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KOWLOON COURT
CASES.
CHEATING THE "BUS COMPANY.
A Chinese youth who was charged efore Mr. T. S... Whyte Smith at Kowlcon Magistracy with travell- ing on a Kowloon: motor bus with- gut paying his fare, pleaded guilty and said that he thought he had ten cents in his possesion when he boarded the 'bus.
It was stated by the prosecution that the defendant had told an inspector that he was a monthly
ticket holder, but when he was taken to the Company's Offices this was found to be false.
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Defendant admitted this and the Magistrace imposed a fine of 810 or two week's hard labour, His Worshin said that he fook a serious view of the case because the defen- dant had given the officials a lot
of trouble.
9500 FRAUD.
A Chinese was before Mr. Whyte Smith an
A charge of fraudulent conversion of 8500 which had been handed to him for delivery to the Chief Officer of the R. F. A. Begol. Defendant is accused of converting 8300 to his nwn use on July 9, and another 8200 on July 19. The case was adjourned till this afternoon.
A
RAIDING GOVERNMENT
GROUND.
Four enolie women were caution ed by the Kowloon Magistrate for removing earth and stones from the Taipa Road. without a permit. Mr. J. S. Beach of the P.W.D. told his Worship that the earth wis taken from the old roadway: The damage, if repaired. would a cost nearly 8300.
In cautioning the defendants his Worship advised them 10 tell their friends that if they were brought before the Court they would be fined or sent to prison.
COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A GIRL
In imposing a fine of $3 on a Chinese who was convicted of asaulting a young girl at a street fountain following a dispute over water, Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith ask- ed the defendant it he did, not think it rather cowardly to strike a woman, especially a woman of the size of the complainant.
Inspector James told his Worship that the girl was drawing, water
and the defendant tried to push her away. When she refused to go the defendant, struck her.
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THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
REVIEW OF YEAR 1925.
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE.
According to the annual report of the Colonial Secretary on the Straits Settlements for the year
to
1099, the
revenue amounted $38,002,221, exceeding the estimate
ture
by $3,178,678, whilst the expend
$33,007,608, being $3,043,341 less than the estimate.
The revenue was $400,140 more
than that of 1927, while expenditure was less than the 1927 figure" by $1,243,864.
The excess under Police is caused
LEGAL FIGHT FOR
A FORTUNE.
PRINCESS HATZFELDT'S
WILL.
MILLIONS AT STAKE.
"D.P." Special Service.]
Lospes, July ů.
A legal fight for the fortune of the late Princess Hatzfekit is about
MILLIONAIRE'S
ESCAPE.
LIFE SAVED BY JURY'S
MISTAKE.
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SHADOW OF THE GUILLOTINE.
Charies Barataud. known
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STRAMER "MALWA."
Asya BONG KONG ON
19TH JULY, 1999.
FRKANTWERP,LONDON, GIBRAL- TAR. MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORESAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
Handsome Chanie," the dissolute son of a wealthy father, who was ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the abova. tried for the murder of Etienne namel Ventul are hersky informed Paul, taxicab-driver, whose that their Goods are being landed and to be waged here by Edwin Whit-friend. Bertrand Peynet, whom ho and cvicen
motor-car he stole, and a young placed At Tax in the Hong Kong Wharf and Godowa man Prentice, wealthy New York had led astray, escaped the guillosa Consignment will be sorted out Company's Godowna at Kowloon, where real estate man and nephew of the ly owing to an error on the part obtained as the Goods are landed,
tine at the Limoges Assizes recent Mark by Mark and Delivery, princess,
of the jury after the jury. had de cided that both crimes were pre- meditated.
The fortune, which includes about £1,000,000 in English securities and
by an increased personnel and grea-property and valuable securities in
Barataud, who admitted killing Peynet, but declared it was at
be
Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been given to the contrary Six hours before arrival of the Steamer.
Goods not cleared within 5 days, in gluding date of arrival, will be subject to
ter expenditure in connection with America, was disposed of by Prin-Peynet's own request, as part of a
prisoners, cess Hatzfeldt in her will without suicide pact, was allowed extenuat-Beat
| the conveyance of
vagrants etc.
The expenditure under Military, Defence Contribution, which shows. a large decrease, is more compar- able with that of 1926. The large figure for 182*, was mainly due to arrears being paid in respect of the financial year: 1925-1926.
"Agriculture.
relative.
Bre
mentioning Prentice, her only biooding circumstances and sentenced to imprisonment. The sentence nearly caused a riot among the in- furiated crowd massed outside the
In many ways, Prenting's fight is a case of history repeating itself, for the princess, obtained her wealth from her adoptive father, Collis P. Huntington, California railroad and o magnate, despite the opposition of his relatives to the terms of his
court.
Cavalry Barrier,
People crashed through the strong barrier of armed cavalry and police which had been required every day during the trial and chased the Widow of Prussian Prince.
police-van transporting the prisoner to the prison, yelling and, shrieking, Princese Hatzfeldt died here sud."Death to the murderer! To denly last December. She was the the guillotine !" and "Shame on widow of a Prussian prince and a the jury?"! leader of the society of her time, being, close friend of King Edward VII. Her death was attributed to acute bronchitis and heart failure.
The standard of upkeep maintain-will ed on large plantations was not appreciably affected by the lower prices for rubber ruling during the year, but a deterioration in the general condition of native holdings accompanied by a programme of more liberal tapping was apparent. Following the removal of restric. tion at the end of October excessive tapping and a tendency to neglect sanitation and disenses became general on small holdings.
Six months before her death, the princess added a codicil to her will, revoking the provision that legacies to servants should be paid only if they were in her employ at the time she died,
The judge tried to
No Fire Inturance will be offseted by us in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in thể Godowna for examication by the Con sigvoce, and the Company's Barveyors, DARD & Douglas, at 10 K, MONTH. GOJDARO
Mondays and Thursdays, within the Tree Storage period.
On
All Claims against the Steamer must be
presented to the Undersigned on or before 7th August, 1929, or they will not be recognized."
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co..
Agenta Hong Kong, 18th July, 1929, (9128
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR 'AND' ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION: Co.'s STEAMSH "KIDDERFORE."
AXIA HONG KONG är 16TH JULY, 1929.
FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO
AND STRAITS...
Their fury was not abated when they learned later that eleven of the jurors had voted for the death sentence, and that the extenuating circumstances applied only to one of
he murders. Pests and diseases of rubber
send the jury back to reconsider this point, but the defence protest- showed no material increase in
ed so violently, accusing the judge virulence, or distribution, nor were
of infringing the law, that he yield- any new diseases recorded by the
ed and declared the verdict cor- Agricultural Department. A long The chief of the sixty bene-rectly rendered. period of dry weather in the first Aciaries was Commander Claude The Public Prosecutor caused. half of the year effectively checked Philip, Champion de Crespigny of groans and ironical shouts when he the development of the more im-Maldon, Essex," who #43
Eiven rosa aiter the verdict and exclaim-Camed Vessel are hereby informed CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- portant fungi which attack the tap about 500,000 and was made resied hitterly, Barataud will escape that their Goods are being landed and
H. B. Harrison of us Bourgrat (the doctor accused of ped surface and the branches of duary legatee. rubber trees, but with the advent Windsor, 毖 trustee and former murder who escaped from Devil's placed AT THEIR Rx in the Hong Kong of the rainy season vigorous recru- secretary of the Princess, descences of Mouldy Rot disease in willed $150,000 and some jewellery now living in South America, mar. Consignment will be sorted out Mark Was Island, the penal settlement, and is and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Cam-
Prentice has been investigating ried to a wealthy womna) escaped, the circumstances surrounding Prin- He has money. lots of money, cess Hatzfeldt's death and has What a thing it is, the power of searched the neighbourhood of money." Windsor.
al three Settlements necessitated persistent enforcement of control measures by the field staf
The importation throughout the year of very considerable quantities of budwood, and to a lesser extent selected seeds, from Java and Sumatra, would indicate that planting Companies are making strenuous efforts to develop their properties along up-to-date and scientific lines.
where she lived, for evidence which might enable him to contest the will" He already has stopped probate both in England and America.
by
Godowne at Kowloos, where each
the Gooda
Mark and Delivery can be obtained as This Vessel brings ou Cargo from London, &c., and from Persian Gulf ex Plan to Kill Two Men.
BLS.N. and B. & P.S.N. Co.'s Steamers. Optional Goods will be lauded here The prosecution declared that | unless fustractions have been given to the Barataud had planned to murder contrary 6 hours before arrival of the two other men for robbery, but Steamer. abandoned these and killed the Goods not cleared within 8 days taxicab driver to rob him. He then including date of arrival will be subject to killed Pernet to remove evidence Rant against himself. Barataud tried to wrap the crime in mystery by de- elaring that he was innocent, but that he knew the real murderer,
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The Forty-Liners "[· The manner in which the princess Minor Crops.
acquired her wealth reads like With the help of the Empire | fairy story. Marketing Board and the Malay
She was Car August Prentice, States Information Agency, exhi-the daughter of a California dry whose name he had pledged himself bits of Malayan (Singapore) can- goods merchant, who had entered ned pineapples were staged at the British Industries Fair, etc. at tracting considerable attention.
An extension of coffee cultivation is reported from the Dindings. The cultivation of cloves in Penang appears to be waning: the crop harvested during November was not above the average.
The demand for title and other surveys continues to increase, parti- cularly in Singapore. In Penang and Malacca the position with re- gard to progress of surveys is quite
Batisfactory.
the state with the forty-miners." Her father was thrown into contact reveal with the fature millionaire, Hunt- ington, who admired the girl and adopted her after her fathers
Ideath.
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No Fire Insurance will be effected by
any case whatever, Danaged Packages must be left in the
Messrs. GODDARD & Douglas at 10.3. Godowns for examination by the Con- signees, and the Company's Surveyor,
on Monday and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
All Claims against the Steamer mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before 5th August, 1929, or they will not
on my word of honour" not to
When the judge asked him il be had anything to say after sentence
Only this, gentlemen of the jury: be recognized." was passed, Barataud replied:
No Claims will be admitted after the if you have judged me conscienti- Huntington later struck oil and ously, I do not hold it against you,Goods have left the Godown became president of the Southern but I swear by all that is, most holy MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & O...., Pacific railroad. When he died, he that I am innocent of Paul's death,
Agenta. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1829. [8114 left Miss Prentice a fortune est and that, as far as Pernet is con mated as high as $70,000,000. His cerned, we were both determined direct heirs opened a legal battle,
to dic." alleging undue influence," but the after several years of gir won
increase in the membership and
The past year has shown a steady court procedure.
Miss Prentice married. Prince paid-up capital of existing co- Hatzfeldt in 1889 and Cine to operative societies and has wit Europe to live. They shad 110 nessed the formation of a numbet | children. of new societies.
In urban areas the thriteen thrift JUNK OWNERSHIP DISPUTE. and loan societies, have built up a
strong inancial position.
CONFLICTING STORIES
BY WOMEN...
At the resumed hearing yesterday of the inter-pleader summona brought to decide the ownership of a jank, there was a further conflict of evidence. One woman maintain- ed that she was the sister of another witness, but the latter' denied the relationship, saying she did not know the woman. Another woman denied visiting a solicitor's office
with the judgment debtor's party to negotiate for the release of the junk, while Mr. Remedios clerk stated that the people certainly did come to the office.
The dispute is in respect of a "cargo junk which was seized to meet debts due by Chau Ho, alleged to be the owner. A man calling him- self Chau Tau took out the sum- mons claiming that he is the right ful owner of the junk, but it is alleged by the solicitor for the judg ment creditors that the man was "put up" in an endeavour to gain possession of the boat and thereby evade the debtor's liability.
In rural areas progrest is much slower and the fall in the price of rubber has made repayment of loans at due date more difficult. There ore eleven registered rural credit societies and two awaiting registra
tion.
£350 DAMAGES FOR A FORMER FIANCEE
JUDGE AND THE LOSS OF HER YOUTH.
Judgment for £350 damages, with costs, was given in the King's Bench Division; for Miss Joan Gould, of
in her action for breach of promise of marriage against Mr. John O'Sullivan, an employee of the Port of London Authority, of Voltaire road. Clapham.
Canovce, Killinardrish, Co. Cork,
Prentice has until October 1 to present his evidence. He eays he is determined to Sght the will" to the last nickel."-United PreAK.
SCANDAL OF LAW'S DELAY ENDED.
WORKING OF LONDON POLICE COURTS.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES - MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE,
The report of the Committee ap- pointed by the Home Secretary to inquire into the working of the po- AL lice courts and juvenile courts in the Metropolitan Police District Ex was issued recently. The Commit tee's appointment followed upon complaints early last year that the EX-SCOUTMASTER LOSES HIS Metropolitan Police magistrates
VERDICT FOR A VICAR.
SLANDER SUIT.
A King's Bench jury returned a verdict in favour of the Rev. Frank Moore, vicar of Welling, Kent, who was aued for damages for alleged slander by Mr. Cecil Smith, formerly scoutmaster, of a troop of Boy Scouts attached to
"the church.
Mr. Justice MacKinnon entered
judgment for the vicar accordingly,
with conta
Mr. Smith had complained that after his resignation the vicar in an interview at the vicarage with the fathers "of two boys imputed! that Mr. Smith had been guilty of improper conduct. The vicar den
Miss Gould maintained that she became engaged to Mr. O'Sullivan, who is a Dative of Killinardiah, ined having uttered the words of 1905. He married 'another woman which Mr. Smith complained.
8.S." CHENONCEAUX."
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For MARSEILLES, &C., AND
CARGO Fox BORDEAUX,
COGNAC, &c., 8.9. "ROLLON" & "TETUAN.“
VONSIGNEES... of Cargo by the soove named Steamer are haroby. informed that their Goode with the were overworked, that there was exception of Opiam, Treasure and Valn- congestion of work in many of the ables are being landed and placed at their risk in the Godowns of the Hong courts, and that excessive and un- desirable delay was frequent, par- ang and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
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Ltd., Kowloon, whence Delivery can ticularly in eases requiring a long be obtained as the Goods are landed. hearing."
Goods not cleared within 7 days in The Committee now recommend clading date of arrival, will be subject to that the addition of the twenty- Bant seventh magistrate should be per- All Claims must be sent to the Under. con signed before Thursday, the 25th manent, subject to certain
Lary will not be tingencies. Remarking that it is July, 1829, vital to the interests of justice that recognized Packages must be left is the magistrates should not work Damaged under undue pressure," the Com-the Godowns for examination by the mittee state "that "the nature of Consignees and the Company' But their work necessarily involves veyors, Mesra Goddard & Douglas t strain, and in recent years there 10 am, on Monday, the 22nd July, 1929. has been much illness among them." No Claims will be admitted after the
Goods have left the Godowns..
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatarer,
L LESDOS,
Agent.
No Regular Bittings.. After referring to the rules governing the arrangements for manning the courts, the Committee
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in England in 1924, Miss Gould is The Rev. Frank Moore, in evi-state:We do not feel justified-Hong Kong, 18th July, 1922. (9118
now over fifty years of age.
Mr. O'Sullivan, in his defence, said that he never promised mar ringe to Miss Gould, and there was
dence, said that the first he heard
in suggesting that more frequent attendances should be required-
of the rumour was from Mrs. Cop that is to say, we do not think that
pack, and his reply was: "Do as
I do; do not listen to Welling the magistrates as a body should engaging the consideration of the Do talk of any engagement.. rumours. You know what Welling the ordinary course more than four opinion the addition of two magi- be expected to sit regularly and in magistrates, and that in their Mr. Justice Horridge, summing is." up, asked whether the jury thought
days a week on the average through strater which has already beca Mr. Justice MacKinnon: We are out the working year.""
made will render it possible for it possible that a perfectly respect
beginning to know, too.
The evidence before the Com- such arrangements to be made." able girl would have carried on a
The vicar said that when a de-mittee tended to confirm the Chief voluminous correspondence with man, and apparently have reserved putation called on him at a meet Magistrate's statement that before Mr. J. T. Prior represents the herself for that man, for a period ing over which he was presiding to the appointment of the additional claimant in the action and Mr. J. of twenty years, until she had lost know why he was not at their meet magistrates the delays. It connec her first youth, unless she was relying to answer things which Mition with long indictable cases had M. d'Almada Remedios ¿ppearing on what she thought, was an Smith tearing onto a key
against you." he become a public scandal.? is onpeor.
Ling for the judgment creditora
Further hearing was adjourned for a week to enable witnesses to be brought from Macao.
bonest promise of marriage (
"Miss Gould," he said has lost twenty years of her life dangling about after this man, if you think there was a promise to marry.!!
In reference to the possibility of an increase in work at the Metro- politon police courts, the Commitites consider it more probable that as time goes by the work in fact will..... population from inperto decrease, in view of the shift of London, In that event it might become necessary to consider the question of reducing the number of
both meetings. The spokesman then states, that the question of mal: said: "If you do not come with ing arrangements for the exped us we will hound you out of the tious hearing of long cases is now
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