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PICKPOCKETS AND PETTY THIEVES

Many Convictions Registered

Fickpockets, and thieves who were busy during the week-end appear-. ed before Mr. Q.AA. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Maghiracy yesterday to answer for their misdemeanours, A youth 17 years of age named Lai Mah On, charged with steal- ing a purse containing $6.30.11 Hong Kong money and $1.44 122 Canton currency was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. was stated by the prosecution that the youth" stole the purse from a 69-year-old-woman who had pre- viously made a purchase at a shop. A struggle ensued between the youth and the old woman, but the former manag 1 to break away, He ran away but was arrested by Chinese constable. When the accused saw the constable he threw the purse away. It was recovered with all its contents intact,

In answer to the Bench the ac- cused said that ha Was born in Hong Kong His mother lived in Reclamation Street, but his father was dead.

ANOTHER CASE

For the theft of $1.00 from Ho Tung (34) a kimemaker, a youth 22 years of age, named Lam Kan was sentenced four

to

months. The theft was stated to have oc- curred on a plece of vacant ground off Shanghai Street near Arran Street. Complainant's attention

was occupied with watching a jug- gler's show when the accused took the money from the right top jac

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KIDNAPPING CHARGE

An Unwilling Party?

A 46-year-old woman, named Lau Sam described as a widow ap. peared on remand before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Ma-

gistracy, on a charge of kidnap- ping. 8-year-old child named Tang King from a married woman in Pak Tin Village, Shamshulpo

The accused who is also known under the name of Lau Leung pleaded that she was induced to toke the child to a railway station, and that she did not know she was assisting in kidnapping the child.

H. K. POLICE RESERVES

(Urder By The Hon. Mr. T. H King, Inspector General of Police)

CHINESE COMPANY Training Course-Part IL-A}| recruits of the Chinese Company who have not yet passed Part of Training Course will attend the Chinese Company Headquar ters on Tuesday, April 7th at 17.3' hours for instruction.

Around the Courts

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com-

Fuk-on. 22, unemployed. Folice Court yesterday for the p.eaded gulity before Mr. S. F. theft of a motor horn from a bus Balfour at the Central Police at Causeway Bay. Sub-Inspector erday to stealing a woo}- Hallam stated that defendant was

·len singlet, a cotton jacket, a pair | an ex-employee of the bus of trousers, three towels and a ki- cany mono, from 12, May Road, the re- sidence of Mr. H. Farnud. Sub- Inspector H. G. Hallam stated that at 2.30 am. on Saturday the defendant was seen in the ser vants' quarters and ran to the second floor where he was caught. Defendant stated he was formerly employed as a fitter at the Talkoo Dockyard. Six weeks' hard labour was inflicted.

INDIAN COMPANY Training Course Part II.—AK recults of the Indian Company who have not yel passed Part II of Training Course will attend

Chan Yak, aged 37 years, was The mother of the chud Kan the Indian Company Headquarters admitted to the Howloon Hospit. Yan, aged 35 a married woman on Tuesday, April 7th also appeared in court. Detective hours for instruction.

on Sunday suffering from a stab Sergeant. C. Goodwin prosecuted.

wound in his body, alleged to have Training Course-Part 1-Mem- baen infilcted by another man, a statement to the Bench said that bers who are detailed will attend Tal Nam Street. An arrest has

The defendant in a lengthy

Doth

a woman, who was a neighbour, asked her to assist in taking the child to Canton. They travelled to Canton, and later she accused) Was accompanied to Hong Kong by the other, woman's daughter-in-law. The accused said that she was unaware that she had assisted in kidnapping.

THE FACTS

Sergeant

Goodwin

40

17.30

at 17.30

been made.

Indian Company Headquarters o Wednesday, April 8th hours for Squad Drill

Wong Yeung-shul. 33. unemp ur- Inspection Parade.--All ranksed, was given a month's hard lab the Indian Company wil parade our by Mr. Balfour at the Central

at Central Police Station on Wed

hours nesday, April 15th at 17.30

Hunt under Sub-Inspector R. J. for a general inspection of equip- ment etc.. by the Company Com- mander. Dress Blue Uniforin, Cap with White Cover, Belt with Brace, Truncheon, "Pocket Policeman"

make is

Detective stated that on March 23 at 8 a.m. the daughter of the complainant went to play in defendant's hut, and note-book to be carried. as was her wont. At 10 am. com- Equipment Officer will

and point of being present, her. child went to the defendant's hut which she found was bolted. She made several calls at the hut but re- Hong Kong. April 6, 1936. ceived no reply. The Follce were

plainant missed

notified

and a watch was kept. Eventually the defendant returned and was arrested. At the station

she had taken the child to a wo- man in Kowloon City. Whilst half way to Kowloon City in company of the police, she said that she had better tell the truth and elected to return to the station,

ket pocket. Some one also in the j she volunteered a statement that

this crowd witnessed

and drew complainant's attention to his loss. Defendant, was arrested. In sen- tencing defendant as stated above. the Magistratë requested the Court Interpreter to express thanks to the person for detecting the, theft,

IRON THEFTS

An odd job coolle Yeung Hau Shu (30) of No, 83 Canton Road was charged with the theft of a piece of pig iron, the property of Mr. Excell Cargo, Superintendent: of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd.. and

sentenced to was vo months' imprisonment.. Detec-, dive Sergeant Riddell stated that the accused was seen leaving the godown with the iron wrapped in a plece of cloth. A godown coolle gave chose and defendant drop- ped the iron, but was arrested. The value of the stolen property was $5. The accused admitted a pre- vious conviction for larceny on board a ship.

Sixteen pounds of scrapiron, the property of Kwong. Yuen con- tractors. were mentioned the

2S stalen goods in a charge of lar. ceny instigated against an employed man Li Yu (39) who ad mitted the theft and was fined $15 or in default, three weeks' harc labour. The thet was stated to have taken place at the Green Is- land Cement Co. Hunghom. The accused claimed that he had pick- ed the scrap dron up from outside the Secretary's office.

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THE ARMY

New Major-General

London, March 18.

ROYAL NAVY

Mediterranean Command

On the application of Detective Sergeant E. S. Brooks, Mr. Balfour at the Central Magistracy yester- day granted an order for the cou fiscation of 5 lbs. of tobacco found unc'aimed and unmanifested aboard the steamer Chuen Chow lying at the Yuen On Wharf ot April 2

*

A male passenger who was at

collision between the ferry launch; Orst reported drowned following a

| Epi Tai, and a passenger boat. No. 1937. in the harbour on Saturday was rescued by the steamer Chin Nam, and taken to the Water Po-

were tee Station. Eleven people thrown into the water after the collision, and all with the excep~ tion Li To, aged 40 years, were once picked up

PROFIT OVER $5.000

Construction Co.'s Report For Year

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The report of the Board of Dir~ ectors of the Hong Kong Engin- eering and Construction Co. Ltd., for the year ended December 31. 1935, states

that the net pront

London, Mar. 10. The change in the command of the Mediterranean Station is to take effect to-day. Admiral Sir for the year, after charging $1,- Dudley Pound, K.C.B., will holst 586.86 for depreciation and provid- Auditors' his flag in H.M. Barham ing for Directors' and

#t Alexandria. Admiral Sir William Fisher, G.C.B.. G.C.V.O.. after 3 years as Commander-in-Chief, will return home in HMS. Queen Elizabeth, which is due for, recom- missioning, her present ship's com- pany having served in her since The flag of Sir February 7, 1933. William Fisher will not be struck

Admiral Sir Dudley Pound suc-

Colone! Alexander E. Davidson, As a result, both the complain-D.SO., A.D.C. (late R.E.), who has ant and defendant were sent to been promoted major-general, is 55' until his arrival in England. Canton on March 25, by the police and has had 36 years' service. He authorities, where in company with the Public Safety Bureau both the village, in Ho Cheung. women were taken to Sze Ma Po

A village elder then produced the child, who was immediately identified by the mother.

BANISHEE RETURNS

Said He Wanted To Go To Gaol

When charged before Mr. Scho- feld,

is the new Director of Mechaniza-ceeds to the command of the tion in the Department of the principal fleet at the age of 58, and Master-General of the Ordnance, after 45 years in the Navy. He has and was recently Assistant Direc-been serving temporarily as Chief tor of Works. A

of Staff to the retiring Comman- since October last, Major-General Davidson was der-in-Chief promoted major in 1916. "brevet and had had previous experience in the Mediterranean flagship as Heutenant-colonel in 1918, lieut- enant-colonel in 1925, and colonel | Chief of Staff to Adiniral Bir in 1927 with date from 1922. The Roger Keyes in 1925-27. Hls flag- vacancy occurred through the re- ship, the Barham, was flagship 20 tirement of Major-General George years ago of the Fifth Battle H. Addison, C.B., CMG., D.S.O., Squadron, Grand Fleet, and served who will be 60 in May and recent-as such at the battle of Jutland. ly vacated the appointment of Engineer-in-Chief, India.

Major-General Addison has had

PERSIAN GULF DIVISION HMS. Shoreham, ship of the

Captain V, S. Butler, D.S,O., was recommissioned at Bombay yester-

fees, amounts to $5.178.57, to which has to be added balance brought forward from last account. $7,569.- 30, making a total of $12,747.87, which

it is recommended should be carried forward to the credit of next year's account.

Directors. Sir Robert Ho Tung.

Kt., and Sir Elly Kadoorie, K.BE,

retire by rotation, and being eligi- ble, offer themselves for re-clec- tion.

Auditors The accounts for the year have been audited by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, Chartered Accountants, who, be ing eligible, offer themselves for re-election.·•

The annual meeting of share- holders will be held on April 17.

at the Central Magistracy over 40 years' service, including Senior Naval Oficer, Persian Gulf. July, 1917, he was Heutenant and" yesterday, with having returned duty at "the Royal Military from banishment before the ex- Academy, with the Engineer-in- piration of his sentence years, Wong Chuen, 62, unemploy- ed, said he came back because he wanted to go into gaol.

of Ave Chief in France, with the Armis- day and is due to leave to-day for served in Russia, and was award-

Mr. Schoßeld sentenced him to six months' hard labour.

Inspector Hourihan said defen- dant surrendered himself at the West Point Police Station, stating.,

Wu Taf-mul, married woman,

With

tice Commission, at the School of Military Engineering, on the R.E. Board, at the War Office, and as Chief Engineer, Aldershot. He was decorated six times during the

War.

NEW COLONELS Lieutenant-Colonel William

2.

Muscat to resume her. duties. Captain Butler

was reappointed on the ship recommissioning. After her return the Deptford, Comman- der C. F. B. Bowlby, DS.C., will leave Muscat on Monday next for Bombay, where she is to be taken into dock on March 25. "

CANADIAN DESTROYER

LI

DIVISION

1912, and when the War began was serving 28 midshipman in HMS. Conqueror, Grand Fleet; In 1915 he became sub-lieutenant of the sloop Dahlia, and in 1916 of the destroyer Obdurate.. From

second-in-command of the des- troyer Milbrook, During 1919 be

ed the DS.C. in November, 1910, for distinguished services in com- mand of the naval- brigade throughout the operations of August 10, 1919, and subsequent days. After the War he had com mand. of destroyers, including the Verity in China and the Westcott in the Atlantic Fleet. His last ap- pointment was as executive officer of HMS, Terror, base-ship at Sin-

that on a previous occasion he had Buckley, D.S.O., who has completed been promised half of $10 reward his tenure of command with the by an informer.

The destroyer: division of the 2nd Battalion, The DOLI., at Royal Canadian Navy, consisting gapore.. Blackdown, has been aged 47 years, was also charged colonel. Joining his regiment in from Halifax) and the Skeena promoted of the Saguenay and Champlain

COMMAND OF THE SKATE having from life. CARRIER shmen, return remanded 1907. he was with the Old 32nd and Vancouver (from Esquimalt), Lieut.-Comdr. E. B. Tancock, who Foot at Woolwich, Gravesend, and which has been working in com-has assumed command of the for 48 hours. FINED

She stated she had returned as with them

Tidworth, and crossed to France pany for a month, will separate at destroyer Skate, one of the tenders from the Curraghat Montego Bay, Jamaica, dur-to the Vernon torpedo school, was her mother-in-law had died. She Leaving his battalion in 1915 to being the coming week-end. The formerly senior lieutenant of the admitted a conviction for harbour-adjutant of the 5th Battalion. Saguenay and Champlain will visit Winchester, ship of the senior Portuguese Who Was a young girl, and also for re- The South Lancashire Regiment, Nassau, Bahamas, from March 28 officer of the Vernon Flotilla. He turning from banishment on two he passed on to General Staff eni-to 30, and will be at Bermuda for was promoted to lieutenant-com- previous occasions,

ployment with the 37th Division, a fortnight (April 2-18) before go- mander in May, 1934, when second- Mr. Schofield asked Bergeant W. 139th Infantry Brigade, 5th Divi- ing north. The Skeens and Van-in-command of the Dainty in the T. Sargent for instructions as to

· First Destroyer Motilla, Mediter- whether the case should be dealt, and XV Army Corps. He was couver will proceed direct to the with summarily.

brigade major with 2 training Panama Canal, All four ships are ranean. He went to sea in Janu- brigade in reserve at Crowborough due at their home ports in the first arr. 1923, AS midshipman Twelve months' hard labour was from 1919 and afterwards with the week of May.

HMS. Queen Elizabeth, then flag- imposed by Mr. Balfour on Fungsth Provisional Brigade in Ire-

ahip of the late Admiral of the Wah, 27, unemployed, when he ad- land. Having passed through the

COMMANDER M. S. SPALDING

Fleet Sir Charles Madden in the mitted returning to the Colony Staff College, he was sent to the

Lieut.-Commander M. 8. Spald-Atlantic Fleet, and a few months after being banished in December. Directorate of Personal Services, ing, DB.C., has retired at his own later was transferred to HMS. Sub-Inspector L Misr prosecuted. and from the War Office went to request with the rank of Comman-Iron Duke, flagship of 'Admiral of Territorial Army work as Geo der. He entered Osborne as the Fleet Bir Osmond Brock in the with the 48th (Bouth Midland) cadet in September, 1908, passed Mediterranean. Division. Afterwards he command-out from Dartmouth in August, ed the dépôt at Bodmin. He was wounded during the War and, in

Once Wealthy

Described as a Portuguese who had once been wealthy but who had fallen down on evil circum- stances, Anthony Rangel, 43, was fined $2.000, or imprisonment for 10 months; by Mr. Balfour in the Central Magistracy yesterday' for possession of 72 taels of raw oplum

Revenue Omcer A. W. Grimmiti sald Rangel was arrested on Bα- turday near the Western Market with the 'oplum concealed round his waist,

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ALLEGED POISONINGTM

The case in which Wong Kwok- At the Imports and Exports shing, 18 years, unemployed, was Office he said he was a subordin" charged with administering polso ate carrier and offered information | to slx inmates of 22, Mercer Street which, however, did not come

was before Mr. Balfour at, the anything.

Central Magistracy yesterday when "Rangel is an absolute addict," he was further remanded for three said, R. O. Grimmitt. "He has days. Accused pleaded guilty.

to

of

R.M. RIFLE ASSOCIATION

The annual central meeting of

addition to the DBO. received the Directorate of Military Training at the Royal Marines Rifle Associa Belgian War Cross and was five New Delhi.

tion will be held at Bisley between times mentioned.

Captain Owen M. Wales, M.C., June 29 and July 4, 1938. Unit Brevet Colonel Malcolm D. Bell, has been promoted major in The team events will include those for O.B.E., late R.A, has been promot Eouth Wales Borderers after ser- the oicers", cup, tile cup, rapid ed colonel. He has been DAD. of vice from 1914, He was adjutant cup, revolver bowl, revolver tiles Artillery and Secretary of the of the 2nd Battalion and of the cup, McCarthy Cup. Pollak Cup, Ordnance Committee, and has hadard Battalion, The Monmouthshire and the 1st R.M. memorial trophy. been seen by a doctor and a térm Detective Sub Inspector J. active service in Mesopotamia, Regiment.

Individual events will be held for O'Donovan stated that the police Kurdistań, Wazaristan, Iraq (1820),

the RMRA championship, the

· THE » AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY expected the Government Analyst's | and' against the Mohmands' and

Prince of Wales's Cup, the RM written report within a few days, Ewatis.

The War Once announces that Jewels. Colquhoun Cup, Graham "I have an idea that the poison Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. L. Majur CLA. Dubs, TD, has been | Cup, and Collard Cup. Unit used was belladonna. These roots Howard, D80.-MV.O, MC., also selected for command of "The team ""eventa for the Dule are very common and, I believe, promoted colonel, was in The South Ayrshire Yeomariry (Earl of Car of Edinburgh's Cup and young can be bought gaally. They bollit Lancashire Regiment, transferred rick's Own), in succession to Lt. soldiers' match will be fired down and put the water from the to the 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, Col, Bir Charles G. MacAndrew, on local ranges on any dafe con- roots in the food," added the pro-and served with the Somaliland TD. MP., whose tenure, expired venient to the unit, before July 1. secuting ouicer.

Gagiel Corps." He is G.8.0.1.in the yesterday.

1956.:

of imprisonment will do him good as he will receive proper treat ment. He is an educated man and Is zo fool"

When asked if the oplum were for, his own consumption, Range said "I was out of employment and have to take to being a car- fier to earn a little money. so took the chance.”

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