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"HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935.

Around the Courts

KIDNAPPER CAUGHT

to

PLOT TO ROB OLD LADY

Further evidence was taken by Mr. Q.A.A. Macfadyen at the Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday in the case in which Ip Kim-wan; a 43 year old Chinese, is facing a ser- lous charge of uttering a forged promissory note on October 4. 1934. purporting to be given c sit SL MT. W. A. Lockhart Smith Asst. Crown Solicitor is in charge of the prosecution.

THE CHINESE CHAMBER

Appeal From The Hawkers

QUARRY BAY SCHOOL

To Hold Sale Of

Work

SEPTEMBER

The Weather Report

The early part of the month was cloudy an showery, with occasional bright intervals; temperature dur- ing this period was slightly below, normal. A typhoon, which passed at a distance of about 250 miles to the SS.W. of Hong Kong on the 17th produced strong winds azd a moderate amount of rain-

How a passerby who, totleing the difference in the dress of a man and a chlid whom he WAX taking along, with him and who was carrying at the time led the apprehension of a kidnapper two who, when brought before Magistrates at the Kowloon Ma gistracy, yesterday. received years' hard labour.

Chan Yung, allas Cheung Chun 25-year-old unemployed Was charged before Messrs. E.- I. Wynne-Jones and W. M. Thomson with stealing a male child, Yu Hol, aged 5 years from his lawful guardian, Leang Ng a 35 year old sald that on September 25, fast | Tong, So Tze Hang, Lam Wah Lap, gallery, fortune-telling. bran tub. the '24th to the 27th rain or drizzle ·

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two

No.

The first witness called yester- day was Mr. H. Mington, Head Bailiff of the Supreme court, who year he was handed a writ of married woman residing at

execution, by a clerk employed by 38 Tung Tau Village, Kowloon City, on September 20. and, al-Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, with a photo of the person he was to arrest The clerk asked him to take the person he had arrested to the orce of Wilkinson and Grist.

ternately with harbouring.

Detailing the facts of the cast Inspector Chester-Woods and that the little boy's mother was dead. and the father worked at Stone- cutters Island. The boy and his brothers and sisters were left in the care of the woman, Leung Ng

During, September last year, de- fendant was introduced to the complainant, and on the 15th of last month, he went to the house and asked complainant, to put him com. up for a few days. The plainant agreed and defendant stayed at the house for several days.

The woman had a practice of going to another house day and the defendant got to know of this. On the 19th he took the child cut and on the 20th 'he told the boy's elder brother that he was going to take the boy out again. The and rest of the family followed defendant chased them back.

When the woman returned t the house she was told" of

the episode.

Witness went to a certain ad- dress and found the old lady who answered to the name of the per- son mentioned in the writ, and when she was shown the photo she said that it was her own but that it was taken some 20 years ago. He told her that he had warrant for her arrest for the Summ of $3.800. and the old lady was very much surprised. She emphatically denied owing anyone money, and said "why should I owe money to anyone when have my own property."

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Further evidence was taken and the case was adjourned.

THEFTS OF SILK

The monthly.committee meet-

From a desire to help the poor and needy, the Quarry Bay School ing of the Chinese General Cham- ber of Commerce was held yeater- is holding a sale of work in aid day afternoon at the Chamber's of the Bociety for the Protection Headquarters, when owing to the of Children on Saturday, this be indisposition of the Chairman Mr. ing. the first effort of its kind Wong Kwang Tin, the Vice-Chair- | which the Bchool has undertaken. tall. This was the only typhoon. man Mr. Li Sing Kul, took tha The proceedings will

start at which affected Hong Kong during chair. He was supported by Mr. 10.30 am with a drill display. to the month. From the 19th to the Au Chak Sum, Hon. Treasurer and ¦ be 'followed at 11 o'clock by prize 23rd weather was warm and mam-

distribution and opening of they sunny. Mr. Chan Ping Au, Hon. Secretary..

Temperature fell con Other members present were sale by Lady Macgregor.

siderably on the 25th; the mon- Mak There will be many attractions soon set in on the following day Messrs. Fung Ki Chuek, Ying Chi, Tsang Po Ki, Chan Kim at the sale, including a shooting and during the remainder. From Eue Young Shing, Kwok Yau Ting, etc.," while coffee, ices and tea will fell almost continuously. “ Wong Yun Tong, Fung Ching Yue, be served. The stalls will include

The mean temperature for the month was 78.4°F, which is 2.2' Chan Chung Chi, Gock Chin, Chow work done by the school children Sing Chi, Cheung Lan Chow, Fung and by parents and friends, a less than normal, and is the lowest Ping Fon, Fung Shuen Po, Lui Yam bargain counter, a sweet stall, a valua aver recorded for September. Shun, Yeung Shu Cheung, Fung children's stall, and others. Spec- A maximum temperature of 88.4" Shlu Tong, Tang CH Cheong, ia attention is drawn to the stall

was recorded on the 1st, and a Wong Hing Ban, Ho Chung Nam, containing articles from Japan, minimum of 85.29 on the 26th; the s Lee Yiu Tong. Kwong Kong Fuen. Pleping and Swatow, the prices of latter also constitútes & record. Chiu Chia Fan, Chiu Chan Yue. which wil be found extremely being the lowest reading ever re- Kwan Wap Pak, Lan Yuk Wan, reasonable, providing an excellent corded during September. Chan Yee Wan, Tse, Wai Ting, Lau opportunity for securing Christmas King Ching and many representa present. In view of the deserving tives of the various business asso-i cause. it is hoped that the sale wi ciations and guilds.

attract a large gathering.

Corres-

LOCAL AGENTS WANTED '· After reading all the pondence and review the business matters of the last month, the Secretary told the meeting that during that time, the Chamber had received many letters from the different firms and manufac- turers in New Orleans, New York and Japan, applying for recom- mendations for reliable local Chinese agents and influential re- presentatives for their products. Several cases of thefts of cloth He added that replies to the above and silk were heard by Mr. Q.A.A.

mentioned requests had already Macfadyen at the Central Magis-been sent. tracy, yesterday and in each in- Referring to the letter sent to stance the perpetrator, was sent

the Chamber by Mr. Tung Ping, to gaol.

a representative of the hawkers of the Colony, requesting the Cham- ber to ask the Police Authorities to be more lenlent in dealing with the hawkers. It was decided by the Committee that the matter should be more carefully considered be- fore writing to the Police Authori- ties.

About 3 p.m. on the same day a Chinese male saw the defendant and the little boy at the Shatin

Two Swatow Chinese, To Teh- Railway Station. The little bay chuan, aged 37, and Ko Yee, aged was carrying, and the man, notie- 30. both unemployed, were chars ed a difference in the clothing fed with the theft or a roll the pair-the defendant was well- .cloth from No. 28, Wing Kat dressed in European clothing Street, ground floor, and with "er while the lad was in rags, so heceiving stolen property. The com-. went up and questioned the man plainant was Li Yap, salesman cf He was not satisfied with the an- the shop in question. swers he received and decided to take the matter in his own hands and, took them to the Shatin Po- lice Station. On the way, he met a Chinese detective and handed them "over to him.

The boy's description was cir- calated to all stations and the description was recognised at Kowloon City. The boy was even-

tually identified and brought

back,

First defendant was sentenced to one month's hard labour while second defendant received cix weeks' hard labour.."

Kwan Hol-yuen, aged 28, unem- ployed, pleaded guilty to the lar- ceny of a roll of cloth, the pro- perty of the Silk Paradise, No. 48. Queen's Road Central, And Was sentenced to six weeks' hard lab-.

car.

Another Chinese. Tong Kwong, You did a very good piece of aged 33, unemployed, also appear- work; I congratulate you." salded on a charge of stealing two Mr. Wynne-Jones in compliment-pieces of cloth from No. 15. Wing ing the man, Lam On. for his On Street, ground floor. Detec- part in the case.

“EQUITABLE RELIEF”

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That cases for equitable

rellef

tive-Sergeant Gowans stated that defendant was observed by a de- tective to have a bulgé on the Inside of his trousers, and when searched the cloth, was found hid- did not come within the jurisdic-den. The other pieces was wrap- tion of the Summary court was ped up in paper carrled under b's the decision made by Sir Atholl arm. Sentence of three weeks' hard labour was imposed. Eo Kat MacGregor when he dismissed an action brought by Chanan Singh aged 50, of the Kwong Sing Tai against Bhag Singh and Kartar arm appeared as complainant. Singh for $875.

Mr. CER. Sanderson appeared for the plaintiff while Mr. M. W.

Lo was for the defendants.

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COUNTERFEIT COINS

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Before Mr. E. I Wynne-Jones at In dealing with the case: Mr. Sanderson said the circumstances the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, were rather complicated, the a 55-year-old Chinese, Lau Kam plaintiff and Bhag Singh one of was committed to stand his-tria the defendants being joint mak-at the next Criminal Bessions, ers of a promissory note for $1.350 when he was charged with (a) on April 15, 1932 in favour having in his possession Kartar Singh, the other defen- September 25 last at the Kowloon dant. The outcome of this note Railway station 352 counterfeit was due to the plaintif having Hong Kong 5 cents pieces and (b) drawn his share in a "blshit" C

with importing." which Kartar Singh was the head

One of the rules oft he "bish!" was that the plaintin must ic guaranteed before the money was to be paid over and Bhag Singh agreed to act as guarantor, pro- vided he received a part of the. money, namely $675. This was agreed upon.

Sub-Inspector L. Whant pro. secuted. After evidence was taken the defendant was committed to stand his trial at the next Cri- minal Bessions.

REGISTRY WEDDING

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On January 3, 1934, I a" sum- mary jurisdiction action, Kartar

The wedding took place at the Singh obtained judgment on the Registrar's Office; Supreme Court, said note against both makers, yesterday, of Mr. William Edward Chanan Singh and Bhag Singh.

Leo Courtney, son of the late Mr. Chanan Singh now claimed that a Courtney, and Miss Nina Bhag Singh should pay him a Gladys Mary Brown, daughter of or alternatively, to Kartar Singh the, late. Mr. George Brown as part of the latter's claims in Mr. Courtney is Chief Officer B the previous action.

the Indo-China & N. Co.'s steam-

Giving his decision,, His Lorder Hinsang, whilst the bride was ship said that the equitable por formerly a nursing sister.in ers of the Summary Court were

Shanghal. limited by statute. "My brother.

The Rev. Cyril Brown and Mr. Kemp," he said. was wrong 11 E Holmes were witnesses, of the assuming that because of a cer- i marriage.

tain ordinance conferred upon the Supreme Court he had the right

to administer equity and there-

fore, over this division of the action as this and hold therefore. Supreme Court. I cannot any that this action for equitib'e: res where and that the Court is ellen is not within the jurisdiction powered to adjudicate fuch an of this court"

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THE DOUBLE TENTH Regarding, the "Double Tenth,' China's National Day, the 'Com- mittee decided that it would be observed as a general holiday, and that a reception should be held In the Chamber's Hall at 1 p.m., that day for all the members and their friends in celebration of the event as in former years. It was also decided to contribute a sum

The mean relative humidity was $2 per crit, which is 3 per cent, greater than normal Sunshine was deficient, amounting to 153..... hours against a normal of 199 hours.

Chamber of Commerce in connec-

A maximum wind velocity of 57 tion with the grand-scale celebra- tion, which will this year be ob-m.p.h. was reached at 10 a.in. on served as the biggest event in the the 17th, during the passage of the history of the Kuomintang regime, typhibon.

Rainfall amounted to 7,37 inches. THE HON. MR. M. K. LO,

against a normal of 10.11 inches, with regard to the appointment Up to midnight on September 30th of the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, the the total rainfall for the year was popular local solicitor and Legal 6411 inches, against a normal of Adviser to the Chamber, to a seat 77.47 inches. un the Legislative Council in suc- cession to the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., it was decided by the Executive Committee that a tea party would be held at the

SWASTIKA FLAG.

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Hong Kong Hotel in his honour (Special to the "Hong Kong Dally and in recognition of his brilliant

Fresa" (Copyright),] services.

Berlin, Oct. 1. Concerning the letter sent to the Chamber by Mr. Mok Lin, renounced at Neuremberg, states an Through the new fàg law an- questing the Chamber to grant a acial declaration Issued> scholarship for the Hong Kong Tuesday, the Swastika flag be- University to Mr. Man Hung Chor.

comes the sole national Hag, the it was decided after a short dis-declaration adding that accord- cussion, by the Committee that,ing to the powers conferred on on account of the numerous re him by Clause IV of this law, the quests by the other members, the Minister of the Interior decreed matter, should be handed over to on September 16, that in future" the University Authorities for de- only Swastika is to be flown on cision.

a'l.bulidings Belonging to the Reichs." States, or public bodies. and that none of the old flags may be hoisted.

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At the conclusion of the meet- Ing, the Secretary announced that during the last few weeks, several new members from the different firms and manufacturers had ap- plied to the Chamber for member

applications ship. The

were

of $200.00 (Canton Currency) to passed unanimously by those who ibe Canton Chinese General were present.

The declaration concludes with the expression of expectation that the public will follow. suit and display no other flag than the Swastika.

Trantoren Rua Min.

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