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SELLING CHILDREN.
Boy Alleges That He Was Drugged.
thero" were two
The Father's Story.
The boy, in the course of his evidenco, said thres of the men took him to Hongkong. The third prisoner spoke to him. IIe said I will take you home to-morrow." Tho others said nothing. He was takon away to Yaumati. The first three prisoners took him away, They asked him to take toa and
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were there when he was asked to have toa. He afterwards said ho only saw prisoners one and two at first. All the three came with him to Youmati. They wore kind
he had nothing to do with the caso. The third prisoner said ho hund nothing to do with the case, and when the the detective struok him ho had to confess. The fourth said he was a business
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A
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ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, FOR KIDNAPPING.
Ort: Stolen.
BAR BOY AND THE BOTTLES
Theft from the Grand Hotel.
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At the Magistracy this morning,
WASHERMEN ON STRIKE. NOTES AND
DISPUTE OVER TEN CENTS
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A DAY.
Washing Held up,
$1,000 CLAIM.
COMMENTS.
Trouble Over a Trifle.
Another Kowloon Matter.
Tho riokslawing public at Kowloon havo long had a little Before the Hon. Mr. Roosnan and irad nothing to do with
Though, apparently, the con- grievance against the authorities. A Chinese, charged with lying in Criminal Jurisdiction) at the
Davies, the Chief Justice (sitting "His Lordship said kidnapping sequences have been little felt up In order to out off a corner; the on a sost on Blako Pior, was fined
Supreme Court, to-day, four Chin-was a very common thing in the to the present; there is said, to be rickshaw.coolice have beaten a $2 at the Magistracy this morn-
ese were charged with kidnapping Colony. He thought it was a goneral strike of weshermen in splendid cross-road along in front ing.
a boy aged eight years, on Aprilnost disgraceful thing to deprive the colony as the result of a die-of Victoria View, but just at the Beggars.
22. Prisoners pleaded not guilty pronts of their children. In-puto over wages. The strike has point whore this path leads on The polico aro nguin taking Mr. Alabaster, who prosocuted, stead of gouing a living in the now been in progress a few days the main road, there is a granite steps against beggars and two Boid
Ca way they should, in an honest and as a result there was, in a good kerbing to be nogatinted; and the who were arrested yesterday in against the prisoners. The first manner, they got it by stealing number of cases, no washing de-consequence is that, as this roule is in constant use, riders' ia the Caine Road were dealt with charged them, with taking the and selling the child of another livered over the week end.
There have been two classes of rickshaws have begun to reokon at the Magistracy this morning. child with intent to deprive the person. The judges of that..
An Infected Port. parent of the custody of the child; Court would do their very at-washerman engaged in the basi on two or three nasty shakingsn We are informed by the Co-and the second with obtaining most to put down kidnapping. nose; thoso paid by the month day. The matter could easily be removing the lonial Secretary's Ollice, that the samo child with intent to sell The eeu tones of the Court upon and a large host who receive remedio Ly Newchwang has declared Hong-it. He would call the father them was that they ench should daily rates; and it is the latter kerbstone, and thus providing an kong an infected port and subject of the child himself, and he imprisoned for five years with who have forced matters to this even run on to the main thorough- fare. It is to bo hoped that, for to quarantine regulations.
they (the jury would hour the hard labour and recsivo fourleen present crisis.
Their wages, 60 cents per the comfort of Koivioonites this Stowaways.
whole story of what happened on strokos, of the birch' on Five Chinese charged at the April 14 when the child was charges; thosentonces to run condom, has made a monthly salary little matter will receive attention.
about equal to tho Magistracy with stowing away on taken from his father in the currently.
engaged per mensem, but the board the 8. Taiyuan were country.
men havo domanded a rinn to A correspondent writes." A brought up on remand this morn
savonty cents a day. If this were cýcious incident, which may in- ing und Gived $250 or throo
granted they would, then be in rest spine of your readers, The father of the boy said he months' hard labour.
last saw him in the country on
receipt of more money than those courrod yesterday evening in April 14. He saw him in the Following up his sentences in engaged regularly, and the em- Quoon's Road, pour Murray Bar house; afterwards, he (the boy) a previous case of kidnapping,ployers consequently refuse to racks. Fivo electric trams were went out and never came back, the Hon. Mr. Rosa Davies (the accels to the request,
stopped, hundreds of Chingas The next time he saw him was at Chief Justice) sitting at the Were they to do so they would were structed, police whistles Yaumati. He searched for the Supreme Court in Oriminal have their monthly servants were blown. And the cause of all boy when he missed him, and jurisdiction, sentenced a man to leaving regular service and offer this trouble? Three Eurasians, complained to the police at Can-five years with hard labour and ing themselves at daily rates, second class passengers, had ton. In consequence of a letter fourteen strokes of the birch for with the result that the employers handed to the conductor a one received from the longkong stooling and offering to sell a would have to dopond on casual dollar note, and insisted, whon the chango was hauded to them, police be procceded to Yaumati juhild at Yaumati, which had boon labour at a higher rate of pay.
Should the mon succeed in on receiving the difference he had never authorised anyone stolen in the country. to take the child away, Tho Mr. Alabastor, who pro-thoir demands it will moan nu between Hongkong, money and child's mother was dead.
secuted, detailed the charges increase in the price of washing small coins. Tho conductor of against the prisonor. He had all round.
course could not comply with offered the child to a woman for
this request, and, for the sake of Alleged Assault on an Engineer
$80 and the woman, would not
a low conts, the traffic was serious- At the Marine Court this
give any more than forty. Counsel for Defendant Withdraws, ly of interrupted for soma ten afternoon a caso is down for
The father of the child said she At the Summary Court before dealing with this sort of ainutes." The common-senso why hearing in which two pantry men,
was five years of ago and was Justice Comportz this morning, Chan. Ah Yuk and Ho King Ching
stolen from his house in the the Sze Top Co., steam launch ople is to give them back their of the 8.8. Seung Choon are
country whilst he was away. Howners; claimed the sum of money sul turn them out with as charged with assaulting William
had not given permission to any $1,000 from Tong leung Tso; | littlo delay as neod be. McNab, the second ongineer of font something, ud after taking one to route the child and $510 for three months' loan of a The Essential Word. that ship.
the ton he fell giddy. He left his lad ut authorised any one elso storm launch, under a contrne! Papors in the Far East have to An Interesting Group. fathor's house to get sume to do so.
slated October 27, 1911, und koop a watchful eye on their Moo Chung forms us that he firowood. He wanted to go back to Other witnesson gave evidence $521.25, à contribution payable camps, but the "Cable-News Amo- has taken a group photograph of his father.
for the prosention.
by the defendant in respect of rican" has boon especially un Dr. Sun Yat-son boing received at: By the Judge. He was quite
the sum of $1,042.50, paid by fortunate. Hore is a distinctly Government House. Included insure all the first three prisonora
the plaintiff to the Chinese Milit-misloading statement arising the group are, besides Dr. Sua,
y nuthorities at Canton under out of the omission of a single, H. E, Mr. Claud Severn, the Hon.
another contract,
though Boureely unimportant, Mr. C. Clementi, the Ilon. Mr. E.
Mr. Crowther Smith appeared word—which our Manila contem- | R. Hallifax, Captain Taylor, and
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Roador porary publishes in connection Dr. Ho Kai.
Horris, who should have appeared withi tho recent "henlth- to him. He saw the fourth prisoner before Mr. E. A. Irving, Mr. for the defendant, withdraw from warriage" at Chicago. "Both in Yaumati. All the prisoners F. Reichmann, proprietor of the the case.
the prospective bride and the together in the house at Yaunati. Grand Hotel, prosecuted a bar-
bridegroom word required by the Offered to Sell the Boy. boy for stealing a quantity of
Doan to bring certificates from ~ Those who have read the violent‘outburst of Mr. Lloyd George
A Chinese boarding-house empty bottles.
reputable physicians showing. during the debate on the Welsli Disestablishment Bill, in which he
runner of Connaught Road Con-
An Indian watchminu gavo
that they were physically or he tral, said
ovidence to the effect that it was remembered
meutally deficient. Our own went out of his way to deliver a most ill-mannered personal attack
April 21. Whilst he was walking usual for the boys to rice and
oxperience in that a pretty wido on the Duke of Devonshire and his ancestors, will not inarvel at the
along Canton Road he met the start work at six o'clock in the
perceninge of brides and bride- Leader of the Opposition describing the speech us “the most extra-
fourth defendant, and he asked him morning, but to-day at 6 am. he ordinary thing over heard in the House of Commons." We have The Chinese Engineering and he wanted a son. Number one saw the prisoner, trying to leave. Landrat Schieff was charged grooms would have no need to become fairly well accustomed to the "Limehouse" methods of the Mining Company, Limited, inform Jefendant was loading the boy the hotel with a large basketfal charged with stealing $40 from provide themselves with corti Simpulsive Chancellor of the Exchequer when addressing gatherings Company's three mines for the sell the boy. Number two was had Mr. Reichmann informed.
us that the total output of the coming along, and he offered to of bottles. Ho detained him and tho sloward of the ship, before cates of mental deficiency. Fucts Mr. Melbourne at the Magistracy pork for themselves, and formal certifying of the obvious wore of superficially-minded electors who need only to be told that they wock ending May 4 amounted to concerned in offering the bay for
Mr. Reichmann, in reply to the this morning. aro being oppressed and rubbed by the rich to believe it. But 30,087.30 tons and the Sales sale. Prisopor number three was magistrato, stid he felt obliged was that the steward anissed the
The case for the prosecution surely waste labour. apparently a new epoch is opening up in British politics. Tap-house during the period, to 23.421.70 not there at the time. The fourth to press the case as he had given the money, and reported the loss A Peer's Death.
An interesting personality has prisoner, at the house to which the boys many warnings not to oratory is finding its way into an institution which we have
they adjourned to arrange a bar. take anything out of the hotel to second officer, Mr. Franz Weiss, passed away by the death of become to
who searched prisoner's bunk and fool
Military Ruffians on Chinese proud of describing tho
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greatest
Railway
gain, was smoking opium on the that was not their property.
Lord Stalbridge, tlie first holder doliberative assembly of the world, and is being introduced by
Defendant, who originally eventually found $30 in his box. of the title, which was created in On several occasions we have bed. All four men were at the
The atoward claimed that some of Cabinet Ministers, too It is a sorry sight, truly, but it is a develop-been compelled to make com house. That was the first time alleged that he was confederato
Richard de Aquila Grosvenor ment which has long been foremon by critical observers of the signs plaints about the conduct of the he saw the third defendant, with the watchman, had nothing money was that which was miss-1880. In his earlier days, the Hon. soldiory placed as so-called Numbers one and two bargained to say in court, but wished to the prisoner strenuously (as he then was) took a mora tlinn Owing to two of the witnesses, passing interest in politics, and, The brother was only able to Daly recently, the editor of one of the leading Izmdon dailies, "guards" along the railway line, the price with him, and said the call his brother.
As a Liborn), he sat for Flintshire boy had no parents. Prisoner says tho Hankow "Daily News
being
able to sponk Mandarin the elevation to the Peerage. He was race of statesmen is going out. The new race is coming in. Broad- here by the express on the 8th be the elder brother of the boy.
wore empty and useless."
case had to be put back,
party whip from 1880 to 1885," cloth and stocks, polished hats and polished manners, orudition and report a most unpleasant inoident No bargain was struck.
And he also held the positions of, ALICE MEMORIAL HOS-Vice Chamberlain to the Queen's formality of speech, are giving way to tweed suits and cloth caps, which happened at Kuangshui. afraid the boy, having no parents, to directness, oven brusquences of speech, to plain speeches devoid The Kiangsi soldiers boarded the according to the statement of the
Household and Patrange Secretary of classionl allusions, and-to £400 a year." It was in the course of the passengers whom they inti-apare one and two met him at express greatly to the annoya ce prisoners, was kidnapped. Pri
to the Treasury, Ho was second The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice of a study of Mr. Balfour that these pointed words were penned, the midated, behaving like a gang of night and asked him to go to the
Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals Westminister. Later in life, like Hon of the second. Marquis of writer showing how men of the type of the Leader of the Opposi- ruffians. It is high time that the house again.. He there the
At the Police Court this morn the following donations to the entrance into the Gilded Olam bega to acknowledge with thanks O many other Liberale aftor tion had, by the very contrast of their habits, manners and actions, after their soldiery on the rail-two and three tied to make a baring three Chinese appeared before funds of the Hospitals:
Wachang authorities looked four defendants, Prisoner one, become hopelessly out of touch with the new state of things. And We fail to understand gain again, but no sale was Mr. Melbourne on charges of Canadian Pacific Railway Co 850 the lesson to which the change order points will have to be why they have not been with arranged.· learned, too. It would be abaurd, of course, to deny that the old drawn. school of statesmen did not very sharply cross awurde on the floor of the House of Commons, but when they were roused to fight, it was on some great question in regard to which there wore fundamental differ-
- Number of Cases Increasing. ences of opinion awl on which great men might weil be unable to see
The Defence.
ty of piping glass lamp shades A. Becker...........rmas tu eye to eye. But even then, with all the heat and passion displayed, abnormaal increase over the num The plague is showing an
The defence was that the boy jointa, incandescent burners, Cruz. Barlo & Co.-iban men never forgot their manners to such an extout, for instance, an to bers for previous years, Wanchai went to Hongkong with them spanners, a rice and a quantity Hoa. H. F. J. Gomper'z insult a member of the Upper Chamber by shrinking. "he knows in particular, safforing the most, willingly. Prisoner Number three of other articles. the foundations of his fortune are laid deep in acrilege and built on On Friday evening another said be had nothing to do with All this the police claim to
R. C. Edwards.................................... dessorated shrines and pillaged altars." Yet this is a sample of musicians paraded the streets, the other three came to visit the of the defendants
Inntern procession, headed by the boy. The fourth man said have found on the premises of one China Mall, Ld.
D. W. Craddock........ Mr. W. T. Shenton of Messrs. Garner, Quelol & Co. Lloyd-Goorgian diatribe served up for the special doleotation of the with the idea of driving away the landlady and, she entertained Duke of Devonshire. No wonder that Mr. Bar Law said of these plague devil.
them. He had nothing to do with Deacon Looker and Doncon ap remarks that they wore beneath the level of the Honas of Commong Two native police have con-
peared for the prosecution and
THE RAYMOND CASE. The jury after a few moments Messrs. Davilson and Leo D'Al- Mr. Lloyd-George may feel, as he evidently does, extremely vin- tracted the disease and died while diotive towards the Church of Wales, but we expcet mental informed that as a result some on both counts o
deliberation found the men guilty mada represented two of the do- third is in hospital. We are
fendants.
Terms of Settlement. balence and a tolerant, broad-minded spirit of a Minister constables have deserted, through aid they were the ones who Monday nextat 10 am, bail being Law bas decided to accept 8503 Mille de Clary. This is the same
Prisoners Number one and two The onse was remanded until We are" informed that Lieut. of Cabinet rank and there is absolutely no excuse why Mr. Lloyd fear, it is supposed, of o atracting brought the boy down and they allowed to typ of the defendance and costs, and that he will pro- Mlle de Clary to whom they George should permit his petty jealousies to lead to him to the the disease. expression of such manifestly absurd, and offensive effusions as the It is said that the mortuary is wore willing to suffer any punish-one in 150 and the other $300. bably give $200 to charity. This composer dedicated the melod pooch under notice. You, the old school of statesmen in passing filed there being forty bodies thought it hard that the third de- the bands of tho police is said to given in his favour in his covered work in to be Pabu,
ment dus for the offence, but they The value of the property in is in settlement of the verdist|" Ah| Perúdo," The newly idi , if indeed it has not already become extinct? And the new deposited there over the week fendant should be punished since be #467"
claim against the Great Haymond, at Dresden shortly, E102
of the times:
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OTHER MEN, OTHER MANNERS.
Public Library." Return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Musoum for the week-ending the 19th May, 1912.- Library Museum Non-Chinese...444. 159 Chinese........186 2,041
tons.
Total ...630 3,100 Mining Output.
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Judgment for the plaintiff, with costs was ncoordingly given.
THE MISSING MONEY.
Mess Boy's Alleged Lapse A mess-room boy on board the
dinied this,
in a contribution to an American magazine, declared:-"The old of May 9. Passengers arriving Number one claimed himself to say that the bottles produces/Que of whom wore a queue, only from 1861 to the time, of lite
Is certainly po
Brovement on the old. The pity of its
way,
Vlond
THE PLAGUE.
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To was
A woman with whom the fourth defendant livet also gave evidence for the prosecution.
Other witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution
the case,
A sentence of one mouth's imprisonment was passed.
ALLEGED BIG THEFT.
Large Haul by Police.
PITAL.
stealing, and receiving gas fitting nisan Ram & Gibbs... and tools, the property of the "SG" Hongkong Gas Company, at West Montague Ede................ Point. Unlyf rmal evidenco was Chaa, J. Gupp & Co. taken, but the goods recovered by JR. Michael & Co. the police filled a number of large Patell & Co. baskets and consisted of a quanti-J. M. Alves & Co.
W. Dickson
ber, bo lbft his old party and
joined the Liberal Unioniste. The
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deceased Baron was 75 years of
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ago, and for the past 21 years he
line been hond of the London and
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North Western Railway,The
15 heir to the title is the Hon. Hugh 15 Grosvenor, formerly Lieutenant
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in the 14th Hussars, who was
10 twice mentioned in despatches 10 while on service in the Boer War 10 he is 32 years of age.
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An_Unpublished Work."
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The Gazettede Voss" announ
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