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AN AMOROUS COOK. OFFENSIVE TRADE.

CHOPPER ATTACK ON AMAH.

THEN TRIED TO DROWN

HIMSELF.

On the charge of assault and causing grievous harm to an amah employed at the Yee Hung brothel, . Hill Road, West Point, on Auguss. 17, a cook, employed at the same establishment, was sentenced to three months hard labour when he appeared before Mr. R. E. Lind-

terday.

MR. LO'S QUESTIONS AT

SANITARY BOARD.

At the next meeting of the Sanitary Board, to be held to morrow Mr. M. K. Lo will ask.

"Is the Head of the Sanitary Department aware that shops and Arms in the vicinity of Nos. 27 to

North Street, Kennedy Town have complained or the nuisance caused to such shops and premises by reason of "the business of bone- boiling and storage being carried on at the same premises ↑

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1930.

$300,000 WANTED.

CONTRIBUTION TO NORTH

POINT SEA-WALL.

DEATH SENTENCES. NAVAL ARCHITECTS

COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED.

EVIDENCE TO M.Ps.

The Finance Committee will be asked on Thursday to vote a sum

a contribution to of $300,000 £8

Another witness from abroad was ward, the cost of building a sea- wall at North Point. The explana.heard by the House of Commons On Capital tiun attached to the request for the Select Committee

Punishment. He was Sir Simon sum is as follows:--

Contribution towards cost of von der Aa, of the International

$300,000. building Seawall, Marins Lots 430 Prison Commission, Berne,

431.

This vote arises out of the sale in September, 1921, of Maring Lots mentioned. Conditions of salo ra

Sir Simon told the Committee of the experiences of the Netherlands And of Switzerland since the Is it a fact that the busi-quired the purchaser to reclaim abolition of the death penalty. In End construct a seawall. Later in Holland the last execution for sell at the Central Magistracy yes.rees carried on at the said pre-1899-3. in connection with a propos-

mises does cause a noxious odoured scheme to build a vertical sea-murder took place in 1900, he said. to the "other shops and premises in wall in the North Point, Quarry That was ten years before capital Mr. Horace Lo appeared for the the vicinity and has the result of Bay, district the purchaser agrood punishment was formally abolished

to change his plans, on condition

A great impression was made on Government the flies and that

advance the public mind, he related, by one particular occurrence. It was $600,000 to him at interest.

The seawall in front of the pur- & murder which was committed by a man who had witnessed an execu- chaser's land has been completed at an additional cost to him of over tion only two days before. $1,000,000. The scheme above ro forred to is no longer under con:

prosecution.

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producing numerous worms which invade euch surround. ing shops and firms?

“Is it not a fact that the

When the ease first came before Me. Lindsell or Wednesday last, it was, stated that the cook approach-carrying on of such an offensive od the amah on August 13 and said trade in the premises mentioned to her," Wo Ting, everybody is

creates insanitary and unhealthy conditions for shops and firms in saying that you love me, how about

the vicinity 7 marrying me?" The complainant became very indignant and sharply retorted "The devil take you. I

should like to see you dend!"

Two days inter while the amah was washing her face in the back yard she felt herself struck twice

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on the head. She turned round and that defendant Was the only person in the compound, and she naturally concluded that he was

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iv. Ig the Head of the Sani- tary Department satisfied that the existing Offensive Trade Bye-laws are being strictly enforced, and in particular that Bye-law No. 8 is being complied with by the occu piers of Nos. 27, to 30 North Strect?

"y-In view of the importance of the question of offensive trades in relation to public health, is the Head of the Sanitary Department. satisfied that the present bye-laws are sufficiently up-to-date and ef- the person who had made the at: cient for the purpose of reducing tack. The amah shouted Save the nuisance of offensive trades to. life" and then fainted. She was'

a minimum? later taken to the Government Civil Hospital, where she remained for

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over ten days.

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After the incident, an immediate search was runde for the defendant. About an hour later, it was found that the man had attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the harbour. He was rescued and taken to the Government Civil Hospital.

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When defendant was subsequently charged by the Police, he replied that he was drunk on the morning

"vi. In view of the fact that remedio, for counteracting by vari- ous authorities on public health, r.g., Robertson and Porter in their work "Sanitary Law and Prac- tice," at page 31 et seq., will the Head of the Sanitary Department state whether remedies suggested by public health authorities are. being carried out in the Colony'?"

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Monday, August 95-His Excel of August 17 and did not know what Jency, accompanied by the Hon Mr. he did. He had no knowledge that Creasy, Director of Public Works, he bad attacked the amah had as-inspected the new Tai Hang Road serted that he had no cause for and other works.

taking such an action. Also, he was not aware that he had jumped into the barbour j'

Serious Injuries,

On Saturday, when the case was continued, Dr. G. E. Thomas gave medical evidence regarding both the amah and the cook. The amab when admitted, was bleeding severe ly from two scalp wounde of a serious nature. Witness found that

the outer plate of the skull had been cracked in each case. He was handed a large blood-stained chop- rer which was found inside the kitchen-door of the brothel.

Dr. Thomas said that the chopper was a heavy one, and thought the injuries might easily had been more serious.

On the same day the cook was also admitted to hospital suffering When from effects of immersion. witness discovered that this man was responsible for the attack on the complainant, he had him 'sent, to the Mental Hospital for obser vation.

"After a week's observation, the defendant was discharged as there appeared to be no sign of insanity:

Mr. Lindsell naked defendant if

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Lady Peel gave a small dinner party at Mountain Lodge.

Wednesday, August 7:-Lady Peel gave a small tenais party at Mountain Lodge.

Thursday, August 28:-His Excel- lency and Lady. Peel moved to Government House.

His Excellency presided at ̧ ́a meeting of the Executive Council.

Friday, August 9Lady Peel gave a party on board the Kau Sing

Mr. Palmer and Mr. Peel left Saturday, August 30: The Hon. Government House.

Capt. Coltman, A.D.C., repre- sented His Excellency at a recep tion given. by M. Quist, Conel- General of the Netherlands, in honour of the birthday of H.M. the Queen of the Netherlands.

TRANS-CONTINENTAL" RECORD.

MOTOR BEATS FASTEST TRAIN'S TIME.

sideration.

In view of the circumstances of the case Government has decided, with the approval of the Secretary of State, to readjust the terms and

obstitute for the advance of $600,000 and as on the date of such, advance, a contribution of $300,000,-and a loan of $300,000,"

حصالت

BIRTHDAY OF HOLLAND'S QUEEN.

CELEBRATIONS AT CONSULATE.

In commemoration of the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Mr. M. J. Quist,

Consul-General for the Netherlands, was "at home" to a representative gathering of the community on Saturday at the Consulatë.

The toast of Her Majesty Queen Wilhelminä WAS proposed by Major-General J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and after wards Mr. Quist proposed the toast of HM King George,

His Excellency the Governor was

Since the abolition of the death penalty in Holland, he said, there had been no indication of a real, increase of murder, although the figures showed oscillations. For in- stance, in the five years to 1915 con- victions for marder or atempted murder were at the rate of ten year, while in 1928 and 1927 in a larger population there were only

three a year.

Imprisonment for lifetime was the greatest penalty imposed for mur- der. The Court might impose a fixed term of twenty years. The Court had full discretion as to the length of the sentence down to a minimum, as for all other crimes, of one day's imprisonment.

LOOK AHEAD.

RUSTLESS SHIPS.

CROSSING ATLANTIC (AT 35 KNOTS,

The seventy-årst session of "the Institution of Naval Architects was opened at the Liverpool Town Hall recently by the Lord 'Mayer (Coun cillar Lawrence Halt), who is him- self a shipowner. There were also present on the platform the Mayors of Birkenhead, Bootle, and Wal- insey, and visitors to the conference came from Japan, Holland, the United States, and France.

"We live in an age of marvellous дата! technical achievement in archievement in naval architecture,, and at the same time in an age of economic gloom," said the Lord Mayor. The type of achievement likely to maintain British maritime. power is thoroughness-the type of achievement which does its job most effectively. We are now enjoying a substantially less share of the ocesa tontage of the world than be- fora If we maintain anything less than as large a share of the world ocean tonnage as circumstances per- mit, it will be not merely a derelic tios of duty but a pational disas fer."

Bringing Back the Blue Riband.

Sir Charles Parsons, who sub- sequently occupied the chair, said the Mauretania had held the record. for speed for 23 years, and it was The Carrying of Arms.

only wrosted from her last year by The Chairman (the Rev. James a vessel of nearly double the ton- Barr); Has the abolition of capital nage and with more modern ma- punishment encouraged criminals.chinery. They hoped that ere long the new Cunarder would bring back to carry firearms 1

the blue riband of the Atlantic to It would be quite this.country. easy to build a liner to cross the Atlantic in moderate weather at 35 knots. Engineers could do it, but the question was whether such a ship would pay.

Sir Simon: As far as I know nothing of the sort has been ob- served in Holland. In recent years there may have been an effect of a certain type of literature in some carrying of firearms in a sort of romantic way, especially by young people

I feel that we are very near the Sir Simon stated that 10 of the time when further rules and re- 23 cantons of Switzerland had regulations may simply end in shut- introduced capital punishment since sing us out of the carrying trade it was abolished for the whole cous- of the world," said the Hon. L. H. try. The ten cantons which had Crippe, in a paper on the economics restored the death penalty repre. of cargo liners. If national ship- sented about 23 per cent of the building depends on national ship- owning, you have here a condition total population.

which demands your careful expert consideration.

represented by Captain Caltman, and others present, included" Rear Admiral R. A. S. Hill, C.B.E., R.N.,

The homicide rate had been a Paymaster. Commander Passmore, R.N., Hon, Mr. E R. Hallifax, the little lower in the cantons without various Consular bodies, and the the death penalty than in the following-Hon. Sir Shou-son others, though it had not increased Chow, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, in either group. His personal C.M.G., LL.D. the Hon. Mr. C. G. opinion was that the existence of Alabaster, KC., O.B.E.. (Acting capital punishment did not deter Attorney-General), the Hon. Mr. murder.. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector- General of Police, the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creaey, C.B.E., Mr. D. W Trat man, C.M.G., Assistant Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, the Hon. Dr. A. R. Wel lington, D.M.S.S., the Ron. Dr. S. W. Tso, O.R.E., LL.D., the Hon. Commander G. F. Hole, R.N. (retired),

Shipping is inter national, and the nation which is to succeed must render the necessary service at a competitive cost, and the Government should encourage and not retard ita developments by legislation.

A Remarkable Incident,

The most serious problem of upkeep in itself is rust. When are Sir Simon gave the committee the we to have a rusitess ship, just as we have rutless knives? If the queerest piece of evidence it has yet

cost to shipowners of received on this point. There has enormous been," he said, " a case of a man chipping and painting could be who has undergone capital punish-done away with, it would create a ment and yet committed a murder new epoch in shipping costs, and, as it stands, it offers probably the afterwards."

greatest opportunity for increased efficiency in the industry. With it goes the need for a. metal that will withstand bottom growth to enable the shipowner to do away with re- gular dry-docking and bottom com- position."

the

"You mean," remarked Chairman, apparently thinking Sir M. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E., Mr. Simon's English had slipped.

"It seems peculiar, but it has E..Somerset Fitzroy, Mr. C. D.

the case," was the rejoinder. Melbourne, Mr. E. P. H. Lang, Dr.He was banged, but not in a W. B.. A. Moore, Mr. T. H. King. Mr. P. Jacks, Mr. W. A. Hannibal, direct way, and when the execution- er came to take him off he found he Mr E. " Hamilton, Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham, Mr. H. B. Lad lost his senses, but was alive. Dowbiggin, Mr., Paul Lauder. Mr. The executioner gave him money. so

Pak. La Tik Mui, and Mr. Chan Heung that he might escape. The man be came a servant at a hospital, and three years later in an excess of Fury he killed a patient."

A FAMOUS VIOLINIST.

· ZIMBALIST AT THEATRE ROYAL TO-MORROW,

This happened in Italy at the end of the eighteenth century,

Sir John Biles urged the found-

at one of the universities. ing of a chair of shipping economics

Britain's Lead.

At least we are. 10 per cent, better in regard to ship design than our foreign competitors," declared Mr. G. S. Baker. I think that should be broadcast as a fact which has a great deal of bearing on where ships are built."

Sir Simon van der Aa is a Dutch man whose British title was confer red on him in recognition of his services as secretary of the Inter- national Prison Congress at its lasting meeting, which was held in London in 1925. The congress will meet next month in Prague,..

Atska, views.

Frison.

"An airship is capable of meet- successfully navigating, bad weather, but in the past, owing to the handling limitation, was seldom permitted to demonstrate this fact," said Major G. H. Scott, in a paper- on the mechanisation of airship hardling. Of all the systems so far tried, mast or tower mooring might be looked upon as the only one that. was a permanent mooring system, as it lent itself readily to the easy, operation and maintenance of the airship while moored. The results obtained at Cardington justified optimian as to the future of mast or tower mooring

Sunday, August 31: The follow- ing were the guests at dinner at

Efrem Zimbalist, the world-famous Government House :-Rear Admiral, violinist, who has just conipleted a R. A. S. Hill, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. wonderfully successful season in J. J. Patterson, Mr. T. B. Hunter, Manila, will arrive in the Colony Engineer Capt. and Mrs. Sears, to-day by the Empress of Canada Major R. H. E. Bennett, and Lt.-] and will make one appearance only Brigadier General Dudgeon, Comdr. D. H. Pasmore.

at the Theatre Royal to-morrow Governor of Edinburgh "Prison, said night.

that he considered that the death One of the most famous names in penalty should not be inflicted in cases where murder was committed the musical world to-day is that of Efrem Zimbalist. The great artist without premeditation and without graduated from the Imperial Con- the motive of personal gain or of servatory in Petrogard after winning removing an awkward person from the coveted gold medal and the the murderer's path. He thought

A handling party of many hun- Rubinstein acholarship of 12,000 this would reduce the number of roubles. On November 7, 1907, he death sentences by half. But he. made his Berlin debut, playing was convinced that there were cases dreds of men was required, but it was hoped to try out a transporter: A telegram from New York has Brahms concerto. Two months later in which hanging was the only

thing certain types of men fearod. tower by the end of this year or just been received by the Texas made his first. London appear Publication of details of murders early next year. If this system of Company (China), Limited, to the ance and then went on a trimphant nut ideas into young people's moving an airship from the shed to the high tower and vice verna effees that yet another achievement tour of the music centres of

minds. It was possible to point to goes to the credit of Texaco gas Europe, Mr. Lindsell? It is obvious then, and oil. The telegram is as follows: Mr. Zimbalist's art remains caviar a murder which was "as improve proved satisfactory, he thought they nrant" on can just before, thewould be able to claim that the to the general public In an age second murderer having avoided a handling of airships when not in that she rejected your advances and The Trans-continental automobile

flight would, have been completely speed record, which was previously which sanctions the descent of the mistake made by the first,

mechanised... you attacked her.

held by the famous cross-country artist to the average mood, he "One of the finest fellows I have Defendant: Nothing of the sort driver" Cannon Ball" Baker, was chooses to follow the path of

broken on August 19 by more than artistic rectitude ho set upon in his over known, was Genera? Dut- happened...

fifteen heure by 2: Buck sur. The south. A genius of the violin hegeon's description of a young man

fueled and lubricat certainly is, and his playing baso without regeditaties killed mining awuld be quicker than hong- Mr Lindsen 1 sobrio winning

ed by "l'expco" gasoline and mator that mucumanty and persis.nd was reprieved. The ing, he thought there was ons aspect

man earned an xr years remis hier te vidhaimankda Defendant. I never made any oil and was driven by C. Hawley, meatal appeal that is the gift of the sion for the wonderful work he did would be preferable, the gas being overture to her. That is all I have director of the Texaco map chosen few.

during the building of the new pri injected while the prisoner was division.

Mr. Zimbliet's well-chosen pro-son at Edinburgh,

asleep. He had seen only one BAY.

Hawley's total time from New gramme for tomorrow night will in- In a way I felt quite unclean execution. York to Los Angeles and back was clude the first performance in Hong after taking part in a hanging, I thought is was going to have one hundred and forty-one hours and Kong of the Suite Bizarre banid General Dudgeon answering a permanent effect on me, but I got forty-four minuter which is more the composer Achron Mr. Zim Mr. Oulverwell. It certainly is than seven hours faster than the balist will have the assistance at a most horrible business." Though fastest, trans-continental train;-- the piano of Mr. Harry Kaufman.

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he wished to make any statement to which he replied "I have nothing to say."

Mr Lindsell: You are convicted on the clearest possible evidence.

Defendant was sentenced to three months hard labour.

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