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CANTON AND ITS ROUND THE COURTS.

CURRENCY.

FINANCE EXPERT OFF TO. NANKING.

A BIG RAILWAY LOAN PROJECTED.

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HAWKER GUILTY OF BRIBERY,

At Central Magistracy on Satur-

1 day, a Chinese hawker was fined $9, or four days' hard labour in de fault, for obstruction in Wanchai Road and $10 or 14 days' imprison- meat in deiault for offering à bribe to a constable,

When the hawker appeared be- fore the Magistrate' at an earlier CANTON, October 27. bearing, ha- bad sileged that the Mr. Chow Min Chu, managing | Indian constable who arrested him director of the local branch of the had asked him for money and when. Central Bank of China is going to The refused to give anything he was Nanking on Wednesday to confer arrested. with Mr. T. V. Soong on the ques tion of redeeming the bank's notes. It will be remembered that a pro- miso to give silver in exchange for 81 and 83 notes on November 1 had to be cancelled and the 10th has Leen mentioned as 2 possible, though not very probable date.

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It was further alleged that on the way to the Police Station, the constable put his hand in the defendant's pocket and ex- tracted thirty cents with the re- mark that “it was for curry,"

The Magistrate was teld gester- day by interpreter at No. 2 Police Station that the hawkeri when he was examined at the Police Station declared that the Indian had put his band into his (the hawker's) pocket.

His Worship observed that "he

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1929.

LAWN BOWLS SEASON ENDS.

RECREIO PLAYER WINS COLONY CHAMPIONSHIP.

SPEY ROYAL CUP GOES TO TAIKOO RECREATION CLUB,

PRESIDENT'S KEEN INTEREST.

Youth triumphed over age and experience in the contest for the lawn bowls Open Championship of the Colony on Saturday on the Civil Service ground when R. F. Luz, a "star" of the Club de Recreio, decisively defeated J. Ferguson, the voterga Taikoo player and the holder of the championship. The Recreio player, despite his youth and smuller experience, wan by 12 shots, his accuracy in the last eight heads of the game having the champion badly beaten,

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Taikoo Recreation Club, winnners of the Spey Royal Cup in 1927, again won the trophy by defeating Civil Service, the Cup- holders.

OPEN SINGLES FINAL

A message from Nanking states that the Ministry of Communica could not help thinking that some- There was little in the game up tions has decide to float a long of thing bad been going on in the to the thirteenth head (which in- $20,000,000 to pay off the outstand vicinity of the matshed market included a dead end), when the scores ing loans in respect of the Canton-Wanchai Road, but that the defen were eight all in the next Luz Hankow Railway and to complete dant, as in the case recently beard the remainder of the line.

in connection with Whitfield mar- ket, was not particular who he

came back 00.

The loan will be floated early next year and will be secured on the profits of the Canton-Samshui Railway.

In registering a conviction, his Worship said that the story of the defendant was a senseless ono and

ADVENTUROUS FLIGHT TO pointed out that if the constable

HANKOW..

Word has been received from the North that the three aeroplanes which left Canton last Thursday morning for Hankow finally reach ed their destination on Friday afternoon at about one o'clock after taking a circuitous route through

had asked for a bribe and subse quently put his hand in the hawk- er's pocket to extract the money, he would be mad to bring in a charge of bribery,!

STOLE BECAUSE HE WAS" HUNGRY.

drew the shot" with his third wood and added another counter. Fol lowing this up with a single, he then scored his first three.

the seventeenth head. Lur played Ferguson scored his last single in

brilliantly to win the next, three heads. The nineteenth was the best in the game when Luz pat ja three touchers. Ferguson shifted the jack to lay the shot with a pretty draw on the fore-hand. Luz eut out the wood with one of his

LOCAL ESTATES.

THE LATE MR. J. E. HANCOCK.

Mr. James Edgar Hancock, mer- chant, late of Messrs. Dodwell and Company, Ltd., who died intestate on August 15, this year, at the French Hospital, left Hong Kong ritate to the value of $8,100. Let- ters of administration to the estate have been granted to Mr. John Norrie, Owen, of Messrs. Dod- well and Company, who is the at- torney of Mrs. Stella Hancock, widow;

Mr. J. McFarlane.

Hong Kong estate to the valus of 800.700, with 72 moveable estate in Great Britain, was left by Mr. John McFarlane, retired engineer, formerly of Belmer, Skelmorlie, and afterward of No. 45, Clineart Road, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland. Letters of administra-

tion have been granted to Mr. D. J. Lewis, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, who is the attorney

Bowls Association, reviewed the doings of the season prior to ask-of Catherine Black, riece, execu ing Mrs. B. Wylie, wife of the Vice-President, to distribute the trophies.

wonderful progress of iawn bowls in the Colony as shown by the in- ¡creasing number of Clubs in the League and the demand for more greens. As an example, he would mention that the Club de Recreio bad had their greens for only two entered top place. years. Last season they the Second Division and won the

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Club de Recreio's Record.

This season they entered a team in the First Division, performing providing the winner of the Open admirably, and they wound up by

Singles Championship of the Colony. On that feat he consider

hear.) be warmly complimented. (Hear,

Kiangsi. On account of heavy 10g you must not steal," said Mr. T. S.; accurate back band strokes and stilted that the Club de Recreio had to

Chinese who

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"No matter how hungry you are, Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magis claimed his three shots. In the tracy on Saturday to unlawful possession of a piece of locker yard in front with last head Luz put in two woods. charged with

near the jack, and placed an effcc- cooked pork which he was sus his last wood. Ferguson essayed a pected of having stolen.

Sergeant Banks said that the drive which removed the covering defendant was stopped in Kowloon wood without making any differ- city carrying the pork and whence. questioned admitted that he had In the last stages of the game stolen it from a place where a Ferguson was very unfortunate in wedding feast was going on because often narrowly missing the jack or

the aeroplanes had to change their course and instead of going by Hunan, as originally planned, they flew westward into Kiangsi. Their idea was to pass through Na chang, the capital of Kiangsi, and move northward to the Yangtere Kinng, and then follow the River up to Easkow. But owing to the extra length of the flight they Tan out of gasolene and were forced to lad at Wu Ching, some 180 miles north of Nanchang. The landing Was accomplished without any dificulty, but no gasolens could be

The Magistrate discharged the pearing first: purchased at this small place! An order was at once sent to Nanchang youth with a caution. and the gasolene arrived next morning After their tanks had been refilled, the flyers resumed their journey, arriving in Hankow in the afternoon.

The "The Spirit of Canton," was to have gone to Hankow with the other of the planes, but it was de- cided not to send it at the last minute.

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he was hungry. The defendant was going through by just a few inches. a street sleeper and an orphan. The scores were, Ferguson's sp

$30 FINE FOR LOTTERY TICKETS.

Charged with unlawful possession of 393 popiu lottery ticketa, a Chinese with two previous convic- tions for a similar ofences, was red 8250 (or four months' hard labour) by Mr. Whyte Smith. The defondant who was arrested at 1034, Canton Road, pleaded guilty. A youth was also charged with helping to write out the tickets. He pleaded guilty and was caution- The Magistrate, warned him that he would not be lot off like that again but would get a flogging.

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A BASKET AS SECURITY FOR

The British General Consulate at Shameen is requesting the cominer- cial community of Canton through the General Chamber of Commerce to participate in the comming British Industrica Fair to be held at Coa- don, and Birmingham, next Febru- ary. The local Chamber is deeply charged with attempting to pawn a interested in the proposition and is glad to co-operate with the British rattan basket which was not his

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On their own ground, Civil Ser own property. It was stated that vice surrendered to Taikoo the

eenest interest. He had been told Ho personally had watched the

by an experienced player that that game that afternoon with the

was the best display of lawn bowls he had ever witnessed in the final. On that be had to congratulata Mr. Luz for his fine display. (Ap- plause.) It had been a tradition local lawn bowls history that a player should not win the Open Singles Championship twice in a cession. Mr. Luz had seen to the upholding of that tradition! (Laughter.) Moreover, youth had beer pitted against experience

triz.

Mr. Chang Chank Hin, 1.0.5. Hun Lun. 1.0.S., late of No. 44, Cheng Cheuk Hin, alias Cheng

Russell Street, who died on August 17, this year, left Hong Kong pro- perty, worth $1,000. He had been- in Government service for 39 years and belonged to the Junior Clerical Service.

He was awarded the I.O.S. in the King's Birthday Honours for this year. Letters, of administration have been granted to the widow, Chong Ma Mui, re- siding at Russell. Street.

FURNITURE REMOVERS!

IMPUDENT GANG RAID MARRIED QUARTERS.

Road, was frustrated during the A further attempt to burgle D

early hours of yesterday morning Block, Married Quarters. Kennedy

owing to the occupants of No. 1, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reg. Latham, being awakened by the restlessness of their dog.

on the scene. ph

A European, detective discovered

It was discovered that a gang of Chinese of the coolic class were actually engaged in removing the furniture from the front verandah, and when the alarm was raised, all the thieves managed to get away in spite of the fact that the police were telephoned for from Head- the older and the younger genera-quarters House, and were "quickly tions of lawn, bowls and Mr. Luz had won. When, they considered that the scores were level-8-9-at one stage, when it gave promiss of being a particularly fine and close game, they would agree with him that Mr. Luz's victory was all the more commendable. They had to congratulate both Mr. Luz and the Club de Recreio for the fine dis play they had witnessed. (Ap- plause.)

Talkoo Congratulated.

In addition to the Open Singles Championship they had witnessed that afternoon a very fine exhibi- tion of lawn bowls in the final of the Spey Royal Cup. He consider. ed that the standard of play here was quite good, and he congratu- lated the Taikoo R.C. on their win. Referring to the recent ecries of Interport games, His Excellency said that, on behalf of the Laxn Bowls Association, he had to thank the Hong Kong players for putting Taikoo led all the way by a small up such a good fight against an ex- margin which they increased to six Malcolm, the Shanghai skip, say of perienced team. Did not "Sandy". yet made their replies to the Cham- being unable to produce the key, shots (11-5) half way through the the Hong Kong players: "Aye, ber, but it is expected they will do the pawabroker became suspicious game. Civil Service rallied towards they were too good for us: they so in the course of the next few and had him arrested.

promoters. It has sent a circular the complainant was sub-tenant Spey Cup which they won last sea. letter to all its constituent members of defendant's and owed him 84 son after defeating Craigengewer. in the city endorsing the proposi- tion of the British General Con- sulate and asking them to take an active part in the fair. The differ ent shops in the city have not as

days. Probably a big collection of typically Cantonese products such as silk embroideries, carved, ivory, lie chce, furnitures, and the like, will be sent to the exhibition.

An officer of the British General Consulate, in an interview with the representative of the Daily Press, said that the British Industries Fair in 1930 will be a big inter- national event and be would like to see Canton taking an active part in it.

NEW MOTOR ROADS.

PROGRESS IN "NO. 8 AREA

latter score being all singles. rent. Complainant left and the The visitors won 41 shots to 11, the

defendant then took the rattan basket, the property of the com palinant, to the pawn shop but on

the end to reduce the difference to

The case failed, however, when four shots at the end of the nine the complainant in evidence ad teenth head. mitted that he had given the bas. ket to the defendant as security for his rent.

he Magistrate dismissed the case and remarked that the evidence on both sides was unsatisfactory.

plause when he drew the shot in Grimmitt came in for much ap-

the twentieth head. Laing's 'in-. structions to his skip to knock out the wood and the jack were faith. fully carried out by Wallace with a medium drive which sent the jack sideways to count six. Civil Ser- vico took the last head. Teams

Ai prisens, the Asylum has over two thousand inmates, who are and scCOTER :- housed, fed and taught trades of various kinds. Some of the in- mates escaped to resume begging as they are too lazy to work. On ac- count of this dozens of beggare may still be seen in the city.

During the past few days, the Asylum staff has been collecting them. Those who refuse to enter or re-enter the Asylum are arrested and taken to the Asylum whether

A Canton paper states that con- struction of roads has been pro- gressing space in the No. 2 High- way Construction Area. The high- they like it or not. way between Teengshing and Con- ton is being made by 1,400 workers and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The, highway between Taungia and Canton has been completed and will be open to traffic in a few days. The road be tween Faycen said: Kongmoon has also been finished and a great num- ber of motor services are starting already.

STURDY BEGGARS.

SET TO WORK IN CANTON.-

"RED" RABBLE IN RETREAT:

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According to a report Swatow, the Reds under Chu Tak and Mo Chak Tung have evacuated Taipoo district, in eastern Kwang- tung, and retreated in the direction of the Fukien to avoid the Can-

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of them" That was praise, indeed, were excellent players, every one

Malcolm. (Hear, hear.) experienced player as coming from the lips of such an

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a large wooden arm chair abandon- whilst a long piece of cloth which ed in a nullah near Kennedy Road,

found on a lamp post in Kennedy was identified by Mrs. Latham, was

Road.

this was a concerted effort to make Everything goes to indicate that

a big haul, and that but for the warning given by the dog this might have been successful, This is the second time within a month and the third time within twelve months that Mr. Latham's fat has been entered. The police are still in- vestigating the matter.

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that inquiries relating to the share market are answer- ed on page 10 every Tuesday' by Kufan." Letters should be sent to this office, and must be accompanied by writer's name and address, not for publication. Letters should be addressed to "Kulan," care of the Editor.

OPIUM PIPES FOR HIRE.

YOUTH'S ENTERPRISE ON

LOCAL STEAMER.

Plaques for League Wincers. His Excellency expressed the thanks of the Association to the donors of prizes, especially Mears. A. E. Watson & Company for the Spey Royal Cup. He also referred to Taikoo's sporting spirit in agree ing to play Civil Service on their

That a boy of nine was doing a own ground which was much ap-regular business by letting out preciated by the spectators who were able to witness both the finals. In closing he mentioned that the Association had decided this sea son to give plaques in place of flags to the League winners. This was mach better than flags which were liable to get moth-eaten, and the plaques could be kept in the Clubs as a permanent record of their success.

At the close of the distribution

opium pipes to passengers between Hong Kong and Kongmoon on the Paul Beau and that be took up smuggling opium ashore as a side ling at Hong Kong was disclosed by charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton Revenue Officers when the boy was yesterday, with possession of taels of the drug.

The Magistrate asked the youth if he knew what the inside of a jail was like and on the boy replying

of prizes, Mrs. Wylie received a in the negative, he directed thas silver secat spray as a memento the boy be shown the jail.

from the Association, Cheers.WETE

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Excellency,

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: Prize WinnerS, Open Championship:-R. F. Luz; runner-up, J. Ferguson; third prize, A. W. Grimmitt, fourth prize, U. M. Omar.

League Championship Shield and gower C.C.; Junior Division, Tai-

ion troops under General Chiang PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES. Plaque: Senior Division Craigen Kwong Nai which are marching against them.

The governing body of the Asylum for the Poor in Canton has

Even with the strong farto now been taking drastic action in detailed to suppress this rabble the rounding up all beggars in the city. take is likely to be, long, and (Continued at foot of next column), tedions.

His Excellency the Officer:Ad- ministering the Government (the Hon, Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G.), who is the President of the Lawn

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Spey Royal Cup and Réplicas: Taikoo R.C. Players of the Civil Service team each received a bottle of Spey Royal whisky.

When the defendant was brought into Court again, he was told that if he was again brought before the Magistrate he would have to spend six months in jail.

The defendant: I did it unknow ingly.

Mr. Hamilton: "It's zo good you telling me stories. I know all about you. Your home is in Kongmoon and you go up and down in the Paul Beau dealing in opium. Dis charged with a caution this time."

To Inspector Shannon bis: Wor ship said: Perhaps he won't be. caught now for about a week.

The Inspector; Probably only three days, your Worship.

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