1918-12-07 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918.

WEST END CARD SHARPERS,

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£4,000 Lost In Two Hours.

Lieut. Woolf Joël, of the Royal Tying Corpe, cu ni **Bally

el, the South African mining miguste, who, in a West End

· Ent, lous £4,000 at cards in less than two hours to two " Americas gentlemen of independent means," hu bean avenged, both the latter haring been sentenced to im prisonment. They had been found guilty of conspiring to obtain by false pretences from Solomon Joel a banker's cheque för pay. ment of 33,617 "by unlawful derices and ill-practices" in play. ing at cards.

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To two boure' play Joel Icat, 4,000. The fraud-alleged was that the "two gentlemen" were rully playing against Lient. Joel, whereas Joel thought he and the first recused were play. ing agrinst the recond scrused.

When the game was finished Jos filled up a blark chique, fm for £3,617, and twenty-four has afterwards it was present- el at the bank.

8me of the evidenca wag' re- mikable. Thus the first defend, at who said his father wag at ore time Hayor of Cambridge: (Mis), and was a rich “msn, asted that during his five years on the Turi he had good informa. tion, and made a good income. Spearmint's Darby won him be -treen £4,000 and £5,000. The

most be bad won in a year w 420,000.

Play of Two to One.

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The first defendant, who was introduced to Joslst the Criterion, mid he knew a place where they played a straight game." They dited together pert day, and the former enddenly discovered the Recond defendent dining in the: same reataurant. Lieut. Joel and a woman who was with him wers perauaded to visit the second ddendant's flat, Obartreuse

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produced, a little game of cards was suggested, sod sit packs of cards, counters and #baccarat "shoe were introd- aced. „It had been stated that euch things might be found either in s Cabinet Minister's or a bishop's house.

Presently, the bank was fired si 650, and when first accused hid Icat $1,800 be asked his

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aford to love £750, and went the 1913 Derby. It was £6,000] The airman's next most im- through the faras of writing cats to $1,000 axat Oraganour. On portant instrument is hie blok cheque. When the game the cay before the race I learned aneroid, or beight indicator. wu finished Joel filled up a blank that I was not likely to be paid This fitted with an adjustable atique form for £3 817. Next heil I won, and should have to pay dial which can be moved round borrowed £3,500 from a money if I lost. I when round to him so that on leaving any given lender, and the money was handed and leid $1,500 to £1,000 again" Borodrome the reading is zero, to first accused. As he could not Craganour and he sock the bet! whatever the height of that serbia way to pay back the money,

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INFLUENZA IN JAPAN. the crematariam, but nowadays An American pilot left his

it must be appalling. The free Berodrome for cross country Crematorium Scandal in Kobe are going day and night, without flight recently on a very misty

keeping up with the stream of day, carefully siting his sneroid 8. B. Joel said "I was on a hiding Their Importance to the Aviator. * xezo. After flying for two inoreesed the death-roll in Kobe and from a considerable distance

The prevalence of it faer zs has bodies brought for treatment SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. POLICIES against MARINE BIJKÝ torothing" when I took up the cur; but bundreds of letters I

bours by compass be thought he to an alarming degree, the present the barrel-like and boz like coff here received, from parents and One of the safest places in the must be nearing his destination. figure being the highest on re ina assail the passer-by with à from boy cfficere since convince sirplane ccokpit is given to the le could see nothing below and cord. The highest number of latench that is frightful. If done eggkong, 15th January. 19?'

500 feet. desthe in any day last year was promptly aremation is greatly to mthat it was necessary. Only compass, for without its aid the 80 descended to

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the other night my son was sirman who is flying over Fea, or Be Aw at the height for 49, but the death-roll these days be preferred to barial, but every-HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S dising at a restaurant and a note land on a misty day is hopelessly five minutes and decided to is about 200. It will be sms hing depends upon promptness. wu handed to him from a com- lost. Great attention is paid by sad. He was shoot to volplane bered that in 1907-1908 email dow relatives most feel who phie stanger at another table. It American pilota training in down into the mist when sudden pox wen very prevalent in Kobe, kao that the remains stand 17 wished. him lack in the osse / England to the problem pie the mist cleared and he saw | but even at that time the highest here in a state of putrefaction B-kind permission of the Military Authorities a dance from another victim of the gang, sented by "drift." If an airplane the ground immediately under daily number of deathe was no waiting their distant turn it is will be held on SATURDAY the 1 fficult to imagice. It would 7th instant at 8:30 pm in the starts to fly from one point to neath him, about 10 feet below. more than 72 These gambling sharks are another due east, and there inve

Elis aneroid still insisted that he Conditions at the Temeno andarely better at such times as Cabaret Dance Hall, Murray for worse than the general public wind blowing fifteen miles, or was 500 feet high. The explans Kasugano crematories are terri: these to bury the dead instead of Farade Ground. Tickets of reilly understande," he added.

They are not content to get hold hour north-east, he must take the ion lay in the fact that the place bls; piles of coffins secumulate, cremating them, or to resort to admission, including light re he was about to land on was 500 awaiting their farn to be burned the eld-fashioned method of be obtainable at the entrance.

freshment, at $2.00 per head, will| of young men whose parents are altering

element into consideration by feet higher above sea level than Some are said to have already cremating them in the open on a The officials connected with

his compasy course. walthy and can pay up if they before ascending, scoording to his own serodrome. artweak enough to do so. Ihave the total distance of the journey.

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