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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

PEAK TRAMWAYS FEEL ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

ABSENCE OF TOURISTS

A reduction of $15,000 in the traffic receipts due to the evacua- tion and total absence of tourists. and the payment, for the first time. of the War tax amounting to $4.424.42, ace-unted for the fact that the Accounts ar 1940 were the worst for many years, said the Chairman, Mr. D. 'E. Clark, at the annual meeting of the Peak Tram- ways Co. Ltd., held in the Hongkong Hotel yesterday."

The Chairman also warned share holders that, although the divi- dend declared for last year was only one per cent, less than that for the previous year, they have to be prepared for a further re- duction for the current year.

AT CENTRAL

FURTHER ADJOURNMENT

AT KOWLOON

SNATCHER GAOLED Charged with snatching $13 from Hearng of the case in which Fung Wal, 40, alleged to be em-Yan Po, 22, shop foki, at a money ployed as houseboy by the Hon. Mr. changer's shop at No. 593 Shang- J. P. Pennefather-Evans, Commis-hal Street on June 10 at 1, p.m. stoner of Police, residing at No. 151, an unemployed, Wong K, 20, was The Peak, Chan Chin, 33, house sentenced to three months Hard coole of the War Memorial Hospital labour by Mr. D. J. N. Anderson

It was stated that complainant

Mr. D. E. Clark was in the Chair an application made to the Home and Wong Chong, 33, hospital boy yesterday. and other Directors present were authoritles for permit for a fur-of No. 47, Elgin Street, third floor, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. J.ther rope has been refused, and are charged with having imper-went to exchange $13 Hongkong on the shop when accused snatched Scott Harston. L Kadoorie, D. we have been compelled to order sonated Police officers at No. 33, currency into Chinese currency at Newbigging and J, L Quie (Secre-from South Africa at a price near-Ah Kang Ngam. Shaukiwan,

June 6. was further adjourned to the money and ran away.. Com- tary).

Saturday at 11 m. by Mr Sheldon plainant gave chase but a constable yesterday, when Inspector A. Kirby, nearby arrested accused.

Sab.-Insp. Collins was in charge for the prosecution, told the Court that Mr. Hin-shing Lo will be of the prosecution. appearing for the defence.

Shareholders present. were Messrs. P. C. Potts, A H. Potts, S. F. Chubb, J. E. Jupp and W. C. Lee.

CHAIRMAN S SPEECH Presenting the annus-i report and Statement of Accounts, the Chairman said, in part:----

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ly double, the old rate:

OTHER ITEMS Other Items in Profit and Loss Account are very similar to the previous account and do not call for any special mention.

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LARGE NEW STOCK OF

PARKER PENS & PENCILS

PARKER ZEPHYR !

PARKER CHALLENGER

PARKER "DUOFOLD"

$ 9.50

15.00

18.50

PARKER "JUNIOR”-

24.00

PARKER "SENIOR"

35.00

PARKER "MAJOR"

40.00

he

the hillside at Shatin Gap."

Lt. C. Woodcock, R. E. was the complainant.

PARKER LARGE"

45.00

POLICE DESERTER FINED Police Constable C571. Chan 10 Central Police 32, stationed at

DEARING FIXED

STULE ARMY PROPERTY So Hol, 39, earth coolie and Li From the Balance Sheet you

Sam. 40, stone-breaker, were both remanded 72 hours for further in- otice that depreciation un

quiries by Mr. Anderson yesterday. I regret to come bause you with buildings, haulage plant and cars

Accused were charged with each auch poor account-the warst at the rate fixed sometime ago Station, was fined $250 or three

months hard labour by Mr. Shel-stealing 10 spiral pickets, property for many years. The reason is has been fully allowed for."

In view of the fact that we had don, K. G., yesterday for deserting: of the Military Authorities. from not for to seek for with the eva- cuation of women in July 1st, the to meet the expense of rebuilding from the Force with which total absence of any tourists, the retaining wall already referred had duly signed up on Jan. 11, traffic receipts suffered to the ex-to, it was decided by your Board 1939 to: five years, on May 28.

dividend reduce

by only Det. Sub-Insp. C. E. Byron, who

" ILLEGAL PAWNING tent of $16,000-whilst War Taxa-to

Yueng Tsun, 55, chief junk foki, cent. I must; however, prosecuted, said that defendant in tion, amounting to 54,424.42, comes one per into the accounts for the first warn you that a further reduction a statement had stated that he ching Kong. 31, Junk "toki and time. I am afraid cannot hold for the current year is almost cer- deserted because he wished to go to Yang Yau-ya. 30. junk licensee,

trafic receipts im- Canton to join the Police force

all of junk No. 3799, appeared out any hope of an improvement an unless

before Mr. H. C. Macnamara yes- whilst the war izsts.

In fact pove. The first month of the there.

terday on a charge of illegally with mising coats we must be pre-current year shows a further de-

A 26-year-old coolie, Tsiu Ching-pawning 21 rolls of cloth valued pared for a further fali in profits cline and I am not optimistic. as

remaining eleven tal, of no fixed abode, was charged at $714 at the Ta Yick Pawnshop. until normal.conditions again pre-regards the

months.

before Mr. H. G. Sheldon yesterday No. 594, Shanghal Street, for the Maintenance and Repairs: The

with having assaulted two Street sum of $90, the property of Wi amount under this heading is less The adoption of the report and Guards, Yeung So. 23 and Ng Kwok, Hüng-lam, 20, foki of the Tai Shong by nearly $2,000-in spite of the accounts proposed by the 30, with intent to resist apprehen- firm. No. 11, Wing Lok Street,

ground floor. fact that during the year we were Chairman and seconded by Mr. P. sion,

Defendant pleaded nct guilty Accused pleaded guilty and first obliged to spend $7,000 in re- C. Potts. building a retaining wall at the On the proposal of the Chair- and hearing of the case was fixed and second defendants were sen

to four months hard Thursday at 2.30 p.m., tenced Traffic, Superintendent's house on man. seconded by Mr. S. F. Chubb, for next

labour while the third accused was Bowen Road which collapsed dur-Sir Robert Ho Tyng and Messrs. J. ball being allowed at $500.

Det. Acting Sub-Insp. C. E. Byron sentenced two months hard labour Ing the heavy rains last summer. Scott Harston, L. Kadoorie, D. L.

and ordered to redeem the cloth Considerable saving was, how Newbigging and L J. Davies were is in charge of the case.

from the pawnshop or serve an- ever.. made on wire ropes "which re-elected to the Board of Direc-

other two months hard labour recently have been giving longer tors

consecutively. service due

Det.-Sgt. Willison prosecuted.

UNLICENSED SHOPS The manager of the Tan Kan

Tall.

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RE-ELECTIONS“

was

LARCENY BY SERVANT Tang Chai, 26, store labourer, of

no doubt to lighter Messis. Lowe. Bingham and Mat-No. 29. Burrow's Street, arst floor, loads and a slowing up of the thews, and Messrs. Linstead and was remanded until Saturday by Trams during the slack hours. Davis were re-appointed auditors Mr. Sheldon yesterday on a charge Whilst we still have two wire on the proposal of Mr. J. E Jupp, of larceny by servant of 10 gallons Kee Metal Ware shop at Larch ropes in stock at pre-war prices, seconded by Mr. W. C. Lee..

Taxicabs In Collision

Claim Instituted For Damages, Earnings

7.

187 CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS

LANE

& PENCILS TO MATCH

GIFT SETS, ETC,

LESS 10% FOR CASH

CRAWFORD • LTD.

The House of Quality & Service

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Secretariat Clerk Fined

of raw linseed oil and 10 gallons street and manager of the To Kee of bolled linseed oil to the value Knitting shop appeared before Mr. of 155, from Store No. 19 of the Anderson yesterday on summonses Royal Naval Dockyard on June 10 for keeping an unregistered shop

Det-Sgt. V. M. Morrison is in each. charge of the case.

First defendant was fined $280 MURDER CHARGE WITHDRAWN and the second $100.

Mr. D. W. Phillips, Labour Tuberculosis again claimed the Ho San-chun, allas Ho Tat-wan, Highest number of victims during 26. unemployed cook boy, of No Inspector, prosecuted.

ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS the week ended midnight on June 418. Lockhart Road; second door,

Chan Yuet-kiu, 45. married ACCEPTED BRIBE OF charged with, the.. murder of one of infectious Lam Chung-chuen outside No. 326, woman, Wong Sze, 61, widow, and

ONE DOLLAR the Health Lockhart Road on May 13, was dig-Lau Yee, 51, married woman ap-|

Lewis Tang, 33, clerk at that period, charged by Mr. Sheldon yesterday (peared before Mr. Anderson yester- there were 187 cases of tuberta when the prosecution told the day on a charge of stealing an Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, re- June,, 8, and were remanded for arst floor, was convicted by Mr. G. osis; whilst out of 192 deaths Court that they were instructed to eight-year-old child, Kwok Mul, siding at No. 4, Bowrington Road, 138 were attributed to tuberculosis, withdraw the charge.

one week.

T. Lowry at the Central Magis- Other cases were Cerebro-spinal DEMANDING WITH MENACES

Det.-Sgt. Johnson was in charge tracy yesterday on a charge fever, one case; Cholera, 96

Four unemployed, L. Yan, Lof the case.

having accepted & bribe of $1 from OVERWORKING EMPLOYEES

LiKang-ming, for the purpose of Fines ranging from $20 to $200 facilitating the issue of a fire- of No. 128 cases (24 deaths); Enteric fever, Connaught Road Central, against 16 cases (5 deaths); and Measles, G. Lowry yesterday on charges were imposed by Mr. Anderson cracker firing permit, and

A collision between two taxicabs in the early morning of April 25 at Queen's Road West had

a

Out of 289 cases diseases reported to Authorities during

Seque before the Pulse Judge, Mr. Justice P. E. F. Cressall at the Summary Court yesterday when a claim for damages sustained and earnings lost amounting to $229.14 was brought by the Yellow Taxt eases (2 deaths); Dysentery,"

cases

(19 deaths); Diphtheria, three Parg. Choi Wing-leung and Wong

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Mr.

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eab Company Ltd. against 16 cases (5 deaths); and Measles of demanding $3 with menaces yesterday on seven employers fined $300 or three months hargrital havviserwalth

the Central Taxi Co., of No. 188 slx cases (4 deaths).

Des Voeux Road Central.

Plaintiffs were represented by Mr. W. A. Mackinlay and defen- dants by Mr. F. H. Loseby,

Plaintifs claim was for $168.14 for costs of repairs and lost of -earnings at $9 per day."

FACTS OF ACCIDENT Giving the facts regarding the accident; Mr. Mackinlay said that at 2.10 a.m. on the morning of Apr 25 plaintiffs' raxicab bok up a fare at the Ko Shing Theatre to

DAILY RETURNS

ONE-CENT NOTES

TOMORROW

from Sung Hing and stealing 14 allowing their employees to work tabour. parcels of tea from him at the overtime.

fined

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Was

In imposing the fine, Mr. Lowry The Returns for the 34 hours Canton Whart, Connaught Road The defendants are the Manager said that the actual amount in- ended at midnight on June 10 is Central, on Junë 9.

of Sai Kal Singlet shop, No. 52 Unvolved was very small indeed. but as follows:Cholera, five cases;

Street,

3200; Second defendant pleaded guilty Chau

the the principle involved was very Diphtheria, one case; Dysentery. to both charges; while the rest Manager of the Chan Ah Metal great four cases: Enteric Fever, five pleaded not guilty, and hearing of Ware Shop at No. 367 Castle Peak The Magistrate fuienes said that cases: Measles, two cases; Tuber-the case was fixed for next Tues-Road, fined $100; the Manager of the fine he was going to impose culosis, 30 cases (three imported).day at 11.30 am.. the prosecution the Tin Yal Knitting factory, No.jon defendant was not only for him apparently. not accepting these 68 Kilung Street, fined $100; the alone, but also as a warning to pleas.

Managers of Yo Wah Knitting Co., those who might fall to the temp- Det.-Sgt. W. G. Morrison is pro- No. 9 Yu Chow St, and Lee Bantation of committing the same

Man Knitting Co., No. 238 Apllu offence. secuting.

Btreet fined $100 each,

"If you had not been a married Owing to poor circumstances a man and a family depending on proceeded along Queen's Road"! It was learned from reliable Chan Tal-ming, 26, student, was ane of $20 each was imposed on you, I would send you to prison," West in an easterly direction and sources yesterday

before Mr. Lowry with the Manager of the "Ling Nam Mr. Lowry sald, was driving at 16 m.p.h. when ap-one-cent notes will be put into possession of three letters at the Knitting factory at No. 101 Fuk

PLEA FOR CLEMENCY proaching a right-angled bend in circulation, by the Hongkong and Hongkong, Canton and Macao Wing Street and the Manager of

Prior to sentence being passed, the road by Queen's Street, Shanghai Banking Corporation, to-Wharf, Connaught Road Central, the Tang Sheung Singlet Co., No.}-

Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ, Who Was Jus; at the bend he saw defen-morrow.

for the purpose of conveying Into 245 Aplu Street,

for the defence, in suggesting dants taxi, with full headlights, It is of Interest to note that since the Colony other than by post. Mr. D. W. Phillips, Labour

that two of the witnesses nsd approached on the opposite direc-Government's

Det. Sgt. W. Summers said that Inspector, prosecuted in all cases.

come to Court with "cooked-up" tion. The car swerved acmas the its intention to issue one-cent although all the letters were of a EXPORT OF PETROL

stories, asked whether prosecution road, ran into plaintiffs: car and notes, copper cents have made family nature, the offence had After ultimately came to rest against a their reappearance. pillar.

drive to Queen's Road East, He

WRONG SIDE OF ROAD

swerved to avoid a pedestrian who

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that the new charged

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STUDENT FINED

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defendant WIS

found

further evidence was had brought home the fact that been committed.

Kiven by the compant in the defendant had received $1 to in- Pleading guilty, defendant said case in which Fing So, 36, em-fluence his conduct beyond resson- that one of the letters was written ployed by Chan Fo-hing" owner of able doubts. The defence, Mr. Mackinlay said, that the repairs were carried out by him to his wife in Shanghai, Junk No. 4788, as a steersman, and was that defendants taxi was on by the Lam Kee firm. The repairs but he forgot to post it before wong Hel-hop, 45, of No, 70, Con- its own side of the road, It lasted for 12 days.

coming, aboard the ship, while the naught Road, Central, Arst door, guilty. Mr. Russ asked for cle- ALLEGATION DENIED others were given to him to bring were charged with attempting to mency, saying that the dismissal : suddenly ran out and, without

into the Colony by his friends. export 2,000 tins of petrol from of defendant, who had a wife and from his work, negligence, skidded, ran against a Yeung Kar driver of the other

Defendant, who was on $25 ball, the Colony without a permit, fur- four children, pillar, and plaintiffs' car then ran taxi involved, said that as he came was fined $15 or 18 days' imprison-ther bearing was fixed by Mr, an- which he had had for six years, Into hiin. Alteratively, defendant to the bend a pedestrian suddenly

"derson yesterday to June. 25 at already meant extreme penalty, claimed negligence on the part of ran out and he applied the brakes,

FINED $1,000

11.30 am. plaintiffs in driving on the wrong He denied that he was sleeping at

Another firewood dealer Wis The accused were additionally side and in not keeping a proper the time, lookout.

Cheung Yuk-chuen, passenger in fined $1,000 or one month's im-charged with stealing 2.000 tins of WOMAN EDUCATOR Ahmed Drummond, engineer in defendants' taxi, deposed that he prisonment by Mr. Sheldon KC., petrol, valued at $19,200, the pro- out yesterday, when Lau Cheung-kes, perty of Hung Man-chi, from charge of the workshop, Hongkong saw a pedestrian running

allas Cheung Kee, of a firewood Junk No. T4788H, and with 'con- Hotel garage, deposed as to the from the verandah amount of damages.

Stating that he was, satisfied shop at No. 1, Crown Land Inland spiracy to steal the petrol. Fung Wing, driver of plaintiffs' that there was negligence on the Lot No. 16770 at Sai Wan Ho Mit-The complainant, Hung Man-terday issued a mandate enlogi- car, said that when the other car part of defendant his Lordship ket, was summoned for selling to chi, was summoned for attempting sing the services of the late Miss

Yu, on to export the petrol

N. Vautrine, formerly Vice-Presi- collided with him his car was entered judgment for plaintiffs Folice Constable 240, Ip

Mr. C. D'Almada appeared for dent of the Ginling College, in "stationary. His lights were dimmed with costs, Mr. Justice Cressall May 20. 70 cattles of firewood at

China. while the other car had fall head said that he would give written $2.50, this being in excess of the accused, while Mr. Hin-shing Lo the promotion of education lights.

Judgment on Friday in which he maximum price ordered by Gov- represented complainant,

Det. Egt. Baldwin was in charge! assess the Lan Pak-lum, managing direc.would

amount of Jernment.

Sgt. Morris prosecuted.

for the case. tor of plaintiff company, testified damages.

COMMENDED CHUNGKING, June 11 (Central> The National Government yes-

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Miss Vautrine passed away America recently.

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