

STAYING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

PRIVATE VISIT.

Miss Maude Royden, the famous lecturer and woman preacher, arrived here yesterday by the P. &O, 13. Naldera from Singaporė, and is staying till Tuesday at Government House as the guest of H.E. the Officer Administering the Government (the "Hon. Mr W. T. Southorn, C.M.G.) and Mrs. | Southern. The visit is of entirely a private nature and Miss Royden will full no public engagements during this brief stay.

Miss M Chave Collison, the Honorary Secre tary of the British Commonwealth League, who arranged the recent tour in New Zealand and Australia "is with Miss Royden and they will sail together on Tuesday by the 8. President Pierce for Japan. Miss Royden is to return here in October when arrangements will be' made for her to give a series of addresses. A local committee is to

CATERING TO THE JAPANESE FLEET,

FURTHER EVIDENCE IN COURT.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, AUGUST 17th, 1928.

MIDNIGHT JOY RIDING.

A DANGEROUS CHARACTER.

THE ABERDEEN COLLISION. "MAN CONCERNED IN

"SOME INTELLIGENT WITNESSES.

vehicles which met in an head The two drivers of "the" public

on collision in the early hours of August 1st near Aberdeen wore again before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy on charges of reckless driving. There was a good desi of laughter at times due

several of the witnesses. to the denseness displayed by

Further evidence was heard yer| BASHFUL SING SONG GIRLS. terday at the Summary-Court, before Me Justice P. Jacks, in-the case of which the Sincere Company is sung air. T. Nakao for the sum of $1,000 for goods supplied.

The action arose out of the busi- ness conducted by a combine, in which the defendant and five others were interested, for the purpose officers of the Japanese feet which of supplying goods to the men and visited Hong Kong from April 9th to April 15th They secured the monopoly, and for the purpose of getting the necessary stock, a visit was made to the plaintiff firm.

The plaintiffs' case is that the

defendants paid a deposit of $1,000 against which they were to be given credit to the extent of $2,000, Several iteris among the goods ordered were not in stock and had

behalf of the driver of No. 520, Mr. C. A 8. Russ sppeared on the Eseex car, while Mr. Horate Le was for the bigger Buick vehicle, No. 228.

registry department of the S.C.A

Wan Kong Ting, a clerk at the

was a passenger in car No. 520 at the time and said that the lights of the car were dim. He did not see the other car until it suddenly

“PERLAK" HOMICIDE.

THREE MONTHS" SENTENCE

FOR ASSAULT.

STOKER OF THE S.S.

WINAMAC.

JUMPS BAIL OF 81,300,

UNLAWFULLY IN POSSESSION

OF REVOLVER.

The chief stoker of the L Wingmas, who was held on The Chinese, youth who was again charge of being in unlawful poses- morning on a charge of causing mission of the Captain Superinten before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yesterday sion of a revolver without the per-

bodily wound to Nawah Ali Shah, dent of Police, was allowed bail in an Indian assistant warder in the sum of $1,800, it will be remem- Victoria, Gaol, on Sunday morning bered, "when the case was dent last, first alleged that the warder brought before Mr. W. Schofield at bad behaved indecently and then the Kowloon Magistracy. The bail complained that his head had been was paid and the case was adjourn held down so that be could noted for a week for two Hagistrates breathe

to hear it.

"

deportation after charge of murder field sat together at the Kowloon The defendant was detained for Major C. Willson and Mr. Sche- committed on board the L. Feriat Magistracy yesterday for this case, had been withdrawn against him but when the defendant's name owing to an autopsy not having was called, there was no reply. He death in Manila. been held on the deceased after his was called three times, and on getting no answer, Inspector Dick..

Court to issue a warrant for the in charge of the case, applied to the

apprehension of the vanished" defendant This was granted

in answer to the charge, defendant said that he and another Chinese

Asked as to what he had to say

to be bought from ontside for which and swiftly came out of the right "Prisoner were going out to fill their

the plaintiffs had to pay cash. take this in hand but so far nothing Goods to the amount of a little over

definite has been fixed...

82,000 were actually supplied.

The defendants alleged that a verbal agreement was made to the effect that unsold goods were to be returned, and that only goods actually sold had to be paid for, They only sold 2092 of goods and, therefore, there was still a credit of 88 in their favour,

hand turn before them. Its head- lights were full on and carried the driver of his car. He yelled out in fright and the other car swerved to the right but the cars hit head on.

Cross-examined witnees said

An Interesting Career. Miss Royden, who was born in 1876, is the daughter of the late Sir

that they had just come out of Thomas Royden, Bart, of Frankly

left hand turn, and were in the Hall, Birkenhead, Educated at

centre of the road, heading towards Cheltenham Ladies' College and

Aberdeen. The other car evidently Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Miss

took the tum too fast and could Royden worked for three years with

At a previous hearing, the de-not swerve back to the left. The the Victoria Women's Settlement, fendant was unable to call an im- other occupants in the Essex car Liverpool. Later an appointment portant witness owing to the fact were sing song girie." was received as lecturer to the that the man had gone back to the Oxford University Extension Delecountry to observe certain funeral gacy, and Miss Royden was subse- rites in connection with the death quently identified with the Constitu- of his mother. tional branch of the Women's Suffrage Movement,

I

This witness gave evidence in Court yesterday. He said that hel

A Display Of Intelligence! Two of these young women were called but were very shy and un- able to help the court They could not describe the difference between a dimmed headlight and one full

water mugs, when the warder pre- vented him because there were four European detained men at the sink The Indian warder also assaulted him, and he ran back into his cell.

The warder, followed and when in-

acted indecently toward the de aide prisoner's cell the warder fendant, who had to strike the

warder in self-defence.

The warder's story was to the eflect that he unlocked the detain- ed prisoners' cell that morning to give them the usual exercise, and when the defendant's door was un- locked, he at once ran to get water. Witness had to hold him back as it was not the time for prisoners to get water. Prisoner then struck him with his water mug which was Witness had

But is has been as a 'preacher first acted as interpreter for the Japan. on. However, both said that they filled with water.

at the City Temple where from 1017

to 1920 she shared the ministry with

the Rev. R. J. Campbell that Miss Royden is best known. Subsequent ly Miss Boyden was transferred to the Guildhouse, Eccleston Square...

Miss Royden has recently been touring America. It was her fourth visit to that country, and her popularity there was shown by the taes that over our hundred in

vitations had to be refused in order

to keep other engagements in New

Zealand.

Growing Anglo-American Friendship.

eae zombine throughout the trans- action, and alleged that the actior was brought on account of certain mahjong arts ordered by the Japanese but of which they had not taken delivery: He said that had the defendants taken over the mah jong sets, the plaintiffs would have willingly taken back the rest of the unsold goods. The mah jong sets were specially ordered outsidė and represented a bigger loss to the Sincere Company than the other goods which remained unsold,

Witness's evidence was in the

never touched the steering wheel

The Magistrate (to No, I sing song girl): Was the car on the left side of the road or the right -

don't know.

L

The Magistrate: Do you know your left hand from your right-

Yes.

Told to put it up the came ene cessfully out of the test.

The Magistrate: Now can you tell if the car was on the left or right of the road-No.

A Curious Witness.

A Chinese boy who said that he was employed as a car washer and

"Discussing her tour of America main corroborative of what had been as an occupant of the other car Miss Royden said to a Singapore given by Mr. Yoshie, a member of journalist a few days ago: "One the combine, at the previous bear.

ly was a growing sense of friend nesa towards Great Britain, which is replacing what I had felt on pre- vious visits to Amerien some years ago a certain hostility."

No. 96 at the time of the collision then gave evidence. His face -- was

gever made any attempt to touch the prisoner in an indecent manner.

"13 WASHINGTON SQUARE” AT THE QUEEN'S.

A LOVELY LADY AND A MYSTERY HOUSE.

ALSO A CLEVER CASTE,

[BY OUR FILM CRITIC]

**13 Washington Square" is a mystery thriller about an "empty house and five people who enter it at night, a wealthy woman and her maid, a lover and his lass, and a robber, cach party believing them- selves to be the only person there. It should have been a very good film. The situation is promising; lovely Alice Joyce has a big part, and the story of the wealthy woman No Marks Of Violence.

who tries to prevent her son"marry- Mr. J. W. Franks, Superintendent ing beneath him a good one; but of the Grol, said that the prisoner unfortunately, the direction is had also made the same statement badly at fault. No. 13, Washington to him The prisoner had been Square, is empty and shuttered. examined by the Principal Warder each person who enters it does so alter the assault and also by the by stealth and avoids turning on the Gaol Pharmacist, and no marks of light, candles and matches are lit violence had been found. Prisoner's and the actors pictend to be grop- shirt was torn, but that was aftering their way by them, but the the prisoner had struck the warder, who held him by the shirt to prevent stage is illuminated the whole time bim from getting away.

and there is no impression of dark- ness of mystery. The director seems to have been uncertain whe- ther to make a mystery story like The Bat" or "The Cat and the Canary" or a hotel farce.

Prisoner, when asked to cross- examine the warder, told a dif ferent story to his Worship. He aaid that the warder held his head could not breathe, he struck out down for two minutes and as he with his water mug. He also said that there were several prisoners who saw the assault and that he wanted to call them to give evi-

dence. is answer" to the magistrate, the boy replied that he đầu not know the other occupants in the car mor dia ne know the driver! He gave the canons explanation that he "saw the car before it started and so he sat beside the driver !".

Mr. Kus: "Are you a' motor tout? -No.

thing that impressed me particular ing. He also said that the managers bandaged around the coin. ne of the Sincere Company had pro-saw that he was sitting on the jest mised to give him 3 per cent, com-hand side of the driver. mission on any goods sold by the defendant. At fret witness said that he refused to accept the offer, saying "How much will I get out of this. This is only a small business," but a clansman told him not to be fool as the business might amount to over 820,000. This clansman also said that if witness didn't want the commission, he, the clansman, would take it up. Witness, there fore, accepted.

The United States had been much and unkindly criticised for not join ing the League of Nations, but it had to be remembered that the United States had made deter. mined efforts from time to time to provide an alternative form of peace pact, and these efforts made by a great nation deserved the utmost consideration...

Mr. Lo cross-examined the wit Although all her public speakingness at some length and when it has a religious inspiration, her was learned that the defence would lectures and speeches at sccular bo calling another two witnesses, gatherings have been directly con- his Lordship adjourned the case, cerned with social and international assigning it a full day on Septem questions, and Miss Royden has ber 6th.

managed to do a great deal of

valuable propaganda for the League

Mr. Russ I suggest you knew the driver and brought the passen

are making him

gers to the car!

Mr. Lo: You incriminate himself.

The Magistrate: No. Unless ar- rested in the act of touting he can't be charged.

In answer

to another question, witness said that they were going "very slowly at the time.

Magistrate: How slow! Two miles per hour 1

Witnese was unable to

answer

but continued that they rounded the left hand corner at fifteen

Alice Joyce plays the mother, and looks the part of the proud well bred woman, but she seems out of place in so trifling a pro- duction and cannot make the im- pression she generally does. Zazu Pitte is the maid. Why Miss Pitt's genius continues to be hidden in these absurd and inadequate" parts when she is so remarkably fine an actress is always a matter of mystery. She has nothing to do

His Worship asked Mr. Franks if he could arrange for the other prisoners to be called Mr. Franks replied that he could if they were still there, but some of them might have been discharged. Prisoner was then asked to go into the gaol with a warder and point out the men who he would like to call as

here but look vacant and helpless witnesses. Prisoner then told his Worship that he could not recog and cream at intervals. nise their faces.

Mr. Lindsell: All right, three-lm and at least one surprise, and Still there are good things in the months,

When prisoner was being "led it never becomes slow or tedious. away, he loudly protested against Probably it is a picture which would the sentence saying that since he appeal more to children than adults, was the aggrieved party, he did not set the justice of having to go to. gool

No Reckless Driving,"pri Mr. Ruse in his submission to miles per hour and kept to the is Worship on behalf of the driver extreme left all the way. The

of Nations and the cause of world CHICKENS "BLACK HOLE's lights were dim and not full of the Essex car eaid that through-

peace,

Christianity As A Practical Force.

OF CALCUTTA”

75 OVERCROWDED IN A CRATE FOR 50.

In the course of another inter- view, Miss Royder said:-" It should not be stated that Chris-1

A Chinese was charged at the tianity has been tried and failed, Central Magistracy with cruelty to but rather that Christianity has chickens. It was stated that 75 been tried and given up because it were found crammed in a crate proved too difficult

which was only large enough for 50; ** Christianity would revolutionize and that five unfortunate birda at

on, and neither driver sounded his out the hearing no evidence had horn. The other car was coming been given against his client on the very fast. E

charge which he was facing-reck Magistrate (sarcastically) Yes, less driving. It is true that the and you were going very slow evidence showed that the car was The other car was on the wrong on the crown of the road but at side of the road and our driver night on an empty road this could ewerved to the right to avoid a

not be called reckless driving. The collision, said witness.

other car was driving fast and Questioned by Mr. Russ, witness dazzling head lights.

came out of the turn ahead with said that after he saw the head lights of the other car he looked at the speedometer, but he could not give the speed at the time as he was unable to read foreign Mr. Lo then submitted that if figures.

"the other driver had got off then Mr. Russ: Then why did you look his client should be similarly at it t

treated.

The Magistrate agreed with Mr. Ruse and discharged his client.

Tests To Be Made,

Magistrate: But, Mr. Lo, your

client's car is definitely on the wrong side of the road. There is

COMEDY IN COURT.

HUSBAND AND WIFE DIFFER OVER THEIR NAME.

A brief comedy was staged in Court yesterday when a married couple were brought before Mr. W Schofield at the Kowloon Magis tracy, for hawking within market limits.

His Worship imposed a fine of $2 on each of them, whereupon the husband told the Magistrate that they were husband and wile. A glance at their licences revealed that they did not have the same surname, and the Magistrate asked the woman what her surname was. Bbe inid that she was called. Yueng, the same as her husband. The husband told her not to be foolish and to tell the Court that her surname is Chan. She refused anying that since her surname was. Yueng, she saw no reason why the should change it. The husband, be coming exasperated, smacked, her hand and called her ཉ་ "foolish woman.

all our standards of life, if we the bottom were dead. Further- should adopt it. We would have more no matting was supplied for to live on an entirely different the bottom of the crate. The de Further questioned, witnces again plane,

It was an astonishing revela fendant said that the chickens were said that he did not know the tion to Christian people when the shipped from Wuchow and he had driver, and bad not spoken to him once on the journey. He saw the Salvation Army, by its work, con- nothing to do with packing them. fare enter the car and he went vinced them that God really cared for fallen women, though they had. The shipping people would not and sat by the driver]

The Magistrate: If you pereist Mr. Lindsell adjourned the case all beard the story of the woman allow him to meddle with chickens in telling lies you will be sent to so that tests could be made with graphy taken m'adultery read in thured on board and it was by fartention gaol The whole Court is laughing a Bimlar car, in order to try and

listened to it and imagined that to transfer them to other crates. at you.

find out how it got into the poe they really believed it.

A fine of 815 was imposed.

(Continued on next Column), tion shown by the photograph. ench,

evidence that had he kept to his own side he could have got through.

His Worship said that it was clear that they were man and wife but somehow or the other their aur nadies were mixed therefore, reduce

"fine" to "81"

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