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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER APPEALS ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

FOR SUPPORT FOR RED CROSS

"Every new development of the present conflict throws further responsibilities on the War Organisation of the Red Cross and St. John," said H.R.H. the Duke of Glouces- ter in an appeal for funds for the above association,

"When many thousands of our men fell into the enemy's hands as prisoners of war, the Red Cross was charged with the task of providing them with clothing, food and comforts.

When the air attack on is an increase of £532,100 over the these Islands began in earnest, figure to Oct. 2, namely, £1,762.500, Red Cross and St. John work-as given in the summary of work

AT CENTRAL ̧'

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AT KOWLOON

EUROPEAN CHARGED

CLERK IMPRISONED Tsang Wing-san, 24, residing at W. T. Stancham, of No. 33B, No. 21. D'Agullar Street, first floor, Hilwood Houd, "summoned before clerk of Tajmahal SUK Store, Mr. E. Himsworth yesterday for as- Queen's Road Central, charged on saulting a bus driver of the Kow. counts of stealing & quantity of loon Motor Bus Co., Wu Ping, was clothing from the store and legal causloped and ordered, to pay $7 pawning of part of the stolen ar-compensation to completuant

Representing complainant, Mr. ticles, appeared on remand before Mr. G. T. Lowry yesterday when W. M. Brown said that about 9.07 he was sentenced to a total of four p.m. on Jan. 12 complainant drove months hard labour.

nis bus to the front of the Star Defendant was alleged to have Ferry wharf As he started to of every kind has been given Purchase of General and Medical stolen on divers dates six pieces move to the parking place defen- to the sufferers; "today the Stores and Comforts including of gold lame, six pieces velvet, a dant boarded the bus and hit him Red Cross and St. John is materials for the Central Hospital piece gold printed lame. three at the

Supply Service and administrative pieces silver lame and two mani- window Wu Ping, turning round, expenses of the Stores Depart-cure sets, then being in the em-received another blow on his nose ment) £814.400; Purchase of Am- ploy of S. Narain. proprietor of the causing it to bleed.

for Nov, 2, 1940.

ers everywhere, were instant-The items of expenditure are as ly in action. Ever since help under:-

helping to staff air-raid shel- ters with trained first aid

workers.

"In Egypt the Middle East Com-

mission, prepared and equipped in

bulances, X-tay Units and Equip- ment 187,400; Food and Clothing

of Commissions Overseas 122,500;

store.

back through the upen

Complainant ran to the time- for Prisoners of War 575.200: Werking. stated that the total value of dant, who it was alleged, acatter- Det.-Sgt. W. Summers, prosecutkeeper's office followed by defen-

Of this ed the naper and caused a dis- days of comparative quiet, is fully Convalescent Homes fot. Officers Foods stolen was $545, occupied in providing comforts and and other Ranks (part recoverable) sum, $470 worth had been recover. turbance in the office.' supplimentary medical and sur 52,650; Red Cross and St. John' ed. These goods were pawned by Accused said that he was cross- gical supplies for the sick and

County Branches and Joint County defendant for $23 in sums of sijing the road in front of the bus. wounded. All its resources

when, he alleged, the. bus "struck have

and $2, Committees for local work and alr recently been placed at the dis-raid relief 266,500; Scottish Branch.

Pleading guilty, defendant said him posal of Greece.

"At home the Red Cross is still B.R.C.S-from Scottish Subscrip-that he did this because his son 10,000: General and Secretarial Ad- tions 129,000: Reller in Finland Was sick ministrative Expenses and Appeal

Total: £2,294, Expenses 136,950. 600.

hard at work converting country houses and other suitable premises into convalescent homes and hos- pitals capable of receiving 20.000. patients.

VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

FUNDS RECEIVED

The total funds received by the For all these activities and the Treasurers from the inception of many other services it renders the the Appeal to Nov. 6 amounted to Red Cross, and St. John War Or- £3,344.000; - Deduct-Expenditure ganisation relies on voluntary sup- (as above) £2,294,600. Total: £1, port and this support Σ now | 049,400. earnestly ask you to redouble.

Deduct-Commitments in respect

KODAK, CO. FINED

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In passing sentence Mr. Hinis- worth said that defendant should have made a report to the Police instead of assapiting the drive-

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INDIAN CHARGED Ghulam Mohanured, 25, öl Royal

Himsworth

that

"My instructions are to press for a serious penalty in this case, if convicted, so that Mr. Frisque and the Company would be made an Indian Army Service Corps, was example," stated Mr. J. P. Murphy charged before Mr. Assistant Crown Solicitor, address yesterday with burglary.

Det.-Sgt. A Bethel' said ing Mr. Sheldon yesterday, when the Fastman Kodak Company and complainant in the case was Law Mr. G. E. Frisque, manager of the Tak-wab, a shop foki of the Chuen Company, were summoned for ex-Kee shop in the Whitfield Bar- porting, on Dec. 21. certain photo-racks." He went out about & p.m. graphic goods without a licence on Monday. locking the door be- from the Controller of Trade.

hind him and returned about 1:45 Mr. Murphy prosecuted, assisted am on the following day to find above figures that roughly three by Mr. H. J. Cruttwell, of the Con the door open. He went into the quarters of the total funds received troller of Trade Office, while de- shop and saw defendant inside. have already been spent er allo-fendant was represented by Mr. Complainant questioned defendant R. M. M. King, who pleaded Not what he had taken but defendant started to run. Law made a re- Gulity. tinuing commitments for specific It was stated that a letter, gign-port to a corporal who accom- services, such as the purchase of ed by Mr. Frisque, addressed to pauled him to the shop where they parcels for prisoners of war, of his customer in Macao, informing found $5, a tin of milk and six which alone the cost amounts to him that the consignment of apples missing.

It will be observed from the

I am more than grateful for or air raid relief work £195,000. the generous response that has Balance of Funds available at Nov. been given to my original appeal, 6, 1940 £854,400. and am confident that the British people everywhere will continue to make their contribution towards the cast of Red Cross work for our sick and wounded and prisoners ofcated. war,"

EXPENDITURES

In addition, there are heavy con-

The figures given below show the main items of expenditure of the War Organisation to Nov. 6, 1940. The total expenditure of £2,294,500 £800,000 a year.

Deportee, In Court, Makes

Offer To British War Fund

goods, which he had ordered, was

Pleading not guilty, defendant

on the way, was intercepted by said that he was sleeping and never went to the shop int the the censors,

evenlug in question. He asked permission to call witness for his [defence and was remanded for 24

A fine of $100 was imposed. JUDGMENT-RESERVED

"I am quite prepared, if I am able to get back my pro- perty, to subscribe one-third of its value to the British War Fund and two-thirds to charitable institutions in Hong-Kang-hop. were charged with kong."

This was the offer made by a deportee, Cheung Kwok- hing, to the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Su- preme Court yesterday in the course of an appeal against sentence of one year's imprisonment imposed on him by Mr, G. T. Lowry at the Central Magistracy on Sept. 14 for a breach of the Deportation Ordinance.

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Appellant stated that the sentence was too heavy and,

buy came back because he

FIRE CRACKERS NUISANCE

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The House of Quality & Service.

Charged with discharging fire- COLONY HEALTH

Judgment was reserved, until hours. Feb. 11, at noon, by Mr. Lowry yesterday in the case in which Wong Hah torg and Cheung

having conspired with another, not in custody, to threaten Tang King-- wal with Injury to his person to force the latter to drop the pro

of the

crackers to the danger public at Portland Street, Lam Yiu, 18, tailer, was fined $1 by Mr. Himsworth yesterday.

BULLETIN

The following is the Return of Sgt. Cameron said that defen-notifiable diseases notified as hav dant was walking along Portlanding occurred in the Colony dur

secution of an action In the Street on Wednesday and throwinging the week ended at midnight

Supreme Court against first de- fendant and the Kin Kee Trading "Company, when the hearing, which has lasted for several months, was concluded.

fire-crackers at random.

on Jan. 25:- Cholera, one case; Small-Pox, one case; Diphtheria. I POLICE SUPERVISEE GAOLED

16 cases (one death); Enteric Convicted of housebreaking and

Fever, four cases (five deaths); falling to report while under

Measles, 17 cases (two deaths); Second defendant, in evidence. 29, was sentenced to eight months'

Police supervision, Fung Chung, Chicken Fox. Ave cases; Cerebro- : FUNERAL OF MR. since, his banishment, he had yesterday stated: !'T did not

Spinal Fever, two cases коде hard labour' by Mr. Himsworth complainant on the

death); Dysentery, 18 cases (nine) stayed outside the Colony and, threaten A. D. BRANKSTON

yesterday.. whole, but on the contrary, my

cases Det.-Sgt. C. Dowman, prosecut-deaths); Tuberculosis, 170 meeting with Mi was very The funeral of Mr. A. D. Brank- was forced to by the Japanese. pleasant and amicable."

ing. sald that complainant. So Cai, (111 deaths, and three imported 34, married woman, residing in a Cheung told his Lordship Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for Hospital on Wednesday, took place that he was forced on board complainant, while first defendant afternoon., The Very Rev. J. L. junk at Po On and was put was represented by Mr. Hin-shing Wilson. Dean of St. John's Cathe on shore, together with 41 Lo, and second defendant by Mr. dral, officiated at the graveside other persons, at Lau Fau C. A. Sutherton Russ.

shan, British territory. *

ston, who died at the Queen Mary

at the Colonial Cemetery yesterday

services.

EVADED FARE

but ab He Yuen Lins Village, left

cases).

DAILY RETURNS

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ber house on Tuesday morning. The Returns for the 24 hours She returned about 2 pm. and ended at midnight on Jan. found the door lock broken and are as follows:- Diphtheria, two defendant walking at a distance, cases; Measles, three cases; She gave chase and had defendant Chicken-Pox, one case: Dysentery. Among the large attendance were His Lordship: How did you come A fine of $15 was imposed" `by Jarrested. The--property stolen eight cases; Tuberculosis, 87-cases. Prof. L. Forster (chief mourner), from. Lau Fan Shan to the Tai Mr. Lowry on Ma Lal-man, shop were $12 Hongkong currency, two Messrs. D. M. McDougall, J. M.Kwan Hotel, in Des Voeux Road tok!, for travelling on board albangles, 28 pleces of clothing and

· POLICE REPORTS Bertraum and H. A. Angus (Minis Central, where you were arrested? Yaumati ferry on Jan. 29, with two rattan suitcases, try of Information), Dr. G. A.. C.-I came here on foot.

but having paid the proper fare. Détendant had bcen released Mrs. Berg, residing at No. 11. Herklots, Messrs." B. G. Birch, G. T.

PROPERTY "DEVOURED "

THEFT OF CLOTH

trom Jali last year and placed un- Glenealy, reports that her car No. Anderson. J. Barrow, B. H. C. Asked why he came here, ap-

der Police supervisión. He did not, 3423 was stolen from the Statue Hallowes,

Campbell. J. G.

Convicted of stealing cloth from Buchanan, H. B. Williamson, Taktake a steamer to Macao where his

pellant replied that he wanted to the Mecca Silk Store, Tip Hon report to the Police when he was Square car park on Wednesday. Lung, C. F. J. Simpson, Oleg Pere-family lived.

wing, former clerk,, was bound over sypkin and Wenzell Brown.

Continuing, Cheung stated that by Mr. Lowry yesterday. Floral tributes were

by when he was banished back to his Father, Winifred (Sister). Auntnative place he discovered that his Mary, Aunt Nellie, Prof. and Mrs.father had died and that all pro-

sent

Det. Sgt. Willison prosecuted. FORGED CERTIFICATE

Appearing before Mr. Lowry

required to do so.

MARINE

COURT

EXCESS PASSENG.RS

For carrying 52 passengers in ex

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The theft of five nickel ingots, valued at $300, from No. 14, Whit feld Road on Wednesday has been reported to. the Police.

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Mr. D. W. Morley, of No. 14.

L. Förster. Miss Margaret Forster,perties left behind had been "de- yesterday on a charge of uttering Hugh, Flo, Derek and Nina, John,voured" by an uncle who had a certificate of admission to the Icess of the number allowed on Felix Villas, reports that a rein- "Staff of Ministry of Information, buried his father: On Sept. 7 the Straits Settlements to a Wong board his class IV boat by licence, coat and felt bat were stolen from Prof. L. T. Ride, Mr. and Mrs. B.-Japanese invaded his village which Wang on board a ship in harboura zori, Leung Hi, in charge of the his car parked outside the Hong- H. C. Hallowes, G. T. Anderson, Tak was burned down and more than on Jan.. 11; knowing same to be boat, was fined $25 by the Marine kong Bank buiding on Wednesday, Lung, R. Buchanan, J.G. Camp 400 people were slaughtered. He forged. Lee Long. 38, travelling Magistrate, Lt. Cmdr.

J. Jolly, bell, A. St. G. Watson, and many escaped but was captured and trader, was fined $100 or three R.N.R., at the Marine Court yes- others.

MACAO GREETINGS

TO COLONY

The following are texts of tele- grams exchanged between the Governors of Macao and Hongkong

taken to the Japanese camp.

Asking his Lordship to deal with him leniently Cheung said that he had two children who were detain-

ed by the Japanese...

APPEAL FOR LENIENCY"

'months' hard labour,

Det.-Sgt. Harris was in charge of the case.

CLIPPER DUE TODAY

terday.

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ILLEGAL APPROACH '

The theft of a quantity of cloth-

ing from his car parked at Con- naught Road on Tuesday night has Kwok Mul. 68, master of cargo heen reported to the Police by Mr. boat, No. 1810V, was fined $10 by DW. Humo, of "Woodside," Bay the Marine Magistrate for having approached with his boat within 30 yards of a ship tying the Police flag.

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I have some property in the village. The Japanese required my

While purchasing tickets at the family to go back there before they

Central Theatre, Queen's Road on the centenary of the Colony: would let me have the property, 1

West, on Wednesday Wong Chi- From Governor, Macao:-In my hope your Lordship will deal with

hung and Yuen K'ng-sang had WEEKLY RETURN OF thelr pocketbooks containing Fat-American Airways" Philip- name and in the name of the me leniently so that I can get back Colony of Macao I greet Your there sooner.”

pine Clipper bringing U.S. mails TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS $145.70 and $147, respectively, pick- Excellency and the Colony of Appellant then made his offer as dated San Francisco Jan. 24 is ex- In the Colony of Hongkong in- Hongkong on the occasion of its stated earlier, adding that it was pected to arrive in the Colony this cluding the Island, Kowloon and first centenary and make sincere better than letting the Japanese afternoon and will leave on her New Territories during the week wishes for its prosperity.

have the property.",

return flight for San Francisco via ending at 8 am, on Saturday, Jan. and killed by a tramcar while From Acting Governor, Hong- His Lordship, without calling Manga tomorrow, morning.

23, there were altogether 88 traffic crossing the carriageway. kong:- tender Your Excellency upon Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant The American Clipper bringing accidents as the result of which Of 68 accidents, 25 were colli- my sincere thanks and those of Crown Solicitor, dismissed the ap-U.S. malls dated San Francisco one person was killed and 14 persions between vehicles: 32 were the people of this Colony for peal, saying that it obviously had Jan. 29 is scheduled to arrive in sons were injured,

collisions between vehicles and your telegram of congratulations no merita. Det-Sergt. J. R. Sykes Hongkong on Feb. §. and will leave The person killed, a Chinese pedestrians 11 accidents were due on the occasion of its centenary. was present for the Police.

the following morning.

male, age 40, was knocked down to other causes.

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