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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1930.

APPLICATION FOR

FLUSH SYSTEM.

GOVERNMENT REASONS

FOR REFUSAL.

At the meeting of the Sanitary Beard yesterday, Mr. Wong Kwong Tin moved that the application to instal three European and one native, type water closets and one urinal at 237, Des Voeux Rond Central on Marine Lot No. 353, be "granted."

CORRESPONDENCE. SHANGHAI TRAGEDY.

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INDIA'S TROUBLE.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESA."}

1

SIR,-Your excellent leader on day's issue touches a subject highly Purna Swaraj" appearing in to- interesting to all who are in any way connected with the political of facts and reports which you have situation in India, The collection embodied in your leader, and the conclusions you arrive at, are well placed, sad as a student of current- politics in the East I desire to thank you for the article.-Yours etc.,

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PROBATIONARY POLICE SERGEANT'S SUICIDE.

A sad tragedy occurred at Bub- bling Well Polica Station Shang-

ews, hai, last week, says the N.-C. Daily when Probationary-Sgt Frank Harley shot himself through the head.

Deceased, who came to Shanghai directly from the army to join the Municipal Police, was to have gone on duty at 11 o'clock on that night, and be had donned his uniform as' usual. However, at 10.35 p.m., be went into the lavatory and shot himself.

Mr M. K. Lo aaid he would formally support the motion, as he knew nothing about the matter raised by the member, but after he had heard

Hong Kong, Feb. 18.

An inquest was conducted at the Mr. Creasy's views, he withdrew this support, saying he fully agreed that In acknowledging this apprecia-Public Mortuary by Mr. I. T. Morris, H. M. Registrar, sitting as there were sound reason for refustion, we may draw attention to the Coroner, when evidence of identi ing the application.

very interesting interview with heation was given by Sub-Inspr.

In explanation, the Hon. Mr. Gandhi' appearing on page 1 of H Chamberlain, of Bubbling

T. Creasy said that at the meeting of the Select Committee of which be was Chairman it was recommended· that this application be refused and only one member of the four on the Committee now recommends that the application be granted.

He continued:-

If the recommendation of the

to-day's isepa--ED.]

BOGUS LETTER FRAUD.

YOUNG GIRL GETS A ROGUE SENTENCED.

A Chinese was charged before Mr. majority of the Committee was not S. Whyte-Smith at Kowloon accepted by the Board the members Magistracy yesterday with obtain who devote some time to such busing a sun of 837 by means of a ness were only wasting their time.bogus letter. Detective Sergeant Such buildings could not be per- Meadows prosecuted, and Mr. Hin mitted to be built at the present Shing Lo was for the defendant. time; they were constructed prior to the introduction of the Ordinance in 1803 and are insanitary and do not comply with the requirements of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance. They should be altered so as to provide the necessarying that a man would call for $37 amount of light and air or be pull being payment for some white ed down and rebuilt.

leather which he had purchased in the country. the complainant

Sergeant Meadows remarked that Bet well educated, and did not know if her

Sergeant Meadows told the Magis trate that the complainant, a young girl, lived at 246, Laichikok Road. On January 28, she received a letter purporting to have been written by her father in the country and say-

was

father's signature was genuine.

With the letter was enclosed half of another missive and the caller was to produce the missing half.

He was

Unless these buildings are im- proved it would only be prolonging an insanitary state of affairs to allow them to enhance their value and thus prolong their life by in troducing the £ush water system.

The first requirement of all build ings is a sufficiency of light and air.

On the afternoon of the same day, These buildings are sadly deficient the defendant prezented himself at in this respect and although the in the house and handed the girl the troduction of water closets would other half of the note. not militate against this evil their approval would only delay the much given the $37 without question and

a receipt was obtained. ncoded improvements to the pro- On February 6, the father return- Until the Board decides thated from the country but denied hay: modern equipment and facilities ing written the letter or knowing A report will not be granted until houses are anything about the man.

was made to the police and a few made to comply with the essential requirements of the Public Health days later the young girl, while in Laichikok Road, saw the defendant. and Buildings Ordinance it was only encouraging the existing in- She went up to him but he did not answer her question and ran away. sanitary state of affairs for the abolishment of which this Board She chased him and an Indian con

stable arrested the fugitive. was constituted.

perty.

top. Went to Chairman point Mr. Wong Kwong again rose ed out that he was out of order since the seconder had withdrawn his support.

MR. ROGER TREDWELL..

LEAVES HONG KONG FOR NEW POST IN MELBOURNE.

Mr. R. C. Tredwell, the popular Consul General for the United States, left here yesterday, for Aus- tralia, where he isto be the Supervising Consul-General for America.

Mr. and Mrs. Tredwell sailed in the sa. Changte, and many of their friends gathered at Queen's Pier to see them off, and to wish them "bon voyage" and good luck. Among those who were at the pier were Major General J. W. Sandi lands, C.B., C.M.G., D.8.0., Com- modore R.A.S. Hill, R.N., Paymas ter Lieutenant-Commander D.H.

After evidence had been given the Magistrate found defendant guilty and imposed a sentence of three an order for the 927 to be refunded. months' hard labour, also quaking

Failure to refund the money would mean an extra months' hard labour.

"A DISGRACE TO THE

COMMUNITY.”

SIR WILLIAM MURISON TALKS TO SINGAPORE JURY.

The Chief Justice of Singapore.

William Murison, last week took the

unprecedented step of addressing the new common jury which was sworn in at the Singapore Assizes on the duties they are called upon to perform.

The case was one in which a Chinese was charged with armed gang robbery, and before it began his Lordship addressed the jurors as follows.

"Before proceeding with this case Pasmore (Secretary to the Commo- I want to say a word or two about dore), Captain Cameron (A.D.C. these Assize trials. At the last sit- to General Sandilands), the HoL. ting of this Assize I discharged Mr. J. P. Braga and the Hou. Mr, the jury because in my opinion-

and, I think, R. H. Kotewall.

the opinion of most of those who heard the evidence-five jurors out of the seven returned nothing less than a ridiculous verdict.

Although Mr. Tredwell's office will be in Melbourne, it is under stood that most of his time will be spent in Canberra, the seat of the Australian Federal Government. He will have supervisory juridic tion over six American Consulates in Australia. Mr. Harold Shantz has takep over the duties of act

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JAPANESE WHO DIED INTESTATE.

LOCAL PROPERTY GOES TO THE WIDOW,

Loeal estate worth $3,200 was left by Bunsaki Midzukochi, carpenter, late of 27, Amoy Street, Hong Kong, who died intestato. on August 13, 1997.

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"I want to call your attention. and I hope that other jurors will get to know this through the Press, to the fact that an Assize trial is not so entertainment; it is no idle -performance.

A Very Serious Civil Duty." "You are called here, and all jurors are called here, for the pur- pose of discharging a very serious civic duty. "Avery heavy burden is laid upon you to discharge, to the best of your ability, the onus which rests upon you of deciding whether this man is guilty or not guilty.

The arraignment says you arc called up to decide, as between your Sovereign. Lord the King and the prisoner at the Bar whether he is guilty or not guilty. You must According to Japanese custom, take that to heart, and listen to the property goes to the widow, the evidence, as you are charged to Midzukoshi Nayo, of 8,. Lee Tung do, and decide to the best of your "Street, who has been, granted letability whether the man is guilty ters of administration, Besides the or not. If you conscientiously widow, there is a daughter men- think he is guilty you' must find tioned as next of kin.

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"You must not play about with the thing. If the evidence is over- whelming or satisfactory to you that "ho is guilty, you must find him guilty, and if on the dther hand it is unsatisfactory you must let him ofl.

Another will proved in Supreme Court concerns an estate of 82,500 left by Kwong Sau (or Sbau) Po, alias Kwong So, trader, late of 4 Tai On Lano, second floor, Hong Kong, who died last April, leaving a will directing his wile to manage the estate until the The last jury was a disgrace to eldest son reaches age... Probate of the community, and I am suTE YOU the will has been granted to the will discharge your duty much bet widow, Kwong Woo Shi, of the ter than they did-or rather five same addrere.

out of seven of them did." ..

Well Station, who said that he had known deceased for about twq, years, and had last seen him at the station between three and four o'clock on that afternoon. At the time, deccas. ed was in a perfectly normal state.. Ho had never given any indication that he would take his own life. Witness continued by saying that' deceased, who was of a very quite disposition, bad no relatives in Shanghai, but had two brothers in

England.

The inquest was then adjourned.

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