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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MALAYA WAR LOANS. ALLEGED COINERS ON

Money to be Refunded at Par.

The Hongkong and Shanghai) Bank has received from ița Kuala Lumpur Office a copy of the

TRIAL

GÜ

New Barrister Conducts

Defence.

PENANG WILL CASE ENDS.

Judgment For Defendants.

A

The Penang will case, which

ja commenced December last Chung Taung and Tsang Shing rear, has come to an end. The F. M. S. tioternment Gazelle of were brought before the Chief Chief Justice has given judgment 4tb. September, announcing the Justice (Sir Wm. Rees-Davies), in favour of defendants. winding up. of the War Loans at the Criminal Sessions, this written judgment will be com

after the Court "Inreatment Trust of Malaya, and morning, charged with being in municated they inform the Bank that the possession of coining machinery vacation. refunding at par of shareholders on Lam Tong Island on Aug. money with three months'interest | 14th.

The late Mr. KH. Sharp and Mr. C.G. Alabaster appeared for

at 6. per annum, is being arrang. The Attorney-General Hon. the plaintiffs, at the beginning. ed for the 1st. October, and that Mr. J. H. Kemp) conducted their case at the end baing con. payments will be made only in the case for the Crown and ducted by Mr. G K. Hall Brutton. exchange for relative certificates. Mr. Campbell Prosser (instructed The defeading counsel were Mr. by Mr. Longinottal appeared Eldon Potter and Mr. F. C.

Jenkin.

ARMS CASES.

Another Heavy Sentence.

tained in the revolver.

for the desence.

The jury were Messrs. F. S. Harrison (foreman), L. Dunbar, H. Gittings, G.H. Watkin. Woo Yuk-lin, A.D. Barretto and A.W. Ramsey.

"THE MIDNIGHT STAGE."

From the Crown's case, it Two. Magistrates sat at the Police Court, this morning, to try appears that Sergt. Hope was

A Kowloon Attraction. the case in which Kwong Kong on patrol outside Lye Mun WAL charged with being in when he notized the top of a

The management of the Kow. unia&ful possession of a revolver new matshed on Lam Tong lalsed loon Theatre are offering their and four rounds of ammunition--a practically deserted island. patrons a special attraction to which, when seized, were cor- the Attorney-General explained, day, and for one day only. It is a with nothing more than temple as film entitled "The Midnight Inspector Blackman said the and a few huts on it. There was Stage, which is actually a

little cultivation and no industry Americanised version of "The defendant was arrested at seven was carried on. The sergeant and Lyons Mail, the play which o'clock on Sunday in Queen's the coxswain of the police launch roade Sir Henry Irving famous. Road East, and, when questioned went ashore. They found some Transferred from its original in regard to the revolver dificulty in locating the matshed French setting to the California of which Was found on him,

out eventually found it is the sixties, the story of "The Mid- said that it was given him by a ravine. They opened the door night Stage" has been deprived of man named Ah On, together with and found two men inside and none of the superb dramatic a dagger and a packet of pepper also a quantity of coachinery craftmanship which went to the referred to in a second charge. Sergt. Hope sent the two men to making of its great prototype. Negative replies given to various Kowloon, were they were taken Like The Lyons Mail" it calls questions by the Magistrate as to before Mr. King. D.S.P. They told for the portrayal of a dual role bis destination and reason for Mr. King they knew nothing about and this is very brilliantly done possessing the arms, caused bis the matter, but they had previously by Mr. Frank Keenan, the eminent Worship to remark: "I see, told the coxswain that they were perfectly innocent men coing to looking after the machinery. One an armed robbery. You know of the prisoners said be WES nothing about it, eh?"

formerly a supervisor on the Empress of Russia, but at that time be was employed in Taiko› Dark.

Was dis And taken away.

Inspector Blackman also stated that, when charged at the Police Station, defendant admitted that

Ah On warted him to accompany The machinery bim on a catching expeditior or anted

an armed robter. There were being produced in Court this

four concerned, and the privilege morning.

The prisoners were of carrying the arms was given asked to help take the machinery to him because of the better facil

apart, but both pleaded that they: ities which his longer jacket offered nut know how. ed for the concealment of the

arch.

American character actor.

DAY BY DAY,

The Locs Manager of the Mercantile Bank of India, LL. has received cabled advice that

the Bank has declared an interim

dividend of S, less income tax.

At a special meeting belt at The Attorney-General sub Shanghai last week the Chinese mitted that the machinery might Progressive Labour Inion con-

A district watchman who had be met for making counterfeitsidered a proposal to boli an all- his suspicions drawn on the gangi coins and appeared to be mos: China conference at that pers maid he kept them under super-

suitable for making Canzon to discuss a programme of labour vision during the whole time that they moved from Leudale Streetwenty-cent pieces.

into Wingfunz Street, Mere he Cross-examined by Mr. Prosser. made a descent on the defendant. Sergeant Hope said he had been felt the revolver in the man's packet and promptly he'd on to him until, with the assistance of & police constable, he was taken to the Police Station. The other members of the gang bad fled.

Sentence of two years' hard labour was passed.

through Lemun Pass practically every day for the last month, and. this was the first time he badi

auch: sight of the inatshed.

*

Mr. Prosser:-The island is. very bilis-Ye

I suppose there are spots where you could put up a matshed so that it would be impossible to see it from the sea?-I couldn't say that

The Senior Magistrate (Mr. Lindsell) then proceeded to deal alone with the second charge, in respect of the dagger and

Witness sail the first thing packet of pepper which the de- that struck him when he saw the fendant also possessed. On this shed was that it was a peculiar count further term of three place to build it. It was a well- mouths was added to the sentence built structure and was capable! the defendant had already re-of sleeping about eight persons.

ceived.

Witness bed an idea for what purpose the machinery might be Possession of, a Dagger. used, from some discs which he Sub-Inspector Lanigan brought found there. He sent the men to mp another case in which Kowloon because he was suspi- Chinese from Samshuipo was inciou shout the machinery. nicted for the possession of a M:. Prosser-You didn't think dazger.

the island could support more Evidence was given by a de- than six people-It would sup- tective to the effect that de-port more than that; it is a biz fendant was seen by a Chinese island. detective equxiting in front of a

Professor I ddleton Smith and

native temple. Lear which three the coxswain gave evidence, and or four other men were lying, to the Court then adjourned for all appearances asleep. At the tiffio.

approach of the detective, de

The case bad not concluded

fendant immediately cast himself when we went to press.

into a sleeping attitude also, but

in doing so a towel dropped from under his trousers, and revealed" aomething which caused the detective to pramplly carry out the arrest.

Just watch what I am going

CANTON NEWS.

to turn out of this towel," said Teachers Threaten to Strike.

the witness as he fumbled in Court with the cloth.

Our Canton correspondent re- His Worship-Hab, you are ports that all the teachers in the going to do & conjuring trick public schools have notified the with it.

Government that if their arrears; of payment are not made good hy the 21st, they will go on strike.

The detective, with an eye to the dramatic effect of the dis- closure, polled out the dagger from the towel. This was what I found," he announced.

Nine months hard labour was imposed by the Magistrate in

this case-

The Civil Govern or has rejected the proposal that a licence tax sbould be levied on all the female attendants employed in the tea- houses and hotels.

Wong Kwok-chun, a regimental commander in Hainan, is asid to hive complied with Sun Yat-sen's i order in declaring the fadepen- Messages have been received dence of Chim Hson. He is said at Shanghai from the U. B. cutter to be preparing to attack the Kam Mojave, on which the Assistant, Yan district...

Secretary of Commerce, Mr. C.H. General Chan King-ming is to Huston, and party are travelling; return to Walchow on the 20th. that they have been delayed at in order to attend the celebrations Fussa, Korea, to avoid a typhoon in connection with his mother'sĮ in the Yellow Bea. The date of 80th. birthday. During their arrival in Shanghai is still absence, Genital Hung Lenk uncertain..

will act as Commander-in-Chief.)

bis

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