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EUROPEAN ATTACKED.

SENSATIONAL ÄFFAIR IN NEW TERRITORIES.

Ex-Military Man. Robbed' and Tied to a Tree.

An exciting story of how a European was attacked by armsd robbers, bound up and rabbed, was told to Mr. Dyer Ball, at the Police Court this morning, when three man were charged with committing smed robbery in the She Tau Kok district of the New Territories on Septembar 12. The European concerned was Erness William Gardiner who is

Evidence was then given by the coolis women, who bare out Mr. Gardiner's story.

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It appears that the first two de fendants were arrested some days ister at Yenmati, from information which had been received. The other was arrested' at Sha Tao Kok.

The bearing of the case was |idjourned.

"OUR DAY".

Singapore's Splendid

"Programme.

The following are entertain-

the manager of the lead mines atments already arranged in con- Lia Ha Hang, of which Messrs. Dection with Singapore's "Oar Showen Tomes and Company, are Day":

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Fancy Fair, Deich Club.

Saturday, Sept. 29-Evening,

Association, Victoris Theatre, 9 Saturday, Oct. 6,-Singbalese

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8 Sat. Oot. 6.—S. C." B. A

Children's Fete.

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Oct. 12-Middlesex Entertain ment, Tanglin Theatre.

Sat. Oct. 13.-Children's Fete Tserfall.

"the" agents. He was formerly a Thursday, Sept. 20,-"The Sergeant Major in the Shropshiree, Blighties" Victoria Theatre, 9 whilst they were stationed bero,

Giring evidence, Hr. Gardiner stated that on the day of the aTair be had gone to Sha Tan Kok to meet a Chinese who had come from Hongkong with box of dynamite and some roofing felt. He engaged four coolie women to carry the staff. and after he had left She Tao Kok half-an-hour, proceeding by the frontier road, they met four. men. This was on a bend of the billy road. The men were walk- ing single file and as they pärsed him he thought they looked a bit suspicious. He glanced over his shoulder to fud that the nearest to him" was pointing a revolver to the smalt of his back. The man was quite close. The others had also surned round and were closing in upon him. Two of these also had revolvera. By this time he had faced round. He was pressed back towards the high bank on one side of the path. On the other wide there was a deep gally. Witness not armed, and be was forced Friday, Oct. 26.-Eraning Con- dowr. One of the men produced cert by Philharmonic Choral

Szoiety, 9.15 p.m. some rope and while he was threatened with a revolver and &

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kaife they tied his bande in front. His lege were tied and rope was pat sa tightly round his throat that he thought he was going to be strangled. Elie silver wrist watch, which was a present given bim by his la'e comrades in the Shropshire Regiment, was stoler, and the robbers then turned their alten. tion to the dynamite, the coolie

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Sat. Oct. 20.-8. C. B. A Variety Entertainment.

Sopper Lances (Oct 16-20 pro- Race Week Two Hotel Europe

brbly.)

Wednesday, Oct. 24-After poon Concert by Philharmonic Choral Society, 5.15 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25.-Res Hotel, Garden Party, Cinem, Dinner, Dance and Concer

Sporting Club Lottery-Memorial Friday, Oct. 26-Drawing of Hall & p.m.

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Saturday, Oct. 27.—Our Day, 9 0.00. Badgee; afternoon Gymkhans (tó

to 2 p.m. Sale be arranged by Sporting Club.)

Saturday, Nov. 10.—Swimm- ing Club Carnival.

YOUR BREATH?

women having rao away. The Ie it -nsive? Is your tongue box was broken open and these clean as it should be in the dynamite, which weighed 50 1be, morning? If not let

was shared among them. Hie

pockets were gone throngb, but

the 35 cents he had in his pos

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session, was not found, being in help you. They dispel Constip the pocket of bis khaki shirt. ation correct torpid, liver, ba The dynamite was tied up into breath, feal tongue, bilions head: clotha, The men then begin to aches. As gentle as nature, leave, but witness had by this. Of all obemisir, or 60 cents the time managed to sit up. Before phial, post free, from Dr. they disappeared round the bend, Williams Medicine Co., 96 witness had succeeded in partially Ezechuen load, Shangbai. rantying a knot in the rope

He

with his teeth, bat one of the men, looking round, saw him. called the others and all four men came back, three pointing revolvers and one a kuífe at him. He was struck with the mozz'cs of the ratolvers and the fourth gave him dige with the kaife. "It was uncomfortably close," added the witness, but he was not The ropes were untied and cat. his bande more securely fired

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bebind. The rope round his neck TUESDAY, the 2nd October. was removed and was used to tie him to a small tree. The men then left him,"going dowɑ the

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to untie his hands, and ales Antique China, and Curios from tried to eat the rope on a stone | Sung to Ming Dynasties and bat failed. He then shouted for Kanghi to Towkwong Periods, bía coolies and eventually two of

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the woman came back, having Sang-do-boeuf vases, with them two or three men. "He" "Goddess of Merey" (Ming). was cat looss and then ran down Fine crystal vases and stuff towards Sha Tau Kok, in the bottles.

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the Police Station but before he and blue and white vases, plates,

bowis, figures, etc., etc. got there he met Crown Bergeant Boochow redwood Ogg. He related what had hap pened and at the Police Station afterwards showed the bruissa be had received. Identifying the defendsats, witness said that the ings.

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first defendant was one of the men, On view from Monday the 1st

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ed to tie him up. The second man had the knife. As regarda the third man," he could", not identify him.

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