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Tel. 58807

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1933.

EUROPEAN FINED

FOR ASSAULT

HITS HIS WIFE WITH

WHISKY BOTTLE

Charles Isaac Read who was charged with (1) assaulting woman med Amelia Koo, describ ed as his wife; (2) behaving in disorderly manner at the Mongkok Police Station, and (3) assaulting a police officer, was fined. #60 by Mr. Butlers at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.

LANDING AT KOWLOON

S.S. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PASSENGERS FROM MANILA

Mr. William Bell, returning from business trip to Manila. Mr. Bell is General Manager of the local branch of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, i

Mr. Sahid Lian, returning from a business trip to Manila. Lian is a member of the firm of Lian Bros, in Shaughai and after a short stay at Hong Kong will continue or to San Francisco ria Dollar-Line.

Howloon 25 ears Ago

NINE PARTS OF THE

LAW!"

In recent decisión Mr. Justice. Wise remarked that "possession in nine parts of the law," but that this axiom is not applicable in. every case was made manifest at the Police Court yesterday, when a polie was charged with stealing.

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gold bracelet, the property of Mrs. Ritchie of Kowloon. The de According to the prosecution, the

fendant it appear, had been dis charged from gnal only two daya. defendant was alleged to have gone to the third floor of No. 180, Fa

Mr. Walter L Marshall, onnnect-ago when the picked up the bracelet which the complainant had lost, Yuen Street, where Amelia Kooed with the Socony Vacuum Con- and which fell into the hands of THE FACTORY lived, and assaulted her with a

pany at Hong Kong returning from the police in somewhat peculiar whisky bottle The parties were

circumstances, Inter taken to the Mongkok Police business trip to Manila. Station where the defendant creat- ed a disturbance, and assaulted a Shantung constable who tried to de- tain him when he was about to leave the 'stition.

Amelia Koo, the complainant, told the Court that she had been married to defendant for some years, but lately they had been living apart, On the night in ques. tion, defendant want to her house nt about 2 o'clock and hit her an the head with a whisky bottle.

A Medical Conclave I

Two officers, who went to exccute Col. G. R. Steward, en route to Hong Kong for a short stay from an opium warrant at the house whence he will continue to Shang-where defendant was staying, saw bim leaving by the back door as hai.

Mr. W. Wagner, German Consul- they entered the front, one of his General at Canton, China, accom-hands being tightly closed, Think- paned by Mrs. Wagner, are returning that he carried, a quantity of ing from a visit to Manila.

For Kobe,

Mr. T. Ikeda, accompanied by his wife and two children,, are return- ing to their home in Japan after a brief stay in Manila Mr. Ikeda is connected with Mitsui Bussan Kaisha at Kobe, Japan.

Mr. H. R. Welander, Mining Engineer connected with Gadolius & Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan.

Tor Beattle.

Regarding the disturbance in the Mongkok Police Station, Sergeant Wagland said that he was awakened at about 2.35 am. and was told that a European, was creating a dis- turbance in the charge room. He saw the defendant who wanted to get thrro doctoís and a police doctor to examine him. Defendant then rang up three doctors, and when he tried to get in touch with after a business tour of the Philip-

Mr. Walter Brune, connected with the El Dorado Oil Co. of San Fran. oisco, Cal., returning to his hume

A police doctor, witness stopped him pine Islands,

as no charge of drunkenness was Mr. J. W. Markey, en route to profered against him.

Hong Kong for a visit and will Later he went to the complain-retum to Manila in a few days. ant's house and found bloodstains on Mr. Markey is connected with the Atlantie Gulf and Pacific Company. the Roor.

Mr. Markey's family will continue on the s.s. President Jefferson to Seattle.

opium they gave chase and were sewhat surprised on capturing him to find that, instead of opium be carried a gold bangle. Daten- dant was taken to the Yaumati Police Station where he informed Inspector Macdonald that the bang- le belonged to his wife, but as this was proved not to be the case, and as the owner of the article was found, the defendant was placed before the court on a charge of larceny. His Worship, on hearing the evidence, sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour-Hong Kong, Daily Press, Feb. 17, 1908.

SCHOOLBOY'S' TRAGIC DEATH

COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER BEING CANED.

the

caning ad A tragic sequel to

Blows and Abuse.

ministered to a pupil by a master of the Kwan Man School, 3. Lime

Evidenco was also given by a

Mr. E T Riley, Importer, Street, Mongkok occured on Thurs Police interpreter who alleged that turning from a business trip to the day when the lad committed sui the defendant abused him in the Philippine Islands, en route to cide by jumping out of a window. In his report to the police the charge room after he had refused to Shanghai.

master stated that before make certain telephone calls. De- Mrs. L. M. Schlegal, accompanied tragedy the boy, Wu Shu, aged fendant then picked up the receiver by her two children Miss Lucille eleven of 004, Canton Road, was himself, and after failing to get any and Master Don, are en route to caned by him at the request of reply, threw it on the table. When Seattle, Washington. Mr. Schlegal the boy's mother, for having ab- school the Shantung constable attempted to is in the lumber business in the sented himself from detain him when he was walking Southern Philippine Islands.

previous day. out of the station, defendant struck

Later in the day, the boy jump- him on the mouth.

ed out of one of the windows of the school into the street and was picked up hady injured. He was rushed to the Kowloon Hospital where he died at 4 p.m..

Seeking Evidence.

Giving evidence, defendant said ho hired a taxi at about 2.15 a.m. and told the driver to take him to Fa Yuen Street. Arriving there, he asked the driver to accompany him upstairs, with the intention, he stated, of obtaining evidence against my wife with the view to getting a divorce." He knocked at the door for fully 15 minutes but could get no reply. Meanwhile he heard a male, voice inside nad re- newed his knocking.

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There was a delay of about fil- teen minutes and then his wife looked through a hole, and asked him what he wanted. He told her he wanted to find out the name of the man inside the house, and that if she did not open the door, ho would "break it in. He kicked the door and his wife opened it. On entering he saw his wife stand- ing there with a chopper. She at tempted to hit him but the seized her and took the chopper away from

bor.

A this time he was holding a whisky bottle in his hand. He had bought, it earlier in the evening and had almost finished is with some Friends.

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Referring to the incident at the. station, defendant said that the Snterpreter had called him 4 drunken foreign dovil." He had

no intention of striking the con- stable, but as his and was being twisted back his fist hit the con stablo's' ince.

His Worship convicted defendant on the first two charges, and impos ed a fine of $30 on the first and $10 on the secoil,

ROSARY CHURCH

The following are the forthcom ing scovices, etc. at Rosary Church, Kowloon.

Feb. 19, Sexagesima Sunday, Exposition of the Blessed Sacra ment from 1st Mass to 0 p.m.

Guard of Honour of the follow- ing Sodalities are requested to attend:-

Apostleship of Prayer, Children of Mary. Ladies' Union.

St. Mary's Girls' Association. 1st Mass at 6.30 with Sermon in Chinese.

2nd May at 8 with Sermon in English.

H.K. & KOWLOON WHARF

& GODOWN CO..

REPORT FOR 1832

We have been asked by the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd., to publish the fol- lowing amended account for 1032:- The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., report that the balance nt Proft and Loss Account for the year ended Decem- ber 31, 1932, is 8813,244.71, which together with 8314,091.43 brought At 10.30 meeting of the Members forward from the previous year makes a total of $1,157,330.14 avail- of St. Vincent de Paul Society.,

Friday 24th, at 7.30 a.m. beginsable for appropriation. the Novena in Honour of the Passion of Our Lord.

3rd Mass at 9.30 with Bennon in English:

On weekdays-Masses at 6.30 and 7.30.

KOWLOON CRICKET.

TWO-DAY. MATCH AT K.C.Ç.

The Kowloon Cricket Club will' play a twoday match against the Hong Kong Volunteers at Kowloon on Sunday and Monday,

Kowloon C.C. team will be

F. C. Goodwin, E. C. Fincher, E. F. Fincher, J., C. Lyal, A. T. Laye, I. McInnis, F. 8. W. Smith, N. AB. nekny: C. B. Ravin, F. E. Lawrence, and .1. Stapleton.

The Directors will, at the ap- proaching meeting of Shareholdere, recommend the following distribu- tion:

To pay a Dividend of

88 per share ........... To pay a Bonus .of

$2 per share ........... To transfer to Re-

newals Account To place to Equaliza- tion of Dividends Fund

To place to

$480,000.00

160,000.00

100,000,00

80,000,00

Em- ployees' Provident Fund

20,000.00

317,336.14

$1,157,333.14.

(Purther Kowloon,News will be

•found on stige 32).

To carry forward to

next account

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Manifest your loyalty to your own home town" by supporting the first daily newspaper ever published exclusively for Kowloon.

Help

us to enroll 1000 new regular subscribers at once, also 2000 or 3000 regular daily purchasers from street sellers.

This will enable us to increase the size of the Supplement to 4 or 8 pages.

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Dear Sirs:

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