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UNLUCKY LIUCHOW. SHANGHAI MURDER

DETAILS OF SECOND FIRE.

PANIC OF THE POPULATION.

AND ROBBERY.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 1928.

CHINESE BURNED

MOTOR-BUS HELD UP.

TO DEATH.

YESTERDAY'S TRAGIC FIRE.

BRIGADE'S STRENUOUS-

(FROM OUR CHINESA CORRESPONDENT. ONE MAN KILLED," "FOREIGN

黯

LADY HIT IN THE FACE.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 8th.

CANTON, December 13th. Latest reports from Kwangsi state that another big fire occurred in

It will be remembered that, some Liuchowon the 20th of the last montb, destroying more than

months ago, a sensation was caused hundred shops and buildings and by the holding up of a foreign lady killing as far as it is now known, by several armed men in the Kiang- several persons. The fire, started at

· 11 o'clock in "the morning in the

wan Road, outside the Settlement. busy market across the River and Providentially, another foreigner could not be got under control until

was in the neighbourhood, and, 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Liuchow. like Canton, is divided in two by though he was fired at, he rescued a river. It was exactly one month the lady. After that incident, the before October 28th, that the first Chinese authorities made a great disastrous conflagration occurreddisplay by having the road patroll- in the city proper, destroying overed after dark by armed soldiers, two-thirds of the city and killing guarding the bighways in couples 207 persons. The second contagia- every few yards throughout its tion nearly paralysed Liuchow. length. Apparently tiring of this Quating the Chiness adage, the occupation the soldiers were with people said, "great calamity never comes singly and blessings never come in pairs."

FIGHT."

ALLEGED FORGED ROUND THE COURTS.

BANK NOTES.

TWELVE DEFENDANTS IN COURT.

OPENING OF THE CASE.

· SEQUEL TO KENNEDY ROAD" MURDËR.

ARREST OF TWO CHINESE..

Two Chinese were before Mr. H." E. Lindsell at the Central Magis-

A fire of a much more serious nature than has been experienced

A case in which a committal of in the Colony for some time broke the defendants for trial at the tracy yesterday charged with the but yesterday morning at 9.30 a.m., Oriminal Sessions will be asked for murder which took place in a lonely and after two hours strenuous work by the Fire Brigade, it was got under control, but not without taking its toll of human lives.

street

The conflagration started in A densely populated narrow and the ground floor of No. 20, Upper Station Street, where it oc curred; was well ablaze when ap- pliances from the Central Station rushed to the scene. The fire spread with rapidity and when the hoses were brought into play, the entire building was involved.

The

Hames helped by a strong wind, soon spread to the two ad- joining houses and also to a house

was begun before Mr. R. E, Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yester day when ten Chinese men and two women were charged on various counts for alleged dealings in

forged bank notes A thirteenth man who appeared as the ninth de fendant has been discharged by the police.

Mr. F. Loseby (of Hesars. Russ & Co.) defended the first five woman, the accused including

part of Kennedy Road on the even- ing of February 2ad. A young Chinese, the son of a well known. manager of a local perfumery was fatally stabbed while the in the com- pany of an attractive looking girl:

At the Coroger's inquest it was

revealed that the girl was' married to a man in Singapore and that before her mamiage, she was on friendly terms with the deceased. verdhet of wilful murder by a person or persons unknown' was re-

drawn after a very short spell of) on the opposite side of the narrow wife of the first defendant; Mr. Leo turned by the jury.

the duty. The result was seed on Wednesday evening, when there ac- curred a most audacious and brutal outrage, combining armed highway robbery with an altogether unneces- sary assault on a foreign lady, and the callous and unprovoked murder of a harmless Chinese.

The cause of the fire was again .carelessness. A woman

named Taam Shee, mother-in-law of Wa Now, proprietor of the Wu Tak Ying Brewery, was left to watch the store. Toward 11 o'clock in the morning, the woman felt hungry The facts are related by a for- and went to cook some rice. She eigner. His wife and himself often started the fire and while the rice go to Kiangwan in the evenings was boiling, she went out presumand such an occasion occurred on

street.

The Brigade's work was render ed very dificult with houses on both sides of the street blazing like match wood, and the adjacent buildings being threatened. Bein forcements rere sent for and with- in a very short space of time, the Island's entire fire fighting re- sources were at work at top speed

Shouts from persons imprisoned in the burning houses were work at once began. One man was carried from the first floor of the house in which the fire originated. He was rushed to hospital suffer- ing from burns in the hands and In the other parts of his body." meantime six jets were brought in- to play from different angles.

d'Almada appeared for the eighth man, and Mr. C. E. L. Grist for the twelfth

Opening the case for the Crown, Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assistant Attorney General, said that there was a general charge of conspiracy to utter forged bank notes against

in charge of the cass said that it Detective Inspector Lane who was

was partly due to information and

partly to the recovery of certain pieces of jewellery from a pawn shop, including a piece alleged to have been stolen on the evening of the crime, which led to the arrest

ably to get some gruba, A shelf above Wednesday. It was their intention from all directions, and heard all the defendante. The first man of the two young men.

the stove was stacked with dry rice straw used in brewing wine. Some of these straws were hanging down close to the stove. A sudden north wind blew the dying embers into life again and the dry straws im mediately caught fire and a moment later the whole store was in flames, The woman returned and screamed for help but the frescon spread to other stores and buildings, and finally razed several blocks of houses.

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The people in the streets were panic-stricken at the confiagration. It was market-day and the streets

to travel in one of the small motor cars which maintain a passenger service to Kiangwan and back, but they noticed that, for some s known reason, these had stopped running. Accordingly, they secured seats in an omnibus of the service recently started by a Chinese com- pany. They were the only foreign. passengers, but the vehicle was pack ed to the doors with Chinese, about 30 altogether.

"Foreign Fassenger's Story. Many of the passengers were pony trainers or mafoos who had been to

ICACUE

By 4.30 .m., the outbreak was under control. Houses Nos. 20 and were completely gutted, while Nos. 18 and 22 were badly damag

ed.

was also charged with possession of a pistol, thirteen copper plates which could be used for printing notes of the Central Bank of China, paper for use in connection with same (Luna Bond), and further with being in possession of a print ing, presa,

The charges against the other, as stated by Mr. Fitzroy were: No. 2, possession of plates in her cubicle at No. 19, Queen's Road East, which she occupied with the first delen-

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The Chinese woman who was with the deceased at the time was at present in Singapore, but a cable had been sent to her requesting her presence for the proceedings. The woman in her statement

gave

vague description of the men who attacked them, but her presence might be of great help to the police. A weeks formal remand was granted.

ONE MAN'S WORD AGAINST ANOTHER.

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were crowded. People ran in every the auction at the Horse Bazaar in their efforts brought to light the dent. Nos. 3, 4 and 5, aiding and W. Hamilton at the Kowloon)

direction to seek shelter and it is feared that the casualties were much more than officially noted.

The fire was finally extinguished by the demolition of several build ings. A rough estimate places the loss at over $300,000,

CHILD WELFARE EXHIBI-

TION.

the afternoon and the foreigner, who speaks the local dialect fluently and is interested in racing, engaged one of them in pony talk. The bus had gone only a short way along the road when it stopped and the foreigner, who was leaning forward to talk to his Chinese acquaintance.

who

The firemen showed great pluck in digging for dead bodies among a heap of smouldering debris, and charred remains of a woman, was said to have lived on the second floor of the house in which the fire first broke out. Later in the day, another body of a woman, two men and two children were un earthed. The position in which the dead bodies of the children were

found indicated that they were trapped in the kitchen, where they

had

apparently run in their fright, Among the ruins was a large safe containing banknotes. The safe

suddenly felt his arm roughly seit ed, and, looking up, he found a Chinese holding a pistol to his head. The man demanded his money and the foreigner, buying only 919, did net worry greatly about letting himself was neatly red hot, but in have it.

damaged. The notes were charred but not completely destroyed.

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"BARBED WIRË.".

Two Chinese were before Mr. E.

Magistracy yesterday over a dispute about the ownership of a basket of vegetables.

One man accused the other of having stolen the vegetables from his garden at Shum Shui Po. Sergeant Jessop informed his Wor- ship that the complainant could only "identify the vegetables, but his wife actually witnessed the

abetting a man named Chan Wing, who seemed to be the prime mover in the attempt to distribute forged notes in Hong Kong, No. 6, a woman, said to be the wife of Chan Wing, alding, and abetting in the uttering of the notes. "Nos. 7 and 8, possession of forged notes. The evidence against Nos. 10, 11 and 12, Mr. Fitzroy mic, was hot strong she had seen the accused steal the except that they were

on very vegetables from her garden at 5 a.m. familiar terms with Chan Wing.in the morning. The accused had a

garden next to theirs No. 13 appeared to have made an unsuccessful attempt to get rid of one of the notes and he was arrested on information given by the others.

He then noticed that there were four other men, all with pistols, attending to the other passengers, whilst a sixth, who did not show any weapons, was directing them. Having got the foreigner's money. the highwayman turned to the lady, shouted roughly to her and dealt UNUSUAL WAR STORY AT her a heavy low on the face. E then snatched her bag and took 8700 from it. A clerk from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank was robA" PICTURE WITH A PURPOSE, ingly good and to anyone unaccus.

A Child Welian Exhibition will be held this evening at 7.30 at the Canton YM.C.A. under the diren tion of Mrs. Chan Chiale and, Mry. Ma Chin Troon, A number of benith charts, pictures, cartoons, instructive slogans, and all the necessary paraphernalia for the rearing of healthy children are on display in the gymnasium, A lec: ture on infant wellare illustrated with lantern slides and a play deal ing with the significance of the Ex hibition will also be given. A number of trained nurses will be present to explain to the public bed, he said, of 2030 and one of the the uses of the various articles, trainers of 8150, but our informant Speeches will be given by Miss Law was unable to estimate how much Yap Tait, Executive Secretary of more the robbers secured. One of the Canton Y.W.C.A., Mr. Lee Ying the mafoos showed fight: the rob Lam, Executive Secretary of the bers; however, did not attempt.to Canton Y.M.C.A.. Dr. Hoh Chinse their weapons, but over-powered Cheung, Chief of the Municipal him and emptied his pockets... --Bureau of Health, and other not. ables. Invitations have long aga been sent to mothers in the Canton

ganised.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR CANTON.

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Shot In Cold Blood.

The conductor and an inspector,

THE QUEEN'S..

Exceedingly Good Forgeries. Commenting on the forged notes, Mr. Fitzroy aaid they were exceed-

theft.

The woman in evidence said that

After hearing the evidence the Magistrate said that it was one man's word against another's and The defen- he could not convict. dant was discharged.

THREE BOATMEN AS WINE

SMUGGLERS. -

tomed to handling of 850 Hong

Three boatmen appeared before Kong Bank notes it would be im Mr. E. W. Hamilton on a charge of having in their possession 236 gallons possible to tell the difference. The of dutiable liquor. The defendants enclosure in which the words said that they were only fokie and "Hong Kong and Shanghai Bankere not responsible.

It was stated by the Police

that peared to be a little longer, and the fendants had replied that the cargo ing Corporation" were printed ap- when they were challenged the de- colour in the centre of the notes, in the hold of their boat was only was darket,

shrimps. Suggestions were made at this

The first defendant was fined 8300

Loseby that a number of genuine with a caution, as his Worship was 850 notes should be brought for pur- of the opinion that they were only agreed and directed that six notes proved to be in charge of the boat. poses of comparison. Mr. Lindsell fakis. The arst defendant be brought.

wax

KEYS TO ALL DOORS OF PRE-

SIDENT APARTMENTS!

community, urging them to attend who also had been despoiled, were the medium of political propaganca point by Mr. d'Almada and Mr. and the other two were discharged the Exhibition,, which has been or- standing on the platform when the gung left the bus. They did not make any attempt to stop them, nor even to raise an alarm, but one of the gang went up to the inspector, put a pistol behind his ear and Canton's death rate for the last fired, killing him instantly. An week "exceeds the birta rate by other shot was fired at the conduc 11. According the vital statistics tor, who was wounded and is now published by the Bureau of Health in hospital in a serious condition. for the past week, there were 210

Our informant states that the births, four more giris being born ang apparently were Shanghai than boys, against 1 deaths, 92 of men, for they spoke the local dialect. which were men and 81 women, OfN.C. Daily News the infant deaths during the same period 20 were boys and 48 girls. Several cases of cholera and typhoid were reported, but so far small- pox has not made its appearance in Canton. Dr. Hoh Chi Cheung, -Chief of the Municipal Bureau of Public Health, has launched a vas cination campaign to prevent this disease from making its appearance t in Canton, and the streets are full of slogans urging the people to be vaccinated.

GENERAL WONG SHIU HUNG.

STILL IN CANTON,

[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

CANTON, December 13th..

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CHINESE LOAN ASSOCIA

TION CUSTOM.

CAN A SHARE BE TRANS- FERRED?

A case was heard at the Sum mary Court yesterday before Mr. Justice. P. Jacks in which the head of a Chinese Money Loan Assocía. tion sued two members for the re covery of the sum of $800.

BY OUR FILM CRITIC.).

"Barbed Wire" is a story of the Great War. It is true and; human in ita essentials. Such situations arose in nearly every country which took an active part in the hostilities, but it seems a pity that it should have been made and racial bias. A pity, because finely as it is acted, it is not likely to be received with as much ples- sure by English or French audi ences as by Americans or Germans, Pola Negri has, one of her best parts as the "French peasant girl, Mr. Fitzroy proceeded to deal daughter of a small farmer, who with the circumstances leading to falls in love with a German pri said that towards the middle of the arrest of the defendants. He soner of war. The gradual transla. November the police came to know tion of her hatred for every mem-

A Chinese youth was ordered by her of a nation of enemies to love of the existence of forged notes and Mr. E. W. Hamilton to receive 12 for Oscar and pity for his impri- detailed Chinese detective No. 630 strokes of the birch for stealing soned fellow countrymen is very

to get in touch with the first defen- two taps in President Apartments. well portrayed. When realisation dant as a buyer of the notes for Kowloon. The defendant was found comes to her of what her love distribution up" the coast. In the by a Chinese detective in an empty means she reaches the height of discussion between the two, the first flat and searching him a key was real tragedy because her acting is defendant atated he was able to pro- found with which all doors of the so restrained. The hero "Oscar" dure the "modest quantity of house could be opened. is played by Clive Brook who man 250,000 in forged noter.? egee cleverly in steering clear of sentimentality and winning the sympathy of the audience. To tact the whole cast is good and the settings and general stage craft beyond reproach. What spoils the picture is the fact that nearly all the French are represented most inpleasant characters and are contrasted sharply with the more human and likeable Germans, Even the appeal by the heroine's blind- ed brother fails to ring true en account of this biased represents But despite this faultBarbed Wire" is a very fine picture, and technically one of the best that bas been seen recently. The lesson it

Hi Worship remarked that per haps the man was willing to re- place the Treasury loss!

FAILED TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURE. IN BACKYARD.

Notes At Half Price.

the buyer in disguise agreed to buy

Continuing, Mr. Fitzroy said that:

The owner of a structure built 84,000 worth for 82,000 from Chan without permission in the backyard Wing who was brought into the of No. 288, Shanghai Street, was deal, The detective also met other fined 100 by Mr. B. W. Hamilton defendants in the case daring the for failing to have the building re negotiations. The proposed deal moved within the period ordered by did not go through as Chan. Wing & Magistrate. The tenant who built was informed that the police were the structure was also fined 850. watching the house. After this the In both cases the defendants were many of the defendants were found, 14 days. police raided certain houses where ordered to have it removed within but Chan Wing had, managed to give them the slip.

Evidence was given by Sergeant

The action concerned two mem- bers who had drawn their shares and failed to pay their monthly subscriptions. The plaintiffs were tion. Fan Ngoi Nam, the head, sod seven co-members. The defendants Despite previous reports. General were the Asin Cafe and Kwan Yun Wong Shiu Hung is still in Can-Fong, and also the Tung Yuen Chi ton. He was supposed to have goneing Cafe, Mr. G. A. S. Russ ap- teaches must touch a chord in all Whant of the arrests and discoveries back to Kwangs last Tuesday on peared for the plaintiffs and the who have suffered through the WAT made during police raids on No. 19, case for the defendants was con- and its echo will änger long after Queen's Road East and No. 114, Des board the gunboat Siao Kiang, but the gunboat is still at anchor ducted by Mr. F. X. d'Almada.

the minor irritations of the pre-Voeux Road Central, off the Government wharf.

Leara

The plaintiff case was that the

sentation have been forgotten, ing of the return of General Wong, did and chtained the use of the defendants had made the highest the Wuchow Garrison Commander despatched two gunboats to Canton money. They had, however, failed to fetch the General, one of these, to pay their monthly subscriptions The point at issue was whether the Taing Fang, hng returned to as they should have done.

a drawn member could transfer Wuchow. The Sian Kiang, will The defendants case was that his share, and whether the head of wait in the Canton harbour for the they had transferred their share to the Association could sanction such General. But it i thought that he another firm which had gone banka transfer without consulting other will leave before the end of this rupt, and that the transfer was member month, as the Reconstruction Con- effected with the consent of the After bearing evidence from both ference is to be held on the first of head of the Association, bag sides, his Lordship reserved judg. January, 1929,

(Continued at foot of next column.) i ment,

TWO CHINESE BARBERS CHARGED WITH MURDER.

The two Chinese barbers who are In cross-examination by Mr. | charged with having murdered a Loneby, witness said he was aware | fellow barber were again before Mr. that the first defendant has been E. W. Hamilton yesterday after- previously carrying on a legitimate i noon. A plan of the place where printing business in the Colony, the deceased was found was pro- Witness also said that some parts of duced in Court by Mr. Martin I. the printing press seized on the De Ville of the Public Works De- premises were wrapped in Chinese partment and further evidence: newspapers bát át appeared to have was given by inmates of the barber been in use as there were marks of ahus in Canton Ed. where deceased Breen ink on the machine.

and defcollants. lived together. "The case was adjourned.

The hearing was adjourned.

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