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LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS]

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received

Instructions from Mr. D. M.

Biggar to sell by Public Auction at].

GENERAL

ROUND THE Honour These Unknown

POLICE COURTS

AT CENTRAL

1

STOLE FROM BROTHER Cheng Mal-wong. 25, house

A.R.P. Heroes

Honour the unknown warriors” of the ARP, They are men and women fram all walks of life who have fallen in setive service on the Home Front, writes a Daily Herald reporter,

All have given their lives in the dangerous duty of rescue and salvages

The Roll of Honour of these While this rescue work was going his residence Woodbury." Pok-coolte, was charged before Mr.gnificent volunteers is already on another bomb burst 50 yards

GT. Lowry yesterday with steal-large but it will be months before away. ing $40, the property of Cheng Yee-cheung, 'cook boy, at No. 10

fula.m.

OR

Thursday, the 5th December 1940 -commencing at 10.30 am.

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:

the deeds of heroism caxy be ade- quately sorted out

"There cannot be a more difficult

Men of the A. F; S. stationed in

the middle of the street, operating tween two fires"

Leighton HIJ Road, on Nov. 30.job than that of giving proper re. On the shelter were caught "bė--

Det Sgt. J. Bentley said that

defendant Was the brother of

cognition to the heroism and re- sources of these gallant men and

complainant who worked at No. women" an A. R. P. Controller 10 Leighton Hill Road. On that said. day he went to the house and¦ took away a leather case con- taining the $40.

GIRL'S SACRIFICE "The reports we have received from all districts show that every Sgt. Bentley added that ke

man and woman in every branch had been asked by the complain of the AR.P. service has tackled this charge as a public duty and

with complete cafim they split forces to tackle both fires, despite the hurling and blazing debris that the bomb had sent dying in all directions, "

"JUST THE JOB"

and Armchairs with Good Springs ant to say that he only broughthe work of rescue with a courage but so fierce were the flames that

Very Fine Upholstered Couch and Extra Cushions, Pouffe, Pic- tures, Curtos, Suverware, Brass Bronze Ornaments. Celling and Table Fans and Lamps, Card Tables, Cabinets, etc., etc.

and

was prepared to give his brother which is beyond all praise.”

another chance.

the

In the Central district a bomb fell at the corner of a public shel- | ter trapping a number of people.

Must of them were rescued by a band of ARP. volunteers without Cheng was remanded in custody any professional assistance, for 24 hours.

of Defendant spent $10 money and gave the. other $30 Dining Table and Chairs, Side-to his mother. board, Side Table, Dinner Waggon CHaas and Crockery, etc., etc.

THEFT OF COAL

Iron and Wood Bedsteads with Spring and Beauty Rest Mattresses,

Pleading guilty to a charge Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Chests of stealing 30 cattles of coal from of Drawers, Mirrors, Carved Cam- the Chol Cheuk Kee coalyard. phorwood Trunks Cooking Stoves, Lockhart Re, La Tal-cheung, 22, Kitchen Utensils Garden Tools, unemployed, was fined $10 or two

Weeks by Mr. Lowry yesterday.

etc., etc.

also

They left one of their number, a girl of seventeen, with the dead. A falling wall crushed her as she was pulling a child to safety.

"Here you are mates. It's OK. Take this one," she was calling out when she was struck down with the child in her arma

I

The report came that two meu were trapped in the second blaze,

a frontal approach was impossible. One A.FS.man ran across the street, crawled along the side of the buildings in face of intense heat and dying debis, "encircled" the burning building and succeeded In reaching its rear. ---

Then he hacked his way in and single-handed brought out the trapped men.

When I complimented this teru. a commercial traveller, on his gal- lantry, all he would say was, "I' you have a job, you must do it"

All the ammunition SAPPER LOST

Art, Mackenzie said that at about 3.15 a.. yesterday. morn- Valuable Curtains, Tientsin Car-ing the watchman of the Chol chambers. peta, Steel Furniture... Garden Cheuk Kee saw defendant steal-was made from refilla. Swing Couches

ing coal from the yard and en Evidence was given by Insp. Rus- seeing complainant. defendant sell and Det. C494, Lul Mo. dropped a large chunk of coal.

and

A QUANTITY OF CARVED BLACKWOOD FURNITURE

On View from Tuesday, the 3rd

December, 1940.

All defendants reserved their de

"Eg, Mackenzie said be was fence.

c patrol at the time and arrest- ed defendant, The coal was valued at $1.40.

"There have been a lot of these thefts going on in the Wanchai district recently." said Sgt. Mac-

kenzie,

EMBEZZLER GAOLED

BLACK-OUT FINES

HIS LIFE FOR SIX PENCE

By train the Journey from

Wong Yee, of No. 157 Electric Petersfield to Liss in Hampshire Road. second floor, was fined $10. costs 6d.

Mr. Barnett yesterday for a breach For that sum a soldier lost his

the lighting regulations during life. the black-out on Oct. 29.

Wong was summoned för burning indoor Lights after sunset. Two months hard labour was Summoned for a gimilar offence, imposed by Mr. Lowry yesterday Tong Yuan-wal, of No. 8 Fly Dra on Lau Wan-hoi, 21. memployed. gon Terrace, was fined $15. who was convicted on a charge LAMMERT BROS., or embezzling various Aums

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

Aberdeen Bus No. 5 passes the

-House.

'AUCTIONEERS.

money amounting to $478.70 from

1. Shortly before 11 o'clock one re-

cent Sunday night Sapper George Samuel Peace, aged 22. of the R.E.. who lived at Scunthorpa, Lincoln- shire, alighted at Lisa station. He produced a ticket which was not valid for the Journey.

EXPULSION ORDER Convicted under, the Vagrancy Duman and Company on dates dinance. 14. Chan-tin, 34, unem between Sept. 1. and 30.

ployed. was ordered to be expelled Det-gt. V. M. Morrison said from the Colony for five years as the R.E PUBLIC AUCTION. that the defendant was in charge a destitute by Mr. Lowry yesterday.

_

When challenged by the ticket collector he ran through the bar- rier into the goods yard, on guard was Sapper Ernest Almond, also of

Almond heard someone running of the ping station at Hennessy that defendant admitted that he people shouting. "Stop that man.". Det, Sub-Insp. J. O'Donovan said towards him in the darkness, and Road, During the month of Sep-

in the Colony e undersigned - have received sales and then debited the credit born in Kongmoon, in Bunwai dis-

tember he took money from cash had been

for only 14 days. Defendant was inasructions. n.

to sell by:

PUBLIC AUCTION

Friday, the 8th December, 1840

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Bales Room, No. 25, Han- "kow Road, Kowloon..

A QUANTITE OF VALUABLE

HOUSEHOLD EGENITORE.

Comprising:--

Teakwood Bedsteadis, Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers, Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Dhi- ing Tables. Chairs, Hatstands, Chesterfield Buites, Office Furni- iture, etc, etc.

Mount.

Defendant went to Macao, where he spent all the money, but gave uimself up on his return at the No. 2 Police Station.

trict.

Defendant was given $2 from the Poor Box***

It will be recalled that I was

It is understood, said Sgt. Morfound not guilty by Mr. Lowry m rison, that defendant had been Tuesday on a charte of possession

a promising employee and it was of forged banknotes and was die apparently a case of temptation,

charged. The present charge was bemg In

charge of too much brought against defendant at the money.

conclusion of the above case and was remanded till yesterday in custody.

GAMING HOUSÉ Adquitting a charge of keeping No. 8 St. George's Lane, as gaming house, Chan Ki, 58, un- omnloyed, was fined $30, or one month, by Mr. Lowry yesterday.

AT KOWLOON

SNATCHER IMPRISONED Convicted or farceny of $1,500 from a WonİRD

the third challenge His orders were to challenge any- one approaching and to shoot after

"TOOK A CHANCE

The running figure passed him at the second challenge, and con- tinued running after he shouted "Halt, or T'll fire." Almond, then cocked his rifle, took aim at what he thought were the man's feet.

He shot Peace, through the back of tas neck, and Peace-died in- stantly.

This was the story told at the Inquest at Bordon...

The Coroner; Mr. R. 8. Bowker, recording a verdict of justifiable homicide, remarked: "There is no blame attached to Sapper Almond, for had he not ared he would have failed in his duty.

Ot the 15 persons charged with gambling, two were absent and

"Peace ought to have kown bet- had their bail of $3 each estreated Chinese currency while the other 13 were fined $2 at Ta Yuen Street, Chan Bui. 22, ter but he thought he could get was sentenced by " Mr. Himsworth' away with it, and took a chance,” each.

Table money picked up, amount yesterday to three months hard ing to $2.84, was put into the Poor, about. Box,

Cutlery, Curios, Ornaments, Brass Fenders and Fire Brasses, Electric The premises were raided by the Lampe, Heaters, Celling and Table Police under Det Sgt. W. Sum- Fans, Looking Glasses, Mirrors, meTR, Gramophones, Records. Porcelain and Qlass Ware, Pictures, Tea Sets, etc, etc...

also

QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD

FURNITURE

and

POSSESSION OF ARMS

A shop rom, Fung She-toor, who happened to be in the vicinity sion 46 letters without permission. [[helped to arrest the defendans at

Det. Sgt. N. P. Fraser, prosecut

the staircase of No. 26, Nelson 8, said that the arst two de |Street, was commended by the fendants were attached to the Magistrate. The money, was re- Kowloon Post Office, sharing the duty of delivering letters in the

An unemployed electrician and covered. ifour unemployed farmers were Set. W. J. D. Cameron prose morning and afternoon..

HEAVY FINES IMPOSED

committed to the next Criminai suted, Bessions by Mr. Lowry.. yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of arms and animunition. ||

Yiu Mur-Him, 40, master of trading junk No 15248H. and six

The boy was cautioned. For preach of Post Once Ordinance the postmen were fined $10 and $25, respectively. The Drst de fendant was remanded until Mon- The accused, Li Wal, 25, electri- tokis from other junks, Lin Shins, day when he will face the charge cian, Kwok Yam, 28, Tso On, 35, 38, Mak Tang-shun 36, Yung Chiu of possession of postal packets. 23 Volumes of "Encyclopaedia Bri-Bhek Leung, 36, and free Chung, 28, 43 Chan Ping-chuck, 39, Yau

SENT FOR TRIAL

tannica"

3 Bed Room Suites

3. Tientsin Carpeta and Rugs

2 "Underwood" Typewriters

-2 Pairs Binoculars.

1. "Gibson" Refrigerator

1 Enlarger

"Agfa" Cine Projector 16 min

1. Radio Set

1 Plano by "Moutrie".

farmers, were alleged to have had Cheung-kit, 98, and Lam Sung Alleged to have assaulted three in their possession at an unnum-tare, appeared before Mr. Ems-women with intent to rob them, bered house above Holy Cross Path, worth yesterday on charges of Ng Kap-sap. 45: Tool Fa, 32 and Bhankwan, on Nov. 19 two revol vers and 18 rounds of ammunition, Psion of a quantity of Kero Ng ng kan. 63, were committed sene on junks which were not to the Criminal Bessions yesterday two daggers and one knife with licensed for the purpose, out a licence.

by Mr. Himsworth. After inquiry it was found that Det.-Bub-Inst. W. N. Darkin pro- the last defendant's Junk was the three complainants lived in an Ret. -8gh Dowman said that secuted, sissisted by Divisional Insp. licensed and he was discharged mnnumbered house at Ting Chuen W. A Russati."

The other defendants were each shan Koon, Chor Zuen Village, Sub-Insp, Darkin said that on fined $100.

About 8.30 am, an Nay. 6, three Nov. 19, on information, a Police

strange men came into the house, party, under Insp, Russell, went to Two postmen, Lam Chung, 20. without the complainants noticing the house and found the fire de- and Chan Yut-wah, 22 were them and tried to gag them but fendants inside. Tas arms were charged petpre Mr. A N Macfad the women managed to raise the On View from Thursday, the 5th found bidden in a wine jaz sunk yen yesterday with breach of Post 'alarma,

into the ground under a table. December, 1910.

Office Ordinance by delivering Ten K bearing the alarm in a Set G. J. Perkins, Police Armour-letters to persons other than the nearby house, blew his policy er, said that he examined the two proper receivers. The prst dr whistle. The neighbours came to revolvers. One, a 15, was in good fendant was additionally charged their ass'stance and arrested the working order while the other, a with possession of postal packets defendants. 38 short, was in fair, working without permission.

Next morning two scissors blades

Plano by "Allison”

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

POSTMEN FINED

LAMMERT BROS. order. Both had not been fired for A 18-year-old Chinese boy way were found at the rear of the coma-

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sometime and were loaded in five charged with having in his posses- plainants house

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