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BETTING ON CRICKETS

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AWARDED DAMAGES

Car Collision Sequel

Mr. Alexander. Hutton Fotta. well-known local sharebroker, was yesterday awarded $850 damages! In an action for $1000 brought by him against Tsang Ping-kwong. owner of a lorry, which was involved! Some 200 fellow gladiators, in a collision with claimant's car whose

release Mr.

Connaught Road Macfadyen on July 9 in ordered on Thursday, were let West, when the case was conclud-) loose without ceremony on a hilled yesterday before Mr. Justice side in Taipoo Road the same E. H. Williams at this Summary

Court afternoon.

was for the defence.

WOMAN FINED FOR BEATING

A CHILD

S.C.A. Prosecution Follows Letter

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1938.

COLONY WATER

PROBLEM ACUTE

Numerous Reports Of Wastage

The water problem in Hong- kong has become so acute that further restrictions are being introduced on Monday, when Water will be available for only eight hours a day.

With one previous conviction against her for assault on a child under the age of 16, Wa Fang, married woman, appear- ed before Mr. H. R. Hutters at the Central Court yesterday on a' charge of, having beaten a

The Water Authorities appeal to three-year-old girl, Ho Lan, in

the public to economise as much as a manner likely to caused her

possible, and, more important still unnecessary suffering,

to remedy any leakage in taps and September 15.

waste of water. Inspector H. W. Fraser, of the

Mr_A_B_Purves, Executive En On Wednesday. Det. Sub-Insp. Mr. D. B. Evans represented the S. C. A told the Court that he

gineer of the Water Works, dis- an anonymous letter, C. Mottram led a raid on the Wo plaintiff while Mr. W. 4. Mackinlay; received Ping Boarding House in Nathan

and as a result of the information, closed to a "Dally Press" represen- that numerous Road, where cricket fights were

The driver of the lorry in Miss P. Harrop, Lady Assistant,tative yesterday in progress, and arrested 92 men evidence yesterday stated that the visited defendant's house at No, reports on a charge of gambling. Four switchboard of the lorry was rect- Wing Fung Street, and, found them regarding wastage of water, Chinese others were charged with keepinged by the impact of the accident.

girl to be in a dirty condition. Specially in the poorer There were bruises on her thighs quarters and Indian districts

Asked whether street cleaning could be done with sea water in- Mr. C. Y. Kwan appeared for the steag of fresh water, Mr. Purver of the accident were from the defence and said that the child was replied that the streets would be two witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Petts. entrusted to defendant's care by slippery when washed with salt In fact it was the impact which her sister. caused the lights to go of. He slight punishment on Bo Lan be-j submitted that ΠΟ

a cause she had repeatedly attempted one but madman would travel at that time to climb over the verandah. of the night without lights.

Defendant was fined $150. default. three months hard hard labour.

a common gaming house and with cruelty, to crickets. Of these men 80, including of two of the keepers. had pleaded guilty and were sen- tenced on Thursday.

Tsu Nam, 45, and Tsung Sam, 40, were yesterday convicted by Mr. Macfadyen on both charges of "keeping" and "cruelty." and fined $25 and $75 respectively on the first charge or. in default. спе month's and two months' hard labour, and $10 and $25 respec- Lively on the second charge or, in default.

and month's one week's hard labour.

one

Four other defendants, charged with gambling, were fined $3 each. A fifth man was fined two dollars on the same charge.

"AMATEURISH TYPE

OF OFFENCE"

"An amateurish type of offence," commented Mr. Barnett at the Kowloon Court yesterday, when Leung Tak 19, and Leung Hung, 31, were charged with impersonat- ing police officers and assaulting two farmers.

Wong Sang and Tseng Kwal, the two farmers, told the Court that they were on Diamond Hill, Kow- loon City. on September 12 when they were stopped by the defen- dants, whe proceeded to search

them. When they protested the defendants were alleged to have; paskulted them.

Reporting the incident to the Kowloon City police station, the farmers asserted that the men claimed to be police officers.

Defendants were fined $25, in: default, six months' hard labour.

INDIAN CONSTABLE

DISCHARGED

You are discharged without a stain O骂 your character," Mr. K. M. A. Barnett, Magistrate, in- formed Dalip Singh, police con- stable No. B 649, at the Kowloon Court, yesterday at the conclusion of the case against Singh on a charge of receiving a gratuity of three-dollars from La.......Chak-yan..).. accountant of the Ng Tsau Dairy Company.

After hearing of the witnesses for the prosecution, Mr. Barnett told the Court that the evidence was overwhelmingly in favour of the constable.

NO LICENCE FOR RADIO SET

Sentence of six months' impri- sonment, with the alternative of a fine of $100, was imposed on Lee Man-kit, residing at No. 18, Tick Yam Street, third floor, when he appeared before Mr. H. R. Eutters at the Central Court yesterday on a summons for having in his pos- session a radio receiving set with- out a licence on September 3..

The radio set was confiscated by lorder of the Court.

POP—WHILE WRITERS GET ONLY CRAMPS

HE'S NOT A WRITER,

COLONE!!

HE'S AN

AUTHOR!

Mr. W. A. Mackinlay submitted: that the only evidence that the lorry had no lights at the time.

Mr. Evans in his submission. said that a burden was thrown on the defendant in that he had to show that the impact had caused the ghts to fail. Defendant, hej vald, had put up an explanation

that the lights might have falled.

and arms.

Defendant had licteli

MUITSAI CHARGE

water,

had been received by

ILLEGAL POSSESSION

OF REVOLVER

Wong Chuen, who was charged

R. before Mr. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday possession of a .38 Short revolver and five rounds of ammunition,

with

Appearing before Mr. H. R. was committed to stand trial at Butters at the Central Court the Criminal Sessions.

An additional charge of breach His Lordship said that he was yesteday charged with keeping an satisfed that the plaintiff had unregistered multsal. Wong Yuk- of the Deportation Ordinance was discharged his onus and therefore shing married woman, was And also preferred. hearing of the case

being, adjourned til next Friday. gare, judgment for $850 with costs. $25.

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It will be recalled that Li was orginally charged with wounding Pun Shing" on August 4 at the Luen Hing Seamen's boarding house. Pun succumbed to stab- wounds and the charge was .ac- cordingly amended.

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