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TRAFFIC CASES WATCHMAN

AT CENTRAL

DRIVING WITHOUT

CAUTION

Allah Dad, driver of private car No. 295, was fined $10 by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday when he admitted 4 summons for driving without due care and caution in Des Voeux Road Central at 8.45 a.m. on Octo- ber 28.

Truffle Sergeant Malcolm prosecuted.

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For a similar offence in Queen's

Road Central at 12.35 a.m. on November 2. K. C., Lung, of 19 Mor- rison Gap Road, third floor, was also fined $10. Sergeant H. Brown prosecuted.

D. von Hansemann, residing at

OPENS FIRE

ON BANISHEE

STORY OF STRUGGLE

TOLD AT INQUEST"

Attempt To Evade

How a

Arrest

returned banishee

Was

fatally shot while attacking a dis- trict watchman with a knife in an endeavour to evade arrest was told before Mr. K M. A Barnett who sat as Corner. and

a jury A. S. Potter comprising Messrs. (Foreman) Tang Yew-hung and H. A. Noronha, at an inquest held at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday following the death of Lat Kam in the Queen Mary Hospital.

Courtland Hotel," was fined $2 for parking his car beyond the time limit of two hours in Pedder Street on November 1. Summoned for agerprint Bureau, was first called similar offence, Miss M. Middleton- to prove the identity of the de-

Smith, of Hong Kong University.

was fined $2.

A fine of $6 was imposed on S. H. Young, of 3 Yick Kwan Avenue, who was charged with leaving his car unattended on October 31.

HUSBAND AND WIFE

IN COURT

Domestic troubles between the

Sergt. T G. MacKay of the Fin

ceused, Lul Kam. On October 12, at the Queen Mary Hospital mot tuary, deceased's Angerprints were taken. Deceased was. rebanished in July last.

GOLD FROM HOME OF EX-KING

ALLeged burglaR'S

STATEMENT

ature of the

Gold and jewelled articles be- longing to the ex-King of Slam were mentioned in charges of burglary heard recently at Chert- sey, Surrey.

Harry Heser, 43, a clerk, Princes- square. Bayswater. W. was com mitted for trial on three charges. He had nothing to say in his defence. would plead guilty. The accusa- tions were:

but intimated that he

Breaking into Park Hill, Sun- ningdale, between, Sept. 9 and 10. stealing 11 gold, silver and bronze medals, the prperty of Capt. J A. Stroyan. These were sald to be golf prizes won Capt. Stropan and his daughter.

Breaking Into Olen Pammant,

Virginia Water-the house of the ex-King of Slam-between Sept, 1 and 2, and stealing a jewelled sword handle encased in orna- mental gold, a gold-incised dagger Information had been received scabbard casing set with mar- by a district watchman that Luquisets and diamonds, a gold- dag- Kam was again in the Colony and was in hiding on the hillside in King's Park, :..

with the deceased having meals together. After having pointed

ger scabbard casing, a pair of gold scissors. a gold thimble and the gold mount from an ivory walking

stick.

Breaking Into Titlark H, Sun- ningdale, and stealing gold

medallion.

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Inspr. Elkins stated that in a statement Hester, said: "I knew the out the banishee to witness the ex-King of Stam lived at Virginia

In evidence the watchman said. that on October 11, acting on in- formation he went to Yumati dis- defendant and her husband pre-trict, where he saw the informer sented a problem to Mr. K Edwards at the Central Magistracy yester- day in coming to a decision as to what to do with Lo Chiu-tai, aged 30. who was convicted of adminis- tering a noxious thing, in the form of hair mixed with food, to a six- year-old child, ber husband's nephew.

informer left.

CHOPPER SEIZED Witness said he followed de- ceased through several streets, and

when turning into Shanghai Street he arrested him. On reaching a roast meat shop, deceased seized a chopper which was on the chop-! ping

block. Witness,

however,

The case originally started in the morning when, after Sub-Inspector Whant had briefly outlined the facts, evidence was given hy z Government physician and a medi-managed to push him aside and by doing so. deceased escaped and cal officer of the Queen Many Ecs- pital and defendant's husband. In the afternoon fellow frenants of the couple were called..

Having convicted defendant His Worship said he was loath to send her to gaol as she was pregnant. He asked the husband if he had any suggestion to make but the latter was most unhelpful and was reproved. His Worship saying "This woman has borne you children and is now bearing you another: you should treat her well It is no use your making dimeuities."

Eventually he bound the woman over in $100 for one year, she ex- pressing a wish to return to the country. Asked what he would do for her, the man mumbled some- thing about a few dollars and was advised by His Worship to pro- vide for her properly.

The woman asked for the return of a sum of a few hundred dollars which she said she had with her husband, but His Worship replied he could not adjudicate on that.

MKEN SANDRA SANA

DEATH OF SIR ARMINE MORRIS

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in 1927.

Three years later, to meet death duties, he had to sell a Romney. In addition to two pictures by Sr Joshua Reynolds, and two by Hop- pner.

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A native of Macao, Wong Shing, 22 unemployed, appeared before Mr. R. AD. Forrest at the Cen- tral Magistracy. yesterday charged with larceny from the-person and returning from banishment,

Inspector Mair said complain- ant, Chung Kam-sin, aged 55, was

ran Into No. 94. Shanghai Street where he entered the latrine in the back yard. Hoiding the chop per in his left hand the deceased

said, "you move again, Til stab

you." Witness, however, managed to pull open the door. Deceased rushed at him with the weapon Witness then had his revolver

mess) wrist and knocked his hand drawn. Deceased held his wit

against the wall, causing the re- volver to go off.

A hand-to-hand struggle ensued, during which witness fred a shot which struck the deceased in the chest,

Deceased was sent to the Queen Mary Hospital where he succurab- ed.

Act!rig Police Armourer Sergt. G. J. Perkins. testified that the bonet found in the deceased's body was fired from the revolver held by the district watchman:

November 23,

The hearing was adjourned t

TRAFFIC OFFENCES

Few cases of breach of traffic

Mr. K. Keen at regulations were brought before-

the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday morning. G. Polgiase of the Treasury. was fined $20 when he pleaded guilty through a letter to the summons for driving a motor car at the excessive speed of 35 to 45 miles per hour in Salisbury and Cha- tham Road on October 19.

T. R. Stephenson of the Cosmo- politan Docks was fined 15 for failing to have full control of his motor cycle. He was driving along Prince Edward Road with a big bag on the handle bar.

R. B. Lands pleaded guilty to the charge of driving a car at 35 miles per hour alang Nathan Road on October 21 and was fined $5.

Signalman J. Bowler. of the Royal Corps of Signallers, station- ed at Whitfield Barracks · was. ordered to pay a fine of $15 on two summonses for driving a motor car at the excessive speed of 50 miles per hour along Prince Edward Road ́at midnight® ́an October 18 and driving without an appropriate driver's Ecence.

case

In connection with the Mrs. R. A. Bückberrough, residing at No. 92, Nathan Road, who was the owner of the car, was fined $10 for allowing an unlicenced driver to use her car.

walking in Queen's Road West is to be given 12 strokes of the when defendant came from be- cane. hind her and snatched a gold ear- ring from her ear. He had been sent away for ten years on June 1934.

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Sentence of ten months' hard labour was imposed on the second charge, and on the first, defendant

In a similar case Chung Sik, 23, unemployed motor-car driver, was. given a similar sentence. He had snatched a gold and jade earring from a 07-year old woman at Des Voeux Road Central and he also was a 'returned banishee.

Water. I travelled down by train and entered the grounds about 11.30 p.m.

"When I arrived the lights were blazing and there was a lot of hilarity. After a time the lights

went out.

"I got into the house by forcing a window, went into two or three rooms and saw a number of dag- a sort of sideboard. I Rers on decided that the sheaths were Inlaid with gold, so I stripped every one in the room. I returned to London, where I disposed of the Fold."

MEDALS. DOWN A DRAIN Evidence was given by Major Svasti, of Glen Pammant, regarding the property" missing from the ex- King's house.

A WETHERED TRADITION

Match-Winning Shot

MORE LEPERS IN

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MALAYA

How Problem Is Dealt With

The Wethered tradition still The Increase in the number of" prevails in the Worplesdon Mixed cases seeking admission to leper Foursomes. No player of that settlements is a matter of grave. name appeared in the draw for concem to the Government and this week's event, but the most im-steps are being taken to deal with portant match of the argond round this problem, states Dr. R., D. saw, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (for Fitzgerald th the annual report- of merly Miss Joyce Wethered) again the Medical Department. on the winning side.

husband, Sir John, won on the last green against Mrs. Steddall and O. L. Adams after a match which

nearly was watched by

1.000

spectators.

Lady Heathcoat-Amory, who won the event last year for the eighth time, showed indifferent form for 1 holes. yet triumphed in the end because she retained her ability to produce the match-winning shot- 'a wooden club that to within five

Lady Heathcoat-Amory and her

yards of the eighteenth pin."

Scotland is still strongly re- presented, for there was only one defeat yesterday. Stuart Forsyth and Miss Jean Hamilton going out at the nineteenth

Mrs. J. B. Walker and J. M. Dykes won by 4 and 2 against Mrs. D. Arnell, and R P. H. Stables. Dykes's long and straight driving and Mrs. Walker's crisp iron play enabled them to secure an early lead, which had increased to three at the turn and eventually they became dormle four.

Pe. Tappenden sald that ester sald to him at Glen Pammant: "If you go into the library you will And on the top shelf. behind the third book from the right, a span- ner which I left there when I entered the house." A spanner was found in the library.

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Regarding the thefts from Capt. Stroyan's house, police evidence was given that Hester took an officer to a road in Tooting. S.W., pointed to a drain and said: "I dropped some property down there." Nine medals were recovered from the drain.

The medallion alleged to have been stolen in the third case was found in the same drain.

Four hundred and twenty-one cases were admitted to the male

settlements on the island of Pulau "Jerejak, Penang. Of these 65 were In the early state of the disease. 118 moderately advanced and 238 were advanced cases.

that the

There is no doubt majority of the cases of this dis- ease are introduced from outside Majaya.

IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE

The problem in Malnya differs In one. Important respect from that la most other countries. The majority of cases occur in Chinese, many o whom are Immigrants, who probably bring the disease "Into the country with them.

Owing to the long incubation period, extending over many years, few of these Immigrants show signs of the disease on arrival, Infected in China previously. The disease in such cases only manifests itself some years after the sufferers have settled in Malaya.

Efforts are being made to ex- amine Chinese and Indian migrants for signs of early leprosy and a certain nümber have been detected, rejected and returned to their country under the powers conferred by the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance.

The incidence of leprosy amongst Malays In the Colony is low, but it is thought that there are many 11. hiding. Of the 1,217 patients at Pulau Jerejek Settlement. Pending. at the end of the year, only 37 were Malays. "

The

one

problem presented is which concerns chiefly the Chinese, who account for 980 of the total 1,217 rimates at Pulau Jerejak Settlement; and this pro- portion probably representa reason- "ably accurately the relative dis- tribution amongst races in Malaya.

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