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NIGHT SCHOOL OF

THE Y.W.C.A.

INSTRUCTION GIVEN IN "THREE R'S."

THE OVERLOADING CHARGE.

LENGTHY HEARING: CASE

· AGAIN ADJOURNED.

LEAVEN OF EDUCATION FOR WAS GREATLY SURPRISED

THE MASSES.

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Seven girls, workers. in factory, presented themselves at the Y.W.C.A. as applicants for admis sion to the Night School, which offers instruction in the "Three R's interspersed, with some sing ing, recreation and simple talks on personal hygiene.

Among those who sought admis-. Bion was one quite small girl and another twelve years of age, who raised a problem, as only girls 14 years of age and over are admitted to the night classes. There are 40 girls now studying in the four night classes at the Y.W.C.A. cen- tre, which are graded according to a four years primary course, each class with a teacher in charge. The pupils are busy little, folk, mostly amahs and servants and mui taai, whose household duties engage their time during the day. They come to class once a week for an evening of study, sometimes relieved by a little recreation or a talk.

The Y.W.C.A has educational work classes with another group of 30 women and girls, ranging in age from 14 to 40 years, who are tearn- ing to read and write the "One Thousand Characters, during a five months' course which brings them to class for two hours on five nights a week. Two such courses are offered during the year.

Cheery School Room, The visitor may find this group at work any evening except Sater day and Sunday. A trip down the

steep steps of Ladder Street to Hollywood Road and up two long equally steep flights of wooden stairs, will bring him to the cheery little school room, which is loaned for the purpose by the courtesy of the Church Missionary Society Hers he will find rows of neat dark, heads earnestly bent over the little wooden desks writing a simple letter about the ordinary matters of every day, or absorbed in following the reading leason, as each pupil takes her turu reading aloud the lesson of the day dealing with the simple facts of life.

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Most of these 50 women and gins are workers, in stocking and candy factories or do piece work at home. They pay a registration fee of one dollar at the beginning of the course, which is refunded when they complete the course and have not been absent from class more than five eveninga. The teacher is a young woman who has had "normal school training and has been work- ing with the Y.W.C.A. for three years, helping to promote popular education night classes. She has been very successful in carrying her pupils through the entire course. Some of them, after they have had a taste of what it means to be able

to read sign poste, instructions, news items and little stories, as well as to write a simple letter of their own, become ambitious to go far ther, and join the night class at the Association, for the four years' primary course.

AT THIS," SAYS SKIPPER.

The case in which the Master of the ss Tin Yat was summoned for alleged overloading of his vessel an ha night of April 27, was again before the Marine Magistrate, yes terday, and after a rather lengthy hearing, which occupied the whole of the morning, it was again ad- journed until Tuesday, May 20.

When the Court opened, Comdr. G. F. Hole informed Mr. O. E. C. Marton (for the defence) that he had inspected the loading of a ship similar to the Tin Yat and he held that there was a case for him (Mr. Marton) to answer.

Mr. Marton then called Capt. Thomas, master of the vessel, Be fore he did so, however, Mr. Marton informed the Magistrate that Capt. Thomas bad been in command of ships ranging from 600 up to 8,000 tons during the past 16 years. His client joined the Tin Yat on March 18 last.

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Was Russian Gunboat. Continuing, the solicitor said that the Tin. Yat was formerly a Russian gunboat, and had only recently been converted. It had a "fender" run-

ning round the hull, and the only way to inspect the disc was to get out on this fender.

The master would say that on the night in question, the draught marks showed a mean draft of 10 feet 7 inches. He was told by his predecessor that the mean loaded draft of the vessel was 11 feet. The prosecution, however, made the statement that the disc showed that the vessel was leaded to a mean of

four inches. It was agreed that when the Tin Yat left Canton for Hong Kong on the trip down, the

mean draft was 10 feet, 5 inches.

The defence submitted that on the night in question, the top of water from crest to trough was from six to twelve inches, and evidence would be called to state that such lop made the reading of the disc a matter of great difficulty, if not impossibility.

Captain David Thomas, after stating that he joined the ship in March, said that they left Canton on April 25. They arrived in Hong Kong next day. The ship was loaded on Saturday night, and on Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock, witness who had been ashore, re- turned aboard. The Chief Officer, about nine o'clock, told him that the ship's mean draft was 10 feet 7 inches, she being 10 feet 3 inches forward, and 11 feet aft. Ele ac cepted this figure, as quite correct and satisfactory, be always having understood that the mean loaded draft of the vessel was 11 feet. The last Captain had told him so, and he had no grounds to dispute it.

Witness continued that it was the general practice in the Merchant Eervice to examinine the disc as to loading whenever the vessel got to within one inch or one and half inch of her mean loading

marks,

On the night of April 27, he was sleep in his cabin when he was

called and told, that some Boarding Officers wanted to see him. The Officer then got to the door of his cabin and informed him that the vessel was overloaded. Asked what the mean draft was, the officer said it was 10 feet 7 inches.

MURDER ON HIGH SEAS.

JAPANESE FACES SERIOUS CHARGE.

When the a.. Tanda arrived in port yesterday, a Japanese passen- ger, whose name was given as Yamada, was handed over to the charge of alleged police on

murder.

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It was stated that when the vessel was at sea on the 5th instant, and before she reached Sandakan, the man went into the cabin of the No. 1 steerage cook and there, attacked him with a knife and chopper. The cook raised an alarm but when other members of the crew rushed to the scene, they found the cabin locked. They forced the door open and found Yamada covered with blood and the cook in a serious con dition. He died early the next day. At Sandakan, the incident was

reported, but the authorities would have nothing to do with the case, so the man was accordingly brought to this port. He will, in due course, be charged with murder. As re gards the body of the murdered man, it was embalmed and was re- moved to the Kowloon Mortuary yesterday.

Yamada was a passenger to Moji from Australia.

• Accused in Court,

Before Mr. T. S, Whyte-Smith at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, the accused man, Yorrichi Hori, alias Yamada, was charged with "the murder of Fung Sau Shan, a Chi- nese cook on board the s.a. Tanda, on May 5 whilst the vessel was on the high seas.

Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assist- ant Attorney-General, prosecuted.

The accused was not legally re- presented.

Outlining the case, Mr. Fitzroy said that at about 2.40 a.m, on May

whilst the 38. Tands was in Edt. 5.39. S. and Long. 130.20 E. (near Sandakan) it appeared that the accused attacked the deceased, the

No. 1 cook, with a knife and chopper. According to the assistant Chinese cook on board, the latter. stated that he went into the decens ed's. cabin and found the accused with blood all over his clothing.

The deceased was lying badly wounded on the foor. He raised the alarm and the second officer came up and seized the accused and put him under arrest. The decensed was so badly wounded that he died about two hours later.

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A Passenger on Board, Mr. Fitzroy said that the accused was

a passenger on board the Tanda and was stated to have been living in Townsville, Queensland, ROUND THE COURTS. The defendant denied a previous

Australia. As far as he could see, there was no motive for the crime, but from statements made it ap peared that the accused was afraid that the No. 1 cook, the deceased, was going to kill him and decided to get there first.

MAGISTRATE SUPPORTS

HAWKERS.

Evidence was given by Sub-Ins

am not going to have the pector A. J. W Dorling, of the

ater Police Station, who said that police interfering with a man who he went on board the s.s. Tanda is selling to customers. It is not yesterday morning, on arrival in fair. It loses a man his customers port, and by virtue of a warrant, arrested the accused, who was im and business. I don't see how a man can sell cloth if he does not prisoned in the ship's gaol. He was also banded several articles by the Chief Officer, including the blood-put his baskets down, causing a stained clothing worn by the deceas- temporary obstruction. If he is not allowed to put down his baskets to sell, be should not be given 4 licence,"

ed and the knife and chopper."

The hearing was adjourned until this morning, the accused being held in police custody.

These remarks were made by Mr. Whyte Smith yesterday when an Indian sergeant, giving

evidence against a cloth bawker, stated that he had warned the defendant to move away whilst he was selling to a' customer, but that the latter did

waited 15 minutes.

conviction in 1916, but when his finger prints were produced in Court, he frankly told Mr. Wayte- Smith, that he had hoped that the crime being 16 years old, the finger prints could not be brought home to him, as they might differ from his finger prints of to-day..

BOYS AND FIREWOOD,

Two brothers who were convicted yesterday of possession of pine trees which had been cut from the hill-

side of Kowloon Tong were ordered ▷ to be caned at the Kowloon Magis iracy yesterday. The elder buy was. sentenced to eight strokes and the younger to six.

TRADING ON-DEFORMITY,

When a Chinese was charged be- fore Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith yes- terday with hawking fish without license; he told the Magistrate that he had only one arm.

Continuing, witness said that the Officer took away his clearance, and as the latter told him that the same would not be returned until he (the Officer) was satisfied the ship was sea-worthy, he proceeded to unload shortly after midnight, Later, the clearance was returned and he sail-not move even though the sergeant

At this stage, Mr. Marton in- ed

His Worship intimated that the timated that he would like to call the Chief Officer, and then ask for defendant had not been given a

His Worship made it clear to the an adjournment, as one of his wit chance to finish with the customers defendant that he could not trade nesses, the chief engineer, war ill. Accordingly the former, Mr. W. L. he had at the time. In registering en his deformity. That he had one

not take out a license. Forster: was called. He said that he a caution, the Magistrate told the arm was no reason why he should was chief officer of the vessel since hawker that he could not take up January, End an the night in ques-

The Way to Experience. This valuable service is rendered Master Greatly Surprised. at a remarkably small cost. Since,

The Officer then asked him to through courtesy of the Church examine the disc, but he could not Missionary Society, no rent is in- do that it was not physically possible for him. The chief officer volved, during the two five months' and chief engineer, however, volun- course, 100 working women and teered to try, but they were not Entisfied that the vessel was over- girls can have the opportunity to learn to read and write, a privilege which, from their point of view, is so worth while and wonderful in

The Captain, then said that the tion, the last time, he took the draft a stand as if he were a permanent opening the way to larger experi-

mean draft, taken, later when the of the ship before the Boarding stall-holder. ence, at the small cost of 880 a

yeasel was in the slipway, showed Officers arrived, was about 9 p.m. course or 16 cente a person. Miss to be 10 feet 8 inches. I was The mean draft was then 10 feet 7

"Baid the LÍ THY IS THE WA- Secrstzo greatly surprised at this

winchek An Ing the loaded draft La Poo, Tate Caplnit fold was concerned, he always, under for Educational Work, mys that theme that it was 11 fect..

loaded when they returned. They said it was not possible to get an accurate reading, placed as they

were.

dificulty in the way of extending Here Mr. Lowe asked witness this community service is not be whether he had taken any stepa to cause of lack of class room space verify what his predecessor had or of teachers available, but lack told him, but the Master answered.

in the negative, footag of funds

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stood that to be 11 feet, and he found this written in the scrap book by the previous Master when he joined.

Further evidence was taken, aftur which the case was adjourned til! Tuesday, May 20, at 10.30, a.m.

"CANDID CRIMINAL.

ROBBING A COLLEAGUE.

A coolie formerly employed at the Peninsula Hotel was sentenced to "-"two months. And labour Saterday-

Convittra of eating Convicted on a charge of receiving watch belonging to a coolic, at the twelve chickens which had been Hote). It was stated that the de- stolen from the ss. Sai Sang, the dispensing ber room where the fendant had taken the watch from Chinese WAS sentenced to three complainant had left it while wash- months hard labour.

ing some glasses.