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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934.

ECHOES OF 1859

78 Secret Meeting of the Legislative Council

November 12, 1959.

pare, and is determined to make The community are under obliga- | him sweat for it. Of course there tions to the Mail for the following will be a row," as it was never ropurt, which we extract from his meant the home Government should tulanus of the meeting of the know the way "the man" is treat legislative council of Wednesday ad. What will be said when the We cannot understand whe opinion of the noting Chief Justice ther he obtained admission (as a on the condition of the jail, gets right or as favour. We shalt seitle home, we do not know, Arthur the point by applying for admit Blackwood himself will be ashamed tance on 21st instant

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We are delighted to see the Governor increasing the non-official element. H.E. may be slow but he is sure. Every step he takes is in the right directici

So it seems that our "sapient Colonial Secretary, whom we shal! dub Silky Solemon did not like the press to stand between him and his crude ideas on legislation. He found it umecessary to bring in his The meeting of the Legislative bill, did he? How we ducks do Council, held on Wednesday lasted swim to be sure! What an escape only half an hour. From the min- we have had.

utes of the former meeting, it ap- The secret of the presa being ex-peared that the Governor has ex- cluded from the meetings of Coun- pressed an opinion that the number til need now no longer be concealed. of official members should never be The "Thecretary" we are sure has greater than that of two to one, been acting under the advice of as compared with non-official meg- his old college chum, Dr. Bridges bers. for whom we have a high regard.. Certainly there is no man who ought, to be under greater obliga- Lions to the press than Dr. Bridges, It checked him on his headlong course of reform, when he must admit that he was doing very ill ghat much good might come of it. Had the press not stopped him The Acting Chief Justice inquired there is no saying to what lengthe if anything could be done to ex-. ho might have gone and see how pedite the enlargement of the Gaol, nice and comfortable all has turn-He had examined the present gaol ra out.

"Thelomon" we learn is in a sad way about Tarrant having sent that correspondence down to Singa-

The Colonial Secretary intimated that he found it unnecessary to bring forward the resolution of which he had given notice. His object had been to provide some security against the scurrilous at- tacks made by certain portions of the Press of this Colony.

and thought of all buildings of the kind he had ever seen, it was the least fitted for the purpose for which it was intended."

Around the Courts

NEW METHOD OF SMUGGLERS

Det.-Sergt O'Donovan who pro- Ophim Concealed In Bricks, prised open the door had he ob

secuted, said the man might have A new way of concealing opium tained sufficient leverage with the was discovered by Revenue officers wrench. The door led into the when they took into custody two rear of the bank building. Chinese coming off the as Norvik- Evidence was taken, after which en carrying some taasan's tools, and cement bricks. Each man had a brick ar when these were broken open ti were found to contain 72 and.. taels of raw oplum respectively.

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man, Tang Hon-heung.. pleaded guilty before Mr. Hamil- ton at the Central Magistracy.yes. terday, to possession of .72 taels. and WAS fined $1,440. or six months' imprisonment.

Revenue Officer Grimmitt said the brick had half an inch of ce- ment on the outside, with a lining of tin inside. »

The other defendant, Tang Fong, was fined $1,600 or seven months. His brick was encased in a quarter of an inch of cement Mr. Grimmitt added that both men were going to watow.

Another Chinese, Auf Yee, charged with possession of 20 taels of prepared oplum at Con- naught Road West was fined $2.400, or ten months' imprison-

ment.

Mr. C. E. L. Grist, appear ed for deferidant, and asked for leniency.

EUROPEAN CHARGED

With Possession of Arms.

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his Worship discharged the de- fendant on the first count, and convicted and cautioned him on the charge of loitering,

CAUGHT RED-HANDED

Pickpocket Sent To Gaol Sentence of six weeks' imprison- ton, at the Central Magistracy ment was imposed by Mr. Hamil- yesterday, on ployed, who was, convicted. on a Tse Chau, unem-

charge of having stolen $1.45 from Li Ching, a seaman, at Kom U street, Mear the Theatre..

CORRESPONDENCE

[all litera intended for publi- tation must be accompanied by the home and address of the writer, not por publication, unicas so denred but as evidence of good fails, EDI

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¿TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG-KONU DAILY PRESS."]

Bir-From the handbook, pub- shed by the New Territories Agri- cultural Association for the show held on Saturday and continged on Sunday, the exhibits classifield.. under 118 different

were

heads. The entries, of course, considerably exceeded that num- bar which goes to show that, from the point of exhibits themselves. the Show was a conspicuous suc-

cess.

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For several years now "I have been acting as one of the judges of the poultry section. A fact: which I desire to bring to the no- tice of farmers in particular, add residents of Hong Kong In general, has nothing, however, to do with the poultry section; it is one that concerns the agricultural section.

I wish to call the attention of the organisers of the Show that a very important root is grown in the New Territories. It was not classified and, therefore, not ex- hibited at the last Show. It is the root of the tapioca Tapioca, as is generally known, forms vary Important article of the ag ricultural industry of Singapore and the Federated Malay States It is successfully grown in the New Territories and, incidentally,

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may inform readers of your es- teemed paper, that I have dug up the root in the New Territories and have brought it to Kowloon and shown it to friends. This mor- ning I brought with me a piece of the root to the office and have forwarded it to a prominent mem- ber of the Agricultural Associa tion Committee in the hope that he might bring to the no- tice "of the Cotemittee that such a root can be easily grown in the New Territories, and if the farm- ers are encouraged to plant it ex-" terisively, taploca hight be deve- loped into a new industry of value for the New Territories.

I have tried to find out the Chi- name for tapioca It is var- lously stated in different villages. Erom enquiries I And that it is shoe, ie, wood potatoe more commonly known as nuk

As to the nutritive value, there can be no question of its worth, 3d it remains to be seen to what exfedt tapioca can be made an article of food In Hong Kong it it is marketed in the Colony at a cheap price and its value widely. expounded. I cannot see why it should not be done tells

Tanking you for affording me fachity for disserninating the above information in the Colony,

Yours faithfully...... J. A. SELAVISA ALVES. Hongkong. January 8, 1934.

Kuo Shing CENTRAL BRITISH

Lai Chi-cheung, a district watch- man said that about 1 pm on Sunday he saw a crowd round 'a hawker in Queen's near the Ko Shing Theatre.

Road West, also noticed, the defendant stand- Не

ing to the right of the complain- ant. He saw the defendant, feel the complainant's right with his right hand, under cover of his left hand, and work some money out of the pocket, which he transferred to his own pocket. Witness arrested defendant when he turned to go away.

Defendant said he was not

pocket

ASSOCIATION

Mr. N. L Smith Elected President

The amial general meeting of the Central British Association was held in the premises of the Central British School last evening when Mr. G. Franklin Nightingale pre- sided over large gathering of members. The chairman reported

At Kowloon Magistracy yester-arrested until laten outside the Kobat the Association was in a heal

day Antoin Poll, 40. and Jean Shing Theatre The money was Geronimi, 35, manager and com- own. He had 82.55 on him, mission agent respectively of including a silver dollar. Messes Poli and Co., Alexandra Bulidings, were charged with hav-

women who kept ing in their possession: an su-sly-brothels at Pak Taze Lane and tomatic pistol and 50 rounds of Aberdeen Street, respectively, were ammunition without a permit. fined $100 and $50" or one, month,

Two Chinese

It will be remembered that the respectively on their appearance case 3 adjourned from Central before Mr. Balfour in the Central Magistracy last week. Mr. T. Police Court yesterday."

Murphy, AP appeared for the La Kau charged before Br

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thy state and He thanked all the retiring office bearers who had put in so much hard work during the past year.

The following officers were then elected

President Mr. N. L. Smith, Chairman: Mr. J.-Ralston, Hon. Soc: Mr. W. H, G. Hirst, Hon Treas: Mr. Gurevitch, Committee Mears Webber, R Wood and E. MacNaiders

Silva represented both defendants. Hamilton, at the Central Magis The case was fixed for hearing on tracy yesterday, with haying re-ity of electric wiring which had Thursday, ball being allowed as turned from banishment, was sen- been stolen from 8, Seymour Road before.

tenced to twelve months hard the residence of Sir Robert Ho labour. The defendant was arrest Tung, which is undergoing renova- ed at Island Road. He was banish- tion, Lad Wah, an unlicensed. éd for ten years in 1932.

hawker, was find 650, or one month's imprisonment, by Mr. Balfour in the Central Police Court yesterday. Defenderit stated he had been given the wire by a man named Lâu Tak. De tective Goodwin said Làu Tak was an odd job coolle and had disap peared Defendant was arrested in Elgin Street carrying the wire.

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A movement in a side lane at the rear door of the Banque de L'Indo-Chine, in queen's Road Central, caused a Chinese con- stable to flash his torch, thus re- vealing a man with his left hand on the door and holding a wrench in his right hand. He arrested him and took him to Central Po- lice Station, and when searched a pen knife was also found on the

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Holding that the girl concerned was a mul-isal, Mr. Balfour in the Central Police Court yesterday im- posed a ine of $100 on a married woman, Chan Bung, who appeared on a remand charge of having in her custody an unregistered mul taxi, aged 14 years. The defen- dant claimed the girl was a rela- tlon

Remarking that he was in a posi- ton of trust, Mr. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy yesterday im posed ausenterice of one month'a The was a sequel to this at imprisonment on Clift Suf-cheong, Central Magistracy yesterday when charged with the thert of 61250 the man, Tan Yuk, was brought from Dartra Bligh a-watchman. before Mr. Balfour charred with Inspector McLellan said the de the possession of the knife and fendant was employed: wrench, Instrumente ut for an unboy, by the defend lawful purpose, and also with lol January 5 the latte Staring.

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Defendant,in iswer to the bills Defendant charges said he was raiding over was arrested when he return rubbish and the accusation of him yesterday

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