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AUTOMATIC PHONES FOR CANTON.

TO BE INAUGURATED ON SUNDAY.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Aug. 21. The installing of automatic tele- phones in Canton has been com- pleted, and the system will be in full operation from August 23, according to an announcement by the Canton Municipal Government. Telephone subscribers have been notified that on and after August ne more calls, can be made with the old phones, all of them will be replaced with the automatic instruments.

A SERIOUS FIRE.“

THE TYPHOON.

PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN."

The Royal Observatory report issued yesterday morning announc. ed that a typhoon had formed about 190 miles S.S.E. of the Pratas and appeared to be moving lowly westward.

The evening report stated:— At 2 p.m. the typhoon was sita ated about 250 miles south-east of Hong Kong, moving W.N.W.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929.

MISSED HIS SHIP!

EX-MATĘ OF KWONG FOOK CHEONG AND COURT OF ENQUIRY.

TICKET" SUSPENDED.

A court of enquiry was hold yesterday morning to investigate the alleged act of misconduct of Mr. W. O. C. Becka, formerly thief offeer of the 5.8. Kwong Fook Cheong, who had absented himself from duty on August 2 without per mission.

ROUND THE COURTS.

MISPLACED LOYALTY!

On Monday last, Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg eedtenced a Chinese to one month's hard labour without option of a ine, for using a hatchet against the complainant-a shroff.

JUNK PUZZLE.

OWNERSHIP STILL IN

DOUBT,

COURT ORDER RELEASE "OF

VESSEL.

After another hearing at the Mr. E. Hall yesterday applied to Mr. Hazlerigg for a revision of Summary Court before the Puisze the sentence. Mr. Hall said that Judge (Mr. Justice Wood), the ownership of a junk still remains more or less the defendant was dragged into the case. His master, obscure. The vessel had been seized a carpenter, was being assulted by and an order sought for by three a bill ecllector and called to defen.judgment creditors, but they failed A message from Manila of 5.30

dant to help him. Defendant had to establish that the debtor was the p.m. put the dieturbance in about

The Court, composed of Comdr. a hatchet in his hand at the time; owner. Another party then claim- 117deg. Long, E., and 20deg. Lat. N., inclining northward. This esti-G. F. Hole, RN., retired (Presi and in the excitement of theed the junk but failed to satisfy the judge that it was his property. mates it about 900 miles from the dent), Lieut. Comdr. L. G. Adding moment, he used it.

The defendant expressed his re.

Mr. J. M. d'Almads Remedios, Colony.

ton, D.S.C, R.N. (H.M.S. Tamar), Capt. R. T. Hughes (.. Tyngrets in the witness-box for, what who appeared for the judgment darem), Capt. R. McKay Thomson had happened and said that he was creditors in the previous proceed. (5.8. Lungshan), and Capt. C. R. willing to pay generous compensa.ings, brought a witness yesterday San Nam Hoi), tion for the injuries which be had to say that Chau Ho, who bad sign- Benstead (3.3. found that. Mr. Becks had miscon. inflicted." ducted himself and suspended bis certificate for three months.

Typhoons are eccentric customers and the ways of this one will be known before this reaches

our

readers. At the time of writing it looks as if it will pass a little to the South.

The No. 1 signal was displayed

this year. Several ha:hing picnics were called off and the Star Ferry Company's boats were removing awnings, the staff having had a plain hint to be prepared.

A serious fire occurred in Tsing Wa Alley, close to Shameen, last Bight. Ten buildings were destroy- ed. The conflagration started in the Tung Cheong Kerosene Com-yesterday-for the second time only pany and was due to eareleasntas. The outbreak began with an exple sion eo deafening that people in the district thought some political upheaval was afoot. They quickly closed their iron shutters but moment later they saw a huge flame mingled with black, smoke rising from the Tung Cheong Company's premises. The Canton brigade, The typhoon appeared, however, turned out as quickly as possible'} from such information as was avail. and did all that it could, but the able to be "ast severe.".. fre was so severe that it was two hours before it could be got under control. The Police drew a cordon round the area and main- taining strict order. There was no Sooting and no casualties.

No estimate has as yet heen ob tained as to the loss sustained.

A BIG BOMB.”

A big bomb was discovered a couple of days ago in Shinkwun Station оп the Canton-Haskow Railway. The discovery was made by the railway police while search ing passengers' luggage for coatra baod.

We understand that the President Cleveland was reporting by wire less that she was encountering very heavy weather.

LOCAL PROBATES.

MR. ALASTAIR CAMERON'S

ESTATE,

$153,400 IN HONG KONG,

of

Captain's Evidence,

Captain Perritt, of the 1.1. Kwong Fook Cheong, said that at 6.43 p.m. on August 2, the vessel left Hong Kong for Kongmoon and when they had proceeded for some distance he discovered that Mr. Becks was

Mr. not on board. Books signed on the articles "on July 8,,as Chief Officer and had no permission to be absent.

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Mr. Hal mentioned that the defendant had been, employed for eighteen years with the master, whom he bad defended with undue

ardour.

ed the promissory, hotes, was the owner of the junk. Witness pro- duced various books, which his Lordship ruled out as inadmissible, saying that Chan Ho might have

In reducing the sentence to a fino*igned the document and yet not of $30, his Worship said he took be the owner of the junk. into account the fact that the de- his master and that he used the fendant was showing his soyalty to hatchet without premeditation. Defendant was also ordered to pay 860 compensation to the injured shroff.

LANDLORD'S DUTY 1

Another witness belonging to a arm of freight brokers came for ward to say that he knew Chau Ho to be the master of the junk, but under questioning he admitted that

he could not discriminate between owner and master.

His Lordship still held that the Junk could not be sold on the evi- On August 12, he, the witness,

Messrs. E, D, Sassoon & Co., the dence of ownership which had been was summoned before the Marine owners of No. 11, Wo Hop Street, brought before the Court, Magistrate and was fined 815 for were summoned by the Sanitary Mr. Remedios said that once the Department for allowing the base-junk was freed, there was the risk leaving port without a chief officer.ment of the house to be used as a of it being sailed away although Mr. W. Hockstadt, chief engineer, workshop contrary to the Public, the licence would remain in the said that he did not see Mr. Becks Health and Building Ordinance. custody of the Court. He added The case was heard by Mr. T, M. that the judgment creditors had His cabin was Hazlerigg at Central Magistracy. gone to the trouble of keeping a during the trip.. jocked and witness thought he was

watchman on the junk, and he probably sick...

could not see how he could further satisfy his Lordship regarding ownership.

The President explained the Court procedure to Mr. Becks, who elected to make a statement, in preference to giving evidence in theth witncas-box.

Among the estates dealt with by the Probate Division Supreme Court recently, was that of Mr. Alastair Cameron, formerly of 199, Leadenhall Street, London. and latterly of the Riveira Palace

Mr. Becks' Explanation. Mr. Becks said that he was on board the ship on the afternoon of

Mr. A. S. Gubbay, of the defen Bant frm stated that the summons came as a surprise to them. He believed that the tenants rented the place to sub-tenants and the owners were not in a position to know what was going on in the premises.

Inspector Foster informed the Court that Messrs. Sassoons 48 owners of a great deal of property had been notified that the base- meats of their building could not be used for any purpose other than

His Lordship said that he did not think the order for release deprived fr. Remedios of the right to seize the junk again if he could bring fresh evidence to establish owner- ship.

An unclaimed bandie con- Hotel, Nice, who died at the latter August 2 and that at about half storage.. He stated that other and the retention of the licence by

sisting of a tattered mosquito net place on February 3, leaving pro-

past three Captain Perritt gave him his wages for July. He then went

cases of a similar nature were

adjournment.

pending and asked for a week's

The order for the sale of the junk was refused by his Lordship, who directed the release of the vessel the Court pending a claim for it. A further order was made for ex- ecution to be amended by restor

debtor.

lying in the corner of the station perty in Hong Kong worth 8153,400 ashore and was returning to the Hazlerigs expressed a wish to hearing direction to arrest judgment

arcused the cuspicion of the officers. and gross estate value £339,558. A They opened it and to their sur-application by Mr. M. T. Johnson prise a bomb was found in the for exemplification of the probate centrs. A great commotion follow of the will and codicil to be rescal ed the "discovery, and the passen el has been granted. gers in the waiting room began to Executors under the will are Mr. rush out. The Police at once in. W. Johnson, and Mr. M. K. stituted a search, but naturally no Johnson, of 21, Austin Friars, claimed the bundle. Mean London, and deceased's partner, Sir while all the passengers who could William Crawford Curris. Under be rounded up were closely ques- ja trust fund deccand's wife re tioned and the train was searched.ceives £10,000. Bequests of £1,000 | No. contraband was unearthed but are made to the executors and -six persons were arrested.

managing trustee. -

Flour Merchant's Estate:

ship at about six o'clock when he suddenly realised that he had left his wallet at, & tailor's shop in Queen's Road. He returned to the shop where he found his wallet and stayed there talking for some time. When he reached the whari it was a few minutes before seven o'clock and the ship was not there. He tried to catch the s.s. Pau. Beau it, and as there was no other ship. which was just leaving but missed

going to. Kongmoon that right he could do nothing more.

The Finding.

After a short adjournment the Court returned "the following find. ing:-

to whether it

In grasting the adjournment, Mr. legal argument as was defendants' duty to visit the premises and see for themselves that regulations were obeyed.

BANISHED AND BURGLAR.

Before Major C. Willson yester. day, a Chinese was charged with Shaukiwan, and also with returning burglary at No. 30, Main Street, from banishment. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in all to twelve months' hard labour and 24 strokes of the birch.

The accused, it is understood, was arrested on being recognised as a banishee and following his ar rest certain discoveries led to the burglary at Main Street boing traced to him,

KWANGSI'S GOVERNOR. Mr. Yu Tsok Pak, head of the Mr. William Dunbar, retired eivil administration of the Provin-four merchant, formerly of Alexan- cial Government of Kwangi, has dra Buildings, Hong Kong, who come to Canton to confer with the died at Victoria, B.C., in June last, local authorities. In an interview left local estate of 85-46,000. with the Press, Mr. Yu asid that Edward. Henry Kay, shipbroker, of Glasgow) was Master, left HongThe maximum sentence of twelve

the Kwangsi army is being reor. ganised in accordance with the orders of Nanking, Nanking has allotted three Divisions for the Province, he said, and their Com manders will be Li Ming Sui, Yang Tang Fai, and Lui Woon Im. All superfluous troops will be disband- ed.

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CHEN MING SHU LEAVES

ON SATURDAY.

On Saturday General Chen Ming

Mr.

has granted probate of a will affect ing the local estate.

Equal shares of the Hong Kong estate are given to deceased's wife and son. The local property con- siste of shares in many leading con- cerns and also cash in banks.

Two Other Estates. Additional property has been

established and duty paid locally

"We find that at 3.45 p.m. on August 2, 1929, the British .. Kwong Foot Cheong, official No. 152100 of Hong Kong, of which Br, William Perritt (certificate of competency as master No. 001920 Kong on a voyage to Kongmoon.

PRISON AND BIRCH,

monthe' hard labour and 24 strokes of the birch was passed on a Chi nese pickpocker by Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg yesterday.

That Mr. William Claude Cyril Becka, who was on the articles of the said ship as Chief Officer, and who holds certificate of competency The defendant was arrested im- as first mate (river trade only) No.mediately after he had extracted a 3891 of Hong Kong, did miss the purse from the pocket of a twelve ship without sufficient cause and year old Chinese boy. His reward not having previously obtained would have been disappointing even leave of absence from the Master. if he had got away with the purse,

"We find that the aforesaid Mr. for it contained nothing!

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TWO DAYS TOO SOON1",

Banished for ten years, a Chinese would have returned to Hong Kong to-day, if he had wanted to do so. He was however seen by the Police two days ago and taken into cus- he had returned two days too soon, tady, where his record showed that it. T. S. Whyte-Smith sentenced the defendant to one month's hard labour yesterday.

The Police pressed for a serious

view to be taken of the case and

urged that the man, who had a bad record, had probably been in the Colony for some time. His Wor- ship replied that he was not in a position to assume that the defen dant had returned more than two day's.

A NOISY HAWKER.

A Chinese woman was fined $2 for shouting "Fruits for Sale (in Chinese) in Homuntin yesterday, The woman protested in Court that she had done nothing of the kind, but when asked why the constable should have taken her into custody

if her story were true, she failed to give a satisfactory explanation, beyond persisting that she did not

W. C. C. Becks committed an act His Worship said that he must shout. She added that she knew view the offence as a serious one

of misconduct and we therefore

adjudge that his certificate of com-

on the estate of the late Mr. petency aforesaid be suspended for Edward Shellim, whose local pro-three months." perty is now valued at $539,100.

Shu will leave Canton for Nanking Mr. Shellim died in December last to confer with Marshal Chiang Kai Shek Accompanying him will be near Devil's Dyke, Brighton, and EARLY MORNING ROBBERY, Mr. Tang Yin Wa, Commissioner in his will his wife, Mr. Edward of Reconstruction, but Mr. Wu Howard, of Hong Kong, and Mr. Koon Ki will not go to Nasking David Sassoon Shellim, of Bom-

bay, are named as executors. as expected

CORRESPONDENCE,

BRITAIN NOT BEHIND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS."]

Mr. John McConnell, late of College Green House, 66, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, who died on March

10, 1028, left local estate of 821,200. Rescaling of a certified copy of pro- bate of the will has been granted to the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton.

to and from an airship, and the experiments were absolutely success, B12, The paragraph entitled ful. In the following two years, Aeropiane and Airship" under 1025 and 1920, the late Flying News and Views "in to-day's Offloer Mackenzie Richards carried issue gives the impression that out similar experiments at Pulham Amerion is once more first in the in Norfolk, all of which met with field in accomplishing an Baron success. It will be seen from these autical feat. As long ago as 1924 facts that Amerien, is not first in Squadron Leader R. A. de Haga. the field in this connection, and Haig, A.F.C., R.A.F., carried out that Great Britain is not being left experiments in connection with at behind.-Yours, etc., taching and detaching an aeroplane (Continued at foot of next column)

R. VAUGHAN FOWLER. Hong Kong, August 21.

GANG VISIT WEST POINT DWELLING.

an early morning robbery occur red yesterday at 45, Eastern Street, when two men visited the second floor and managed to get away with money and jewellery valued at 365. According to a report to the Police, there was only one woman on the premises at the time, 5.30 a.m. She was working in the kit chen when she saw a man enter the house, The intruder went straight to the kitchen and threat coed to use violence if she raised an alarm,

because the victim was child.

the regulations and realised fully mere that she was not allowed to shout, She also knew the prohibited areas.

The district watchman respon. sible for bringing the pickpocket to hook was commended by his Wor ship.

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TRESPASSERS FINED. ·

Two Chinese were charged at the THIEF'S PRECAUTIONS FAIL. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with trespassing or the Government Plantations at Custome Pass. In- Finding himself alone and unspector Phillips stated that at the watched, a carpenter on a visit to time of the arrest, the two defun a house boy at No. 302, Nathan dants had with them a bamboo pole Road, stole from the latter's room with a hook attached, with which a pair of gold bangles and a gold they clipped brances off the pins watch. He handed the properly to trees.

SAILOR IN PORT.

a woman living in Po Hing Fong In fining the defendants $5 each and the latter, apparently se antis Worship observed that pine extra precaution" passed the pro-trees did not grow like weeds and porty on to a third party.

that the plantations cost the Gov Mr. Wayte-Smith who heard the ernment a lot of money. case sentenced the carpenter · to one month's hard labour and ime posed fine of 810:or in default two weeks' imprisonment on the womae, who was charged with A Japanese ship's hawker was to A second robber entered the receiving,

have appeared before Mr. T. S. house and they bound and gagged The carpenter asked for Jeniency Whyte Smith yesterday to answer the occupant, after which, they ran on the ground that he had succumb & charge of behaving in a disorderly sacked the place for about five ed to a moment of temptation, but manner in Shanghai Street. When minutes. They were seen making his Worship pointed out that the this case was called, the defendant towards Taipingehen, after leaving defendant know what he had done did not appear, and the Police the house. The Police have been because he had quickly parted with informed the Bench that the defen- furnished with the description of the property.

dant was in hospital. He had been the robbers.

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